Predator - which turret

[Seahawk]

I'm finding myself not sure which predator turret fits best for Chaos. The twin las is strong sure, but so too is the autocannon, with a potential 18 damage (compared to the las's 12). Which does a chaos army need more? The cutting AP of the lascannon, or the sheer damage output of the autocannon?

[micahwc]

Depends on what you are hunting with it.

 

Lascannons can be brought by a lot of other Chaos units, some of which benefit from chapter tactics, such as Hellbrutes, and Havoks, or which have other advantages such as the Xiphon Interceptor.

 

The Autocannon has guaranteed damage of 3 which makes it a lot more reliable for killing Primaris marines and Terminators. While a Lascannon has higher average damage than the autocannon, it will statistically do worse 1/3 of the time, and equal 1/6 of the time.

[Marqol]

I run three predators, 2 autocannon and one lascannon, but if I had to use a single one I'd give it the Autocannon. It can be quite good at anti tank and its more reliable at anti infantry from my experiences. 

[Seahawk]

I too will bring three predators, all with lascannon sponsons. Since the turret mount is one point different it's really just a case of overall, which gun is better for hunting MC and vehicles (rest of the army has infantry covered). I'd normally default to lascannons, but I've been way more impressed with the autocannons performance.

[Kallas]

I have found that two Destructors and one Annihilator makes a good killshot squadron (can't remember if CSM get the Killshot Stratagem or not though) and the Heavy Bolters keep the cost down while being pretty decent at AV work (assuming the use of the Stratagem.)