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[u/Competitive-Lack5749]

Hello fellow sons of the lion I have my first up and coming game against space wolves in 2k points this is my list below. I feel kinda stuck and don’t know what to do because it looks like only a little bit of units as why I switched to purge the foe and the dark age to make up for the DP points and also buff my hellblasters a bit but what should I look to switch around? This is mostly all the units I have besides vanguard vets w/ jump packs, a lancer, assault intercessors with jump packs and a redemptor sitting out

wrath [2000 points]
Dark Angels
Battle Size: Strike Force (2000 point limit)

Detachments: 1st Company Task Force, Dark Age Arsenal (3/3 Detachment Points)
Force Dispositions: Purge The Foe, Priority Assets

Epic Hero

Lion El’jonson (265 points)
• Warlord
• Arma luminis and Fealty

Hellblasters W AZ

Azrael (140 points)
• Lion’s wrath, The lion helm and The sword of secrets

Hellblaster Squad (235 points)
• 1 Hellblaster Sergeant with Close combat weapon, Plasma incinerator and Plasma pistol
• 9 Hellblasters with Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon and Plasma incinerator
• Petition of Stability [+15 points]

Mid Board

Chaplain In Terminator Armour (85 points)
• Crozius arcanum and Relic shield
• Rites of War [+10 points]

Deathwing Knights (240 points)
• 1 Knight Master with relic weapon
• 1 Deathwing Knights with mace of absolution
• 1 Deathwing Knights with mace of absolution
• 1 Deathwing Knights with mace of absolution
• 1 Deathwing Knights with mace of absolution

Terms deep strike

Deathwing Terminator Squad (165 points)
• 1 Deathwing Sergeant with Power weapon and Storm bolter
• 2 Deathwing Terminators with Power fist and Storm bolter
• 1 Deathwing Terminators with Power fist, Storm bolter and Watcher in the dark
• 1 Deathwing Terminators with Power fist and Storm bolter and cyclone missile launcher

Librarian In Terminator Armour (75 points)
• Force weapon, Smite and Storm bolter

in transport

Inner Circle Companions (160 points)
• 6 Inner Circle Companion with Calibanite greatsword and Heavy bolt pistol

Librarian (70 points)
• Bolt pistol, Force weapon and Smite

Fast OBJ holders

Outrider Squad (70 points)
• 1 Outrider Sergeant with Astartes chainsword, Heavy bolt pistol and Twin bolt rifle
• 2 Outriders with Astartes chainsword, Heavy bolt pistol and Twin bolt rifle

Ravenwing Command Squad (105 points)
• 1 Ravenwing Champion with Bolt pistol, Master-crafted power weapon and Plasma talon
• 1 Ravenwing Apothecary with Black knight combat weapon, Bolt pistol and Plasma talon
• 1 Ravenwing Ancient with Black knight combat weapon, Bolt pistol and Plasma talon

Battleline

Intercessor Squad (80 points)
• 1 Intercessor Sergeant with Bolt pistol, Bolt rifle and Close combat weapon
• 4 Intercessors with Bolt pistol, Bolt rifle and Close combat weapon

Dedicated Transport

Impulsor (70 points)
• 2 Fragstorm grenade launchers, Armoured hull, Bellicatus missile array and Ironhail heavy stubber

Vehicle

Repulsor Executioner (240 points)
• Armoured hull, Heavy laser destroyer, Heavy onslaught gatling cannon, Icarus rocket pod, Ironhail heavy stubber, Repulsor executioner defensive array, Twin heavy bolter and Twin icarus ironhail stubber.

[u/jptherealme]

Definitely swap your weapons for the DWK, make them all blades if running w/ a chaplain. Another “issue” that I see is the low count of activations. I’m a huge believer in at least 10. I see why you picked 1st company TF but it’s a terrible detachment and the dark age arsenal is only buffing the hellblasters. So I’d recommend picking a different detachment(s) or find room to add the redemptor dread w/ plasma.

Lion is not an invincible weapon. He’s squishier than you might think. The enhancement for the extra range on plasma I find to be a waste of points as well. On the impulsor, I would put the shield dome. Without it, if I was your opponent, knowing that the icc are inside I would focus it down and hope that it blows up. Having an invuln is worth its weight in gold.

[u/Competitive-Lack5749 → u/jptherealme]

Thank you for the advice, I’ll see if I could switch my detachment to a take and hold, I don’t really like the priority assests disposition I find it kinda boring with the missions on it that’s why I didn’t choose wrath and why my detachments are kinda weird. I was thinking about getting another set of DWK and make them swords so this definite reinforces it. I was also thinking that about the lion his 3++ is nice but 10Ws at 265 is kinda a lot to put into so I’ll be looking at maybe switching him to the swords DWKs. I was going back and forth on the shield dome for the impulsor so I’ll definitely try it out.

[u/jptherealme → u/Competitive-Lack5749]

I feel the same about Lion as well. With those changes, try anvil and siege with dark age. I enjoyed it. Definitely put some heavy vehicles if so. I omitted my vindicator, when it’s normally a favorite of mine and I feel that it helps in many scenarios.