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Hello Everyone, been out of the game since 5th ed so it feels like I'm trying to learn a totally new game now. Wanted to put together a somewhat competitive list, as a roadmap of what id like my army to eventually be. While looking through the units i have a hard time focusing on a overall army concept with all the new units that are available now compared to my old DA codex. Any suggestion or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

*edit* I realized that now that i have to pay for basic wargear. Thank you tedurur for pointing that out. List has been updated with that in mind, as well as some of the advice already given.


Dark Angels 2000 Points List
8th Edition
(+5CP, 107 Power Level, 1998 Points)


= Battalion Detachment =
[+4CP (Imperium, Dark Angels) 44 Power Level, 753 Points]

HQ
1- Azrael[9 PL] +180pts

2- Librarian[7 PL] +98pts
• Mind Worm, Mind Wipe, Force Axe
Troops:
1- Scout Squad [4 PL] +65pts
• Heavy bolter
2- Scout Squad [4 PL] +65pts
• Heavy bolter
3- Scout Squad [4 PL] +65pts
• Heavy bolter

Heavy Support:
1- Primaris Hellblaster Squad [16 PL] +280pts
• Additional 5 Primaris Marines, Plasma Pistol, 9 assault plasma incenerators


= Vanguard Detachment =
[+1CP (Imperium, Dark Angels) 32 Power Level, 630 Points]
HQ:
1- Interrogator-Chaplain in Terminator Armour [6 PL] +127pts

Elites:
1- Deathwing Knights [12 PL] +255pts
• Watcher in the dark
2- Venerable Dreadnought [8 PL] +137pts
• Missile Launcher
3- Aggressor Squad [6 PL] +111pts
= Air Wing Detachment =
[+1CP (Imperium, Dark Angels) 31 Power Level, 615 Points]

Flier:
1- Ravenwing Dark Talon [8PL] +160pts

2- Ravenwing Dark Talon [8PL] +160pts

3- Stormraven Gunship [15PL] =DWK/Chaplain/Venerable Dreadnought= +295pts

just some quick stuff,

- Camo cloaks on scouts are not worth it
- personally i do not think Intercessors are that good and you have nothing to move them
- make all your troops scouts to free up points, tacticals die realy fast.
- Land speeder Storm has no use as you can already drop your scouts 9" from the deployment zone
- make your hellblaster squad bigger and add Azrael
- Dark Talons are 160 points
- Why put troops with jump packs in the Storm Raven. Maybe remove them and add some deathwing

or you can use that Stormraven to drop in a FW Chaplain Dread. Try it out..its killy and fun.

Its hard to give feedback seeing how the points are way wrong. You are not paying for weapons on most of your units.

it looks way better now.

Personally i would use the dreadnought to screen the hellblasters. Why would you put it in the storm raven and why use it at all, the storm raven that is?

Well i was planning to use it so i could fly it out to support the dw knights.
But if thats not a wise use of points i could drop the stormraven and do maybe either:



or



would either of those options work?

You are playing dark angels. Use the bikes with the plasma weapons, the stratagem that almost guarantees a first turn charge, and the champion and ancient on bike with banner to deny enemies hitting first. You have access to so many special rules and units, use them.

OK,sogoing with the ravenwing route, but also removing the last dark talon, and one of the attack bikes, dropping the heavy bolters from the scout squads and the extra scout.

i can have talon master 188pts

Ravenwing Bike Squad(3bikes) 2plasma guns, plasma pistol 114pts
Ravenwing Bike Squad(3bikes) 2plasma guns, plasma pistol 114pts
Ravenwing Attack Bike Squad(1bike) 47pts



Ravenwing Champion 106pts

or

Ravenwing Ancient 112pts

cant free enough space for both

I would go with the banner. It has prevented me (I was going against against them) from hitting with my characters in melee first, and thus allowed my opponent to kill them EVERY TIME.

Ok, so going with the Ancient my list should look something like this:


After recalculating the points though i realized i had 32 left over, so if you see anything that i should beef up please let me know

that is one extra ravenwing bike and fit them out with chainswords