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Hi all, it's my birthday at the end of the month and I am thinking about buying a Contemptor or two for my CSM. As the Helbrute is annoying, to say the least... Before I commit to buying it, I am looking for opinions and experiences from people who have used them in games. How have they fared, have they earned their (hefty, compared to loyalist scum) points back and you favourite weapon load outs for them.

All responses welcomed!

I think we have enough lackluster walkers in our own codex without having to fork out FW pricing for what is, IMO, one of the derpiest models I've ever seen.

I think it looks great and I will get one eventually.

However, Chaos can't get a Mortis for some reason which makes me :(

The newest rules in IA:apocalypse 2013 are pretty damn solid, if not fairly points heavy. They can now take dual weapon mounts, basically making them a mortis (dual butcher cannons are the standout), and have a few advantages over loyalist contemptors that I think are worth their points.
-Better survivability, with the 4++ save to glances goes a long way, plus an anti-psyker zapp-field to boot.
-I'm not sure if it's just a typo, but they don't loose a base attack for swapping out their powerfist, and they start with an extra attack over loyalists.
-Couple that with mark of khorne for rage and rampage (finally, another unit with rampage) and these badasses start throwing out serious punches, even with a single fist.

Personally, I think they fix all the problems most people have with dreads/walkers. They have good armour and and a great invul save, and cant get popped by kraks in melee. Theyve got fleet, though I think advanging while shooting is the preferred method (decimators are better for full-out assault, as they now have deepstrike) They have potent heavy weapon options, even without dual wielding (conversion beamer, or single butcher). And they can put out large numbers of WS5 powerfist attacks, even without fully dedicating to a melee build (khorne puts out 4-6 attacks, 6-8 on the charge)

I run mine with a single butcher cannon, and MoK, though dual butchers are also extremely solid. It puts out more firepower than a dual-auto-cannon dread, and is more punchy than an assault ironclad. Just make sure to run it with enough AV12-13 armour saturation so it doesnt get quickly singled out. His friendly buddies maulerfiend, soul grinder, and predator (now with plasma!) are a good support group.

They are very good, cool variants depending in god, can handle themselves in assault, and are great models. If you want something even more impressive the decimator is a stunning model as well

Walkers need av13 to last even a second in this game.

To run one, I'd probably go dual butcher with MoN. I'm noy running mich Khorne stuff these days. It costs around the 260 mark iirc, with the above load out. I'd be taking it for the extra dakka whilst leaving my heavy support slots open to 2 lots of 2 oblits and autocannon havocs or fiends.