On the whole defilers are frustrating. Chaos Space Marines have some of the games best melee threats Possessed, Abaddon, Chaos Space Marines, Lords Discordant, Masters of Executions, and Chosen are all absolutely nasty threats, and you can make most of them even better with relics, warlord traits, and upgrades. Combos well with Pact of Flesh to get back protected wounds. 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. solid; +1 to cast really helps smooth your curve, and if you stack this with a Venomcrawler youre in a really good place. Just think how durable that will make units like Rubric Marines or Plague Marines.. Hes really a unit you can fit into most lists. 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). Pick an enemy unit within 18. It looks scarier than it is. This volume 10 attacks total makes him an excellent target for the Flames of Spite Warlord Trait, and his Chainglaive is an excellent target for daemon weapons like Ulocca or Ghollax. And speaking of gross. Unfortunately, there just arent any AP-4 options for your characters, so the utility of this is limited by the fact that an AP-3 weapon swinging at a Terminator is going to drop to AP-2 with Armour of Contempt and as a result wont even get them on their invulnerable save. The only small drop pod the Chaos Marines have access to. BoLS Interactive LLC. The typical soup play is a Vanguard detachment running a Fluxmaster and three units of flamers. And the Dakka. Its ability to deep strike and drop off 12 models is great to have, particularly for Emperors Children armies that can use. Yeah. Though even in this form, its still. 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). Ah the poor Helbrute. Instead the upgrades youll want to focus on are the heavy chainaxe, which gives you a nasty heavy hitter (basically an AP-4 power fist), and the balefire tome, which turns the unit into a PSYKER, with the ability to cast Smite and one of the first three powers in the Dark Hereticus Discipline Prescience is the best pick of those. Last update was at 2020/10/06 15:14:43, This message was edited 1 time. Park it on an objective and when an opponent pops it youve suddenly got a big unit sitting on the spot. 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 is probably the best of the Chaos Space Marine secondary objectives and even at its best its just so-so. 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. 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. Oh, and it just happens to be a power they can take and will. In this section well be talking about the units that make up the Chaos Space Marine army. With 3 attacks and the ability to take chainswords plus the CORE keyword, Chaos Bikers are an alternative to Terminators and Chosen, albeit with more speed and with the ability to move 14 theyre a real threat for early charges. 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. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. It can get some strong synergies depending on the Legion. On top of all this, the Warpsmith comes with a flamer, a melta pistol, and either a 2-damage power axe or a thunder hammer. Or just plain ol Chaos Space Marines? Theyre liable to start dying quickly when they get hit back, so make your first attack count. Pick a TRAITORIS ASTARTES TZEENTCH PSYKER then pick one: Either they can manifest an additional power this phase, or they can do a psychic action and still manifest one psychic power this phase. You can also give one a Vox-Caster for free, in which case they count as being in range of a Traitor Enforcer (see Elites) if theyre within 24, though again this isnt super important. This is a solid durability boost, and having the mark essentially means that the unit can only be wounded on either a 5+ or a 3+, depending on the strength of the attack. Marks represent the benefits units get for devoting themselves to the Chaos powers. Theres an open question as to whether you can use this to chant a prayer the Priest doesnt know; Im of the mind that this is unintended, but some TOs allow it. And then even more Berserkers. Then if the unit has not been destroyed, they take D3 mortal wounds. Theres some alternate universe where these guys are part of a Cultist-only themed army or Army of Renown and work well as combo casters/apostles, but the current rules really dont allow for that, forcing you to have marines for every unit of Cultists. Animated suits of armor stolen from the Thousand Sons, Rubric Marines pack a mean punch thanks to their AP-2 ranged weapons and come with a Psyker who can toss out mortal wounds. This is a massive blow to anyone who wanted to soup in non-traditional ways. Use in the Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army fights. Note that Abaddon, despite being an Agent Of Chaos, has an exception to still gain the Black Legion trait when included in a pure Black Legion army. Its great for making multi-charges safer and the 12 range is really good when you consider most fights last abilities require you to get within 3. 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. This is a pretty good way to get splash damage, though at WC 7 its a bit trickier to cast. Well be skipping over the special named characters, as well be covering those in their relevant legion sections, with the exception of Abaddon, who well mention here because hes much more than a fixture in Black Legion armies. 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? As with the rest of these articles, the idea is not to give an exhaustive review of every unit and option. AP-3 and ideally AP-4. This is separate from the HERETIC ASTARTES keyword in that it denotes the faction. The bearer gets +1 to their armour saving throws, has a 4+ invulnerable save, and the first time theyre destroyed, before you remove them from play, roll a D6 for each enemy unit within 3; on a 2-5 they take D3 mortal wounds, on a 6 they take 3 mortal wounds. Not only are they getting a model refresh with frankly beautiful new zealots to populate your battle theyre also getting backup in the form of daemonically twisted Accursed Cultists and the dedicated Cultist HQ unitDark Commune. Chaos Space Marine armies have access to a large variety of subfactions, each with their own special rules called. This is reason enough to take the mark of Tzeentch on some units, since it helps you cast one of your key spells. Plague Marines come with T5 and Disgustingly Resilient, reducing the damage they take by 1. World Eaters Killteam. Im starting to think thats not a Tyranid wing. There are a bunch of things that combo with this, and its great on models like the Lord Discordant who can just throw out buttloads of attacks, and combines well with daemon weapons like Ulocca and Thaaris and Rhiol. What was your favorite reveal from the AdeptiCon Livestream? Possessed got new models with the 9th edition codex and immediately became superstars in the new book. It's very good but watch out for units with mortal wound defense. If theres a downside to Abaddon, its that hes a single model with a 6 move, and as such isnt particularly mobile himself, especially when compared to many of the other melee threats in the army. Chaos Lord and Chaos Space Marines. Well talk more about these units in their respective sections. Both of these are solid abilities to have and contribute to making this the mark of choice in competitive lists. They make wonderful backfield objective holders if they can stay out of line of sight, they raise banners just as well as more expensive units, they make wonderful screens, and theyre garbage enough that shooting them will almost certainly be a waste of bullets for your opponent. These are a horde unit and wont do much in either melee or ranged combat, but they will do one thing: theyll draw fire whilst you get your units into position. The Nurgle-dedicated troops of the Death Guard, Plague Marines have a host of options that make them durable, but very slow, melee threats. This is a good way to guarantee something important, or hold off on something like Dark Zealotry until you know a unit is going to make a key charge or advance. 2 wound models with Disgustingly Resilient? 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. The Venomcrawler got moved to Fast Attack in the 9th edition codex, gaining a 12 move characteristic in the process. They are mini-terminators. This is an excellent tradeoff, and youll almost always be taking the wounds if you have to. Noise Marines dont see much play outside of Emperors Children, where they really enjoy being Troops and getting the Legion Trait to ignore modifiers to hit which offsets their Heavy penalty. Auto-wounding is, powerful, and so you want to use this on something that has solid damage and AP but otherwise mediocre strength. For example, Abaddons Black Legion Trait sees them ignore modifiers to Combat Attrition test rolls, as well as giving them a +1 to hit when shooting at the closest eligible unit, or when making a melee attack after a charge. Durability. 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. This contains a Master of Possession, a Venomcrawler, two Obliterators, two Greater Possessed, and a unit of ten Chaos Space Marines. . No frills, just a more durable place for 10 Obsec wounds that can hold objectives and raise banners. The faster, less killy brother of the Lord of Skulls, the Kytan is essentially a Khorne Chaos Knight, only it retains the HERETIC ASTARTES, DAEMON, and keywords and is a DAEMON ENGINE, and so can benefit from a some faction synergies that Chaos Knights dont get, such as getting +1 to hit in melee form a Lord Discordant, or getting access to Chaos Space Marine Stratagems. The Dark Apostle is a solid include in a number of lists, but can struggle to find a place in your lists if youve gone heavier on Daemonkin than Core units. That said, Berzerkers arent bad, either just eclipsed by other units. waiting on Chaos rules for the Kratos. This is a massive blow to anyone who wanted to soup in non-traditional ways. This lets it act as a psuedo-Webway Gate for any Daemons that you have tagging along. Cultist Mobs are the perfect unit for filling out a Battalion detachment and many CSM armies run one unit of Legionaries and two units of Cultists. Its a solid relic though frequently passed over on killy characters in favor of daemon weapons. Legend has it the original version of this titanic battling game would have contained Imperium titans facing off against their Eldar counterparts but an issue with the models saw the Eldar being dropped from the box at the last minute. Also, the power that Slaanesh psykers pick up . As an added bonus, this model is a WARP LOCUS, so he can drop in any Daemon codex units that have tagged along a mere 6 from the enemy. Only melee kills count, and against the armies that offer you lots of said juicy targets, youll often have Bring it Down or Assassination to turn to instead. At the end of your turn, score 1 VP for each enemy unit that was destroyed by a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army this turn and was within range of an objective marker at the start of this turn. Upgrades a melee weapon. Generally speaking, competitive armies tend to take a Master of Possession stocking two of the three best options Pact of Flesh, Cursed Earth, and Mutated Invigoration. Unlike a regular drop pod, the Dreadclaw needs to be dealt with after it lands. This is pretty solid, and can make a fine stealth inclusion in a terminator, chosen, or raptor unit on a champion who can throw out some nastier-than-expected attacks. The Lord of Skulls is a fairly tough monster, sitting on T8 and a 2+ save, plus a 5+ invulnerable save and daemonic regeneration. Each mark confers certain abilities on the unit, based on the mark and their equipment. Likewise, Knights often dont have invulns in melee to begin with, so the number of targets this is really helping you against is relatively small. Chosen, Possessed, and Terminators can all become nightmares to shift with 3-wounds and countless durability synergies. Credit: Jack Hunter. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. And speaking of Terminators, are the Scarab Occult Terminators also going to gain a wound? In Night Lords armies hell typically take Night Haunters Curse in order to get the free 6 to hit once per turn. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Chaos Space Marines Master Of Posession, Primed, Warhammer 40k at the best online prices at eBay! Until the end of the phase your opponent cant use the Insane Bravery Stratagem on that unit, cant re-roll morale tests for them, and if they fail a Morale test, any action theyre doing fails. Its particularly valuable in Emperors Children, where you can almost guarantee a charge out of deep strike with Honour The Prince, but there are plenty of other units you might want to put forward, like Havocs, Noise Marines, or Obliterators. Click for details. Chaos Space Marines have access to a single Fortification, The Noctilith Gate. Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1 and the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack. 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). 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. Five models with chainswords, the Mark of Khorne, and an Icon. Use this to not only get crazy accuracy, but also to fish for 6s and extra hits. 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. And if they survive a round of shooting and morale losses and are close to the edge of the table, you can bring back D3+3 of them with Tide of Traitors to demoralize your opponent. Goonhammer and Stat Check are Teaming Up! This is most commonly used to give a big unit of Terminators the Black Rune, but there are plenty of other choice relics in there, such as Blade of the Relentless and Claws of the Stygian Count, that might be decent plays in some lists to boost the damage output or versatility of a certain unit. 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. If you do this they get. 2 Wound Chaos Space Marines are FINALLY coming! Its a good way to take down bigger targets, or give something a reason to avoid fighting you. Its an ability you can get multiple ways, but always useful to have. , have to be upgraded to have the Mark of Nurgle, and never get a Legion Trait. It can go on any unit, but does its best work on big blobs of Terminators or Bikers (or Obliterators and Possessed in Emperors Children), where just having it makes the unit completely undesirable as a target. Abaddon was strong enough in his 8th edition form; in 9th hes an entirely new type of terror, an extremely difficult-to-kill murder machine that can help buff units in any Chaos army, not just large blobs of Cultists. This is your option for bog-standard Chaos Space Marines, though thanks to Kill Team: Nachmund, they now have a ton of options and ways to be kitted out that make Legionaries useful includes in a Chaos Space Marines army. Theyre fast, durable, and hit like a freight train, dumping out insane amounts of AP-2 firepower. Now with 2 wounds. Mutated Invigoration can also be huge for buffing T4 units to T5, and Warp Marked can help delete key units off the table. Generally speaking your best bet is to be able to score one of Psychic Interrogation/Warp Ritual reliably, Raise the Banners High, and then ideally a kill secondary, though if No Prisoners/Bring it Down/Assassination arent good options, then youll have to look at either Engage on All Fronts, Rise to Glory, or The Long War. This is going to get you the most play in Night Lords, where you can prevent an opponent from shrugging off your Ld debuffs by just using the strat, though they can still just roll a regular 1. 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Warp-sight Plea is also great for taking out key targets, especially if youre going after them with AP0 weapons like the combi-bolters on bikers and terminators. The one exception is in Emperors Children, who have an Epic Deed stratagem to make a nearby enemy unit Fight Last. They also enjoy the mortal wound protection that Word Bearers or Iron Warriors can bring. Chaos Space Marines warlords have access to 6 generic traits in the codex, plus a set specific to each of the legions. The boost to flame weapons is also particularly good, and is reason alone to consider adding Rubric Marines to your army, since having a unit of Warpflamers that can pop off 10d6+20 shots at AP-2 is very nasty. Unlike the other three cult units, Rubric Marines have real play in Chaos Space Marine lists outside of their parent legion, owing to the fact that their casting ability is decent and that they can tall take, (with a Warpflame pistol on the champion). 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. The Malefic discipline is the clear winner of the two from a power level standpoint, but there are some gems in the Dark Hereticus Discipline youll want to consider. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, improve the AP of that attack by 1. This symbol looks like a certain Rumor Engine. Ultimately Contemptors are going to do their best work in the Black Legion, where Abaddon can give them full re-rolls to go with their +1 to hit against the closest eligible target. Perfect forthe melee-fighty stage of your battle plan, Wanton Slaughter gives exploding sixes for Assault, Pistol, or melee weapons. This volume 10 attacks total makes him an excellent target for the. If you do so, they can arrive in the Reinforcements step anywhere on the battlefield more than 9 away from any enemy models. The mighty Leviathan offers a 2+ save over its Contemptor-bodied brethren, but still comes with the 1 CP cost and the challenge of being a unit that neither shoots nor fights well enough to be worth its cost. Marketing Manager: Mars Garrett 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. The Lord Discordant is an absolute blender in melee, coming with 6 attacks base that hit at S6, AP-3, 2 damage but with +1 to wound on the charge, plus another 8 attacks from the Helstalker and his tendrils. But each time you fight with it, an unmodified hit roll of 6 does 2 mortal wounds and ends the attack sequence. Nothing, so get grabbing some Chaos Cultists. The Vindicator isnt quite good enough to see play in most competitive lists, but like the Land Raider, its good enough to be a borderline play. Once an also-ran to the Dark Hereticus Discipline, these are now the money powers for Chaos, and there are several here that youll want to include in every army you field. Start Competing: Chaos Space Marines Updated! Considering basically every army gets rerolls to hit or hits on 2s or 3s with their dangerous units, this prayer is a near auto-include for most lists. On top of that, Legionary squads being able to take psykers means they can often fill in similar gaps, and that means that Sorcerers are really only as good as your need to cast powers 4-6 from the Dark Hereticus tree. My favorite one is running it alongside your Word Bearers and using Hexagrammatic Ward to 0 out of the damage from a Railgun into your un-obscurable KLOS. Warhammer 40k's Chaos Space Marines wreak havoc from the Eye of Terror across the galaxy - here's our guide to lore, tactics, and collecting. Not only is a new codex coming that brings much-anticipated updates to the rules for Heretic Astartes, there will be a slathering of new miniatures to reignite your blasphemous fervour. Each time an attack is made against the bearers unit, it gets -1 to the wound roll, and the unit gains an Aura that causes Psykers within 18 to peril on any doubles. Until the end of the phase, they get +6 range on their bolt weapons and each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack with a bolt weapon, improve their AP by 1. and their inbuilt re-rolls to wound to wound T6-9 targets 75% of the time. Pick a NURGLE unit within 18. Still, 6 is a good range, and this can combo well with something like Infernal Gaze where you can use the effects to get up to 4 mortal wounds on a target that might otherwise be untargetable. People! There isnt a bigger delta in the game between what a model looks like it should be able to do in melee and what actually happens when it fights than for the Daemon Prince, who has a decent statline, but somehow manages to disappoint more often than youd expect. If Chaos has a direct human form, it may be in Haarken Worldclaimer, who takes a savage glee in battle, with his vast army of jetpack-borne Chaos Raptors. This makes him an effective pair with any melee unit but also great when paired with Chaos Knights the Dog Walker list is the result here, where Abaddon accompanies a large number of War Dogs, giving them re-rolls to hit and sending them off with +1 to their charge rolls. On top of this, its lascannons have been replaced with twin soulshatter lascannons, which do D6+2 damage, making them much more consistent and useful. 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. A new addition to the 9th edition Codex, Accursed Cultists are basically groups of possessed Cultists and Mutants who trade any kind of ranged firepower for being annoyingly good in melee. Seriously, I never really thought about how many freaking options they have. And as for future codexes for other genetically engineered transhuman warriors (both of the shiny grey and spikey variety), the same will apply to them. 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. Last update was at 2020/10/06 14:02:58, This message was edited 1 time. who has 6 attacks and gets +1 to wound on the charge. Night Lords players can also have some fun with their extra -1 Leadership aura. What do you think of the changes to Chaos Marines? Pick a TZEENTCH unit within 18. The Deredeo is the shooter cousin of the Contemptor, but lacks the CORE keyword and the ability to take melee weapons. Also note that the goal here isnt to provide a comprehensive listing of every unit; well be glossing over those that are so terrible they dont really merit consideration in a competitive list. Scourge of a thousand tables. Just watch out for armies like Leagues Of Votann and Iron Warriors that turn off your ability to reroll Wounds. At 6/7 Leadership theyre also less likely to flee or kill you on Dread Tests and for 10 points more getting a unit that can actually ruin someones day with a meltagun and plasma gun is pretty solid. Most are not. The upside to this is that more units in your army now have access to this Discipline, thanks to Malefic Tomes in squads of Legionaires. At 100 points less than the Lord of Skulls its a bit more reliable and solid than the Kytan for only a few points more, and if youre trying to fill out a Superheavy Detachment, its not a bad option to save points. And now with two wounds they are going to last even longer vs small arms fire. This desire for perfection is common in many of this legion, but Lucius took it to extremes. Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, if the models unit made a charge move, was charged, or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack. Chaos Space Marine tend to lack good long-range shooting, but they have a number of solid Heavy Support choices, both in terms of options for quality mid-range shooting and strong melee-focused daemon engines. 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. Until the end of the phase, when attacks are made against the unit, unmodified wound rolls of 1-3 always fail, irrespective of any abilities of the weapon or model making the attack. 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. Do you like playing the bad guys? At best, this objective is solid to have if youre playing from behind or going second, but neither of those is something you should count on. A unit of 10 Chosen with the Black Rune is also a fine option for some armies, and a large unit of Chosen to work in tandem with a big unit of Terminators can also work very well. 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. Space Marines have Chapters, Chaos Space Marines have Legions. Specifically, your power armor yabbos who still want to play at midfield think Rubrics, Berzerkers, Chosen, and so on. Almost every competitive list runs this. This is basically for going up against high-volume S6+ shooting that might otherwise wound you on a 3+. 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. They really need a Rhino, Dreadclaw, or other transport to get them to the fight, but they can be properly annoying to handle and theyre great for going up against tougher units with damage reduction. Very useful, because we have some great relics. 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. 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. 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