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7-8 is fine in one unit, a fist and perhaps a power sword or even a lance, as you should be able to get the charge.

Bolt guns instead of pistols usually can kill to many and make you fail your charge distances...

Take them baal strike force and receive +1 Initative as they charge. This improves their punch much more than a chaplain will.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:


Rerolls to hit > +1I, just saying. They're already durable and Fearless, so it isn't like something striking first is going to matter too much.

Death company is not especially durable, and perhaps since they already have Fearless, the chaplain does not offer much more than rerolls in first hand to hand.

The difference at 10 Death company marines, 2 toting power swords against meqs, are 5,8 kills at I5, or 8,25 at I4 from a chaplain (not counting HoW or chaplains attacks).
Difference is that opponent cant fight back if killed at I5, which is a big deal, especially against power weapons.

I have to agree with Martel 732 here. Its a fun army, but its not competative, you will be shot off the table by a dedicated opponent.