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Hey, our club is playing some matches against other clubs and has a tournament soon, so looking for some advice and feedback on this list. Lord and Terminator retinue ride in the Land Raider, with the bolter marines in Rhino go for the mid-table, Cultists are held in reserve and pop on to claim the home objective. Heldrakes and bikers strike at the opponent's table edge and hunt troops choices while the Defiler provides long range fire support and backs up the Cultists. Any advice on what Mark to give the Lord?

Chaos Lord: Daemonheart, Blade of the Relentless, Slaughterer's Horns, Sigil of Corruption, Plasma Pistol, Mark of * 195

10 Chaos Space Marines: 2 Meltas, Combi-melta, Power Axe and Icon of Vengeance 210

10 Chaos Space Marines: 2 Flamers, Power Sword and Icon of Vengeance 190

Rhino 35

Rhino 35

4 Terminators: 3 Power fists 148

Land Raider: Dirge Caster 235

5 Chaos Bikers: Power Fist, 2 Meltas and Mark of Nurgle 185

Heldrake 170

Heldrake 170

Defiler 195

13 Cultists: 8 Autoguns, Shotgun, Flamer and Heavy Stubber 82

Total:1850

To be perfectly honest the most competitive chaos lord I find is when hes riding a bike, also for the marines, your spending to many points on one squad, MSU work better or even PM with plasma guns/melta guns. Also have you thought about using possessed squads with their new rules? Also cultists needs duel HS and all auto guns. All aside from that pretty standard.

I was thinking about giving the Lord Mark of Nurgle and then fielding plague Marines instead, so I'll take a look at that and see how I can fit them in. I'm not bothered by the new possessed tbh, you can't put them in a transport safely as they have a 1 in 3 chance each turn of becoming beasts rather than infantry and bailing out. potentially leaving them stranded in the open and getting shot to ribbons. It would also require me to buy new models for a unit that I don't really rate that well. I couldn't afford anymore autoguns on the Cultists, although if I get any spare points then I'll upgrade the remaining couple of guys. I prefer HS and flamer as the flamer gives a deterrent to charging the unit.

Thanks for your help, I'll fire up a list later with the changes made for critque.

13 Cultists: 8 Autoguns, Shotgun, Flamer and Heavy Stubber 82

You can only take a flamer or heavy stubber for every 10 cultists in your squad.

Oops, forgot that, I thought it was every 5. Good catch!

Rhino/LR need Dirge/XA/Dozer if you want to make it across the board.

Our Club doesn't use enough area terrain to make dozer blades worthwhile, and I only put the Dirge caster on the Land Raider as the transports will all be moving together and the marines can't charge the turn they disembark, so the dirge caster is pointless on them as the targets will already be engaged or the Land Raider can be moved/will already be in range of the Dirge caster. I might try and cram in some extra armour though.

Ok, list update! Is this better?

Chaos Lord: Daemonheart, Blade of the Relentless, Slaughterer's Horns, Sigil of Corruption, Plasma Pistol, Mark of Nurgle 195

8 Plague Marines: 2 Meltas, Combi-melta, Power Axe 237

8 Plague Marines: 2 Flamers, Power Sword 217

Rhino 35

Rhino 35

4 Terminators: 3 Power fists, Mark of Nurgle 172

Land Raider: Dirge Caster 235

5 Chaos Bikers: Power Fist, 2 Meltas and Mark of Nurgle 185

Heldrake 170

Heldrake 170

Defiler 195

Total:1846

Only thing I would change are Dropping the power weapons from the PM units and buying the terminators combi weapons.

Other then that good luck!