You will want to do all of this because Berzerkers’ key special rule is Blood for the Blood God, which allows you to fight twice with a Berzerker in the Fight phase any time it is within 3″ of any enemy models. The other cheap HQ choice for Chaos Space Marines, the Master of Executions is a wonderful backline support character, able to hang back and quickly wade into combat for counter-charges when needed, thanks to his Warp-Sighted Butcher ability, which gives him a 6″ Heroic Intervention if he can use it to get within 1″ of an enemy character. They can wield a wide variety of weapons with great effect. The only reason this hasn’t made any kind of competitive impact is that Chaos Shooting still stinks, and the best units in the Chaos Shooting arsenal are Forge World Dreadnoughts, who can’t benefit from this detachment. Run it/them up the board supported by Lords Discordant, and if it gets off any hits with its battle canon, that’s a bonus. By comparison walking while aiming a weapon only moves at 40% speed. As of the current FAQ, the Proteus does not have Daemonic Machine Spirit like the Vanilla Land Raider, meaning it will suffer penalties for moving and shooting. C, Use at the start of the enemy Shooting phase.

Arguably just taking the combi-plasma is better, tho... Because Daemon shells are a thing. In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know about the army, the units, the relics and powers, and how to play them. Note that this Stratagem only specifies that the Shooting unit has to be a. The downside is that you can’t re-roll his hit rolls (he always hits on a 2+), and every time you roll a 1, you have to allocate it to a friendly unit within 1″ if there is one. We’re not going to waste time talking about the Warhound, Reaver, and Warlod titans here. For one command point, you can designate a character with a Specialist Detachment keyword and they gain the warlord trait associated with that detachment. ALSO - USE SMOKE LAUNCHERS. Temporary damage resistance and increased close-combat damage.. Increases the number of special equipment carried (. It makes sense to me that they have identical stats. As daemon engines, they also benefit from Lord Discordant auras, making them a little nastier when their mounted buddies finally catch up. The Black Legion have access to eight stratagems, two of which are used outside of the game. Thematically these are your pirate Marines, raiders who swoop in and take what they want with no fucks given. Tactics The big downside is that Kharn just kiind of doesn’t do enough damage on his own. VIEW DETAILS. Attach some extra pauldrons on the bloodsecrator and he can double as a metal-looking Dark Apostle.

If a Psyker Character is your Warlord, you can generate a trait for him from this table instead of the of the one in Codex: Chaos Space Marines. For both of these, any stratagems you’ve played for that phase will stay in effect through the additional round of fighting/shooting. For more informative articles, check out the Tactics Corner.. As always, you can order this product from Frontline Gaming at a discount in our web-cart!We also offer free shipping within the continental USA for orders $99 and up. They’re really just an option for fun themed armies and Narrative games. Also only one of their tactics keys off a model’s devotion to a Chaos God and it’s Khorne so marks are functionally pretty meaningless beyond the Mark of Khorne. Blood Slaughterers are always Khorne-devoted, have a 10″ move, 6 Attacks (+1 from the Blade and +2 if they ever fight INFANTRY units), and come with a blade and a harpoon, each of which does flat 3 damage, making them nasty vehicle hunters. Raptors are awful at melee combat, so you won’t be taking them in the first place and even if you do, you won’t get much out of the re-rolls. Great to use with poxwalkers with the "dead walk again" stratagem, any losses will be recuperated with interest.