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Hey guys, I posted about a week ago with a first draft and i tried to take some advice with it and here is a totally differnt chaos list. Idea is rush with my two deployed rhinos/ vindictor/lash prince/chaos dread. While oblits support from behind. two squads of chosen outflank, GD is summoned from 10 man CSM squad. lesser daemons hopefully work out. Any advice or analysis would be great. Also id love to hear opinions about what weapons I should loadout to my dread.

HQ-
Prince-MoS-Lash-Wings=155

Sorceror-MoS-Lash=125

Elite-
Dreadnought-Plasma cannon, CCW=105

5 Chosen-3 plasma, 2 melta=155
IN Rhino=35

5 Chosen-4 melta=130

Troops-
9 Lesser Daemons=117

9 Lesser Daemons=117

10 Chaos Space Marines-1 Champ-1 plasma-1melta-IoS=210
in Rhino=35

7 Thousand Sons, 1 Sorceror with doombolt and personal icon=236
in Rhino=35

Heavy-
Possessed Vindicator-145

2 Obliterators=150

2 Obliterators=150

Total=2000

Thanks for any help guys.

dont give the dread guns or else it will shoot you -_- 2 CC weapons are the way to roll. Also I would try to fit in a few more troops for obj games.

Your icon of slaanesh makes me happy

Don't upgrade your champs if you're planning on having a GD pop out of their chest.

I would put all of your LDs into one squad. You really want to swamp the enemy with bodies to overwhelm an objective or stall a dangerous opponent which are the two best uses of LDs.

Either drop the plasma cannon from the dread or utilize some strategy to keep him far away from your key units(ie put something you don't care about in between him and your expensive units), but even then you could lose a lot of troops or w/e from a plasma cannon shot or two. I just don't like that 1/3 of the rolls you can make end up with you losing control of your model. With some smart play you can minimize the damage though.

I would personally drop the HQ sorc and get another DP. They work a lot better in pairs. Another option is what I do and put my sorcerors in raptor squads and give them wings so they have more bodies to absorb wounds and can still deliver lash where needed.

Mixing plasma + melta in your troop squad is a bad idea. I would simply take 2x melta as you're find they're more useful in this edition most of the time.

Thank you for idea. As for the dread, I plan on using terrain and vehicles to screen his 45 degree arc of craziness. Halsfield, when you say dont upgrade your champs, I am unsure of what you are referring, my CSM champ has nothing, the melta and plasma are part of the squad. maybe I should have made that more clear. My bad. Also i am using a sorc and dp combo because..I only have one DP right now :/. I might try the raptor squad idea..my friend has some raptors I could borrow. Gotta check points and figure out what to drop for them though. Thanks and any more C&C is appreciated.

Well, there is no "45* of craziness." He pivots and fires at what is close to him, so even behind him. That said, the best lay out I've seen for the dreads is either 1) 2x DCCWs or 2) 1x Additional DCCW and then the missile launcher. With this layout, if he goes nuts and shoots at your tanks, have him fire the frag rounds instead of krack rounds, that way he won't be hurting your vehicles, and for a 100 point model, he's a dreadnought with 4 CC attacks, and a S8 shot for while he's moving up the field. (Obviously my favor is for option 2 )

Amanax, not to be mean, but the INAT FAQ states that "The dreadnought will select the closest target within its 45 degree weapon arc" So it pivots on its legs only in the 45 degree arc, thus you cannot shoot behind you or to the side of you essentially. Just thought I'd throw that out there, which is why I dont mind giving my dread a plasma or plasma/missle. If i am smart with my movement I can reduce the chance of any damage to my guys.

Unfortunately if you give him the extra dccw and then the missile launcher he loses the +1 attack bonus and is back to his original. Which makes me sad.

So regarding the rest of the list, do you think it will have enough synergy to at least put up a fight against most lists? I think it at least can pack in a bunch of damage with the outflanking and lash, If I can get people out of their transports.

Your list should do well. You don't have any major problems or units that are complete wastes of a slot. Just need to use the army with this list a bunch to get a feel for it and decide what works for you and what doesn't.

Good luck!