My young Blood Angels friend

I played in a four round tournament last weekend in Raleigh, NC. To my surprise I met a young man (12 - 13 years old) whom was also a fellow Blood Angels DoA fanatic. He was from the UK and had the British accent going on. His army was quite similar to mine plus he was running a Furioso Librarian with Wings of Sanguinius. I believe his overall record that weekend was 2-2 which to me was quite impressive seeing he was playing all adults. In between games we spoke a lot comparing notes. It was a really cool experience and I very much enjoyed meeting him... Some things transcend age for sure.

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First game with dark eldar

I played my first game with dark eldar this evening versus Space Wolves - 2000 points. Here is my abbreviated list:

Vect
Incubi w. Klaivex
Raider: flickerfield

Lelith
Bloodbrides
Raider: flickerfield

Warriors: blaster, venom blade
Raider: flickerfield

Warriors: blaster, venom blade
Raider: flickerfield

Warriors: blaster, venom blade
Raider: flickerfield

Reavers: cluster caltrops

Voidraven: flickerfield & nightshield

Voidraven: flickerfield & nightshield


Space Wolves were running the following abbreviated list:

Logan

Njal

Wolf Priest

Grey Hunters
Rhino

Grey Hunters
Rhino

Blood Claws

Wolf Scouts

Long Fangs

Long Fangs

Landraider Crusader


Mission objective was Annilihation with Dawn of War for deployment. I went second and not try to seize the initiative. I played Vect poorly but the rest of my army performed very well. Lelith and her Bloodbrides tore through both squads of Grey Hunters then finished off the Blood Claws... Lelith was a monster! The result for combat drugs was reroll wounds which was awesome with all her many attacks. After I finished off the Grey Hunters and Blood Claws my army shot down the rest of the Space Wolves with the exception of Logan. The army is very fast, has lots of shooting and is quite good in close combat. I managed a win by one or two killpoints with the majority of my army intact after the final seventh turn.

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BLACK RAGE N SUPER INSANE-OOOOOOOOOO !!!

Deepstriking versus hordes * DoA tactica

I played in a four round tourney this past weekend bringing 2000 points of pure jump infantry. I decided to drop the Stormraven/dreadnaught so I could take more boots on the ground. My conclusion is that the Stormraven does fulfill a vital role in a DoA list BUT you can win without it... You just have to play even more aggressively, which can be quite a rush.

Here's my list:

The Sanguinor
Dante

Chaplain: jump pack, infernus pistol
Chaplain: jump pack, infernus pistol

Sanguinary Priest: jump pack, power sword, infernus pistol
Sanguinary Priest: jump pack, power sword

Sanguinary Guard: 2x infernus pistol, power fist, Chapter Banner
Assault squad #1: melta/flamer, thunder hammer/stormshield
Assault squad #2: melta/flamer, thunder hammer/stormshield

5x Vanguard veterans: power fist/stormshield, 2x power sword, thunderhammer

I am going to exchange the infernus pistol on one of my Chaplains for a power fist in the future. Mech can still be tough for DoA and I believe the power fist is much better at wrecking armor - basically one melta shot in exchange for up to four S9 power fist attacks that reroll missed hits. The power fist also just happens to be cheaper than the melta pistol for both Chaplains and Recluisarchs!! By the way this is the Chaplain that attachs to the Sanguinary Guard along with Dante and the Priest (sans melta pistol). I learned this over the weekend from a good friend of mine (Brian Delgado) who is also another big Blood Angels fanatic.

I am also planning to switch back to dual meltaguns for both of my assault squads. I like having the flamers but as said mech can be a tough nut to crack... No need to get overly confident. Two melta shots per assault squad is much more likely to get the job done and I've found I can get by versus horde easily enough not to need the flamers.