Chapter Approved and the RG/Raptors

[Race Bannon]

Which makes sense.

 

So how does this impact the Raven Guard?

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

Which makes sense.

 

So how does this impact the Raven Guard?

Expect to face them more often on the tabletop!  Expect a Blood Angel scout with a power sword to impale your devastators.

[Nusquam]

Right, but those changes aren't in CA.

 

I can't believe Tarantulas went up. I was considering them. It feels like all the best selling kits from FW got discounted or stayed the same(Spartan, Sicarans, Fire Raptor) but the less popular ones got jacked up. I mean Sicarans and FR as very Sons of Corax but still

[Shadow Captain Vyper]

 

 

If scouts get the red thirst... a 5 man scout squad with a power sword on the sarge will butcher a tactical squad 

5 Death Company (with a Chaplain) can deal out:

Thunder Hammers: (165 Points - Big Boy Killers) -3 AP

~14 Damage to T8+ 

~17 Damage to T5-T7

Power Swords: (105 Points - MEQ Killers) -3 AP

~4 Damage to T8+

~7 Damage to T5-T7

~9 Damage to T4

~11 Damage to T3 (or less)

Double Chainswords: (85 Points - Infantry Killers) No AP

~ 7 Damage to T8+

~ 11 Damage to T5-T7

~ 15 Damage to T4

~ 19 Damage to T3 (or less)

 

Those are some pretty absurd numbers if you ask me (rough, no jump packs, etc, but it gets across the idea)

 

 

That is really impressive but I think the impact on non CC units is just as significant.  Blood Angels tacticals, scouts, assault marines(LOL!), and devastators will have punch in CC... quite a bit of it.  

 

How scary will Blood Angel Reivers be?  :X

 

 

Theoretically very scary, but I think the rumor mill has been saying that Primaris won't have Red Thirst because "Cawl fixed them". I'll try to refrain from passing judgement until I have the book in hand, but Blood Angels were my first love (and first army) and reading some of the "lore" has come across as more-than-stupid.

 

Blood Angel scouts with BP/CCW are probably going to be quite the value honestly. I can even see units of 10 thrown in Rhinos as a cheap tie-up pressure unit.

[seriade]

They figured out how to fix the red thirst thing for a while.  The lamenters are a blood angel successor chapter and they do not have the red thirst.

[Kallas]

They figured out how to fix the red thirst thing for a while. The lamenters are a blood angel successor chapter and they do not have the red thirst.

Yeah, but Lamenters are a Cursed Founding (21st) Chapter and are cursed in their own specific way. While they might not have The Red Thirst/Black Rage, they're still afflicted.

 

It's possibly some kind of cure side effect, though 21st Founding stuff is deliberately secret (god I hope they don't retcon it to being Cawl's doing, urgh!).

 

But generally speaking, there's guaranteed, widespread cure for the Red Thirst/Black Rage.

[duz_]

Still confused as to what Blood Angels have to do with RG and Raptors?

 

Fairly sure there's a dedicated forum for that if you want to take it there. ;)