i find that the very best kit for a chaos lord is a pair of master crafted ligtning claws, spiky bits, mutation, speed and furious charge. thats +100pts on top of the cost of the character, and you still have 30 pts left from the wargear allowance.
a lord so kitted up will throw out 6 s5 attacks on the charge at i6 re-rolling 2 hit rolls and any failed wound rolls, ignoring armour saves, benefitting from d6" fleet move and a 12" charge move (total movement 19-24"). more than enough to lay the smackdown on those small elite meq squads. add daemonic strength if your really worried about wound rolls.
my lord ikaras, i do agree that this equipment and other 'max out' wargear choices are a little excessive and do make the character a little pricy, but the codex makes it all too tempting to go nuts. personally i only use lords in high points games and stick to lieutenants for 1500 or less, as they cost less. |