Note that CULTIST units can only know the first three prayers on the list, i.e. 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. This message was edited 1 time. You can give a specific relic to a Champion in a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit if your Warlord is a CSM Character. 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. 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. So, about those 2 Wound Chaos Space Marines? AP-3 and ideally AP-4. Your Rubric Marines can't fall back because I have declared the tertiary kaptaris ka'tah stance two, after the secondary dacatarai ka'tah last turn! The CSM Land Raider comes with the same 2+ save, but has Toughness 9, making it considerably tougher to crack. 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. Blackstone Fortress Chaos Ogryn by Craig MasterSlowPoke Sniffen. After all, the Heretic Astartes have two Wounds now, too We've still got loads more to show you from the forthcoming Chaos Space Marines codex - sign up for our newsletter to get the latest heretical updates straight to your inbox. In addition to having a decent statline with 6 attacks, the Daemon Prince. On most tables your Executioners can act as reliable backfield objective holders and still be a potent threat. Where the Apostles value really lies is in the ability to chant a prayer each Command phase the Apostle can chant one prayer he knows, and will do so on a 3+, or a 2+ if one of his goobers is still alive. 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. Each time an attack is made against this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack either equals or is at last double the Toughness characteristic of this unit, subtract 1 from that attacks wound roll. Chaos Space Marine Engagements with the Imperium, ca. 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. You can upgrade the Traitor Sergeant to have a plasma pistol and a power sword at a cost of +5 points for either option, neither of which youre likely to take. This effect is very good and very versatile. 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. Blessed by Slaanesh, he has unnatural abilities at his beck and call, and, even though he has been slain many times, he always returns, emerging from the skin of the victor like a parasite. 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 must be upgraded. Credit: Jeff Scarisbrick. The Imperium noticed and, after a vicious war known as the Badab War, Huron Blackheart and the Red Corsairs were ousted. Phew, that was an odyssey! One of those is probably a Master of Possession, and you wont be fighting with him, which leaves at most 2-4 characters to work with. reducing the damage they take by 1. 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. This costs 2 CP if the unit is TITANIC. Sonic Blasters are decent, offering Assault 3, S4, AP-1 sonic weapons that do +1 damage at half range. Scourge of a thousand tables. 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. Each mark confers certain abilities on the unit, based on the mark and their equipment. That chaos symbol could probably give you tetanus and its not even that Nurgly. There are some powerful effects here and a daemon weapon will make its way into almost every competitive Chaos Marines army. 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. At T5 and 3 wounds with a 5+ invulnerable save, Possessed have enough durability to weather a bit of shooting, particularly with help from. What was your favorite reveal from the AdeptiCon Livestream? Theres typically no reason to take this over Banners or even Retrieve Nephilim Data. The Mark of Slaanesh is just really, really good. 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. Geezand if their Terminators also get another wound? That unit gets +1 Toughness. 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. 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. When enemy units take morale tests within 6 of your warlord, they roll 2D6 and take the highest result. Its not amazing but its just pretty good for its cost and if you wanted to run one in Black Legion or Iron Warriors well, its not a bad play. Scourge of a thousand tables. Warhammer 40,000 - Codex Chaos Space Marines 2 Page 166 - Stratagems, Forward Operatives Change to read: . While not a competitive option, it will be fun for aspiring Warpsmiths to be able to add one of those new tanks for their army in casual games if it gets its keywords updated. They get another prayer on top of that, plus an additional free one for their god if you give them a mark of Chaos. Sorcerers have some value but ultimately just dont make the cut when placed next to the far superior Master of Possession, the more versatile Daemon Prince, or the more useful Dark Apostle. Also, they count as half strength for Attrition tests. 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. On top of that, the Mark of Slaanesh gives you the Murderous Perfection Stratagem, letting you change a die roll for a hit/wound/damage to a 6 in the Shooting or Fight phase, while Excessive Cruelty lets you punish enemy units attempting to Fall Back by consolidating 3 or shooting the unit leaving. 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? Now you should be more acquainted with the fearsome, fun-loving chaps who make up the Chaos Space Marines, with a few ideas of what to watch for on the battlefield, and who you might want to pick up when building a force. This allows them to farm out the loathsome work of holding rear objectives to cheaper units and spend their precious points elsewhere. Bell of Lost Souls℗ is a registered trademark of This gives the unit -1 to be wounded by incoming attacks and essentially turns them into an incredibly tough unit capable of bullying enemies off objectives. , have to be upgraded to have the Mark of Tzeentch, and never get a Legion Trait. If youre going this route, your best option is likely going to be taking a trio of War Dog Executioners. A Chaos Space Marines army can include a Chaos Knights Superheavy Auxiliary Detachment of Dreadblade Chaos Knights as AGENTS OF CHAOS. Heres some of the big stuff from the new Codex: Thats right, your basic marines Chaos Space Marines Legionnaires now get two wounds. 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. 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. Fortunately for us, there are very few Chaos Space Marine units in that category. On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. Chaos Marines have some OK ranged units, but generally speaking they do their best work up close and in melee. 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? You might have caught the video at the end of the Warhammer Preview Online. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, improve its AP by 1. The only small drop pod the Chaos Marines have access to. , and each time they make an attack with a Heavy, Rapid Fire, or Grenade weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. And in this upcoming codex, Chaos Space Marine Legionaries are getting rules to . Stratagem in a pinch), so the real value here is on the extra prayer. The attrition benefit is OK, but given your traitor guardsmen are 7 Ld and only come in units of 10 its not super likely youll use it in most games. 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. This is a good way to punish units coming in, but even having this depends on having Tzeentch units that have meaningful shooting. The Lord of Skulls is like a less mobile knight that trades access to Chaos Knight Stratagems and rules for the and DAEMON ENGINE KEYWORDS. 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. 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. In 8th Edition, Marks of Chaos simply aligned your units with a Chaos God, allowing certain spells or rules to affect them. Ability helps nearby Traitor Guardsmen units automatically pass Combat Attrition tests, which isnt particularly valuable given they only come in units of 10. This baffling rule prevents you from overdoing it on Cultists, a thing no one is worried about. This costs 2 CP if the unit has 6+ models. If you do this they get. Helpful for getting a second trait on another character, though less common in Nephilim where youre spending CP on your first trait and relic. 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 the caster in a unit if you take two of these. Each time an attack is made against that unit an unmodified 1-3 on the hit roll automatically fails, irrespective of any abilities that weapon or model may have, and the attacks hit roll cant be re-rolled. Add in the ability to outright kill a T4 model 50% of the time on top of that and its got some power. 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. Its not terrible, but to really get value out of it you need it on a weapon with. World Eaters Heavy Gunner. This upgrades a melee weapon, turning it into a Relic and Daemon Weapon. For Night Lords, you could be looking at some Warp Talons and Raptors to divide up your enemys forces with rapid attacks. This unit can throw out 7+ S8 2-damage swings per turn and do some real damage to an unsuspecting target. Noise Marines are the Slaanesh-devoted Elite unit in the Chaos Codex, armed with a fun host of stellar abilities and some of the better shooting weapons in the game. Instead, well cover each section with a general discussion of the good units, relics and stratagems, point out any traps, and then discuss how these pieces fit into a competitive army. 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. ) 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. Last update was at 2020/10/06 15:14:43, This message was edited 1 time. Alternatively you can try and pad out a detachment with cheaper options like the Kytan or the Brass Scorpion but more than likely youre better off going Chaos Knights if you want to take that many big machines. 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. Getting extra opportunities to proc 6s with Let the Galaxy Burn is an added bonus. Chaos Space Marines have a number of interesting Elites choices, most of them specializing in melee combat or mid-range shooting. Most of the time youre going to drop a meltagun and a plasma gun in the squad, plus your preference of flamer/grenade launcher/sniper rifle on the third guardsman. This means that against armies which have an easier time scoring, youll be racing against the clock to wipe them out before they can put a game out of reach. 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. This latter ability is pretty solid against larger vehicles where youre more likely to get close to the 6-wound cap. 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. 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. When Codex Supplement: Space Wolves is released, all of the rules within that will then replace and supersede this entire document, at which point none of the rules here can be used. Heres the Quote from Games Workshop: 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. 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. . In addition to having a decent statline with 6 attacks, the Daemon Prince must 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. 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. But if you made a Defiler much better at one of those two things for cheaper, you just end up with Forgefiends and Maulerfiends. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Also great to use on your opponents attempts to Interrogate. 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. 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). I don't know if they ever actually said it was coming with the, "I thought a thing that was never said was happening and now I'm angry and making a thread. 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. CHAOS UNDIVIDED model only. ", "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.'". On the whole, the ability to toss out mortal wounds at 24 is pretty solid, and Decimators offer that on a fairly durable platform. 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. With the rise of Primaris Space Marines, he may now have all the new material hell ever need to twist Chaos Space Marines into new forms, finally perfecting his lifes work. Being a second caster with a single cast. 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. 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. In case you missed the news from AdeptiCon, Games Workshop snuck this one in late last night. 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. NURGLE model only. 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. Use in your Shooting phase. Word Bearers Contemptor Dreadnought Credit: RichyP. Its also got more value when your Land Raiders are borderline playable in competitive settings. 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. and each time they make an attack with an Assault, Pistol, or melee weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. Having a Rhino or two can provide them key protection, especially against mortal wound-heavy strategies that trigger in the movement phase. 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. Some come to Chaos to learn forbidden knowledge, others for power, others for freedom from restrictive rules. ability. What makes these guys tough is their All is Dust ability. Huron Blackheart of the Red Corsairs is a more recent convert. Each time you complete this action pick one of the Chaos gods to dedicate the table quarter to (if the unit is marked they have to pick their mark god). Yeah. Its 5-shot melta cutter is a significant threat to anything it comes near, and its Termite Drill will absolutely shred enemy vehicles on top of its shooting. 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. Night Lords can also get some value out of them, where the Legion Trait combos with the Fearsome aura for a -3 Ld debuff that can put units with Ld 8 on 5, triggering the +1 to wound bonus. Units with this ability can be set up in blasphemous reserves instead of on the battlefield. Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Until your next Psychic phase, that unit gets either +1 Strength or +1 Toughness. 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. On the whole, the Enforcer is just OK. Chaos Space Marines have access to quite a few Lords of War, two of which are surprisingly viable. 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. Pick an enemy unit within 12 and it cant use any invulnerable saves until your next Psychic phase. Pick a TZEENTCH unit within 18. Still, there are a few basics that every Chaos Space Marine army can benefit from, so lets take a look at them. 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. A hasty bit of rethinking and retooling, along with some new lore, saw the idea of a schism in the Imperium being born. 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. No frills, just a more durable place for 10 Obsec wounds that can hold objectives and raise banners. For each 4+ you roll, that unit takes a mortal wound. 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. This gives the unit -1 to be wounded by incoming attacks and essentially turns them into an incredibly tough unit capable of bullying enemies off objectives. This is a very solid upgrade on your unit, and the ability to just sit there and tank a million attacks from something like a knight or the Yncarne can absolutely swing the game. Similar to Thousand Sons, they dont come with a mark baked-in, so you have to spend the 15 points to upgrade them, but this actually makes them (hilariously) even more resilient, making them T5 with -1 to wound on incoming attacks that are S5 or S10+. This saw him embrace Chaos earlier than any of the other Primarchs, leading him to begin seeding traitors throughout his brothers legions. 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. 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). You can give a Character a Warlord Trait if your Warlord is a CSM Character. are both solid, with the latter being extremely useful for keeping your black rune Terminator brick on the table. 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. 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. 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. This is OK, but this is really kitted out for a Dark Apostle. Noise Marines pumped out the jams. The Chaos Space Marine Fast Attack options are limited, but there are some good options in there, especially when you factor in the Dreadclaw Drop Pod from the Imperial Armour Compendium. This is reason enough to take the mark of Tzeentch on some units, since it helps you cast one of your key spells. In Night Lords armies hell typically take Night Haunters Curse in order to get the free 6 to hit once per turn. KHORNE model only. This is a pretty good way to get splash damage, though at WC 7 its a bit trickier to cast. Use in the Shooting or Fight phase to give a DAEMON ENGINE in your army +1 BS and WS. 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. , either just eclipsed by other units. 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. Just watch out for armies like Leagues Of Votann and Iron Warriors that turn off your ability to reroll Wounds. 2 Wound Chaos Space Marines are FINALLY coming! 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. Warpsmiths are essentially the Techmarines of the Chaos Space Marine faction. Stratagem as well. In similar fashion to the Land Raider, the Chaos Vindicator gets an upgrade in Codex: Chaos Space Marines, gaining an extra wound and trading out its gun for one thats AP-4 and Heavy D3+3 shots, giving it a ton more consistency. . Until the start of your next Psychic phase, while a friendly DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE is within 6 of the caster they get a 4+ invulnerable save and when an enemy unit finishes a charge move in engagement range of them, you roll a D6; on a 2=4 they take 1 mortal wound and on a 5-6 they take D3. This is a massive blow to anyone who wanted to soup in non-traditional ways. At base, they offer a 3-wound, 3-attacks, LD10, 2+ save model with Armour of Contempt, but add to that an Accursed Weapon that gives them an additional S5 AP-3 attack and youve got a unit that even in its base configuration can do quite a bit of damage and is hard to shift. Until your next Command phase it gets to act as though its at full health. As we mentioned above, when it comes to melee, you cant do better than Berserkers or Possessed. Incredibly good. . This symbol looks like a certain Rumor Engine. Namely that its big, hard to deploy, and will sit in your deployment zone all game while the majority of your units want to be pushing toward the middle of the table grabbing objectives. 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.. 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