Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – Revenge of the Deathwing Knights
The Dark Angels are BACK post FAQ, thanks to Deathwing Knights. Here’s a list to wreck shop with them!
It is always interesting how a few points tweaks and rules changes can easily reactivate an army. The Dark Angels saw some changes in the dataslate – shifting two of their units into a more deadly category of the dreaded AP -2. This change in their damage output coupled with a generous set of points tweaks means the robed secrecy fanatics of the Imperium are ready to wreck face in this upcoming season.
Remember how I have said 40K can be boiled down to a game of board control. You know what really helps with board control? Tough as heck units that are easy to hide, hard to remove, and can punch you pretty hard if you get too close? The Deathwing Knights fit this bill currently and with their shift into AP -2 and Damage 2 categories. You also see how an updated Inner Circle that can come in to clean up things bouncing off of the Deathwing Knights is a powerful thing as well.
Now you have three hard units to break through and you can easily mix in whatever you want to help score things as needed. A few jump assault units get added to move around the table and Deep Strike in. You can have some new Scouts to block other armies from getting around. You can easily throw in a powerful shooting unit in things like Eradicators, Vindicators, or other hard hitting shooting. Heck, you can even look at some Dreadnoughts to help shore things up if you want. The sky is the limit with this army as you easily have powerful board control that isn’t going to cost you too much.
Innes Wilson won one of the bigger events this past week with a Dark Angels build. He is definitely one of the stronger players out there right now and if he is wrecking face with the Dark Angels you know they are good. I know a lot of the WTC armies has one of these style lists in their pile and it should be a great army to try and be hard to score points on and ensure rough match ups.
Dark Angels Deathwing Knights FTW!
Space Marines
Dark Angels
Strike Force (2000 points)
Gladius Task Force
CHARACTERS
Apothecary Biologis (85 points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• Enhancement: Fire Discipline
Azrael (105 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Lion’s Wrath
1x The Lion Helm
1x The Sword of Secrets
Judiciar (85 points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Executioner relic blade
• Enhancement: The Honour Vehement
BATTLELINE
Assault Intercessor Squad (75 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Thunder hammer
• 4x Assault Intercessor
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol
OTHER DATASHEETS
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (80 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 (80 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
Deathwing Knights (235 points)
• 1x Watcher in the Dark
• 1x Knight Master
• 1x Great weapon of the Unforgiven
• 4x Deathwing Knight
• 4x Mace of absolution
Deathwing Knights (235 points)
• 1x Watcher in the Dark
• 1x Knight Master
• 1x Great weapon of the Unforgiven
• 4x Deathwing Knight
• 4x Power weapon
Deathwing Knights (235 points)
• 1x Watcher in the Dark
• 1x Knight Master
• 1x Great weapon of the Unforgiven
• 4x Deathwing Knight
• 4x Mace of absolution
Eradicator Squad (190 points)
• 1x Eradicator Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Melta rifle
• 5x Eradicator
• 5x Bolt pistol
5x Close combat weapon
3x Melta rifle
2x Multi-melta
Inner Circle Companions (180 points)
• 6x Inner Circle Companion
• 6x Calibanite greatsword
6x Heavy bolt pistol
Repulsor (180 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
1x Heavy onslaught gatling cannon
1x Hunter-slayer missile
1x Repulsor defensive array
1x Twin lascannon
Scout Squad (65 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 2x Astartes shotgun
4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
1x Missile launcher
1x Scout sniper rifle
Scout Squad (65 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 2x Astartes shotgun
4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
1x Missile launcher
1x Scout sniper rifle
ALLIED UNITS
Callidus Assassin (100 points)
• 1x Neural shredder
1x Phase sword and poison blades
2000pts
Deathwing Knights Meta Thoughts
You should expect to see a lot more Dark Angels soon ont he tabletop. We’ll see how much Blood Angels change with their upcoming codex, which means those sneaky-robed jerks might end up being the default Space Marine army. It is also pretty dang cool to see an army built around the things that scream Dark Angels doing well.
For the Emperor!
