Csm list?

[mansur123]

My bro can get 2 helbrutes 40 cultists 12 chosen 2 chais lords 2 champions. This would cost $66. Dv set is 125. -25 for rulebook on eBay. 100 - 16 (templates) = 74 - 8 for dice equals $66. I would trade the dark angels with my friend who plays dark angels from the dv set and has the dv csm laying around. So what do you think about that budget build for $66? How effective?

[Kyokii]

Depends on how soft or hard your meta is, really.
Cultists are an alright troop. that there is two groups of 20, which can be ahrd to move if you shove an apostle in one of them for fearless.
Helbrutes, I wouldn't really call worth their points. They're slow, easy to kill, their gun options are nice but their ballistic skill isnot great. There's that helcult formation, though. a helbrute joins a squad of cultists. I've never done it, so can't say how effective.

The 12 chosen I would suggest running as one of the cult marines (or two, 6 to each squad with a champ)
Chosen are expensive for what they do. Lords are pretty solid in my opinion. Nurgle lords have resiliency but you mostly want them on a bike or a juggernaut of khorne.

Despite having a CSM army I can't really give too much of a recommendation as I run with 50 zombies and 100 cultists.

[Kark]

If I ever wanted to have CSM I would only go with:

-2x daemon princes with wings
-20x cultists
-3x heldrakes
-9x obliterators

[tomb]

A friend of mine is having allot of success with a cheap slanesh Lord, multiple units of blastmasters, sonic dreads, obliterators , soul grinder, big spawn unit and allied summoning Tzeentch. When the ignores cover / high ap blasts land on target its quite effective.