Editing Possessed Marine (section)

=== Eighth Edition ===

Over time, Possessed have had a difficult time in this edition. They effectively have power axes and random attacks with them. Eventually, they got a second wound on their profile but otherwise had difficulty synergizing with the rest of the army and, once again, competing against other elites units - this time around competing against Cult Marines (especially Berserkers), Mutilators and their primary opposition, Terminators.

Daemonkin gave them some improvements and also introduced the Greater Possessed, a bigger, badder Possessed Marine that grants buffs to daemon units in the CSM book. The Master of Possession also grants them buffs, such that if you really want to take Possessed, you can make them at least halfway decent.

With the new rules in Faith and Fury and another points drop, Possessed are now a big part of the competitive Chaos Space Marine meta. Big blocks of them with psyker and/or Dark Apostle support and very helpful new stratagems make them a huge threat that's not easy to get rid of in the middle of the board. Word Bearers can double their damage output for a turn, Emperor's Children can get guaranteed long-range charges, and Night Lords can protect them in combat so that enemies can't fall back and blast them after a charge. This definitely breathed new life into the unit in 8th edition.