Get ready to start delving deeper into your Chaos Space Marine tactics with three pages of Stratagems from the Codex: Chaos Space Marines!
Seen in a review video by Winter SEO, the Chaos Space Marine stratagems take up three pages of the Codex: Space Marines and contain 24 Stratagems that are Legion-specific or open to any Legion. Chaos Boons are back and there is a quite a list to choose from as well.
The Stratagems will state when you can use them and if they can be used more than once per game.
The Stratagems are wide and varied and give all the Legions access to abilities that can aid them. As long as you have the Command Points to spend. The CP costs appear to be decently balanced for what the stratagems contain. Also, with ForgeWorld stating that certain dreadnoughts can now use the HELBRUTE keyword, the Fire Frenzy stratagem will be such a gift. At 1 CP, the selected helbrute can fire all of its weapons twice, provided it did not move in its Movement Phase. It can only target the nearest visible enemy unit with this stratagem. The World Eaters have an Abhor the Witch stratagem that allows them to negate an enemy psychic power on a 4+. Alpha Legion mimics the Raven Guard stratagem and the Word Bearers have extra protection when using a daemonic ritual.
Several stratagems in the Chaos Codex are psyker specific and allow you even more flexibility during your Psychic phase. Want an even greater incentive to take Daemon vehicles? How about re-rolling all failed hit and wound rolls for that unit.
Yes, Chaos gets their own Linebreaker and Killshot stratagems. Khorne players will love for their Infantry or Biker units to attack again at the end of their Fight phase with the Fury of Khorne stratagem. Nurgle players will enjoy healing their keyworded Infantry or Biker units with Grandfather’s Blessings.
Chaos Legions can also take up to 2 additional relics and can dedicate an undeclared unit with the <Mark of Chaos> keyword to a Chaos god of your choice. Now, Chaos Boons are back and are only applicable to Chaos Characters and not Daemon Princes. At the end of the Fight phase, if a Chaos Character has killed an enemy Character, Vehicle, or Monster, this stratagem can be used at a cost of 1 CP. 2D6 are rolled and the result is used to choose the boon. Boons will last for the rest of the battle and the same boon cannot be received by a model more than once. If this happens, choose another result not yet received, excluding spawndom or daemonhood. Chaos Spawn or Daemon Princes made must have the same Mark of Chaos as the model and do not count towards reinforcement points in a matched play game.
There are the Stratagems from the Codex: Chaos Space Marines. Stop back by next week for our first look and then tips and tactics breakdown of how to make your Command Points count with these Stratagems.
What are your thoughts on these Stratagems? Were you hoping for more Legion-specific ones? Let us know in the comments below.
