Chaos Character Tier List: Warhammer 40k Tacticus 

Like several others, I’d have to move Angrax up. He is the sole reason you can have several weaker chaos in Onslaught and still survive. He is also the sole reason lots of people can make LRE progressions otherwise impossible. Typhus is tankier, Harken hits harder, Rotbone can heal, Volk and Archi are far better in GR…. But Angrax can clear every enemy from a spawn point (except swarms) in one turn and every other turn it spawns. NO other character from any faction can do that.

Thanks for the super informative video! As a relatively new player I haven’t got access to the majority of these characters but it was interesting to see the ranking and how you rated angrax who I haven’t used much aside from in the campaign. You’ve given me an idea of what to work towards so thanks again!

Angrax should be right behind Archie. His goaltending ability is valuable beyond measure in Onslaught and similar events.

This was an awesome video! I think Angrax is so awesome for onslaught. You did an amazing job on this!

Jayce, so glad to hear you became an official creator, congratz!!! Love the video, cannot wait for the Imperial and Xeno versions. Really glad to hear that you plan on updating these tier lists as the game progresses. Look forward to your next video! Re "what I would change", I think Maladus deserves to be higher. While not as efficient as the Imperial Turtle, he comes in clutch for the Chaos Turtle for LRE. Crimson

That's one mighty tierlist, thank you very much! Chaos is my favorite faction : ) I'm still early in the game, but Haarken is by far my top performer right now who singlehandedly propelled me into Honour Guard league. He basically kills one character every turn and I can use him to snipe the biggest threats or healers. Paired with Eldryon he does a lot of dmg in GR as well. Strong early game characters help you get the ball rolling and maybe deserve a bit more recognition : ) I also pulled Corrodius as maybe even my first character and Maladus is just great with him. I wouldn't rate him as weak even without his support. He tanks and smashes a lot even when not all that upgraded.

Congratulation for the milestone first. I agree with the mass, Angrax is one of my must have regarding onslaught and lengendary events. In fact it was my first character upped to gold1. Definitively TIERS1 for those kind of events. Also I really enjoy using yazagor for is movement and the ability to redeploy a psycher unit, can be very usefull in offensive or defensive mode. Maybe not in arena because he is not resilient but very nice with typhus to let him deliver is active or to boost Abraxxas active I would probably up him from one rank. See you in your next video!

Angrax is my boy, first turn line of sight and passive smash is next level. I use Maladius a lot too but tbf I had to advance him so I stood a chance on Fall of Cadia as I lacked any other Chaos dudes. Levelled up he’s a hard hitter! Good luck with your channel, good stuff!

Great video, awesome work! I really want the Attempted Possession to be good, let’s hope it gets some use in guild raids. I just think it’s a nice way to confuse and spread despair amongst the enemies of the Changer of Ways. Would move Angrax up because he slaps!

Tnx for the work done!! Gj 🎉 I'll stay tuned

Nice video and congrats for being part of the Snowprint creator program! I would move Angrax up as he has so many uses, his passive, his deep strike, his tankyness, etc. I'm curious if we will see some World Eaters in the game one day...

Cracking video, well explained with solid logic. Really appreciated that you wouldn't commit to the characters that need more testing. Top stuff 👍

Hello DZG Jayce! I really like the format of the video - the randomness of the wheel is a good concept. Your speech is also very calm, well articulated and easy to listen to. Props for that - one can either watch the video, or listen to it in the background with just as good effect. When it comes to the list itself - I think Maladus should be average. He is a chonky boi that can take a punch, cleave hit or multi-hit swarms. The only problem is he is too slow for his toughness - maybe if they make him tougher still, it wouldn't be a problem. I feel like Angrax' extra movement and deep strike more than make up for the fact that he is comparatively less tanky than Maladus.

Congratulations with official recognition from SP. Great video as always. For the tier list i would actually put Rotbone in average box due to his low perfomance outside of LRE and campaign. Yeah, he can be used in other mods and can bring some usefulness to chaos onslaught increasing overall survivability but it will require using a significant amount of recources and it won't change an outcome in most cases.

I have been a big Toth fan, so I would move him up. I love how tanky he is, that respawn has saved me once or twice, plus the fyre missiles are just fun when paired with Archi on the higher level Cadia levels.

Congratulations on being a part of the creators! I saw some of your videos before and loved the content. Happy you’re being recognized. Loved the information on this list especially abraxas. I did not know he can summon up to 12 units paired with yaza. I have been using a mix of Angrax and haarken, I’m updating my characters for the upcoming event. I’m huge on PvP and I feel like Haarken did not get the recognition. When eld and haarken work together I can take down the majority of characters with haarken or get them down to their 1hp and use Elds active. I typically get placed in PvP >1000 using haarken. Also he’s so easy to get to legendary. I was disappointed seeing him not in the strong category plus he can make a lot of orks flee in events with his active. He’s on the buff side, and can be played as a nice dps player. As I kill more and more minions, more and more of them flee.

Hi there! In advance want to tell that i joined game about month ago or so, and excidentelly got your video about whom/what to upgrade first for begginers, where you already told to collect eldryon, archimatos, angrax and few other chars, so in this video you approved that Archimatos, Angrax are worth of upgrading, thanks to your old video for new players, im glad that start to collecting them and now they are quite usefull) Im not sure that i can change somthing in your list, cuz i dont have yet all chaos characters, well, im glad i got Archi, Abraxas and Angrax with Haarekn, and rotbone, its actually a perfect team for campaign) Be honest, would be happy to see more of such videos in future about other factions, and again Thankyou for cool guide!

As a new player i would say that Haarkan should be loves up. He is radialt available for newer players and can help remove large threats in events and pvp. With his scaling and high mobility, he is a solid assassin that you can make very strong fairly fast and easily. Thank you for the run-down and please do similar videos on other factions, they help a lot!

Angrax definitely bumped to S tier. Upraded and having his gear ranked up, he can carry so hard in legendart events, onslaught etc. etc. Great videos and breakdowns keep up the good work!

Let's go Jayce! Awesome news. This is great especially for newer players. The amount of time I spent looking at "who should I level up next?" - well people can view this and easily select a character. Neat.

This is great. Really enjoyed hearing about the characters that aren’t considered meta. Looking forward to the other factions.

Great and informative video - Angrax really is a beast for onslaught

Fantasitc work! For me personally i would up angrax and drop typhus, not enough experience with thousand sons but i saw some things with tzaangor that seemed op af

No changes to the list requested. Good as it us. Only Archi should be up there. Well done!

I think my main man archy is properly placed. In a teir of his own. Great video boss! Hope to see more of your stuff

Ahriman is def top tier. :) Very excited to use a full psycher lineup. Other than that I feel healers like Rotbone are very important especially for LRE's

Wonderful format Jayce! Like many others I was craving for a tier list with in-depth analysis that is both methodical and well explained. Please keep it up! Things I would change specifically on this tier list: - Yazhagor is better than you give it credit, esp. its interaction with Abraxas (it allows Abraxas to summon at 2 different spots in the same turn. I have seen an Abraxas create 7 summons turn 2 in TA). My ranking: Average - Toth also needs to go up a tier due to its synergy with Typhus and the Thousand Sons. He can finish several enemy characters with one active and I have seen it work in practice (TA). Also he is a fantastic character for LRE due to his potent self heal. My ranking: Average - Abaddon and Haarken at medium tier is a bit too aggressive, both of them are not that good in my opinion and I am playing with both on a daily basis. My ranking: Weak (Aba) & Weak/Pass (Haarken) - Ahriman at "weak" is very conservative, even though he lacks testing. I think a Thousand Sons setup will certainly use him in the successful TA lineup (Yazha/Toth/Abraxas/Typhus/Ahriman). I cannot assess how good he is in guild raids without testing, so my personal ranking would be: Average (potentially Strong) - I agree with all your other rankings and I am thankful that you were realistic with some characters that others tend to overvalue!

I think your list hits the nail on the head! I would like to see Abaddon go up someday. I think if SP could buff his passive there would be a reason to take him out for multiple modes.

Gratz on recognition! Nice video.. what about for next tier list do orks .. Short video with all ma boyz at either weak or pass tier 😢 / buff them greenskins

Great list. The only one I would change, is a bump up for Angrax. So helpful for smashing those x number of Ability damage missions.

Love these long form videos with in depth character/game analysis and congrats on becoming an official Tacticus content creator! I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head with the list but I think I would personally change Abaddon and Maladus. For Abaddon, I would put him in the weak tier, the reason for this is that he is simply very underwhelming, especially for a Legendary character. I don't feel he has any real use in any game mode other than being support in the FoC campaign, but even then I would rather take other characters. His active is really hard to pull off at the right time, without draining his health and it is such a shame because it hits really hard. I really hope SP buff Abaddon at some point as he is definitely the worst of the legendary hero's currently. I would put Maladus in the Average tier as well, I think a lot of people really underestimate him. He can be very useful in the campaign, especially with his terminator armour and general tankiness, soaking up those damn las cannon shots! I've also found him very useful in LRE, especially when you need to turtle with characters around someone like Rotbone. Using Maladus, Rotbone and Angrax I managed to get through several levels in the last Shadowsun event. When you can get his active and passive leveled up he is really useful at clearing enemies 2 or 3 at a time. Also with his 3 hits, means he can help get rid of the scarabs quickly. Other than that, I would agree with your placements. A small suggestion for when you get around to doing the Xenos and Imperial lists, it might be worth separating the weak and needs testing characters out, having a separate tier for each.

Probably the best tier video I’ve seen. Feel like I actually learned about the characters and game and not just X > Y. A combo for arena that looks awesome on paper but I haven’t been able to gear up yet is 1. Thaddeus active to suppress any overwatch 2. Abraxas active to start the summon train 3. Yag active to bring Typhus in range 4. Typhus active to tag everything with psychic damage 5. Toth active to cleanup whatever is still alive. As for Abbadon, I use him in my arena team as anti overwatch. With move 3, terminator armor and resilient it’s pretty easy to absorb a big hit from Calandis/Sarquel and make the way aafe for the rest of the team.

Thanks for your list. Very interesting! I think Yazaghor have great potential to teleport Typhus ou Abraxas to use their activ skill. Useful in arena and TA ;)

Cool video! I have not played enough yet to know if I would change any characters. I only have 4 chaos characters so far and Haarken is by far my most powerful one.

Complete agree with you. Nice video!!

Best place for Haarken is the powerup tournament. You give that boi some health and he'll show you a team-kill. Surprised to see Volk recommended for guild raids, will give him a go. I'd put Typhus above Rotbone, and Yaz being able to fling a Typhus nuke is really cool. It's usually not massively impactful as the typical arena strategy of range-edging will almost always get you a good nuke anyway, but it can be an advantage to instead rush the battlefield turn 1 when you see Chaddeus, Shosyl, Vahl, Ra, or anything that has a lot of range on it, or sometimes if you just have a really tight map that forces a turn 1 confrontation but also has the enemy just out of reach of Typhus. Looking forward to those future videos!

Great vid bud. Im fairly new so not much comment on were they all fall but on my account Haarken carries my battles whenever i use him. I feel he will be Strong for a long time

Liked the video. Have been subscribed for a while. Im quite glad you started off with the chaos faction btw. #bestfaction. Did wish haarken placed higher as he was my carry all the way through fall of cadia. Btw should just call top tier the archie tier cause hes just chilling up there by himself. Hopefully when we get our fourth chaos faction ingame their will be more of a spot for some of our weaker links to shine.

Nice list, I would agree with you assessment. I don't know about the TS characters yet but some of my are building them with the psychic nid for Morty.

Really like this vids 👌💯

I started playing 1 month ago and your videos are very helpful. I would put Angrax and Haarken a bit higher in the tier list specially mid game for campain and onslaught. Ty for your videos

List is great. What I personally miss on lists like that are the names. Especially for new players it may be tricky to see what is going on on a list with avatars only

I think Angrax should have been top tier to start with but with the screamer killer’s neurothrope prime being vulnerable to melee, he’s now useful in guild raids as well so has to move up. Even Pestilian might have a use against the other prime but I’d still leave him at the bottom. I unlocked Yaz and hadn’t realised characters could start so weak!

Great vid and great job. Going to be a bit of a yazagor and repeat that angrax should be in the top tier. As for range and movement I really think the emperor's children would make a great addition to the game.

My favourite character is Volk, even though I dont own him...))) and Im pleased how you descibed him. Angrax definitely carries me through campaign though with his tankiness.

Brilliant video Jayce, sending support from IVS

I got typhus in the very beginning of the game in one of my first reqs and he for sure carried me and not slowed down yet (power level 29). His ability to wipe the arena AI is so satisfying and im so lucky to have gotten him

Good breakdown

Thanks for the video. Basically I agree with everything except Yazaghor. By itself, it is weak, but the mobility it gives psykers is very valuable

Im pretty new to the game so this tier list helps on who to focus on, I really wanna get abraxas now for the fall of cadia campaign

@DZGJayce first of all gratz with being official SP CC! Thanks for the tier list. Now I'm still kinda new to the game, but with the units I have at my disposal and what i know of the other units I do agree on your list. Might argue a bit on Angrax, since he carry me through the campaign and onslaught, to put him in the lower top tier. As always thanks for being polite and helpfull.

I feel you are really undervaluing Yaz. His active can be a huge deal if you can find an angle to get a hit in, especially if you have a Typhus since Yaz can warp Typhus in, Typhus active activates Yaz passive adn then he gets 5 move and 3 range to really pick people off.

Amazing video, very useful. I'm still new to the game, not sure what to change. Probably tho i would place corrodius above harkan, just for the summons.

Thanks for the Tier list! I largely agree with what you’ve said. A couple things from your video… at 54:45 you said that Abaddon has flying trait, which he doesn’t. The only other thing I might say is that an argument could be made for Toth to be one click higher on the list because he could be useful in Shadowsun legendary character event. Maybe in general, something that would be helpful would be a visual showing #1 if you don’t have this character, is there a reason to farm it? #2 if you have it, should you take it to silver or higher for a LE? Love your videos though, and I agree with most all of your placements. Thanks!

I agree with pretty much everything, only minor suggestions. Maladus to average, he does so much damage and has termi armor for tanking lascannons. Yaz to weak, he has good synergy with Abraxas in TA and possibly Morty fight (still testing). Typhus down to average. He’s strong in certain scenarios but is really just there to wind and tank shots until death after. And finally Abraxas to top tier. His passive is truly insane for guild raid and the number of summons he can put out is absurd. Great video! Interested in your thoughts.

Interesting thing I've noticed about pestilian: the hardest hitter in my guild (GR#178 last season - we're not the top, but we're decent) uses him for extra smash off cally and Ra to great effect. Had totally written him off but for that, where he seems to genuinely add value similar to Chaddeus but without being as squishy. Could make it out of Pass off the back of that, with testing maybe...

yeah good video , subscribed😊

Hey, great video. I would move Toth up in the rankings. The damage combination from aoe psychic attacks, combined with his active, is enough to wipe out most arena teams in 1 turn.

Great video and also i like the Deep Dives very much and Chaos as well. I personally think Rotbone is Top Tier at the moment and Archi falls bebind a fair bit due to the nerves they did to his summons so I would probably switch them out. Also I would put Maladeus higher as he is a beast of a tank in LREs and really easy to get your hands on in the beginning of the game.

I wouldn't change anything on your list ! Death Guard needs a complete do over, I'm all for having a faction with 2 tiles movement but they need a big thing in return especially since all of their character are melee only (except Typhus) having resilient isn't compensating enough. Some characters need to be upgraded on an individual level (particularly Maladus, Corodius and Pestillian) and their trait buffed (why not apply another nerf as the AoE increases: 1st decrease armour, 2nd: decrease attack, 3rd: half the number of hit). Now you got a faction that represent a genuine threat on the board, although not crazy either because games rarely go past turn 5, plus if you're to cagy in PvP you won't get the buffs/ area in domination. Although modifying the trait might be complicated with balance and whatnot they could just make tiny adjustment to atleast make them relevant (Maladus gets deepstrike, Corodius gets a two tile range attack, Pestillian gets a 3 tiles movement, they'd still be shit but at least enjoyable to play in arena, I think.. I also hope Arihman turns out to be that guild raid boss slayer I think he is

I'd move angrax up. I love using him to tank lascannons damage using his forward deployment and he's an excellent roadblock in onslaught too . I park him in front of a Tyranid spawning point and he gives a hit to those moving to attack the other members of the team.

I agree with many of the others and would move Angrax up... again due to the Guild Raid factor... setting him up between 2 bodes and watching him wipe out 90% of the spawns in a wave is key to making it through higher levels

I would put Angrax in S tier. Utterly clutch for any Onslaught or LRE event, plus this deepstrike and Terminator armour makes him super useful in campaign

great video and very nice informations overall i think that yazaghor need infiltrate as a trait and also apply it to the targeted allie with his active and would be cool if the (let the galaxy burn) works similar to sibyll active skill so several chances to apply several hits on the same target or targets adjacent to the affected target "chain damage" could be a bit lower chances as well so it doesn't break the game

Hahahaaaaa Pestillian. We all knew where he was going to be. My change to the tier list would be moving my poor boy Yaz up a notch, just for synergy with Abraxas. It's essentially a summon refresh, which is the main factor that has people placing Aun Shi high on their lists.

Congrats on the Snowprint deal! I'm a big Yazaghor fan & would like to see him moved up a tier, but I admit to being biased. He & Typhus are like a married couple. He's also very usable even at common w/o any further investment. Your drawback of his vulnerability to overwatch is valid. An additional vulnerability is Sarquael whose return fire passive can take him out before he gets a chance to finish his active, b/c of Yaz's ambiguous active targeting.

Okay looking so cool bro please take me to abraxas shards ? Can't believe thousand sons abilities! They are such a threat to the imperium

Haven’t gotten a single 1k sons unlocked or ever a shard yet- but my WORD do I love me some Angrax. When I forward deploy him in onslaught, it never fails to make me giggle. WHAM. WHAM. WHAM. WHAM. *fleeeeeee*

Im new, and my angrax is ill equipped and low tier. However his first move has worked wonders for me in pvp. In that I place him closest to the enemy while I strategically place the others. He agros the entire team and gives me an early boost to my commisar’s ability, which pretty much one shots 75% of the enemies. It’s worked so far lol

I would make the character portraits to be squares instead of circles But for the actual tier list I would place Maladus at average behind corro, his waveclear is terrifying and he is extremely tanky, when he manages to get close to the enemies he can kill 2-3 units and maybe make others flee, also he can tank the lasguns pretty nicely. The worst things are his movement of 2 and the positioning to attack 2-3 units

Good stuff Bro, I'd move Angrax up because of utility. GL to me!:)

Hi great video, looking forward for next ones. Unfortunately I am lacking lot of characters in my roster but I will comment one I have. 1. Archimatos - agree on most acord, but placing it to top tier is maybe too much. He is to week, and the ability to summon to a full potential depends on terrain and free haxes so its rarely achieved 2. Toth has great potential, and his low movment is compensated with his ability for range attacks. Plus, he is basically self sufficient because of healing and time copy. I would place him in a higher tier. 3. Haarken is such a cool character, way cooler than Abadon, so just for that, he deserves to be in upper tier and, like Angrax, is invaluable especially in the early stages.😊 4. Angrax is my favorite character so far in Chaos tier, so I would not comment. I agree with your estimate. 5. Maladus I agree with you... just too slow and lacking additional damage to really shine

Another fan of angrax here. Higher on the list, but otherwise, spot on. Not entirely sure about the thousand sons characters yet, but that's mostly because none of mine are high enough yet.

I think a slept-on combination will be Yazaghor and Thaumacus in the TA with Thau's ability to take control of summons which seem to be fairly meta

Thanks for great job on analyzing this! In general I agree with the list. Probably, I do consider putting Angrax and Rotbone in S tier. Also, kind of disappointed with TS... expected them to be a DG analogy for PVP but it seems they aren't equal, unfortunately. They need a healer. Toth's healing doesn't help much for the rest TS characters which are made of glass... Abraxas is my new favorite character as well. Looking forward for noise marines 😊 Keep up good work!

Abraxas is also my fav Chaos unit. It takes some positioning to maximize his demons, but if you pull off a good summoning chain, he can clear boards. I team him with Neuro in guild raids for that extra spicy sauce 👌

Haven't got enough characters unlocked to make any suggestions on different placements but the info you give here is really useful! Maladus is definitely 💩 because of M2.. Angrax and Harkanen seem relatively similar both good but nothing particularly spesh.

Great video. I wouldn't change much. But i would move corridus to strong.

As a new player this guide serves as a good way for what characters to prioritize. I wish I had seen this on day 2 or 3 of starting Tacticus. That said I can't wait to see the combined video of all Characters. Abraxas and Archimotos are my goto characters 2 weeks into gameplay.

Great video, maybe too long, but having timestamps helps with that. Everyone should have their own tier list, as not everyone has the same characters unlocked or prefers one game mode over another, but overall this is a great guide. Could you include information on how much each character is worth upgrading?

Angrax top tier for me. Only one carrying me in few places still new to game so is helping a lot when i lack units

Great video ! One thing I’d change would be Toth way up higher. He is one of my main units ! I hope I win 🤞

I'd move thypus up because He can basically completely clear the map or hard reset it for you to reposition and heal up

Notes Maladus is good at clearing out swarms(can take out up to 3 enemies per turn) which is nice for LE. So I'd put him in average. Battle fatigue gets +40% when overkilled(so 50% not 40%) I think that Thaum's shield is going to be interesting in GR. Specifically Morty. It might make it so that you could use melee characters. But you are right, more testing is needed.

Great list and explanation. I think Angrax to often be oversold since he must be way over levelled compared to the content to be able to really annihilate spawning enemies. Still, great work! 💪🏻

Toth passive makes him one of the best tank characters

Hi, great work, great charakter overview with everything on one page. The only thing i'd change ist putt Typhus on average. Compared to the other average charakters he does Not perform any better 'cause of 2 move. I am always happy to see Typhus on the other side, cause he is so easy so outplay, and i'd never use him outside of LE/Onslaught. Abbadon für example has at least some play in Tournament (Draft) GR (5 Hit Energy, big Ability Hit vs Ghaz), he is tanky as well 3 Move and has a Ranged, 3 differend dmg tipes for LE. Abbadon is right at Average. Typhus might do some things better, but is way more limited.

I would put Maladus one tier up. Initially, I too thought he was sluggish, not super useful, just to have one more character on the map. As I progressed I realized he is a must for higher level onslaught, and there are LREs where he is priceless.

I think Toth is amazing. Move 2 is slow, but range 3 on active gives him an effective range like the psykers he supports, and lets you position better, because he and the psykers don't fight for the same hexes to be in range. He can also just trigger most over watches, and in live arena you can push with him into enemy threat range, because of his passive. I'd put him in strong, but at least avarage.

Angrax going up to top tier would be my change, such a carry in the LRE's just obliterating summons, turns so many levels into an Idle game 😋

Good work! and congrats on achieving Content Creator status! Yaz combo with Abraxas should move him out of the Pass tier to something better. Other than that, looks good!

I'd move Pestilian to weak/needs testing. Recently got him from requisition and I'm having fun in arena with: Pestilian, Maladus, Nauseus, Haarken and Eldryon, His direct damage in arenas help a lot with Bellator and other tough cookies.

i'm currently testing maladus on tanksmasha, he can easily get 2-5 kills per turn with his passive, battle fatigue, and barrel bombs. as i currently haven't seen many promising tanksmasha strats, i'm optimistic this guy can be meta in this niche sub-boss

Dear DZG Jayce, I agree with alot of what you said it was nice to get conformation on my opinions. I do think Toth should be average because the synergies that he has really easy to work with and his passive makes him such a tank for legendary events and campaigns. Also the Saim hann mirror will be comming too I assume. Thankyou once again. Sincerely, your Subscriber

I think I would bump Toth and Angrax a rank up. Angrax is great for taking all those overwatch Las cannon shots so everything else can move in. Toth synergies with other psykers makes that missile rack super strong

I think the tier list is pretty great, might but haarken at the bottom of strong tho

Haarkan Needs to move up because his herald of the apocalypse ability helps set in battle fatigue to make enemys flee

Little hard on the DG. Anecdotally I promoted Commodius to Legendary. Maladus is probably the tankiest toon too with max HP. Spot on with pesticide. I think if you have all the DG together they work one tier higher on your scale. Good video overall. I like the mad max wheel of fortune.

Well, as far as i understand problem with maladus, but simple tunings like adding corrodius (for +1 movement) or Rotbone (this combo carries most of LRE or OS!) hes total beast. i must say that hes deserves Average minimum. And as you said, hes unkillable, and hit like a truck!

Maladus is a beast in LRE, he's also the tankiest boi that is just given to you, and lots of shards. He's a very easy way to clear FOC elite, especially if you got rotbone. Until I got abraxas, angrax and maladus basically cleared everything with archi summons and haarken hiding