4.5/5 stars. I have rounded up! I'm going out on a bit of a punt here to suggest that Stormseers are actually really good indeed!
Background.
It is fitting that one of the "big three" that established the librarians have their own consul for psykers to bring to the battlefield. Combining old shaman like belief systems and the librarian training has yielded spectacular results for the White Scars in the form of the Stormseers who are valued as much for their psychic wrath as they are for their wise counsel to the Khans. The believe they are bringing forth a sliver of power from Chogoris, rather than necessarily being out-and-out warp power users. I can see parallels to the Space Wolves here. Strengths.
The stat line is what you might expect for a psyker librarian with Willpower = 10 and reasonable stats elsewhere.
What sets the Stormseer apart from Librarians elsewhere is access to the Stormcalling psychic discipline, and this is the reason he gets 4.5 stars from me. There are 2 powers here. The first is Unseen Bolt which is a 36 inch range 5 inch blast with barrage, stun, AND force at S=4. I think this is incredibly powerful to put stun out at such range.
The second is Call of the Wind. This gives you an increase in move equivalent to your initiative. That's 5 extra inches assuming you cast it on yourself.
When you add on a jump pack or similar, this starts to be a pretty wild tactic, in addition to the usual White Scars shenanigans.
Weaknesses.
Cheap enough to afford and play without regret to be very honest. You can, of course, take other psychic disciplines, but Stormcalling is very good indeed, so I focus on that discipline alone in the builds below.
Builds.
Stormseer with Stormcalling (105 points).
The standard stormcaller! Take with a bunch of veterans or similar to get where you need to be fast. Take terminator armour for 125 points instead where appropriate.
Stormseer with Stormcalling, Jump Pack (135 points).
A very swift proposition with an assault squad or other jump pack squad. Dangerous as well.
Stormseer with Stormcalling, Jetbike with Multi-Melta (165 points).
Lead your jetbike units to victory with celerity.
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