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. This is neat as a targeted way to Smite, and the 10+ cast rider makes it a little bit better, but its not really what youre buying a tome for and you usually wont have enough casters to justify this when you get Smite for free. So, about those 2 Wound Chaos Space Marines? Chaos Space Marines have access to a variety of relics, with a set that are available for every legion and sets that are exclusive to each legion. New Chaos Space Marine Codex 2022 . This symbol looks like a certain Rumor Engine. 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. Where the real value comes in for Terminators however is in the upgrades and synergies available to them. Cypher is an interesting unit. The beat their toughness rider isnt amazing but if you think about this as just a targeted D3 mortal wounds for WC 6, thats pretty solid just on its own. If youre taking a unit of these, its for the warpflamers, either in 5 or 10, depending on how you want to use them. Pick a friendly
CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER unit within 6. The Lord of Skulls is a fairly tough monster, sitting on T8 and a 2+ save, plus a 5+ invulnerable save and daemonic regeneration. There are a few niggles for some fans, such as the lack of custom Legions (you have to simply copy the Legion thatbest matches your intended playstyle), the removal of some wargear options for popular units (jump packs for Chaos Lords are a thing of the past), and some Dark Hereticus Discipline powers feeling a little underpowered. Sorcerers have fallen out of vogue in the 9th edition codex, in part because the Dark Hereticus discipline they draw from just doesnt bring much to the table any more now that Warptime was nerfed. Their primary function is to threaten objectives, screen, and annoy. Our final recommendation for your starter Chaos Space Marine army is a Chaos Rhino. The Master of Possession is possibly the most important unit in the Chaos Space Marine army, in the short list of units that pretty much go in every single army. Scourge of a thousand tables. 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. For Night Lords, you could be looking at some Warp Talons and Raptors to divide up your enemys forces with rapid attacks. This can throw a real wrench into your opponents plans, and against some armies can make a big difference. On the whole defilers are frustrating. Marks represent the benefits units get for devoting themselves to the Chaos powers. Chaos Lord and Chaos Space Marines. , have to be upgraded to have the Mark of Nurgle, and never get a Legion Trait. While other War Dogs are potentially an option here, the melee dogs dont really do anything for you that other units in your army cant do, and the big knights arent bringing enough to the table for what it costs to include them. This is solid for upping your damage output, though really youre just in it for Slaughter on your Khorne units. You can also run them as 10 mutants with 3 torments, giving them more ablative wounds to recur every turn the mutants dont count for morale when they die. If youre taking a unit, you should absolutely give them an icon, and you may as well give them plasma pistols as the only upgrade you can take on them. Specifically, there are 4 powers that are eminently playable in the mix, with two that you want to build around Pact of Flesh and Cursed Earth, specifically. To the Disco Lords detriment, hes no longer the force multiplier he used to be: His previous +1 to hit aura has been replaced with the ability to give a single VEHICLE +1 to hit in melee for a round, or alternately he can curse a vehicle, hitting an enemy vehicle for a few mortal wounds. Being able to fight first with multiple units in your army can really throw a wrench into an opponents plans, though note that at the start of the Fight phase rider you wont fight first if a unit gets into Engagement Range with a pile in or consolidate move. Thank You, Patrons. Abaddons got the benefit of all four marks of Chaos, plus a 4+ invulnerable save and he cant take more than 3 wounds per phase. If psychic powers arent your thing, what about praying to the dark gods for help? 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. Goonhammer and Stat Check are Teaming Up! PIck one LEGIONARIES unit from your army; if it is the Shooting phase, that unit can shoot again; if it is the fight phase and that unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, that LEGIONARIES unit can fight again. This costs 2 CP if the model is TITANIC. Stupid good. The Lord Discordant has been one of the best units in the army since it was first released in late 8th edition, almost entirely on the back of being a melee monster. 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. A unit of Accursed Cultists comes with 5-10 upgrade Cultist bodies S4 T4 and 2 attacks each plus between 3 and 6 Torment models, which are basically 3-wound, T4 Chaos Spawn, though they trade the Spawns new regeneration ability for a 6+ feel no pain roll. From there you have a number of options for the unit, mostly based on the kill team upgrade options. These are your heavy weapon troops, and can come equipped with a wide array of weapons, meaning youll have some swiss-army-knife ranged support for your battlefield adventures. All rights reserved. Names, trademarks, and images copyright theirrespective owner. Some come to Chaos to learn forbidden knowledge, others for power, others for freedom from restrictive rules. Basically, your army is going to be getting a lot more hits no matter what round it is and your enemies should cower appropriately. 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. Pick a NURGLE unit within 18. On the more generic side buffs tend to be more useful than debuffs, and. Kind of like a ranged version of the Blade of the Relentless. Re-roll hit rolls for melee attacks made by friendly CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER units within 6 of this priest. The book clocks in at 184 pages, and covers the lore of various Space Marine legions who have fallen into Chaos -- as well as the history of the Horus Heresy, recently . For extra muscle you can add a Traitor Ogryn to the unit for 65 points. You will typically also give this unit the Mark of Slaanesh so it has access to Delightful Agonies. prayer and may know a number of others. Note that unlike in their brethrens Death Guard and Thousand Sons codices, Cultists in the CSM codex have ObSec. Chosen come with 3 wounds and 3 attacks base, plus a boltgun and an accursed weapon. While your Legionary unit cant Psychic Interrogate or Warp Ritual, this does give you an extra cast and some mortal wounds to throw out on the move, and that can add a lot of casting utility to your army, plus you get an extra deny attempt. This can be a solid defensive buff and stacks well with Armour of Contempt. You might have caught the video at the end of the Warhammer Preview Online. Havocs work best in Black Legion (+1 to hit against closest eligible target), and Iron Warriors (ignore cover), and have some play in Emperors Children, though in that case youll take Blastmasters instead. Phew, that was an odyssey! 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. And yet, 2-3 units of cultists make their way into almost every Chaos Space Marines army, because at 50 points for the unit of 10, theyre some of the cheapest Objective Secured models in the game. 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. Its best value is going to be when youre fighting Harlequins, but youre better off shooting those. Legion (also, they become Troops in an Emperors Children Detachment). The issue here is that if youre taking a Nurgle character that wants to get close to the enemy, there are better options. Though he struck down the loyalist Primarch Sanguinius, of the Blood Angels and dealt a mortal blow to the Emperor Horus himself was slain, and his fleets and legions splintered, unable to overcome Earths defences. The remaining 7 are covered in Codex: Chaos Space Marines, along with two additional Legions, the Red Corsairs and Creations of Bile. . During the second battle round, your army (and all its units) is engaged in. The sheer volume of mortal wounds you can put out with this is absurd, and its going to do its best work when you combine it with Warlord Traits like, get mortals on 6s to wound. If you have to kill, then kill in the best manner. Possessed got new models with the 9th edition codex and immediately became superstars in the new book. Until the start of your next psychic phase, that model gets +2 Strength and Attacks. 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. Five models with bolters or chainswords. 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. Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and Austinite for 15+ years, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. 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. an option here, the melee dogs dont really do anything for you that other units in your army cant do, and the big knights arent bringing enough to the table for what it costs to include them. You can find more on the math behind the marks and how they affect play in our. In this section well cover the main rules for the army, starting with the factions army-wide special rules, then diving into the Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Relics, Secondary Objectives, and Psychic Powers available to all Chaos Space Marines. Its an ability you can get multiple ways, but always useful to have. Credit: genola. Each has its own advantages and quirks. This lets it act as a psuedo-Webway Gate for any Daemons that you have tagging along. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Most competitive Chaos Space Marine lists pack a single unit of ten Terminators with the Black Rune (though some opt for Chosen instead). 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. is just really, really good. This can make them a surprising chore for small units to deal 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. Youre going to have to do double the damage you were doing before only to get slapped right back in the process. Forget Benediction of Darkness, which has a very difficult wholly within rider, this is what you want for durability boosts. If the Daemon Engine is TITANIC, this costs 2 CP. PRIEST models in your army know the Dark Zealotry prayer and may know a number of others. If you didnt see the news, Space Marines of all varieties are going up to two wounds. 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 . This is OK, but this is really kitted out for a Dark Apostle. take a Mark of Chaos for one of the four Chaos Gods, giving him +1 Strength and attack if you Khorne or making him a Psyker if you take one of the others. There are quite a few chaos space marines changes, though most of these aren't as impactful as you'd expect, merely rolling in weapon options into models' base costs. As a fast melee option they dont hit as hard as Possessed, arent quite as fast and durable as bikes, and arent as cheap as Raptors, making them more of a finesse unit than a brawler.. Useful for adding some Cultist models onto an objective in your Command Phase to score some more Primary points. Not enough value because they become invalidated so quickly. As always, a guide like this represents a time and place. But there was a lot more to the video, too. But the only thing that really matters here is that extra wound they are going to get. 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. This is pretty good, if not quite as good as say, Flamers of Tzeentch, but comes at a very reasonable points cost and on a unit that can be pretty damn durable when you factor in All is Dust and the ability to shrug off a single failed save per turn just remember that they lose the 5+ invulnerable save. Geezand if their Terminators also get another wound? The unit can have a heavy weapon or special weapon for every five models, though this typically wont be worth the cost outside of the odd meltagun here and there. I don't buy books for this reason. This is extremely good, and the ability to give it to a squad champion with. 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. If youre taking Warp Talons, the ideal method is a five-model squad that starts on the board and can harass and tie up key enemy units and trade up against potentially nastier targets. 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. Thats OK though, because its literally free. Ah the poor Helbrute. 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. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. 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. Blessed by all four Chaos Gods but loyal to none, he leads the reborn and remixed Sons of Horus now known as the Black Legion and incorporating parts of all traitor legions in a never-ending crusade against the Imperium. He comes with a Thunder Hammer and a plasma pistol by default and has no real value aside from being the cheapest possible way to get a re-roll 1s to hit aura for your CORE units. Once upon a time, Lucius was simply a legionnaire of the Emperors Children who was exceptionally devoted to mastering the blade. At T5 and 3 wounds with a 5+ invulnerable save, Possessed have enough durability to weather a bit of shooting, particularly with help from Cursed Earth and Pact of Flesh, but are more valuable as forward combat units that crash into enemy lines early than as midtable objective brawlers. Unlike a regular drop pod, the Dreadclaw needs to be dealt with after it lands. 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. 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. Pick a friendly NURGLE CORE or CHARACTER unit within 6. As always, a guide like this represents a time and place. All TRAITORIS ASTARTES units (excluding CULTISTS, SLAVES TO DARKNESS, and AGENTS OF CHAOS) with this ability gain a Legion Trait, provided every unit in your army is from the same Legion. 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+. In addition to giving you special rules, Legions also give you access to Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Relics, and Secondary Objectives. This is a fun way to tie up an enemy unit with a screen and still be able to shoot them, though it depends very much on a unit not just mulching a unit of cultists in a single go. You can find more on the math behind the marks and how they affect play in our Hammer of Math article on the topic. Pick a TZEENTCH unit within 18. It doesnt have a particularly impressive damage profile but it can be useful in Red Corsairs, where it gains the ability to Advance and charge after moving 16. Its a very strong trick to have. Its a good way to take down bigger targets, or give something a reason to avoid fighting you. This is a good way to punish units coming in, but even having this depends on having Tzeentch units that have meaningful shooting. 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. The big issue with this prayer is having to do this in the Command Phase (unless you use a stratagem to pray in another phase), so good players generally avoid leaving good targets visible and within range of the Priest. But the second and biggest portion of Let the Galaxy Burn comes in the form of the Chaos Space Marines equivalent to the loyalist marines Combat Doctrines titledWanton Acts. Once during that phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, you can change the result of a single hit roll, wound roll, or damage roll to be a 6 (note that if the die is a D3 then a 6 counts as a 3). be upgraded. The competition here is very fierce, particularly as you figure out how youre going to fit in the psykers you need. This replaces a power sword, daemon blade, or accursed weapon with one thats S+1, AP-4, 2 damage, and gives you +1 attack. 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. Well take that deal every single day. Otherwise, Psyker has a 4+ invulnerable save and can only be hit on a 4+, but his real value is just being on the table. Word Bearers Contemptor Dreadnought Credit: RichyP. Likewise, try and build your army to make your opponents secondaries hard to score as well try to avoid giving up more than 10 points on the likes of No Prisoners and Bring it Down if you can. 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. Chaos is coming. Well youve got a few options, though youre still probably only taking a single big unit: Word Bearers Chaos Cultists Credit: RichyP. Note that this only affects a single. Close to the unit for 65 points the second battle round, your army the. 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