Blood Angels army list [Blood Angels] Scout Theme, 1000 points

[Jolemai]

Next evolution: basically I wanted a bit more power to the list whilst retaining the theme. Not used at the time of typing...

 

Blood Angels Battalion

 

Captain

~ Master-crafted boltgun, power axe

~ Veritas Vitae

~ Warlord - Artisan of War

 

Lieutenant

~ Master-crafted boltgun, chainsword

 

Scouts (8)

~ Camo cloak, combi-flamer, chainsword

~ Camo cloak, missile launcher

~ Camo cloak, sniper rifles (6)

 

Scouts (5)

~ Combi-grav, chainsword

~ Heavy bolter

~ Boltgun (3)

 

Scouts (5)

~ Boltgun, chainsword

~ Bolt pistol, combat blade

~ Shotgun (3)

 

Scouts (6)

~ Boltgun, chainsword

~ Bolt pistol, combat blade (5)

 

Land Speeder Storm

~ Cerberus Launcher, heavy bolter

 

Tarantula Sentry Gun

~ Twin lascannons

 

 

Officio Assassinorum Vanguard Detachment

 

Callidus Assassin

 

Culexus Assassin

 

Eversor Assassin

 

Vindicare Assassin

 

Musings

• I think I'm going to try keeping the snipers back with the lascannon and use the HQ buffs on them
• Eversor, Cullexus, choppy and shotgun to do a refused flank/target of opportunity.
• Vindicare to camp somewhere advantageous and out of the way (maybe appear T2). Callidus will probably do a HQ rush in T2 (damn beta rules)
• Bolters in the LSS to go objective hunting/counter charge/target of opportunity
• I'm probably a bit light still, but I have a strong alpha potential. I also feel it remains fluffy and gives me an excuse to use my Assassins (which ticks a lot of boxes tbf)

Thoughts here?

[STTAB]

9 man choppy scouts in a basic rhino. Mephiston.

 

T1, rhino uses Lucifer Pattern Engines for 6" advance. Pops smoke. Mephiston uses WoS to get behind rhino for cover, moving up to 19". T2, scouts disembark 3", move 6" and charge. Rhino moves 12" and charges to shut down a unit or eats overwatch for scouts. Mephiston gives them unleash rage for 30 attacks (29 if sarge has special cc weapon)

 

By turn 2 Scouts can travel between 29" and 39" and have 30 attacks.

 

BLOOD FOR THE B!..erm, Emperor

[Jolemai]

9th edition revamp
 
Current theme interpretation is a Techmarine setting up a base of operations and the Scouts scanning the area. Often I've found this theme either too static or without enough oomph beyond the Scouts, so here's the latest version to remedy that.
 
 

Blood Angels "Scout Theme" - 1000 points

 

 

Damocles Command Tank

~ Hunter-killer missile

 

Techmarine

~ Hand flamer, chainsword

~ Warlord: Rites of War, Adamantine Mantle

 

 

Tactical Squad (5)

~ Missile launcher

 

 

Dreadnought

~ Missile launcher, twin lascannon

 

Servitors

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Sniper rifle, camo cloak (4)

~ Sniper rifle, chainsword, camo cloak

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Bolter (3)

~ Heavy bolter

~ Stormbolter, chainsword

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Sniper rifle, camo cloak (4)

~ Sniper rifle, chainsword, camo cloak

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Knife (3)

~ Shotgun (1)

~ Bolt pistol, chainsword

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Knife (3)

~ Shotgun (1)

~ Bolt pistol, chainsword

 

 

Scout Bike Squad (3)

~ Stormbolter

 

 

 

Land Speeder Storm

 

 

 

Tarantula

~ Twin heavy bolter

 

Tarantula

~ Twin lascannon

 

Musings

• Patrol Detachment with Warlord and Tacticals, Vanguard for the rest, Fortification for the Tarantulas - 3 CP at the start of the game (Damocles can boost this)
• Techmarine warlord. Built for survival and Objective hunting if needed.
• Home base area with the Tacticals, Dreadnought, Tarantulas receiving the Damocles' benefits. Techmarine hides inside until needed
• Scouts go to contest. LSS burns off into enemy deployment zone with a choppy Scout squad. Bikes, boost up after or where needed. 2nd choppy squad iether deployed high or to Outflank. Snipers hold back but in no-mans land, bolters go mid-table
• Yes, it's static and made out of biscuits. However, there's squad be enough firepower at 1k to take the heat off the Scouts for them to go for Objectives...

Edited May 22, 2021 by Jolemai

[Jolemai]

10th Edition Refresh

 

Trying to keep the same theme going forward, but with what I've got available.

 

Sons of Sanguinius Detachment - 1000 points

 

Techmarine

~ Hand flamer, Omnissian power axe

~ Warlord, Artisan of War

 

Tactical Squad

~ Combi-weapon, power sword

~ Plasmagun

~ Plasma Cannon

 

Drop Pod

~ Storm bolter

 

Scout Sniper Squad (5)

 

Scout Sniper Squad (5)

~ Missile Launcher

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Storm bolter, power sword

~ Bolter (3)

~ Heavy bolter

 

Scout Squad (5)

~ Bolt pistol, chainsword

~ Bolt pistol, combat knife (3)

~ Shotgun (1)

 

Dreadnought

~ Missile Launcher, twin lascannon

 

Scout Bike Squad (3)

~ Combi-weapon, grenade launcher

~ Grenade launcher

 

Tarantula Sentry Battery

~ Twin lascannon

 

Damned Legionnaires (5)

~ Plasma pistol and power weapon

~ Multi-melta

~ Meltagun

 

Musings

Or, where to start with this mess...

• SoS rather than a GSF because I want that extra combat power when needed
• Lots of movement and board control for Objectives. Deep Strikes to reinforce where needed
• Snipers with missile launcher sit neat the Dreadnought for buffs. Techmarine camps near the Dreadnought too
• LotD is for a bit of fun, but also has to potential to be a good distraction for this list
• Scout Bikes in Strategic Reserves and maybe one of the Scout Squads

[Spyros]

Do you think this list can make it in 10th? Feels a bit squishy and missing some potent melee power, but that's just me.

[Jolemai]

Sadly, I never got to try the above out.

Like in 9th, it was all about movement and scoring points, so that should be the same but we'll see what happens going forward. It's likely that it will require revisions anyway and I still have a LSS in my backlog too.

[Jolemai]

Following the changes with Codex: Space Marines, I was able to add another squad of Scouts and another Tarantula to this list. I also got three games in with it at WHW last weekend.

 

 

The games were against Tyranids, SoB, and Imperial Knights.

 

Game 1

This was a lost 34-75. I actually lost this from the start imo. Basically, my list is built to take advantage of tactical play, but as it was my opponent's first game with Tyranids and one of his first with tenth using the Leviathan Cards, I agreed to go with fixed - I tried to do Teleport Homer and something else (Cleanse?), but it was very hard to do. Highlights included a Carnifex having a charmed life and weathering two turns of fire even with Oath of Moment. My Tarantulas eating up CP for Overwatch and doing very little. My Techmarine flipping a Screamer Killer in combat, and my LotD landing on their home objective and not being able to do much as another Carnifex bared down upon them. Still, I learned a lot.

 

Game 2

This was a win 74-32. I used Tactical Objectives in this game, but it didn't really fall right for me. What won it was the Primaries which I managed brilliantly. This particular SoB force was a slow moving one and I was able to make them be reactionary to what I was doing. Wasn't a huge amount left in the end, but I had done enough.

 

Game 3

This was against a Knight Castellan and a Knight Errant, but it was the BRB freebie mission. I won by 1 point because they didn't managed to table me. I had two Scout Sergeants left alive on a single wound and only managed to do seventeen wounds to the Errant all game... I managed my CP well in this game with some spectacularly trolling from Smoke, Go To Ground, and Armour of Contempt - the latter of which and combined with cover, managed to see my Dreadnought save a volcano cannon shot... The LotD came into their own this game by inflicting Battle Shocks with their shooting (so no rotating ion shields, etc) which was more for fun then anything of note. Also, charge the Castellan with Tactical Marines, haha.

 

Some of the take homes from these games:

• Still unsure about how to use my Scout bikes. Everyone says about how good a Scout Move is as opposed to using Outflank (arrive from SR into their Deployment zone if you wish T2), but it's tricky either way
• The list is lacking a punch, or at least a counter rather than something to do the heavy lifting. I need to see what fits
• Better placement with my Taratulas needed for this edition
• Oath of Moment needs to be focused or an easier target for this list.