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I love deathrain battlesuits, they give me fantastic results against anything I point them at. I've tried fireknives before, and they just cost more and didn't give me the same results. I don't understand why fireknives are so popular, deathrains are both better and cheaper.


A full squad of deathrain crisis suits with a commander attached to them is 247 points, for 8 TL missile pod shots at BS 4. all 8 hitting is not uncommon. I THINK the average is 6-7 hits. at 36" At strength 7. for all of them.

A full squad of fireknife suits with the same loadout is 303 points. that's 12 shots at 24" or 16 shots at 12". with BS4, 8-12 of those will hit on average. At strength 6 for 1/2 of them at 12", or 1/3 of them at 24".


Deathrain wins, because it is cheaper, longer range, better against vehicles, and better against infantry.
The only thing fireknife has going for it is the fact that is better against MEQs and TEQs. at ranges where they can hit you back.

ummm
deathrains are good against light vehicles/light infantry at range.

Fireknives are better against all infantry at 24in range
Fireknives are also decent against light vehicles/light infantry at range (not quite as good as deathrains but close)

I enjoy taking Deathrains with Flamers for the 3rd spot. Then they can fill a duel roll, and cheap as heck. I face a lot of Orks at my FLGS so the flamers are nice when needed.