DeathLeaper Tactics anyone?

[l0rdf1end]

I'm looking at the competative Meta and looking at top 20 lists in Tournaments.

I'm seeing a lot of Eldar, A lot of Psykers pulling off all sorts of tricks. Space wolves allied in for Runes of Warding.

Considering this I think it gives the DeathLeaper a good home in Tournament list.

I've not used him much.

I can see the use of -D3 LD on your chosen target normally being a psyker.

I can see the use for him to contest objectives late game.

I can see that he could potentially land rear of a tank and blow it up. Not a huge chance with the intro of hull points.

I can see he can be useful for dropping him near Long Fangs or simalar.

Are there any additional tactics I haven't listed or other ways in which he can be useful?

[Jabberwocky]

He's good for linebreaker and potentially first blood too, if the enemy thinks they have safely hidden a unit or escaped with a wounded one.

[dakkathrope]

He's a great addition to threat saturation, if your enemies are shooting your 2+ cover save they aren't shooting your more important units.
He's extremely good at killing small, heavily armored units. rending on 5+6 is fantastic.
the -D3 leadership can be really gnarly if DoM is also in your list. (taking out the opponent's warlord without shooting or assaulting it is fantastic)

[l0rdf1end]

Well I just thought of something additional that I overlooked before.

The most likely Target priority for DeathLeaper is an enemy Psyker. You don't want those horrible Divination abilities going off watching them reroll hits and make you reroll saves, thats just nasty.

But, you will face lists that do not contain this type of threat. But All lists have a Warlord, a character that will be a threat and of course worth a victory point.

So, combining DeathLeaper -D3 LD with the fact you can now Challenge and the Broodlords native powers makes BL's a powerhouse in combat.

For instance, DeathLeaper gives Draigo a -2 to LD.
1 Broodlord gets off Aura of Despair giving him a further -1
Another Broodlord challenges Draigo and before combat starts casts Gaze.
Gaze requires a LD roll off, if you equal or roll higher on a D6+LD your opponent can not fight that round of combat.

Draigo was probably not the best example but this could aid you in downing Warlords quite nicely as potentially some people won't see it coming before they accept the challenge.