After millennia of brutal warfare across the galaxy, it is still in favour within the Adeptus Astartes, the Vindicator Laser Destructor continuing to bring retribution to the enemies of Mankind. This objective works best with armies that carry Abaddon, a Daemon Prince, and a Lord Discordant and/or Master of Execution, and have several characters that can really get into combat and tear up some targets, and an opponent who has a mix of characters and vehicle/monster units, but not enough of either to make it worth taking Bring it Down or Assassination, making it likely you can pull 10+ off this. That’s pretty narrow, but that’s the only circumstance that can make this worth taking. It’s otherwise a bit too easy for an opponent to keep away from your characters to deny you VP otherwise – even though Abaddon is a beater, he’s only an infantry model with a 6” move, and a clever opponent can keep away from him, or throw their model away against a non-character target if they have to. Realistically, you almost always have other, better options than this. No Mercy, No Respite: The Long War Aggressor Squad • Desolation Squad • Devastator Squad • Hellblaster Squad • Eradicator Squad • Eliminator Squad • Infernus Squad • Centurion Devastator Squad World Eaters are the odd men out here, currently working off a White Dwarf article, but they’ll move over to the “own Codex” group when their Codex releases in the future. Reaper — Scythes of the Emperor. Destroyed by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken in the defence of Miral Prime. [1b]

Zaall, the Wrathful – KHORNE model only. Upgrades a melee weapon to be a Relic and adds D3 to the weapon’s Damage characteristic. This is fine, if unexciting. Best on a Daemon Prince or Lord Discordant. B+

Scorn of Sorcery (1 CP). Use in the opponent’s Psychic phase, after a test is passed for an enemy PSYKER unit and after any Deny attempts are made. If the enemy psyker is within 24” of any TRAITORIS ASTARTES KHORNE units in your army, roll a D6; on a 4+ the power is denied. This is a solid strat for preventing your opponent’s psychic nonsense, and will most commonly be done with Abaddon, who bears all four marks and doesn’t mind being in the middle of the table. Also great to use on your opponent’s attempts to Interrogate. A Predator Destructor ( Predator Annihilator • Baal Predator) • Land Raider ( Land Raider Phobos • Land Raider Crusader • Land Raider Redeemer • Land Raider Achilles • Land Raider Prometheus • Land Raider Terminus Ultra • Land Raider Ares • Land Raider Excelsior • Land Raider Wrath of Mjalnar • Land Raider Angel Infernus • Land Raider Solemnus Aggressor • Land Raider Anvilarum) • Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer • Repulsor • Repulsor Executioner • Gladiator ( Gladiator Reaper • Gladiator Valiant • Gladiator Lancer) • Astraeus

There are a few army-wide special rules that Chaos Space Marines have access to regardless of which legion they hail from, or which god they’ve devoted themselves to. The TRAITORIS ASTARTES Keyword A Vindicator Siege Tank, Predator Destructor Battle Tank and Whirlwind Artillery Tank of the Dark Angels Chapter Space Marine Forces Chaos Space Marines • Havocs • Chosen • Chaos Terminators • Possessed • Greater Possessed • Khorne Berzerkers • Plague Marines • Noise Marines • Rubric Marines • Obliterators • Mutilators • Chaos Spawn • Fallen Angels • Noxious Blightbringer • Foul Blightspawn • Biologus Putrifier • Blightlord Terminators • DeathshroudCheap Troops. Chaos Space Marines still have access to cheap troops in the form of Cultists and Traitor Guard. This allows them to farm out the loathsome work of holding rear objectives to cheaper units and spend their precious points elsewhere. Note that unlike in their brethren’s Death Guard and Thousand Sons codices, Cultists in the CSM codex have ObSec. The monofaction bonus for Chaos Space Marines, if every unit from your army has the TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword (excluding AGENT OF CHAOS and UNALIGNED models), and every unit from your army is from the same Legion (except for Abaddon), then you get these rules: Liber Hereticus – PSYKER model only. Lets you manifest one additional power per phase, and each time you manifest a power you add 6” to the effects. This won’t affect auras (per the FAQ), so Cursed Earth isn’t getting buffed, but it can give some powers incredibly long range, such as Smite, Pact of Flesh, and Warp Marked. It won’t help you on Psychic Interrogation sadly, but the extra cast is also very strong for your marked Master of Possession. A