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Alright, I have an 1850 list, that i cannot decide what to do with the last 160 points.

I have Dante, Sanginor as HQ

I have a Sang Guard Squad, banner,

10 man assualt squad

5 Man assualt squad (Dpod)

10 Man Assault Squad

3 Sang Priests

2 Furio Dreads Bloodclaws Dpods



So my list is all deep strike, Now I Have multiple meltas in every unit, so the options i was thinking of were either A) A 5 Man Death Company Unit which would draw fire away from other things, or a 5+ (i don't know how many, 5-7 I think) Assualt Squad With Flamers and a power sword to dig bunched infantry hordes out of cover. C) 2 Land Speeders With Heavy Bolter/Heavy Flamers

What I have I am keeping, this is a Fluff list more then competitive, but should hold it's own if I can deepstrike what i need where i need.

Does that 5 man assault squad have jump packs? if they do i dont think they can take a razorback

I run somewhat of a similar list. Dante and the Sanguinor are a potent combination. If you could work in typhoon landspeeders I tend to think that's a good choice. You also might want to consider taking a Stormraven.

One thing stops me from taking a Raven, utter lack of modelling skills lol, and i refuse to COUNTS AS a Valkery

The Sanguinor Version 2.7 wrote:I run somewhat of a similar list. Dante and the Sanguinor are a potent combination. If you could work in typhoon landspeeders I tend to think that's a good choice. You also might want to consider taking a Stormraven.

Why is this? I see 500 points spent on two models that don't have an attack higher than strength five and only 7 wounds between them.

Im a BA player and I have yet to be successful. (its a rough army to start playing again with..) But from what I have taken in, Sang Guard isnt all that great. After you give them some gear, you could have taken another assault unit, another furioso in a pod, or 2 typhoon speeders. Theres so many better options IMO.

IMO vyndetta85 is right there with the sang guard,for their point costs to ineffective in comparison to terms.

-you could leave dante + sang guard,instead buy storm terms and a land raider crusader-->much harder to kill......and if you still have points(not quite shure) maby give sang priest term armour and add him to the terms
-I would take away drop pod + 5 man storm, 1. instead take baal with hb sponsons to support your assault sqaud
2. take normal tac 5 man because the can only shoot when they arrive (with dread) give a little support,also they distract maby from your main troops


all just suggestions and sry for spelling

Blood Angels are a finesse army. Even though they are brutal in CC, they need a definitive strategy before the game begins and then stick to the plan. They are Marines afterall.

I have been playing them for most of my games and my record is astonishing. I lose when I deviate from the 'Battle Plan'.
My hardest opponents have been good comp Mech IG (I win about 80% vs) and Space Wolves (I win about 70% vs).
I have had NO problems with Bugs, Orks, Eldar, Vanilla Marines, IG (aside from above comment), Chaos or Demons.

I do use a 3 Storm Raven list that is effective and psychologically devastating to the opponent.

I've been messing with a similar list at 2k pionts. I haven't been playing Sanguinor but I have been running Dante and a very deepstrike heavy army. For me the trickiest part hasn't been having enough stuff dropping in at once (Descent of Angels really helps) so much as supporting it all once it lands on the table. I've been running Dreads/Pods to play that role but they come down a turn early so it feels disjointed. I've tried running Predators instead a couple of times and if you can get a total of 5 or 6 hulls onto the table it feels a little more comfortable, but still not quite right.

One unit that has been standout good for me has been an Honor Guard with 4x Plasma Gun and 1x Powerfist. They land and kill something with all that plasma, and they're great against Tyranids and other MCs (very important since your infantry get snacked on by them).

I've had solid results running Sanguinary Guard, I actually really like them. As long as they have a Priest join up with them they're a real pain in the butt for most opponents to deal with. The Chapter Banner really makes them good, they need the attack bonus badly. When they're in Sanguinor's bubble as well they're going to be a real handful.

Death Company can be really brutal if you can get around the nuances of the "Rage" special rule and get them stuck in against the right units. When I run a more mechanized list I tend to run a unit of 5+Lemartes with Jump Packs in a Stormraven with power weapons and fists aplenty and they can tear armies to pieces practically on their own they hit so hard. I've had them pull down 15 MEQs in a single combat, before the enemy even got a chance to attack, on numerous occasions.

As an eliete choice yes Sang guard are not the best in the book, however they are a troop choice in my army. They will come down exactly where i want them and nuke something. Again this is more a fluffly list and a break from my I Guard mechvets which is much much harder. My only issue with D Company in this list is I can only afford 4 bare bones DComp with Jpacks, not enough to do much except kill a squad of Tau in combat.


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Also I mistyped only 1 10 man assualt squad. This still leaves me with 4 scoring units in an objective game with Combat Squads.

I run a all mech list and I have only lost 2 games with it one was really rolls and the other was me being stupid with my razorbacks.

First game, I tabled a guys blob I Guard with hydroflacks and vedettas. The furioso's got in on one side and made it into combat with a blob each, thank you extra armour, end of the blobs, freed the rest of my army to concintrate on his vehicles. 10 man assualt squad=priest with 4 hand flamers absolutly totalled his CCS.

tell me how your list goes! i am going into BA

Death Company...Jump Packs and Power Swords. You wont' many but it'll be cool as hell.

So after playing several games with Various adds and subtracts, my primary list is staying constant, but I have one tip for those whom are new to the army. Make sure every unit you take and design has an specific purpose. (ie a squad with 4 flamers for anti horde infantry.) When I could deliever my units to where I wanted them to go, I did very well. When I could not get the right unit to the right place, a melta to a land raider for example, I suffered. This is an army that needs care in planning and playing, and every unit needs to specialize in a single function be it mech, anti horde ect. And Death company need to be in a transport of some kind, rage is to easy for a good oppenent to exploit, and with the points sink you cannot afford your death company not being under your control 100%. I will start putting up some battle reports to this, my question, does anyone know if their is an updated vassal patch with the new BA models in it, or do i need to mix and match.