Editing Warhammer 40,000/6th Edition Tactics/Chaos Space Marines (section)

==Dataslate Formations==
With the new Helbrute Dataslate out, now you can finally get something approaching a use towards these giant lumbering things that aren't dreads!

*'''Fallen Champions:''' Cypher grabs up to 3 Chosen Squads as Fallen goons.  The Chosen aren't much more useful than normal, as they lose a lot of stuff to use.  However, their use shouldn't be to much more than to guard Cypher himself as he fucks with people's shit.
** The Chosen cannot take Artefacts, Rewards, Marks, or Transports.  He can take Icon of Vengeance though.
** Chosen within 12" of Cpyher uses his leadership.  They also grab ATSKNF.
** Enemy Dark Angels with Inner Circle get Zealot against this squad.


*'''Mayhem Pack:''' This formation of 3 brutes gives them all IWND (AWWWW YEAAAAA), Deep-Striking, and a shared roll on the Crazed table, even if they've never been hit (Giving them a 2/3 chance of being rather useful, though it's still a crapshoot).  All-in-all, a rather decent way to boost their survivability, but not their usefulness.

*'''Helcult:''' A Helbrute joins 2 squads of cultists.  This gives the brute some walking meatshields, though their use is...debatable.
** The whole group gets Rage.  However, any rolls of 1 from the brute get transferred to anyone else within 6" of him.
** The cultists get the Fearless USR by being near the giant hulk of Warp-machinery.  The moment he goes down, however, they exchange Fearless for Zealot.
** If the cultists block any incoming fire for the Helbrute, the giant thing gains a 3+ Cover save.  Each successful save kills one of the cultists, no saves allowed.

*'''Helfist Murderpack:''' Out of the 5 Helbrutes in this formation, one of them must be designated a Champion, thus making them like a squad with a sergeant.  The Champion becomes a Character and gets the Aura of Dark Glory and the brutes within 6" can LOS! for the big guy.  The Champion also makes the entire squad choose what Crazed result they want instead of rolling it.  However, once he dies, not only does this Crazed selection end, but the others also get Rage.  While this sounds nice on paper, the issue is that they're still forced to footslog it all the way to the enemy, and a 5+ Invul and the ability to choose Fleet and Rage when they get hit is not going to help them out much with that.

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