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Hey all, I drew up this list with the intention of it being competitive on an FLGS level. It's got a solid base of troops as well as a whole lot of firepower in the backfield and a Helldrake to cover the top end. The HQ is mostly a distraction, I will deep strike him in and go straight for the enemy HQ. If they kill him he'll have soaked a lot of fire and if they don't then he should mop the floor with their HQ.

So what do you think?

HQ: 145
Chaos Lord
- Terminator Armor
- Mark of Tzeench
- Aura of Dark Glory
- Gift of Mutation
- Murder Sword
- Lightning Claw
- Melta Bombs

Troops: 1068

4x CSMs x10
- 2x Meltagun
- Power Weapon on Sergeant
- Combi-flamer on Sergeant
- Mark of Nurgle x10
- Melta Bombs
- Rhino
- Havok Launchers

Elites: 280
2x Hellbrute
- Lascannon Arm
- Missile Launcher Arm

Heavy Support: 294
2x Chaos Vindicator
- Demonic Possession
- Havok Launchers

Fast Attack: 170
Helldrake

Just a quick rules point. Your CSM squads can't take Icon of Flame unless they have Mark of Tzeentch. That said, I wouldn't take Icon of Flame anyway, it's a bit expensive for the possibilty of getting a couple more S4 hits.

Oh yeah thanks, I messed up the Marks and Icons in my head anyways. I'm looking at Mark of Nurgle and no Icon now.


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Made the change and switched up my Lord a bit.

Deepstriking your chaos lord alone won't really be a distraction, heavy weapon units or plasma could take him out if he deepstrikes by himself, also, you are paying for the aura of dark glory but the terminator armor already includes a 5 invul save so no need for that.

For your lord i'm not sure LC & muder sword are a good combo, you don't get the extra attack since the LC is an specialist weapon and the murder sword isn't you'd probably could add a power axe instead so that you get ap2, and ap3 hits while still getting an extra attack for both weapons.

On the troops i'd drop the havoc launchers, i'm not sure why there are lots of lists trying to spam them but they aren't exactly a great weapon and they are mounted on a very easy to destroy vehicle. Rhinos usually never last, on 5th that they were more resilient i used to spam combi-weapons with them on 6th they usually get blown before being able to shoot

Maybe use those points you could save on the Lord/Troops to buy a raptor squad with 2 meltas so that the lord can deepstrike with them, once the deepstrike is over they can go different ways, the raptors would just provide a meat shield to ensure your lord survives and hopefully leave the 2 meltas alive so that they can go tank hunting both when they arrive from deep strike and when they deattach from the lord

Maybe use those points you could save on the Lord/Troops to buy a raptor squad with 2 meltas so that the lord can deepstrike with them, once the deepstrike is over they can go different ways, the raptors would just provide a meat shield to ensure your lord survives and hopefully leave the 2 meltas alive so that they can go tank hunting both when they arrive from deep strike and when they deattach from the lord

I like this idea a LOT. Thanks for the heads up. I'll be able to drop the AoDG on the Lord as well as the LC and then all those Havok Launchers. We'll see where that get's me.


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Hmm.. Dropping those brings me down to 1934 so I may drop something else and bubble wrap him with some terminators? Dunno, we shall see.