Sunday, May 9, 2010

Of Blood and Blade: My Blood Angels 2k List

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Here is my first Blood Angels (BA) list based on a 2,000 point force. I’m also working on a 1850, 1750, and 1500 point army as well. I’m going troop heavy, but may swap an assault squad for a Baal Pred. based on troop survivability as a whole. I’ve read other players classify the fifth edition (5E) as a finesse army- so I want to give myself a little room for mistakes.



HQ
100 Librarian
15 Infernus Pistol


Elite
100 Chaplain
15 Infernus Pistol
5 Melta Bombs


Elite
200 (5) Terminator Assault Squad
20 (4) Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield
250 (1) Land Raider Crusader transport
10 (1) Multi-Melta (land Raider Crusader)


Elite
150 (3) Sanguinary Priest(s)
35 (1) w/Terminator Armor, chalice and power sword
*Up to three Sanguinary Priests may be taken as one elite choice


Troops
75 (5) Scout Squad
10 (1) Missile Launcher
25 (1) Locator Beacon
15 (5) Camo Cloak(s)


Troops
100 (1) Assault Squad of five marines
15 (1) Infernus Pistol
15 (1) Power weapon- Sgt.
-35 to remove jet packs in favor of a dedicated transport
55 (1) Razorback Transport
35 (1) Twin-linked Assault Cannon


Troops
100 (1) Assault Squad of five marines
15 (1) Infernus Pistol
15 (1) Power weapon- Sgt.
-35 to remove jet packs in favor of a dedicated transport
55 (1) Razorback Transport
35 (1) Twin-linked Assault Cannon


Troops
100 (1) Assault Squad of five marines
15 (1) Power weapon- Sgt.
-35 to remove jet packs in favor of a dedicated transport
55 (1) Razorback Transport
35 (1) Twin-linked Assault Cannon

Troops
100 (1) Assault Squad of five marines
25 (1) Power Fist- Sgt.
-35 to remove jet packs in favor of a dedicated transport
55 (1) Razorback Transport
0 (1) Twin-linked Heavy Flamer


Fast Attack
115 (1) Baal Predator Tank
30 (1) Heavy bolter sponsons


Fast Attack
115 (1) Baal Predator Tank
30 (1) Heavy bolter sponsons



My plan is to attach a Priest to my assault Terminators, wrap them up in a big ball of Land Raider Crusader and then use my scout squad to deep strike them in safely into the enemy’s flanks. I’ll attach additional Priests and a Chaplain to my assault troops and pile each of those four squads into a Razorback for fast attack. Three of my four Razorbacks will equip twin-linked assault cannons- my plan to focus fire devastation as much as possible. The fourth Razorback will field a flamer cannon which I will use to punish a troop heavy enemy unit. I’m only fielding two Baal Preds’ (rather than three), and I’d prefer the third. I’m sure after a few games I’ll find the tempo for this army and substitute an assault squad for a Baal Pred.

7 comments:

  1. Nice list, some points/questions:
    My Experience with the Baals has been that the heavy bolter sponson's don't do a whole lot as I tend to want them to move twelve. The points saved could give your squads melta gun's/ flamers I highly recomend and more powerfists.
    What powers do you use on the Librarian, if hes got a shooting attack like blood lance you could save another 15 pts on his pistol?
    I like the scouts to get in the land raider. Too often I find the termies/LR don't make their points back without some way of getting them right in the thick of it.

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  2. Cool, thanks Crosser! I'll adapt the list using your suggestions. Hey, when you have time, take a look at my buddy's Kriegs list- we'd like some feedback.

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  3. My pleasure :) I don't seem to be able to comment on your latest list, but it looks grand, I love Predators!
    Sadly I don't own the death korps list so i can't really help with that one other than to say the Macharius "Vulcan" seems way overpriced for what it does, although the model is so good I want one and would play it all the time too!

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  4. Crosser, you can't comment on the 1750 list due to the website and/or Disqus?

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  5. Crosser, do you mean that the webpage and/or Disqus won't allow you to comment on my most recent list?

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  6. Simply under this post there's a box to type a post in, or i can click reply on any post and one appears, on you latest few theres no box! Hope this helps!
    Crosser

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  7. Crosser, thanks for your help. I had to manually install the DISQUS HTML code which I believe has fixed the issue. When you have time, check the other posts and let me know if you can comment.
    Thanks!

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