Editing Warhammer 40,000/5th Edition Tactics/Dark Angels (section)

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-'''Azrael, Supreme Grandmaster'''- He's the boss. Like of the Dark Angels LEGION. Not Chapter. LEGION. He controls ALL the Dark Angel Successors. ALL. Because the High Lords of Terra were like "We don't like Legions, you guys break up into Chapters", the Dark Angels being the sneaky little ambiguous dudes they are, loopholed themselves and their pals into remaining as a Legion in command structure.  

[[Ultramarines|Like a certain other chapter which never gets called out for it,]] [[Matt Ward|due to help from a higher power.]]

On the tabletop however, he costs almost as much as a Land Raider, but give him a banner upgrade, and ta-daaaa... Land Raider pricetag. Apart from 4 Wounds and 4 base attacks his statline is mediocre. However, he is Fearless, comes with Rites of Battle, which lets other squaddies use his Leadership, comes with a 2+ save, and a 4+ Invulnerable Save to him, and his lovely little squad.  So you know, that's kinda nice. He also comes strapped with a Str6 Master-crafted Power Sword, cuz he's like...the boss. Oh, and he comes decked with a master-crafted combi-plasma as well. His banner for 15 points gives +1 Attacks to the Standard Bearer's unit, and lets Dark Angels re-roll failed Morale and Pinning tests. He brings a lot, and was useful back when he was great, but in games under 2000 points, it's better to leave him alone. Will utterly wreak things that aren't ICs in combat though.

-'''Master Sammael of the Ravenwing''' - He. Flies. On. An. IMPERIAL JETBIKE. Comes with Adamantine Mantle which is basically ETERNAL WARRIOR in wicked flapping cape form. Comes with an Iron Halo, because for whatever reason. He swings a master crafted sword on a Jetbike, because he's just THAT pimpin'. Oh, did I mention, he can bring a FLYING LAND RAIDER to the table? Well...not really, but it's a Land Speeder with AV14 on the front and the side with AV10 in the rear, comes with Twin-linked Heavy Bolter and a twin-linked assault cannon. Course...I'm not really sure why you would pick that over the LAST FUNCTIONAL JETBIKE IN THE IMPERIUM THAT COMES WITH A PLASMA CANNON. Oh, and he makes bikes troops. Tada.

-'''Master Belial of the Deathwing''' - On paper he's a vanilla Company Master in terminator armour, but with [http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1930197a_Dark_Angels_Version_1_1.pdf the latest FAQ/Errata on games Workshop's site] he has stepped up a bit. He's armed with your choice of a master crafted sword + storm bolter, a pair of lightning claws or a thunder hammer + storm shield. With any of these he's at a flat bargain price of 130pts. He also lets you take deathwing terminators as troop choices, So, you know - You can look at the FoC, and say BAM! I have 9 squads of Terminators. Half of which can deepstrike on Turn 1.

Lets a single deathwing terminator be upgraded to Apothecary (feel no pain), and another to hold the company banner (1+ A). These do not interfere with whatever you've armed them with. Give Belial the TH+SS loadout and have him ride with a deathwing terminator assault squad (upgraded with the above mentioned) in a Land Raider Crusader. Expensive, but excellent at objective taking and can take a lot of punishment with the 2+/3+/4+ saves.

Does not have a specified model, but that's okay - he's not a "real" special character. As such, he will be utterly curbstomped by "actual" special characters, unless he is riding around with his entourage. Even then, you'll be wanting a blessing from Lady Luck. Convert a model for him using assault terminator and grey knight terminator bits for the apothecary.

-'''Ezekiel, Grandmaster of Librarians''' - Only Librarian in the Dark Angels with 3 Wounds. I'm serious. He comes with a 2+ armor save, and a master-crafted force weapon, which is nice. But his master-crafted bolt pistol is a bit confusing. His Book of Salvation makes everything in 12 inches Fearless. Gets to use both Force Barrier, and Hellfire, BUT gets to use Mind Worm. It is a Heavy 1 shooting spell that has a range of 18 inches. Pick a model, have him roll leadership. If he fails, then...the guy falls to the ground gibbering like an idiot and gets removed from the game. Totally worthless unless you made enough sacrifices to the dice god, and somehow make the Despoiler break and down and cry and then subsequently get removed from the game. Course, the real question is, how the HELL DID YOU LET THE DESPOILER GET WITHIN 18 INCHES OF YOU. The thought of telling your opponent: "Hey, Abaddon just realized how much of an armless failure he is, so he's going to cry in a corner for the rest of the game" is hilarious though.

-'''Regular Dinky Librarians'''- Comes in 1 flavor, with 3 powers. Oh, and they only have 2 wounds. Force Barrier lets you make an invulnerable save for one thing, though attacks that ignore Invulnerable saves cannot be stopped by Force Barrier. Hellfire, the ONLY useful skill this guy has is a Strength 2d6-2 AP D6 flamer. Occasionally you get an awesome roll like Str 9 AP 2 Flamer template on something. Generally you are going to roll probably Str 4 to 5, AP 4 flamer template. Upgrade to Terminator. Or you know...leave him at home. Or on the shelf.

-'''Interrogator Chaplains and Chaplains''' - One has 3 wounds, the other has 2. One can become a Terminator, the other can't. Both can wear Jumppacks and ride bikes. 20 point difference. 1 Wound difference. Get the Interrogator.  

-'''Company Master''' - Vanilla Master. Comes with a free Iron Halo. Apart from that...not many choices available. If you want a 2+, get Belial. If you want to fly, get an Interrogator. If you want to ride a bike, You obviously should have picked Sammael. If you wanna eat people in CC, you pick Azrael. There is no REAL reason to make a Company Master, unless you are trying to be fluffy or something, or just happen to be the one Dark Angels player who spams Tactical Squads, since Leadership 10 is golden. on a side note, according to the latest FAQ, he can take twin lightning claws, a storm bolter ''and'' a plasma pistol in one build.

-'''Techmarines''' - Technically not a HQ, but also technically not worth the points.