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Hello again guys, i'm returning back to the hobby after a three year break and gaining a little more maturity i'm entering into a slow grow campaign at my local hobbyist store. Each month we gain an extra 500 points, starting at a base of 500 and battle it out, so I was hoping i could plan ahead to make a somewhat competitive list.

Unfortunately after some research I have learnt that in 6th Edition Khorne Berzerkers are no longer really competitive, but I do wish for them to be the heart of my army, even if only fodder for Kharn. But i'm happy to expand into other Gods of chaos. So my list so far is fairly barebones at this current moment, but i'm hoping you can supply suggestions for my 500 point base army, and what to include for next months 1000 points.

HQ:
Kharn the Betrayer - 160

Troops:
8 x Berzerkers w/ Rhino - 197

Total 357

So of Course i'm missing a mandatory troop unit with only 143 points to spare for the 500pt list so i realise there is not a large amount to play around with.

I'm assuming the consensus here will be for normal marines rather than Berzerkers because otherwise they'd have to foot slog 2-3 turns before becoming effective.

The general idea is to rhino rush the opponent with my Khorne with kharn as my anti-tank. Maybe using chaos space marines to whittle the squishys down while they desperately try to immobilise the rhino.

But go crazy for the 1000 point list, i have plenty of time to work for whatever models you recommend.


Thanks
Charlie

you could use 50 pts. of cultists and them something else, or use some marines with melta for anti tank.

I hadn't considered that option as i overlooked how cheap they were. That's opened up possibilities of a biker squad, or a havoc squad, or even a predator if needs must. Maybe an obliterator but I'd understand that'd be a fairly high priority target, although that may allow my core Berzerkers to reach combat unscathed. But each of these options would have to be fairly bog standard. I'm drawn towards the possibility of a predator with heavy bolter sponsons to allow for long ranged damage many armies won't be able to deal with when they have the immediate threat of Khorne rushing at them. Also not many armies would field a tank that an auto cannon couldn't damage at the 500 points range, but even if they did, there wouldn't be too much of a threat elsewhere, so i could focus it down with kharn. Thoughts?

I have a list right now that tops out at 999 points

Kharn
I Winged DP with AoBF wings and PA
2 x Squads of KBs, 6 models each, 2 chainaxes, powerfist for the champ
1x Chaos Spawn
1x Chosen Squad, 6 models, basicaly the Dark Vengeance guys with that exact loadout, plus a combi-bolter for the sarge, just to get that extra 3 points to bring it up to 999!

Mark of Khorne on everything, VOTLW where applicable.

Yeah it's got huge holes in it and it's super fluffy, but in the right circumstance you can eat through pretty much anyone in CC. I'm not sure how you could build up to that though.

And go ahead with the Berzerkers, they're awesome no matter what!

I do like the concept of a daemon prince as i believe he would add a lot to this list. How effective would a single spawn be though? I would imagine the points could be spent better elsewhere.

Any more responses?

The list darkcloak suggested seems pretty good, but has only 12 scoring models.

And no, a single Spawn isn't that good. It's okay but an easy target alone so I would switch it.
Can't recall how much it costed, but by dropping some wargear/a single model from the Chosen you might get a cheap CSM squad of five with special/heavy weapon to keep your objective.

Just note that Khorne isn't a strong god in this game, altough I love him