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Caleidah

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:06 am


Hm. One thing that you could really make good use of would be a Summoned Greater Daemon. They're cheap as all hell for their statline and they can pop up through any of your Aspiring Champions.

Your squads are all over the place for equipment. One squad that stands out is squad 4: Mark of Khorne, a Heavy Bolter, and a Meltagun? The Heavy Bolter needs them to sit still, but their other kit needs them to get up close and personal to be effective.

I'd put a Rhino on your Berserkers. Having them footslog up to the line will get them blasted apart before they can become effective.

I have never really had to make use of dozer blades on a Rhino for Chaos. They're alright, but Rhinos are cheap enough that you can potentially afford to lose one if you need to plow through rough terrain.

Defilers cannot be dedicated to a specific god through a mark.

No qualms with the Dreads, just be careful that you keep them far enough away from your other units so that they don't get quite as much damage on you in a "Fire Frenzy" result in the early game.


OVERALL NOTES FOR CHAOS:
Most of the time, it is hard to kit a squad for "all around" roles. Mixing equipment can be handy to have a squad for dedicated objective camping, though. Heavy Bolters and/or Autocannons work great for that role. Otherwise, you might look into taking 'specialist' squads for particular roles, or smaller squads to serve as objective camping and heavy weapon platforms. When I do that, I tend to take five man squads and give them an Autocannon.

On vehicles, you need to be sure that you're not spending too much. It's easy to over-upgrade with the Chaos Codex. Rhinos should be as much of a bare bones metal box on the field as possible, imo. The survivability upgrades (Daemonic Possession, Dozer Blades, etc) should be saved for vehicles with more strategic importance. I never run a Vindicator or Land Raider without Daemonic Possession, for example, because the damage negation that the upgrade gives is absolutely priceless for strategic value.

DarkElf27 can attest to the fact that I used to be all about a smaller number of high-kit squads. Right now, you have a lot of squads without any particular purpose. Look into taking some Cult troops to give a little more of a leaned edge. Also, look into taking more heavy anti-armor. One Meltagun and two Lascannons are iffy. I'll post one of my 2500 lists in a little bit here so you can see what I field.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:10 am


Here's one of my 2500 lists. This one was made to have fun with, but it fared pretty well for what I wanted to do with it.

Khornite Terminator Bloodlord – 160
Blood Feeder, Combi-Flamer

Khornite Terminator Lord – 140
2x Lightning Claws

Terminators – 215
3x Terminators, all with 1x Lightning Claw, 2x Combi-Melta, 1x Heavy Flamer, Icon of Khorne
Champ w/ Twin LC

Terminators – 215
3x Terminators, all with 1x Lightning Claw, 2x Combi-Melta, 1x Heavy Flamer, Icon of Khorne
Champ w/ Twin LC

Chosen – 180
5x w/ 3x Meltagun, 2x Combi-Flamer
Rhino w/ TL Bolter

Berserkers – 283
7x standard, 2x Plas Pistol
Champ w/ Power Fist
Rhino w/ Combi-Flamer

Berserkers – 283
7x standard, 2x Plas Pistol
Champ w/ Power Fist
Rhino w/ Combi-Flamer


Bloodhawks– 200 (Raptors)
5x w/ 2x Meltaguns, Icon of Khorne
Champ w/ BP and Power Weapon

Bloodhawks– 200 (Raptors)
5x w/ 2x Meltaguns, Icon of Khorne
Champ w/ BP and Power Weapon


Land Raider – 240
Daemonic Possession

Land Raider – 240
Daemonic Possession

Vindicator – 145
Daemonic Possession

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Caleidah

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:00 pm


ok, i can see the ideas of the demon prince coming in, and i'd love to field one, but... i absolutely HATE metal models.. with a passion..

if i wanted some raptors however, i guess i could convert some space marine assault troops to chaos.

chaos squad 4 is kinda shambles i agree, so i have some spare heavy weapon troops so i can swap out that melta gun, or even swap for other squads.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:19 pm


The Summoned Greater Daemon model can be anything, so long as it looks sufficiently daemonic. For my army, I'm considering using some named character daemon from Fantasy (whose name ALWAYS eludes me) or maybe finally making my Chaos Lord on a Carnifex conversion that I've been planning out for so long.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:10 pm


as for my previous idea, converting normal space marine assault troops into raptors, would it work ?
PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:09 am


Ashly-Bloodmoon
as for my previous idea, converting normal space marine assault troops into raptors, would it work ?


Yep, I did just that for a contest a few years back. Just file off any imperial symbols, add a few skulls n' spikes. Then say that they only recently converted to chaos, hence the newer style armour.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:56 am


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Ashly-Bloodmoon
as for my previous idea, converting normal space marine assault troops into raptors, would it work ?


Yep, I did just that for a contest a few years back. Just file off any imperial symbols, add a few skulls n' spikes. Then say that they only recently converted to chaos, hence the newer style armour.


ok cool, i just hate using bikers, they dont suit khorne much in my mind
PostPosted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:10 pm


How do they not suit Khorne? They're hurling themselves across the battlefield as fast as they possibly can to jack up their enemy.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:00 pm


Caleidah
How do they not suit Khorne? They're hurling themselves across the battlefield as fast as they possibly can to jack up their enemy.


but, they prefer to shoot like heck, instead of charge in like maniacs

raptors = jump out of a big ship and onto the enemy's heads
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:42 pm


I think any CSM unit save perhaps dedicated fire support like havocs can be dedicated to khorne... and jump packs allow close combat soone rthan footsloging so certainly raptors have khornes eyeing them. regarding shooting, even berzerkers have boltpistols and plasma pistols...

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Caleidah

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:09 pm


Ashly-Bloodmoon
Caleidah
How do they not suit Khorne? They're hurling themselves across the battlefield as fast as they possibly can to jack up their enemy.


but, they prefer to shoot like heck, instead of charge in like maniacs

raptors = jump out of a big ship and onto the enemy's heads

Fluff in the previous Chaos Codex was that they put spikes and blades on their bikes so that, when they slammed into their enemies, they would be able to do more damage. The same thing (shootiness) could be argued on the Raptors, saying that they jump around and keep in Rapid Fire range to pelt their enemies.

Try Khornite Bikers. You'll like them.

Van, with the current codex, EVERY unit except for Vehicles, Obliterators and Summoned Daemons can take an icon of the god of their choice.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:50 am


ok, ive just had a flick through the codex, and made myself a new army list, i know its out of the 2500 points list i wanted, but oh well

please note that things highlighted in blue, are things i havnt yet got.

HQ

Chaos lord 1 - terminator armor, pair of lighting claws
chaos lord 2 - daemon weapon, mark of khorne, Jump pack

ELITES

chaos dreadnought 1 - twin linked las cannon, close combat arm
chaos dreadnought 2 - twin linked las cannon, close combat arm
chaos terminators - ( 5 ), 2 power fists, 1 chain fist, reaper auto cannon, 2 combi weapons.

TROOPS

chaos squad 1 - ( 10 C.C ) aspiring champion, power weapon, slaanesh, flamer, chaos rhino, dozer blades, twin linked bolter.
chaos squad 2 - ( 10 C.C ) aspiring champion, power weapon, khorne, flamer, melta gun, chaos rhino, dozer blades, havoc launcher.
chaos squad 3 - ( 10 C.C ) aspiring champion, power weapon, khorne, 2 flamer, chaos rhino, dozer blades, havoc launcher
chaos squad 4 - ( 10 ) aspiring champion, heavy bolter, khorne, power fist.
chaos squad 5 - ( 10 ) aspiring champion, power fist, heavy bolter, plasma gun, khorne.
khorne berzerkers - ( 10 ) skull champion, power weapon, plasma pistol, chaos rhino, dozer blades, twin linked bolter.

FAST ATTACK

chaos raptors 1 - ( 20 ) aspiring champion, power fist, 2 melta guns
chaos raptors 2 - ( 20 ) aspiring champion, power weapon, melta gun, flamer
chaos raptors 3 - ( 20 ) aspiring champion, power weapon, 2 flamer


HEAVY SUPPORT

defiler 1 - close combat arm
defiler 2 - close combat arm
chaos vindicator - havoc launcher

total points: 3915 ( roughly )

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:21 am


Why do squads with the Mark of Khorne have a heavy bolter?
Give them Mark of Nurgle or Tzeentch.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:53 am


Jason Kharo
Why do squads with the Mark of Khorne have a heavy bolter?
Give them Mark of Nurgle or Tzeentch.


they have mark of khorne, incase of drop troops ( enemy assault marines, legion of the dammed, terminators )

so they can at least have a chance if they get attacked
and my army is based on khorne

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:26 am


Having the Mark of Khorne isn't going to make much of a difference against dedicated melee troops.
It is a waste of points giving a ranged squad a melee upgrade.
Nurgle works with Khorne quite often you know.
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