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I'm trying to piece together an effective DW army. I could really use some advice/suggestions so please send them my way. Here is what I am thinking so far...

Black Spear Strikeforce

Watch Company Formation: 1477 pts

(HQ) Watch Captain Artemis - 145 pts

Aquilia Kill-Team: 384 pts
(T) Veterans (7):
-(3) frag cannon
-deathwatch shotgun
-(2) storm shield, (2) power sword
-Watch Sergeant w/ power maul, storm shield
(E) Terminator w/ storm shield, thunder hammer
(FA) Biker

Aquilia Kill-Team: 399 pts
(T) Veterans (7):
-(3) infernus heavy bolter
-(2) storm shield, (2) power maul
-Watch Sergeant w/ xenophase blade, storm shield
-Black Shield w/ (2) power axe
(E) Vanguard Veteran w/ heavy thunder hammer

Malleus Kill-Team: 419 pts
(T) Veterans (7):
-(4) frag cannon
-storm shield, power axe
-heavy thunder hammer
-Watch Sergeant w/ storm shield, power axe
-Drop Pod
(E) Terminator w/ storm shield, thunder hammer

Kill-Team: 130 pts
(T) Veterans (5)
-(3) deathwatch shotgun
-infernus heavy bolter
-Watch Sergeant w/ deathwatch shotgun


Drop Ship: 200 pts
(FA) Corvus Blackstar w/ twin-linked blackstar rocket launcher, infernum halo-launcher


Watch Commander: 95 pts
(HQ) Chaplain


Inquisitorial Deatchment: 78 pts
(HQ) Ordo Xenos Inquisitor w/ pskyer level 1, force sword, power armor, needle pistol


1st Aquilia Kill-Team and the regular Kill-team both deep strike in wherever they are needed. Inquisitor will roll with the 1st Aquilia. 2nd Aquilia Kill-Team is accompanied by the Chaplain and the Artemis and rides in the Corvus. The Malleus Kill-Team drops in near HS targets and attempts to lay waste to as much as possible.

Suggestions?

Looks pretty cool. I would have Artemis working with a chaplain if at all possible, so that the stasis bomb is more reliable. Also, Dark Blue on Black is hard to read.

Formatting is kind of difficult. Consider using a Librarian instead of a Chaplain, as you could benefit from buffs.

 Selym wrote:
Looks pretty cool. I would have Artemis working with a chaplain if at all possible, so that the stasis bomb is more reliable. Also, Dark Blue on Black is hard to read.

Swapped Artemis and the Inquisitor. Also, switched the color....apologies for that

You're doing a lot of role mixing, I'd suggest focus on designating each squad for specific roles instead of doing a combo of assault and shooting. Also I personally feel Power Swords are the worst, go mauls or axes.

TheArmorOfContempt wrote:
You're doing a lot of role mixing, I'd suggest focus on designating each squad for specific roles instead of doing a combo of assault and shooting. Also I personally feel Power Swords are the worst, go mauls or axes.

The storm shields are there mostly for survivabilty. They lack invul saves otherwise and deep striking MEQ's in small numbers doesn't allow for much survival. I have to protect them when I only have a handful of squads. Plus I feel the Deatwatch strength is having units that can effectively fill multiple roles.

Most of my troops are using axes and mauls, I figured having a couple with swords wouldn't hurt. The ap3 at initiative isn't so bad.