Chaos Sorcerer competitive?

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**Jancoran**

I run a Chaos Sorcerer. he runs my Night lords. i like that he can have a Force Sword quite a bit. that thing is very important when you just HAVE to kill that damn Tervigon or some other unit that is just otherwise too deadly to handle. one lucky hit is all ya' need.

**Jancoran**

ansacs wrote:
I am a huge fan of the black legion last memory max psyker level sorcerer. I usually run him in terminator armour to drop down with my 9-12 oblits. He pops a 2-3 warp charge nova ensuring the last memory goes off with his spell familiar.

Alternatively I sometimes use him on a bike attached to bikers or spawn with a similar setup but perhaps an invulnerable save added to help him survive.

The regular sorcerer is okay but I usually find that after my mandatory marked lord to unlock cult troops I would much rather have Be'Lakor, a Daemon Prince, or a named character. The CSM HQ slot is very busy with good choices. What works well is entirely dependent on what you want to run with the rest of your list.

Yeah i am a big fan of the Black Legion now as well. i just JUST started using that Codex and it is cool on multiple frontsd. i am going to blog on it next actually.

**Jancoran**

ansacs wrote:
Jancoran wrote:
Yeah i am a big fan of the Black Legion now as well. i just JUST started using that Codex and it is cool on multiple frontsd. i am going to blog on it next actually.

Nice, I would be interested in that as I have not gotten a chance to play with 70%+ of that supplement. I don't have Abadon or chosen and with all the new releases my time is pretty thin on any one army.

The chosen troops looks like it could have some pretty cool applications. The rerollable 3++ invulnerable you can get on a lord or DP also seems like it could be good.

Okay, scope out the blog and it will be up in a day or two.

**Jancoran**

ansacs wrote:
Jancoran wrote:
Yeah i am a big fan of the Black Legion now as well. i just JUST started using that Codex and it is cool on multiple frontsd. i am going to blog on it next actually.

Nice, I would be interested in that as I have not gotten a chance to play with 70%+ of that supplement. I don't have Abadon or chosen and with all the new releases my time is pretty thin on any one army.

The chosen troops looks like it could have some pretty cool applications. The rerollable 3++ invulnerable you can get on a lord or DP also seems like it could be good.

OKely dokely, here is the link for that Black Legion blog I promised:
The Dread Black Legion.

feel free to tell me what you think.

**Jancoran**

Laughingcarp wrote:
Dig the blog, nice to see some more CSM love!

Question for everyone;
Which Psyker lists do you all roll on, and how do you decide if/when to swap to a different list with the Sorc?
And with Be'lakor now a viable option, do you run a backup psyker with him? If so, do you go for more telepathy powers or spread out?

I go for Telepathy, personally. My Psyker is level 1, and so it matters little what i roll, I usualy default to Psychic Scream. However, Puppetmaster is pretty cool and depending on who I face, i might actually take that one.

**Jancoran**

hey a Force Weapon and a 4+ save, and shove him down a Daemon Princes throat. Sometimes its better to be lucky than good. lol. I almost pulled it off last night.

**Jancoran**

We kinda messed it up. We got tangled up with rules and I ended up thinking the Sorcerer was dead when he wasn't, then we put him back on the board and ultimately we both kind of forgot to actually have him swing. He took one wound from the Daemon Prince and I just boner'd it and forgot. But it was a beautiful plan up to that point!

**Jancoran**

wtnind wrote:
A force axe sorc can take a daemon prince if he is in a blob of guys to give rerolls in the challenge. A 4++ (or potentially 3++) and 2-3 rerolls can ensure you get the opportunity to swing your force axe of insta-death. I had a guy with MoT, Disc of Tzeentch and Sigil who sat in a blob squad of cultists for just this purpose and he could do it reliably (until people stopped running MC into him)

Dangh...forgot about the re-rolls too.