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Well,

To begin, you have my condolences. Tau and Eldar can be a real nuisance to vs, especially as chaos. My local meta has seen a similar such shift.

As for the list, I have 3 questions. (not criticisms, just my own curiosity)
1) What squad does the Chaos Lord sit in?
2) Why are there 4 Termies in the suicide squad? (to my knowledge the minimum 3 was the standard)
3) Why put a plasma pistol (1 shot at 12") on the CSM squad instead of buying them a plasma gun (2 shots at 12" or 1 at 24") instead?

I do very much like the Soul Grinders, those things are amazing. I do wonder how effective the Chaos Space Marines are though. The terminators are all well and good, but I can't help but think that the Possessed, the CSM squad and to a lessor extent lord are a bit of a waste of points. I imagine that the reason behind taking the Lords of Slaughter formation is so you can prescience the suicide meltas, but given that it is the only performing part of the formation, I question whether or not it might be paying too many points to buff what is, at the end of a the day, a throwaway unit.

But that's just my

I see.

To be honest, I don't think that the 5 man CSM squad or the 5 man possessed squad are really going too accomplish much (if anything). CSM squads can afford to be silly little small unit that distract the opponent, but the 5 possessed are a huge 130 point waste in my opinion. In general I think possessed are a waste of points. That aside, a 5 man possessed squad is probably not going to do much, especially against Eldar (trust me on that one, I've tried).

I think that the Chaos Lord really isn't worth the points for what he has the potential to be. A Chaos Lord can be a CC powerhouse, but all you've given him is a plasma pistol. I mean, it could be worse, but seems like a waste.

In summary, I can't help but feel that the CSM component is more of a dead weight than an asset.