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I love the deathwatch but due to real life i cannot commit to another army... so as a compromise i am going to use them as a kill team army. I have a list i'm considering using and i'm not sure how well it will preform so any help will be appreciated.

Bike Squad

- Bike w/ power sword 35 ( machine saboteur (haywire))

- Bike w/ power maul 35 (FNP)

Veteran squad:

-Veteran w/ boltgun, shotgun 22,

-Veteran w/ boltgun, shotgun 22,

-Veteran w/ boltgun, shotgun 22,

-Veteran w/ boltgun, shotgun 22,

-Veteran w/ infernus heavy bolter 42, (reaping volley)

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The thing that worries me is that the veterans are going to be quite squishy outside of a transport so i could drop the maul biker for a rhino, and secondly i'm worrying that i have not got enough anti tank going on as i'm not sure how many tanks i may be facing at this points level...

You will be facing 1-2 tanks at most in KT, and they won't be too tough either.

Couple things to note, DW Bikers can only take Power Swords, so no mace for the FNP guy. Second of all, I think a Rhino is absolutely worth it for the main Vet squad, so drop one of the Bikes if you want. I also think Bikes work well enough without the Power Sword, as their Bolters with SIA are fantastic. With the 10 points left over, upgrade the Infernus Heavy Bolter to a Frag Cannon, which is basically just better than the IHB. It will easily sort out any vehicle problems you will have, and can deal with Infantry if needed. The Fire Points that the Rhino provides mean that it can be fired without the risk of little protection, which is well needed for expensive single wound models.

Hope this helps!

Ok, i play against a lot of mech guard so i always worry about enough anti tank!

Are you sure that the bikers are locked into power swords? The codex says "power weapon" so i thought that meant a maul, sword, axe or lance?

I considered the frag cannon but the issue i had with it is that it costs 25pts, thats a quarter of the entire kill team in one gun not to mention the gun costs more than the guy holding it! i know its very strong but it only takes one failed 3+ save and he's gone.

But i think i will swap the maul biker out for the rhino because it just adds an extra layer of protection and helps them get around.