help on deathwing terminator squads...

[worloch]

All the options are worth it, in one way or another.  How worth it they are to you will depend on how you plan on using them, and how many points you feel like sinking in to your options.

 

We have 2 special rules that also heavily impact our heavy weapons choices - Vengeful Strike and Split Fire.

 

Heavy Flamer option is getting some new life, with Belial's no scatter option, and the ability to get 2x in a 10 man squad, fairly cheap and TL'ed off the DS - can be brutal, especially against 4+ Horde type armies.

 

Assault Cannon has some nice features - high rate of fire, mid-high strength, and Rending combine for a potent package.  TL off the DS make it especially nice, but imo not our best choice to take advantage of Split Fire capability.

 

Plasma Cannon is very nice for a few reasons, but I think the primary reason to take in our DW units is that it is the only ranged weapon available to them able to pierce a 2++ save consistently.  Good weapon to Split Fire, and the TL off the DS means scatter on the first shot should be minimial.  St 7 also synergizes well to ID To 4 units that have been hit with a Rad Shell from BK's.  Also, we're the only army with Terminator PC's, so that is a good enough reason for me to take at least 1 :)

 

CML is the go to weapon for DW, and with good reason.  Versatility, can reliably take on most AV's, can pierce 3+, can ID To 4 models, doesn't replace another weapon on the model (indeed, can add a ranged weapon to a model that might not otherwise have on, IE - TH/SS), and long range.  Benefits greatly from TL off the DS and Split Fire rules.  Only real downsides are that it can't pierce 2+ at all (unlike PC and sometimes AC), and it is the most expensive option (which makes sense).

 

 

For a 10 man squad, I would take 1x PC and 1x CML on a TH/SS guy.  DS them in and use Split fire to use either the PC or the CML on a juicy target as appropriate.  Split Fire the PC off on to a opponents 2+ guys, or a packed bunch of heavy infantry.  Conversely, Split Fire the CML off instead in to some rear/side armor, or in to a particularly vexing 3+ save squad, or even just fire a couple frag in to a low save horde.