Looking for help on how to play a hypothetically good Changehost/Regeneration list. The list is as follows:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ FACTION KEYWORD: Chaos - Thousand Sons
+ DETACHMENT: Changehost of Deceit, Ritual of Regeneration (Infernal Pacts)
+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Take and Hold
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 2000pts
+
+ WARLORD: Char6: Sorcerer in Terminator Armour
+ ENHANCEMENT: Duplicitous Malediction (on Char6: Sorcerer in Terminator Armour)
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 9
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (2x4) + (1x6) - Assassination: 6 Characters
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Char2: 1x Exalted Sorcerer (90 pts): Astral Blast, Force weapon, Inferno bolt pistol, Prosperine khopesh
Char3: 1x Exalted Sorcerer (90 pts): Astral Blast, Force weapon, Inferno bolt pistol, Prosperine khopesh
Char1: 1x Kairos Fateweaver (305 pts): Infernal Gateway, Staff of Tomorrow
Char4: 1x Lord of Change (320 pts): Bolt of Change, Staff of Tzeentch, Rod of sorcery
Char5: 1x Lord of Change (320 pts): Bolt of Change, Staff of Tzeentch, Rod of sorcery
Char6: 1x Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (110 pts): Warlord, Force weapon, Gaze of Hate, Inferno combi-bolter
Enhancement: Duplicitous Malediction (+15 pts)
10x Rubric Marines (190 pts)
• 9x Rubric Marine
1 with Icon of Flame, Close combat weapon, Soulreaper cannon
8 with Close combat weapon, Warpflamer
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer: Force weapon, Malefic Curse, Warpflame pistol
10x Rubric Marines (190 pts)
• 9x Rubric Marine
1 with Icon of Flame, Close combat weapon, Soulreaper cannon
8 with Close combat weapon, Warpflamer
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer: Force weapon, Malefic Curse, Warpflame pistol
10x Scarab Occult Terminators (385 pts)
• 9x Scarab Occult Terminator
7 with Inferno combi-bolter, Prosperine khopesh
2 with Prosperine khopesh, Soulreaper cannon, Hellfyre missile rack
• 1x Scarab Occult Sorcerer: Force weapon, Malefic Curse, Prosperine khopesh
I'm open to criticism on list composition, but the bigger thing I want help with is how to play it, namely in deployment. The plan is to take and hold with Rubricae and use the birds as artillery. What should I be Deep Striking and what should start on the board? Also, what will I need to do to protect the birds so they'll be able to shoot?