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For me, it is without a doubt my BT command squad

Helbrecht + Master of Sanctity + 10 Initiates + 3 Neophytes -

Master of Sanctity
- Artificer Armor
- Terminator honors
- Thunder Hammer

10 initiates
- 1 Sergeant
-- Power Weapon
-- Terminator Honors
- Apothecary
-- Power Weapon
-- Terminator Honors
-- Storm Shield
- Fighting Company Champion
-- Terminator Honors
-- Storm Shield
- Banner Bearer
-- Chapter Banner
-- Power Weapon
-- Storm Shield
-- Terminator Honors
-2x Flamers

Everything in the squad has Furious Charge
Dedicated Land Raider Crusader w/ smoke launcher
Comes out to 1060 points. (Yes, I actually use this squad in some of my games lol)

I was curious to see if anyone else had any overly expensive DS units they ran. I could easily pump this squads points up even more, but I thought I would just get the ball rolling.

Hmmm...For me its probably one of my veteran squads. Melta Guns, Plasma Pistol, Demolitions, and a chimera. Comes out to like 200 points. Upwards of 250 with Harker.

Yeah, Uh...

7 TH/SS Termies and Ghazzy in a BA LRC. That's about 600 points.

That squad wrecked house.

Hmmm okay well I'll share this one. I don't use it, nor expect anyone to

Shrike - 195
Chaplain - 145
> Power Fist, Melta Bombs, Digi Weapons, Jump Pack
Vanguard Vets - 675
> +5 vets, Thumer Hammer on Sergeant, 9 Lightning Claws, 10 Storm Shields, 10 Melta Bombs, 10 Jump Packs

Grand Total: 1015pts

Asdrubael Vect
-Dais of Destruction

Court of the Archon
-1 Lhamean
-1 Medusae
-1 Ur-ghul
-3 Sslyths

It's terrible, but it's the most expensive thing I could make.

29 DC with JPs and Thunder Hammers, with Lemartes attached.

Anyone have the BA codex to tell me what that comes out to?

3K or so.

I got a Farshight bomb usually is about 1100.

tavoittamaton wrote:29 DC with JPs and Thunder Hammers, with Lemartes attached.

Anyone have the BA codex to tell me what that comes out to?

2905, according to my (commonly shoddy) maths.

Wolf Guard-
9 models all equipped with:
-Jump pack
-Thunder hammer and Stormshield.
-All have meltabombs
-1 has MotW
-Arjac Rockfist

Joined by
4 Wolf Lords
-All have Runic armour
-All have Thunder hammer and Storm shield
-1 has melta bombs
-1 has Wolf tooth necklace
-1 has Belt of Russ
-1 Has wolf tail talisman
-1 has saga of the Bear
-1 has saga of Majesty
-1 has saga of Warrior born
-1 has saga of the Beastslayer

1747 points... damn.

Angron plus bodyguard of 12 bloodthirsters.

Thats packing 3500 points, BEFORE buying upgrades for the 'Thirsters.

Apoc or not, thats hard to top for a unit which only Ds's

I've dropped a squad of 10 Terminators with two heavy flamers, dangerously close to a blob of enemy Guard. Somehow it never went bad for me.

I opened this thread thinking it was about deep strike. As it doesn't actually state death star...

5 x Stormtroopers w/ 2 x Plasma guns

My most expensive deep strike squad. Makes me feel a bit inadequate though. I don't really do death stars, being Guard. Does a tank squadron count?

I thought it was Deep strike as well...
That is still the most expensive squad though...

my death star is a deep strike squad

Dante 225
Reclusiarch with JP and meltabombs- 160
Sanguinary Priest with JP, PW and melta bombs- 95
Sanguinary Guard- Chapter banner, power fist, infernus pistol- 250

730 points for the ability to obliterate nearly anything on the charge

Ten Ripper Swarms with Tunnellers and Spinefists. 170pts.

I don't have any other DS units yet

Cerebrium wrote:

tavoittamaton wrote:29 DC with JPs and Thunder Hammers, with Lemartes attached.

Anyone have the BA codex to tell me what that comes out to?

2905, according to my (commonly shoddy) maths.

My math came to only 2035 points =x

Also I think you can add one more DC to that. Lemartes isnt an upgrade, he's an additional character to the unit.

Sorry for the confusion in the title, fixed now

30 DC w/ jump packs, dual THs - 2850
+ Lemartes - 150
+ Dante - 225
+ Astorath - 220
+ 9 Sanguinary Priests w/ Bike, PF, IP, MB - 1170


4615 points

Edit - Priests on bikes instead of jump packs for an extra 90 points.

Wow, didnt know they can take dual hammers. But that's 95 points a model for a MEQ!

Fateweaver, Skulltaker on Jugg, 4 Bloodletters....Not big, not clever..

Kaldor Draigo, a Librarian and 10 paladins with fnp outflanking thanks to grand strategy

I played a "just for lol's" game with a friend a few weeks ago that had a 903 point unit in.

Abaddon
Typhus
6 Plague Marines with some toys
Land Raider with extra armour ect.

Not a single one of them died in the whole 7 turn game.

Probably should amend it to most expensive deathstar that you've actually used...

For me I have used a Canoness and her retinue with an attached priest. I've only really used this in Apocalypse and will stow them in a Land Raider Redeemer.

Canoness with inferno pistol, blessed weapon for weapons and Book of St Lucius, frag, krak, and melta bombs, Cloak of St Aspira, Litanies of Faith, Mantle of Ophelia, and Rosarius for wargear
9 Celestians (heavy flamer, flamer, frag and krak grenades, Simulacrum Imperialis, and the Sacred Standard)
Veteran Celestian Superior with plasma pistol and eviscerator
Priest (power armor, Rosarius, bolt pistol, power weapon, frag and krak grenades, melta bombs)

Its as killy as Sisters get in close combat and I can do a bit of wound allocation shenanigans. If I can help it I use Straken in the background to give Furious Charge. That generally means I hit on 3's vs. almost anything and wound on 4's (or 2's in some cases) with reroll's to hit on Initiative 5. With some faith I can do some more nastiness and expect to survive the return hits.

The squad totals in at 550 points without the Land Raider Redeemer which comes in at another 265 with extra armor and a multi-melta. I know the squads not legal in a normal game but thats how I roll in Apoclaypse. In regular games the squad is very similar with slightly less Celestians and no krak grenades and no priest to come to 10 models and I field a Repressor with extra armor. Thats 480 points total.

Erm guys, I think OP is asking for a Deathstar unit you actually have, not the most expensive you can think of. Otherwise, I'd second Angron leading 12 Bloodthirsters

Son_Of _Deddog wrote:Fateweaver, Skulltaker on Jugg, 4 Bloodletters....Not big, not clever..

Um, Fateweaver can't join a unit...he isn't an IC. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. If he WAS an IC...he'd be phenomenal!

Deathstar? Ohhh urm well 10 Nob bikerz with 2 PK Biker Bosses + gubbinz. I could make that cost a pretty penny.

Oh, that we've actually used? I got nothing then, I tend to prefer multiple mid-cost units to an actual deathstar.

I saw someone at the local GW store using Draigo, a Libby, and 10 Paladins... that's over 1000 points easily with the upgrades.

Most expensive squad one can make out of any given codex is an old game, done to death. I thought the question was about the most expensive you've actually used in a real game. I suggest disqualifying Apocalypse too, or at least specifying. I'm normally very anti-deathstar in my approach. I like to distribute the threat and damage potential through my army, and have everything be disposable.

So far I guess my most expensive is the assault terminators in my new BA. They're only 220 themselves, but I normally attach a librarian and a sanguinary priest with power weapon. That's 385 + 265 for the redeemer with multimelta and extra armor. Prior to that, it would probably be a squad of eight chaos terminators I've used in Ard Boyz. Still only ~400 with upgrades.

The original intention was yes, largest Deathstar you have ever used in non-apoc games. But I thought it was interesting to let people run with it The thread was made for fun, so I figured let them have fun.