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Hey guys im collecting a chaos space marine army and im not sure which units to buy.

I have 25normal marines (mostly bolters with various weapons)
5 Raptors
5Havoks
5terminators(converted from Space marine terminators)
1 chaos dred
1 chaos pred

so what should i buy next any suggestions will be welcome as i have no clue what to buy , thanks.

Most obviously, you need some Rhinos for the CSMs.

Past that, the current "best" choices in the codex are obliterators, berzerkers, plague marines, and daemon princes. Maybe a Defiler if you love walkers.

yeah i like walkers ill probably get a defiler because they look good anyway.
Ill definetly be getting some rhinos

i recommend Obliterators. they have manny diffrent range weapons. so they can kill anything from rippers to tanks

Rhinos but past that whatever you feel like building your army around.

I dont really thing oblits are a "must have". They have just devloped a un deserved rep for being amazing when that is not always the case.

I have never seen oblits doing anything our other heavys cant do if not better. The only thing they have is being able to DP in and do the same trick that suicide termi squads can do.

Not to say they are terrible but they are not the be all end all heavy support option.

you have a point there, they are good but not epic

As a 15 year vet let me start with, "Good choice!" You need rhinos (baskets for your eggs), oblits, berzerkers (though Khorne annoys me personally), a defiler wouldn't hurt, more oblits, make a havoc/chosen squad with lots of melta to use in one of your rhinos, 1000 Sons and Plaguies don't suck either. Load up on troops, but make sure you don't go too short on firepower. That is a common mistake for chaos armies.

Rhinos, Daemon prince, obliterators,land raider, defiler.

First: You don't seem to have an HQ choice? Are you intending to play this army? For HQ I suggest: Daemon Prince (as mentioned before) or Chaos Lord. Special characters can be fun, but I don't think you should center your army on them (for fluff purposes) unless it's an already existing group that follows that special character. Also, a Chaos Lord is pretty easily made from standard chaos bits, just with some creative posing, basing or greenstuff.

For the rest of it, pretty much everything else suggested above. Rhinos, Berzerkers, Plague Marines (I need to get myself some for that matter...), a Land Raider, and a Defiler. Pretty much in that order, I suggest, except the first three could be switched around. But don't forget an HQ choice if you intend to play!

I use Abbadon and he makes up his points almost every game. 275pts is a lot, but I stick him in a land raider with 8 berzerkers and it's quite the nasty combo.

thanks guys i like the suggestion about making the Chaos lord especially.
Gonna definetly get some Rhinos and oblits thanks.

A Matter of Pride wrote:I have never seen oblits doing anything our other heavys cant do if not better.

Having used most of the Chaos heavy support choices, I can say with some certainty you are dead wrong about the value of obliterators. Compared to other heavy support choices, excepting Defilers, their slight premium in points cost is far outweighed by their flexibility and toughness. There is a reason people promote them so heavily - they are, in fact, that good.

i WILL be fielding oblits

I suggest going for the more 'chaosy' options.

Cults, Defiler, Oblits... along those lines.