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1850 Points Prodigal Sons

Ahriman (Warlord)
2 Obliterators- MoT (Ahriman)
9 Thousand Sons- Melta Bombs, Rhino w/ Combi-Melta, Dozer Blade
9 Thousand Sons- Melta Bombs, Rhino w/ Combi-Melta, Dozer Blade
9 Screamers of Tzeentch
9 Screamers of Tzeentch
Heldrake
Maulerfiend
Maulerfiend

I'm taking the 2 squads of screamers based off of rumors to combine the CD and CSM codexs so I won't have to take CD as an allied detachment.

Heldrake acts as a dog fighter with the autocannon, maulerfiends and screamers annihilate all enemy armor, thousand sons and oblits roll up the board melting elite units with high AP shooting and witchfires like doom bolt and psychic shriek.

I see vulnerabilities to high model count opponents, especially melee dedicated ones like orks.

Where did you hear these rumors and are these books due for a new edition already? When are they combining the books?

The Maulerfiends concern me greatly in that list, there's a general lack of ranged firepower that is going to subject the rest of your army to great risk.

You have 2 models capable of shooting over 24 inches, and a Heldrake that most likely will not hit the board until turn 3 or after.

You also only get 6 + 6 psychic charges per round. While this isn't horrible, it means Ahriman is going to have some challenges pulling off his psychic attacks.

I don't know anything about the rumors for merging CD and CSM, but I wonder if some more choices from the CD Codex could help things? Like, instead of the maulerfiends, what about a Winged DP of Nurgle? I know he's not fluffy, but he would give the rest of your army some relief and has an outstanding save.

"This will be done by allowing players to take units from BOTH Codex: Chaos Space Marines AND Codex: Chaos Daemons without the need to ally so long as they all follow the same god. For example in the book of khorne you can take any unit from either codex as long as it doesnt have Daemon of nurgle, slaanesh or tzeentch or mark of nurgle, slaanesh or Tzeentch."

http://www.talkwargaming.com/2014/02/chaos-space-marine-rumors-2014.html

Techsoldaten- I hear you, but I thought a lack of ranged firepower is ok because everyone is so mobile between infiltrating the rhinos and all my beasts being just plain fast. CSM I never took as a shooty force.