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Considering this list for an upcoming tournament as my Dark angels. Not sure how it will work out honestly, but most people see a drop pod army and they usually let you go first, giving my command squad plenty of time to get in position. If not then I just turbo boost them up after hiding turn 1.

HQ:
190 Belial w/ TH/SS
125 Librarian w/ Mastery level 2, Bike, Auspex
285 5x Ravenwing command Squad w/ Banner of fortitude, Ravenwing Grenade launcher

Troops:
540 10x Deathwing w/ 10x TH/SS, 2x Cyclone missle launcher
125 5x Tactical squad w/ Drop pod, melta gun, combi-melta
125 5x Tactical squad w/ Drop pod, melta gun, combi-melta
125 5x Tactical squad w/ Drop pod, melta gun, combi-melta
125 5x Tactical squad w/ Drop pod, melta gun, combi-melta
125 5x Tactical squad w/ Drop pod, melta gun, combi-melta

Fast Attack:
80 Dark shroud

Wow, very interesting list...hm

Try to find the points to give your Librarian ML 3. If you roll all three times on Divination, you have a 50% chance of getting Scriers Gaze versus 33% chance for ML 2, which would really help you a lot since you have so many drop pods.

What is the purpose of your biker command squad? To survive turn 1?

@changerofways You can't give the Librarian ML3? 2 is the maximum for a generic and Ezekiel can't take a bike.

Personally I would down-grade one CML to a HF. You're already covered with buckets of melta so vehicles shouldn't be a problem, and you can split-fire the two guns since the rest are just TH/SS - plus twin-linked non-scattering heavy flames are tons of fun (for me at least).

Oh, I've only just noticed the 'Shroud. It's quite large, so depending if your gaming group uses enough terrain to hide it first turn it might be a liability and just seems a bit out of place TBH.

Scarier' Gaze not important IMO, you've only got two units you'll actually have to roll for. Forewarning or Perfect Timing would be good to aim for.

yeah, the shroud is there as a point sink since I had 80 points leftover and it helps the bikes be more survivable. how the shroud sits on it's base is enough that the command squad in front of it obscures it. It also give the squad a 3+ cover when moving. The command squad is the most survivable way to get a banner around honestly. I find bikes to be more survivable than even terminators because of the T5. ehh, HF is decent and more versatile than the dual CML, but it normally gets to fire once then it's the first thing to get hit by mass fire and die. CML at least deploy in the back and can fire letting them live a bit longer.

Fair enough about the HF, down to personal preference really.

Still not sold on the 'Shroud, I feel you'd be better served with a PFG on the Librarian for protection from Heldrakes and Ignores Cover AP3 weaponry, depends if you need it really. Spare points could always go towards more Tac bodies.