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Question is in the title, what is the best loadout for a space marine devastator squad? I was thinking HB/ML/2xLC to take advantage of the mortal wound stratagems while keeping the high anti-tank power of the LC. However there seems to be a lot of support for HB/ML/PC/LC; still keeping the mortal wounds but swapping 1 LC for the cheaper, but lower S and D PC. Which of these is better? Or is there another loadout you would suggest?

It depends on what you need. Personally at least one heavy bolter and a cherub is a must. Easy access to a cheap, ranged 2d3 mortal wounds is a big deal. Following that closely would be the missile launcher option because it can do the same against flying units. Still not sure what the RAW verdict was on using the strat for the missile and firing normally though.

Beyond that lascannons are not really that good against taking out high armor threats that we see. A single shot just does not cut it anymore. If you want anti-tank from a pure marine standpoint without using cheesy things like slam captains then a plasma cannon is not an awful idea. However the moment you run into negatives to hit you are going to have a bad day.

Also make sure to pad your dev squads with some bodies to eat wounds. They will be valuable targets and their deaths will be sought after.

Depending on if you see a lot of Invuls or not, I like HB/ML/2xLC or 3xHB/ML. Extra bodies optional.

HB, ML both have access to MW stratagems.. FAQ has cleared that we can use the cherub for double tap. PC is cheaper and with the signum it can't explode.. after these three I like to have an extra body rather than a LC on top of that. 4th heavy weapon if I take more bodies is then the LC.. Hop this helps..

Loadout you suggest is prob the best imo.

I ran the numbers on four grav cannons the other day they actually fair quite well vs say 4 lascannons but are obv more expensive and crap range