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After browsing back and forth the new supplement I have come up with a new 1850p list. I had to order stuff with 50€ to get this, but order is on it's way. What are your thoughts on this? I lack so many vehicles so too expensive to try the lucifer armored task force. Orbital intervention is imho too hazardous with my bad reserve rolling.

Lost Brotherhood (Detachment)

Death Company Command (165p)
Astorath

Death Company Strike force (Core) (1110 points)

Death company chaplain (stocked with jump pack and inferno pistol)
5man death company + 2x inferno pistol + thunder hammer + jump packs

5man death company + power fist + power sword + jump packs

10man death company + power fist + 2x power sword + jump packs

Death company dreadnought + blood talons
Drop pod

Stormraven gunship (dedicated transport for chosen DC squad, depending on opponent)

Golden Host (formation) (575 points)

Commander Dante
5man sanguinary guard + 2x axe encarmine

5man sanguinary guard + 2x axe encarmine + chapter banner

This all is total of 1850 points. Golden Host formation gets to choose after first turn when they arrive via deep strike. They aren't part of the Lost brotherhood detachment so they loose red thirst (initiative bonus for charging). They can do a disordered charge the turn they arrive. I hope Dante with his higher initiative than Kharn will kick his ass before sanguinary guard gets harmed

This list is total fluff and chopping, so no ob sec or holding what so ever but I like to think it could have some sort of mid-tier competiveness, what do you guys think?

Lost brotherhood & DC strikeforce rules gives me 6" free move after deployment, red thirst and reroll for warlord traits table, which is unique with fnp for warlord and such. Also DC Strike force chaplain has a 12" bubble of + 1A. I hope it stacks with that chapter banner! Also DC can take stormraven's as dedicated transport. Also worth mentioning that DC Chaplain has Rites of blood special rule which gives re-rolls for failed to wound rolls when charging.

Worth play testing? (DC weapon upgrades besides one power sword are already glued, so no adjustment there available.)

This is a list I am curious about playing. Loads of in your face Death Company should let your Golden Host be pretty devastating on Turn 2 when the whole army gets into assault.

I think you are going to run out of bodies fast. Also, this whole list loses to a single unit of twc still.

Ok,
order done anyways, but I can still try to understand the new angel's blade supplement. I long thought that who should ever play BDC when there's lot easier CAD/BSF detachment where you can take other formations aswell. BDC is actually the only way to get red thirst for golden host formation at 1850 points. +1I can make a real diffrence when charging T2+ from deep strike.

Would this non-death company (sniff) list be better then. That sentence sounds already weird, because DC has been the only good thing in C:BA for a while unless you counted now dissmissed free ASM transport or fragiosos..

Here's my 2nd go for it, while digesting the new book and BDC.

Command
Golden Host (575 points)

Dante
5man sanguinary guard + chapter banner + 2x axe encarmine

5man sanguinary guard + 2x axe encarmine

Leaders of the Angelic Host (60 points)

Sanguinary priest

Core
Battle Demi-company (1085 points)

Chaplain + melta bombs
5man assault squad + 2x meltagun + 2x inferno pistol
Drop pod

5man tactical squad + heavy flamer

5man tactical squad + heavy flamer

10man tactical squad + multi-melta + meltagun + combi-melta
Rhino

Furioso dreadnought + frag cannon (+heavy flamer)
Drop pod

Dreadnought
Drop pod + locator beacon

5man devastator squad + 4x lascannon

Fire Support Force
5man devastator squad + 4x plasma cannon

Planning
Sanguinary priest goes with plasma cannon devastators for fnp save, points sink yes. Chaplain is kinda waste with ASM, but hard to figure out it's use any better. I don't own command squad, so have to take chaplain anyway. This formation doesn't give me any air support, but it has two devastator squad and one melta pod squad. Is this really worth the red thirst for Golden Host, I'm having doubts already, but hard to figure out easier way. Golden host's special rules are fearsome, but this fearsome? I could always skip the priest for ditching plasma cannons for missile launchers with flakk missiles for anti-air and add two more locator beacon's for precision MC/warlord disposal with the Golden Host.

Thoughts, this would do any better than the Lost brotherhood above?

Don't ever use plasma cannons. Please. They are so bad.

Hmm,
continuing the digesting. This 3rd and last list is my effort to use the archangel's demi-company which has T1 reserve rolls. This all could be done with my current models. What do you think of these three lists, which is the most competetive choice?

Angel's blade strike force - 1850 points

COMMAND
Leaders of the angelic host

Sanguinary priest + jump pack + Valour's edge

Stormraven gunship

CORE
Archangels demi-company

Terminator captain

5man terminator squad + heavy flamer

5man assault terminator squad + thunder hammer & storm shield

5man assault terminator squad + thunder hammer & storm shield

5man vanguard veteran squad + jump packs + power sword

5man sternguard veteran squad + heavy flamer + meltagun + 3x combi-melta
drop pod

Furioso dreadnought + frag cannon
drop pod

Furioso dreadnought + frag cannon
drop pod

AUXILIARY
Fire support force

5man devastator squad + 4x lascannon

Better. But I don't have the new book yet, so I really can't comment yet.