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Made in nz
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Hey there,

Just starting out into Warhammer 40k, and am liking the look of Chaos Space Marines as my first army. I've been reading a few posts on the forums and have come up with an army list.

HQ
Chaos Lord
Murder Sword
Sigil of Corruption
125pts

Troops

Chaos Space Marines 9man
Mark of Khorne
158pts

Rhino with Havoc Launcher and Dirge Caster
52pts

Chaos Space Marines 10man
1 Plasma Gun
1 Autocannon
165pts

500pts all up,

The idea being the Khorne squad jumps in the Rhino with the Lord, and runs straight up at their leader, hopefully I can get into a challenge and destroy him
While the 2nd squad sits on one of the points and shoots at stuff.

Any ideas???
   
Made in ca
Fresh-Faced New User




Issue i see is the turn you hop outtaa your rhino you cant assault till next turn. so you may get the gak shot outta you. other then that this is pretty close to what i took when i played 500 CSM
   
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Vallejo, CA

Close combat units don't go in rhinos. Not only can they not launch an assault in a turn in which they started in a rhino, but they can't assault on a turn where last turn your opponent wrecked their rhino. It's absurd, but it's true - don't bother with transports with assault lists (unless you have land raiders, which you can't afford right now.

For the rest of the list, the MoK CSM with no upgrades doesn't make much sense. If you dropped the rhino, you'd have points left over to upgrade those 9 CSM into 9 berzerkers, who will do exactly what that squad does, but will do it better. In order to pull that off, you would need to give the chaos lord MoK, but you should probably do that anyways, as then you'd gain access to the axe of blind fury.

With a tiny bit of re-writing, your khorne-themed foot list could be...

Lord - MoK, Sigil, Axe of Blind Fury

8x berzerkers, IoW, champ with power axe
10x CSM, 2x plasma guns

... which gets that IoW in there, and gives you access to army-wide fearless, and gives you berzerkers, which are better than no-bolter MoK CSM. And the axe of blind fury is WAY better than the murder sword. I guess it's closer because we're talking about low-point games here, but still, you're pretty much proofed now if your opponent brings terminators or a monstrous creature, which is possible even at this points level.


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Made in nz
Fresh-Faced New User




Oh ok, I totally didn't realise that about Rhino's, I knew you couldn't assault out of them but not assaulting after your opponent has popped it, that seems weird.

In that case hows this?

HQ
Chaos Lord
Mark of Khorne
Axe of Blinding Fury
Sigil of Corruption
135pts

Troops

Khorne Bezerkers 8man
Icon of Wrath
1 Chainaxe
Power Axe on the Champ
195pts

Chaos Space Marines 10man
2 Plasma Gun
170pts

500pts all up,

Had 3 points to spare so I chucked a Chainaxe in there.

Is the Icon of Wrath worth the points seeing as I already have furious charge???

Thanks for your help,
-Seigfried
   
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Vallejo, CA

Sure.


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