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With a new year I am starting a new army. I am looking to go back to the Dark Angles, an army I stated collecting many years ago while I was at uni. I got myself the Christmas released Tac squad with Rhino (& Upgrade) plus a copy of the Codex. I'm wanting to build a mechanized Fast army list capping out at 1500pts. My initial draft list is as follows and I would appreciate any comments, recommendations or plain - "What do you think you are doing man", comments.

HQ - Company Master = Relic Blade
Troops - 10 Man Tac Squad, Missile, Melta, Combi Melta & Power sword. + Rhino.
Troops - 10 Man Tac Squad, Missile, Melta, Combi Melta & Power sword. + Rhino.
Elites - 5 Man Company Veterans, with 3 x Power sword + Rhino.
Elites - 5 Man Deathwing Knights + Landraider Crusader
Fast - 5 Man Assault Squad with jump packs and 1 x power sword
Fast - 5 Man Assault Squad with jump packs and 1 x power sword

Thanks in advance.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9132049.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9132049.page GMT
First question - Where is the company master going?
- The knights have room in their ride, but do they need more smash? The LR is already making this an expensive unit, so it's a bit "all eggs in one basket". An alternative if he's going here is swapping him for a chaplain to hand out hatred to the knights instead.
- The company vets would be the next choice, but not being able to assault out of the rhino hampers them a bit. If he's going here then I'd suggest adding some storm shields to the unit so they can survive AP2 shooting in the turn they get out.
- He could buddy-up with the assault marines if you found the points for a jump pack.

For the tactical squads, the missile launchers suggest that you're planning to combat squad them and leave half behind. I don't necessarily disagree, but I struggle to hold objectives with only 5 marines.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9132461.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9132461.page GMT
I agree that putting him with the Knights is a very risky "all or nothing" unit. So I will avoid that.

The tac squads have the option to combat squad up. Again I agree that holding objectives with 5 man squads is a little hard, but I feel it's the only option for marines due to points cost.

Cheers for the comments.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9133954.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/714034/9133954.page GMT