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Hi folks


Ive just purchased a new box of 10 CSM and really cant decide what kind of weaponry to stick on them. I suppose an army list might give you guys an idea of what I have and have not got in regards to capabilities. I only have the Battle Force box set and a Daemon Prince as well as the new 10 pack so bits are at a premium and Ive only got what comes in the boxes.

1 x Daemon Prince
Wings
Mark of Khorne(toying with Slannesh mark but thats besides the point)


4 x Possessed Space Marine
1 x Possessed Champion


14 x Chaos Space Marines
MeltaGun
Mark of Khorne (again toying with another mark...maybe Tzeentch)
1x Aspiring Champion
Powersword
Plasma Pistol


7x Khorne Bezerkers
2 x Plasma Pistols
1 x Skull Champion
Powerfist
Plasma Pistol
MeltaBombs
Dedicated Rhino Transport
Havok Launcher
Extra Armour


So thats what I've got buy I'm not sure what to do with my new 10 Marines. My initial plan when buying them was to have 2 squads one of 10 with 2 Meltas and one of 15 with 2 Heavy Bolters but I've just been reading the codex and noticed you can only have 1 Heavy Bolter So there goes my plan to have a (semi) anti-armour squad and an anti-infantry squad. Now I'm totally lost and just cant decide what to do! Help Please!

Personally I like to get my CSM into CC, so I would not arm them with the heavy bolter (keep it in your bits box so that you can use it to build havocs with HB's, etc).

For the champ, I'd actually pin him so you can swap out the different weapon combos he can have. I've done it with mine and it means that I can field him WYSIWYG.

I take 1 champ, 1 melta (though I take 7 men squads for fluff reasons). In a 10 man squad I would probably take 2 meltas.

Aandayyan wrote:Ive just purchased a new box of 10 CSM and really cant decide what kind of weaponry to stick on them.

Meltaguns. In 5e with so many transports, the mg is needed to crack the transport, and then the CSM can assault the passengers, which is a 5e favored tactic.

Aandayyan wrote: My initial plan when buying them was to have 2 squads one of 10 with 2 Meltas and one of 15 with 2 Heavy Bolters but I've just been reading the codex and noticed you can only have 1 Heavy Bolter

I wouldn't go with stand-and-shoot CSM. Plaguers yes, CSM? No. 2 meltaguns.

I should have mentioned my main opponent is an Ork. Maybe Im wrong but engaging Orks in CC with my marines might end in my slaughter to far superior numbers.

You get 3 attacks on the charge and get to go first, so that is 30 attacks vs 30 orks (at a max), which means you can kick bottom if you get the charge. You also have bolt pistols so you can shoot before you charge too.

SilverMK2 wrote:You get 3 attacks on the charge and get to go first, so that is 30 attacks vs 30 orks (at a max), which means you can kick bottom if you get the charge. You also have bolt pistols so you can shoot before you charge too.

An excellent point.