Blood Angel 2^5 1500 list

[hoya4life3381]

I'm in the process of restarting my Blood Angels and have been perusing the interwebs heavily to get the lay of the land. I have to give a lot of credit to lkhero's blog on Blood Angels which is probably one of the best blog resources I have found for a starting player. He also gave me some good advice and helped me refine my ideas a lot with his formidable experience.

It's been actually quite hard to get information on 1500 lists because most of the gaming scene has shifted to larger games. We still do 1500 at our store to keep it quick, have trade-offs in army selection, and to handicap marines a bit. I still like the more skirmish feel of the game rather than huge battlefields but I understand that different sizes appeal to different individuals.

2^5 list:
Librarian w/Jump Pack (Shield and Rage)
Librarian w/Jump Pack (Shield and Rage)
Priest w/Jump Pack
Priest w/Jump Pack
10 ASM w/Jump Packs, 2 Meltaguns, and Powerfist
10 ASM w/Jump Packs, 2 Meltaguns, and Powerfist
5 ASM w/Meltagun and Power Weapon in Razorback w/Lascannon & Plasmagun
5 ASM w/Meltagun and Power Weapon in Razorback w/Lascannon & Plasmagun
Predator Auto/Las
Predator Auto/Las
Total: 1500

As you can see, there are 2 of every single unit out there. It just kind of worked out that way. It is also a hybrid of jump troops with vehicles. I really hope that it can work out and I’ve seen others have success with this hybrid approach. The hybrid feels more fun to play and more maneuverable which suits my play style and maybe helps balance the fact that the list is so symmetrical.

Each ASM Jump squad is led by a Librarian and Priest which hopefully should create a 6” 5+ cover save and FNP/FC bubble around it. All of my ASM in packs and even my vehicles initially will benefit from this cover save since two 6” circles tangentially-touching covers a huge area compared to one circle. Having 2 chances to cast Shield of Sanguinius is also nice in case there are hoods out there who usually have around a 40-50% chance of nullifying.

The vehicle formation could also be R P P R and thus protecting the Predator’s vulnerable side armor. The Razorback squads are designed to be midfield and versatile to support both the Predators backline fire and also move up to support the jump pack troops. The Power Weapon in the small squads hopefully makes them a more credible assault reserve. The small ASM squads are almost like the old min-max Lascannon/Plasma Tacs except with a min-max meltagun and power weapon. The other nice advantages of the list are that there are 30 models to objectives and also the list can be fully reserved with no footslogging or drop-podding.

Thoughts and ideas? I understand that this boring type of "cookie-cutter" list construction is not everyone’s cup of tea.

[daddy4count]

I don't see why everybody complains about cookie cutter lists... sure it's been done, but maybe not by you yet?

Call it a 'net list, cookie cutter, spam, whatever... if it's legal and you want to run it, then off you should go.

I like the list. The only things I would point out are nitpicky... your priests should have power swords, and the Pred's are more effective if you stick with either all bolter or all lascannon.

Otherwise looks like a fun, solid list

[Angelofblades]

What will you be facing?

[hoya4life3381]

I just realized that I posted this in the wrong section! Should it be moved to the 40k army list area? If someone wants to or could move it, that would be cool. Much apologies!

I'm going to face everyone with the list. I don't tailor against specific opponent and would hope they don't against me. Obviously, everyone builds their lists with answers for Marines because they are so plentiful. However, I won't do more local things such as swapping out meltas and lascannons for heavy bolters and flamers and would hope for the same.

I'm also not trying to do the standard Razor spam or DoA builds. That just seems like a never-ending game of who can bring a trump card for that game. Today, I bring all-vehicles and you aren't prepared, I win. Tomorrow you bring all AV-shooting and you win. Next day I go all-infantry. This could go on ad infinitum.

I understand the argument that both AV and AI weapons will be able to shoot at my force. But that's why I made it so redundant. Most of the time redundancy is accomplished with different units able to do the same role, but my list is just same units. Redundancy is the key for a hybrid list IMO, but obviously that still isn't any guarantee.

[Brother-Captain Sharp]

I just realized that I posted this in the wrong section! Should it be moved to the 40k army list area? If someone wants to or could move it, that would be cool. Much apologies!

Go ahead and report the thread if you see that it's in the wrong section in the future. That'll make sure a mod sees it.

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