Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Chaos Space Marines (section)

====Unique Characters==== 
Of course the Black Legion naturally have the most special characters, while the other Legions are struggling to get even one.

*'''[[Abaddon the Despoiler]]''': Abaddon, armless failure though he is, now at least has stats and rules worthy of the Warmaster name. Abaddon is now a {{W40kKeyword|SUPREME COMMANDER}}, and so he ''must'' be your Warlord (unless you're also bringing Magnus, Morty, or Angron); ''if'' he's your Warlord, he also gains the {{W40kKeyword|AGENT OF CHAOS}} keyword, meaning you can take him with other Legions or other {{W40kKeyword|CHAOS}} factions without breaking any monofaction bonuses. And for 300 points (significantly cheaper than the Primarchs) you're going to want to take him, because he buffs everyone: as '''Lord of the Traitor Legions''' he is able to let one friendly {{W40kKeyword|HERETIC ASTARTES CORE}} or {{W40kKeyword|CHARACTER}} re-roll hits (and wounds if they're {{W40kKeyword|BLACK LEGION}}), and he pushes all {{W40kKeyword|CHAOS CORE}} within 6" to add 1 to Charge rolls and re-roll hit rolls of 1, because why not let War Dogs join the fun. 
**WS/BS 2+ S6 '''8A''' T6 2+/4++ 9W means he's still able to cower behind his bodyguards. Not that he needs it, because the codex will give him figurative [[Plot Armor]] via '''The Mark of Chaos Ascendant''' and '''Dark Destiny''' : Dark Destiny means that he can never lose more than 3 wounds per phase; the Mark of Chaos Ascendant gives him ''four'' fucking abilities: 
**# +1 Strength in a turn he charges, was charged, or performed a Heroic Intervention.
**# The first failed saving throw each turn does 0 damage.
**# [[Bullshit|Attacks that are either at his T (so S6) or at least double (so S12) are at -1 to Wound, so 4s become 5s and 2s become 3s]].
**# And he fights first, because why not.
**His weapons have also been similarly buffed: The Talon's gun half is now an Assault 4 Heavy Bolter, while the Choppy half is S6(7 if you charge) AP-4 D1, but you can make 2 hit rolls for every attack made with this weapon. But you probably won't ever be using that profile, not when Drachnyen no longer throws a bitch-fit every time Abaddon fails: Drachnyen no longer needs to roll to be used and is now S+3(9/10) AP-4 D3, with unmodified wound rolls of 6 doing 1d3 mortal wounds ''on top'' of any damage.   
*'''Haarken Worldclaimer''': The Lord of Raptors has received a massive points increase, and with it, a stats boost. First, weapons, still can't use the Helspear in melee, but now its S7 AP-3 D3 and functions similarly to Mortarion's Lantern. Likewise his lightning claw has gotten mastercrafted (renamed to "Herald's Talon"), don't worry the extra attack and the loss of DttFE have been baked into his stats, bumping him up to A7. Alas, he's also the last relic from a bygone era as the ONLY Chaos character that can take a jump pack, meaning he'll easily leave every other character in the dust bar a daemon prince. Abilities wise, Haarken has a Chapter Master re-roll hits ability with an added caveat where if you select a {{W40Kkeyword|Raptors}} unit in the Command Phase they can re-roll wound rolls as well. Likewise, as a Chaos Lord he finally has a normal reroll 1's to hit aura for {{W40Kkeyword|Core}} units, something he sorely lacked in 8th. Head Taker lets him gain a permanent +1 to his attacks for every {{W40Kkeyword|Character}} he's slain, which also adds an additional 6" to his Herald of the Apocalypse ability. HotA has a maximum range of 24" and causes an additional model to flee when a morale test is failed if an enemy unit is in range of him. Lastly, to top it all off, he has a 4++. Now, is he better? Hell yes he's better, but is he any good? Well, the thing is that he's pretty much just gotten better at doing what he already did, acting as a character killer and morale dropper, the issue with that is that usually those two things don't blend very well together. Since characters care little for morale and those units that actually do don't generate Haarken an additional attack or expand his debuff aura. The best way to use him probably would be with Raptors (duh), have them debuff the infantry with their -1 morale, while Haarken goes for the characters that are supporting them. Appropriate, given how the fluff depicts him.