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Alright so i have this 1750 list which i've used alot against marines and i liked it i just thought id get another opinion of it.
i know alot of you will question the scouts but in the games i've had they have been unsung heroes. In almost every game vsing
marines they've at least pinned a squad twice and a few games with beyond godlike shots. the main thing i do with this list is
keep the focus off Mephiston till the enemy is like oh gak he's in my face punching my head in with Str 10 what do i do now :s...
so i bring Death Co down 1st turn unless the enemy lacks anything to really hurt vehicles then i drop the Dread n pop smoke.
when the Death co come down they aim the flanks and rapid fire the gak out of the enemy 1st turn take a few casualties soaking
up alot of attention from the enemy player, while my 2 Assault squads move into position to jump the enemy next turn with mephiston right behind them. (i run mephiston in range of FnP and try to keep to cover)
with mephiston getting FnP against anything that isn't Insta kill (almost everything) its really pisses the enemy off when you shrug off lascannon fire like it was a bolter with your 5+ FnP.
ANYWAY back to the list here it is:


1750 Blood Angels list.
HQ:
-Mephiston :250
Elites:
-Sangpriest w/ Jp, P-Fist :100p
Troops:
-10x A-squad w/ 1x Flamer, 1x Melta-Gun :225p
-Sgt w/ P-wep, Combat shield
-10x A-squad w/ 1x Flamer, 1x Melta-Gun :225p
-Sgt w/ P-wep, Combat shield
-10x Scout Snipers :140p
-10x Death co w/ 8xBolters, 2xPw & Bolt-P :230p
-Drop pod :35p
-Death Co Dread w/ Heavy-Flamer, Blood Talons :135p
-Drop pod :35p

Fast attack:
Heavy support:
-Predator w/ sidelas :135p
-10x Dev Squad w/ 2 las, 2 Missle-L :240p

Ew that came it weird when copy pasting straight from Word.
So thats my list it works for my play style i think and i really do put alot of weight
in my games on Mephistons ability to tear a squad to pieces which is why i make sure
to put him into things without characters or have another character close to take the challenge.

Thoughts on it?

Son_of_Mephiston:
"Yes, I have a boner for Mephiston."

Incest: The best way to start an army list.

 Griddlelol wrote:
Son_of_Mephiston:
"Yes, I have a boner for Mephiston."

Incest: The best way to start an army list.

Well i guess if you take my account name literally ahah.

nah i like to call my Armies with Mephiston (that being 90% of them) 'Sons of Mephiston'.
with the idea being that Mephiston created a successor because he saw that Dante had gone a bit weird, that being that Dante is under the belief that he needs to
stay alive only so he can sacrifice himself to save the emperor as Sanguinius did before him. hence why Dante is meant to be like 1000 years old and refuses to just die haha.

 Griddlelol wrote:
Son_of_Mephiston:
"Yes, I have a boner for Mephiston."

Incest: The best way to start an army list.

i love it


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oh yea the list is good to just things i would nit pick on that i dont like but meh

such as give your assult marines x2 meltas power weapon and melta bombs

death co should have all melee weapons

1 priest that should have power wepaon and melta bomb

death co should have snippy claws or manga grapple and fists

i hate auto cannon las pred

i prefer 4 misiles insted of mix

but thats just me

 jbsnv wrote:

 Griddlelol wrote:
Son_of_Mephiston:
"Yes, I have a boner for Mephiston."

Incest: The best way to start an army list.

i love it


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oh yea the list is good to just things i would nit pick on that i dont like but meh

such as give your assult marines x2 meltas power weapon and melta bombs

death co should have all melee weapons

1 priest that should have power wepaon and melta bomb

death co should have snippy claws or manga grapple and fists

i hate auto cannon las pred

i prefer 4 misiles insted of mix

but thats just me

Yeah fair enough. i did Forget to mention the Death Co dread does have the Slice n Dice claws i just think it as such a must have i forget to mention it XD.
i understand the dislike to auto cannon on top but with extra las in devs don't feel the price is worth the 1 extra las shot. My death co go with bolters as i feel that
getting +2 on the charge from rage now makes up for not having combat weps so why not give them bolters and give them more variety and the ability to do some dmg
the turn they come down.

the way i ment pred is i hate auto las pred i prefer las las pred or auto bolter pred

and i understand why you have bolters now, so your death co have 8 lightning claws 2 bolters and 2 power weapons with 2 bolt pistols?

 jbsnv wrote:
the way i ment pred is i hate auto las pred i prefer las las pred or auto bolter pred

and i understand why you have bolters now, so your death co have 8 lightning claws 2 bolters and 2 power weapons with 2 bolt pistols?

Haha woops seems we have a big miss understanding. i meant my Death Co Dread has the blood talons free swap.
Where as my 10 man death co have: 8 with Bolters n Chainsword, 2 with Boltpistol Power Weapon. (the drop pod in 1st turn on the weaker flank and force attention onto them while mephiston and assault marines move up the board with less fire on them.

oh ok that clears stuff up then

Are you really attached to the devastators?

At the 240 points you're spending now, you could spend it on three attack bikes with MM AND a Sanguinary Priest on a bike saving 5 pts.

You'd be astounded what three 2W bikes with FNP can do for you. It makes them more reliable tank hunters, and more mobile.

As for the rest of the list, it feels a little 'jack of all trades' and I think that's probably what you're going for. You're better off to have two meltas in each assault squad, rather than meltas and flamers.

Also, I'm all for not being afraid of using your priests in battle, but giving a JP and PF makes it an awful pricey proposition for someone who's basically there to give a buff.

Love the Dev squads man, but my opinion would be to take 2 of them with 4 ML each. It comes out 20 pts more but you also have 4 more ML shots great for dealing with hordes and nasty 2 wound models *cough* paladins *cough*. Dropping the Combat shields and Heavy Flamer should free up those points.

Also, I would double up your ASM (just put 2 flamers in one and 2 melta in the other), and plop one in a Drop Pod for free. That means both DC units are coming in turn one. Hope the 3rd comes in late for objective grabbing or throw them down turn 1 if your playing the relic.

Auswin wrote:
Are you really attached to the devastators?

At the 240 points you're spending now, you could spend it on three attack bikes with MM AND a Sanguinary Priest on a bike saving 5 pts.

You'd be astounded what three 2W bikes with FNP can do for you. It makes them more reliable tank hunters, and more mobile.

As for the rest of the list, it feels a little 'jack of all trades' and I think that's probably what you're going for. You're better off to have two meltas in each assault squad, rather than meltas and flamers.

Also, I'm all for not being afraid of using your priests in battle, but giving a JP and PF makes it an awful pricey proposition for someone who's basically there to give a buff.

This is some good input i do agree with you on majority of it.
with the Devs i do like them especially because i like to Combat Squad them and then i can fire at 2 targets.
but really the main reason i have them is that i don't own or have the money atm to buy Bikes or a Stormraven.

Don't use missile launchers on devs. Don't use them anywhere. MLs are terrible anti-tank and marginal anti-horde.

Martel732 wrote:
Don't use missile launchers on devs. Don't use them anywhere. MLs are terrible anti-tank and marginal anti-horde.

Unless playing Space Wolves

I'm not even sure I'd use them with Space Wolves. The Long Fang's ability to split fire seems to lend itself to specialized weaponry anyway. The performance of the ML in actual games is so bad. It's basically a ROF 1 weapon that strips HP. Terrible, terrible.

It's more the issue of the lascannon being incredibly overpriced for Long Fangs. The mathhammer points to 2 MLs being about as good as 1 LC...for the same price.

I prefer to at least have 2 las i mean i know its an expansive squad for just 2 las shots n 2 rock shots but really to tanks / heavy infantry it hurts.
If anything i would drop combat shields and upgrade the ML's to Plasma Cannons or just go with the bike idea. though the only thing i don't like about the bike idea is
that they have a higher chance to get caught in combat seeing as they need to be at 24" to shoot their target and 12" to really make use of the Multi-melta