But the only thing that really matters here is that extra wound they are going to get. 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. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, you can chug this Elixir to get +D3 Attacks and you cant lose more than 3 wounds in the phase. is what really makes this a quality add. One saving grace was that you could (hopefully) pick off a few of them on the way in or at least before they got to swing if you were really lucky. 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. They still lack the CORE keyword. Then if the unit has not been destroyed, they take D3 mortal wounds. Lastly, the Slaanesh relics gives you perma-transhuman and +3 to your aura abilities. Scourge of a thousand tables. YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLmJIRHlaSHdWSGo0, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLkljNTFsVTk3OU1J, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLnM5cTZxWHU1aEZr. From a loadout standpoint theyre best equipped with double twin volkites, where you can bypass the Armour of Contempt issue by just going AP0 and fishing for mortal wounds. 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. Are Two Wound Cult Marines going to be the next big thing? During the first battle round, your army (and all its units) are engaged in. This is solid for taking down big targets, but youve got other ways to do that and very limited spell slots to work with. Where youll want to watch out for this is with the factions special characters, many of whom have the CHAOS LORD keyword. 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. , and each time they make an attack with a Rapid Fire, Assault, or Pistol weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. NURGLE model only.This relic is a 9 range Grenade 1 weapon that can be thrown once per battle and cant generate extra hits when thrown. Ultimately the base loadout is fine; the Daemongore cannon is short-ranged but great, while the Hades Gatling cannon has solid AP and enough shots to be worth looking at, though the Skullhurler is also very good as a replacement, though much less reliable. The only question is whether your army needs him as part of its gameplan. Theres tons more to uncover in the 9th Edition Chaos Space Marines Codex, from new Psychic Powers and Prayers, to rejigged datasheets for many units. Each time an Attack is made by this daemon weapon, if the attack wounds the target, they take a mortal wound in addition to any normal damage. Theyre a great target for re-rolls to hit and the Prescience Psychic power. Youll want to prevent these charges by making sure its got a proper screen. It also can benefit from the Smokescreen stratagem for -1 to Hit, making it surprisingly annoying for opponents to deal with. Your warlord can re-roll wound rolls in melee. They get another prayer on top of that, plus an additional free one for their god if you give them a mark of Chaos. 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. The one exception is in Iron Warriors, as they have some great buffs for him and are heavily incentivized to surround him with units that he can support. Note that Psykers cant have the Mark of Khorne. Notable for being a flyer that can also fight things with its claws, the Heldrake is a unit that will mostly disappoint you, largely because its rules just dont seem like they were written by someone who understood what it means to make something an AIRCRAFT. If this unit starts the Fight phase within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it fights first that phase. 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. 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. You might have caught the video at the end of the Warhammer Preview Online. Specifically, the Black Rune of Damnation, a relic which can be given to the squad champion with the Trophies of the Long War Stratagem. ability. Sure, theyre nothing to sneeze at for 22 points per model you get a S5 marine with 5 attacks that hit at AP-2 but theyre a relatively cheap melee option in an army thats already full of them. 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. Chaos Space Marines box. 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. 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. ", "All you 40k people out there have managed to more or less do something that I did some time ago, and some of my friends did before me, and some of their friends did before them: When you saw the water getting gakky, you decided to, well, get out of the pool, rather than say 'I guess this is water now.'". 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. Use in any phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES NURGLE unit is picked as the target of an attack. This lets it act as a psuedo-Webway Gate for any Daemons that you have tagging along. As a unit their best value is loading them up with melee wargear like the cleaver and flail so they can do a bunch of high-damage wounds to opponents, but this just makes them a very slow melee unit in an army that is already flush with melee options that move faster and hit harder. From there, you should look at providing yourself a little defence. This can make them a surprising chore for small units to deal with. Hellbrutes used to have some weird outside play when they had 8 movement as cheap, mobile melee threats but since every 9th edition Codex has dropped them back to 6 movement theyve become slow vehicles that neither have enough attacks nor enough shooting to be good enough to see play. You also want to give one a Cyclone missile launcher if youre taking one to maximize its output. From there on, what you purchase will depend on which legion youre intending your army to be from. Do you think that Imperial space marines are kind of lame? Most of the time a Spawn is an added unit that eats up your last 25 points, though. 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. YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLmJIRHlaSHdWSGo0, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLkljNTFsVTk3OU1J, YouTube Video VVVQUWRYUHAySjhEbUQwemhRaU12RW5BLnM5cTZxWHU1aEZr. 'No plan survives contact with the enemy. Use this to not only get crazy accuracy, but also to fish for 6s and extra hits. Until your next Command phase it gets to act as though its at full health. Until your next Psychic phase, each time a friendly DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE unit makes an attack against that unit, it gets +1 to wound. Note that some named Characters like Lucius and Abaddon enjoy getting powered up by this spell in their specific Legions, and its sometimes useful for making one model with an upgraded melee weapon like a Chainfist or Heavy Chainaxe hit extra hard. Geezand if their Terminators also get another wound? As an added bonus, whenever it rolls an unmodified hit roll of 6, it just does 2 mortal wounds and the sequence ends. This is solid, and one of Abaddons three traits. Specifically, your power armor yabbos who still want to play at midfield think Rubrics, Berzerkers, Chosen, and so on. 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. 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. In Emperors Children they can roll a 6+d6 charge out of deep strike, which significantly increases their effectiveness. 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. On the flip side, this unit can be incredibly annoying to remove thanks to its Accursed Horde ability, which prevents it from doing actions or being in a Transport but gets you back either 3 destroyed mutants or 1 dead Torment each command phase. 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. And thats mostly due to the fact that the Malefic Discipline is just really, really good. The bearer can perform a 6 Heroic Intervention, gets +1 Attack, and each time the bearer destroys an enemy unit with a melee attack, they get +1 Attack for the rest of the battle. Night Lords players can also have some fun with their extra -1 Leadership aura. Youll have a hard time doing some things you would want to do, like bring a second detachment to bring more HQs, and will have to very carefully manage your CP expenditure during the game. Also, they count as half strength for Attrition tests. Again, another unit thats just OK but lacks the raw power to make your list. . Phew, that was an odyssey! 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. 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. Use at the start of any of your phases other than the Command phase. Pick a INFANTRY or CHAOS SPAWN unit within 6. Chaos is coming. This unit is out there to provide some extra value where needed while Advancing to hold objectives and support other units. Theyre a great target for re-rolls to hit and the, If youre taking Obliterators, theyre best used in Black Legion and Iron Warriors or Word Bearers, and theyre the platonic ideal of a target for, . Its particularly valuable in Emperors Children, where you can almost guarantee a charge out of deep strike with. 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. Custom40k Homebrew - Alternate activation, huge customisation, better balance and more fun! Use when an enemy unit within Engagement Range of a TRAITORIS ASTARTES SLAANESH unit form your army Falls Back. In Red Corsairs (or Black Legion using a stratagem to act as Red Corsairs for a turn) and Emperors Children they can become extra mobile, with the ability to advance and charge or roll 6+d6 charges. If the enemy psyker is within 24 of any TRAITORIS ASTARTES KHORNE units in your army, roll a D6; on a 4+ the power is denied. The final architect of the Horus Heresy and the Space Marines fall to Chaos was the Primarch of the Word Bearers, Lorgar. With the updates to the Codex tanks, the rest of the options look a hell of a lot worse now the Land Raiders are T8, and the Sicaran and Predator variants are only T7, and none of them packed the firepower to be worth fielding, the new book dropped, and some like the Whirlwind Scorpius have gotten worse thanks to the indirect fire nerfs. Which trait a unit get depends on which legion theyre from. At 75 points for the minimum size unit of 5 mutants and 3 torments, the Accursed Cultists unit is bit on the pricier side to just be cheap slot fillers when compared to regular cultists (and losing actions is a big blow), but they have the potential to be quite a bit more durable and can act as midtable objective holders (they still have ObSec), with the ability to trade up pretty effectively if they get the drop on someone. Now, in the closing years of the 41st Millennium, the Chaos Space Marines are beginning to reclaim the galaxy little by little. 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. Or you can just eviscerate them with guns like your sonic weapons. 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. Its not great, but its not terrible, either. Pick a friendly unit within 18. 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. If you happen to mark the unit, you can also get the god-themed power for the unit as well. This is a massive blow to anyone who wanted to soup in non-traditional ways. With the most recent FAQ updates, the passengers can now get out of them the turn they arrive on the table. 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. It also comes with a Demolisher cannon and some other midrange guns. Welcome to Warp Dust! Most Chaos Space Marine psykers have access to the Dark Hereticus discipline, which has declined in power with the new codex. The champion can have a flamer-esque doom siren (S5 AP-3 1-damage sonic weapon) to top things off. 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. 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. These guys were so powerful they had to be nerfed not one, not two, but three times over the course of 8th edition. If youre taking a unit of these, its for the warpflamers, either in 5 or 10, depending on how you want to use them. Units with this ability can be set up in blasphemous reserves instead of on the battlefield. 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. Last update was at 2020/10/06 16:07:41. As we mentioned above, when it comes to melee, you cant do better than Berserkers or Possessed. Your biggest obstacle for scoring this objective is that you have a very limited number of characters in your army to do this with 3 HQs, possibly Abaddon, and however many Masters of Execution youre going to take. If you do this they get. Things are suddenly going to get very hot for your opponents. 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. This is pretty solid, moreso than the +1 to hit it used to be, and it pairs very well with the Black Legions Legion Trait, which gives +1 to hit when shooting the closest eligible target. They are mini-terminators. All of this combines to make the Master of Possession one of the armys key units, and at a relatively cheap cost hes a mainstay in most lists. These returned models cant be set up within Engagement Range of enemy units, unless those units are already within Engagement Range of the unit. This is great, and being WC 6 makes it easy to cast. This petition starter stood up and took action. Let's take a look at those cult troops and just imagine the possibilities. There are a few ways to move things around and pick your current mode, which youll typically use to get into Wanton Slaughter early but may occasionally help you get more shots off with your bigger shooting units. is the best pick of those. Khrn the Betrayer wasnt always known as the Betrayer. Its not amazing but its very solid, but the reason it makes lists so often is that extra little aura: Friendly PSYKER units within 9 get +1 to cast. Its a very strong trick to have. Click for details. The one exception is in Emperors Children, who have an Epic Deed stratagem to make a nearby enemy unit Fight Last. Finally, in the third round, you can choose between Wanton Massacre and Wanton Slaughter the latterthen becoming mandatory for the fourth andfifth Battle Rounds. waiting on Chaos rules for the Kratos. 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. This is another very solid durability buff, and can pair well with Nurgle Terminators who want the added durability. Mutated Invigoration can also be huge for buffing T4 units to T5, and Warp Marked can help delete key units off the table. 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