Swindon Wargamers And Tacticians

The other week I fought against Steves Slaanisei (sp??) deamons and previously I've played Johns Khornate hoard and what i'm trying to work out is how each force is different to the extent I can fight to a standstill against Khorn and am utterly annihilated by some pleasure seaking hussies!!

How do the armies differ in composition?

difference with the slaaneshi deamons is their speed, they are higher init than khorne deamons, they all have fleet and some are beasts/cav so are really fast. this allows them to get into combat usually no matter where they drop whereas the khorne deamons if they drop to far have to take 2 rounds of shooting. admittedly khorne deamons are tougher for some reason and have higher WS again for unknown reasons (same WS and toughness in WHFB but GW has a hard on for khorne like they do for marines) but its speed that counts when you need to make sure you get into combat, at least IMO. the other thing thing slaaneshi deamons have going for them is the have both offensive and defensive grenades so can go into cover happily and if you do try to take the fight to them then you dont get bonus attacks.

Hmmmm which is all true enough but how would someone look to counter such a list.

My first thought is fire power but as we saw my Long Fangs failed to scratch anything (what with them being too busy running away and all)

well long fangs with 4 heavy bolters if they didnt run.
anything with lots of dice really as deamons only have a 5+ save unless greater deamons.
lots of normal bolter fire, assault termies (TH/SS) or even normal ones if keep moving away.