Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Chaos Space Marines (section)

===Emperor's Children Rapture Battalion===
The Rapture Battalion is like the Basic Chaos Detachment, except you also get access to the Kakophoni as a Core:
*'''Kakophoni:''' Lucius or a Chaos Lord (with MoS and VotLW since EC detachment) joins 3-6 units of Noise Marines. They gain the Split fire rule, and all Sonic weapons gain Shred. If you take all 6 Noise Marine squads, all Sonic weapons get +1S.

The Rapture Battalion has the following bonuses:
*'''Lord of Hedonism''': Reroll your Warlord Trait if rolling on the Emperor's Children table and this is your primary detachment.
*'''[[Dark Eldar|Combat Drugs]]''': Used by any detachment that is an Emperor's Children Army. After deployment roll one d6 to see the bonus the entire detachment has (non-vehicle, sorry no coke-fueled Helbrutes).
*#+1WS. Army-wide WS5 ensures you are never hitting on less than a 4+, even against WS10.
*#+1BS. BS5 Noise Marines with Shred and Split-fire can bring the pain.
*#+1I. You're already I5/6 due to Mark of Slaanesh, but could help when going up against Eldar/Dark Eldar/Harlequins/any unit that can be Sweeping Advanced. Or if you go against Death Guard since they have ways to easily reduce initiative as well now.
*#+1S. Great all around, but don't think this gives you S10 powerfists (it gives you S9).
*#+1T. Pretty damn good. Best result you could hope for. If you roll this while your warlord is on a bike, laugh as you now best the Nurgle Bike Lord with FnP 4+ ''and'' T6. Even T5 and FnP 4+ is ridiculously tough to shift. 
*#+1A. Extra attacks on squads of Termies and melee-built Noise Marines are always welcome.
Ultimately, what limits CD's usefulness is that it is one roll for the army, and 4/6 of the options are melee specific, while only 1 is ranged specific for synergy with Sonic weapons, and the last improves any army. Make 1 bad roll and the entire army will suffer, but this is only a real problem if you overspecialize your army for one task - have both shooting and melee to guarantee you can't be screwed, or commit to close combat and count on the 5/6 chance to get something nice.