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I was thinking of starting a small chaos army but i had a minor problem. Half the entries at the last tourney were chaos players. Therefore, why not bring back a Chaos army that would reasonably fight Chaos. However, having almost no fluff left after GW promptly dumped them in 3rd, i have no idea of what an army should be built on.

As i would like to keep this somewhat competitive, i dont think an entirely unmarked army would be a very good idea. Maybe 11 man units of different marks (they would all be dedicated to Malal but in game there is no mark of Malal) but im unsure if i could reasonably field the units dedicated to a god (plague marines, thousand sons, ect). Karn definitely fits here as he even smacks those dedicated to the same god of chaos. Bile might also be useful here if i am running with just standard marines and his experiments could be seen as chaos working against itself as those modified rarely survive long (that rule was kind of fun in the old codex). Ideas?

For those of you who dont know, Malal is the god of Chaos's inability to unify. There will always be fighting between the chaos gods, and Malal grows stronger the more division there is.

Its a tough idea. There have been similar threads in the past few months because of the new Chaos Codex. Personally, I love Malal. But the fluff doesn't really lend itself to armies (focused on a few individuals). It seems more like a kill team/ skirmish group.
But as to your question: I would focus on running small squads that can operate independently. Lots of tanks? No daemons? Its hard to really say... Sorry for not being that helpful.

zephoid wrote:
Therefore, why not bring back a Chaos army that would reasonably fight Chaos.

All Chaos armies would reasonably fight Chaos.

I also plan a Malal army, and so far, I ended up with Abaddon+Chosen: Abaddon is quite cool as a counts-as Malal champion: he is a beast, and has a weird Mark. Technically, Malal has the power of all the other gods, so i guess the four-in-one mark is OK. Chosen are good without marks and those guys can form elitist squads. For support, I'm thinking about taking IG allies as a counts-as "cadre of a radical inquisitor".

 AtoMaki wrote:
I also plan a Malal army, and so far, I ended up with Abaddon+Chosen: Abaddon is quite cool as a counts-as Malal champion: he is a beast, and has a weird Mark. Technically, Malal has the power of all the other gods, so i guess the four-in-one mark is OK. Chosen are good without marks and those guys can form elitist squads. For support, I'm thinking about taking IG allies as a counts-as "cadre of a radical inquisitor".

^This. Good idea to use small units and still make it a relatively competitive army.

And here is an example army for 1750 points:

HQ – 335
Abaddon – 265
Commissar Lord (Power Sword) – 85
Elites – 170
Chaos Terminators 2+chp (2x Combi-Plasmas) - 105
Sly Marbo – 65
Troops – 815
Chosen 4+chp (Power Sword, 2x Plasma Guns, Power Axe, Flamer, VotLW) – 165
Rhino – 35
Chosen 4+chp (PoLC, 2x Meltaguns, Power Fist) – 165
Rhino – 35
Veteran Squad 9+srg (3x Plasma Guns, Grenadiers) – 145
Chimera – 55
Veteran Squad 9+srg (3x Meltaguns, Grenadiers, Demolitions) – 160
Chimera – 55
Fast Attack – 130
Vendetta – 130
Heavy Support – 300
Predator (TL Lascannon, 2x Lascannons) – 140
Manticore – 160