Goatboy here with a armylist from some of the 40K winners from last week. These Blood Angels Techmarines mean business!
The Blood Angels got a really nice update this last time as they didn’t really have shifts in their point costs and were still pretty decent. This armylist went away from some of the MSU/Death Company nonsense we have seen in the past and instead went hard on the Tech Marines. They can get extremely beefy and mean when one of their “children” go down in a fight and this list tries to capitalize on that utilizing units that can easily punch up as the rest of the army plays the game.
Amador Perez took this to a 2nd place finish and was undefeated at the Torneo GT Blackstone event. It was a 5 round 41 player event in Zapopan, Jal., México. The Winner was a Sisters of Battle army but this one seemed really interesting utilizing Tech Marines instead of the normal load out you see in Blood Angels armies. Liberator Assault Group seems to be the bees knees right now and one of the most aggressive detachments out there. Utilizing the Balistus Dreadnoughts as strong anti vehicle pieces as well as activating Lone Op on the Tech Marines is a great choice. Then when you lose one, their “daddies” get real mad and go from 4 attacks with their power axe to 7 attacks. You mix this with the already powerful Liberator bonus and you have a single model coming in with 8 attacks that are Strength 8, AP -2, and flat 2 damage.
Blood Angels Techmarines Go BOOM!
Space Marines
Blood Angels
Strike Force (2000 points)
Liberator Assault Group
CHARACTERS
Captain (115 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Master-crafted bolter
1x Power fist
• Enhancement: Rage-fuelled Warrior
Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (70 points)
• 1x Combi-weapon
1x Paired combat blades
Techmarine (55 points)
• 1x Forge bolter
1x Grav-pistol
1x Omnissian power axe
1x Servo-arm
Techmarine (55 points)
• 1x Forge bolter
1x Grav-pistol
1x Omnissian power axe
1x Servo-arm
Techmarine (55 points)
• 1x Forge bolter
1x Grav-pistol
1x Omnissian power axe
1x Servo-arm
BATTLELINE
Assault Intercessor Squad (75 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessor
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
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Impulsor (80 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
1x Ironhail heavy stubber
1x Shield Dome
2x Storm bolter
OTHER DATASHEETS
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (160 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 9x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs
• 9x Astartes chainsword
7x Heavy bolt pistol
2x Plasma pistol
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (90 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs
• 4x Astartes chainsword
3x Heavy bolt pistol
1x Plasma pistol
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (90 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs
• 4x Astartes chainsword
3x Heavy bolt pistol
1x Plasma pistol
Ballistus Dreadnought (140 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter
Ballistus Dreadnought (140 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter
Ballistus Dreadnought (140 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter
Bladeguard Veteran Squad (160 points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
1x Neo-volkite pistol
• 5x Bladeguard Veteran
• 5x Heavy bolt pistol
5x Master-crafted power weapon
Bladeguard Veteran Squad (160 points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
1x Neo-volkite pistol
• 5x Bladeguard Veteran
• 5x Heavy bolt pistol
5x Master-crafted power weapon
Bladeguard Veteran Squad (160 points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
1x Neo-volkite pistol
• 5x Bladeguard Veteran
• 5x Heavy bolt pistol
5x Master-crafted power weapon
Sanguinary Guard (110 points)
• 3x Sanguinary Guard
• 2x Angelus boltgun
3x Encarmine blade
1x Inferno pistol
1x Sanguinary Banner
Scout Squad (70 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
4x Combat knife
Scout Squad (70 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
4x Combat knife
2000 points
Blood Angels Techmarines Go BOOM Tactics!
The rest of the army is continuing to use some of the normal MSU options with Blade Guard Veterans and Sanguinary Guard. I would think if the Space Wolf book would allow Space Wolf Characters to join up with Blade Guard Veterans we would see a heck of a lot more of these units. Their point cost is just insanely low and every time I read a Blood Angel list I think why could I not get this army to work for me? I might need to mess with it again in the future as I got all the pieces.
I just love how something like this could be really brutal on the WTC format terrain maps as they can get lines for their Dreadnoughts and have a bunch of blood thirsty space vampires charging through terrain. It just feels like it has a lot of play in the game right now and is a decent army to get some wins in the early rounds. I don’t know if it has enough to punch thru some of the upcoming Knight nonsense we are going to face but it could as it can easily spike up as needed.
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