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I'm just getting a little confused as to wether this following is allowed:
Chosen with Meltagun and Icon of Chaos Glory.
It says one Marine may take an icon, one may be an AC, one may take one of the following and up to four may take the following (or words to those effect)
Basically my planned unit is: AC/PW, Melta, Melta/Icon, Plasma, Plasma. I need the Icon for lesser deamons. I don't really need the PW on the AC, as he really is supposed to be for a greater deamon, unless he dies early on.

Basically, can one Marine take a Melta and an Icon (or can an A.C take an icon, that is my solution if a Melta chosen can't take it)

As i understand it the AC gets his own options (may take plasma pistol, combi weapon etc etc), the remaingni additions (up to 4 may take.....) apply to the remainign marines. I know that power weaposn are an option for Chosen, not sure if you can take a power weapon AND a special gun though....

I'm not sure who cantake the icon as it just refers to the unit, so i guess the AC could take it. That does mean though that when the AC gets dumped for the demon, you lose the icon.

I think you could go:

AC
Chosen - melta/icon
Chosen - melta
Chosen - plasma
Chosen - plasma

Just out of curiosity, why mix the plasma and melta and then chuck in a power weapon as well? it is my understanding that Chosen work well as dedicated units (so all melta, all plasma or all CC). If they all have special guns the power weapons seems liek 15 points that coudl be spent elsewhere.

I have a lot of success with all melta Chosen in a Rhino for outflanking AT drive-bys. Also good for IC hunting.

The AC doesn't actually get his own options, probably because 5 models can already take special weapons, the only use of an AC in chosen is an extra attack and Greater Daemon summoning.

Giving the AC the icon probably isn't a good idea (would then also be confusing as to wether the Lesser Deamons and Greater Deamon could both come down if they came on the same turn.)

Thinking about it now, I might leave the Icon out of the unit, I have two Icons on two bike squads, and Huron has a personal icon.
Still not sure as to wether a meltagun carrying Chosen Marine can take an icon as well, i'm guessing the answer is no, since it says 'One model may be given the following' for the icons, then later says 'Up to four models may chose one of the following four options' that kind of suggests to me, its either or. But I may be wrong...)


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Praxiss wrote:
I think you could go:

AC
Chosen - melta/icon
Chosen - melta
Chosen - plasma
Chosen - plasma

Just out of curiosity, why mix the plasma and melta and then chuck in a power weapon as well? it is my understanding that Chosen work well as dedicated units (so all melta, all plasma or all CC). If they all have special guns the power weapons seems liek 15 points that coudl be spent elsewhere.

I have a lot of success with all melta Chosen in a Rhino for outflanking AT drive-bys. Also good for IC hunting.

Thats what I hoped to do with the unit to be honest.
The Melta/plasma mix was recommended to me, so I thought i'd give it a try for a few games. I plan to infiltrate this squad, they don't have a transport. Was originally going to go for 4 combi-plasmas for light tank hunting, but there only 5 points less than standerd plasmas, so I dropped a lesser deamon and upgraded two combis to full plasmas and swapped the other for meltas. Power weapon was kind of a point filler, and also a recommendation (And I want the Plasma/PW models as options anyway, since I haven't bothered to start magnetising things yet).

I used to run all melta Chosen outflanking in a rhino, only once has it actually done anything of note (killed a Land Raider, then turn 6 the Rhino somehow still alive managed to tank shock a full 10 man tactical squad off the board and off an objective, it was on the other side of the board, to far away to bother doing anything than sit on the objective, but somehow managed to fail to kill a Rhino in 3 turns), probably had limited success with them, because about half my games seem to be against (the same) Nids, and when you get close enough to a MC to shoot it with metlas, its then going to eat you next turn unless you manage to kill it, which I never seem to, silly 6 wound MCs.

Ah, it coudl be who you're playing then. I tend to play mostly against marines or IG. So an outflanking rhino full of melta can really ruin someones day.

One game my opponent left his manticores all alone at the back of the table. I drove past each one over 3 turns and popped them, then in the final turn they dismounted and blasted the crap out of his command squad.