In addition, a Dark Apostle is an essential purchase, as they give your army access to lots of buffs and effects through their prayers which can help make your force more competitive. This isnt as generally useful as most powers in this discipline, but youll feel amazing if you ever make an opponent just remove their low Toughness Character from the board. It wont help you on Psychic Interrogation sadly, but the extra cast is also very strong for your marked Master of Possession. Otherwise, you can always find the latest successful lists by visiting 40kstats. Raptors are the jump infantry of the Chaos Space Marines army. Because they have no weapon options to get higher AP or more attacks, Raptors do their best work in Creations of Bile lists, where the +1 Strength and Movement gives them a lot more value, or in Black Legion lists that run Haarken, where you can get full re-rolls to hit for the unit. 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. Its ability to deep strike and drop off 12 models is great to have, particularly for Emperors Children armies that can use Honour the Prince to make sure an arriving unit can immediately complete a charge. Its about to get REAL interesting. Now he is Khornes fury incarnate, always where the fighting is thickest, wielding his Primarchs long-forgotten axe as he hews skulls for the Throne of Skulls and spills blood for the Blood God. If you do this they get. Still harder to get than youd like, Obliterators are tough, versatile fire support on units that can absolutely also dish out a beating in melee. Word Bearers Venomcrawler. This is also incredibly, stupid good. waiting on Chaos rules for the Kratos. No challenge to their status intended. Its also fantastic on Abaddon or a model with Blade of the Relentless for getting extra mortal wounds, and good on Demolishers, Defilers, Helbrutes, and Maulerfiends. Up to D3+3 destroyed models can be added back to that unit. Typically these units add a number of combi-meltas, power fists, and chainfists in order to maximize their damage output, though your mileage may vary based on how many points you have left. Pick a friendly CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER unit within 6. In addition, Psykers who take a mark get a free power related to the mark and those powers are pretty good. As a faction, Chaos Space Marines have access to some of the best melee units in the game, including Possessed, Chosen, Lords Discordant, and Berserkers, as well as access to some solid psychic powers. Dark Apostles arent exactly big melee fighters, though having 8 attacks now that hit at S6 and AP3 is pretty solid. Scourge of a thousand tables. Most competitive Chaos Space Marine lists pack a single unit of ten Terminators with the Black Rune (though some opt for Chosen instead). Pick a TRAITORIS ASTARTES HELBRUTE model in your army hit by one or more of those attacks and not currently in Engagement Range of an enemy. Or just plain ol Chaos Space Marines? Speaking of which, The shooty version of the dinobot, Forgefiends arent, as useful, owing to the fact that their AP-2 autocannons arent nearly as useful in a post-Armour of Contempt world. And what about Khorne Berzerkers or Noise Marines how much more effective will they be? This is going to do its best work on Raptors and Chosen, where you can pile up a bunch of S4 and S5 attacks that might otherwise wound on 4s or 5s. When approaching a brand new Chaos Space Marine army, therell be a variety of ways to build out a competitive, complete force, which will depend on the way you want to go and what you want to focus on. Chaos Space Marines 8th Ed Escalation Thread - Ordo Fanaticus Like the Black Rune Of Damnation, its best use is giving it to a non-Characters unit leader to make a model that hits much harder than expected and comes with ablative bodies. The main use for this is for giving Light Cover to qualifying units like Lord Discordants, Contemptors, or Helbrutes that are Vehicles and dont normally get Light Cover from terrain. If you do manage to kill an enemy unit with your Chosen they get to count as engaged in all three Wanton modes for the rest of the game, which is a fun bonus if they can shoot something to death early but most games wont matter as theyll be geared out for melee. Having to use a Lord of War slot on this is, obviously, kind of terrible, but its also extremely hilarious, and has been pushed hard enough cost wise to make it at least fun to use. This transport should see your survivability improve somewhat, especially if youre using Berserkers so stuff them on board and race to the front as fast as you can. My group have just increased the pts of anything with the extra wound by 20-25% (depending on how closely the unit resembles) and it's amazing. At base, they offer a 3-wound, 3-attacks, LD10, 2+ save model with Armour of Contempt, but add to that an Accursed Weapon that gives them an additional S5 AP-3 attack and youve got a unit that even in its base configuration can do quite a bit of damage and is hard to shift. BoLS Interactive LLC. Whats more defensive than a meat shield? Each time an attack is made against this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack either equals or is at last double the Toughness characteristic of this unit, subtract 1 from that attacks wound roll. Bikers are at their best in Creations of Bile, where being S5 and fighting on death makes them an incredible harassment unit, but they can be relatively scary in any one of Red Corsairs/Black Legion/Creations Of Bile or with the Mark Of Slaanesh, where the ability to Advance and Charge gives them easy turn 1 charges off a 20 move. Chaos Space Marines have access to a single Fortification, The Noctilith Gate. This pairs exceptionally well with the Black Mace, where suddenly youre hitting at AP-4 and 3 damage, with wounds spilling over. Pick a CULTISTS MOB unit within 6 of a battlefield edge or your deployment zone. Whether teleporting in or walking up the table, they can reliably put out some solid shots, though theyre much more effective against smaller targets where their Warp Hail firing mode (D6+9 shots) can let them casually wipe units off the table than they are when it comes to firing heavier modes, though even their focused shots throwing out D3 S9 Ap-3 4 damage shots each are nothing to sneeze at. Daemon Weapons are Relics, and so to take one youll need to spend CP to get one as normal in competitive play. It also comes with a Demolisher cannon and some other midrange guns. Upgrades a melee weapon. This is one happy Chaos player! A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam's current obsession are his Death Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection. But his real value is his Agent of Discord ability, which lets you roll a D6 any time your opponent would gain extra CP or get them refunded; on a 4+ they dont get the CP. But the only thing that really matters here is that extra wound they are going to get. A freelance writer, his words can also be found on Green Man Gaming and Fanatical. On the flip side, this unit can be incredibly annoying to remove thanks to its. Warhammer 40k Prepare yourself for some vile heresy, as the new codex for Warhammer 40k 's spikiest faction, the Chaos Space Marines, is coming up next week. It looks scarier than it is. While there are other ways to soup, including lists that run Abaddon, Mortarion, and Magnus, the most common and popular ways to soup for Chaos Space Marines are to either include Chaos Knights in the army or a detachment of Chaos Daemons. The only small drop pod the Chaos Marines have access to. He travels throughout the known galaxy, always seeking to create a new version of the Space Marine one better, faster, stronger, more adaptable. Benediction of Darkness, Litany of Despair, and Omen of Potency. Note that unlike in their brethrens Death Guard and Thousand Sons codices, Cultists in the CSM codex have ObSec. If that unit has the MONSTER, VEHICLE, TERMINATOR, or BIKER keyword, this costs 3 CP. Chaos Marines are going to get two wounds each. Their faction keywords become CHAOS, KHORNE, HERETIC ASTARTES, TRAITORIS ASTARTES, and . The latter ability is a pretty cool plus, and can give you some real value on the likes of a Decimator, Leviathan, or Land Raider. For every result that exceeds the enemy units Toughness, you do 1 mortal wound. Blackstone Fortress Chaos Ogryn by Craig MasterSlowPoke Sniffen. Its also a solid upgrade on casters, where it gives you access to both Skeins of Fate (4+ invulnerable save) and stratagems to improve casting (. This is solid, and one of Abaddons three traits. On the whole, the Lord Discordant is still one of the armys best units, and has gotten better thanks to now being 9 wounds and protectable with Look Out, Sir. Helpful for getting a second trait on another character, though less common in Nephilim where youre spending CP on your first trait and relic. The shooty version of the dinobot, Forgefiends arent quite as useful, owing to the fact that their AP-2 autocannons arent nearly as useful in a post-Armour of Contempt world. 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. And now with two wounds they are going to last even longer vs small arms fire. Chaos daemons share some of the same leathery wing style. 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. To build out some character in your force, wed recommend looking at a Sorcerer with Jump Pack, to be able to take advantage of more Psychic abilities while zipping around the board, giving Warptime to your troops in unexpected places, and keeping your opponent on their toes. This works best in something like Black Legion or Emperors Children where you have a way to mitigate the -1 to hit, and theres reason to consider. reducing the damage they take by 1. Go over and you can choose: Either take D3 mortal wounds and fight normally, or you cant fight with the Daemon Weapon. Another solid stratagem to have in your pocket, and good for keeping the likes of Venomcrawlers on the table. Both of these are solid abilities to have and contribute to making this the mark of choice in competitive lists. 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. 2 wound models with Disgustingly Resilient? For extra muscle you can add a Traitor Ogryn to the unit for 65 points. This means itll usually disappoint you in melee, and cant reliably take out most targets unless you get pretty lucky with your hit/wound/damage rolls. This is solid, but will really only have play on Bike and Terminator units that can put out lots of firepower. This is reason enough to take the mark of Tzeentch on some units, since it helps you cast one of your key spells. If youre taking one, the Vokite battery is probably the best pick, supplemented by an Aiolos missile launcher. Its also got more value when your Land Raiders are borderline playable in competitive settings. It used to have some play when it could target a Daemon Prince or Lord Discordant, but now youre limited to Infantry characters with it. You dont want these guys anywhere near melee if you can help it so give them cultist firearms instead of close combat weapons. The Imperial Armour Compendium updated these to be 115 points and be able to arrive on the battlefield turn 1. The rules presented in the 8th edition (printed 2018) version of Codex: Space Wolves are no longer supported, and cannot be used. Chaos Space Marines have a number of interesting Elites choices, most of them specializing in melee combat or mid-range shooting. They arent worth spending points to upgrade, and youll almost never want to expose them to blast weapons by making them units of 11+. This is. Combos well with Pact of Flesh to get back protected wounds. This essentially makes them the equivalent of Bladeguard Veterans for Chaos Space Marines, except they cost 10 points per model less in exchange for only doing 1 damage with their swords and not having an invuln save. The Legion Trait rules apply to all of your units (with the exceptions listed above), not just your INFANTRY, HELBRUTES, and BIKERS, as used to be the case. 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. If you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. The Lord of Skulls is like a less mobile knight that trades access to Chaos Knight Stratagems and rules for the and DAEMON ENGINE KEYWORDS. This unit can throw out 7+ S8 2-damage swings per turn and do some real damage to an unsuspecting target. Add to this the bonus power from giving your Master a mark of chaos and youve got an engine for buffing units from 18 away, giving him huge reach. When you upgrade a unit, you increase its cost by 15 points and 1 PL, and it loses the CHAOS UNDIVIDED keyword and gains the relevant MARK OF CHAOS keyword, i.e. Generally speaking you want to give your Terminators the Mark of Slaanesh, as the ability to fight first makes them a nightmare to charge and get stuck in with, and the Mark of Nurgle doesnt stack with the Black Rune. This can throw a real wrench into your opponents plans, and against some armies can make a big difference. With the way 9th edition games are structured, you need 1-2 units that can reliably work in the middle of the table and bully enemies off objectives and for CSM, Terminators with the Black Rune are that unit. With lore stretching back to the early days of Warhammer 40,000, and many books and releases behind them, there are plenty of Chaos Space Marine characters to choose from. Plague Marines come with T5 and Disgustingly Resilient, reducing the damage they take by 1. When Horus fell, it was a time of great despair for all Chaos Space Marines and none felt that despair more keenly than his own legion, the Sons of Horus. This lil daemon engine comes with S/T 7, 9 wounds, and 6 attacks base, and a solid damage profile, both ranged with its pair of 2-damage excruciator cannons, and in melee. Theres still some real value in being able to turn on Transhuman, particularly for a character about to get punched by a dreadnought or something big. Its faster than either and has more range than the Vindicator but doesnt quite match the firepower either can put out, nor their durability. New Knights, New Horus Heresy! Giving Terminators T5 is great, and giving a Land Raider T10 is hilarious. By default, a Dark Apostle knows Dark Zealotry, which lets CORE/CULTIST/CHARACTER units within 6 re-roll hit rolls in melee. This has declined a lot since its initial iteration, and this latest version is even worse. This is a huge upgrade in value for Dreadclaws, which now give you a relatively inexpensive way to put your units in reserves and drop them on the table turn 1. Some come to Chaos to learn forbidden knowledge, others for power, others for freedom from restrictive rules. Each time an attack is made against that unit an unmodified 1-3 on the hit roll automatically fails, irrespective of any abilities that weapon or model may have, and the attacks hit roll cant be re-rolled. I'll put that money into models which have sustained value. This isnt bad, but having a gun with Blast means that while the Defiler is in melee, a thing it is ostensibly here for, it cant shoot. TZEENTCH model only. These days the baleflamer is the clear move for the Lord Discordant, and getting D6+2 hits is just better than anything the Helstalker autocannon has to offer. Its not the best melee fighter, but it can do mortal wounds on the flyover and its blade struts are surprisingly nasty in melee. You typically want Lasher Tendrils over Magma cutters if you run them. is what really makes this a quality add. Namely that its big, hard to deploy, and will sit in your deployment zone all game while the majority of your units want to be pushing toward the middle of the table grabbing objectives. This contains a Master of Possession, a Venomcrawler, two Obliterators, two Greater Possessed, and a unit of ten Chaos Space Marines. Keep your units grouped effectively, look for opportunities to trade up when you have to sacrifice a piece, and try to avoid outrunning your coverage or leaving your rear too exposed to deep striking threats. No frills, just a more durable place for 10 Obsec wounds that can hold objectives and raise banners. That said, Berzerkers arent bad, either just eclipsed by other units. Used without permission. What else does GW have in store? units in a CSM Detachment, using their datasheet from Codex: World Eaters (or, at the time of this writing, White Dwarf #477), in which case they are always Elites. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table. Otherwise, you can always find the latest successful lists by visiting, Phew, that was an odyssey! That said, it can help you get key extra movement with another pile in and consolidate move, as well as helping you finish off a near-dead enemy unit at a choice time. Marketing Manager: Mars Garrett Names, trademarks, and images copyright theirrespective owner. Overall Obliterators are very good but not amazing and just dont really make the cut in most competitive lists, particularly because you can just punch things to death and in part because theyre slow and expensive. The ability to hit the closest visible enemy for mortals is a, less useful when you cant move before firing it off (though you can save your prayer for the. . A bigger, meaner version of the Dreadclaw, but can carry up to 20 INFANTRY models instead (or one helbrute or chaos dreadnought), and mounts the equivalent of 10 missile launchers for some reason. These are: In any legion but the one they foremost belong to, these units are Elites choices and can never gain a Legion Trait. That HELBRUTE can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but it has to target either the closest enemy or a unit that targeted it (the target must be eligible, so you cant use this to pick off a CHARACTER). 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? Heres some of the big stuff from the new Codex: Thats right, your basic marines Chaos Space Marines Legionnaires now get two wounds. , and each time they make an attack with a Heavy, Rapid Fire, or Grenade weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. For extra muscle you can add a Traitor Ogryn to the unit for 65 points. Its been a long time coming but Chaos Marines are getting some much needed attention. Being a second caster with a single cast. Although the Heldrake can drop into Hover mode and reliably make a turn 1 charge with its 20 movement, with only 5 attacks that do 2 damage against most targets, its seldom going to do real damage, and because its an AIRCRAFT it cant actually hold anything in combat units can just make a normal move to get away. Just think how durable that will make units like Rubric Marines or Plague Marines.. It also can benefit from the Smokescreen stratagem for -1 to Hit, making it surprisingly annoying for opponents to deal with. Note that CULTIST units can only know the first three prayers on the list, i.e. Still, you can run them with a trio of Ectoplasma Cannons, where having 3D3 S7 Ap-3, 3-damage shots, each with Blast can be. who has 6 attacks and gets +1 to wound on the charge. The Ogryn is more of a bruiser and can be a legitimate threat, with 5 attacks that hit on a 3+ and a S7, AP-1 2-damage profile, plus an additional claw attack that comes in at S6, AP-2, 3 damage. Until the end of the phase, reduce incoming damage on that target by 1. Chaos Space Marines warlords have access to 6 generic traits in the codex, plus a set specific to each of the legions. Fast, tough, and thanks to Malicious Volleys able to push out a crazy number of bolter shots, Chaos Bikers can make a great addition to an army as a mobile fire base capable of putting out heavy volumes of mid-range, mid-strength shooting. The one exception is when you really want to take an action secondary in a matchup like Abandoned Sanctuaries against Harlequins, where none of the other actions make any sense. Their big advantage is that they come with the Mark of Khorne already baked into their cost, which makes them cheaper than they look, and means they can swing at S6 on the charge with AP-3 if you give them an Icon (or, if you boost their strength with Mutated Invigoration, S7). One of those is probably a Master of Possession, and you wont be fighting with him, which leaves at most 2-4 characters to work with. On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. The list is pretty long: Hyper-growth bolts, Maelstroms Bite, the Ashen Axe, the Armour Diabolus, Vipers Spite, Icon of the Hydra Cult, Distortion, Armour of Abhorrence, Talons of the Night Terror, Claw of the Stygian Count, Spitespitter, Axe of the Forgemaster, Loyaltys Reward, Trophies of Slaughter, the Black Mace, the Warps Malice, Blade of the Relentless, and Black Rune of Damnation. Use in your Command phase. This is a unit that can absolutely trade up, and loves to use Veterans of the Long War to take down bigger targets. He comes with 6 attacks base and the Axe of dismemberment, a S7, AP-3, 2 damage weapon that does 2 mortals every time you roll a 6 to hit (and the sequence ends). In Chaos Space Marine armies the Psyker trades out his non-smite power for something from the Dark Hereticus Discipline this will almost always be Warptime, since the casters unit is the perfect target for a second move that doesnt allow charging plus they get the Skeins of Fate power. There are 9 original traitor legions, three of which Death Guard, Thousand Sons, and soon, World Eaters have their own codexes (and their own Start Competing articles). Pick a CORE, DAEMONKIN, or CHARACTER unit within 18. Where youll want to watch out for this is with the factions special characters, many of whom have the CHAOS LORD keyword. And whenever you make any attack, if your warlord rolls an unmodified wound roll of 6, the target takes an additional mortal wound. Theyre an absolute Nightmare in Creations of Bile, where having 10 movement and the ability to fight on death makes them a scary, mobile threat. Once per turn, the first time a saving throw is failed for this unit, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. Also great to use on your opponents attempts to Interrogate. First off, geez they have a huge data sheet. In a fun twist, this can be used to give your model a. relic, provided its replacing a weapon, so your murdermonster warlord can have two relics if one is an upgraded weapon, though note you cant use this if the model has a Daemon Weapon, limiting its effectiveness. Theres typically no reason to take this over Banners or even Retrieve Nephilim Data. Free shipping for many products! This replaces a power maul, accursed crozius, or accursed weapon with one thats S+2, AP-2, 3 damage and its excess damage spills over to other models. Unlike many Chaos Space Marines, Abaddon the Despoiler doesnt truly believe in Chaos; he is motivated purely by his great hatred for the Emperor and all those loyal to Him. Full Masthead & Authors. Forget Benediction of Darkness, which has a very difficult wholly within rider, this is what you want for durability boosts. do Psychic Interrogation. If you read through the whole thing, you have this authors eternal thanks. Generally speaking, the effectiveness of most prayers is blunted by the fact that Dark Apostles are slow unlike their loyalist chaplain counterparts, they get neither bikes nor jump packs, and so auras abilities they may get are much less useful given how likely it is that their beneficiaries will quickly outpace them running toward key targets and objectives. He works well with pretty much all of the units you want in the army, from Terminators to Chosen to Possessed, and hes good enough to elevate some of the armys more borderline units, like Obliterators and Land Raiders (giving a Land Raider T10 with Mutated Invigoration is pretty funny). Add this to a 2+ save and Armour of Contempt and youve got a model that is stupid hard to kill. In addition to giving you special rules, Legions also give you access to Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Relics, and Secondary Objectives. , have to be upgraded to have the Mark of Nurgle, and never get a Legion Trait. Do you think this is a bridge too far or is it more its about time for the Chaos Marines? Or, if youre looking at making a World Eaters army, youll want more Berserkers. Where the real value comes in for Terminators however is in the upgrades and synergies available to them. Chaos Space Marine armies have long included specialty cult units like Berzerkers and their Codex has rules for including those in your army. Thats pretty narrow, but thats the only circumstance that can make this worth taking. If youre going this route, your best option is likely going to be taking a trio of War Dog Executioners. Chaos Contemptors have been up and down for most of 9th edition, waxing and waning as the ways to buff them have come and gone. Last update was at 2020/10/06 14:02:58, This message was edited 1 time. Units of 1 are fine but units of 3 (if you can spare the points) bring some extra value for being able to score on Engage on All Fronts. The Imperial Armour Compendium updated these to be 115 points and be able to arrive on the battlefield turn 1. Now you should be more acquainted with the fearsome, fun-loving chaps who make up the Chaos Space Marines, with a few ideas of what to watch for on the battlefield, and who you might want to pick up when building a force. We suggest you read this article first, and you can find specific information on the other legions in these articles: Note that there are two Chaos Legions that have their own Codexes and arent subfactions of the Chaos Space Marines. Ah the poor Helbrute. Being able to psychic action and still cast one power is pretty solid, and that makes this a decent pick for psykers who need to cast Psychic Interrogation. I wonder what else this guy is packing. Pick a friendly DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE within 18. 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. From the tabletop to fiction, the superhumanpower-armoured warriors of Chaos have become almost as iconic as their imperial counterparts. Almost every competitive list runs this. Easy to cast, targeted mortal wounds. Note that Cultists have the TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword to mark them as of the same faction, but no longer have HERETIC ASTARTES, so they dont get Armour of Contempt. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Warhammer 40K Chaos Space Marine Spare Bits at the best online prices at eBay! Note that CULTIST units can only know the first three prayers on the list, i.e. prayer and may know a number of others. A religious zealot who worshipped the Emperor as a god, he redirected his faith to an older power when his fervour was rebuffed by the Master of Mankind. You can score a maximum of 3 VP per turn from this secondary objective. This unit is out there to provide some extra value where needed while Advancing to hold objectives and support other units. Its not great, but its not terrible, either. AP 0 isnt great, and means that you typically dont want them trying to weight-of-fire big vehicle targets, but AP0 is often as good as AP-1 these days with Armour of Contempt in the mix. If thats the case, gross. Use in the Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES KHORNE unit is picked to fight. Pick a visible enemy unit within 18 and roll 3D6. You Give Goonhammer Writers Serotonin. 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. Once upon a time, Lucius was simply a legionnaire of the Emperors Children who was exceptionally devoted to mastering the blade. 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