Chaos Marines are going to get two wounds each. Pick a CULTISTS MOB unit within 6 of a battlefield edge or your deployment zone. Specifically, your power armor yabbos who still want to play at midfield think Rubrics, Berzerkers, Chosen, and so on. Chaos is coming. For example, if you run Mortarion in a Supreme Command detachment alongside a unit of Iron Warriors, your Iron Warriors will lose their Legion trait and no longer ignore cover or turn off Wound rerolls. Each subfaction has its own Traits, Relics, and Stratagems setting it apart from its traitorous siblings. Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy model shoots, if that NURGLE unit is not the closest eligible target or within 12, then until that shooting is resolved, that model cant target that NURGLE unit. The long wait is over. The only small drop pod the Chaos Marines have access to. Also great for healing the damage youve done with the Master of Possessions. You can upgrade the Traitor Sergeant to have a plasma pistol and a power sword at a cost of +5 points for either option, neither of which youre likely to take. As we mentioned above, when it comes to melee, you cant do better than Berserkers or Possessed. And while the Destructor doesnt get anything else on top of that (and its AP-1 autocannon isnt really worth discussion), the Annihilator got a boost in the form of a twin soulshatter lascannon for its turret, giving it D6+2 damage shots up top. Pick a PRIEST in your army that has not chanted a prayer this turn. In Creations of Bile they trade more on having S5 attacks, which lets them punch up against heavier targets where you can use. In Night Lords armies hell typically take Night Haunters Curse in order to get the free 6 to hit once per turn. Warhammer 40ksChaos Space Marines are some of the fiercest, most tenacious, and ultimately sinister forces in Games Workshops sci-fi universe. How long have we been. This continues to be a strong Stratagem, though if theres a knock against it, its that there are now more ways to get +1 to wound in the army that dont require spending 2 CP. Theyve all got their uses, and do more than just buffing your Dark Apostle these days. Although theyll often disappoint you in melee with their 4+ to hit, they can surprise and their big value in Codex: Chaos Space Marines is that they heal back to full health each time an enemy unit shoots or fights them but doesnt kill them. Look how they massacred my boy. Chaos Space Marines 8th Ed Escalation Thread - Ordo Fanaticus Two guys with chainswords, one guy with a heavy chainaxe, one guy with a balefire tome, and the champion has a power fist. Chaos Marines have become much more durable in their 9th edition codex, with several ways to improve that durability such as the Black Rune of Damnation and the Mark of Nurgle. Get +1 to your Psychic tests and each time you make a Psychic test, if you roll an unmodified 9+ to cast, the power or action cant be denied. You generally want to protect your Daemon Prince with Look Out, Sir until its time for him to fight. Though unity has long since fled the Chaos Space Marines (many legions are now little more than pirates or raiders) they still occasionally work together under the direction of the new Warmaster; Abaddon the Despoiler. This objective works best with armies that carry Abaddon, a Daemon Prince, and a Lord Discordant and/or Master of Execution, and have several characters that can really get into combat and tear up some targets, and an opponent who has a mix of characters and vehicle/monster units, but not enough of either to make it worth taking Bring it Down or Assassination, making it likely you can pull 10+ off this. You will typically also give this unit the Mark of Slaanesh so it has access to Delightful Agonies. Chaos Space Marines want to spend CP on upgrading their Characters pre-game more than any other army in the game, and have lots of 1 and 2 CP stratagems they want to use in-game. It takes effect until the beginning of your next Command phase. On the table Cypher is not really a huge threat hes got a pair of pistols that combine for 9 shots, including 3 at S8 AP-3 2 damage, plus he can shoot after Advancing or Falling back. While a friendly TZEENTCH CORE or CHARACTER is within 3, roll a D6 each time a model in that unit would lose a wound; on a 6, that wound isnt lost. Pick an enemy unit within 18. Hes often the perfect caster for Psychic Interrogation or Warp Ritual, as giving up his cast is a lot less of a problem than giving up two or three casts with the Master of Possession. On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. PRIEST models in your army know the. The Master of Executions is basically designed to be a mortal wounds machine, and pairs well with Hatred Incarnate (+1 attack/strength on the charge, re-roll hits), to let him fish for mortal wounds and get the extra attack, and also with Ulocca, which lets him generate extra mortals on the hit rolls that dont immediately become two mortal wounds. No adverts like this in the forums anymore. If theres a downside to this, its that you cant combine it with a Mark of Chaos. Once upon a time, Lucius was simply a legionnaire of the Emperors Children who was exceptionally devoted to mastering the blade. Eventually they managed to reform through strength of will alone, and that strength came from one of the Sons of Horus most powerful and fearsome warriors: Abaddon. Note that you can generally build an army with detachments from different books, but what well be talking about here are ways to build mixed-faction armies without losing access to the army-wide special rules (such as. ) You can find information on how to play them in their own Start Competing articles: World Eaters are the odd men out here, currently working off a White Dwarf article, but theyll move over to the own Codex group when their Codex releases in the future. As much as I hate these abilities that punish a single faction, this is pretty money, in particular because space marines are still relatively popular, and any buffs to the faction will make them more prevalent. That said, this is typically a stronger play for Thousand Sons than it is for Chaos Space Marines, and so you tend to see fewer soup lists since the Emperors Children + Tzeentch Daemons loophole was largely closed. With the recent updates to Lords of War in the GT missions pack and the FAQ allowing passengers to climb out the turn it arrives, the Kharybdis is much more playable, but still too expensive to be competitive. Each comes with a solid, if not amazing melee profile, brandishing an Accursed Crozius for 5 attacks at AP-1 and 2 damage, plus two goober attendants with Cultist profiles. There are a few ways to move things around and pick your current mode, which youll typically use to get into Wanton Slaughter early but may occasionally help you get more shots off with your bigger shooting units. Free shipping for many products! Eventually he led the Red Corsairs in rebellion, taking over the planet Badab and making it his own personal kingdom. If youre taking a unit of these, its for the warpflamers, either in 5 or 10, depending on how you want to use them. Score 2 VP if you control any objective markers that were controlled by your opponent at the start of the turn and a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is within range of any of those objective markers. Use when an enemy unit within Engagement Range of a TRAITORIS ASTARTES SLAANESH unit form your army Falls Back. Legion (also, they become Troops in an Emperors Children Detachment). It also can benefit from the Smokescreen stratagem for -1 to Hit, making it surprisingly annoying for opponents to deal with. Its not amazing but its very solid, but the reason it makes lists so often is that extra little aura: Friendly PSYKER units within 9 get +1 to cast. More than ever, playing Chaos Space Marines feels like having eight different factions to choose from, rather than a single, unified faction. These returned models cant be set up within Engagement Range of enemy units, unless those units are already within Engagement Range of the unit. Its a meaty rule that has two potentially game-changing effects. The Mark of Slaanesh is just really, really good. A carryover from Death Guard, this one looks better than it is. Chaos Space Marines have a number of interesting Elites choices, most of them specializing in melee combat or mid-range shooting. Thats not a bad profile for what you pay, and if you take an Ogryn, you use its Toughness for attacks against the unit and you have to allocate attacks and mortal wounds to the Ogryn first. As I said this is not a legal issue but it is a consumer rights issue and retailers are expected to act fairly towards customers in ways that arent explicitly backed up by legislation. For more on using them in those legions, see the relevant armies in each Start Competing article on that legion. Theyre all solid and free once youve paid the points/Power Level to upgrade that psyker with the relevant Mark. On the other side it comes with a Defiler Cannon, which puts out D6 S8 AP-2 3-damage Blast shots, plus some other gun. Still a very good power, though the WC 7 requirement does make it a bit of a crap shoot compared to other powers. Hes really a unit you can fit into most lists. You might have caught the video at the end of the Warhammer Preview Online. That model can chant one prayer that hasnt already been chanted this turn by a friendly model and it is automatically heart (do not roll). That said, it may not often be what you want out of your Dark Apostle. While a unit is in a table quarter dedicated to a chaos god, they get +2 Ld unless they have a god mark other than the one you picked. The Lord of Skulls comes with the Khorne keyword baked in and comes with a big axe and two guns a gorestorm cannon and a hades gatling cannon. People! Thats not something you actually want to do most games you want to be sitting on and controlling those objectives when your turn starts so you can score primary points. Note that due to the old wording in their codices, Death Guard and Thousand Sons lose access to their mono-faction Contagion and Cabal rules when Abaddon tags along. That said, there have been some successful lists that take them, in part because 4 lascannons can be enough to generate the results you need in a pinch. He can kill pretty much anything in the game in melee, and if you can avoid getting shot he can be near-impossible to remove once hes dug in, especially if you can heal him with something like Pact of Flesh. Pick a INFANTRY or CHAOS SPAWN model within 12 of the psyker. Use in your Shooting phase, when you shoot a missile launcher from an INFANTRY unit at an AIRCRAFT target. This got a big glow-up, and is great for increasing your damage output. KHORNE model only. Until the end of the phase, each time they make a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. Try to build an army that will reliably be able to score at least two secondaries regardless of the opponent or situation, and then make your third pick contingent. In the second round, youll move into Wanton Massacre, where the same applies, but for Rapid Fire, Assault, and Pistol weapons. Ah the poor Helbrute. Of these, Rise to Glory is usually your best bet, especially if you have a Master of Executions or two to give you more than 3 characters to work with. Here's the Quote from Games Workshop: via Warhammer Community Whats more defensive than a meat shield? This is typically done by giving him the Mark of Nurgle and GHollAx, the Decayed, which significantly improves his melee prowess by letting him bypass the wound roll, ensuring hell typically dump out 6-7 hits per combat that autowound and hit at AP-3, 3 damage each. Look, this is really, really good. Granted, it has a bit more value in the current meta, where Harpies and Sunshark Bombers are more common, but even with it hitting on 2s and doing 4 damage per swing to those targets its unlikely to actually kill one in a single round of combat. This is a solid strat for preventing your opponents psychic nonsense, and will most commonly be done with Abaddon, who bears all four marks and doesnt mind being in the middle of the table. The CSM Land Raider comes with the same 2+ save, but has Toughness 9, making it considerably tougher to crack. In a list that can get it the Iron Warriors Legion trait, it is going to be very tough to deal with as it pounds holes in the enemy army with its firepower. Similar to HQ, its a slot thats jam-packed with good options and its not shocking to see Battalion lists that take six Elites choices. They get another prayer on top of that, plus an additional free one for their god if you give them a mark of Chaos. World Eaters Killteam. The Crown has a 4+ invulnerable save aura which expands in range every turn, but again, the thing is only even deployable meaningfully in some tournaments and its not worth the effort to bring. Otherwise, you can always find the latest successful lists by visiting 40kstats. Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Also, the power that Slaanesh psykers pick up Delightful Agonies is very, very good and helps make your most durable units even harder to remove. On its surface this objective seems pretty solid, but once you start playing with it you quickly realize that scoring it is contingent on letting your opponent take objectives so you can kill them off those objectives or take them. And whenever you make any attack, if your warlord rolls an unmodified wound roll of 6, the target takes an additional mortal wound. Youll need to keep a closer unit to avoid that closest eligible rider, and youll also have to mark a unit to even make use of this. As a unit their best value is loading them up with melee wargear like the cleaver and flail so they can do a bunch of high-damage wounds to opponents, but this just makes them a very slow melee unit in an army that is already flush with melee options that move faster and hit harder. If you didn't see the news, Space Marines of all varieties are going up to two wounds. This is also great, and something youll use frequently if youre playing with the likes of Maulerfiends and Decimators. When these guys made it to combat, they straight-up murdered units. Only Masters of Possession get access to the Malefic Discipline. This is an incredibly versatile box, giving you access to Psychic abilities, a strong vehicle, two of the best shooting models that Chaos Space Marines have access to, two powerful melee models, and a standard workhorse squad of the main guys themselves: the Chaos Space Marines. On the table Cypher is not really a huge threat hes got a pair of pistols that combine for 9 shots, including 3 at S8 AP-3 2 damage, plus he can shoot after Advancing or Falling back. Its also solid on Raptors, who enjoy having S5 attacks, though youll find most of the units you really want it on cant take icons. Each one throws out 2D3 shots and every hit generates a mortal wound on a wound roll of 2+, meaning that on average a Decimator will toss out 8 shots, score 6-8 hits depending on bonuses to hit and your Wanton, and turn those into 6ish mortal wounds. Thats not a bad profile for what you pay, and if you take an Ogryn, you use its Toughness for attacks against the unit and you have to allocate attacks and mortal wounds to the Ogryn first. From there on, what you purchase will depend on which legion youre intending your army to be from. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. Well talk more about these units in their respective sections. Pretty sure thats an Ultramarine having a really bad day. Apply the point costs; does that even things out enough for a stopgap measure to make the next 6 to 12 months less sucky for Chaos, or merely solve one of the many issues? Benediction of Darkness, Litany of Despair, and Omen of Potency. Sorcerers have some value but ultimately just dont make the cut when placed next to the far superior Master of Possession, the more versatile Daemon Prince, or the more useful Dark Apostle. This contains a Master of Possession, a Venomcrawler, two Obliterators, two Greater Possessed, and a unit of ten Chaos Space Marines. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Pick a INFANTRY or CHAOS SPAWN unit within 6. Berzerkers used to be one of the strongest melee units in the game, but just arent what they used to be since their reintroduction in White Dwarf #477. The Chaos Predator also got a touch-up in Codex Chaos Space Marines, receiving a T8 chassis that vastly improves the tanks durability. After the death of Horus at the hands of the Emperor aboard his flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, during the Battle of Terra that saw the conclusion of the Horus Heresy, the remnants of the nine Traitor Legions fled, along with the other Traitor Imperial forces that now served Chaos, into an area of the galaxy where the Warp bled into . 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