Open Your Mind: A Competitive CSM Discussion Thread

[Brother Aiwass]

Sorry, couldn't resist :P

[Brother Aiwass]

Thinking about a chaos Lord with the Black Mace and the Flames of Spite WT.

 

For each 4+ to wound, the enemy unit suffers a MW, then with the Mace, any model killed grants a MW on a roll of 6. Would be worth it?

[Brother Aiwass]

Black Legion shenanigans:

 

Battle forged 3 CP

Batallion 3 CP

Abby 2 CP

 

This is not (only) about stratagems, but Aux Detachments.

 

Say -2 CP for Alpha Legion Zerkers or Warplamer Rubrics (-1 Aux, -1 infilstrat), close in, kill things dead.

 

Or -1 CP for WE bikers, NL nurgle raptors, IW deredeo, etc.

 

And you still have CP to spend on stratagems or re-rolls.

[Panzer]

Aux Detachments don't get the Chapter Tactics etc. afaik so I'd doubt they'd get Legion Traits.

[Brother Aiwass]

Oh, what a bummer. I thought it would be a way to make use of those extra CPs Abby gets.

[OnboardG1]

Oh, what a bummer. I thought it would be a way to make use of those extra CPs Abby gets.

 

You can always take a single HQ and a couple of units of Cultists to enable you to take your AL berzerkers and suchlike. Alpha Legion cultists will be pretty great for holding backline objectives with the -1 to hit and the cultist wave stratagem anyway so it isn't much of a tax. 

 

Incidentally I love how the Legion traits let us change the role of units slightly to fit the army. Zerks for instance. AL berzerkers are all about the turn 1 charge and disrupting the enemy line. NL zerks are about inflicting casualties on multiple morale-vulnerable units and forcing them to run off the table. WE zerks are chaff-disposal (well, anything disposal really if you pop the VOTLW strat). IW Zerks can be made fearless and act as a very nasty tarpit unit. 

Edited August 10, 2017 by OnboardG1