Use in the Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES KHORNE unit is picked to fight. 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. 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. Though they lack the Objective Secured rule that Scarabs and Blightlords/Deathshrouds get, they have a host of other buffs they can take that make up for this. Still a very good power, though the WC 7 requirement does make it a bit of a crap shoot compared to other powers. Ultimately the Daemon Prince has two key uses in a Chaos Space Marines army: These two combine to basically let the Daemon Prince pull double duty in your army, and make him an efficient add as one of your three HQ options. 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. 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. In addition, Chaos Space Marines have Daemon Weapons, special Relic upgrades for weapons, most of which require a specific mark of Chaos. Recurring tactical nightmare of the Imperium. Having the mark of Slaanesh also means they can be blessed with. You also want to give one a Cyclone missile launcher if youre taking one to maximize its output. If the target has 11+ models or youre in Wanton Destruction, they take D3+3 mortal wounds instead. On the whole, the Enforcer is just OK. Pick a friendly CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER unit within 6. On top of that, the Mark of Slaanesh gives you the, Stratagem, letting you change a die roll for a hit/wound/damage to a 6 in the Shooting or Fight phase, while, lets you punish enemy units attempting to Fall Back by consolidating 3 or shooting the unit leaving. , have to be upgraded to have the Mark of Tzeentch, and never get a Legion Trait. Just watch out for armies like Leagues Of Votann and Iron Warriors that turn off your ability to reroll Wounds. 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. A hasty bit of rethinking and retooling, along with some new lore, saw the idea of a schism in the Imperium being born. Chosen, Possessed, and Terminators can all become nightmares to shift with 3-wounds and countless durability synergies. In Emperors Children they can roll a 6+d6 charge out of deep strike, which significantly increases their effectiveness. Cultists come in units of 10-20 models and come with your choice of autopistol and close combat weapon or cultist firearm, which is basically a lasgun. On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. Note that Psykers cant have the Mark of Khorne. If that target had 10-19 wounds, score an extra VP, and 2 extra VP if it had 20+ wounds or was the enemy Warlord. 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. Yes, Chaos Space Marines players youve beseeched the Ruinous Powers, and they have listened. Which isnt bad, but it also doesnt deliver enough for that cost. This works amazingly well on a, who already re-rolls wounds against Characters, or the. They also enjoy the mortal wound protection that Word Bearers or Iron Warriors can bring. Decimators have more value when you can boost their odds of hitting, which is easier in Black Legion but can be accomplished with the Daemonforge Stratagem as well. The actions rider is a nice addition, though most of the actions people actually do these days finish at the end of their turn, so youll seldom use the first part unless its to prevent an action from being started the following turn. The net result is a unit thats just good enough to see play, and often will, sometimes as a 2-of or 3-of, depending on the list. YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLmJIRHlaSHdWSGo0, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLkljNTFsVTk3OU1J, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLnM5cTZxWHU1aEZr. Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Its a good way to take down bigger targets, or give something a reason to avoid fighting you. You can use this twice in a Strike Force battle and three times in an Onslaught game. These guys were so powerful they had to be nerfed not one, not two, but. There isnt really a place for them in most armies but there have been some successful lists that run 1-2 units of them when the strategy calls for a more aggressive approach, or one thats not running Raise the Banners High. None of the basic faction secondaries are reliable, and only two of the Legion secondaries merit consideration. The competition here is very fierce, particularly as you figure out how youre going to fit in the psykers you need. Whats more defensive than a meat shield? Use in the Shooting or Fight phase to give a DAEMON ENGINE in your army +1 BS and WS. Four guys with chainswords or bolters (it doesnt really matter), and one with a balefire tome and Prescience. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attacks hit roll. If that unit has the MONSTER, VEHICLE, TERMINATOR, or BIKER keyword, this costs 3 CP. 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. 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 Let the Galaxy Burn) and secondary objectives. 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. Once per turn, the first time a saving throw is failed for this unit, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0. . One model in that unit regains D3 lost wounds, and if you picked a CORE or DAEMONKIN unit that isnt at its starting strength, you can immediately return a destroyed model to the unit at full wounds. 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. Thats a chaos something. 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. Use in any phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES NURGLE unit is picked as the target of an attack. Im not going to sugarcoat it; the biggest challenge Chaos Space Marines face is that their secondaries are just Not Very Good. Its been a long time coming but Chaos Marines are getting some much needed attention. Yeah. Though they lack the Objective Secured rule that Scarabs and Blightlords/Deathshrouds get, they have a host of other buffs they can take that make up for this. The Long War can be OK, but generally is only decent if youre going second and able to reliably score by taking an opponent off an objective. Pairs very nicely with full re-rolls to hit. So yes lets think about that for a moment. As always, a guide like this represents a time and place. This pairs well with the Mark of Tzeentch to give you two 4+ invulnerable saves to hand out per turn, but chances are you wont need Skeins if you have this. As with the rest of these articles, the idea is not to give an exhaustive review of every unit and option. Daemon Weapons are Relics, and so to take one youll need to spend CP to get one as normal in competitive play. Non-Cultist UNDIVIDED CORE or CHARACTER units in CHAOS SPACE MARINES detachments can be upgraded to have a Mark of Chaos, and every DAEMON PRINCE model. Gets you an extra Relic for a Character if your Warlord is a CSM Character. 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. discipline, which is mostly buffs for Legion DAEMONKIN units. This article took weeks to write and ended up being more like a short novel in length, so theres probably, I missed or didnt get right. Park it on an objective and when an opponent pops it youve suddenly got a big unit sitting on the spot. If you pick this, keep a Dark Gods tally and add 1 each time you do the secondary action. Specifically, the Black Rune of Damnation, a relic which can be given to the squad champion with the Trophies of the Long War Stratagem. Things are suddenly going to get very hot for your opponents. Now they make the Maelstrom their home, sending out raids for supplies, pirating nearby shipping lanes, and always working to further Huron Blackhearts dreams for power. 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. be upgraded. 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. 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. Youve got better, cheaper options, though. Last update was at 2020/10/06 16:07:41. ". 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. Its good for units that need to hold objectives in the open, like your 10-model terminator brick thats already loading up at the buff-et. 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. PRIEST model only, can be given to a CULTISTS model. NURGLE model only. 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. These combine to make the annihilator a much better tank than it was, and slightly more worthy of consideration, but still not really worth taking over a Vindicator or Land Raider. And thats mostly due to the fact that the. When you hit with this weapon, the target takes D3 mortal wounds. The Lord of Skulls is a fairly tough monster, sitting on T8 and a 2+ save, plus a 5+ invulnerable save and daemonic regeneration. 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. This power has a place in every competitive list. And the Dakka. Credit: SRM and Sam Duguin. There are six Prayers to the Dark Gods you can choose from in addition to Dark Zealotry, plus four more for the Chaos Gods which your PRIEST unit will know for free if they have the appropriate mark. Chaos Space Marines only have two Dedicated Transport options: The lowly Chaos Rhino and the Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill. The closest visible enemy unit takes D3 mortal wounds, then you roll a D6 for every other enemy unit within 6 of that unit takes a mortal wound on a 4+. But I dont think we need to go there to make the point Im trying to make here: Two wound Cult Marines are going to be amazing. But the only thing that really matters here is that extra wound they are going to get. Most 1W Marines go up 3 for the 2nd wound; Terminators went up 2 (or less, but treat it as 2) for the 3rd wound; Bikes went up 5. A purely melee-focused daemon engine, the Maulerfiend offers a fast (10 move) vehicle platform that can put out a scary number of attacks in melee when equipped with Lasher Tendrils, and its Maulerfiend fists are capable of doing real damage at S14 and D3+3 damage. You Give Goonhammer Writers Serotonin. The Decimator is a unit thats managed to stick around in some competitive lists despite losing its access to easy re-rolls and the ability to push out tons of extra hits with modified hit rolls. Though he is not a Night Lord, he weaponises fear much as they would, able to drive his foes to madness and worse through manipulation of terrifying messages and broadcasts. Thats pretty narrow, but thats the only circumstance that can make this worth taking. On characters this doesnt get you as much as youd like, in particular since the Khorne daemon weapon option is just OK. Pick a INFANTRY or CHAOS SPAWN unit within 6. But there was a lot more to the video, too. 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. Here's the Quote from Games Workshop: via Warhammer Community Last update was at 2020/10/06 15:14:43, This message was edited 1 time. Giving +1 Toughness is going to do the most work for you on T4 models, but you can also pair this with something like Berzerkers to give them Strength 7 on the charge, helping them hack up vehicles. Each time this Warlord fights, if it charged or made a Heroic Intervention this turn it gets +1 Strength and +1 Attack, and the Warlord can re-roll hit rolls in melee. Terminators were a big winner in the 9th edition codex, gaining a host of options that make them significantly better than their loyalist counterparts. Whatever their beginnings, Chaos Space Marines have become one of the most well represented forces in Warhammer 40k. Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Add this to a 2+ save and Armour of Contempt and youve got a model that is stupid hard to kill. If you just stopped in to check on something or look for ideas on a single unit, thats cool too. 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. Until the next Psychic Phase, when that unit makes a melee attack, unmodified hit rolls of 6 automatically wound the target and these auto-wounds are considered to have been made by unmodified wound rolls of 6, so theyll trigger rules that rely on rolling 6s to wound. The priest gets +3 Attacks and you improve the AP of his melee weapons by 2. Wont make your warlord any better in combat, but will help keep them alive and can be helpful on bigger units like the Lord Discordant, where its functionally similar to having 50% more wounds. Chaos Space Marines have a number of interesting Elites choices, most of them specializing in melee combat or mid-range shooting. Their hellflamers benefit from the Let The Galaxy Burn, meaning youre throwing out 4+2d6 S5 AP1 D2 autohits every turn. That said hes perfectly capable of raising banners, and thats half his value in some of the Chaos Knights lists he showed up in alongside Abaddon. Indulge yourself; it will please Slaanesh. Well youve got a few options, though youre still probably only taking a single big unit: Word Bearers Chaos Cultists Credit: RichyP. The remaining 7 are covered in Codex: Chaos Space Marines, along with two additional Legions, the Red Corsairs and Creations of Bile. Pick a visible enemy unit within 18 and roll 3D6. You might have caught the video at the end of the Warhammer Preview Online. In Creations of Bile they trade more on having S5 attacks, which lets them punch up against heavier targets where you can use. Basically, your army is going to be getting a lot more hits no matter what round it is and your enemies should cower appropriately. Where the real value comes in for Terminators however is in the upgrades and synergies available to them. Though even in this form, its still. 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. 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. The other character option in the Elites slot for Chaos Space Marines. 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. On top of that he can intervene 6 and re-rolls wound rolls against characters. Death to the False Emperor isdead; long live its replacement, Let the Galaxy Burna rule applied if every unit in your army has the Traitoris Astartes keyword and theyre all from the same Legion. For Chaos Space Marines, you have access to two disciplines: The Dark Hereticus discipline and the Malefic discipline. 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. The Mark of Slaanesh is just really, really good. You also dont have to put it into deep strike its tough enough that if youre taking multiples they can just roll forward against some armies and weather the damage, though how much you can get away with this will vary wildly by army. 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. Note that the November 2021 Balance Dataslate limits you to two Flyers in a 2,000 point army. Youll typically want to give him wings in order to improve his threat range and give him the ability to get around terrain and jump over screens. and secondary objectives. If this unit has ObSec the action completes at the end of turn, otherwise its completed at the start of your next Command phase. Once, this World Eater was an intelligent and empathetic warrior who only took pleasure in bloodshed once his terrible, torturous brain implants, the Butchers Nails, took hold. 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. 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. The added bonus of the 9+ cast means that about 28% of your casts will be un-deniable, which is a nice bonus, but not something you can depend on. There are a few army-wide special rules that Chaos Space Marines have access to regardless of which legion they hail from, or which god theyve devoted themselves to. 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. Specifically, the, a relic which can be given to the squad champion with the, Stratagem. You can only make one attack, you get +1 to hit, and if you hit you do 2D3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. One cool thing to note is that the Noctilith Crown is a Warp Locus. Your Tzeentch unit can shoot that unit as though it were your shooting phase, provided it is an eligible target.
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