Warhammer 40K: Top 5 Chaos Mini-Detachments 11th Edition Needs
As we get closer to the 11th hour of 11th Edition I have to ask the question about what kinds of 40K Chaos mini detachments we’ll see.
What are the tiny little gifts we can get that will amplify a specific type of army playstyle built within the “good” basic CSM detachment? I know some of the “solved” detachments will most likely not give you access to any of the mini ones but we can at least talk about what might actually show up. I think each of these detachments supported by strong fluff, and already has all the minis it needs. GW just needs to kick out the rules.
Mini Daemon Detachments for Each Chaos God
This would be something we could add into the army. I would make one for each of the gods with the Caveat that only those types of god daemons can be taken. You would get a limit set of units, a fun bit of choices for those units, and maybe something that would interact with your army. The Nurgle Daemon one could be something the Death Guard get and their Contagion amplifies near the Daemons in some way. It could even be something as simple as they get a bunch of gross Trees to throw around. This way you could create some unique stacks onto the army that isn’t just taking a weird mixed detachment and instead try to create something unique.
A Fanatical Word Bearer Worshiper Detachment
This would be a way to simplify a bunch of cultists or other Damned units that would interact within a CSM shell. You could even just allow certain CSM leaders join up with cultists units to create a true cult of personality to roam the battlefield. You would probably limit some of the options to Daemon like things for Accursed Cultists and regular CSM leaders for your regular Cult options.
A True Lost and the Damned Mini Detachment
This would be the one that takes all the random Damned stuff and gives them some fun mutation enhancements. You could do all the cool Fellgors, Traitor Guard, and other fun nonsense and let you pick some truly cool mutations. They might have 4 different ones for each of the chaos gods they could represent as well and make actual Marks something unique and cool. A true throwback to 3rd Edition’s LotD armylist from Codex: Eye of Terror
A Dark Mechanicus Detachment
This one would not be able to be joined to Pactbound with the current Defiler issue but what if we had something that would align with Vashtorr and all his weird warp-techno friends. You could give a unique set of extra rules to those daemon engines that might show up or cool “heretical” daemon engine enhancements. Heck you could even set up things based on the Daemon they shoved into this engine of despair. Vashtorr, and the Lord Discordant were made for this!
A True Berzerker Horde Detachment
What if all your Zerkersr were even crazier? What if they had some other cool Khorne blessings they get access to if you roll it? What about a bunch of angry options or Icons they could utilize to make them cooler? I think pushing this army into a true buzz saw nightmare engine could be really cool and give you a new way to play your army.
Bonus: Rock Band Detachment For EC
Make a cool option that feels like you are creating cool band. You would have something akin to other amplification abilities for your Noise Marines. You could even do some kind of stacking power that lets you “combine” your notes into something devastating for the army of sensation freaks.
What detachments would love to see CSMs get to fill those little dark corners of the fluff?
