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I feel like the fact that the Duke can make Kabalites 3+ poisonand 2 rolls for combat drugs make him exelent but also his close combat weapons are great. I plan on using him in a list against a GK. What are your thoughts ?

He's not bad.

Never used him VS GK though.

He and his poison-buddies are fun VS Nid MC's though, so they they should be equally so against Dreadknights

The Duke is pretty good in close combat, however all his greatness comes from being quite cheap and benefiting almost any possible that the DE can make, wyches, hellions, etc? Better combat drugs. Vehicles? Ability to deepstrike normally which can be quite useful since they can then still fire and have small DS footprints. And as you said can benefit a group of trueborn to make those MCs rue the day.

Only odd thing about the Duke, is why mr. poison carries a blast pistol

Honestly l would probably rate him as the third best HQ choice in the codex, behind Haemonculi (huge range of applications and cheap) and the Baron. He is a solid combat character and is relatively cheap so can slot in to a variety of builds. You maximize his strengths by building an army around him, he single handedly makes Deep Strike based lists work and makes Wych heavy lists much more effective. In practice his poison buff is probably his least useful ability, as Venoms end up being cheaper and more mobile.

I fielded the Duke with 9 splinter rifle warriors in a Raider against SM, and he did amazingly well. Took out a tac squad of 10 by himself, and it took 2 more 5 man tac squads and a dread to take him out the next turn in CC. I'd say he is well worth his points.