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Hey everyone!

My apologies if something similar to this has already been posted. The goal of this thread is simple. Let's discuss the build(s) that you've had success with, or that you're anxious to try out, for your Chaos Lords, and what tactics you plan to employ with it. If you aren't running a Lord, then feel free to discuss the other HQ choices, but since Lords have a near infinite supply of builds, I figured they would be the best unit to discuss.

So, the one build I'm most looking forward to try is:

Chaos Lord of Slaanesh
Steed
Sigil of Corruption
VotLW
Burning Brand
Lightning Claw
175 (Gift is optional)

Outflank/Acute Senses with an AP3 Torrent means he can smoke the backline units with ease,and he does so by having an effective range of almost 32"!! (12" move, 12" Torrent, 8" Template)

This makes it nearly impossible to avoid his attack, since he has a decent chance of showing up on whichever side is most beneficial, giving about an 8" safe zone down the middle of the board, and that is IT!

Right now I plan to run him on his own, although I am toying with a bodyguard of either Slaanesh Bikers (to keep T5 and gain FNP) or Spawn (to keep Fleet). Really any unit would be good and would benefit from the ability to outflank. I may even run him with a troop a few times just so I can have an objective claiming unit in the opponent's backfield.

So, who is everyone's Lord of choice?

I'm running this Khorne Lord with a squad of Raptors:

Chaos Lord -155pts
MoK
Axe of Blind Fury
Jump Pack
Aura of Dark Glory
Gift
Melta Bombs

He's not quite as good as he use to be (I really miss the Bloodfeeder!!!), but still packs quite a punch, putting out 7-11 S6 AP2 attacks on the charge and 5-9 after that.He tags along with an 8-man Khorne Raptor squad with 2 Meltaguns and a Champion with a pair of LC and an Icon of Wrath for the reroll for charge distance. One thing to note is he attacks with WS5 due to the Blind rule from the Axe

Well, Lords can be instantly killed (such as Daemon Princes), which is bad news. In the thickest melee, you might get disappointed when he dies.
I'd take him in a deliverance mode. With LoS, he should be able to deliver a unit of Bikers or Spawns to their target. Then you could go harrassing some Havocs, Devastators or whatnot.

Chaos Lord
- Mark of Nurgle
- Aura of Dark Glory
- Murder Sword
- Veteran of the Long War (because I have 5 points spare)

Cheap 135 point lord who hangs out with a unit of 5 Plague Marines in a Rhino.

I take him because:
- I need to, to make Plague Marines Troops
- The Murder Sword is a great deturrent from the nastiest combat unit your opponent has

 XT-1984 wrote:
Chaos Lord
- Mark of Nurgle
- Aura of Dark Glory
- Murder Sword
- Veteran of the Long War (because I have 5 points spare)

Cheap 135 point lord who hangs out with a unit of 5 Plague Marines in a Rhino.

I take him because:
- I need to, to make Plague Marines Troops
- The Murder Sword is a great deturrent from the nastiest combat unit your opponent has

you have 5 points for VotlW but not 10 points for a 4++?

Nope

Originally I gave him a 4++ and a Powerfist, but decided to swap those for the Murder Sword and the 5++.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/482009.page#4862869

That still doesn't answer the question. Why not take the 4++?

Cheaply. Take a mark to unlock and a power weapon and nothing else.
One HQ must have the brand as it's an auto-take.

I'd not put anything else on my Lords. 6th is a shooting game, and they're geared for CC only.

The 4++ is too expensive btw. 25 points, that's stupid.

Because I don't have enough points. Was that not clear enough in my second post?

I build mine like this

Chaos Lord
MoS
Power Weapon
Sigil of Corruption
VotlW
Gift of Mutation
135 points

I then put him with a 9 man unit of MoS Chaos Marines (I give up their Boltgun for free CCW) and put them in a rhino with Dirge Caster.

This Lord munches through quite literally almost everything, for the low price of 170 points. Granted he can still get instant-killed by Str10 weapons but other than that, there's not a lot that can even touch him.

Chaos Lord (170)
Mark of Khorne
Axe of Blind Fury
Sigil of Corruption
Juggernaut of Khorne

On the charge, he has 3base+1 for 2 CCW+2 from rage+1 from the Juggernaut for 7 attacks, so he basically has 9-13 attacks unless you roll a 1 in which case he has 7 attacks at WS1. But the 16% chance is totally worth it considering that said attacks are Str6 and have an AP of 2!

I thought about putting mine on a Juggernaut as well, but I decided to go with the Jump Pack instead so he can tag along with some Raptors. I figured the Juggernaut would get shot down too much.

Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails,
Jump packs, bikes and power flails.
Meltabombs and the Murder Sword.
This is how we make a Chaos Lord

I've got two builds I'm currently toying with, both are 185:

Lord
-MoN
-Bike
-Black Mace
-VotlW
-Gift
-Sigil

Lord
-MoK
-Juggernaut
-Axe of Blind Fury
-VotlW
-Gift
-Sigil

Depending on the list it'll be one, one w/a DP, or both. And they'll either both be in a 10-man undivided bike squad or they'll be put in marked or undivided spawn units.

 Dunwich wrote:
Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails,
Jump packs, bikes and power flails.
Meltabombs and the Murder Sword.
This is how we make a Chaos Lord

I usually use plastic glue, but this works in a pinch.

 FoxPhoenix135 wrote:

 Dunwich wrote:
Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails,
Jump packs, bikes and power flails.
Meltabombs and the Murder Sword.
This is how we make a Chaos Lord

I usually use plastic glue, but this works in a pinch.

Damn it! FoxPhoenix135 beat me to it. By one stinking post . Well played sir!

Well I would like to run my Chaos Lord with the following gear to keep him somewhat cheap and survivable:
Terminator armour
2x Lightning claws
Mark of Nurgle
Blight grenades
Gift of mutation

He costs a total of 157 points and doesn't go down to a single power fist, while still shrugging off small arms fire decently. You can add VotLW or not depending on your local meta (If you don't know what you are facing, just give it to him to be sure), and he unlocks PM as troops. Just stick him with a terminator bodyguard and deep strike, or stick them in an LR if you have the points and want to go mechanized.

 lunarman wrote:
Cheaply. Take a mark to unlock and a power weapon and nothing else.
One HQ must have the brand as it's an auto-take.

I'd not put anything else on my Lords. 6th is a shooting game, and they're geared for CC only.

The 4++ is too expensive btw. 25 points, that's stupid.

If you spend those 25 points, that brings you to the base cost of the old Lord, which had a 5++.

It also makes you 10 points cheaper than a base SM Captain, which has a 4++.

I'm not sure I understand how that makes him too expensive, when it actually makes him cheaper than other comparable HQs. There is no reason for them to make it any cheaper.

I need to playtest, but Im thinking either make the lord a tank with terminator armour, sigil of corruption & MoT (2+/3++)
& power weapon & use him to spearhead an assaulty/countercharge unit,

Or keep him cheap as chips & use him as delivery for the dimensional key on a disc of tzeentch or a bike.

It is quite expensive, but I'm toying with a Terminator-armoured Lord of Tzeentch with the Sigil of Corruption, a Lightning Claw and a Chainfist. 2+/3++ makes him about as survivable as possible (though admittedly allowing a melta/fist to kill him) and he has the option of I5 S4 AP3 Shred attacks or I1 S8 AP2 Armourbane attacks - and since both are specialist weapons, he gets the bonus attack. Since he's pretty expensive already, you may as well go the whole hog and give him VotLW and Gift as well.

I also like the Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut, Axe of Blind Fury, Sigil of Corruption build... Leading a pack of Khornate Spawn or Bikers.

For that amount of points, I'd just go with Abaddon, since you aren't using him to unlock cult troops. Abaddon is 2+/4++ but he has higher toughness, more wounds, and eternal warrior, as well as being more killy in assault.

 Dunwich wrote:
Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails,
Jump packs, bikes and power flails.
Meltabombs and the Murder Sword.
This is how we make a Chaos Lord

Dance, chaos Dance
Jump chaos jump!
Put that magic spell on me!
Equip that lord and set him free!

Oh Mr Bowie, how I wish you were still young although listening to that makes me want to find some white powder somewhere around here...

somerandomdude wrote:

 lunarman wrote:
Cheaply. Take a mark to unlock and a power weapon and nothing else.
One HQ must have the brand as it's an auto-take.

I'd not put anything else on my Lords. 6th is a shooting game, and they're geared for CC only.

The 4++ is too expensive btw. 25 points, that's stupid.

If you spend those 25 points, that brings you to the base cost of the old Lord, which had a 5++.

It also makes you 10 points cheaper than a base SM Captain, which has a 4++.

I'm not sure I understand how that makes him too expensive, when it actually makes him cheaper than other comparable HQs. There is no reason for them to make it any cheaper.

Close! he IS 10p cheaper than an SM captain, but whats the difference?
One has a BP/CCW, the other has a BP/PW. You gotta pay another 15p to get "equal" to an SM captain, but then you end up 5p over. But you don't have to give him a PW, you can give him something better and end up with a beatier stick for not much more price

Aelyn wrote:
It is quite expensive, but I'm toying with a Terminator-armoured Lord of Tzeentch with the Sigil of Corruption, a Lightning Claw and a Chainfist. 2+/3++ makes him about as survivable as possible (though admittedly allowing a melta/fist to kill him) and he has the option of I5 S4 AP3 Shred attacks or I1 S8 AP2 Armourbane attacks - and since both are specialist weapons, he gets the bonus attack. Since he's pretty expensive already, you may as well go the whole hog and give him VotLW and Gift as well.

I also like the Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut, Axe of Blind Fury, Sigil of Corruption build... Leading a pack of Khornate Spawn or Bikers.

the MoK axe jugger is nice
how about MoT, sigil, bike, murder sword with a bunch o bikers. T5 3++ on the cheap(comparitely) The biggest problem i see is that he cannot join marked bikers as he has MoT.


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 Jihallah wrote:

somerandomdude wrote:

 lunarman wrote:
Cheaply. Take a mark to unlock and a power weapon and nothing else.
One HQ must have the brand as it's an auto-take.

I'd not put anything else on my Lords. 6th is a shooting game, and they're geared for CC only.

The 4++ is too expensive btw. 25 points, that's stupid.

If you spend those 25 points, that brings you to the base cost of the old Lord, which had a 5++.

It also makes you 10 points cheaper than a base SM Captain, which has a 4++.

I'm not sure I understand how that makes him too expensive, when it actually makes him cheaper than other comparable HQs. There is no reason for them to make it any cheaper.

Close! he IS 10p cheaper than an SM captain, but whats the difference?
One has a BP/CCW, the other has a BP/PW. You gotta pay another 15p to get "equal" to an SM captain, but then you end up 5p over. But you don't have to give him a PW, you can give him something better and end up with a beatier stick for not much more price

he also has fearless, which is slightly better than ATSSNF most of the time except you cannot go to ground.

 Jihallah wrote:

somerandomdude wrote:

 lunarman wrote:
Cheaply. Take a mark to unlock and a power weapon and nothing else.
One HQ must have the brand as it's an auto-take.

I'd not put anything else on my Lords. 6th is a shooting game, and they're geared for CC only.

The 4++ is too expensive btw. 25 points, that's stupid.

If you spend those 25 points, that brings you to the base cost of the old Lord, which had a 5++.

It also makes you 10 points cheaper than a base SM Captain, which has a 4++.

I'm not sure I understand how that makes him too expensive, when it actually makes him cheaper than other comparable HQs. There is no reason for them to make it any cheaper.

Close! he IS 10p cheaper than an SM captain, but whats the difference?
One has a BP/CCW, the other has a BP/PW. You gotta pay another 15p to get "equal" to an SM captain, but then you end up 5p over. But you don't have to give him a PW, you can give him something better and end up with a beatier stick for not much more price

SM Captains don't have a PW, you have to pay for it.

 dæl wrote:


SM Captains don't have a PW, you have to pay for it.

:O

f-f-f-f-f-facepalm

I find it typical and amusing that everyone jumps on to quote the quote that quoted the quote to show I'm wrong, but no one except Dunwich will see the Bowie joke

i like the idea of mot termy armor and sigal with 2 power weapons one being a sword the other an ax so he either goes at initive 5 with ap3 attacks or itinitve 1 with ap 2 fun and easy

I'll be going with:

Mark of Khorne
Boon of Mutation
Axe of Blind Fury
Plasma pistol
Aura of Dark Glory
Veterans of the Long War

Mainly because it fits a model I already have, but the plan is to have him leading a large unit of (now Troops choice) Berzerkers, which are mainly a method of getting him around safely but I expect quite a few to survive and do their own damage.

The axe allows him to hurt more or less anything without striking last. The plasma pistol will come in handy for placed shots going on unit characters and possibly getting another Boon out of it. He's also not too expensive considering how much he should end up straight-up murdering...

While not exactly a Chaos Lord, I am planning a Terminator Geared Sorcerer to act as a 2nd HQ in my Thousand Sons list with Ahriman as the warlord.

So far I am looking at the following gear

Mark of Tzeentch
Combi Bolter
Force Sword
2 Extra Mastery Levels

He will be running with a squad of 5 Tzeentch marked terminators and I am looking at using Biomancy for his 2 additional spells to create a possible CC monster where needed.

My lord is a bit pricey but I haven't tested him yet so he may change;

MoK
sigil of corruption
axe of blind fury
burning brand
gift of mutation
vet of the long war (will probs only use this if in a tournament or playing marines)
180 points

I plan on running him with a unit of berserkers possibly in a land raider. I have Kharn too so he might be using the land raider with his berserkers instead. In which case my lord will be in a rhino with his berserkers.

Termy
Mark of nurgle
Power axe
Lightning claw
Sigil
Gift of mutation
Blight grenades
177

I plan on running him with a squad of termies using deepstrike (i play against guys who tend to sit back on the defensive).