Our goal is to build upon and consolidate the great work already being done by other community members across various forums, reddit threads, and hobby blogs, and bring together a comprehensive library of all these useful Build Instruction booklets. At the end of the game you score 2 VP if your tally is 1, 5 if it’s 2, 9 if it’s 3, and 14 if it’s 4. Aggressor Squad • Desolation Squad • Devastator Squad • Hellblaster Squad • Eradicator Squad • Eliminator Squad • Infernus Squad • Centurion Devastator Squad In any legion but the one they foremost belong to, these units are Elites choices and can never gain a Legion Trait. However, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t worth taking – to the contrary and as we’ll see, these units can be very powerful in standard Chao If psychic powers aren’t your thing, what about praying to the dark gods for help? PRIEST models in your army know the Dark Zealotry prayer and may know a number of others. These may be chanted in your Command phase and will activate/be heard on a D6 roll of a 3+, though note that Dark Apostles will be heard on a 2+ while their acolytes are around. 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. Note that CULTIST units can only know the first three prayers on the list, i.e. Benediction of Darkness, Litany of Despair, and Omen of Potency. Once heard, prayers stay in effect until the start of your next Command phase.

Daemonforge (1 CP/2 CP). Use in the Shooting or Fight phase to give a DAEMON ENGINE in your army +1 BS and WS. This costs 2 CP if the unit is TITANIC. This is also great, and something you’ll use frequently if you’re playing with the likes of Maulerfiends and Decimators. A Psychic Utility. Four guys with chainswords or bolters (it doesn’t really matter), and one with a balefire tome and Prescience. This unit is out there to provide some extra value where needed while Advancing to hold objectives and support other units. You will typically also give this unit the Mark of Slaanesh so it has access to Delightful Agonies. Chaos Leviathan weapons fixed.- The range of the Grav-flux bombard increased from 18” to 24”, bringing it in line with the Imperial version. It’s still worse since it can’t have a legion trait, and it still costs the same. Helbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Chaos Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Leviathan DreadnoughtAs always, a guide like this represents a time and place. This was written in December 2022, after the release of Codex: Chaos Space Marines for 9th edition. On its surface this seems like a relatively easy 5 points and on some missions it is but getting 9 seems like a best-case scenario most of the time. And that’s before you remember that oh yeah, Raise the banners is typically an easy 10+ points. There’s typically no reason to take this over Banners or even Retrieve Nephilim Data. The one exception is when you really want to take an action secondary in a matchup like Abandoned Sanctuaries against Harlequins, where none of the other actions make any sense. You can include NOISE MARINES units in a CSM Detachment, using their datasheet from Codex: Chaos Space Marines, in which case they can only gain a Legion Trait if every unit in their Detachment (excluding AGENTS OF CHAOS and UNALIGNED units) is from the EMPEROR’S CHILDREN Legion (also, they become Troops in an Emperor’s Children Detachment). Note that Noise Marines come with the Mark of Slaanesh built into their points cost, so you don’t need to pay additional points for their mark. Incredibly, the Tyranids dodged any significant changes to their potent Imperial Armour options. In the most hilarious non-change, the Hierophant still has the FLY keyword. That seems unintentional to us, but who knows?

Psychic Powers. Chaos Space Marines have a solid psychic game, even if it’s not on the level of Thousand Sons. The Master of Possession is one of the game’s best psyker units, and Chaos Legionnaire units can take a psyker as well for additional versatility and the ability to toss out mortal wounds. The Terrax-Pattern Termite can now transport Secutarii models in addition to Infantry models, making Hoplites much more useful now that they can ride the drill into midfield as a transport option. Sorcerer ( Balefire Acolyte) • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Execution • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Apothecary • Infernus Abomination Vindicator Laser Destroyers is a powerful tank-destroyer variant of the Vindicator used primarily during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, though many are still in service today. [Needs Citation] Specifications Vehicle Name: After years of collecting, buying and selling, building and painting, we realised that we had amassed a small library of Build Instructions, Assembly Instructions and User Guides for various Games Workshop products.

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Storm Giants Chapter - The Storm Giants used Vindicators during the Second Lastrati Punitive Campaign. Lord of Terror (Aura). When enemy units take morale tests within 6” of your warlord, they roll 2D6 and take the highest result. Also, they count as half strength for Attrition tests. This is OK, but the number of situations where it matters are pretty small and usually you want other effects on your Warlord. C- Sorcerers have some value but ultimately just don’t make the cut when placed next to the far superior Master of Possession, the more versatile Daemon Prince, or the more useful Dark Apostle. The Terminator variants are a bit more durable and better at fighting thanks to being able to take a Force Axe (again, options in the new book leave much to be desired), and have a bit more casting utility thanks to the Chaos Familiar giving them a single re-roll to cast per game. Master of Possession