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Had a thought for a list that I'm hoping is both fun to play and also not going to get wiped in a friendly-ish gaming environment. Mostly a thought-experiment, but would definitely appreciate some input!

1500
HQ - Chaos Lord; VotLW, MoK, AoBF, AoDG, Jump Pack - 145

Troops - Cultists x10 - 50
Cultists x10 - 50

Fast Attack - Raptors x15, IoV, MoK, 2x Meltagun - 340
Raptors x15, MoK, 2x Meltagun - 315
Warptalons x10, MoK - 350

Heavy Support - Maulerfiend - 125
Maulerfiend - 125

Lord goes with the Raptors without IoV. The idea is to overwhelm their threat-radar and push everything forward at once. I know it isn't exactly a TAC list, but most of what I face is MEq, Tau gunlines, or orks so I don't feel too worried about drowning from the obvious lack of TEq and basically nobody in my meta fields fliers atm.

Where is this list going to let me down?
What to do about troop choices, since the cultists totally don't fit?
MoK or MoN on the Warptalons? (And yes I'm keeping them in the list, I want to field them once for myself! So don't bother ragging about how overpriced they are.)
Keep both blobs of raptors, or push in some chaos spawn and maybe a couple oblits or a havoc squad/something in a rhino?

quick input, no real comment on the practicality of the list, but are yousure you're able to take icon of vengeance on mok units?

no codex on hand, but idk if you can do that?

 zachwho wrote:
quick input, no real comment on the practicality of the list, but are yousure you're able to take icon of vengeance on mok units?

no codex on hand, but idk if you can do that?

He can take it. Each mark has its own icon and then anyone can take the mark of vengeance.

I think you'll have an issue holding objectives with the cultists. They are just going to melt if someone gives them the stinky eye. Maybe drop a Maulerfiend and Cultists and get 2 squads of marines? Not sure though. I'm having a tough time making a 1500 pt list as well. But I think that would be a good start.

The amount of jetpacks sounds like fun!

For most missions, you need to expect a bunch of mission markers though and with only one standard unit, you are not going to get that many of them.

Go without the maulerfiend or less warp talons and grab some more cultists instead I'd say.

Yeah I know the troops section is definitely the weakest link of this list, and trust me I didn't expect the cultists to accomplish anything. Mostly took 'em for cheap troops to let me funnel points into the ballet. My concern with just 1 maulerfiend would be it getting focus fired down before I can use it.

Dropping the 'fiend lets me bump one of the cultists squads to 35, AND swap the second cultist squad to a basic 5 CSM. Is that in any way worth it? Neither are fearless, and that just means more cultists running off the field at once.

Alternately, drop 1 mauler, add 15 cultists (=1x25, 1x10), and plop a bare bones Lord in the bigger cultist blob. Yeah?