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First list after getting back into the hobby after about a five year break.

My vision for this list (just so you know what I'm getting at with the unit/wargear selection):

The Fortis Kill Team, Redemptor Dreadnought, and Apothecary all start on the table. Fortis Kill Team is backfield control and ranged fire, with the Apothecary for a little more survivability. Opted to include the Aggressor in lieu of one more Hellblaster so the team can shoot and move without penalty. The Dreadnought is there to support the Fortis team with firepower and to act as a speedbump. Obviously can move up to provide mid-range firepower across the rest of the board as the situation in the backfield dictates.

The Terminator Librarian and the Veteran Kill Team will act as the "strike" element of the list. The Veteran Kill Team will be combat squadded into one unit of Terminators and one unit of Veterans. There's flexibility based on who I am up against as to how they will deploy. The Librarian will Teleport Strike in. Either the Terminators or the Veterans will start in the Teleportarium. Said unit will teleport strike from there to where they are needed. The other will start on the board and then be Beacon'd by the Librarian so that they are immediately in range for a close combat charge (terminators) or rapid fire (vets). The Terminators' charge roll is supported by Veil of Time psychic power if they are in range and/or the Command Re-Roll stratagem. Put simply: via Teleportarium, the Beacon of Angelis, and Teleport Strike, they all get where they need to be to do what they need to do.

Without further adieu:

Deathwatch Patrol Detachment
Stratagems: Teleportarium; Command Re-Roll

Headquarters:

(Warlord) Librarian in Terminator Armor:
- Force stave
- Combi-plasma
- Psychic Powers: Smite, Veil of Time, Psychic Scourge
- Warlord Trait: The Watch Eternal
- Relic: The Beacon Angelis

Elites:

Primaris Apothecary:
- Absolver bolt pistol, reductor pistol, frag and krak grenades

Primaris Redemptor Dreadnought:
- Onslaught gatling cannon
- Heavy onslaught gatling cannon
- 2x Storm bolters
- Icarus Rocket Pod

Troops:

Veteran Kill Team:
5 x Veterans with combi-plasmas, frag and krak grenades, 4x storm shields
2 x Terminators with Thunder hammers and Storm shields
3 x Terminators with Storm bolters, powerfists, and meltaguns
…will be combat squadded into 5 Terminators and 5 Vets

Fortis Kill Team
5 x Intercessors with Stalker Bolt rifles, bolt pistols, frag and krak grenades
4 x Hellblasters with heavy plasma incinerators, bolt pistols, frag and krak grenades
1 x Aggressor with Auto-boltstorm gauntlets and fragstorm grenade launcher

999

Rip and tear as desired please!

Thanks in advance.

Imo, it is better to drop all those combi plasma and use StormBolters. The "Storm Veteran" are the name of Deathwatch now.

Also, just use the normal bolt rifle on the Intercessors, spare some points to get a powerfist on Intercessor sgt. You won't regret it.

You may also want to drop the Redemptor and get one more HQ and troop in list, making it a Battalion. DW is an highly CP reliance army, you will need that 5CP more than the Redemptor Dreadnought.

Ok, gonna help you out here because this list is very bad.

You need CPs so you are gonna wanna go with a battalion.

I guess you can keep the librarian if you want but a watchmaster or watch captain is mandatory for the re-rolls 1's.

Kill team squads should be:
1 terminator base gear
1 vangard vet so you can fall back from combat and still shoot.
1 black shield
sergeant with storm bolter and storm shield
4-5 guys with storm shield and storm bolter, that's it.

This load out is cheap and will do massive amounts of damage with hellfire rounds.

Take 3 or these squads around 180 points ea your 2 characters and some anti-tank. Maybe ally in a cheap warglaive.

Hope this helps.

Hi there,
Glad to see your getting back into the game, deathwatch are a cool and interesting choice to go with and can be very good on the tabletop in the right hands.

Whilst the advice above is certainly good it maybe aimed a little on the competitive side, one of the reasons I really like the deathwatch is the amount of character and individuality you can put into the models and the variety of options that can go into the different squads.

So I think before offering advice I'd like to know how competitive are you aiming to be? Do you want the list to be able to play at home with some good friends, take down the local FLGS for some pickup games or are you looking to rock it hard in the tournament scene?
Having a list that suits the environment you will be playing in will go along way to making sure both you and your opponents have a good time with the game, the difference between a tuned tournament list and somebody just using the models they brought because they liked the look of them can be vast, neither is the wrong way to play but they don't mesh well.

Also is there anything that you really want to use in the list or anything in the army that is a no-go for you for some reason, I for instance love dreadnoughts so you will always see me rocking a couple :-)

Do you already have the models you have listed, are you willing/able to pick up more? Would you be happy to buy forgeworld options?

Ok, gonna help you out here because this list is very bad.

You need CPs so you are gonna wanna go with a battalion.

I guess you can keep the librarian if you want but a watchmaster or watch captain is mandatory for the re-rolls 1's.

Kill team squads should be:
1 terminator base gear
1 vangard vet so you can fall back from combat and still shoot.
1 black shield
sergeant with storm bolter and storm shield
4-5 guys with storm shield and storm bolter, that's it.

This load out is cheap and will do massive amounts of damage with hellfire rounds.

Take 3 or these squads around 180 points ea your 2 characters and some anti-tank. Maybe ally in a cheap warglaive.

Hope this helps.

Whilst this is indeed the current flavour of the month basis of tournament deathwatch lists it is by no means the only way they can be used and may be far from suitable for you depending on how you want to play as it uses very few of the models you had listed. You have a good idea of how to play your force and why the different units are there, this suggested list is all about maximum efficiency but doesn't contain may different options so may not be what you are looking for in deathwatch.

I am agree that OP has an idea hiw he wants to play his army, I like that players haves their own ideas and not just plya meta. But I am also agree that Deathwatch need some CP so a Battalion is needed.