Maybe they can, but not without taking horrendous casualties and not unless you allow them to plink away at the devs for like forever. 2xTCSM will probably kill the HB gunner in the first burst. Sometimes they don't even get suppressed before the devs start losing models.
I'm just throwing out an unusual build I tried, man. I'm not trying to make any sort point.
Ok. You simply picked my interest by only mentioning CSM even though many squads in the game pump out comparable damage (Shootas do it in T1, too).
My point was that suppression teams are primarily meant for countering melee. Most ranged units can just split up and kill the devs (since they have like 200hp/model).
I was fond of 2xScout, 2xDev, T2, libby + VoT for super fast no setup devs, but it's pretty lame that tzeench CSM can just shoot them to death.
Guardians can outshoot Devs. Your point was?
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