So I've been collecting Blood Angels for a while now, and whilst I love writing lists...I've mainly been running armies of BA with SOB allies, or just running BA lists with SoB things as proxy units to test the water, and I generally run lists with Vindis (SoB exorcists as proxy) and rhinos/razorbacks (again my SoB rhinos and Immolators as proxy). I even ran a DC with repentia models and my canoness as a chappy...anyway
I realised the other day that I have actually got more or less 1500 points of ‘Proper’ BA, and I wanted to share my 'proper unit' list with you, and see if we could tweak it and offer any advice on how to run it. Its quite HQ heavy (I decided to buy Tycho as I love his fluff (Havn’t ever used him in a battle yet though), and I got a termie libby when the finecast model was released)…anyway I’ll get to the list.
HQ
Librarian Termie w/ Stormshield
Tycho
Honour Guard
5 x Meltas
Elies
Priest Jump-pack
Priest Jump-pack
Troops
Assault Squad - 10 SM
Sarge with Power Fist
Melta + Flamer
Assault Squad - 10 SM
Sarge with Power Fist
Melta
Tactical Squad - 10 Man
Sergeant W/ Combi Flamer
Flamer + Missle
Rhino
Tactical Squad - 10 Man
Flamer + Bolter
1500 points on the nose, 49 models on the table.
My initial idea is to D/S the termie libby, and maybe one of the assault squads+ priest. Have the other Assault squad + priest move up with the Tac squad in the Rhino, and have Tycho, Honour Guard and the other tac squad foot slog down one of the flanks.
The list doesn't look particularly threatening, but it does have a lot of marines on the table at 1500 points (right?), and with only 2 units having to foot slog it's fairly mobile…Although I’m not used to having any foot slogging units.
Oh all the models with war gear options have magnets, so I can switch any weapons/war gear around, if anyone has any better suggestions.
It's certainly not a list I would normally run, and I know it's not going to be a particularly formidable force, but I'd like to know if people think it has any merits and how I should look at expanding my force further (2 Vindicators are next on my purchase list, and a Std Jumpack Libby)...
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