Heres my first list ever, so all suggestions welcome

Officers:

CSM, bolt pistol, sword, MoK - 134 credits
Aspiring Champion, MoCU, autogun, combat knife, rope and hook - 71 credits
Aspiring Champion, MoCU, autogun, combat knife, rope and hook - 71 credits
Chosen, MoK, Slugger, Axe - 96 credits
Chosen, MoK, Slugger, Axe - 96 credits

Recruits:

x4 Cultists, autoguns, vox caster - 188 credits
Annihilator, Flamer - 61 credits

Total Squad members - 10
Total Credits - 717

Do have to say I purposefully haven't spent the remaining 33 credits, to insure that I have enough come next game for the CSMs upkeep, and hopefully I can add the remainder to whatever I make to buy a SM helmet.

Any other thoughts?

I find curious that you decide to use a Vox Caster. Your Squad is not particularly shooty... it is cool, but won't make much of a difference now. I mean, the Cultist who has the Vox (which btw, needs to be on its own Recruit Group) has an autogun, and would allow any one Fighter within 12" with LoS and Range to the same Target a re-roll to-Hit... with an autogun.

For the CSM... I would go with a Flail. Nobody can Parry those! Save 5 credits... until you can buy your CSM a Little Stick of Kick Ass.... hehehe... a Berserker Glaive. I think this is more important than the Helmet right now. You are Khorne... go get some !!!

Hey, thanks for the critique. A flail isn't a bad idea on the CSM, i'll look into that. The vox caster is there for two reasons: i wanted one of my models to have one, and for the leadership. Cultists have pretty shoddy leadership, and since I haven't exactly armed them for close combat, I don't expect they'll spend much time within 6" of my CSM, so they won't be able to benefit from his awesome leadership. This way, I can basically have almost every model in the squad be leadership 9 for whatever they may need test for. Also, its super cheap, and I would probably end up buying one later on anyways, so might as well cash in now.

Sounds fairly reasonable - you'll be wanting that vox when you get a heavy bolter for the Chaos Undivided.

I have to disagree with Mord on the Helmet - that would absolutely be my first purchase in the post game sequence - keep him alive or the cultists won't last long(even a CSM is vulnerable in the early stages). The flail sounds cool though!

Nice list - and no rarity issues (I think:P ) - I personally would not get the rope and hook until later and go for another cultist (or annhilator with autogun, ready for upgrading)

Laney:D

I'm not even going to try and comment... hehehe...

*looks over his shoulder for incoming DoZer BlaDes™*

sigh........

Laney missed it......

Arachas did the right thing.....and ran away in the other direction.....

Mordheimer wrote:

For the CSM... I would go with a Flail. Nobody can Parry those! Save 5 credits...

You do realize that the CSM comes standard with either a Boltgun or a Bolt pistol/Sword combo? Which means he didn't spend ANY credits purchasing that sword? So for your suggestion instead of saving 5 credits, he would spend 10 credits more for a CC that could potentially disarm himself with??? How does any of that make sense? . Stick with the sword Whiskey, and upgrade to a better CC weapon later in the campaign. It is also a GREAT idea to go for that helmet right away. The achilles heel of the Chaos Cultists is its CSM. If you loose him you might as well start a new squad up. Get him as much protection gearwise as you can (Lucky Charms, Better Armor Saves, even a shield since yours is a berserker), but dont be afraid to throw him into the mix either.

I would also drop the rope and hooks as well. The only way I would include them into my squad is if I knew for an absolute FACT that all of the terrain that I will be playing on has NO ramps or ladders to get to upper floors.

Dozer... thanks for being SO gentle with me! I don't know if you realize that I make stupid comments because I want you to get a bruise in your forehead. Well, actually... I have no real reason, except stupidity itself! You are right as usual... you, Arachas and Prius are gonna drive me mad(ER).

Yes... leave the CSM as is... the correct cost is 109 Credits. Enjoy the extra 25 credits. Dropping the Rope & Hook (as suggested by the Mighty One) would give you 24 Credits extra. That would give you a total of 82 unspent credits. You could:

a) Get another Cultist with Autogun for 43 credits. You still have 39 credits left.
b) Get another Annihilator with Flamer for 61 credits. You still have 21 credits left.

If your plan is to always have enough to pay for the CSM upkeep, then you just need 15 credits. Another body could make a difference.


Hopefully I did not stuck my foot on my mouth... again!

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Edit by Arachas: wtf Mord, now you can't even handle links? There, let me fix that for you: ENGLISH... Y U SO HARD!!!

Hmm... so no flail, drop the rope and hooks, and pick up another guy. Maybe I should do what Laney said and grab an annihilator with heavy weapons training and an autogun, then grab him a heavy stubber at the first opportunity.

When the time comes, should I start replacing the autoguns with shotguns? They seem alot more Khorne-like to me.

You could switch out your autoguns for shotguns, just ask Mord how nasty the shotgun shuffle is.

However, I wouldn't purchase too many. Instead I would probably get two or three, just to have that punch at 12" without any modifiers to-hit. It would be an expensive proposition to try and focus on that. I would focus on maybe getting one a game, and then upgrade your equipment on your officers. Personally, the first item I always purchase is a Lucky Charm for each one.

Anyways based upon what I understand about what you want in your squad, this is what I would do:

CSM (134) - Base 109, MoK (25), Slugger (22), Club (5)
AC #1 (38) - Base 38, Boltgun
AC #2 (60) - Base 38, Autogun (22)
Chosen #1 (89) - Base 34, Autopistol (15), Axe (15), MoK (25)
Chosen #2 (89) - Base 34, Autopistol (15), Axe (15), MoK (25)

Annihilator #1 (61) - Base 34, Flamer (27)
Annihilator #2 (56) - Base 34, Autogun (22)

5 x Cultist (43) - Base 21, Autogun (22)

8 Credits left over
12 bodies

Sweet Baby Emperor... Shotgun Shuffle! It's nasty. Check the Tactics section....

Don't shotguns have a rarity value? I.e. you can't buy them during recruitment?