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Originally Posted by wakim  Ahaa...
Scratch that idea.
As a final note, is the Chaos ASM any better than the regular ASM? |
well, it's also quite common (background-wise) to see a large number of scouts aiding the main assault by sabotaging rear positions in the enemy line...
an infiltrating squad or two of scouts can give your opponent something to occupy their minds while your main force makes the forward dash!
anyways, chaos raptors are overall, quite over priced for what they do sadly... they do get the hit-and-run USR and upto 3 special weapon upgrades, but their basic cost is sky high!
add on to this a mark of chaos (*must* be undivided only!) and an aspiring champ upgrade and by the time you've got a decent sized squad that can still be effective after losing a couple bodies, you've spent the best part of 250+pts easily!
for roughly the same, (if not fewer pts,) you could get say a unit of khorne
berserkers led by a champ with a talisman of burning blood and chainaxes for the entire unit! a much, much better assault unit overall!
or for a few more pts over the raptors, you can get flying possessed who are again much better close combat troops and more resiliant thanks to their daemonic gifts...
basically, i would avoid taking raptors unless you simply want to infiltrate 3 meltaguns near some armour... however, you'll need to destroy either something big like a land raider or fully kitted out russ, or else destroy multiple targets to earn your pts back.
cheers!