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CSM 10th edition Abaddon the Despoiler This is a topic about Abaddon the Despoiler in the 10th edition. Do you use him? How are you using him? Do you think he performs well? Do you attach him to any specific unit? Is there a detachment that he is extra crucial? Other Unit of the Week for Chaos Space Marines can be found in the link below. Chaos Space Marine Unit of the Week Links

What it says on the tin. With the codex leaks/release changing Abaddon from being able to lead legionaries to chosen, I wanted to discuss how people might be running him. To catch up anyone who doesn't know, chosen and terminators remained unchanged from their index datasheets, but abaddon was nerfed slightly. His dark destiny only grants the CP now if you pass the LD test on 7+, and he lost all the specific god keywords and only has chaos undivided(this is only relevant for the pactbound zealots detachment, but it still is a nerf). Datasheets only: Chosen: -Give Abaddon adv & fallback, shoot & Charge -Benefit more from Abby's warmaster ability -Can embark inside landraider with a full squad -570pts for 10 man+Abby Terminators: -Can deepstrike -Better melee if you max powerfists -Slightly better shooting -680pts for 10man+Abby, or 495 for 5man+Abby Personally, I think I'll be running him with Chosen has they are cheaper and benefit more from his warmaster ability. I don't know how relevant detachments will influence people's choice but I wanted to point out some cool things. -Fellsiege hammer would greatly benefit both, but footslogging chosen get the most. -Running deceptors and using from all sides could give Abaddon and Terminators a 6" charge from deepstrike if setup correctly -VotLW black crusade would be cool on max squad of terminators -If you commit to a landraider, you could run Soulforged warpack and use Unstoppable Rampage to bust through a terrain piece and charge with Chosen and Abaddon. That's my thoughts, but I definitely want to hear yall's opinions on this

It's strange that modern Codexes/Novels don't mention Abaddon's Mark but I believe GW is saving that for Dan Abnett's Finale Novel for the Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra. The two-part Book would retcon the Mark and what it does Just like Valten, Morathi and Archaon his different forms have different models: Abaddon the Warmaster/Warrior: The basic one we know. The 40k version can learn spells or Khornate buffs but otherwise the same one Abaddon the Unbound: Either manually, at random or if certain circumstances (like the Warmaster is dying, very enraged, losing his mind or going to be killed, etc) the Unique Mark's Powers come to life. Abaddon gets powered up blessings from all Four Chaos Gods, free choice of certain Chaos spells, magic resistance, better command buffs, etc. More powerful than 40k Guilliman both in the game and lore BUT there is a time limit and every bit of damage and exertion accelerates it leading too... Abaddon the Warp-Chosen: Should Abaddon ever truly 100% submit to Chaos either voluntarily, still die when the Mark is active or is desperate enough then he permanently becomes the Chaos Gods' vessel/avatar similar but not the same as Horus. Even more powerful and has several free skills but losses any command buffs. This model should be able to solo the enemy army in Tabletop and Lore. Gets unique Daemon rules Abaddon the Chaos God of Conquest: Represent Abaddon's ascension into a Minor Chaos God like Archaon. Can only be deployed in special games due to how powerful he is

Greetings denizens of the Bolter and Chainsword! I have been messing around with taking some photos of some of my dudesmen and thought I would share them. They are basically just taken in front of some of the lavish art in Forge Worlds IA13. I usually take my photos in front of books and thought I would just take it a bit further for funsies. Hope you enjoy :tu: :tu: :tu: Cheers :) Midnight