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While they might be scary, my issue would be price. Aren't Inferno Pistols still 15 a pop?

Martel732 wrote:
Any thoughs on my demi-company comment?

Its probably the best you can do with it. It still bothers me it is so lackluster. I'm inclined to continue with a BSF plus AOIF formation for now. But I might give your idea a try in the future.


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Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
While they might be scary, my issue would be price. Aren't Inferno Pistols still 15 a pop?

Yes, GW continues to believe specialist pistols are worth 15 points.

@Martel732,
Are you podding the ASM? Or are you still of the opinion that that's not so great? Also the drop melta tacs seem unusual but not so much if you ain't got the above anymore I suppose.

I like the idea of the demi-company as i'm buliding Machiavi's 3rd and I like the idea of it as i tend to use 10 man squads more often than not. So i think this may be the best way to go for me.
But as Crimson Devil said it's lack lustre at best.

The ASM would drop in with jump packs using Dante's descent of angels.

The demi company has more balanced components and takes damage better than the archangel demi company on first glance.

Ah cool. We don't allow any LOW so I'm think'n of stick'n with my pod's.

Agree about more balanced but what do you mean with takes damage better?

kryczek wrote:
Ah cool. We don't allow any LOW so I'm think'n of stick'n with my pod's.

Agree about more balanced but what do you mean with takes damage better?

Most of the bodies in archangel demi company are 22 pts minimum. Regular demi company has 14 pt bullet catchers, and Rhinos.

Well, asm can also be a source of melta or flamers. And a cheaper one to boot. Can ba asm still take melta?

Yes.

I just can't get over the wall of rules that the archangels get in the angels blade, and how well they lend themselves to a drop pod force or full reserve strategy.

That's true, but what about lists you don't want to drop on top of? It definitely has good mathups, but it has a lot of bad matchups too.

Martel732 wrote:
That's true, but what about lists you don't want to drop on top of? It definitely has good mathups, but it has a lot of bad matchups too.

This is true. Deathstar armies will shrug off our firepower, and we definitely can't assault them. Battle companies will be tough too, since they'll have more transports than we have anti tank weapons. A MSU mech list using the Blood Angels demi company would fare better in those matchups, since we can play keep-away with our fast vehicles.

Martel732 wrote:
mathups

Oh, that's so Martel-ley.