Rob speaking,
Thank you to everyone who has submitted their army lists to our
Clinic. In today's post we will have a look at a Blood Angles, Death Company themed list, as submitted by one of our readers.
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IDICBeer Team,
I'm looking to make a Death Company Themed
list.
What I came up with:
Astorath
12 Death Co. (CCW + Pistol) + Lemartes +
Land Raider Cusader w/ MultiMelta
10 Death Co. (CCW and Pistol)+ Astorath +
Land Radier Reedemer w/ MultiMelta
10 Death Co. (Boltguns) + Rhino +
Powerfist + Rhino
10 Tacticals + MeltaGun + Multi-Melta +
MeltaBomb + Rhino
1 Furioso Dreadnought, Librarian (Shield +
Wings)
The General Idea is that the 2 Rhino's and
Librarian take the midfield and objectives, while the Land Raiders
either rush forward to disgorge Mayhem.
The tactical team combat squads as soon
as the Rhino goes poof . The Boltgun Death Co. acts as a counter attack or does
a flat out move on the enemies flank with the Furioso
I've gone around and around in my head with
the various idea's as well:
I've been debating taking God Hammer's
instead of the Crusader/Redeemer, for the TL LasCannon Anti-Air Fire Support,
but I'm not sure 8 Death Company will make it through those mean
Tau/IG/Flamer over watches.
Of course, I could drop the Land Raiders
altogether and just Rhino spam, and add in a vindicator or two. (this
would be a long term solution as I don't have that many Rhino's or Vindicators
bought yet)
I also thought about dropping two of Death
Company in the Rhino and the Furioso, then adding a standard Librarian and
Sang. Priest into those two empty seats to beef up that tactical squad.
Finally, I thought about adding in just a
big crew of Scouts with cloaks and putting in them in cover, but with so
many ignore cover weapons out there they seemed a little frail.
Ideally I'd like to cram as many
Death Company as I can, obviously, but I find that when I do pure DC since they
can't score everyone just sits back and shoots since they don't have to
worry about objectives. Then again, maybe just one unit isn't enough...
Thanks for the help!
Hi,
Thanks for taking the time to email the list clinic.
Your list is quite an extreme one and to win the game you’re
basically looking at wiping out your opponent or at least dealing with all their
troops, as Death Company cannot claim objectives.
I would stick with the Redeemer as it’s great at taking
out infantry hordes/MEQs, while the Crusader is a little meh. Like you, I would
like to see a God Hammer, which is great against Vehicles and Monstrous
Creatures. It will only take a handful of Death Company to deal with IG/Tau
(pretty much anything) in assault, against Tau you’re looking at assaulting an
isolated target each time, this can mean trying to take out units within the 6”
bubble of support, or tank shocking units out of support range.
I’ve tried Rhino/Razorback spam, which works to a degree,
but falls down against armies with lots of STR7 shooting or fast combat units,
which is most of the armies that are popular at the moment (Chaos, Tau, Eldar
and IG). Landraiders are fantastic on the other hand, because AV14 is great
against the Meta that 6
th edition seems to bring.
I would like to see something like:
Astorath – 220
10 Death Company – Power Fist, Landraider Redeemer,
Multimelta, extra armour – 490
10 Death Company – Power Fist, Landraider, Multimelta,
extra armour – 500
10 Death Company – 10 Jump packs, 2 Power Fists – 400
5 Assault Marines – Razorback – Lascannon – 155
5 Assault Marines – Razorback – Lascannon – 155
This leaves you with a few free points to spend where you
like (Priest).
In this list you keep the scoring units up and the
vehicle count, but your scoring units will be a little more secure with the
Razorbacks lurking towards your board edge away from the 30 Death Company
charging into your opponents face for fun!
Its a fast aggressive list that I certainly wouldn’t like
to face!
Please feel free to comment with your thoughts on a Death Company themed list, and if you
want to submit one of your army lists to us, you can do so here
listclinic.idicbeer@gmail.com
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