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Yes I know the DoA Blood Angel army is a year old but I still think it's cool and with my obssession about Dreadnoughts deep striking I think I could make this work better. It's nothing fancy btw, so if you're expecting something new and exciting you will be disappointed.

Blood Angels "Descent of Angels" - 2,000 points

HQ


Librarian - jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage

Librarian - jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage

Honour Guard - jump packs & 4 x plasma guns

Elite

2 x Sanguinary Priests - jump packs

Troops

10 x Assault Marines - 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist & inferus pistol

10 x Assault Marines - 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist & inferus pistol

10 x Assault Marines - 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist & inferus pistol

10 x Assault Marines - 2 x flamers - sgt w/ power weapon

Fast Attack

5 x Vanguard Veterans - jump packs, 1 x power weapon, 3 x melta bombs - sgt w/ power fist

5 x Vanguard Veterans - jump packls, 1 x power weapon, 3 x melta bombs - sgt w/ power fist

Total: 2,000


Plan is pretty simple really, Librarians come down with a squad and cast shield to protect and unleash rage when moving into combat. Honour Guard act as a counter deathstar unit with mass plasma and have feel no pain to help with those gets hot! rolls, they will rapid fire a unit to death or target weaker armour on a vehicle. Assault Squads go for objectives, blow up tanks assault infantry etc I'll combat squad the melta ones maybe in objective games so one squad goes just for tanks with double meltas and the other bunkers down on an objective. Vanguard either go for tough vehicles using that power fist and meltas bombs (I might drop a melta bomb from each squad and get a thunder hammer instead) and bring a power weapon just in case of infantry though I am tempted to change this to a infernus pistol so I have a chance of blowing up a tank and then assaulting the unit inside afterwards.

I'll play test it when I can and report in

I like this list. I would maybe drop 1 of the VV squads for another 10 man Assault squad with PW and flamers. The list may not be shockingly new but it really leverages one of the unique things about the Blood Angels army.

I was thinking that too, about another assault squad as I really need max bodies I can get

Its your basic DoA list... can't really make it different unless you go the mech route lol

I like it. Enough bodies to not get killed right off, with still a decent enough amount of toys to get things done.

Zid wrote:Its your basic DoA list... can't really make it different unless you go the mech route lol

Aye. This is my Angel mech list:

Blood Angels "Wing Striker" - 2,000 points

HQ

Librarian shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Librarian shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Honour Guard w/ Razorback 2 x flamers - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasma gun
Honour Guard w/ Razorback 2 x meltaguns - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasma gun

Elite

1 x Sanguinary Priest

Troops

5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x flamer - sgt w/ power weapon - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun
5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x flamer - sgt w/ power weapon - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun
5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x flamer - sgt w/ power weapon - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun
5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x meltagun - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun
5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x meltagun - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun
5 x Assault Marines w/ Razorback 1 x meltagun - Razorback w/ lascannon & twin-linked plasmagun

Heavy Support

Vindicator
Vindicator

Total: 2,000

Commander Endova wrote:I like it. Enough bodies to not get killed right off, with still a decent enough amount of toys to get things done.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the Vanguard can do. I'm wondering if I really need two units, but I think they should be pretty cool, though they will last just as much as normal Marines.

I like it. It's very similar the list I posted a few days ago and have been play testing. You have an extra librarian and an honor guard where I have 2 more priest and a third vanguard squad. I've played four games so far. One against meq type Blood Angels that I won, one against Leaf Blower that I won and two against my buddies Death Wing last night and got my trash kicked both games. The army is a lot of fun but the terminators are a HUGE problem. Even with 8 melta guns and 4 infernus pistols I had. You may fair better with the plasma squad in there though. Im interested to know how you do.

I think I saw yours today and posted feedback, maybe, unless that is your other list?

I'll report in and let you know.

I've tried a DOA much like yours and cant get it to win consistently. Sure it is fun and strikes fear into people, but it is easily countered by heavy mech lists. Everything has to work perfectly on the DS and then you need your ALL your meltas to hit and kill vehichles, otherwise they just stay in their transports. I've switched to a 4 predator and LR list and have had much more consistent results.

elfmagic, i would love to see that list as I have been thinking about running something similar myself. I actually played a DOA list last night and it did not go well to say the least.....

In the mech list, how necessary is the lone priest? I'm building up my mech army, and I'm planning on running 1 with no honor guards at 1000. Just curious what your experience is.

I think having 2 VV units is important to improve odds that one will show up. Im looking forward to a betrep!!

elfmagic wrote:I've tried a DOA much like yours and cant get it to win consistently. Sure it is fun and strikes fear into people, but it is easily countered by heavy mech lists. Everything has to work perfectly on the DS and then you need your ALL your meltas to hit and kill vehichles, otherwise they just stay in their transports. I've switched to a 4 predator and LR list and have had much more consistent results.

I totally agree. I play test this last night against mech guard and the angels won but it was a pyhrric victory with only 5 two Marines left and half the Guard army. Half the Angels came down on turn 2 (so I'll have some humble pie with that!) but didn't do a fat lot, next turn the Guard wiped them all out except one unit which got seriously mauled and the rest of the Angels come down. The Angels managed to tackle half of the Guard army but with mass plasma, melta, flamers and Manticores about the Angels just got hammered. Problem I found is jump pack lists need Priests and Librarians to survive (shield) and both these models came down on turn 3 (except Honour Guard) which meant no FnP or shield for the units which did arrive on turn 2.

I think I'm going to try a jump list moving across the board instead.

Falco wrote:elfmagic, i would love to see that list as I have been thinking about running something similar myself. I actually played a DOA list last night and it did not go well to say the least.....

See above about DoA! I'm starting to think it's over rated, Razor Spam is much better so far.

MrEconomics wrote:In the mech list, how necessary is the lone priest? I'm building up my mech army, and I'm planning on running 1 with no honor guards at 1000. Just curious what your experience is.

At 1,000 points a single Priest should be fine. I tend to take a Priest per 2 units, in the H.G case the Priest is bulit into that unit so serves that unit plus another two.

kaiservonhugal wrote:I think having 2 VV units is important to improve odds that one will show up. Im looking forward to a betrep!!

Having two Vanguard was cool but they was nothing but one trick ponies. They died quickly achieved nothing and cost a packet of points, each unit is another Assault Squad.


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I'm going to try this list moving across the board, so no DoA. I'll be running this on Sunday against mech Guard again so will be interesting.

HQ

Librarian jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Librarian jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Honour Guard jump pack & 4 x meltaguns

Elite

2 x Sanguinary Priests jump packs

Troops

10 x Assault Marines 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist
10 x Assault Marines 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist
10 x Assault Marines 2 x flamers - sgt w/ power weapon
10 x Assault Marines 2 x flamers - sgt w/ power weapon
5 x Assault Marines plasma gun

Fast Attack

5 x Devastators 4 x missile launchers
5 x Devastators 4 x missile launchers
5 x Devastators 3 x missile launchers

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A different DoA; 64 Marines if my maths is right and a more c.c killy Vanguard seems I failed on the heroic intervention rule :(

HQ

Librarian jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Librarian jump pack, shield of sanguinus & unleash rage
Honour Guard jump pack & 4 x meltaguns

Elite

2 x Sanguinary Priests jump packs

Troops

10 x Assault Marines 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist & infernus pistol
10 x Assault Marines 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist & infernus pistol
10 x Assault Marines 2 x meltaguns - sgt w/ power fist
10 x Assault Marines 2 x flamers - sgt w/ power weapon
10 x Assault Marines 2 x flamers - sgt w/ power weapon

Fast Attack

5 x Vanguard jump packs, 2 x power weapons, power fist - sgt w/ power fist

Falco wrote:elfmagic, i would love to see that list as I have been thinking about running something similar myself. I actually played a DOA list last night and it did not go well to say the least.....

Libby terminator with SS -UR and SoS
Sang Priest
Termies with LR (3 TH/SS and 3 LC)
10 man Assault Sq with melta and PF
10 man Tact Sq with ML, Melta, PF and Rhino
2 Baal Preds with HB
2 AC Preds with Las
1750

It plays really well, though I might swap out the troops for 3 5 man RAS sqds in razorbacks, not sure. I've given up on DOA, good for fun friendly games, not for tournaments.

elfmagic wrote:

Falco wrote:elfmagic, i would love to see that list as I have been thinking about running something similar myself. I actually played a DOA list last night and it did not go well to say the least.....

Libby terminator with SS -UR and SoS
Sang Priest
Termies with LR (3 TH/SS and 3 LC)
10 man Assault Sq with melta and PF
10 man Tact Sq with ML, Melta, PF and Rhino
2 Baal Preds with HB
2 AC Preds with Las
1750

It plays really well, though I might swap out the troops for 3 5 man RAS sqds in razorbacks, not sure. I've given up on DOA, good for fun friendly games, not for tournaments.

Thanks! This looks like it can take on pretty much everything. Just re-afirming that the LR is a Crusader, right?

Have you tried running the LRR with one less Termi? That was the LR varient I was more keen on running.....

mercer wrote:

Zid wrote:Its your basic DoA list... can't really make it different unless you go the mech route lol

Aye. This is my Angel mech list:

Mean't mech DoA, not razorspam angels lol. Theres only 2 real ways to do DoA: with ravens or without. Without you basically have exactly what to run; can't really make any suggestions for improvement