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I've been looking at the Codex and I can't see much point at taking a Blood Angel's captain

They do get the most weapon options and are cheaper and with a higher WS than a reclusiarch but they don't buff anything, can't even get some of the fancy C:SM options like digital weapons, relic blades or artificer armour and just seem generally bad. They don't even get some of the BA's unique options like glaive encarmines.

Are they as bad as they appear or is there some hidden use for them?

There is pretty much no use for them.
You'd be better off picking a different hq

scuddman wrote:There is pretty much no use for them.
You'd be better off picking a different hq

That's what I thought

I mean seriously, they don't even get artificer armour

How screwed up is that? When your retinue is better equipped than you are?

BA Captains make great:

1. Objective Markers
2. Bits for converting a Libby, Chaplain, S. Priest
3. Airgun Targets
4. Paint scheme test minis.
5. Old Primer (IS IT STILL GOOD?!) guinea pigs.
6. Model rocket astronauts.
7. Puppy teething toy.
8. Stand in for my 5 year old's missing lego men
9. Fish tank decoration.
10. Hang him from a string and use him to amuse the cat.

Other than that...

It's not like anyone ever used BA captains in the past. No big deal here at all.

Erm... use them to deploy a company-level formation in Apoc?

Even then, Tycho will probably be a better option...

yeah but you do wanna know a great unit for elites techmarine JP combi melta ahahahhahahahahaha old blood angel thread tried to say it was the gem have to say captains are similair

To be fair, a higher WS model with a TH or CF might be handy. But unlikely to payoff more than the buffs found elsewhere.

Ohoh captain with combi meat and jump pack... Points include the 4++