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So I am trying to figure out what to do with my Blood Angels minis. Here is an Angel's Blade list I wrote up.

Angel's Blade Strike Force

Core:
Blood Angel's Battle Demi-Company:
Captain (Artificer Armor, Plasma Pistol, Valour's Edge, Jump Pack) - 160 pts
Command Squad (Company Champion, Sanguinary Novitiate, 3x Meltaguns, Jump Packs) - 155 pts
Tactical Squad (Combi-Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino) - 135 pts
Tactical Squad (Combi-Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino) - 135 pts
Tactical Squad (Combi-Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino) - 135 pts
Assault Squad (2x Meltaguns, Jump Packs) - 105 pts
Devastator Squad (2x Grav-Cannons with grav-amp, Rhino) - 185 pts
Dreadnought (Power Fist, Multi-Melta) - 100 pts

Archangels Orbital Intervention Force
Terminator Assault Squad (3x TH/SS, 2x LC) - 215 pts
Terminator Assault Squad (3x TH/SS, 2x LC) - 215 pts
Terminator Squad (Assault Cannon) - 220 pts

Leaders of the Angelic Host
Sanguinary Priest (Add'l Weapon, Bolt Pistol, Chainsword, The Angels's Wing) - 86 pts

Total - 1846/1850 pts

The Sanguinary Priest goes with the Assault Squad, the Captain goes with the Command Squad.

Any thoughts?

Let me know how it goes. I'm not a huge fan of AOIF, but we'll see. Maybe some teleport homers and locator beacon instead of priest.

Martel732 wrote:
Let me know how it goes. I'm not a huge fan of AOIF, but we'll see. Maybe some teleport homers and locator beacon instead of priest.

It's really stupid how much of a points sink the BDC is. Being forced to take a Command Squad or Furioso and a regular Dreadnought really limits your choices. Honestly, I don't even think it is worth trying to run.

I don't know. I like the BDC better than the AOIF. But then, I REALLY hate terminators.

Issues I have with it:

-there's a plasma pistol in the list.
-the dread is walking.
-no scatter reduction for the terminators. I used a moderately heavy pod list the other day and put a beacon on every pod. The OIF terminators used them very well.
-not really a fan of the combi-flamers mixed in with the heavy flamer, especially in a rhino (as opposed to a pod.)
-The priest is going into a 5 man squad. He likes more bodies to doctor up.

 niv-mizzet wrote:
Issues I have with it:

-there's a plasma pistol in the list.
-the dread is walking.
-no scatter reduction for the terminators. I used a moderately heavy pod list the other day and put a beacon on every pod. The OIF terminators used them very well.
-not really a fan of the combi-flamers mixed in with the heavy flamer, especially in a rhino (as opposed to a pod.)
-The priest is going into a 5 man squad. He likes more bodies to doctor up.

The PP is because that is how I modeled my Captain. I don't have pods for my BA, they are my Rhino Rush army. I suppose I could give the Sergeants Teleport Homers and push the Rhinos up as far as they can go before the Terminators come in.