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Wondering if I can get some thoughts on this list and how I could tweak it to get the most out of it,

+ Command (590pts) +

"Golden Host" (590pts) [Commander Dante, Chapter Master of the Blood Angels]
··Sanguinary Guard Squad [4x Angelus Boltgun, Encarmine Axe, 3x Encarmine Sword, Inferno Pistol, Power Fist, 5x Sanguinary Guard]
··Sanguinary Guard Squad [4x Angelus Boltgun, Encarmine Axe, 3x Encarmine Sword, Inferno Pistol, Power Fist, 5x Sanguinary Guard]

+ Core (1215pts) +

"Archangels Demi-company" (1215pts)
··Captain (Terminator) [Power Sword, Storm bolter]
··Furioso Dreadnought [Magna-grapple]
····Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
····Power Fists [Frag cannon, Meltagun]
··Furioso Dreadnought [Magna-grapple]
····Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
····Power Fists [Frag cannon, Meltagun]
··Vanguard Veteran Squad [8x Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack, Storm Shield, 4x Vanguard Veteran]
····Veteran Sergeant [2x Inferno Pistol, Melta Bombs]
··Vanguard Veteran Squad [8x Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack, Storm Shield, 4x Vanguard Veteran]
····Veteran Sergeant [2x Inferno Pistol, Melta Bombs]
··Vanguard Veteran Squad [8x Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack, Storm Shield, 4x Vanguard Veteran]
····Veteran Sergeant [2x Inferno Pistol, Melta Bombs]
··Vanguard Veteran Squad [8x Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack, Storm Shield, 4x Vanguard Veteran]
····Veteran Sergeant [2x Inferno Pistol]
··Vanguard Veteran Squad [8x Bolt Pistol, Jump Pack, Storm Shield, 4x Vanguard Veteran]
····Veteran Sergeant [2x Inferno Pistol]

+ Auxiliary (45pts) +

Rapid Assault Force (45pts)
··Attack Bike Squadron [Attack Bike, Heavy Bolter]

Combining Dante with archangels means no scatter vanguard with inferno pistols to hopefully deal with anything. Lots of bolt pistol shots to hopefully make a mess of anything else. Will probably start with nothing on the table cause I'll get turn 1 rerollable reserves, or maybe just the bike and captain hidden somewhere.

Would love to get your thoughts.

Cheers

I would love to see some comments on this list as well. We need to figure out some way to use our jump marines. So you have the hard hitting Dante and crew, the short dreads, and the vets to clean things up. So a pretty balanced list. I would say swap out the attack bike for some scouts to hold your back field objectives, but then you would be taking away some of your vets.

One other thought, and this may be heresy coming from a fellow blood angle player, is a marine Skyhammer Annihilation force. Then your jump marines can assault, and the Devastators can pack a punch. But then what do I do with all these painted red marines??

I'm interested in this idea too.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/702809.page

I'd personally run a couple of squads as 4x melta and 5 man. make the units sacrificial ones.

I'm not sold on the all vanguard demi-company.

If Vanguard Vets are being used with the Archangels Demi with Dante, I would suggest treating them as extreme surgical tools.

5 man max, you want their footprint small because you want to fit them anywhere. If something is about 3 in away from their board edge, you can get back there.

Some running anti infantry with hand flamers (only on 4 of them though)

Others running inferno pistols. At min, take 3 units so you can surround something such as a knight and have a good chance on killing it. It also depends if you are taking 2 per model or not.

You probably want to drop in cover if you can, perhaps equip some with SS to have some more defense.