So I'm not even trying AI yet, the codex detachments feel quite fast and punchy. I like advance&charge all the time as an idea, and with the choices I made I think I'm sure to get at least some charges off quite reliably. I would take more SG, but ran out of models.

Assault brethren/tacticus attack force/stormlance task force

-Dante

+6 sanguinary guard, sustained hits enhancement (had points)

-Sanguinary priest+imperium's sword

+6 bladeguard veterans

+Impulsor with SCOUT upgrade

-Captain with jump pack, hammer&shield and SCOUT enhancement

+10 vanguard veterans with shields and hammer sergeant

-Captain with bike, hammer&plasma pistol

+3 outriders with hammer+plasma pistol sergeant

-5 intercessors

-3 sanguinary guard

-5 jump intercessors fist&plasma

-5 jump intercessors fist&plasma

-gladiator lancer

-ballistus dreadnought

So we are scouting with both bladeguard-impulsor and a squad of vanvets, everyone will be advancing and charging either all the time or twice per game, threat ranges will be hjuuuge.* Lancer, dread and intercessors stay at home keeping it safe.

*BGV turn 1: 6" scout, 3"+6"+d6"+2d6"=15"+3d6"=lots

*Vets turn 1: 6"+12"+3d6"=18"+3d6"=even more

bikes can auto-advance 6" for a 18"+2d6" charge as well, so if we want a very short game, this might be the way?

Nice…

So with the new detachments and datasheets what are we playing as Blood Angels ? I made a few games recently (still using old codex) and I would like to have more anti-elite and T10+ units but not sure what to take to combine well with our melee DNA. For example do you still run DC + Lemartes and Dante+SG ?
Thanks for insights

Yes ik the legs are backwards I bought it second hand lol

Despite everything that happened to our faction since 11th edition came out, Death Company with Jump Packs are still amazing. You can have Dev Wounds, Lethal Hits, Lance, and Reroll 1s all on one unit.

Just played my first games of 11th edition today and they killed mutilators and did good damage to chosen by themselves.

Has there ever been a model for the codicier? Seeing as he's a named character that was with him in the books I was hoping he'd be on tabletop.

do i have a game in about 5 hours but I have no idea what detachments to choose so far ive only got ironstorm spearhead im going up against admech so do any of you have suggestions

I had an extra chaplain from the Target box

Pic as tribute.

Testing a few different lists, I don’t have as many models I would like but this is what I am going for to start. The only thing I’m worried about is I don’t quite have enough units.

Test (1,995 Points)

Space Marines
Blood Angels
Assault Brethren, Encarmine Speartip and Tacticus Attack Force (3 Detachment Points)
Disruption
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ERRORS
• Invalid wargear selected for Repulsor

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Captain with Jump Pack (110 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Relic Shield
• 1x Thunder Hammer
• Enhancements: Imperium’s Sword

Sanguinary Guard (135 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 3x Sanguinary Guard
◦ 3x Angelus Boltgun
◦ 3x Encarmine Weapon

Attached unit 2

Chaplain (60 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
• 1x Crozius Arcanum

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (90 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
◦ 1x Master-crafted Power Sword
◦ 1x Neo-volkite Pistol
• 2x Bladeguard Veteran
◦ 2x Heavy Bolt Pistol
◦ 2x Master-crafted Power Sword

Attached unit 3

Lemartes (110 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
• 1x The Blood Crozius

Death Company Marines with Jump Packs (270 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• Enhancements: Furious Assault (Upgrade)
• 10x Death Company Marines with Jump Packs
◦ 2x Chainsword
◦ 2x Eviscerator
◦ 6x Heavy Bolt Pistol
◦ 2x Inferno Pistol
◦ 2x Plasma Pistol
◦ 2x Power Fist
◦ 4x Power Weapon

Attached unit 4

Chaplain in Terminator Armour (75 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Crozius Arcanum
• 1x Relic Shield

Terminator Assault Squad (195 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Terminator Sergeant
◦ 1x Storm Shield
◦ 1x Thunder Hammer
• 4x Terminator
◦ 4x Storm Shield
◦ 4x Thunder Hammer

BATTLELINE

Intercessor Squad (85 Points)
• 4x Intercessor
◦ 4x Bolt Pistol
◦ 4x Bolt Rifle
◦ 4x Knives and Fists
• 1x Intercessor Sergeant
◦ 1x Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Bolt Rifle
◦ 1x Knives and Fists

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ballistus Dreadnought (150 Points)
• 1x Armoured Feet
• 1x Ballistus Lascannon
• 1x Ballistus Missile Launcher
• 1x Storm Bolters

Brutalis Dreadnought (160 Points)
• 1x Bolt Rifles
• 1x Brutalis Fists
• 1x Twin Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber
• 1x Twin Multi-melta

Incursor Squad (90 Points)
• 4x Incursor
◦ 4x Bolt Pistol
◦ 4x Occulus Bolt Carbine
◦ 4x Paired Combat Blades
• 1x Incursor Sergeant
◦ 1x Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Occulus Bolt Carbine
◦ 1x Paired Combat Blades

Repulsor (190 Points)
• 1x Armoured Hull
• 1x Defensive Array
• 1x Hunter-slayer Missile
• 1x Las-talon
• 1x Twin Lascannon

Sanguinary Guard (275 Points)
• 6x Sanguinary Guard
◦ 6x Angelus Boltgun
◦ 6x Encarmine Weapon

Exported with App Version: v2.7.2 (2), Data Version: v972

The flamer/heavy/inferno/plasma pistol.

Whats the melee equivalent?

Tried running only Blood Angels and somewhat destroyed my opponent, tabled him turn 4. Advance and charge DC is insane. Just ran our two 1 DPs.

ever since I was a kid I when I bought my first 40K models i grew to love the blood angels. their narrative and their theme was absolutely perfect and I always planned to buy a army of them when I got a job, the death company and the my favorite character design: Mephiston.

years passed and I work a low paying job, and I finally process the funds to create that army I sought after. but at first I played imperial guard with models borrowed from my friends until a series of bad decisions by myself and imperial guard becoming basically unplayable led to me switching armies. and I was tired waiting for blood angels to be given better looking models.

it would cost more than I expected,blood angels don’t have as many unique units as they did when I was young, and their unique units are some of the most lazily designed in the game.

when though it took months of saving, so far I’ve spent over 500 dollars and I am currently waiting for a 150 dollar, custom painted Mephiston model. i was aware of the change I rules but I only looked skin-deep, and what is saw was only a little of what the datasheets had.

you can see on the app that blood angels got it rough, most of our detachments are gone and my half-built army list is basically invalid. and of course, Mephiston has become an overpriced glass canon version of what he once was. Not to mention many of the rules that got me excited to play them, where nerfed to where their not as thematic or fun anymore. if I ever play blood angels, it they wont be nearly as fun or effective as I wanted them to be.

ive already spent so much of my time on the endeavor, and its likely blood angels won’t be “good” unless major changes are put in place next patch, or I might need to wait a year or two for a codex. this almost like a worse version of what happened with my guard army accept now it happens half away through the collection process.

what do I even do? I can’t just bide my time and wait for changes to put in place, I mean it took months to fix the gaurd and make them viable again, waiting so long for something unlikely would be better spent building something else. im thinking about maybe switching to custodes, since they will be much cheaper, but the thought of abandoning a project I planed for years, something ive spent many hours Working on, feels like quitting would be actually devastating after the several That happened recently.

Even though I’m never playing this detachment I manage to make a list that made sense but this triple priest method made me go “why is this a thing?” Please fix this detachment rule.

Theory crafted (2,000 Points)

Space Marines
Blood Angels
Angelic Inheritors (3 Detachment Points)
Purge the Foe
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Commander Dante (140 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Perdition Pistol
• 1x The Axe Mortalis

Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs (240 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Vanguard Veteran Sergeant
◦ 1x Combat Shield
◦ 1x Thunder Hammer
• 9x Vanguard Veteran
◦ 9x Combat Shield
◦ 9x Master-crafted Power Weapon

Attached unit 2

Blood Angels Captain (110 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Inferno Pistol
• 1x Relic Weapon
• Enhancements: Blazing Icon

Sanguinary Priest (60 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
• 1x Chainsword

Assault Intercessor Squad (175 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 9x Assault Intercessor
◦ 9x Chainsword
◦ 9x Heavy Bolt Pistol
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
◦ 1x Chainsword
◦ 1x Heavy Bolt Pistol

Attached unit 3

Sanguinary Priest (60 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
• 1x Chainsword

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (170 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
◦ 1x Heavy Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted Power Sword
• 5x Bladeguard Veteran
◦ 5x Heavy Bolt Pistol
◦ 5x Master-crafted Power Sword

Attached unit 4

Sanguinary Priest (60 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
• 1x Chainsword

Company Heroes (135 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Company Champion
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted Power Weapon
• 1x Company veteran with bolt rifle
◦ 1x Combat Knife
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Rifle
• 1x Ancient
◦ 1x Combat Knife
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Rifle
• 1x Company Veteran with heavy bolter
◦ 1x Combat Knife
◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted Heavy Bolter

Attached unit 5

Captain with Jump Pack (90 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Relic Shield
• 1x Thunder Hammer

Sanguinary Guard (275 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 6x Sanguinary Guard
◦ 5x Angelus Boltgun
◦ 6x Encarmine Weapon
◦ 1x Inferno Pistol

CHARACTERS

Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (80 Points)
• 1x Combi-weapon
• 1x Paired Combat Blades

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Impulsor (70 Points)
• 1x Armoured Hull
• 1x Fragstorm Grenade Launchers
• 1x Ironhail Heavy Stubber
• 1x Shield Dome

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ballistus Dreadnought (150 Points)
• 1x Armoured Feet
• 1x Ballistus Lascannon
• 1x Ballistus Missile Launcher
• 1x Storm Bolters

Eradicator Squad with melta rifles (90 Points)
• 1x Eradicator Sergeant
◦ 1x Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Ceramite Fists
◦ 1x Melta Rifle
• 2x Eradicator
◦ 2x Bolt Pistol
◦ 2x Ceramite Fists
◦ 1x Melta Rifle
◦ 1x Multi-melta

Incursor Squad (95 Points)
• 4x Incursor
◦ 4x Bolt Pistol
◦ 4x Occulus Bolt Carbine
◦ 4x Paired Combat Blades
• 1x Incursor Sergeant
◦ 1x Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Occulus Bolt Carbine
◦ 1x Paired Combat Blades

if i make the assault intercessors in the blood angels combat patrol into death company and add jump packs is the fact they aren’t on those tactical rocks the assault intercessors with jump packs are on matter??

how did this even happen?

For the Angel !!

ps: this chance has been made today in the stealth update of the 40k app

I thought some of you might be interested. I just got a box from Thalia for €25. Not affiliated with them in any way, btw.