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Hello, could you please give me your opinion on my army? I have only played the game once but got back into 40k recently (I used to paint when i was younger) and really want to build a good force.

HQ
Commander Dante (225 pts)

Elites
Furioso Dreadnaught, Blood Talons, Magna Grapple, Drop Pod (175 pts)
3 x Sanguinary Priest, Infernus Pistols (195 pts)
Terminator Assault Squad, Thunder Hammer & Storm Shields (205 pts)

Troop
Sanguinary Guard, Death Masks, Chapter Banner, 5 Infernus Pistols (305 pts)
Assault Squad, Sgt has Melta Bombs, Meltagun, Razorback (135 pts)
Assault Squad, Meltagun, Razorback (130 pts)
Assault Squad, Meltagun, Razorback (130 pts)

Tactics
Main thrust will be the 3 assault squads with Sanguinary priests deployed via razorbacks.
Dante will go with the Sanguinary Guard and will hunt and kill/soften the enemies nastiest threats, they can jump out of combat so wont get bogged down.
I will deploy the Furioso behind the enemy via drop pod and cause havok.
The Terminators will deep strike in wherever the fighting is thickest.

I've read a lot and watched many youtube videos but essentially don't know what I'm doing so please give your opinions before I buy all the models

Problems I see with this list, above and beyond general BA problems:

1) Dante is horribly overpriced

2) Furioso dread with fragcannon/heavy flamer >> blood talon dread

3) Sanguinary guard don't need death masks, and likely not that many infernus pistols

4) Deep striking TH/SS terminators is dicey at best. They can never assault the turn they arrive, so it's a turn 3 assault at best. That's after being shot point blank by who knows what.

5) Too many priests for the number of models fielded

6) This list effectively doesn't participate in the shooting phase until assault range.

The problem with your concept is that Dante and 5 sanguinary guard just isn't all that scary. Especially for the price tag. One turn of plasma fire= sad face for them.

Also, assault marines can not assault out of the razorbacks. I don't know if that was part of the plan, but there it is.

Thanks for the feedback Martel

Is there a link/resource you can recommend for blood angel tactics/army lists?