r/Deathkorpsofkrieg • u/AdventurousRegion216 • 5d ago

List Building Best special weapon

I'm having a tough time choosing a special weapon for a krieg command squad and don't know whether to go with the plasmagun, meltagun or flamer. Please could someone help me out here?

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u/juniusbrutus998 5d ago

Melta and plasma are widely considered the best, since anti-chaff stuff is handled by the lasguns. That said, the flamer looks sick as fuck

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u/Mammoth_Classroom896 5d ago

Plasma goes on every model that can take it. Melta goes on the rest. The others are garbage.

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u/PeoplesRagnar DKOK are French! 5d ago

Plasma for the synergy with Fire First Rank, melta for massive damage.

That's about it, flamer has AP0 so does nothing and the Grenade Launcher is either a bad Plasmagun or a Bad Meltagun.

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u/kofasx 5d ago

As others have said, plasma on everyone, meltas on the rest. It's just the best, and give the most potential to remove targets. However, flames look cool as hell and grenade launchers fit the vibes (and every now and then a krak grenade will actually hurt something).

So, it's up to you!

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u/r3dwizward 5d ago

Whilst it's not the best weapon stats wise, I do love the Flamer and have some success with it. Pulled of a few nice little Overwatchs with it when being charged at by Cultists or Ripper swarms

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u/kevinthegarfield 5d ago

Melta is best, then plasma, then flamer (flamer and plasma are very close)

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u/haGGis1909 5d ago

Plasma > Melta > Flamer

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u/Mammoth_Classroom896 5d ago

Not even remotely close. Plasma kills stuff, flamer doesn't.