Devastator loadout

[littlemac]

What is a good loadout for a Devastator Squad? My kid brother just ordered one, and I want to give him some pro tips. He'll be fighting me the most (IG) followed by Tau, Orks, and Nids.

[ElegaicRequiem]

If you're going to spend points on them... then mostly heavy bolters for those enemies. Maybe one lascannon to give the BS boost from the sgt.

[Hetfiltrator]

Personaly I'd take one of the following outfittings

Thunderstorm;8-marine squad 4 heavybolter, sergeant stormbolter
Strengths; Puts out alot of firepower, has extra men to soak up the wounds
Weakness; No AT capabilities.
Specialization; light to medium infantry, medium range, Light vehicles

Hellraiser; 5-man squad, 2 lascannons, 2 plasmacannons
Strengths; Balanced with AT and AHI firepower.
Weakness; Losses effectiveness fast once starts to take casualties, not as good as a pure squad.
Specialization; Anti-tank or Heavy infantry

Or my personal fave
The Hetlan special; 8-marines, 4 myssile launchers
Strengths; excellent all-a-rounder
Weakness; Beware of heavy tanks
Specialization; anything short of a landraider.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Mmmm... one Hetlan Special on the rocks...

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

I run my devastators as squads of 10...two plasma cannons, two lascannons...combat squads.
sergeant goes with the lascannons.

or two missile launchers and two heavy bolters in two squads of five.

Devs are pricey but I feel full squads work best.

[Rolling Thunder]

I'm sorry Hetlan, you're 'Thunderstorm' is guilty of copyright infringement, and would actually require 4 Plasma Cannons for it to be covered under 'Fair Usage'.

[Callus]

I always take a Dev squad with my DA, I take a 10 man squad with 2 plasma cannons in one combat squad and 2 heavy bolters in the other, its perfect for defending my table edge from anything nasty the enemy drops onto the board or sneaks round my flanks

Callus