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I'm brand new to Warhammer and desperately need help fixing up my army list.
I currently only play against a friend with a Death Guard army (Playing with his new codex, which made him even STRONGER than he already was).
It feels like I have absolutely no way of beating him with my current list.

I have attached my Battlescribe file for my CSM army, including the loadouts I currently use.
The only additional things I currently own, which aren't in the list, are:
Another Venomcrawler
Another Master of Possession
Could swap the Warp Talons for Raptors
5 more CSMs

I'm happy to buy a couple more things for my army if needed, to push it up to 2000 points.
Or perhaps remove some things as well, if some of my stuff isn't very good.

I'm also wondering if there's a better Legion to use rather than black Legion

Hi Craig, I read your list and think the biggest thing that stood out to me is that you don't have Abaddon in it.

The Black Legion list I'm used to seeing is having Abaddon surrounded by a ton of cultists because he can ensure they don't fail the morale tests. He can also use them as a shield while they advance, allowing Abaddon to get into Melee.

I proxied a black legion list using these tactics against an Imperial Guard player once and the results were awesome! It was a 1000 pt game and I ended up smashing his leman Russes with Abaddon.

You can find a sample list here at the bottom of the page.

https://www.goonhammer.com/start-competing-black-legion-tactics/#Strengths

You should also read over the chaos space marine tactics here:

https://www.goonhammer.com/start-competing-chaos-space-marines-tactics/

Hope this helps