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 Filch wrote:
So now you want cypher and huron?

Want is a strong word, but paint up Huron in Alpha Legion colours as I was considering earlier can work. As per my earlier posts, I wasn't that adverse to Cypher. I'd obviously prefer a normal Chaos Lord, but like I'm toying with the idea of deep striking Helbrutes and Infiltrating with melta gun-toting Chosen.

That's only for growing my list further though. I'm not gonna use either in the forseeable future.

So I've been working away on building the list and so far I've built a core of units, based around Infiltrating Huron along with Havocs (If I roll a 1) or dropping Huron in with power sword-wielding Chosen, Cypher with either melta- or plasma gun-wielding Chosen, with 70 Cultists in a Helcult Formation footslogging it up the field, with potentially three Helbrutes and a Terminator squad Deep Striking. I've got all the units bar the Mayhem Pack and Huron.

HQ - 160 pts
Huron - 160pts

Troops - 180pts
10 CSM - 180pts
2 plasma guns, Aspiring Champion has a power sword

Elites
5 Terminators from DV, not done the points

Heavy Support - 255
5 Havocs - 115pts
4 autocannons

Predator - 140pts
Twin-linked lascannon, lascannon sponsons

Helcult Formation - 461pts
35 Cultists - 165pts
- 3 flamers

35 Cultists - 196pts
- 3 heavy stubbers, 31 autoguns

Helbrute - 100pts

Fallen Champion Formation - 786pts
Cypher - 190pts

10 Chosen - 255pts
5 power swords

6 Chosen - 158pts
5 melta guns

6 Chosen - 183pts
5 plasma guns

Mayhem Pack Formation - 300pts+
3 Helbrutes - 300pts+

Total - 2142pts without Terminators.

Tactics:

This list is mostly a fun, fluffy Alpha Legion way of doing things. I doubt it's extremely competitive, but I feel it should work, as I have done this without the Mayhem Pack previously.

Infiltrate the Chosen with Huron and the Havocs into buildings and proceed to shoot anything that gets close, using them in combination with the Helbrutes while the Predator rolls up in a hammer-and-anvil maneuver on a part of the enemy army while the Fearless Cultists tarpit the rest.

Situational Tactics

My tactics revolve mostly around what I infiltrate; I'd drop the power sword-wielding Chosen against anyone not great in CC (or without power armour) as the Chosen with Cypher should be able to handle most units and then plasma and/or meltagun Chosen depending on the amount of 2+ and tanks I'm facing.

Dropping a few points from the Chosen (e.g. the melta squad) gives you the option of running VotLW against SM. If you'd rather go Unbound for whatever reason, splitting the Troops in two is a viable option.

Questions
Should I drop Huron in with the power sword-wielding Chosen? If Huron's Master of Deception affects an entire unit (e.g. Huron AND the unit he joins), I should maybe consider a different bodyguard or adding some other fun things to do Chosen. If so, what would you suggest?

Helbrute loadouts; I was thinking some long ranged stuff on the Helbrute in the Helcult , or is he just better in CC? Then the three Deep Striking ones, what should they have? I was thinking meltas and heavy flamer power fists or scourge and thunder hammer.