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Abaddon

Lash Sorcerer w/wings

X20tzeench
AspChamp w/wind of chaos

X15 CSM w/2PlasmaGuns X1 AspChamp w/fist Chaos Glory

X3 oblits
X3 Oblits
X3 Oblits

X10 Tzeench Termies
X4 Combi Melta
X3 PF
X1 ChainFist
X1 Reaper
X1 HvyFlamer

Thought is to have Abaddon run w/the thousand son squad ready to take on whatever assaults them.

eh?

X15 CSM w/2PlasmaGuns X1 AspChamp w/fist Chaos Glory

Replace them by a NM squad with sonic blasters.

Thing is, if you lose in combat (and you will) old Abby takes fearless wounds along with the TS.

The army feels awful thin for 2500 points.

10 termies, 35 marines, 9 oblits? Meh. Very thin indeed.

I have to agree with Stelek. For 2500 points, you don't have much of an army.

yeah seems like 1 decent round of enemy fire sees 1/3 of your list gone , or more

I am up in the air in giving up kill points VS adding stuff... I have yet to find a good middle ground in this edition. Everything just feels like a draw to me at about turn two.

Noise Marines are the secret goodness in a Chaos army.

3 shots, 3 CC attacks. Accurate, high init. Move and fire. Heavy and special weapon that never suck. PW or PF option.

Use them.

Thousand Sons were fun for about 2 months.

Then I went back to my NM and haven't been back since.

against ork or tyranid you will get swarmed, carnifexes that have been kitted out to the max will run riot in your army, terminator armour means nothing to a fex out to kill.

and ork army would simply crush you through combat, there is no possible way to win against an army that outnumbers you that badly, and if any armies take tanks then youve had it, theres little or nothing that can kill a tank.

so pray you dont fight an armoured company.

9 oblits can handle 3 tanks each turn. Its just the amount of anti-infantry shooting is severely lacking. Noise Marines will do great and you can probably get a 3rd squad if you save some points or drop a few termies.

thehod, tanks have become harder to kill, and 3 lascannon shots against a landraider wont allways kill it, as soon as the enemy sees them they will use troops as a shield, then fire the troops into combat with them, and easily kill them, its not much good to rely on 9 oblits to kill any tanks.

also, on another note, the oblits will need to have a LOS to shoot the tanks, and due to that you wont be able to hold them back in your army without leaving an exposed flank.

it just an army waiting to die.

I've been thinking for about a week on how to use abaddon effectively. He's good, but not easy to use.

I think the way to do it is to take a squad of 4 cheap slaaneshi termies with heavy flamer and combiflamers in a possessed land raider and unload him on your opponent's big bad. The flamers help you deal with any tarpit units. Its your only chance to get him to earn his points back before he gets bogged down or dies.

Your list is insanely low model count for 2500 points and also doesn't seem very mobile.

as just mentioned, it will be hard work earning abbadons points back, in combat he will pretty much kill with every attack, but he can still get swamped, and power weapons will kill his normal save, leaving himself open.
if transporting him in a LR, then it might be worth giving his body guard lightning claws, that way the extra attack will help carve out swarms.