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| Dakka |
" Hi Kirby,
I've been following your blog for a while now, and thoroughly enjoy and appreciate the content. Lucky days for me, too, that you've decided to write all these fancy blood angels articles/respond to blood angels emails just as I'm considering starting a BA army. If you have some time, could you take a look at this list I've made?
Mephiston - 250
Honor Guard w/ 2 meltagun [rhino] - 185
Sanguinary Priest - 50
Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Attack Bike Squad w/ 2 multi-melta - 100
Attack Bike Squad w/ 2 multi-melta - 100
Land Speeder w/ multi-melta, heavy flamer - 70
Predator w/ autocannon, 2 lascannon - 135
Predator w/ autocannon, 2 lascannon - 135
Total: 1750
I've added the naked Sang Priest, because I figured the honor guard will be one of the first things to be de-meched, and I need the FnP bubble for the advancing bikes and marines. Getting a second Honor Guard for the same purpose is too expensive given I'd have to get another HQ choice on top of the 250 im already paying for Meph. I like autolas preds more than rifle dreads, because while the latter offer fire suppression, they don't have enough of a threat for the enemy to seriously consider targeting them over my advancing flamerbacks + meph. I think that this list may have a bit of trouble with only 1 sang priest (outside of the honor guard) but I don't know how to remedy that problem easily.
I'm looking to expand this to 2k, and was considering a few options:
1. Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Corbulo - 105
Gives me another scoring unit and a sang priest. Corb's cool for his re-roll too, but I don't know if having 2 special characters is overkill.
2. Assault Squad w/ meltagun, infernus pistol [razorback w/ twin-linked heavy flamer] - 145
Librarian w/ fear of darkness, shield of sanguinus - 100
Again, another scoring unit, but this time with a librarian to provide the mech wall with cover and the utility to send bubble wraps running.
3. Furioso Dread w/ drop pod - 160
Scouts w/ sniper rifles, camo cloaks - 90
Scouts are for holding backfield objectives and going to ground in cover for a 2+ cover save, while the furioso drop pods on turn 1 and gives the enemy more of a target priority headache.
Thanks for any help, in advance!
Sincerely,
Paul Horland"
Paul, I like the initial list with the only change being - drop the Speeder. One Speeder isn't reliable enough to reserve without DoA and will get shot down early if on the table. Rather I'd see that become a small DoA squad to fulfill the same role of Deep-striking annoyance or another Priest. I probably wouldn't have the Honor Guard as they are clear first target. Either go with multiple Sternguard units in Rhinos (kinda expensive) or turn that into another Flamerback ASM squad (no DoA squad then though but that 2nd priest would be better).
For 2000 Corbulo is a great option as is grabbing some Sternguards with melta in Rhinos, especially since I'd recommend not having the HG. You'd probably have to stick with 5x ASM in RBacks then though rather than the full 6. Otherwise use those points to grab 2x Typhoons which add more ranged punch to the army or a 3rd ACLC Pred and another Attack Bike squadron.
I'd only take the backfield Scout unit if you had Rifledreads as you could have a backfield firebase. As it is they would be too easy to deal with for some opponents and you have 5-6 fast moving ASM units which can grab objectives as needed.
A lot of options really but the main thing I would do is change the Honor Guard to something else. Whether you grab 2x Sternguard squads in Rhinos or another ASM squad in Razorback then add support elsewhere (i.e. Corb, Typhoons, AB, ACLC Pred) the HG just sticks out too much to only have one.
