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When I was browsing the new Dark Angels codex, I noticed that they didn't get a few of the things that I really wanna play with a marine army, mainly the Thunderfire Cannon and the Stormtalon gunship. I also don't really like the way that standard (the ones that can be troops) Ravenwing bikers Combat tactics works.

So I was thinking would Deathwing with SM Bikers work better then Deathwing + Ravenwing?

Here is a breakdown (off the top of my head) of the differences between SM Bikers and Ravenwing:
C:SM Bikers:
-Combat squad into 2 units, instead of possibly 4 units
-Cost less (I think)
-Can have to more bikers in the squad
-The HQ to make them troops is cheaper then the Ravenwing-only DA HQ


DA Ravenwing
-Cost More (I think)
-Teleport Homers
-Some USRs that don't come on C:SM Bikes
-At max squad size splits into 3 (potently) scoring unit and 1 vehicle.
-Can be made troops with two different HQs


Now, I really don't like that the Attack Bike is its own unit. For lots of reasons this is a blessing and a curse.
-It doesn't have to shoot at the same target as the rest of the Ravenwing bikers, but it also doesn't benefit from the protection of their presence (can't hide it in a squad).
-Can take objectives, but is only one models so will be killed when almost anything attempts to remove it from the objective.

These issues, to me, are worse when you consider the Land Speeder.

So, thoughts on Deathwing + Ravenwing vs Deathwing + SM Bikers