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Chaos Lord: MoS, Bike, Sigil of Corruption, Spineshiver Blade, Meltabombs, Gift of Mutation, VotlW.

5 Bikers: MoS, Power Axe, Meltabombs, 2 Meltaguns, VotlW.

Baledrake

5 Noise Marines: Blastmaster, VotlW.

5 Noise Marines: Blastmaster, VotlW.

10 Cultists: Flamer.

10 Cultists: Flamer.

5 Havocs: 4 Autocannons, VotlW.


Should be 1000 points on the nose. What do you think?

Hand of darkness would better serve on the lord then the spineshiver blade

I hear you, it's a mightily impressive weapon, yet it sets my number of attacks to 1 and costs 15 points more than the current setup (reasoning that meltabombs wouldn't be needed on the Lord with the HoD). Are you sure that removing GoM and one of the cultist flamers, losing a potential gazillion of AP3, I7 attacks is a good trade here?

Depends on the army, you either have something that will kill any model (vehicles, 2+armor saves, multiple wound models) and you don't have to worry about to wound rolls.


Or you can use the spineshiver blade that is still hitting at str 4 with 5-10 attacks. If you are going against another CSM you'll be hitting on 4+ and wounding on 4+ --> 1-3 wounds
although CSM do have more opponents # of wounds is really dependent on the circumstances. Don't forget about dreaded challenges though.
I originally had you hitting against SM but you have VotLW- I don't want to do the math.


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Either works, just depends on what you want to use him for. (kill bigger expensive models, or troops)

Can I ask, why black legion? Apart from 1 relic, you're not using any other rules other than paying for VotLW? The burning brand from the normal dex could be reapply nice on The Lord!

This is coming from a guard player, I'd recommend taking the cultist with autoguns as they greatly increase their usefulness and survivability by allowing them to keep some distance.
Otherwise I think the core of your army; Noise Marines, bikes, Havocs and the Helldrake are quite nice with good overall utility against most armies

 Khaine's Wrath wrote:
Can I ask, why black legion? Apart from 1 relic, you're not using any other rules other than paying for VotLW? The burning brand from the normal dex could be reapply nice on The Lord!

To be perfectly honest, I just wanted an excuse to make a Chaos Lord with weapons that make sense rather than fisticlaws. :-P