2000pts Deathwatch - New to faction

[Brother Lame]

Hi all!

 

Been collecting Deathwatch for a while and slowly painting them up, I'd been stuck for a while struggling with how to loadout Veteran Squads because I am criminally indecisive and they just have so many options! I've roughly settled on the below list, I haven't gotten to play 9th at all or build the bulk of my Vets so hoping for some feedback if I may! Won't waste too much time so here's the list:

 

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2000pts, 1 Battalion Detachment:

 

Stratagems: Relics of the Chapter - Extra Relics x 2 (-2CP)

 

HQ:

 

 - Watch Master (Warlord) - 130pts

Spear of the First Vigil, Paragon of their Chapter: Salamanders

 

 - Terminator Captain - 120pts

Thunder Hammer, Dominus Aegis

 

TROOPS:

 

 - Deathwatch Veterans - 307pts

Sgt with Xenophase Blade, Storm shield

Black Shield with 2x Lightning Claws

Vet with Heavy Thunder hammer

2 x Vets with Power Sword, Storm shield

3 x Vets with Combi-melta, Chainsword

2 x Vets with Melta Gun, Storm shield

 

 - Deathwatch Veterans - 153pts

Sgt with Combi-plasma, Power sword

2 x Vets with Combi-plasma, Chainsword

2 x Vets with Plasma gun, Storm shield

 

 - Deathwatch Veterans - 153pts

Sgt with Combi-plasma, Power axe

2 x Vets with Combi-plasma, Chainsword

2 x Vets with Plasma gun, Storm shield

 

 - Fortis Kill Team - 275pts

Sgt with Auto bolt rifle, Power fist

4 x Intercessors with Auto bolt rifles

5 x Hellblasters with Assault Plasma Incinerators

 

ELITES:

 

 - Company Champion - 70pts

Chapter Champion upgrade, Blade of Triumph

 

 - Redemptor Dreadnought - 195pts

Macro Plasma Incinerator, Onslaught gatling cannon, Icarus missile pod, Storm bolters

 

 - Venerable Dreadnought - 155pts

Twin Lascannons, storm bolter + CC weapon

 

 - Invictor Tactical Warsuit - 160pts

Incendium Cannon

 

FLYERS:

 

 - Corvus Blackstar - 185pts

Twin lascannons, Stormstrike Missiles, Hurricane bolter, Auspex array

 

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS:

 

 - Rhino - 85pts

2 x Storm bolters

 

Total: 1988pts

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So the general gist of this list is the Watch Master, Chapter Champion and the big Veteran Squad go in the Blackstar, the latter combat squading into melee lads and shooty bois. The two near identical plasma Vet squads go together in the Rhino (The Plasma Bus). Fortis Team walks up the midfield, and the Terminator Captain will either join them to provide the 5+ invuln aura and Rites of Battle for the Hellblaster overcharge, or he'll go in reserves and deep strike when the Plasma Bus unloads so he can again provide that Rites aura, although they need the shield less. In both instances I hope he'd help deter or repel charges. Dreads will walk with the Fortis Squad in all likelihood, am I right in thinking I can still use the Wisdom of the Ancients strat from the main dex to give one the Captain or LT aura for a turn? 

 

The Invictor is a last minute addition because I had points left open and had the model going spare, I'd likely deploy him forward for scare tactics and hope they shoot him rather than the Corvus or Plasma Bus. Very much open to alternate unit suggestions for the chunk of points he represents. Between his 160, the remaining 18 points currently going spare and the red shirt vets having plasma/melta guns that could be swapped for DW bolters, I think there's some free space in there for better picks. I've got a 5 man bike squad (1 TH, 4x chainswords), a Primaris Apothecary, a Primaris Techmarine, a Primaris Librarian and like three Drop pods if any of those sound like better investments.

 

Any advice or feedback would be much appreciated!

[librisrouge]

Not too much advice but put the Dominus Aegis on the chamption, since he loses nothing to take it.