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I'd like to do this army using mono nurgle. Thinking of using:
Abbadon( of course)
3 units of 7 chosend
20 cultists
A squad of terminators.
Let me know what you think!

Zeork33 wrote:
I'd like to do this army using mono nurgle. Thinking of using:
Abbadon( of course)
3 units of 7 chosend
20 cultists
A squad of terminators.
Let me know what you think!

I think this may be in the wrong forum as there seems to be no rule question, that's what I think.

Indeed, better suited to tactics, so.......

Zeork33 wrote:
I'd like to do this army using mono nurgle. Thinking of using:
Abbadon( of course)
3 units of 7 chosend
20 cultists
A squad of terminators.
Let me know what you think!

I think it is lacking long range fire. also chosen are one of the most versitile unit in the game, how they are equiped makes a huge differernence

Sorry about the wrong forum. Forgot to mention that there's also a hell brute. The chosen are essentially the ones from dark vengeance with some Komi-Plasmas thrown in there too. With Rhinos for the squad, it equals roughly 1500 points including upgrades. Yeah I think that I should put some havocs in there as well. Thanks loads

Chosens actually work best if you equip most of them with special or heavy range weapons. Chaos lacks a good assault vehicle, so melee is actually somewhat secondary to their shooty roles. (You'd toss a Power Axe or what not in, but thats about it)
In that regard I think taking MoK for counter attack makes the most sense with them. With that they are pretty much like Grey Hunter with 1 more attack and option for more weapons. (They cost more for all that ofcourse) Rage is also useful when you actually charge someone.
I know Chaos champs are suppose to fight challenges and all, but I actually prefer any power weapons to not be on the champion. They are harder to single out that way.

MoN wouldnt be too bad, but going that route I actually think Plague Marines work better.

Well, Chosen as a core require Rhinos to get into position, and the army will be best based on the MSU principle. If you go this route, you'll need some long-range cover fire to support the Chosens' advance.
Not sure if this will work well in the new edition. Chosen die like normal Marines and transports are rather easy to ping to death.

Yeah good point. I'll have to think about that one.

What do you plan to do with the 3 units of 7 chosen? Are you going to tailor them for assault? If so rhinos are a poor choice. But that is all chaos has so...chaos can't really build an assault force.

Are you going to tailor them for shooting? If so rhinos are a decent choice but you have to be careful. To unload all your fire power you have to exit the rhino and chosen have no resilience. In this case plague marines would be a better choice.

Just make your Chosen squads as shooty as possible (5 plasma) and run them in Abbys PE:Marine bubble.

Rerolling 1's (especially for plasma) to hit and wound against half the armies in the game is huge.

I made mine basically "Berzerkers" if you will with special weapons. Gave them all MoK, Meltaguns, then Icon of Wrath and they are just flat out better than the Bezerkers currently, granted more expensive of course but you'll get way more out of them this way being able to pop vehicles with meltas then assault what comes out.