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It's looking like I'll be running 5 squads of terminators in a 2000 points game. So:

1) How many of those squads are just terminators, how many are knights?

2) Do you run a command squad?

3) What loadouts do the termies get?

4) Which squad gets a land raider, and which squad gets belial?

I'm personally thinking 2 knights, 3 standard, no command. One of the standard goes in the land raider so that it counts as infantry, belial with a different squad of standard. Belial's squad will have 2 TH/SS and a cyclone, the other two will have 2 TH/SS and AC. Knights both get a perfidious relic.

Ideas, suggestions? Thanks.

 kingbobbito wrote:
It's looking like I'll be running 5 squads of terminators in a 2000 points game. So:

1) How many of those squads are just terminators, how many are knights?

2) Do you run a command squad?

3) What loadouts do the termies get?

4) Which squad gets a land raider, and which squad gets belial?

I'm personally thinking 2 knights, 3 standard, no command. One of the standard goes in the land raider so that it counts as infantry, belial with a different squad of standard. Belial's squad will have 2 TH/SS and a cyclone, the other two will have 2 TH/SS and AC. Knights both get a perfidious relic.

Ideas, suggestions? Thanks.

1) Just one Knight imo.
2) No.
3) 1 squad with power claw+CML (unit to go after large blobs. The rest are mix of TH/SS+CML and TH/SS+AC. (Belial goes with shooty squad)
4) Pure deathwing terminator list? I wouldn't do a land raider... go all-out-terminators. If you feel that you'd need vehicle, consider the Fire Raptor as it's a dakka wagon with wings and good anti-air. Or, instead, ally in an Imperial Knight.

1) Normally 1 at most, but 2 would be ok.

2) I don't use command squads. Too inflexible if using a banner. They also take away from your objective secured units.

3) I believe melee focus all the way. Terminators are awful at shooting. I usually give them 4x TH/SS, 1x CML/CF.

4) Get 2 landraiders at 2k points. Always. without them your DW will die horribly and you will most likely be tabled.

LRC are the best in the codex. Spartan assault tanks are viable alternatives for DWK, as they don't get objective secured transports, so lose nothing by doing this.

I usually run Belial in one with the DWK, and another melee squad in another. Other squads can deepstrike down around Belial's raider on turn 2.

You might also want to get a guy on a bike with a PFG to sit behind the raiders to give them even more protection.

When going full Deathwing, I usually run Belial, 3 DW Squads (1 CC, 1 shooty with AC, 1 bare), 1 Knights and 1 Command Squad with the Fortitude banner that grants FNP. I find that helps keep them alive much better, so is usually worth it.

I don't run LR, just DS everything (T1 if all Deathwing, T2 if mixed). Maybe not the best idea, but much cooler.