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Hopefully this will kick off a Tactica for Chaos. I am going to list what I have been playing with lately as well as my tactics and see where it goes from there.
I have mostly played games over 1500pts. My next game is going to be around 2500pts, give or take a few extra points.

HQs:
Kharn the Betrayer
Abaddon the Despoiler
Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings, Power Armor, Black Mace, Gift of Mutation
Warpsmith with MoT and Aura of Dark Glory

Troops:
35x Cultists w/ 3x flamers and a shotgun
10x CSM, MoN, VotLW, Combi-plasma on Champ
10x Berzerkers, IoW, VotLW, Dual Lightnin Claw on Champ

Elite:
6x Terminators w/ 1x Chainfist, 2x Combi-Flamer, 2x Combi-Melta, Heavy Flamer, MoT, Dual Lightning Claw on Champ
7x Plague Marines w/ 2x Plasma Guns, VotLW, Power fist and Combi-Plasma on Champ

Fast Attack:
6x Bikers w/ 2x Meltaguns, MoN, VotLW, Combi-Melta and Power Sword on Champ

Heavy Support:
5x Havocs with 4x Autocannons and MoN
Land Raider
Defiler with extra Power Fist

Dedicated Transport:
3x Rhino's with Havoc Launchers and Dirge Casters


Now for my Tactics:
I run Kharn with my squad of 35 Cultists, try and hold objectives and charge forward if needed
CSM squad in Rhino, get to where I need to go and disembark and possibly hold objectives
I attach Abaddon to my Termies and DS them in behind enemies to hopefully flame the hell out of them and then charge in next turn
Berzerker squad in Land Raider, charge up the field, disembark and charge
Daemon Prince does his own thing wherever he is needed
Plague marines in Rhino charging up the table as well, possibly holding any objectives if needed, if not then plasma gun some heavy infantry
Warpsmith hanging out in the back, behind/beside my Defiler for repairs
Defiler taking out hordes or piles of infantry
Havocs firing at MEQ

Now this is most likely not the best tactic for what I have, but I am still working with it and have a lot to learn still. I have only been playing 40k for about 6 months now and only actually played about 4 full games.

I am all ears for hints/tips/tricks or whatever else people want to say.

Also throw in your own tactics, so we can get this thread built up...

I don't think Kharn with Cultists is a very good idea. The best use for Cultists is going to ground and camping on an objective, honestly. Maybe a full horde of them would be better, but I'd honestly just stick Kharn with the Zerkers.

Also, I think you need one more Troop choice. At 2000+, you can take two FOC charts. That means two groups that require one HQ and two Troops. That means you need two HQs and four Troops.

Other than that, I don't really see anything else I would change. Personally, I'd swap the Defiler for a Heldrake so you have better anti air, but that'd take away the purpose for the Warpsmith. Unless you too out two Berzerkers to make room for Kharn and the Warpsmith, but whatever. I'd be interested in seeing how it turns out.

The only reason I don't have a Heldrake is because my friend who I mostly play with has no fliers either.
I normally run Kharn with 9x Berzerkers in Land Raider, but was thinking of trying him with the Cultists so they are fearless.

 Solomongrundy wrote:
The only reason I don't have a Heldrake is because my friend who I mostly play with has no fliers either.
I normally run Kharn with 9x Berzerkers in Land Raider, but was thinking of trying him with the Cultists so they are fearless.

If you wanted the cultists to be fearless just put a 65 point naked lord with them instead of wasting Kharnes talents.

If you are running him with cultists, you are running him basically with X number of ablative wounds. When you think of it like that, it is not bad. Also they still have a champion to protect him from challenges, so that is something

It's not bad but you need 1 more troop choice. I see this list is slightly tailored to your friend (no flyers) does he play marines of any kind otherwise I would not run abby since you are not using him for his ability to make chosen troops and stopping yourself from getting a better warlord trait, and you have a better guy at CC anyway (the DP)
If you swapped him for a chaos lord with MON or Typhus your plague marines become troops. Though yes that would hard you putting him in the termi squad. Other option that is REALLY CHEAP is a sorc with MoT in the termi squad.

Yea he plays mostly SM specifically Dark Angels, also has a Necron army. I am waiting to get Typhus this weekend, and I also have a MoT Sorc in termi armor that I was going to run with the Termies, but I just wanted to give Abaddon a shot and see what happens. I just hear and read that he is a beast.

If he is playing DA then abby isn't bad since you auto get the warlord trait and is eternal warrior but you still need another troop.

Yea I will probably just throw in another squad of 20x cultists, I would love to bring Typhus, but no more HQ room