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Hey guys! A question about a not so very popular army, and this might be outdated with the current codex...but I've been looking up on thing tactics and such about DW and I see some people talking about 3 apothecary lists... and taking Allies. Now I dont know where to find allies in my codex, maybe I'm missing something? And...dont think I can take 3 apothecaries. It looks to me like just one. Is the info I'm looking at outdated? Or am I just missing something? Thanks for the help guys.

No and No.

DA fluff even states they don't use allies.

If you're playing a DW army, you can take 1 apothecary and he doesn't have the newest rules.

Take the banner instead.

Both Sammael and Belial allow one squad (ravenwing and deathwing respectively) to upgrade to have an apothecary and/or a company banner.

In addition to this, each IC you take allows a command squad to be taken, which can have an apothecary in it.

So you can have 3, although I'm not sure I understand why it would be such a popular choice.

The allies rules are in Codex: Witch Hunters and Codex: Daemonhunters, these are the only two forces the Dark Angels can ally with.

I have seen Black & White armies (1st & 2nd Co.s) that have two apothecaries. While the DA apothecaries are not as good as FNP it's still helpful when you run an army with low model count.

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Should have stated just Belial, as pure DW.