13-02-2013, 10:44 AM
Had my first game with the new dark angels yesterday against nice Ben - thanks for the game Ben!
we were playing 2500pts (had to end the game at the end of turn 3). I took Double wing - here's the list:
Belial with 10 man termy squad with two cyclones
2 x 5 man DW squads with cyclone and lightning claws on the serge
DW command with SoFortitude, 4th+ss and an assault cannon
Sammael (corvex)
6man Ravenwing squad with dual melta, meltabombs, power sword and vet serge, attack bike with mm
6man Ravenwing squad with dual melta and meltabombs, attack bike with mm
6 man Ravenwing squad with dual plasma, meltabombs
Darkshroud
List worked pretty well, but i feel it depends on getting first turn which i luckily did this time. All the Ravenwing deploy on the table and scout forward, the Termies deepstrike onto homers turn 1 except belials squad who can go anywhere, with the fNP banner in the middle (12" range). Good alpha strike, not the shootiest list ever but I think it took out a 5man marine squad, a devilfish, which exploded wiping half a pathfinder squad and half a kroot squad, plus one crisis battlesuit in turn 1, but the best bit is being right up in the opponents face straight away with all those termies.
The FNP banner was brilliant, well worth 85points, at least at this points level.
The darkshroud got shot turn 1 - even with a 2+ cover save it only takes a roll of a one and it's still paper thin...but then again it's cheap at 80pts, don't know if it is worth it yet.
the bikes were great - good mobility, good firepower support for the termies and now sammael can join a unit he is much better, giving one RW squad fearless and he can benefit from loS - not that great in combat since he is still only S4 even though his sword is ap2, but did the job against Tau and his plasma cannon is great.
The new twin-linked thing on the deepstrike that the termies have gained is a nice buff but not game-changing, what is is the fact they all come down turn 1 together - massive!
going to remodel belial with lightning claws and storm bolter/Sword option - now he has an iron halo not sure the thammer is worth it even though it is S8.
last thought - felt the lack of storm shields on the termies a bit, but the Fnp banner mitigated it somewhat vs plasma, but against S8+ Ap1/2 they don't get fNp so can drop quicker than I am used to, so we have gained alpha strike but are then a bit less durable.
we were playing 2500pts (had to end the game at the end of turn 3). I took Double wing - here's the list:
Belial with 10 man termy squad with two cyclones
2 x 5 man DW squads with cyclone and lightning claws on the serge
DW command with SoFortitude, 4th+ss and an assault cannon
Sammael (corvex)
6man Ravenwing squad with dual melta, meltabombs, power sword and vet serge, attack bike with mm
6man Ravenwing squad with dual melta and meltabombs, attack bike with mm
6 man Ravenwing squad with dual plasma, meltabombs
Darkshroud
List worked pretty well, but i feel it depends on getting first turn which i luckily did this time. All the Ravenwing deploy on the table and scout forward, the Termies deepstrike onto homers turn 1 except belials squad who can go anywhere, with the fNP banner in the middle (12" range). Good alpha strike, not the shootiest list ever but I think it took out a 5man marine squad, a devilfish, which exploded wiping half a pathfinder squad and half a kroot squad, plus one crisis battlesuit in turn 1, but the best bit is being right up in the opponents face straight away with all those termies.
The FNP banner was brilliant, well worth 85points, at least at this points level.
The darkshroud got shot turn 1 - even with a 2+ cover save it only takes a roll of a one and it's still paper thin...but then again it's cheap at 80pts, don't know if it is worth it yet.
the bikes were great - good mobility, good firepower support for the termies and now sammael can join a unit he is much better, giving one RW squad fearless and he can benefit from loS - not that great in combat since he is still only S4 even though his sword is ap2, but did the job against Tau and his plasma cannon is great.
The new twin-linked thing on the deepstrike that the termies have gained is a nice buff but not game-changing, what is is the fact they all come down turn 1 together - massive!
going to remodel belial with lightning claws and storm bolter/Sword option - now he has an iron halo not sure the thammer is worth it even though it is S8.
last thought - felt the lack of storm shields on the termies a bit, but the Fnp banner mitigated it somewhat vs plasma, but against S8+ Ap1/2 they don't get fNp so can drop quicker than I am used to, so we have gained alpha strike but are then a bit less durable.
40K - Dark Angels, Dark Eldar, Necrons; Lord of the Rings - lots; Bloodbowl - Dwarves, Wood Elves; SAGA - Anglo Danes & Welsh; Guildball - Morticians, Engineers; Dropzone/fleet - Shaltari