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Is the deathwind launcher worth the points on the codex Space Marine droppods? That S5 large blast seems pretty awesome, on a vehicle no really worth shooting.....

It has its moments. The primary flaw is that it can't fire the turn it comes down.

Martel732 wrote:
It has its moments. The primary flaw is that it can't fire the turn it comes down.

Really? Of course! Moving at cruising speed. Sad.

It can still snap fire, but templates may not be snap fire. Not that a snap fired storm bolter is incredible. I like the deathwind lauchers because its just another potential headache; especially vs hordes.

its okay, I bring it for the most part against tyranid wounding some on 2s or 3s but that ap of - hinders it being worth the points

Nah, STR 5 large blast is awesome for torrent. Making marines roll dice is how you kill them

I always tougth it would be funny in a pod with a dread, it has no way of hurting the dread and could force some saves on infantry.
But the cost is so high that it really feel too much like a waste of points.

As I said, it's something else for them to worry about. It's potentially another AV 12 target they need to fire at. Not sure that's a waste.

< Taken by the void dragon. >

Large blast templates can sometimes cover a crazy amount of models.........

its just not worth the points for what it does. If it had more than 12 inch range then of course

Yeah 12 inch was the deal breaker for me.
Altough some of you seem to have some success with it.

I think if you are planning to throw the pod at hordes, that might have a hard time taking it out, then it is worth it. Otherwise it's not worth it. Sometimes I want to drop the pod away from the enemy and then the launcher is a waste.

I bring it sometimes when I play my buddy's IG. He likes to run blob squads, so I'll buy one for a dread and drop it empty with a launcher in his face, preferably in front of a heavy weapons squad. It will soak up fire, and if it gets glanced to death, will potentially give me cover from his heavy weapons or at least force him to move the squad to get a better field of view. On the off chance I get to actually shoot with it, it eats up blob squads, which is really just a bonus at that point.