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Another potential Blood Angels list to replace the Imperial Fists.

Blood Angels "Rhino-Rush" - 2,000 points

HQ

Librarian shield of sanguinus


Librarian shield of sanguinus

Elite
Sanguinary Priest

Sanguinary Priest

Troops

10 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 2 x meltaguns & hunter killer missile

10 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 2 x meltaguns & hunter killer missile

10 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 2 x meltaguns & hunter killer missile

5 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 1 x flamer & hunter killer missile

5 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 1 x flamer & hunter killer missile

10 x Scouts sniper rifles

Fast Attack

Land Speeder multi melta & heavy flamer

Land Speeder multi melta & heavy flamer

Heavy Support

Predator lascannons sponsons & hunter killer missile

Predator lascannons sponsons & hunter killer missile

Predator lascannons sponsons & hunter killer missile

Total: 2,005


I've got double Librarians again for shield goodness on vehicles, Librarians are always good HQ choices whatever codex flavour they come in.

Priests to give me feel no pain once my armour protection has gone. They along with the Librarians will go in the smaller squads, only problem here is these can be taken down with target priority and bye bye Librarians and bye bye Priests so no more shield and no more FnP and F.C.

Assault Squads are 3 x 10 which gives me double meltagun goodness, plus Rhinos are fast which means I can move 12" and still fire from the hatch. Throw in hunter killer missiles and I've more anti tank, ok I've over by 5 points because of a H-K, I'll mention this to my opponent and if they're not happy I'll drop a single H-K. The reason for the 5 man Assault Squads is so the Librarians and Priests can join a unit each.

Scouts are objective takers. I've decided to give them sniper rifles (even though I'm not mega keen) but they have longer range than bolters and still need 4+ to hit and mostly 4+ to wound but got the bonus of rending and the range. I've thrown on camo cloaks as better for cover saves.

Land Speeders are my suicide melta units, they've got heavy flamers for hordes too so multi role.

Triple Predators lay down the anti tank from a distance.

In this list I have:

8 x single shot krak missiles

8 melta weapons

6 x lascannons

6 x autocannons

That's still decent fire power but the bonus of this list is I have 54 Space Marines while the other is 40, that's 14 more which can make a difference Another bonus is this uses models out of my Imperial Fists list than the Razor-Spam list, which makes costs cheaper for me.

Tactics

Librarians and Priests join each of the 5 man Assault Squads, these are then setup so all units get FnP, F.C and shield protection.

Scouts are deployed in combat squads for seize ground objectives and go for the closest ones, in kill points and capture and control games they stay as a single unit and camp.

Rhinos first turn will either move 12" or hold position depending on the enemy, I hold position if a assault army so I blast a armoured target or monstrous creature with hunter killers and make sure it's dead. Against heavy mech I mvoe 12" still fire the H-K but I'm getting my meltas into range. The flamer units along with the Librarian and Priests can deal with infantry, Priest gives furious charge and I'll take unleash rage on my Librarian so re-roll to hit - groovy. With the Rhinos been fast I can move 18" towards the end of game and contest of claim objectives.

Land Speeders first turn will turbo boost ahead and get a cover save. They'll go for the highest priority armoured unit or monstrous creature, it will either be divide and conquer or torrent until dead. If the Speeders die next turn then fine, 70 points gone each. If not they'll keep busting vehicles and infantry.

Predators chill at the back of the board but if I'm in danger of being outflanked I'll keep moving them a fraction each turn, because fast vehicles can move 6" and fire all weapons which is a massive bonus.

Compared to the Razor-Spam list I've lost fire power but gained more bodies and doesn't damage my wallet too much. More importantly I've got more melta and can fire out the hatch instead of exposing myself like with Razorbacks and in the past that hasn't worked.

This list would be better useing the regular Space Marine codex.

A fast Rhino is a waste, as it carries no weapons that arent considered defensive.

you're 5 points over, drop one of the flamers and youd be good to go.

Catyrpelius wrote:This list would be better useing the regular Space Marine codex.

A fast Rhino is a waste, as it carries no weapons that arent considered defensive.

Maybe. Though it's got more advantages than the Space Marine one, like double meltas. Any unit which goes in the Rhino therefore would be a waste as cannot fire out the hatch.

Ztryder wrote:you're 5 points over, drop one of the flamers and youd be good to go.

I know. I'll ok with opponent first or ditch a hunter killer.

What's your other power with the Librarian?

Unleash rage I think I'm going to take. Will help in combat along with furious charge from the Priests.

youve sunk 80 points into HK missles that you really dont need with the amount of melta-weaponry and lazcannons you are running.

drop all the HKs, and instead of 2 librarians, run 1 and run the other as a furioso librarian with wings and whatever other power you think might be useful. trading 180pts for 175, you come in on points and you get better value out of those 175/180 than you were before

I know, point is it's a lot of fire power - there's only 6 lascannons there, not a huge amount and firing at a single target.

Don't need furioso Dreadnought because other Librarian has same advantage costs cheaper and not a single target. I'm losing fire power to gain another unit which is a single model and does the same job as another, wasted of time and not better off at all - how is having 8 less krak rockets and a cheaper model doing the same job better?

5 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 1 x flamer & hunter killer missile

5 x Assault Marines w/ Rhino 1 x flamer & hunter killer missile

I'd mount these units into Razorbacks.

Catyrpelius wrote:This list would be better useing the regular Space Marine codex.

A fast Rhino is a waste, as it carries no weapons that arent considered defensive.

Completely disagree. The fact you can't take Assault Squads as a troops choice in C:SM makes all the difference.

TBH Mercer I like this list a lot more than the Razorback Spam one you posted, I just can't get behind MSUs whether they be BA or SW. I also think Baal Preds are better than regular Preds but that's just personal taste. Looks hellish to play against, I would love to be able to take a crack at them.

TBH I'm gonna live this list. The Razor Spam is the one which does it for me.