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My first all DOA dedicated list.. Tried it out and have since tweaked it and it has worked well so far so please tell me what you think. C+C always welcome

HQ:

Dante [225]

Honor Guard
w/ 4 Meltas, JPs [205]

TROOPS:

10 Assault Marines
w/ 2 Meltas, Sergeant w/ PF [235]

10 Assault Marines
w/ 2 Meltas, Sergeant w/ PF [235]

5 Death Company Marines [220]
w/ TH, PF, JPs

FAST ATTACK:

5 VV [190]
w/ JPs, PF, Sergeant w/ PW

5 VV [190]
w/ JPs, PF, Sergeant w/ PW

1500 exactly

Well, the army has just one chalice.
I'd drop Dante, take a Librarian w/ jp and a Sang. Priest w/ jp.

I dont think that with that setup the dc is cost affective, personally i wouldn't use them without a transport.
Drop the fasrt attack choices as your paying nearly the same points as a 10 man assault squad for less melta shots and less attacks, if you drop the death company too uou could have 3 sang priests on 3 squads of ten assault marines which have most of the death company benefita without the drawbacks.

Drop the DC. Get the Priests with JP. Get Corbulo even since his rules are beastly. Or drop the DC and get Sanguinary Guard with Deathmasks.

Dante serves no point in this list at all. You have Dante to make Sanguinary Guard troops and you have none. I would switch Dante with two Librarians with shield powers to give your Marines a cover save when they arrive.

Get another two Priests.

Assault Squads are fine.

Death Company are expensive, but a few points more you could get a full Assault Squad which is 5 dudes more plus they can score as well.

Vanguard are pretty cool.

Dante is for the honor guard not to scatter and guarentee a tank kill. He's a beefed up captain with some special rules.

I could switch up the vanguard for sanguinary guards but the whole tactic is to have the vanguard come down and tie up until the death company get stuck in.

Corbulo wouldn't fit because he can't take a JP.

The reason I don't want to take to many extra priests is the extra amount of kill points.. And a librarian really doesn't do much... What about a chaplain instead and an extra priest?

The HQ doesn't have to deploy with the honor guard right ?

The flaw of this list IMO is the Death Company. They are only going to get kited around by a smart opponent.

I think death company are worst when wearing jump packs. They eat a lot of points for models that come with a handicap.


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Also, if you take one squad of 10 Vanguard Vets instead of two groups of 5 you save 15 points which can be used for another power weapon or something.

You can always combat squad the VV's when deploying.

About combat squad-ing with the VV, I read somewhere you can't break down and deepstrike/assault or something..

If you can tho i will def try that out.

And as for death company.. Yes I see the big disadvantage, but they almost always make back up their points.. Say I did drop them, what would be another heavy hitting squad around 220pts? with survivablility (FnP)?

Becuase many people say assault squads, but they have no PW attacks bsides the sarge or re-rolls. And unless paired with an extra 75pt priest, no FC... Sang guard? They would count as troops with dante..

VV can deep strike and assault (heroic intervention)

Dont use Dante he is too expensive and really gives nothing at such a low points level.

For a few more points those DC marines are assault marines with meltas and a pf which are more than double as effective.

Lib as an Hq is the best.
Put a jp on him and you are set.

MORE PRIESTS!!!

Mr. DK wrote:About combat squad-ing with the VV, I read somewhere you can't break down and deepstrike/assault or something..

If you can tho i will def try that out.

And as for death company.. Yes I see the big disadvantage, but they almost always make back up their points.. Say I did drop them, what would be another heavy hitting squad around 220pts? with survivablility (FnP)?

Becuase many people say assault squads, but they have no PW attacks bsides the sarge or re-rolls. And unless paired with an extra 75pt priest, no FC... Sang guard? They would count as troops with dante..

I'll have to look into that actually. I don't see why you couldn't.

And honestly go with another VV squad before you go with Death Company.

Mr. DK wrote:Dante is for the honor guard not to scatter and guarentee a tank kill. He's a beefed up captain with some special rules.

I could switch up the vanguard for sanguinary guards but the whole tactic is to have the vanguard come down and tie up until the death company get stuck in.

Corbulo wouldn't fit because he can't take a JP.

The reason I don't want to take to many extra priests is the extra amount of kill points.. And a librarian really doesn't do much... What about a chaplain instead and an extra priest?

The HQ doesn't have to deploy with the honor guard right ?

So that's about 250 points for a "beefed up captain (who is rubbish) just to let a single unit deep strike on target. Hardly worth it when Angels only scatter 1D6" anyway. My point is not add Sanguinary Guard but get rid of Dante. You only need Dante is running Sanguinary Guard as troops.

A Librarian doesn't do much? Have you looked at the psychic powers? Librarian gives 5+ cover save which is handy if your units are stuck out in the open. A Librarian is better than a Chaplain thanks to unleash rage which can be cast in the opponents assault phase too not just when charging like the Chaplain.