[Bloodcuddler of Khorne]

As I was looking over the cultist troop marines in the CSM codex, I noticed that the Thousand Sons rubric marines don't have close combat weapons. I couldn't find anything in the rulebook on whether or not this gave them any sort of penalty in close combat or not, though. Does it?

 

[forkbanger]

No, they're fine. No penalty for not having a close combat weapon in this edition.

 

[Deneris]

It's assumed they use their bolter stocks like clubs, or otherwise just "brute force" you in close combat.

 

[gally912]

It does mean that unlike all other CSM, they do not gain an extra attack in CC.

 

[Cruor99]

The thousand sons also lack grenades, which is a bummer due to their S&P. They always hit at initiative 1 when they charge

 

[chromedog]

If you're charging with Tsons, you're doing it wrong.
Their relentless deny-SM armour save bolters should be killy enough for you.

Use them to shoot a tough unit to soften them up - and charge a specialist cc unit into them to kill them.