. and each time they make an attack with an Assault, Pistol, or melee weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. CHAOS UNDIVIDED model only. Being able to psychic action and still cast one power is pretty solid, and that makes this a decent pick for psykers who need to cast Psychic Interrogation. Pretty sure thats an Ultramarine having a really bad day. Pact of Flesh is a reliable way to recur and heal bully units like Possessed and Black Rune Terminators, while Cursed Earth keeps your Possessed on the table and makes them harder to charge. Likewise, Knights often dont have invulns in melee to begin with, so the number of targets this is really helping you against is relatively small. Stratagem as well. By himself he clocks in at 45 points and is relatively fragile, with T3, 4 wounds, and a 5+/5++ save. Were also. The god prayers are all pretty solid, though, which gives a SLAANESH CORE or CHARACTER unit within 6 the ability to advance and charge is the clear winner of them for its ability to push units like the Lord Discordant into a turn 1 charge. Warhammer 40k Kill Team gets fanmade solo mode in ACOLYTE, New Warhammer 40k Space Marine dreadnought just wants to hug, Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader learns from Owlcats past mistakes, Game stores bemoan Warhammer 40k delays after GW warehouse move, Warhammer 40k Arks of Omen balance dataslate winners and losers, Warhammer 40k Grey Knights and Xenos Boarding Patrol bundles. The beat their toughness rider isnt amazing but if you think about this as just a targeted D3 mortal wounds for WC 6, thats pretty solid just on its own. The long wait is over. Once heard, prayers stay in effect until the start of your next Command phase. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. If youre taking one, going double Grav with volkite chest guns is probably the play, but be warned that your dreadnought is super vulnerable to charges since its depending on double blast weapons. Inside the codex youll find rules for Black Legion, Word Bearers, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Alpha Legion, Emperors Children, Red Corsairs, and Creations of Bile. Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and Austinite for 15+ years, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. There are only two characters in the Elites slot for Chaos Space Marines, and the Master of Executions is one of them. The faster, less killy brother of the Lord of Skulls, the Kytan is essentially a Khorne Chaos Knight, only it retains the HERETIC ASTARTES, DAEMON, and keywords and is a DAEMON ENGINE, and so can benefit from a some faction synergies that Chaos Knights dont get, such as getting +1 to hit in melee form a Lord Discordant, or getting access to Chaos Space Marine Stratagems. Finally, in the third round, you can choose between Wanton Massacre and Wanton Slaughter the latterthen becoming mandatory for the fourth andfifth Battle Rounds. Sorcerers have some value but ultimately just dont make the cut when placed next to the far superior Master of Possession, the more versatile Daemon Prince, or the more useful Dark Apostle. Credit: genola. This is a huge upgrade in value for Dreadclaws, which now give you a relatively inexpensive way to put your units in reserves and drop them on the table turn 1. Its great on Chosen and Biker units who dont get an invuln innately unlike Terminators and Possessed, and likewise solid on big characters who need to tank a few more hits. They tend to lack some of the long-ranged shooting options of other factions but make up for that with the ability to hit hard quickly. The CSM Land Raider comes with the same 2+ save, but has Toughness 9, making it considerably tougher to crack. I wonder what else this guy is packing. From a loadout standpoint theyre best equipped with double twin volkites, where you can bypass the Armour of Contempt issue by just going AP0 and fishing for mortal wounds. Their big advantage is that they come with the Mark of Khorne already baked into their cost, which makes them cheaper than they look, and means they can swing at S6 on the charge with AP-3 if you give them an Icon (or, if you boost their strength with Mutated Invigoration, S7). While theyre not the most efficient units in the codex, they definitely have some real play depending on your Legion and playstyle. If this unit starts the Fight phase within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it fights first that phase. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, you can chug this Elixir to get +D3 Attacks and you cant lose more than 3 wounds in the phase. Chaos Space Marines look like Marines, but dont let that fool you: They have a very different feel and play style to standard Space Marines, with a much more aggressive melee-focused approach to the game. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Having the mark of Slaanesh also means they can be blessed with. Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and Austinite for 15+ years, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Ability helps nearby Traitor Guardsmen units automatically pass Combat Attrition tests, which isnt particularly valuable given they only come in units of 10. The big issue with this prayer is having to do this in the Command Phase (unless you use a stratagem to pray in another phase), so good players generally avoid leaving good targets visible and within range of the Priest. This is probably the best of the Chaos Space Marine secondary objectives and even at its best its just so-so. Blackstone Fortress Chaos Ogryn by Craig MasterSlowPoke Sniffen. AP-3 and ideally AP-4. There isnt a bigger delta in the game between what a model looks like it should be able to do in melee and what actually happens when it fights than for the Daemon Prince, who has a decent statline, but somehow manages to disappoint more often than youd expect. Fast, tough, and thanks to Malicious Volleys able to push out a crazy number of bolter shots, Chaos Bikers can make a great addition to an army as a mobile fire base capable of putting out heavy volumes of mid-range, mid-strength shooting. Keep your units grouped effectively, look for opportunities to trade up when you have to sacrifice a piece, and try to avoid outrunning your coverage or leaving your rear too exposed to deep striking threats. The Ogryn is more of a bruiser and can be a legitimate threat, with 5 attacks that hit on a 3+ and a S7, AP-1 2-damage profile, plus an additional claw attack that comes in at S6, AP-2, 3 damage. This is going to get you the most play in Night Lords, where you can prevent an opponent from shrugging off your Ld debuffs by just using the strat, though they can still just roll a regular 1. able to push out a crazy number of bolter shots, Chaos Bikers can make a great addition to an army as a mobile fire base capable of putting out heavy volumes of mid-range, mid-strength shooting. There just isnt much of a place for these in competitive armies they dont do enough for their costs and as AIRCRAFT cant hold objectives of meaningfully block movement. Space Marines have Chapters, Chaos Space Marines have Legions. Speaking of which, The shooty version of the dinobot, Forgefiends arent, as useful, owing to the fact that their AP-2 autocannons arent nearly as useful in a post-Armour of Contempt world. This is, good its easy to cast and incredibly useful for keeping Terminators, Possessed, or Obliterators on the board, or just healing back wounds on a durable Character and making your opponent throw up their hands in exasperation. In those armies theyre typically taken as units of 5 with a Blastmaster and chainswords on the rest, or potentially a power fist on the champion. They lack the kind of serious ranged threats needed to hit enemies from more than 24 away, and a lot of their bigger guns are affixed to expensive platforms you might not want to take. That chaos symbol could probably give you tetanus and its not even that Nurgly. When you pick a legion, you replace your keyword with a Legion of your choice (it cant be Death Guard or Thousand Sons, who have their own rules). Theyre all solid and free once youve paid the points/Power Level to upgrade that psyker with the relevant Mark. Chaos Spawn are cheap, quick, and surprisingly resilient for their cost. This means itll usually disappoint you in melee, and cant reliably take out most targets unless you get pretty lucky with your hit/wound/damage rolls. First off, geez they have a huge data sheet. On the other side of things, Masters of Possession have access to the Malefic discipline, which is mostly buffs for Legion DAEMONKIN units. Free shipping for many products! At the start of the first battle round, pick an enemy unit. With the recent updates to Lords of War in the GT missions pack and the FAQ allowing passengers to climb out the turn it arrives, the Kharybdis is much more playable, but still too expensive to be competitive. At 75 points for the minimum size unit of 5 mutants and 3 torments, the Accursed Cultists unit is bit on the pricier side to just be cheap slot fillers when compared to regular cultists (and losing actions is a big blow), but they have the potential to be quite a bit more durable and can act as midtable objective holders (they still have ObSec), with the ability to trade up pretty effectively if they get the drop on someone. Chaos Space Marines only have two Dedicated Transport options: The lowly Chaos Rhino and the Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drill. From a battlebox of baroque models to a blasphemous Kill Team, it's been a busy year for the Traitor Legions - and with War Zone Nachmund: Rift War on the horizon, their work is far from done.. After 10,000 years of fighting the Corpse-Emperor's minions,* you earn the right to refer to yourself as a veteran. If you rolled a 10+ for the test and you picked a DAEMONKIN or DAEMON ENGINE unit, it gets +1 to both characteristics. Editor: Danni Button, Adam Harrison Of these, Rise to Glory is usually your best bet, especially if you have a Master of Executions or two to give you more than 3 characters to work with. This is a fun way to tie up an enemy unit with a screen and still be able to shoot them, though it depends very much on a unit not just mulching a unit of cultists in a single go. From there, you should look at providing yourself a little defence. In this section well be talking about the units that make up the Chaos Space Marine army. In this guide, youll find everything you need to know about the army, the units, the relics and powers, and how to play them in 9th edition. Who are we?'. Pick a CORE, DAEMONKIN, or CHARACTER unit within 18. For more on using them in those legions, see the relevant armies in each Start Competing article on that legion. Mutated Invigoration can also be huge for buffing T4 units to T5, and Warp Marked can help delete key units off the table. Its not great, but its not terrible, either. These are also much more powerful in Black Legion or Iron Warriors, as they really love +1 to Hit since they cant get rerolls or access to a stratagem to fire their Blast weapons into combat. Not bad, given how much you get, but ultimately not good enough to make your list unless you have some way to get hit re-rolls or guarantee hit rolls of 6. This costs 1 CP if the units fighting the enemy unit are all CULTISTS. This is solid for taking down big targets, but youve got other ways to do that and very limited spell slots to work with. This is OK, but the number of situations where it matters are pretty small and usually you want other effects on your Warlord. Now he is Khornes fury incarnate, always where the fighting is thickest, wielding his Primarchs long-forgotten axe as he hews skulls for the Throne of Skulls and spills blood for the Blood God. The Imperial Armour Compendium updated these to be 115 points and be able to arrive on the battlefield turn 1. Pick a INFANTRY or CHAOS SPAWN model within 12 of the psyker. In Night Lords armies hell typically take Night Haunters Curse in order to get the free 6 to hit once per turn. This is a pretty nifty way to open up your options and turn your Apostle into a Smite machine, but will likely just lose out to other options. Night Lords Master of Possession Credit: RichyP. ability, which prevents it from doing actions or being in a Transport but gets you back either 3 destroyed mutants or 1 dead Torment each command phase. Each time an attack is made against this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack either equals or is at last double the Toughness characteristic of this unit, subtract 1 from that attacks wound roll. Phew, that was an odyssey! This is also incredibly, stupid good. You can upgrade the Traitor Sergeant to have a plasma pistol and a power sword at a cost of +5 points for either option, neither of which youre likely to take. Pick a friendly unit within 18. Chaos Space Marine armies have access to a large variety of subfactions, each with their own special rules called. He travels throughout the known galaxy, always seeking to create a new version of the Space Marine one better, faster, stronger, more adaptable. In Red Corsairs (or Black Legion using a stratagem to act as Red Corsairs for a turn) and Emperors Children they can become extra mobile, with the ability to advance and charge or roll 6+d6 charges. With the 9th edition codex release theyve become significantly more useful, owing to the fact that they have the CORE keyword and now get legion traits to take advantage of, but at the same time they see almost no use, because theyre an Elites option that doesnt offer better shooting than the Decimator nor better melee than one of the myriad other options in the book, and thats without costing you 1 CP to field. Still, getting +1 also helps making you harder to deny, which can be money for pushing out key powers or Interrogates. Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Women! Youll want to prevent these charges by making sure its got a proper screen. How long have we been. Huron Blackheart of the Red Corsairs is a more recent convert. Indulge yourself; it will please Slaanesh. Chaos Space Marines want to spend CP on upgrading their Characters pre-game more than any other army in the game, and have lots of 1 and 2 CP stratagems they want to use in-game. If you didnt see the news, Space Marines of all varieties are going up to two wounds. That said hes perfectly capable of raising banners, and thats half his value in some of the Chaos Knights lists he showed up in alongside Abaddon. Use in your Shooting phase, when you shoot a missile launcher from an INFANTRY unit at an AIRCRAFT target. Chaos Space Marine Engagements with the Imperium, ca. While not a competitive option, it will be fun for aspiring Warpsmiths to be able to add one of those new tanks for their army in casual games if it gets its keywords updated. The final architect of the Horus Heresy and the Space Marines fall to Chaos was the Primarch of the Word Bearers, Lorgar. Chaos Space Marines have a number of interesting Elites choices, most of them specializing in melee combat or mid-range shooting. And speaking of Terminators, are the Scarab Occult Terminators also going to gain a wound? This unit can throw out 7+ S8 2-damage swings per turn and do some real damage to an unsuspecting target. This is separate from the HERETIC ASTARTES keyword in that it denotes the faction. Being able to just tank your first failed save is a very solid trick on models with a 2+ save and Armour of Contempt for protection, and being able to give your melee attacks the ability to ignore saves isnt bad. *This technically isnt supported by the rules, but this is what Games Workshop enforces at their own events, and what many TOs adopt. When enemy units take morale tests within 6 of your warlord, they roll 2D6 and take the highest result. Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. If this unit has the ICON keyword, each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. Other Primarchs joined the ranks of Horus and Lorgar: Magnus the Red and his Thousand Sons; Angron and the World Eaters; Alpharius of the mysterious Alpha Legion; Fulgrim and his perfection-seeking sons, the Emperors Children; Perturabo and the Iron Warriors; Konrad Curze of the Night Lords; and, finally Mortarion of the Death Guard. Each one throws out 2D3 shots and every hit generates a mortal wound on a wound roll of 2+, meaning that on average a Decimator will toss out 8 shots, score 6-8 hits depending on bonuses to hit and your Wanton, and turn those into 6ish mortal wounds. The latter ability is a pretty cool plus, and can give you some real value on the likes of a Decimator, Leviathan, or Land Raider. They can take a mark of chaos but no icon, which limits their effectiveness and means youre either leaving them unmarked or taking Khorne/Slaanesh. This means that you cant take Abaddon and Haarken in the same detachment, hilariously. When Codex Supplement: Space Wolves is released, all of the rules within that will then replace and supersede this entire document, at which point none of the rules here can be used. If youre taking a unit of these, its for the warpflamers, either in 5 or 10, depending on how you want to use them. Were not going to waste time talking about the Warhound, Reaver, and Warlord titans here. Free shipping for many products! These models have a 5+ invulnerable save and regain 1 lost wound in your Command phase. Were also still waiting on Chaos rules for the Kratos. Well, fair if you like pain and you know Slaanesh is diggin that. And speaking of gross. In Emperors Children they can roll a 6+d6 charge out of deep strike, which significantly increases their effectiveness. Theyve all got their uses, and do more than just buffing your Dark Apostle these days. The big issue with this prayer is that if you want a durability boost, Illusory Supplication is just so much better. At T5 and 3 wounds with a 5+ invulnerable save, Possessed have enough durability to weather a bit of shooting, particularly with help from Cursed Earth and Pact of Flesh, but are more valuable as forward combat units that crash into enemy lines early than as midtable objective brawlers. Roll less than or equal to your Ld and you can fight normally. Its not quite enough to justify the unit cost, and so Forgefiends dont often see competitive play, but note that it is significantly better than what a Defiler can put out with ranged attacks. Emperors Children Sonic Dreadnought Credit: That Gobbo. These are: In any legion but the one they foremost belong to, these units are Elites choices and can never gain a Legion Trait. Forget Benediction of Darkness, which has a very difficult wholly within rider, this is what you want for durability boosts. On top of that, the Mark of Slaanesh gives you the Murderous Perfection Stratagem, letting you change a die roll for a hit/wound/damage to a 6 in the Shooting or Fight phase, while Excessive Cruelty lets you punish enemy units attempting to Fall Back by consolidating 3 or shooting the unit leaving. Why wait for GW's ponderous feels-bad rules system? During the first battle round, your army (and all its units) are engaged in. There are six Prayers to the Dark Gods you can choose from in addition to Dark Zealotry, plus four more for the Chaos Gods which your PRIEST unit will know for free if they have the appropriate mark. Likewise, build your army with a thought toward how it will score secondaries and which ones it will pick. Dont feel sad about seeing them get mown down; theyre only humans. The unit can have a heavy weapon or special weapon for every five models, though this typically wont be worth the cost outside of the odd meltagun here and there. That said, it may not often be what you want out of your Dark Apostle. New Chaos Space Marine Codex 2022 . There are some powerful effects here and a daemon weapon will make its way into almost every competitive Chaos Marines army. Plague Marines come with T5 and. Unlike a regular drop pod, the Dreadclaw needs to be dealt with after it lands. is the best pick of those. units in a CSM Detachment, using their datasheet from Codex: Thousand Sons, in which case they are always Elites, their faction keywords become CHAOS, TZEENTCH, HERETIC ASTARTES, TRAITORIS ASTARTES, and . One of the new additions to the faction is the TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword, which helps differentiate the more standard Chaos Space Marines from the likes of the Death Guard (Bubonic Astartes) and Thousand Sons (Arcana Astartes). Go over and you can choose: Either take D3 mortal wounds and fight normally, or you cant fight with the Daemon Weapon. The Executioners are fast and bring something to the table that Chaos Marines generally lack: Solid long-ranged shooting. Note that weve split this article up, and are now covering the major Chaos legions in separate articles. There will be bloodfor the blood god. Hes always got the AGENT OF CHAOS keyword, and if your army includes any CHAOS LORD models (which includes the likes of Abaddon, Lucius, Haarken, and Huron Blackheart, he can be included in a detachment without taking up a slot. Word Bearers Esoterist / Diabolist Credit: RichyP. Until your next Psychic phase, that unit gets either +1 Strength or +1 Toughness. Warpsmiths are essentially the Techmarines of the Chaos Space Marine faction. This is pretty good, if not quite as good as say, Flamers of Tzeentch, but comes at a very reasonable points cost and on a unit that can be pretty damn durable when you factor in All is Dust and the ability to shrug off a single failed save per turn just remember that they lose the 5+ invulnerable save. Outside of Creations of Bile and Word Bearers, youre mostly going to end up taking standard secondaries, and even those present challenges. Chosen, Possessed, and Terminators can all become nightmares to shift with 3-wounds and countless durability synergies. But the real value is the Blastmaster, which can pick between a 48 Heavy 3 S8, AP-3 3-damage mode (which ups to 4 damage at <24) or a 36 Assault 6 S5 Ap-2 1-damage model (which ups to 2 at 18), either of which are very nasty. Sure, sure, theyve gotten a few kits butwheres the codex at? He comes with 6 attacks base and the Axe of dismemberment, a S7, AP-3, 2 damage weapon that does 2 mortals every time you roll a 6 to hit (and the sequence ends). Unfortunately, there just arent any AP-4 options for your characters, so the utility of this is limited by the fact that an AP-3 weapon swinging at a Terminator is going to drop to AP-2 with Armour of Contempt and as a result wont even get them on their invulnerable save. You can give a specific relic to a Champion in a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit if your Warlord is a CSM Character. This petition starter stood up and took action. Free delivery for many products. Five models with chainswords, the Mark of Khorne, and an Icon. Scourge of a thousand tables. If psychic powers arent your thing, what about praying to the dark gods for help? Warlord Trait, and his Chainglaive is an excellent target for daemon weapons like Ulocca or Ghollax. Pick a NURGLE unit within 18. Once an also-ran to the Dark Hereticus Discipline, these are now the money powers for Chaos, and there are several here that youll want to include in every army you field. It is time to release the following text, Games Workshop: "For the following datasheets in the 'Codex: Chaos Space Marines' or 'Codex: Heretic Astartes', or whatever we called it, replace the Wounds (W) characteristic of 1 (one) with 2 (two), and 2 (two) with 3 (three): Chaos Space Marines (p.128) (+4pts) Khorne Berzerkers (p.132) (+4pts) Rubric Marines (p.133) (+4pts) Plague Marines (p.132 . Units with this ability can be set up in blasphemous reserves instead of on the battlefield. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Chaos Space Marines Master Of Posession, Primed, Warhammer 40k at the best online prices at eBay! Hope to . After all, the Heretic Astartes have two Wounds now, too We've still got loads more to show you from the forthcoming Chaos Space Marines codex - sign up for our newsletter to get the latest heretical updates straight to your inbox. Being able to fight first with multiple units in your army can really throw a wrench into an opponents plans, though note that at the start of the Fight phase rider you wont fight first if a unit gets into Engagement Range with a pile in or consolidate move. Use at the end of the Reinforcements step of your opponents Movement phase. Until the end of the phase your opponent cant use the Insane Bravery Stratagem on that unit, cant re-roll morale tests for them, and if they fail a Morale test, any action theyre doing fails. You can find more on the math behind the marks and how they affect play in our. By default, a Dark Apostle knows Dark Zealotry, which lets CORE/CULTIST/CHARACTER units within 6 re-roll hit rolls in melee. Good stuff. With this new codex, Games Workshop has doubled down on giving each Chaos Space Marine Legion a different playstyle and feel from those of its peers. Do you think this is a bridge too far or is it more its about time for the Chaos Marines? The Chaos Land Raider got a massive overhaul in the 9th edition codex, getting an entirely new profile that its cousins in Codex: Space Marines and even Death Guard/Thousand Sons lack. Youll also have to pay the 15 points to give them the Mark of Tzeentch, but its worth it for the unit. Fleeing into the Eye of Terror, a giant rent in reality caused by the fall of the Aeldari Empire, the traitors escaped the loyalists wrath, and continue to plot, plan, and lick their wounds, waiting for a time they will be able to wreak revenge on the Imperium once again. Editor: Danni Button, Adam Harrison On top of that you can give him a Techn-virus injector (do this), to give him +1 damage against VEHICLE units. Youll find at least one unit of Possessed (and as many as three) in nearly every competitive Chaos Space Marines list, almost always run as units of 5 (this is more than enough to trade up and prevents morale issues). Rejoice! Most Chaos Space Marine psykers have access to the Dark Hereticus discipline, which has declined in power with the new codex. Its cheaper, but what you get isnt quite worth it. This is one of those stratagems youll very rarely use, but will be happy it exists when it keeps a unit alive on a back objective in close game. Abaddon was strong enough in his 8th edition form; in 9th hes an entirely new type of terror, an extremely difficult-to-kill murder machine that can help buff units in any Chaos army, not just large blobs of Cultists. This is just too situational to matter and will only even be on the table if you have missile launcher havocs. As much as I hate these abilities that punish a single faction, this is pretty money, in particular because space marines are still relatively popular, and any buffs to the faction will make them more prevalent. BoLS Interactive LLC. The Emperor of Mankind is responsible for creating all Space Marines and their genetic fathers, the Primarchs, so will always be partially behind the creation of Chaos Space Marines. Until the end of the battle those Cultists automatically pass Morale tests and they get +1 to hit in melee. They come with lasguns, but up to three models can replace theirs with a special weapon, though you cant double up on these. This is another very solid durability buff, and can pair well with Nurgle Terminators who want the added durability. . For a Word Bearers army, you may want to focus on daemonic troops, such as more Possessed, or even dipping a toe into actual Chaos Daemons. 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