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(110) 5 CSM- melta gun, champ, combi melta
or 105 points for flamers. If you feel like "splurging" add IoCG for leadership... still cheaper than the plagues. Of course you lose out on t5 AND fnp AND defensive grenades AND straight up fearless... you do save 15-25 points, which isn't much if you think about it, but I guess it could add up?

Thats really the only chaos marine set up that can compete with 5 plagues with 2 meltas. Yes 5 chaos marines with 1 melta is cheaper than 5 plague marines with 2 meltas, but at the end of the day you really want the 2 melta shots- for a higher chance of doing their job and wrecking a tank.

EDIT: I also really don't understand all this squad will be suiciding nonsense... in objective games you certainly aren't going to suicide all of your troops (at least if you like winning), and having t5 fnp units holding your objectives is great...