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Anyone have any what they feel competitive Blood Angels 8th edition list? My son wants to start a BA company and I am trying to help figure out what he should purchase.

I am looking now at having a dreadnaught (of some type), a Death Company unit of 10 (or 2 units of 5) with jump packs, a Storm Raven (to carry the dreadnaught), and a Baal Preadator. I am not sure if these are considered good. I was looking at making the death company jump packs all have power swords and plasma pistols. I am not sure if that is a good option however.

So I worked on this list for my son. Feedback is welcome this list gives a total of 7 command points-

HQs:
-Lemartes: 129 (reroll DC charges & hit rolls for DC bonus)
-Sanguinary priest w/ jump pack: 86 (heal & +1 Str bonus)
-The Sanguinor: 170 (+1 attack bonus)

TROOPS:
-5x Scout Squad w/ sniper rifles 75
-5x Scout Squad w/ sniper rifles 75
-5x Marines w/las cannon 100

ELITE:
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (no jump packs): 202
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (w/ jump packs): 232
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (w/ jump packs): 232
-Death Company Dreadnought: w/ manga grapple, 2 fists, 2 Heavy flamers: 217

FLYER:
-Storm Raven Gunship: 2x Hurricane bolters (8) twin las-cannons (50)x typhoon strike missiles (50)x storm strike missiles: (322 total)

HEAVY SUPPORT:
-Baal Predator: 162 w/ cannon and HBs

This comes to 2002 points which will likely need some fine tuning to get it perfect. My worries are it does not have enough high AT to deal with tanks other than the Stormraven. The Death Company with that many power swords will wreck infantry units if they charge especially around those characters and black rage which give each model 4 Str 5 attacks with rerolls to hit.

Looks very good indeed. I think you have correctly identified that the key to Blood Angels is to combine several powerful characters with Aura-based abilities and some punchy CC units (like the Death company).

I am a big fan of the Storm Raven, especially now that stuff on board can disembark while it is still flying supersonic.

I agree that some more high Strength weapons might be a good idea. Given how well you will be mincing infantry, maybe a regular Predator (either flavour) with lascannon sponsons would be a better fit. I would also be tempted to mix up the weapons on your DC a bit. A few power fists and inferno pistols would help when facing large models.

Having said that, your DC will be striking at S5 as long as the Priest lives which means they will be wounding even a Land Raider on a 5+ and getting that -3 AP into the bargain.

I should have put that the death Company with no jet packs and dread are in the storm raven. The hard part on adding AT one diffrent weapons is what do I cut out of this list.

I have an updated list for review. I think this one is the best one of the two. It has some decent long range AT and excels at close combat with so many power swords.

HQs:
-Lemartes: 129 (reroll DC charges & hit rolls for DC bonus)
-Sanguinary priest w/ jump pack & power sword: 90 (heal & +1 Str bonus)
-The Sanguinor: 170 (+1 attack bonus)

TROOPS:
-5x Scout Squad w/ sniper rifles 75
-5x Scout Squad w/ sniper rifles 75
-5x Marines 75 (maybe more snipers)

ELITE:
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (no jump packs): 202
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (w/ jump packs): 232
-10x Death Company w/8 power swords (w/ jump packs): 232
-Librarian Dreadnought: w/ stormbolter: 192

FLYER:
-Storm Raven Gunship: 2x Hurricane bolters (8) twin las-cannons (50)x Twin heavy bolters (17) x storm strike missiles (42): (289 total)

TRANSPORTS:
-Razorback w/ twin las cannons
-Razorback w/ twin las cannons

TOTAL
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1991 points

Looks like a force to be reckoned with; those DC look fearsome when buffed by Lemartes.

Vanguard Detachment

Storm Raven 172
- Twin AC 35
- Twin HB 17
- 2x Stormstrike ML 42
Storm Raven 172
- Twin AC 35
- Twin HB 17
- 2x Stormstrike ML 42
SanguiniusPriest JumpPack 86
- PowerSword 4
Death Company Dread 128
- 2x Heavy Flamer 2x furioso Fist Magna Grapple 89
Death Company Dread 128
- 2x Heavy Flamer 2x furioso Fist Magna Grapple 89
Company Veterans 32
- PowerSword 4
Vanguard Veterans 160
1xPowerSword, 1x Stormshield 9
Vanguard Veterans 160
1xPowerSword, 1x Stormshield 9

Vanguard Detachment

Lemartes 129
Death Company JumpPacks 200
- PowerAxe 5
Death Company JumpPacks 200
Company Veterans 32
- PowerSword 4



5 CP
6 deployable Units only

Put company Veterans and Vanguards with the dreads in the stormravens and deploy them, put lemartes sanguinairy priest and death company in orbit and get them ready to
first turn charge to break defensive shields and/or charge important ranged units, second turn dreadnoughts Vanguards and Company Vets charge, still has loads of firesupport from stormravens, very likely to get first turn due to 6 units only.