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For the iron clad dreadnought, why is the close combat weapon 0 points, but for other dreadnoughts it costs? given the iroclad is better shouldnt it be the other way around? and what even is a "Dreadnought Combat weapon" is it something that needs to be chosen from a list? or is it a specific weapon? its really kinda vague. and honestly at least for me its a dumb name for a weapon. also from what im finding out Iron clad dreadnoughts appear to be relativley cheap points wise in comparison to some other stuff which seems odd to me. or maybe i just dont know how this works yet... any help would be appreciated


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In addition how do i get points for ironclad assault launchers, it says i can take a dreadnought with assault launchers but does not list any kind of point cost for doing so, and if it costs no points why would anyone not take them?

The point cost of the assault launchers was missed in the codex, and has been added in the FAQ.

It's free for the Ironclad because it's included in its points cost, whereas the other Dreads don't include it. The DCCW is a specific weapon, and it's called that from back when it was the same as a power fist but Dreads weren't forced to strike last like other models with fists were.

Ironclads are cheap because they're fairly slow and need to get in melee range to be effective, whereas a regular Dread can come with multiple ranged weapons.