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After picking up the Death Masque box set and buying the Deathwatch half of another, I've wound up with two Venerable Dreadnaughts. What would be the either the best all-around or complimentary load outs for them?

I have ran mine in the basic load out of PF and Multi Melta. They usually serve me well or die horribly, but thats the case for every walker I use.

I'd just stick with anything that doesn't cost points. Paying for Venerable can be worth it, but it then becomes super expensive.

Assault cannon + pf is good.

With the Ven. Dread kit you don’y get all the options.

TLLC, AsC, PC
Fist (SB or HF)

Now, it’s not hard to make a MM arm, if you have a spare kicking around from a attack bike/speeder/other. But the kit does not include it.

The TLLC and AsC are roughy equal IMHO, with the PC being a bit behind. The assault cannon gets a lot more milage out of the BS5 and any buffs, due to the number of shots and lack of TL'ing. So I tend to favor them on Vens, or in general as an Ultramarine (with all our doctrines)

There is not a whole lot of long range firepower in the DW list. The dread is a place you can get some. So that’s a point for the TLLC.

If you have the points, get the HF. Burn the xenos.

If you have the skills, magnetize. Or just don’t glue. The ven dreads arms use a peg/slot system that should let you swap weapons with no problem, just as long as you paint the spare bits. Best of both worlds.

I find it bizarre that you don't get a melta in the box, especially when it comes as default wargear.

Anyway, luckily you get the parts to make all 3 weapons that are in the box. I also have two, and I'm building all the weapons so I can swap them when I wish, and I'm giving one power fist a storm bolter, and the other power fist a heavy flamer. I'll probably use one Dread as the one from Death Masque, and the other Dread with an assault cannon and power fist with the heavy flamer. But like I said, I'll be able to swap the weapons as and when, so the only difference will be the storm bolter and heavy flamer.