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Here's a fun 2500 point Deathwing list I cooked up to take on a friend's 30k list. He uses a land raider spam with terminators and Angron, and it's a pretty fun list to fight against. I want to match him armor for armor, so here is what I've brought to crack his tanks and blast the guy's inside.

HQ-
Azreal - 215

Interrogator Chaplain w/ mace of absolution, lion's roar - 190

Command squad w/ apothecary, standard of devastation, drop pod w/ deathwind missile launcher - 230

Elites-
Deathwing Knights x5 w/ perfidious relic of the Unforgiven - 245

Venerable Dreadnought w/ multimelta, drop pod - 160

Venerable Dreadnought w/ multimelta, drop pod - 160

Troops-
Deathwing terminators x10 w/ x4 TH/SS, x2 assault cannons, x1 chain fist - 500

Ravenwing attack squadron x6 w/ x2 meltaguns, meltabombs on Sgt. - 186

Heavy Support-
Land Raider Crusader w/ Multimelta, extra armor, dozer blade - 305

Land Raider Crusader w/ Multimelta, extra armor, dozer blade - 305

I figure the land raiders combo'd with the Standard of Devastation will give me enough firepower to whittle down his terminator squads, and the dreadnoughts will be enough to crack his land raiders. The only problem I foresee is he may take a spartan assault vehicle, which is immune to melta, in which case I would have to wait for him to disembark to shoot. That's Angron's ride, so I doubt anything will live long enough to assault it. However it should be a fun list to run, I am just curious what people think! Please let me know!

maybe think about dropping the Int. Chap. for belial? he is a beefy guy and nullifies the need for a homing beacon on that nice 10 man squad. (adds an extra TH/SS as well) Dreads just are not what they used to be. I feel the points would be better spent on more DW. I am baised as I love DW though. haha. and I thought the Standard of Devastation only worked on NORMAL Bolters. not the other variants. (also, don't waste the DW assault on the command squad. just deep strike them) saves you some points. with the points saved from the dreads and Drop pod thats another Land raider or 5 man terminator squad. Remember, your terminators can glance the Land raiders down I also suggest getting at least one normal Land raider for the TL Las cannon.

 raiden wrote:
maybe think about dropping the Int. Chap. for belial? he is a beefy guy and nullifies the need for a homing beacon on that nice 10 man squad. (adds an extra TH/SS as well) Dreads just are not what they used to be. I feel the points would be better spent on more DW. I am baised as I love DW though. haha. and I thought the Standard of Devastation only worked on NORMAL Bolters. not the other variants. (also, don't waste the DW assault on the command squad. just deep strike them) saves you some points. with the points saved from the dreads and Drop pod thats another Land raider or 5 man terminator squad. Remember, your terminators can glance the Land raiders down I also suggest getting at least one normal Land raider for the TL Las cannon.

The FAQ says that the Banner applies to all boltgun weapons, including combi-bolters and hurricane bolters. Also, I should point out that the command squad is a regular company command squad, not a deathwing one. And I absolutely hate Belial. Its a personal thing, but I just think he is the most dull and un-interesting choice in the DA codex. Besides, accurate deepstrike is what the ravenwing are there for. Lastly, the hate against dreads is mostly unfounded in my opinion. I've never had a problem with regular dreads in 6th, however many times people laugh at me for taking them.

If you want to match him armour for armour
take all deathwing with about 6 land raiders and a few dreadnoughts
Fluffy and funny because youll have like 120+ twin linked bolters.

Jpat1213 wrote:
If you want to match him armour for armour
take all deathwing with about 6 land raiders and a few dreadnoughts
Fluffy and funny because youll have like 120+ twin linked bolters.

Funny, but too many points for the games we play.

its not that dreads are bad, just there are other options that I feel would be more fluffy and/or more effective.

and ah, its a normal command squad, my bad.

I like belial, why so much hate on him? DA SC are never that great compared to others though IMO. excluding Ezekiel. I just feel (maybe a lack on fluff insight on my part) that other chapters SC have more background behind them.

 raiden wrote:
its not that dreads are bad, just there are other options that I feel would be more fluffy and/or more effective.

and ah, its a normal command squad, my bad.

I like belial, why so much hate on him? DA SC are never that great compared to others though IMO. excluding Ezekiel. I just feel (maybe a lack on fluff insight on my part) that other chapters SC have more background behind them.

No worries, I should have specified!
As for Belial, I just dislike how generic he is. He didn't have to be killy like Logan Grimnar or flawless like Calgar. There's actually an awesome story in the Dex about how he gets royally messed up by an ork Warboss and almost dies. I just hate his rules, they lack personality. He precision hits on a 5+, and makes terminators deep strike accurately. Yawn. Then look at any of the Space Wolf HQs and how awesome and unique they are, or the variety the Codex marines or Grey Knights have with their special characters. He just makes me wish that taking any Character in terminator armor unlocked deathwing as troops, which would be cool, akin to how bike captains make 5+ man bike squads troops for C: SM.
Like I said, it's a personal thing, and I do run him frequently, but I prefer Azreal to Belial most times. Plus I love running terminator chaplains for DA, it feels so right.