1,000 pts. Vs chaos marines need help!

[picklesuprise88]

Hello everybody! So I play against necrons and Csm (chaos space marines). I am having a bit of trouble against the CSM player. This is my list aginst him, but I'm not sure if it will work well enough. Please if you have any suggestions or criticisms feel free to post them!

Swarmlord 280
(no upgrades)

3x tyrant guard 180
(no upgrdes)

2x zoanthropes 120
(no upgrades)

7x YMGARLS 161
(no upgrades)

19x termies 95 pts
(no upgrades)

1X tervigon 190
(troops choice, Catalyst, Toxin Sacs)

1X biovore
(no upgrades)

now this is his list, this is off the top of my head so sorry.
He has the battleforce and abbadon.

1x abbadon the despoiler
(no upgrades)

8x khorne beserkers
(no upgrades)

?x possesed marines
(no upgrades)

Rhino
(no upgrades)

so thank you if you responded in advance!

[Deleted]

I would drop the Swarmy team, you've sunk half your army into a slow moving CC unit. At 1k, spending 460 points on your HQ is cutting you short badly.

[picklesuprise88]

Swarm armies are terrible against him. They travel in a tight pack together.

[rpricew]

Swarmlord by himself is about 50/50 going against Abaddon... so you have to increase the odds in your favor. If you have to run the Swarmlord because of your model limitations give the Guard Boneswords to force more Inv saves on Abaddon. Making him roll 4++ is better than rolling 2+ armor. However, there is a better way to take him down:

Drown Abaddon in Hormagaunts with poison. Fearless (in Synapse) Gargoyles with Toxin/AG to soften him up followed by a nice big wave of Horms or Buffed Termagants.

He has to roll 5 ones eventually and he can only kill 4-8 per turn in response. The rest of his army is pretty soft. A Trygon will eat the Khorne Berserkers for lunch and Devilgants will make them cry before they reach you. Remember, His army is a combat oriented army. He will most likely come to you.

I have you at about 891 points... what point level are you playing at and do you have any more models?

[picklesuprise88]

I have a trygon and 22 termies. Also 12 haunts and 8 genestealers. I can get whatever else I need just tell me! Thanks for answering!

[rpricew]

Oct 5, 2012 2:06:27 GMT picklesuprise88 said:

I have a trygon and 22 termies. Also 12 haunts and 8 genestealers. I can get whatever else I need just tell me! Thanks for answering!

What point level are you planning on playing? 800, 1000, 1250???

[dakkathrope]

^ The topic header states 1000.
The swarmlord is way to expensive to run in this point size in my opinion. You tie up half of your points into one unit. I would suggest more termies or trading out one unit of Zoanthropes for a Doom of Malan'ti in a spore: if he runs in a cluster the doom can make a mess easily