Warhammer 40k
Dark Angel Deathwing Tactics

Have you ever wanted an army made up only of the toughest troops going? Well you can in the Dark Angel Death Wing army.

The Dark Angel Deathwing use to have their own army list. These days the Dark Angel Deathwing is part of the main army list.

The Dark Angel Terminators are fairly slow troops. You do not get any bikes or speeders to add pace to the army. Slow armies are easier to second guess and react to. This will leave you at a strategic disadvantage. So adding for pace to the army is a must.

Apart from walking you have two options of getting around. Deep Strike and Space Marine Land Raiders. As you can only deep strike once per unit, and deep-striking comes with some risk, this has only a limited advantage. For this reason I recommend taking one or more Space Marine Land Raider. Also note that the Dark Angel Land Raider can only carry 5 Space Marine Terminators. Thi menans that if you want to add your Characters to the units, you will need to get a Dark Angel Land Raider Crusader. These can hold up to 6 Dark Angel Terminators in one go. The downside of this is that your opponent will be able to spot which Land Raider holds your HQ very easily.

How Can I Get A Deathwing Army?

The key to a Dark Angel Deathwing army is the Master of Deathwing. If you have this character in your army, then you are allowed to have Dark Angel Deathwing Terminators as troops well as elite choices.

Deathwing HQ Tactics

You have few choices here (yippee!), Master of Deathwing, Dark Angel Captain in Terminator armour, Dark Angel Librarian in Terminator Armour, and a Dark Angel Chaplin in Terminator Armour. As the Master of Deathwing is a must, this usually means that you have one slot that you can use to take another HQ choice if you have the points.

Deathwing Elite Tactics

You only have one unit choice here, a Terminator squad!

However as Dark Angel Deathwing Terminator squads are so expensive you wil usually not have the points to fill the 6 troop slots before you get the chance to use the 2 Elite slots. Ahoever there may be games where Elite choices have a bonus, like turning up earlier. In these cases you can just shift one or more troop squads in to the Elite section for no additonal points cost.

Deathwing Troop Tactics

Yes that is right you only have one option here too, more Dark Angel Deathwing Terminators.

Deathwing Fast Attack Tactics

You don't even get one choice here. To create a Fast Attack like unit, you will have to add a Land Raider to a squad. But you can not use the Fast Attack slots for this.

Deathwing Heavy Support Tactics

In the Heavy support optins you can have a choice of either a Land Raider or a Land Raider Crusader.