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Librarian

Priest
Priest

5 man Assault Squad- power weapon and meltagun
5 man Assault Squad- power weapon and meltagun
5 man Assault Squad- power weapon and meltagun

Lasplas Razorback
Lasplas Razorback
Lasplas Razorback

Devastators- 4 missiles
Devastators -4 missiles

Even at 1000, it isn't that hard to kill 3 AV11 vehicles. I would suggest cutting the Devs for Auto/Las Predators. You'd have to cut a Power Weapon too, but it would be totally worth it. You could even cut the Priests, the remaining Power Weapons and trade a Meltagun for a Flamer to take a third if you really want to commit.

Listen to the above comment. to MrE.

5 men with a power weapon should die in combat and also not really do any damage in shooting.

This is true. So drop the devs, priests, and power weapons and come back with 2 auto-las preds. Maybe get a dread in there instead of a third? Thats 7 lascannons so anti-armor is covered, but what would this list have for anti-horde? I've got 120 pts leftover to do something with.

Keep the Sanguinary Priests. I'd drop everything else you said and try to get as many basic Preds on the board as possible.

first off...the libby. what powers are you giving him. personally id go with shield of sang and fear the darkness that way you got your cover and can deal with hordes by forcing them to run away. if you do it right you can chase them down so they cant regroup.

drop one priest

chuck the power weapons for infernus pistols...that way you still got a melta weapon although its a short one. but with the range of your melta guns it would be close to the same thing. then id give your assault squads flamers to deal with hordes

as for only having 3 vehicles...i usually run 3 in this point lvl. and have no problems with using devastators. obviously they can also deal with hordes. if you deploy them right you should have no problems. id give it a try and if you dont like it then go with the preds that were mentioned earlier

Thanks for the counterpoint, flamethrowers and infernus pistols got it.

Also, for purchases would it be better off to go with the Death Co. box instead of the Assault Marine box for bitz and bling purposes? Does it come with a flamethrower bit?

Alright, we've gotten a game in and the Blood Angels have come through with a massacre! Thanks for the help over numerous threads guys. ^_^

Now to devising tactics to counter this list...

Don't do infernus pistols. They're not that good and if you're talking a 5 man squad, you want something to soften them up before you assault them (flamer) and a weapon that's guaranteed to pay off before your squad dies (power weapon).

Apart from that I think Mr. E is spot on.

Luco wrote:Thanks for the counterpoint, flamethrowers and infernus pistols got it.

Also, for purchases would it be better off to go with the Death Co. box instead of the Assault Marine box for bitz and bling purposes? Does it come with a flamethrower bit?

This is what I do. I buy one box of DC and one box of Assault Marines and combine them. That way they don't look too plain, but you can have a bunch of marines that look unique.