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My friends and I plan on doing a few small games over the weekend. I'm playing blood angels, one friend is playing Salamanders, and the other is playing Eldar.

HQ:

Reclusiarch 155
- Jump Pack

Troops:

5 Assault Marines 115
- Meltagun
- Meltabombs

5 Scouts 100
- Sniper Rifles
- Missile Launcher
- Camo Cloaks

Heavy Support:

5 Devastators 130
- 4 Missile Launchers

Plan is to have reclusiarch join the assault squad and charge any unit they can. Scouts hang back and pick off infantry or any scary HQs. Devs also sit in backfield and fire at any armor or scary squads.
Tell me what you guys think of it!

Thanks, Pheonix Lord Asurmen.

I would use a Librarian with Pack.
Take Sanguine Sword, and Blood Lance. Sanguine sword + Force Sword = easy death 2 pokes and insta death. Str 10 is also good for vehicles.
Blood lance = automatic Str 8 AP1 Hit. not sure if cover is given but looking at the book no saves. So good for vehicles cus its a auto hit and Str 8 is
not too bad and if you pen you get the AP 1 bonus. Or you can Pick out any model with Toughness 4 or lower and dead. As for the Assault Marine unit
with the melta, blood lance and the launchers the melta bomb wont be needed with the Librarian attached. Pick up a Combat shield and keep your
sgt in front if you are going to take lots of no save hits and lookout sir as much as you can. The scouts and devs are perfect.

Thanks for the input!
So now the new list would look like this:

HQ:
Librarian 125
- Blood Lance / Sanguine Sword
- Jump Pack

Troop:
5 Assault Marines 115
- Meltagun
- Combat Shield

5 Scouts 100
- Missile Launcher
- Camo Cloaks

Heavy Support:
5 Devastators 130
- 4 Missile Launchers

Total: 470 Points
What do you think I should spend the last 30 points on?

Also, i made another list I think would be funny to play.

HQ:
Mephiston 250

Troops:
5 Assault Marines 125
- Meltagun
- Power Sword

5 Assault Marines 125
- Meltagun
- Power Sword

Would this even work?
Thanks, Pheonix Lord Asurmen

For the 30 pts left over i would add 1 assault marine, may be a power weapon for the srgt, you can even still give him the melta bombs, i would just upgrade or add a body to a unit.
The list with meph is good but keep him away from Termies they will gobble him up.

This is what I would run.

HQ
Epistolary 175pts
-Force Stave, Bolt Pistol
-Jump Pack
-Prescience, Fear of the Darkness

TROOP
(5) Assault Squad 110pts
-Bolt pistol, Chainsword
-Meltagun

(5) Scouts 85pts
-Sniper Rifle (3)
-Boltgun, Combat Weapon

HEAVY SUPPORT
(5) Devestators 130pts
-Missile Launcher (4)
-Bolt Pistol, Chainsword

Your Salamanders opponent would be somewhat silly to run Vulkan in a 500 point game just like running Mephiston would be for Blood Angels. Sure it would be funny and properly fluffy, but sinking half your points into a single model is dangerous (and it has never worked out for me).

I like your second list, but you would have serious trouble with dakka terminators with a heavy flamer or th/ss termies.

It would create somewhat of a one-basket problem, but maybe trade in the scouts to fill the assault marines? If you really like the scouts then think about sniper rifles - specifically for rending to deal with termies and the like.

Never played against Eldar so good luck there.

Combat shields are pretty useless IMO, drop it. I would say give the scouts snipers and drop the ML. This gives you 45 points. You should add 2 marines and get melta bombs on the sarge instead of the shield. 7 marines and a librarian for jumping around should be good at this level.

Good luck BTW

Oh dang I forgot to put in that last post that the scouts had sniper rifles, my bad. Well, thanks for all of the suggestions so far, I'll probably end up using all of these lists, cause we'll probably be playing all day. I have to agree with TheComedian that I don't really see combat shields being worth the 1/6 chance of survival, especially at low point battles like this where you need all of the points you can get. I also agree with you contempt83 that I'll probably grab another marine and some sort of upgrade. Inquisitor Lord Cuthbert, I think your list is cool but why put presience on the libby when he's going with an assault squad?
Thanks, Pheonix Lord Asurmen

Psykers can't mix codex and core book powers.

I'd use a cheapo libby and bring a sanguinary priest.

I'd probably dump the devs and bring MM attack bikes instead. 3 MM >>> than 4 MLs.

I'd consider dumping the scouts and getting more ASM.

500 pts is really rough for any marine list, but really rough for BA.

Oh, and I don't think Dakka Dakka wants us posting point costs.

I wouldn't take scouts. They have their uses but you already have 4 missile launchers, and if those aren't made to "pick off infantry" then nothing is. With that 100pts you could add lascannon in Dev Squad to get them little bit more anti-tank weaponry (against Salamanders). Besides that you could either buy 4 more guys into that Assault Squad, or buy Predator.
(If you take Predator you should still have 5 more points so maybe change on missile launcher to plasmacannon for more anti-inf.?)