"Kirby,
Thank you (and the commenter community!) for evaluating my 2000 pt BA list. I've been playing with numbers and thinking about what everyone wrote, and I'm going to take another crack at it.
I found I just couldn't get away from running a BA list with dreads, though. Maybe I'm just unwilling to admit all the good lists have been written? lol.
2000 - Blood Angels - Giant Stompy Robots 2: Over-hyphenated boogaloo
Librarian - (Lance, Shield)
Furioso Dread - Librarian, (Might, Lance)
- Drop pod - Deathwind
Furioso Dread - Librarian, (Might, Lance)
- Drop pod - Deathwind
Furioso Dread - Librarian, (Might, Lance)
- Drop pod - Storm bolter
Assault Marines - x5, Meltagun, Combi-melta
- Razorback - TL Heavy Flamer, Hunter-killer missile
Assault Marines - x5, Meltagun, Combi-melta
- Razorback - TL Heavy Flamer, Hunter-killer missile
Assault Marines - x5, Meltagun, Combi-melta
- Razorback - TL Heavy Flamer, Hunter-killer missile
Assault Marines - x5, Meltagun, Combi-melta
- Razorback - TL Heavy Flamer, Hunter-killer missile
Landspeeder - x1, Heavy bolter, Missile launcher
Landspeeder - x1, Heavy bolter, Missile launcher
Landspeeder - x1, Heavy bolter, Missile launcher
Dread - TLAC x2
Dread - TLAC x2
Dread - TLAC x2
Sooo.... Instead of only possessing 3x rifleman dreads as my first turn presence from the last list, I have instead 3x riflemen, 10x missiles at 7 different targets, and 2 dread Libbies up front and using Blood Lance with x2 deathwinds to chew on what the dread libbies crack open.
I've got mechanized anti-troop/ objective scoring units with the psy bonus the foot libby provides. They're fast, so there's that.
The dread libbies are fairly slow, but start the game in the thick of it.
Should I be concerned about dropping 210 points mid-late game with the third dread libby? I could lose the third dread libby altogether and put the last drop pod on a rifleman dread to free up some points, but an empty pod seems like such a waste even if only equipped with a storm bolter.
Should I trade one of the razorback flamers in for a heavy bolter? It would give me a unit I could camp in the mid or back field on an objective rather than trying to get up close to use the flamers.
Well, anywho, is it better than the last list? On the right track? What matchups do you think would be problematic/ easy-sauce? Why is pink so awesome?
_Axiomatic_"
This is better as you've got a more cohesive force with the Dreads acting as disruption from T1. I don't think the 3rd Furioso is needed though. The best part about dropping Dread Libbys is blood lance which isn't going to be as effective in later turns unless your opponent makes a mistake. By simply moving a Pod to a Rifledread you can drop the Libby Dread and free up enough points for another RBack squad (not sure why they say combi-melta btw as ASM can't take combis; did you mean infernous pistol?).
This then lets you drop two Dreads on your opponent on T1 and rush 5 RBacks at your opponent whilst providing suppression fire through 3 Typhoons/Rifles. You could also merge the Typhoons into RBacks to make your armored first larger but at the cost of general saturation and suppression fire.
Overall though, a much better list than before.
