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i've got two partly painted and i'm thinking about bringing them to a tourney in which i'll be playing deathwing primarily (6 termie troops squads, belial, + one of the choices below). my choices to round out the 2000pts are the following:

Terminator Librarian
Dread with Plasma Cannon/heavy flamer
Dread with Plasma Cannon/heavy flamer


Dread (as above)
Dread (as above)
Ravenwing squad x3 with 2x meltaguns

Sammael
Ravenwing (as above)
Ravenwing (as above + apothecary)


i'm leaning not taking the last choice as i don't think sammael is generally capable of earning his points back even remotely so i'm left with two dread detachments. the only times i've fielded them they performed horribly but the situations were both somewhat skewed. Both games were dawn of war and they had to walk onto the board, deviating to nothing constantly once while the other time i ran towards the enemy only to be lascannoned despite cover. I don't have any drop pods so no point suggesting them (although i'd love to incorporate them though). so, whats your experience with mixed role (shooty yet still close combat capable) dreads?