Are in-game Chaos Spawns much stronger than they are in lore?

[Aya]

To my knowledge, the Chaos Spawn is what happens when mortal men or women try to invoke the powers of Chaos as a shortcut to power, instead becoming an unrecognizable mass of flesh and Warp energies.

Since they barely even qualify as daemons, I was under the impression that they were treated as cannon fodder for a Chaos Daemon army, being at best as strong as a Space Marine Scout in terms of effective killing power

Meanwhile, we have the Beast of Nurgle which can probably eat a Chaos Marine for breakfast, and I'm p sure Plague Ogryns are as much a product of plague magicks as they are a product of forbidden science.

[Least Shaman]

Chaos spawn has the least amount of health if that helps you

[Aya]

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Chaos spawn has the least amount of health if that helps you

Maybe, but I was under the impression that four lasguns trained on a Chaos Spawn would be enough to dispatch them, whereas the one in-game can eat multiple bolter mags.

Am I misunderstanding how strong chaos spawns and Astartes neophytes are? Cuz I am aware that a fully armored space marine can be killed by a hive ganger if he had a plasma gun and enough luck

[Bovril Brigadier]

Eh depends as Chaos Spawn is very inconsistently treated then most things in Warhammer are. They are either a meatshield unit with very little damage potential or a squishy unit with high damage output depending on the way the wind is blowing.

There's also a huge difference between "lore" and "tabletop" as for example Space Marines are basically demi-gods in lore able to demolish armies by themselves but are toned down considerably in tabletop for gameplay reasons able to be beaten by a group of angry conscripts with pointy sticks.

Generally though Chaos Spawn are often used and encountered in a situation where they are going to face mass fire or heavy weapons that can bring them down rather fast. I'd say a squad of Inquisitorial Acolytes wearing Carapace with hellgun/hotshots, plasma, melta or even bolters should be able to dispatch one without a sweat.