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Hey all, new member here and I would like some thoughts
on a blood angels list I put together. Keep in mind though that this list
Is just for fun as I mainly only play against friends who run CSM, deamons,
And space wolves. Thanks!

Mephiston, Lord of Death 490
• Land Raider Redeemer

3 Sanguinary Priests 285
• Brother Corbulo
• Sanguinary Priest: bolt pistol; power sword; jump pack.
• Sanguinary Priest: bolt pistol; power sword; jump pack.

10 Assault Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (power fist); 2× meltagun; jump packs. 235
10 Assault Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (power fist); 2× meltagun; jump packs. 235
9 Tactical Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (storm bolter; chainsword); meltagun. 212
• Rhino
10 Tactical Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (combi-melta; chainsword); meltagun; multi-melta. 235
• Rhino
5 Scouts: Scout Sergeant (melta bombs); 5× combat blade; camo cloaks. 108

Stormraven Gunship: twin-linked multi-melta; twin-linked lascannon. 200

2,000 points

Don't know much about Blood Angels, but Mephiston is scary. Why not put him in the Stormraven for faster delivery to the enemy lines?


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Also, seems there's another post that's been started concerning runnin a 6th Ed. viable Blood Angels army, seems pretty helpful.

So... a 240p Transport for a single model? I tried to put it gently, but there is no other way to say this.

That is simply stupid.

Mephiston is a great character but for crying out loud, 490 points in there. Against common believe, neither of them are invincible and once the LR is gone, so is Mephiston. (If I recall correctly, he doesn't even have Inv). Consider giving him some meatshields. Maybe one of those Assault squads (35p discount on LRR, wtf) or even Terminators if you can afford it.

Other than that, this list seems solid and it might do fine. Just remember that Tacticals can only take special weapons if the squad has 10 members.

Mephiston can't join units soomemafia

muchty66 wrote:
Mephiston can't join units soomemafia

and yet he claims to play blood angels.. a conundrum if I ever saw one...

I too would stick meph in the storm raven with a furioso, gives him an assault partner and a overwatch shield. id either drop the LR or put something useful inside it, I havnt played BA in a little but dont you save extra points if you take assault squad remove jump packs and take a transport? Also the multi melta in the tac squad is not good, if anything take a ML or las and combat squad it, but dont bother slugging that thing around with you and only snap shotting.

scouts are not good, corbulo is probably not necessary.

You can still meatshield by putting those units in front, it's just not as effective.

Run Mephiston by himself, putting him in a Storm Raven is asking for something to kill it before putting him down(or slowing which removes some shots from the Storm Raven, which is silly). Also, there's nothing in the rules saying he can take a dedicated transport, unless I missed something about uniques being able to regardless of rules entry.

mephiston only takes a single wound if the storm raven crashes, not a big loss, still gets him close to where hes going.

Solid advice. Thanks everyone I realized that land raider was a pretty big waste and I tweaked the list and think I'm pretty satisfied with it. And In regards to corbulo, hes probably not the BEST but i like the character feel in the army so im going to keep him anyway. Here's the updated list

Mephiston, Lord of Death 250

3 Sanguinary Priests 285
• Brother Corbulo
• Sanguinary Priest: bolt pistol; power sword; jump pack.
• Sanguinary Priest: bolt pistol; power sword; jump pack.
Furioso Dreadnought: pair of blood talons; magna-grapple. 140

10 Tactical Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (combi-melta; chainsword); meltagun; missile launcher. 235
• Rhino
10 Tactical Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (combi-melta); meltagun; missile launcher. 235
• Rhino
10 Assault Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (power fist); 2× meltagun; jump packs. 235
10 Assault Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (power fist); 2× meltagun; jump packs. 235
10 Tactical Marines: Space Marine Sergeant (combi-melta); meltagun; missile launcher. 185

Stormraven Gunship: twin-linked multi-melta; twin-linked lascannon. 200

2,000 points

Well, the new SM codex is at the gates. Ravenguard could become a worthwhile alternative to BA. RG squads get stealth and Vanguard has mobility.

^ I've already made that decision to switch to Raven Guard my 2nd choice chapter. to your updated list i've found it to be a waste to run that many priests from personal experience keep 1 jp and corbulo use the 75 else where maybe get your dred a drop pod or throw some hurricanes on that raven they can come in handy.

 Son_of_Mephiston wrote:
^ I've already made that decision to switch to Raven Guard my 2nd choice chapter. to your updated list i've found it to be a waste to run that many priests from personal experience keep 1 jp and corbulo use the 75 else where maybe get your dred a drop pod or throw some hurricanes on that raven they can come in handy.

I will be making that switch as well, though I will miss my priests.

Well, switching to RG seems to be a good decision with all the rumors out there.

I like the idea that Raven guard will all have stealth but assault marines won't be a scoring unit still, and blood angels are my favorite loyalist marine chapter so ill roll with them no matter what.
I will say though that I've seen the sneak peeks at some of the new models, and there's some nasty looking stuff. has anyone heard the rumors about the white scars new chapter traits!? They sound absolutely nasty!