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So after playing for a few months and struggling on where to take my marines, I came across the blood angel codex and fell in love with their assault heavy but still versitile forces.
Here is my first attempt at a 2000 point blood angels list, background reasoning is that I only have to purchase 1 devy kit, combat squad for devs and 10 assault marines.

HQ
Chaplin Lemartes 125

Honor Guard 180
2 plasma Guns

Elites
Terminator Squad 200
Dreadnaught 140
extra armor, melta gun, close combat weapon

Vet Assault Squad (9) 370
2 melta guns, 3 power fists.

Death Company (8) 100
With jump packs

Troops
Tactical flamer/missle/PF/melta - 235
Tactical Plasma/missle/PF - 240

Devestators (10) 300
2 missles. 2 lascannons

Rhinos x2 for tacticals 110

total cost = 2000.

For objective I plan to combat squad the tacticals and devs, to have two groups of 1 las/2 missles and 7 meat sheilds hold objectives and two 5 man squads with sgts in rhinos to contest their objectives when able. The HG unit is going to attempt to be a harrasing unit against heavy armor units, and the vet squad will be my main tank hunting unit if needed.

Things I am unsure about in this list is the dread, I could drop him and the termies to get Mephiston and max out my vet company and toss two stormsheilds in there to accompany him and put my DC at 9. Or tade meph for Dante and get the vet company and DC both maxed out with 10 points to spare for meltas.

Any suggestions, keep in mind what i currently have (the list above + 16 scouts lol), or slight changes?

The number of units is too low.

Two 5-men deva squads,you got 2 DC.

One 10-men squad, you got only 1.

true and it would allow for more heavy weapon options, but that would put me over the 2000 points. I took the extra 5 men since for 75 points they seemed like a insurance policy to them being picked off.


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Another option would to drop 1 powerfist from my vet, replace it with a melta bomb and then add a priest to my HG. Having the HG follow the assault elements and also provide some healing support given they stay out of CC.