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So my first army choice in 40k was Orks because they seemed interesting.  I went and happily spent $200 in models and then proceeded to realize.  Orks are fun but their codex is terribly dated and just not good.  I moved my Orks to KoS cause I feel they are more competitive, and reward me for trying to end the game faster when I see a list I can't beat.  I can rush all my trucks into your lines and might have fun seeing a couple units crumble and then I get whiped.  With my KoS sitting around 1500 now (with one very sad only removed the plastic around the box Basilisk).  I decided that finishing them off is pointless.  I play games to have fun, but to autolose games before I even deploy my minis is not why I spent hundreds of dollars.

I still have some old tactical marine squads and a Razorback from way back when I was a little kid who wanted to play 40k.  I figured I would use them in something.  I decided that the DA with combat squads was interesting enough and it fit the models I had.  I like a list with options and the color scheme/models so I went with DA.  I was really selling my self in that I could design a Shooty Army that could Assault other shooty Armies if need be with the pistols and a Combat Squad in Transport or even counter assault decently with a round of shooting going in.

So with DA book in hand outside of store and just finding this out, I'm again defeated by GW.

Still with some Models and the Codex I'm not going to give up completly.  I'm just looking for something thats good enough to give me chance when I go into a game.  It doesn't need to be tier 1.  I just need to know that theres a point to me playing the game.

1850 Dark Angels

HQ

Sammuel (LandSpeeder) - 205

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Elites

None

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Troops

10 man Tact w/ HB + Razorback w/las - 255

10 man Tact w/ HB + Razorback w/las - 255

10 man Tact w/ HB + Razorback w/las - 255

Ravenwing Attack Squad Full w/Apothecary - 385 (Sammuel Enabled)

{ 6 Bikers, 1 Apothecary (Sammuel Enabled), 1 Attack Bike, 1 Landspeeder Tornado}

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Fast Attack

Ravenwing Support w/Assault Cannon (Tornado) - 100

Ravenwing Support w/Assault Cannon (Tornado) - 100

Ravenwing Support w/Assault Cannon (Tornado) - 100

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Heavy Support

Predator (Destructor) w/ Autocannon, HB - 95

Predator (Destructor) w/ Autocannon, HB - 95

 

The attack bike can probably be cut to find room for something else. (probably extra armor for RBs or 2 powerfists)  I'm just going to have the model from the DA Ravenwing Box if I buy the rest of my army and I can't resist fielding it.

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The list isn't to bad.

Ravenwing is fragile and you can't expect it to do too well with so few models in the list.

First I would change your tactical squads, essentially there is no reason to field a Lascannon Predator, ever. Better to put the Lascannon in your tactical squads and keep the Razorback cheep with just the HB. The best load out I have seen is:

10-man Tactical with Lascannon, Meltagun, Powerfist in HB Razorback.

That way you have a small counter assault sqaud (meltagun and powerfist) and a stand a shoot squad (Lascannon) where which you can use the Razorback as mobile terrain/ fire support.

Cheep Predators are goo, but I would at least give them extra Armor, so they can move out of the way if they are shaken.

The best assault unit you have in the list is Deathwing.

Sammeal isn't neccessary unless you plan on taking the majority of Ravenwing as troops. I would go towards a more shooty force and back up your list with Ezekial or even a Jump-pack Chaplian with an Assault Squad.

I would go more shooty and field a Devestator sqaud with 4 Missle Launchers.

Thinkgs to consider. You may not be super competitive with the list now, but it will be more rewarding as the powerlevels of other lists come down.