Then and Now: Emperors Children Part 2

It is going to be an impossible task to try to recreate the Emperor’s Children Armylist from my previous blog using the 4.0 Chaos Codex.  With no free Aspiring Champions, cheap Power Weapons, low cost Blast Masters, even the Chaos Predators will be more expensive, I will be looking at a 2000 point list matching this army squad for squad.

I still want to play the army in the guise provided a foot based Sonic Blaster/ Blast Master force.  I will be avoiding Chaos Rhinos and taking a Chaos Sorcerer and Chaos Lord to replace the two Lieutenants.  So what I will do is lose the Lesser Daemons and prune everywhere else to shore up the pointage.  I will have the feel of the previous list without the effectiveness or point cost.

As is usual for me I start with heavies and work my way toward the HQ:

6 Chaos Havocs (3 Autocannons, Banner of Slaanesh) 170 points

Chaos Predator (Twin-link Lascannon, Sponson Lascannons) 155 points

Chaos Predator (Twin-link Lascannon, Sponson Lascannons, Daemonic Possession) 175 points

My firepower is reduced slightly as I will be missing the strength 8 shot single shots and having two at strength 7.  I will miss the opportunity of a strength 5 blast, but perhaps will hit more the multiple shots.  Perhaps the biggest regret is that the squad has to stand still to fire, but we take it on the chin, and make sure I place the squad in cover.  Noise Marines could have pumped out great anti-personal fire with the Sonic Blasters but instead the Autocannons will be useful against transports due to sheer number of shots, if the dice are kind to me…

6 Noise Marines (Blastmaster, 5 Sonic Blasters) 185 points

6 Noise Marines (Blastmaster, 5 Sonic Blasters) 185 points

Keeping the squads cheap and cheerful I will be missing the effectiveness of a power weapon/ fist Aspiring Champion but the squad will be mobile and small enough to hide behind terrain whilst sniping squads.

6 Noise Marines (6 Sonic Blasters, Aspiring Champion, Powerfist) 190 points

6 Noise Marines (6 Sonic Blasters, Aspiring Champion, Power Weapon) 180 points

Aping the previous list I have chosen a Powerfist squad and a power weapon squad again trying the keep the point down I have dropped the associated Blast Masters meaning I have spent around half my points on the four squads.  I could add Aspirings into the two other squads and take a small squad of Lesser Daemons if I drop one of my HQ units so I know I will have options in the future.

Having now spent 1240 points I have 260 points to purchase my two characters, a Chaos Sorcerer and Chaos Lord.  Mindful of the few points I have remaining:

Chaos Lord (Daemon Weapon, Mark of Slaanesh) 135 points

Chaos Sorcerer (Lash of Submission, Mark of Slaanesh) 125 points

Well not many points spent on either figure, but unless they smite an equivalent HQ type figure they will always struggle to get their points back.  Dropping the Chaos Lord I can fit the following as options into the list:

5 Lesser Daemons 65 points

Aspiring Champion (Power Weapon) 30 points
Aspiring Champion (Powerfist) 40 points

I can always just take two Aspirings with power weapons if I drop the Sorcerer.