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Alright, just so we're clear: Yes, the list is illegal. But ain't it nice what the lovely new chaos codex allows us to do to the fluff? [hint: It's something Slaanesh is fond of].

Here goes:

HQ
Ahriman - 250

Typhus - 225

Kharn - 165

Lucius - 160

Troops

9 Plaguemarines, 2 meltaguns, Plague Champion w/ powerfist, combi-melta - 277
rhino, combi-melta - 45

9 Noisemarines, 8 Sonic blasters, Noise Champion w/ meltabombs, power weapon, doomsiren - 270
rhino, combi-melta - 45

9 Khorne Berserkers, Skull Champion w/ powerfist - 229
rhino, combi-melta - 45

7 Thousand Sons and Aspiring Sorceror w/ Doombolt - 231


Heavy Support
2 Obliterators - 150

2 Obliterators - 150

Landraider, Daemonic Possession, Combi-melta - 250

Total - 2,492



Sooooo yeah the theme is obvious, isn't it? Each special character rides with the OPPOSITE god, the one they supposedly hate. Nothing prevents this in the new codex.

What intrigues me about this "army" is....well look at it, I think it could work! These antithesis god combos really seem to work well. Lucius can fire his doomsiren before the khorne berzerkers all charge, and though Lucius is kind of chumpy in cc, the berserkers would do well. Typhus can handle any close combat threat the thousand sons would fear, and the combined fire of wind of chaos from Typhus and the combi-bolters of the 1ksons would be devastating, even if the target were terminators [wind]. They can even handle a wraithlord! [Typhus]. A unit of Noisemarines moving, shooting 20-ish shots plus a doomsiren before charging in with kharn is a nasty idea, and the plaguemarines with Ahriman would make short work of any tank, and any other target too after Ahriman was done with all his psychic powers.

And then we have 4 combi-meltas toting around on all the tanks, 4 oblits and the landraider to handle other armoured targets. It could work!

Obviously since the list is illegal we could never use it, but it's got me thinking - what about just picking two and going with it? Kharn and Lucius in a Slaanesh/Khorne list, leading their opposite's squad and being backed up by more of the same?

While I don't think it would win against the best of the best, what do you think of the tactical feasibility of either the big blaspheme or the half-way ideas?

-Spellbound

P.S. Oh, and I considered trading all the Oblits to have Abaddon deepstrike in with the others. Each special character has an icon, so he could really appear anywhere. How awesome would that be!

"You can do it in Apocolypse." There is a data sheet for a 'Coven' with multiple HQ, each with their own Chosen or Terminator squad. They get some kind of kill everything barrage they can drop.

And how awesome? Awesome!

unless its legal there is no real point in thinking about it let alone posting a topic about it but take that in apocalypse if your desperate

orkyboss30000 wrote:unless its legal there is no real point in thinking about it let alone posting a topic about it but take that in apocalypse if your desperate

I think it's a perfectly valid topic to post. Just drop two characters and it's legal. And for all us fluff bunnies, it is painful to join units of feuding gods together. It just feels wrong, but it's totally legal! The new chaos list is alot different than the old one, and almost evokes a sense of the eldar codex, with many different colored aspect warriors running around, as opposed to a full unified legion warband.

Not really - I mean, they always talk about house rules, so I could always just ask my opponent "hey, mind if I use 4 HQs? Don't worry there aren't 4 lash princes, I'm just using each of the god-specific characters" And if they agreed, hey we have a game! Now that we have a game, what do you think of how effective the list could be?

Or you could comment on the other thing I mentioned, taking just Khorne/Slaanesh or Nurgle/Tzeentch and making lists based on those with each special character joined to the opposite unit.


Whitedragon: I actually ranted on that recently, on how the chaos codex feels much more "combined-arms" than before, which really doesn't fit with the CSM fluff at all, where brutish power-mongers swatted aside weaklings in their quests for daemonhood. Now it's almost like you don't want to be possessed by a daemon - it'll make you suck!