Nurglitch wrote:You don't have to go with pure Deathwing or pure Ravenwing, or even a mix. A regular Dark Angels Company can do very well, particularly if you bring an Interrogator Chaplain, and a Sacred Standard in a Command Squad. Both of these units are Fearless, and can confer Fearless to other units, Chaplains by accompanying them, and Command Squads via being within 12" of the Sacred Standard.

Add a Company Captain for his Rites of Battle if you can to move out of the Fearless bubble or if you want to maximize the use of your combat squads, or Ezekiel for close-in psychic crunching, nigh unlimited psychic defense, and you have a very dependable force with plenty of shooting power.

Remember, with Dark Angels you can take a short squad of five Tactical Marines without losing the option of a Plasma Gun/Melta Gun/Flamethower. This can be very handy for filling up those spare points.

And, while I shouldn't be recommending this, the Smoke Launchers on Dark Angel vehicles follow the 4th edition rules, meaning that a Dark Angel Vehicle in cover can pop smoke so that any hits that do get through count as glancing!