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So I started playing 40k back in late second edition and played till the end of 3rd. Since then I have taken time off and decided I finally have enough free time/cash to get back and play. I have only played the Blood Angels and lucky me they have just re released them! I am still very rough with the new rules/tactics but tried to read up on what everyone on this forum thinks is good/worth its points. I hope you guys like the list and please feel free for suggestions.

1 Librarian (term armour + storm shield)

5 Assault Terminators (2 thunder hammer/shield)

Land Raider Redeemer (multi-melta, extra armour) My librarian and Terms will be riding in this

3 Assault squads all slightly different

9 men (2 meltas, power fist sergeant, rhino)
6 men (1 melta, power fist sergeant, razorback)
5 men (1 melta, power fist sergeant, razorback)

2 Sanguinary Priest (1 riding in the rhino unit, the other riding in the razorback) May possibly keep them inside the tanks for extra cover

1 Furioso Dreadnought (pair of blood talons, heavy flamer, magna grapple and drop pod)

2 Baal Predators (one with flamestorm cannon/heavy bolters other twin-linked assault cannon/heavy flamer)

When all is said and done is equals 1750 on the dot with 3 scoring units, powerful HQ/elite squad, 6 tanks and 1 dreadnought.

Hope you all enjoy it, Nobzey

I'd switch the sponsons around on the baal preds, flamestorm and heavy flamers match range and so do ass can and hvy bolters.

Why are the 10 marines in a rhino, why not have them jump around? Once the rhino is gone, they won't do much anymore.

Oh, and other than that, looks fine to me

Your nine man assault squad can only have 1 melta gun. You need to have ten troops in order to get the 2nd melta gun.

Yeah I realized I can only have 1 melta after I posted, my bad. I changed some things around since then. My libraian has dropped the terminator armour and storm shield and is now just a stock 100 points. With the new points I added in a sang priest to ride in the land raider. I also took the sponsons off of the flamestorm cannon Baal Pred and made the other Baal auto cannon with heavy bolter sponsons. Lastly I changed the assualt squads. 1 stock 5 man unit in razorback with TL lascannon. Then 2 assault units in rhinos. 1 is the 9 man 1 melta power first with sang priest the other 10 man 2 melta 1 power fist.

That being said and done, was starting to wonder is it was worth dropping the 2 rhinos and just using the assault squads jump packs, buy a pack for my priest and then throw in some extra goodies into my army with the few extra points? Thanks for the help.

If I may, your list has non-existent long range support firepower. It may be that your metagame lacks mech gunlines, or that your plan is just to hope to get first turn so that those rhinos and razors can get downfield before getting popped... but i think your list is missing some 48" range anti-transport shooting.

The one unit I am more jealous of than anything else the blood angels got as a marine player, is the fast heavy support predator. Move 6" and shoot 2x lascannons and an autocannon is just awesome. Those tanks and the sanguinary priest (which you have) are really what is impressing me with blood angels.

Outside of that complaint, I like what you are planning to do with the troops. I'd prefer a 10 man assault squad in rhino and to have the second priest join the termie squad so you can have that vital second meltagun. You could cut that 6th assault marine in the razorback if you needed some points.

I think you've got anti-infantry pretty handled with the redeemer and the ten man assault unit. I would change those baals into regular predators. And I think I'd probably change that furioso into one as well. You've got melta covered in my opinion. But as you can see I've been really loving lascannons. mostly because I have been HATING facing lots of lascannons with my nid armies and my IG armies as well. YMMV