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Considering getting a shinier dreadnaught for my Pallid Hand Death Guard army.
I'm not sure which one to get? I'll probably end up getting both at some point but for now I only have the budget for one? I like the looks of both albeit the Leviathan does have the added benefit of looking bigger and thus more intimidating on a playing field.
But what do you guys think?
I'm open the weapon recommendations too, I've never used them so what is everyone's opinion of either?

Dark angels Doreto dread, re roll 1 to hit without baby sitter, dakka lolviathan the same, for CC lolviathan

I really like the look of the Death Guard Leviathan dread. Since its rules favor close range and melee (shield, hell flamers) I'd definitely buy at least one close combat weapon - go with the rule of cool for which one you prefer.

For the other arm, the butcher cannon array looks awesome. It does out a ton of damage against hard targets and against infantry the -2 ld can make marines and other stuff that usually does not care about moral explode.

Definitely the leviathan with its 16x S8 shots or Grav Flux for some serious anti-horde/anti-tank firepower.

The Leviathan is pretty potent, but becomes a fire magnet really quick. They're also pricey - I ordered mine before ever even looking at the stats or cost, or weapons...based solely on looks. I rarely field it since they sit around 350 points a pop.

It is cool, though I can't say mine have done anything particularly amazing in the two games in which I've fielded it. I do have a second I'll be building for fun. Maybe two will form the base of a small cool army. I do think the Leviathan is one of the best looking designs to come from GW in a long time. I dig the Deredeo too, but don't trust resin for long spindly weapon barrels.

PS: Magnetize your weapon arms...hugely important. The Leviathan can be a beast in close-combat but sometimes that's wasted if you're running an expensive claw with nothing to fight. I currently own one of each claw/drill and as a Chaos player a grav flux bombard(?) and the autocannon one.

I like both, but purchased two Leviathans because I love the way they look.