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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Dark Angels Errata: Deathwing REBORN!



Okay, so I'm a little excited. I'm sure pink bits will jump in the next day or so and do a proper write up, but I'm gonna talk about what makes me happy in the pants.

VIABLE DEATHWING TERMINATOR ARMIES.

THIS is what im talking about. Black Templar and Deathwing lovers rejoice.

Deathwing are pretty much my favourite army in the entirety of the 40k fluff universe. A secretive organisation that hunts their own "Fallen" chapter brethren, the whole premise of the Deathwing is circles upon circles of mystery and intrigue. That shit, is awesome.

This FAQ firmly brings Deathwing into the 5th ed tourney scene. Whys that? They fixed the two glaring issues with the DA codex regarding to Deathwing - Stormshields and Cyclone Missile launchers. You heard me.

Stormshields are now a 3++. It's the new black Yeah, thats awesome. CML's are now the same as every other codex, meaning that DW squads now have RELIABLE suppression to open up vehicles with. And the best part? YOU CAN COMBINE THE TWO IN THE SAME GODDAMNED SQUAD.

This is a good thing. In case you hadn't noticed.

Using AB (which may/may not be right, but you get the idea, as my codex is being borrowed at the moment) I've come up with a few lists.

Belial, Sword/ Stormbolter
Deathwing Squad, 4 x TH/SS, Apothecary and standard, 1 x CML termy
5 x Deathwing squads with 4 x TH/SS, 1 x CML termy
3 x Dreads with TL Autocannon/DCCW

1970 pts

Compact, and hotdamned nasty. A veritable shitton of suppresion fire, so those tasty tasty TH/SS termies can get up close and personal, and plenty of pain to dish out when they get there. Belial can have any weapons you choose, he is there to unlock the troops option, so I'd probably take him with TH/SS and put him in the FNP squad, which will DEFINITELY be deployed on your DW Assault.

I'm going to take a closer look at this over the next few days, and -probably- order a few boxes of DW termies. Yeah, im THAT excited.

Get out your cloaks and robes my friends, the Deathwing are coming!

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FUCK YEAH DEATHWING!!!
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Waaagh! i'm an Ork! · 741 weeks ago

Is there a reason why you are having the CML terminator not have a Thunder hammer and storm shield?
Yeah, what he said - Can have CML AND th/ss

I'm not sure about the Dreads; but whatever you do, homing beacons that scout are pretty damned valuable for a termie list. Should find a way to fit those in, even if it costs you a dread.
Uh-oh...I've always loved the 'Doublewing' lists....as soon as I saw this post, I realized that since the Typhoon is fixed, too...Oh, boy...
I DON'T HAVE MONEY RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Damnit....
Is Deathwing the new bandwagon of the month. If so, I called it here. :D

Anyway, I'm GOING to start a deathwing army now (my first looove), and now...well they are awesomesauce.
I'm going to go a bit heavy on those great speeders though. :D
Guess what Bully is buying tomorrow.

Alot of assault terminators!
Can DA dreads not do the rifleman build? Perfect 30 points and I don't think you'll have much problems with CC ;)
1 reply · active 741 weeks ago
Sadly not, they can only replace the "gun-arm" with a TL AC. But they can swap the CC-arm for a Missile launcher as normal and also has cheaper inbuilt heavy flamers.
I think I might just cry a little. The joy... oh my beloved Templars....
DA dreads are still over priced compared to C :S M.

Just bought a some TH/SS online for cheap. Thanks to magnets on my current DW terms, I should be good to go in a week. Can't wait.
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willydstyle · 741 weeks ago

Might as well get extra armor for the dreads for those last thirty points.
I don't even play DA and this new just made my day.
Hey, let's not forget the Ravenwing. Ravenwing support speeders now have typhoon missile launchers for 10 frikkin points. Can anyone say 'krak spam?'
This made my day too. I've always liked Dark Angels and its nice that they have finally joined 5th edition.
The slightly cheaper cyclones and typhoons can compensate slightly for the still overpriced other options.
I would definatly give the CML to a guy with a Storm Shield.

As for the Dreads I think bikes are better. It is about 200 points but you can get the Bike squad with Attack Bike (M.Melta, Teleport Homer) & Double melta gun. Decent anti-tank and your Terminators will land where you want. I would also take a Librarian since they still seem to have unlimited range Psi Hoods.

The other option is the insanely cheap 65 points for Typhoon Speeder - with Multi-melta if you want at no extra cost!
I'd consider finding points for the GK Bro-Cap with Psycannon and Psychic Hood. DA librarians are overcosted and have crappy psychic powers, but the GKBC is only 91 (111 when you add in his psychic hood), and even fully loaded costs less than a DA terminator librarian (one less wound, sure, but still).
3 replies · active 741 weeks ago
Grey Knights? With the PDF release removing the allies section from the Daemonhunters book, you can't use them as allies.
Really? I missed that.
Yes you can. GW released a statement (or something) a week after they released those PDFs saying Allies still could be used, it just wasn't in the PDFs.
The guy with the CML doesnt require a stormshield. Its not really neccassary, although you can do it if you like. The only changes ive looked at since writing this is 1 TH for a chainfist, and thats about it. also, you can fit in 6 squads at 1750 pts :D if you try hard. so amazing. :)
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Howloutloud · 741 weeks ago

Here's the thing, if your putting a TH/SS in your unit its for one of two reasons. 1, you're taking an all assault unit, in which case go ahead and put the CML on a TH/SS guy. 2, you plan on using him (or them) as a way of allocating ap1-2 wounds, in which case do you really want that wound going onto your CML guy?

just saying...

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