lets not go that far, dante is real good, he takes a wound, ws, attack, and initiative off an independant character, makes people strike him at ws 1, surgical strikes, and has good wargear which actually costs alot more when you add it up (infernus is 15, the axe is like 25, jump pack is 25, death mask is 5, etc...) and the guard isnt great as an elite but if you have dante, theyre a very strong troop choice. yes, its
= 500 points to have 6 good models to do so, but hey, life is 500 points
plus you run mechanised stuff so you have a different perspective