Poll: Warriors of Chaos - Best Army Book Lore of Magic

I'd tie Nurgle and Slaanesh on this (but will vote Slaanesh due to disliking Nurgle in general   )

Slaanesh has the best spells, but has a couple of duds (including the signature - which you need to be decent to rely on the lore), and the lore attribute is weak. The lore only really works with a Level 4, not a Hero level caster who may not get any of the good spells, and you almost certainly want a Chaos Familiar to get you an extra spell (and thus a better chance of getting the strongest spells).

Nurgle has no bad spells, although the signature only works well on a Daemon Prince. However, as all the other spells are at least decent, a level 2 (or even 1) can still be comfortable taking the lore knowing they'll get useful spells whatever they roll. The lore attribute is good, and particularly on level 4s (especially if tooled-up Daemon Princes).

Tzeentch is a really disappointing, unreliable lore. If you want a breakdown of why, see my write-up of the lores here: eefl.freeforums.net/post/25242/thread

I haven't actually tried out any of the three except for the Lore of Nurgle but considering that it's my go-to Lore I voted for it.
As has already been pointed out it doesn't have a single bad spell and the signature is great on both a Daemon Prince and a mobile Sorcerer. I personally tend to stick a Nurgle Sorcerer/Sorcerer Lord in a minimum sized unit of Nurgle Knights in my armies just for that reason.

Yeah we just ignore the Warpflame rule altogether. It's far more hassle than it's worth and imo a terribly thought out rule.

I remember reading the White Dwarf when WOC came out and they mentioned the Warpflame rule and even then their reasoning made no sense given the potential effects it can have.

I vote Nurgle but I wish it was Tzeentch.

Slaanesh. I've been on the receiving ends many times. The spell that makes my entire army random move like fools is just vicious.

also, for the record, I like the quirkiness of the warpflame rule. Often you can mitigate the potential to hand out regen by targeting something with a ward save (or at least parry). I very much agree that Tzeentch is the weakest lore though. I wish there was more interesting spells than just random strength hits. The one that let's you take an opponents spell is quite cool, though it hasn't quite worked out in a glorious way for me ...yet.

When rundning Tzeentch you can also bring a second sorc with fireball or a ruby ring or flaming banner as all is good anyway to bring against regen monsters. Also solves the issue with being unlucky with Tzeentch rolls.