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Source: Dakka’s Draner (comments are from OP)
Hi guys, I do not actually have the codex but some guy was nice enough to send me pictures. It is in French so posting pictures is quite useless. I do not have it all, but here it is :
New QG : death company chaplain (actual cost +35). Same statline, has inferno pistol, jump pack and the Astorath reroll to wound rule.
Grav-cannon and eviscerator as anticipated.
New stuff: a thunder hammer master crafted for 6 meltabombs.
Formations:
(I do not have them all):
Angel’s blade strike force (meta detachment)
Bonus: reroll warlord trait, red thirst (same as now) and zealot for every unit below half initial size (rounded below).
Core: battle demi company or archangels demi company
Command: Golden host, Leader of the angelic host, chapter ancients
Auxiliary: Archangel orbital intervention, 10th company ambush, death company strike force, Lucifer armoured task force, stormraven squadron, rapid assault force, fire support forceLost brotherhood (meta detachement)
Bonus: Reroll warlord trait, red thirst, and 6” free move just after you deploy an unit. Does not work with reserves.
Core: death company strike force
Command: Death company command (1-3 astorath, lemarted, DC chaplain)
Aux: orbital intervention, 10th company support, Lucifer armoured task force, stormraven squadron, rapid assault forceBattle demi company (core)
1 captain or chaplain
1 command squad (if the captain is chosen)
3 tactical
1 assault, bike, attack bike or land speeder
1 dev squad
1 dreadnought
1 furioso dreadnought (if the chaplain is chosen)
Bonus: reroll warlord trait if main detachment and red thirst (same as now). YES it is the SAME bonus as in the angel’s blade strike force…WTF GW. No obsec.
AWFULArchangels orbital intervention force (auxiliary)
3 units of the assault or regular terminators
Bonus: all units must be put in reserve and roll together. No reroll.
When the deep strike, regular terminator can fire twice and assault terminator can charge (but count has a disoriented charge).
NICE !Archangels demi company (core)
1 termi captain
2 furioso dreadnoughts
5 units of terminators, vanguards or sternguards
Bonus: stubborn, reserve roll turn 1, reroll reserve roll, scatter D6 less and reroll warlord trait if main detachment.
Quite nice but that is a huge point sink..10th company ambush force (auxiliary)
3-5 units or either scouts or biker scouts
Scout bikers must buy mines
Bonus: stealth long as you don’t move if you infiltrate.
Precision shots during the first turn.
Ok I guessStormraven squadron (auxiliary)
2-4 stormravens
At the beginning of your turn, once per battle, you can fire all your stormstrike missiles at a target and still fire in the following shooting phaseLucifer armoured task force (auxiliary)
1 techmarine
3-5 units of baal predator or regular predators
1-3 units of land raiderd, or crusader, redeemer
Bonus: SCOUT, and boosted engines (FAST) free for every vehicle as well as for the land raiders !
YAY ! 12” scouting land raiders ! wooootDeath company strike force (Aux or core)
1 DC chaplain
3 DC squads
1-3 DC dread
Bonus: unknownRapid assault force (aux)
1-3 assault, bike, attack bike, speeders
Bonus: unknownFire support force (aux)
1-3 devastator, vindicator, whirlwindGolden host (Command)
Sanguinor OR Dante
2-5 sanguinary guard
Bonus: unknown
Looks really nice with dante and only 2 units of sang guard. My guess is they get deep strike at least.Leaders of the angelic host (command)
1 captain, termi captain, librarian, meph, sang priest, brother corbulo;
0-1 command squad;
0-1 stormravenChapter ancients (command)
3-5 dreadnoughts (librarian, regular or furioso)
Bonus: Once during the battle, at the beginning of your turn, you can fire as if you were in the shooting phase or pile in and fight in close combat, instead of moving during your movement phase.
Each dreadnought can perform a different action (fire, fight or move).
So each seem plausable there, and most line up with what we can glean from GW themselves below:
GW’s Retail Clues:
GW just posted up these formations on their site Monday morning for sale:
Blood Angels Battle Demi-Company
Blood Angels Archangels Orbital Intervention Force
Now from that it looks like we are for sure getting a new detachment and quite a few formations:
Here is the official word from the Angel’s Blade listing itself:
- 9 new Blood Angels Formations, an Angel’s Blade Strike Force and a Lost Brotherhood Strike Force;
And the word from the Two Codex Digital version from Black Library
- Three detachments – the Baal Strike Force, Angel’s Blade Strike Force and Lost Brotherhood Strike Force
So there is still a few formations missing, but I bet from the items that are for sale below we can get a good idea of there rest of the formations we’ll see!
New Blood Angels Breakdown:
The new Blood Angels are here, and Games Workshop has a TON of product on their site for sale this week. Checkout our savings break down to get the most bang for your buck!
- Death Company Strike Force: 3 Death Company, 1 Dreadnought, 1 Chaplain; MSRP $135RETAIL $178.25 SAVE 25%
- Chapter Ancients: 3 Dreadnoughts; MSRP $105 RETAIL $138.75 SAVE %25
- Archangels Orbital Intervention Force: 2 BA Terminators, 1 SM Terminators; MSRP $135RETAIL $170 SAVE 20%
- Battle Demi-Company: 1 Dreadnought, 1 Devastator Squad, 1 BA Assault, 1 BA Command Squad, 3 BA Tactical Squad; MSRP $266.25RETAIL $311.25 SAVE %15 + an extra $15 from the Command Bundle
- Archangels Demi-Company: 1 BA Vanguard Squad, 1 BA Sternguard Squad, 2 Dreadnoguhts , 2 BA Terminators, 1 SM Terminators; MSRP $362.25RETAIL $327.50 SAVE 10% (But really the savings are tied up in the Archangels Orbital Intervention Force part).
- BA Command Squad: 1 Captain, 1 Command Squad & Upgrade Sprue; MSRP $45RETAIL $60+ SAVE 25%+
And remember those Blood Angels squads marked BA come with the new upgrade sprue for only about $5 more retail for the previously $12-$15 sprue!
Either way the Sons of Sanguinius are on a collision course with store shelves this Saturday! What are you down for this week?
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