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So i was trying to find a good loadout to put on my chaos lord he'll be on foot with 20 cultists that will owork well with this squad

x20 cultists
Sorceror Terminator armor Gift of mutation Burning brand MoT Melta bombs ML2 spell familiar

so for the second squad heres what i was thinking

x20 cultists
Chaos lord Termie Armor Gift of mutation scrolls of magnus MoT Black mace melta bombs

that lord comes in at 225 points would i be better off finding 5 points and changing it to typhus to make them all zombies?

I think you're overspending on daemon waepons (for the same points you could get another 25 cultists).
I'd advise either removing the scrolls to get a third level for your scorcerer and a few extra cultists or replace the lord with typhus and take zombies as his retinue.

At that point level, you should go for Typhus.
Also, putting the burning brand on a sorcerer is a waste, since he will likely get a shooting psy power.

I'd advise Typhus + a lord on bike with Brand. If y'oure desperate on using the Black mace, go daemon prince. If you really want a daemon weapon, go for a MoK lord on jugger with AoBF.

Remember the sorcerer isn't fearless and those cultists will run like hell when they lose combat.

I equip my chaos lord with Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut of Khorne, Axe of Blind Fury, Sigil of Corruption. If I have extra points at the end I'll toss a Gift for the lulz.

 Goat wrote:
I equip my chaos lord with Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut of Khorne, Axe of Blind Fury, Sigil of Corruption. If I have extra points at the end I'll toss a Gift for the lulz.

Same, i pay him a meltabomb and VotLW as well, so many armor 13 walkers have fallen to the mighty meltabomb

Bike, MoS, LC, PF, Sigil, Brand
In a unit of 8-10 MoS bikers with dual plasma and FNP icon. Champ has meltabombs.
Vets on everyone

For chaos lords, I have a few setups:

Jump pack, MON, melta bombs, black mace, sigil
Jump pack, MOK or S, murder sword, sigil, melta bombs
Terminator armor, MON, black mace, sigil, melta bombs
Bike, MON or K, power axe, melta bombs, sigil, sometimes brand

I equip my chaos lord with Mark of Khorne, Juggernaut of Khorne, Axe of Blind Fury, Sigil of Corruption

I run the same as Goat, but my greatest challenge is how to deal with challenges. I run with bikers so that I have another character who can challenge mindshackle scarabs & wasteful characters like SM or IG sergeants and allows my Lord to chew through the squad. Or if I can get my Cultist Champion to take on the big challenger threats, then I hope to kill enough of the squad that even though the Cultist Champ dies, my Lord will cause enough wounds that I win by sweeping.

I like MoS, black mace and sigil. Even at AP4, you're likely to get enough hits through to get some tests.

Since your lord is walking try...

Chaos Lord
Mark of Nurgle
Terminator
Combi bolter traded for chain fist
Power weapon traded for Lightning Claw
Gift of Mutation

If you have points, blight grenades and WotLW. A fairly cheap HQ and unlocks Plagues as troops. Try him out and you'll be surprised.

 Exergy wrote:
Bike, MoS, LC, PF, Sigil, Brand

Unless I am mistaken this is illegal. Your lord have 3 weapons, but each requires to trade the bolter or CCW for it.
Am I right?

(I'd like to be wrong, since I never took 3 weapons on a lord before, and I'd like to !)

 Seb wrote:

 Exergy wrote:
Bike, MoS, LC, PF, Sigil, Brand

Unless I am mistaken this is illegal. Your lord have 3 weapons, but each requires to trade the bolter or CCW for it.
Am I right?

(I'd like to be wrong, since I never took 3 weapons on a lord before, and I'd like to !)

He is assuming you can change the TL bolter on the bike which probably can but i think there is no mention of it in the codex

I usually go for:

Lord
Bike
BBoS
LC
MoN

He runs with MoN spawn or MoN bikers.

 Overlord Zerrtin wrote:
So i was trying to find a good loadout to put on my chaos lord he'll be on foot with 20 cultists that will owork well with this squad

x20 cultists
Sorceror Terminator armor Gift of mutation Burning brand MoT Melta bombs ML2 spell familiar

so for the second squad heres what i was thinking

x20 cultists
Chaos lord Termie Armor Gift of mutation scrolls of magnus MoT Black mace melta bombs

that lord comes in at 225 points would i be better off finding 5 points and changing it to typhus to make them all zombies?

Just put Kharn in there.

If you are going to run an awesome chaos lord with cultists, i would strongly suggest taking a dark apostle to lead the others..
Built in Power maul, hatred/fearless for the squad and most importantly, rerolls on the Boon table for the lord. If you have set up your lord correctly, he should be winning lots of challenges and I don't know about you but turning into a chaos spawn is a game changing event that I want to avoid. Give the apostle a sigil of corruption and MoN and you have a very survivable character.

I also take the Jug Lord of Khorne with axe of blinding fury, sigil, and VotLW. Haven't tried the melta bomb as I don't see any dreads anymore, but may add for adepticon. And this is only 190 points.

 Lord Yayula wrote:

 Seb wrote:

 Exergy wrote:
Bike, MoS, LC, PF, Sigil, Brand

Unless I am mistaken this is illegal. Your lord have 3 weapons, but each requires to trade the bolter or CCW for it.
Am I right?

(I'd like to be wrong, since I never took 3 weapons on a lord before, and I'd like to !)

He is assuming you can change the TL bolter on the bike which probably can but i think there is no mention of it in the codex

it is ambiguous I agree. You trade a weapon for each. You have 3 weapons, 1 in each hand and one on the bike. YMDC thread on same topic. The last tourney I went to allowed it, so that is what I use but I agree it is ambiguous.

My Lord is like this:
Sorcerer- MoT
Lvl 3
Termie Armor
Combi- Melta
Force Weap.
Sigil of Corruption
Spell Familiar

Now I have never run cultists so I don't know how that would work. I usually stick mine with a squad of MoT Terminators for that nice beefy defense line. But I have found that the 2+/3++ save is a nice benefit at 190 pts. it gives you a lot of room for more units.

 SGrimhart wrote:
My Lord is like this:
Sorcerer- MoT
Lvl 3
Termie Armor
Combi- Melta
Force Weap.
Sigil of Corruption
Spell Familiar

Now I have never run cultists so I don't know how that would work. I usually stick mine with a squad of MoT Terminators for that nice beefy defense line. But I have found that the 2+/3++ save is a nice benefit at 190 pts. it gives you a lot of room for more units.

190 points is a very expensive HQ. Even more so when you consider that he isnt fearless and is going in another non fearless unit.

 Exergy wrote:

 SGrimhart wrote:
My Lord is like this:
Sorcerer- MoT
Lvl 3
Termie Armor
Combi- Melta
Force Weap.
Sigil of Corruption
Spell Familiar

Now I have never run cultists so I don't know how that would work. I usually stick mine with a squad of MoT Terminators for that nice beefy defense line. But I have found that the 2+/3++ save is a nice benefit at 190 pts. it gives you a lot of room for more units.

190 points is a very expensive HQ. Even more so when you consider that he isnt fearless and is going in another non fearless unit.

And that's why I give my Terminators the Icon of Vengence ....Problem solved