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I'm wondering, is the 25 point premium to upgrade from Storm Shield to Shield Eternal worth it if your unit already has invisibility?

Let's imagine a deathstar unit like:

Captain w/ Storm Shield
Librian Sevrin Loth (w/ Invisibility)
3(+) Grav Centurions

This unit at least 520 points. Is another 25 point premium worth it to improve a tanking unit like a captain to shield eternal, if enemies are only hitting you on 6s to start with? After all there's be no difference between a storm shield and a shield eternal against high volume <S8 fire, and few people would want to direct all their army's anti-tank fire against a model if they are limited to just snap shots.>

Yes. The moment you fail Invisibility or bump into a Culexus, you will NEED a tank for the Centurions.

Its also worth it to upgrade the captain to a Chapter master for the extra wound

And if you give the Sergeant an omniscope you can have the Chapter Master split fire his orbital bombardment, as well.

Well I suppose the moral of the story is: If you are going to use a Deathstar, you really should invest in it to make the most of it.

I love happy endings