Is there any reason or reward for not ascending my Lord to a Daemon Prince?

Cosmic_Lich#1188

I'm going through my Tzeentch campaign and the pop up offers to ascend my leveled up Chaos Sorcerer Lord into a Daemon Prince. I clicked never because I prefer the voice and model of the Sorc Lord. But now I'm wondering if there is any tangible benefit? Mounts? Keeping my starting trait? Anything at all?

MrDragon#2461

You listed a few as considerations. The other is not being large. Being not-large is a tangible benefit depending on who you are fighting. Some factions have more anti-large than others or even have powerful anti-large lords.
There's also a speed consideration. A sorcerer on disc is considerably faster than a daemon prince and if you mostly just want a flying spell-slinger, that may just be more important. In addition a sorc on disc is a lot smaller and harder to hit with arrows or other projectiles.

Cosmic_Lich#1188

So Sorc Lords on the Warshrine are objectively worse?

MrDragon#2461

Cosmic_Lich said:

So Sorc Lords on the Warshrine are objectively worse?

Not if you care about the spell amp that the shrine gives on top of being big and stompy.
Personally though I'd rather stay on disc than on shrine, but that's personal preference.

Indefatigable

You get to keep a much cooler lord - that alone is a reason not to "ascend" them:

Neodeinos#5871

I don't like the Daemon Prince of Tzeentch, he has a mix of Metal and Tzeentch lore instead of just having Tzeentch. Mortal lords also look way cooler than copies of Daniel imo.

Rheingold#6691

I like all of the lords, so I tend to have one of each as soon as I can. (Including a herald, they are to cool) But the best Tzeentch lord is probably the exalted Loc. Still the warshrine is really good in a frontline of chosen and spawn, as long as you have a fast hero for casting in the army.

Mogwai_Man#4978

Narratively characters deny daemonhood because they see it as enslavement.

For example, Abaddon and Archaon.

Zeke999999#1606

The Daemon Prince Lords also have different skills. As an example, in my Valkia campaign, my lord's are more useful as Khorne Lords rather than Daemon Princes since the Khorne Lords buff Warriors and Chosen. The Daemon Prince buffs daemons.

kyle_usmc#4407

I find the demon princes are actually weaker than the human lords so I never get them. The undivided prices give a global xp buff but by the time you get it you don't really need it.

Blaeys#7037

There is tangible reason - not losing half your accumulated levels.

It's not a big thing, but it is something.