are both solid, with the latter being extremely useful for keeping your black rune Terminator brick on the table. Though as far as units go, Abaddon is still one of the games best individual units, and worth the cost. 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. For example, if you run Mortarion in a Supreme Command detachment alongside a unit of Iron Warriors, your Iron Warriors will lose their Legion trait and no longer ignore cover or turn off Wound rerolls. 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. Get +1 to your Psychic tests and each time you make a Psychic test, if you roll an unmodified 9+ to cast, the power or action cant be denied. Kind of like a ranged version of the Blade of the Relentless. Its 10-model transport capacity is great for moving a unit of 10 Chosen, Plague Marines, or Rubric Marines. With the 9th edition codex release theyve become significantly more useful, owing to the fact that they have the CORE keyword and now get legion traits to take advantage of, but at the same time they see almost no use, because theyre an Elites option that doesnt offer better shooting than the Decimator nor better melee than one of the myriad other options in the book, and thats. What else does GW have in store? This is. 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. Theyre particularly good in Word Bearers, where the legion has more tricks and abilities to make them more worthwhile, and a secondary objective that they can accomplish. If you do this they get. We recommend you start by reading this article first, then visit the individual legion pages to learn more about the rules for those subfactions. These guys come with several abilities packed into one: The Mindwitch gives them a Psyker for a single Deny/Cast attempt, the Demagogue gives them a miniature Dark Apostle, and the Iconarch gives them an aura to give Cultists the ability to re-roll hits of 1. 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. Dark Apostles introduce a non-Psyker way to buff your units and an answer to Space Marines Chaplains. Use in your opponents Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a DAEMON ENGINE model is targeted for an attack. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Cypher is an interesting unit. 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. On top of that he can intervene 6 and re-rolls wound rolls against characters. For Chaos Space Marines, you have access to two disciplines: The Dark Hereticus discipline and the Malefic discipline. 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. Building Narrative Armies In Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness, My Lil' Everdell Is A Very Good Place To Start || How To Play, Gambit, Hellboy, Penn Jillette's New Bluffing Game & More! 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 result is a unit thats just not that great outside of being a fast way to annoy enemies and sometimes explode. Where the real value comes in for Terminators however is in the upgrades and synergies available to them. This is another very solid power, great for protecting your daemon units as they hold objectives. There are four different units Chaos Space Marine armies can pull from the specialized legions, three of which are in other books/supplements. If the Daemon Engine is TITANIC, this costs 2 CP. On the more generic side buffs tend to be more useful than debuffs, and. So yes lets think about that for a moment. 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. Pick a TZEENTCH unit in your army that isnt within Engagement Range of enemy units, then pick an enemy unit that is within 12 of that unit and was set up as reinforcements this turn. 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. At 250 points a 10-model Chosen unit starts to get on the pricey side, but thats still getting you 30 wounds that you can protect and buff with a variety of effects. This is a unit that can reliably hold the middle of the table with support from a Master of Possession and can brawl with most of the games major threats. Use in the Fight phase when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES KHORNE unit is picked to fight. 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. and their inbuilt re-rolls to wound to wound T6-9 targets 75% of the time. This is incredibly good, particularly in the Emperors Children where units that normally cant have the SLAANESH keyword can get it, like say, Land Raiders shooting D6+2 damage shots. 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. As always, a guide like this represents a time and place. Chaos is coming. The Chaos Fire Raptor may be the best of the bunch but it still lacks the kind of firepower it needs, as do the Storm Eagle, Hellblade, and Hell Talon, and the Fire Raptor and Storm Eagle will each set you back 1 CP to field. 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. All of them increase your durability in different ways, but Delightful Agonies is the best of the bunch. This is a powerful effect on the surface, but the power is both difficult to cast and also not as good as youd think in a post-Armour of Contempt world: You really dont have the weapons to put most threats on a 6+ or worse save, making this something where youll often find that the targets 5+ armour save is just as bad as their invuln would have been. If you happen to mark the unit, you can also get the god-themed power for the unit as well. Yeah. Its best value is going to be when youre fighting Harlequins, but youre better off shooting those. No adverts like this in the forums anymore. 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. The Mark of Slaanesh is just really, really good. The Venomcrawler got moved to Fast Attack in the 9th edition codex, gaining a 12 move characteristic in the process. Thats more than fine, given how unlikely it is youll want to take more than two of these. Well youve got a few options, though youre still probably only taking a single big unit: Word Bearers Chaos Cultists Credit: RichyP. 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. Suffice to say, there are reasons to include these units in your armies, and each of them plays differently outside of their parent legions in ways that affect how they play. 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. Also, they count as half strength for Attrition tests. Berserkers make a truly unholy number of attacks with chain axes when they get into close combat, whilst Possessed have great synergy with the Greater Possessed from your Start Collecting! This objective works best with armies that carry Abaddon, a Daemon Prince, and a Lord Discordant and/or Master of Execution, and have several characters that can really get into combat and tear up some targets, and an opponent who has a mix of characters and vehicle/monster units, but not enough of either to make it worth taking Bring it Down or Assassination, making it likely you can pull 10+ off this. What was your favorite reveal from the AdeptiCon Livestream? Its also one of the few ways to get hit re-rolls on your characters. This is kind of a double-edged sword however, as it means Chaos Space Marines armies are light on characters in the Elites slot, and so taking more than 3 will often mean having two detachments, something you dont want to do. Its not the best melee fighter, but it can do mortal wounds on the flyover and its blade struts are surprisingly nasty in melee. PIck an enemy unit within 12 of a TRAITORIS ASTARTES CHAOS UNDIVIDED unit from your army. Now, in the closing years of the 41st Millennium, the Chaos Space Marines are beginning to reclaim the galaxy little by little. From there you have a number of options for the unit, mostly based on the kill team upgrade options. Marketing Manager: Mars Garrett Five models with bolters or chainswords. Do you think that Imperial space marines are kind of lame? 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. Four guys with chainswords or bolters (it doesnt really matter), and one with a balefire tome and Prescience. Its a very pretty boondoggle that suffers from the same issues that most fortifications have. He comes with a power fist and a bolt pistol, and his. Look how they massacred my boy. 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. 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. They basically run around with a 2+ save. 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. overhaul in the 9th edition codex, getting an entirely new profile that its cousins in Codex: Space Marines and even Death Guard/Thousand Sons lack. The champion can have a flamer-esque doom siren (S5 AP-3 1-damage sonic weapon) to top things off. Auto-wounding is, powerful, and so you want to use this on something that has solid damage and AP but otherwise mediocre strength. In Night Lords armies hell typically take Night Haunters Curse in order to get the free 6 to hit once per turn. If theres a place Helbrutes have play, its in Creations of Bile, where having 7 Movement and S7 base makes them a little bit more deadly and useful, or potentially in Black Legion, where getting +1 to hit can mitigate the downsides of it being a WS/BS 3+ unit. One of the most interesting aspects of Traitor Guardsmen is that they have the CULTISTS keyword, meaning they can be affected by abilities and stratagems that work on Cultists such as the auras of the Dark Apostle and Dark Commune (though note that they cant be brought back with Tide of Traitors as they are not a CULTIST MOB). 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. 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. Add to that a siege shield that gives it +1 to its saves on top of Armour of Contempt and T8 and youve got yourself a nice little tank that can range around and put holes in bigger targets, while getting a guaranteed 6 shots against anything with 6+ models. Still a very good power, though the WC 7 requirement does make it a bit of a crap shoot compared to other powers. On the other side of things, Masters of Possession have access to the Malefic discipline, which is mostly buffs for Legion DAEMONKIN units. 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 an excellent tradeoff, and youll almost always be taking the wounds if you have to. The Terminator variants are a bit more durable and better at fighting thanks to being able to take a Force Axe (again, options in the new book leave much to be desired), and have a bit more casting utility thanks to the Chaos Familiar giving them a single re-roll to cast per game. 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 you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. Raptors generally show up as 5-man squads in Creations of Bile when they see competitive play, showing up as small squads that can do actions and annoy opponents. This is one happy Chaos player! But now with an extra wound each, its going to take twice as many shots while they get to hit you again and again. 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. 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. Chaos Space Marines have access to a single Fortification, The Noctilith Gate. 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. 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. After that enemy unit has finished the move, your unit can either consolidate up to 3, or if its no longer within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but only at the target falling back. Well talk more about these units in their respective sections. discipline, which is mostly buffs for Legion DAEMONKIN units. This can throw a real wrench into your opponents plans, and against some armies can make a big difference. 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. Hes always got the AGENT OF CHAOS keyword, and if your army includes any CHAOS LORD models (which includes the likes of Abaddon, Lucius, Haarken, and Huron Blackheart, he can be included in a detachment without taking up a slot. 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. By himself he clocks in at 45 points and is relatively fragile, with T3, 4 wounds, and a 5+/5++ save. At T5 and 3 wounds with a 5+ invulnerable save, Possessed have enough durability to weather a bit of shooting, particularly with help from. 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. This gives Chaos Space Marines four solid Troops choices in their games, and thats pretty cool. Its 10-model transport capacity is great for moving a unit of 10 Chosen, Plague Marines, or Rubric Marines. Compare this to the Iron Warriors, who strip opponents of cover bonuses when attacking, and can mitigate incoming attacks Armour Piercing effects, and you begin to see just how differently each Legion now plays. On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. Its not quite enough to justify the unit cost, and so Forgefiends dont often see competitive play, but note that it is significantly better than what a Defiler can put out with ranged attacks. 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. Pick a friendly DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE within 18. At 5 attacks each (6 for the champion), Warp Talons boast damage output on par with Berzerkers but lack the ability to take a mark of chaos and instead must get by on the raw power of their datasheet. Youll want to prevent these charges by making sure its got a proper screen. 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. Note that, per the FAQ, the Liber Hereticus relic will not increase the range of this aura. They arent, but youre paying for them to be OK at two things and in reality youd just prefer it if they were better at one. 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. Its about freakin time! . From there, you should look at providing yourself a little defence. 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! Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Up for pre-order on June 25, 2022 and released on July 2, the 9th edition Chaos Space Marines codex is now alive and kicking, and we can get up to speed on the long war. The CSM get four different trait tables. Use at the start of any of your phases other than the Command phase. 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. The remaining 7 are covered in Codex: Chaos Space Marines, along with two additional Legions, the Red Corsairs and Creations of Bile. Phew, that was an odyssey! Another solid stratagem to have in your pocket, and good for keeping the likes of Venomcrawlers on the table. 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. Until the start of your next psychic phase, that unit has a 4+ invulnerable save. This works amazingly well on a, who already re-rolls wounds against Characters, or the. Best on a Daemon Prince or Lord Discordant. 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. be upgraded. KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE, or SLAANESH. 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. Abaddon the Despoiler cannot be everywhere so he uses Haarken Worldclaimer as his voice and mouthpiece. This mostly helps Bikers and Terminators live up to their full potential by giving you four shots per model with their Rapid Fire 2 guns, albeit still at S4 AP0. Do you generally feel OK about cavorting with daemons and making dark pacts with the ruinous powers that will pit you against each others pawns in a never ending game with the entire galaxy at stake? There are also three additional powers you can access if your Psyker has the Mark of Tzeentch, Nurgle, or Slaanesh. Chaos Space Marines have access to a single Fortification. to make sure an arriving unit can immediately complete a charge. Theres a lot more to Chaos Space Marines than just understanding the units; if you want to be successful you have to put them all together in a way that will work for you on the table. They arent terrible, but youre paying for them to be OK at two things and in reality youd just prefer it if they were better at one. Use in your Shooting phase when a unit shoots. Until your next Psychic phase, your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls that target that unit. If you see something, or if you have any questions, comments, or feedback, drop us a note in the comments below or email us at contact@goonhammer.com. 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. And thats good because hes perfectly capable of acting alone, walking across the table and murdering things with Drachnyen, a S9, AP-4, 3-damage blade that does an extra D3 mortals every time it rolls a 6 to wound. From a battlebox of baroque models to a blasphemous Kill Team, it's been a busy year for the Traitor Legions - and with War Zone Nachmund: Rift War on the horizon, their work is far from done.. After 10,000 years of fighting the Corpse-Emperor's minions,* you earn the right to refer to yourself as a veteran. If you didn't see the news, Space Marines of all varieties are going up to two wounds. These guys come in at S5 on the charge and AP-2 and if youre in something like Creations of Bile they get even nastier. 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. Specifically, the Black Rune of Damnation, a relic which can be given to the squad champion with the Trophies of the Long War Stratagem. Also note that taking an Icon does not give them the ICON keyword, so they wont get that wonderful AP boost, sadly. Then grab your eight-pointed star and strap in because Chaos Space Marines may be the army for you! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SB-138 GW Warhammer 30K / 40K Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine Squad X10 #2 at the best online prices at eBay! Being able to just tank your first failed save is a very solid trick on models with a 2+ save and Armour of Contempt for protection, and being able to give your melee attacks the ability to ignore saves isnt bad. 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, you can run them with a trio of Ectoplasma Cannons, where having 3D3 S7 Ap-3, 3-damage shots, each with Blast can be just nasty enough to put a dent in some targets. If youre taking one, going double Grav with volkite chest guns is probably the play, but be warned that your dreadnought is super vulnerable to charges since its depending on double blast weapons. Try to build an army that will reliably be able to score at least two secondaries regardless of the opponent or situation, and then make your third pick contingent. Finally, every CSM player can let out a sigh of relief. Warhammer 40,000 - Codex Chaos Space Marines 2 Page 166 - Stratagems, Forward Operatives Change to read: . Use when an enemy unit within Engagement Range of a TRAITORIS ASTARTES SLAANESH unit form your army Falls Back. The only small drop pod the Chaos Marines have access to. Re-roll hit rolls for melee attacks made by friendly CORE, CULTISTS, or CHARACTER units within 6 of this priest. One of the most interesting aspects of Traitor Guardsmen is that they have the CULTISTS keyword, meaning they can be affected by abilities and stratagems that work on Cultists such as the auras of the Dark Apostle and Dark Commune (though note that they cant be brought back with. These guys were so powerful they had to be nerfed not one, not two, but three times over the course of 8th edition. Add in that theyre T5 and 4 wounds each and youve got a unit thats great for dumping your last 25 points into. We get a Black Legion model. Im not going to sugarcoat it; the biggest challenge Chaos Space Marines face is that their secondaries are just Not Very Good. If the opponent doesnt take care of the transport, you can use it for move blocking, LOS blocking, and charging key units as well dont be afraid to get in there with it. Chaos Cultists are an integral part of many Chaos Space Marines armies, and, in the 9th Edition codex, thats been recognised. If your legion doesnt have great passive buffs for Legionaries, youre probably going this route. You can find more on the math behind the marks and how they affect play in our. This also does nothing against daemons, and armies like Harlequins that rely on invulns are generally a bunch of small units that youre often killing anyway when you focus on them. And then even more Berserkers. This means you cant run a Cultists-only army at least for now. 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. 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. Heres some of the big stuff from the new Codex: Thats right, your basic marines Chaos Space Marines Legionnaires now get two wounds. 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. 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). 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