Unit · Dark Angels
Deathwing
The named Dark Angels elite unit described as a slow, punishing tactical advantage in the campaign.
Faction · Dark Angels
Player field sheet
Confirmed role
Confirmed role
A Dark Angels elite unit
What the official source establishes
The named Dark Angels elite unit described as a slow, punishing tactical advantage in the campaign.
Known limits
A published role, not a tier ranking
Game statistics
Not published
These values will be added with their game version as soon as an authoritative source or the released game makes them measurable.
- Cost—Not published
- Hit points—Not published
- Damage—Not published
- Range—Not published
- Build time—Not published
- Squad size—Not published
A Dark Angels elite unit
The official story-trailer article says that the Dark Angels have access to elite units such as the Deathwing and the Ravenwing. It describes the Deathwing as providing a slow but punishing tactical advantage in battle. The source also says that, under Company Master Astoran in Terminator Armour, the Deathwing provides a formidable frontline bulwark and dismantles heavy units with power fists.
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Those details establish a frontline and anti-heavy description in the campaign context. The article does not publish a complete unit card, the number of models, the cost, the armour value or the exact meaning of slow. It also does not say that the unit has the same availability or role in every mode.
A published role, not a tier ranking
The authority gives the Deathwing a clear contrast with the Ravenwing: slow and punishing rather than built around devastating hit-and-run tactics. That is enough to describe the design intent, but not enough to name a universal counter. The source does not say which unit defeats the Deathwing most efficiently or how power fists interact with every heavy target.
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The composition error is to import a tabletop datasheet or assume that the campaign description predicts multiplayer balance. Deathwing is confirmed as a named Dark Angels elite unit with the published frontline and anti-heavy wording; exact cost, survivability, production timing and counterplay remain unconfirmed.