Warhammer 40k - Unit Review Library 138 - Blood Angels, Death Company Marines

21 days ago

Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

Now known as the Unit Review Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
452 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #138, I am 314 reviews behind!

Not picking randomly at the moment, I am focusing on Blood Angels to get them done before their new Codex comes out!

Blood Angels, Death Company Marines

10th Edition Index

Even though Belisarius Cawl made improved Space Marines with the genetic stock of Sanguinius, he did not manage to fix the curse of the Blood Angels - the Black Rage.

Death Company Marines are the Firstborn version of what you find in the Blood Angels Chapter.

For some reason they are being removed from the new Codex and the whole squad can be armed with Powerfists, Thunderhammers and all the cool pistols the Blood Angels can use... such a shame.

They are 125pts for 5 Models and 250pts for 10 Models.

Let's check his stats!

Stats

Movement 6"
Toughness 4
Save 3+/6+++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

So their standard armament is Boltgun and Close Combat Weapon.

Any number of them can exchange the Boltgun for an Astartes Chainsword and Bolt Pistol or a Thunderhammer

Any number of the Squad can exchange his Heavy Bolt Pistol for one of the following:

Plasma Pistol
Hand Flamer
Inferno Pistol

Any number of the unit can Exchange either the Astartes Chainsword with one of the following:

Power Weapon
Power Fist

Ranged:

Boltgun

Range 24", 2 Attacks, Hits on a 3+, S4, Ap 0, 1 Damage each

Bolt Pistol

Range 12", 1 Attack, Hits on a 3+, S4, Ap 0, 1 Damage each
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Engagements range of an enemy as long as you target one fo the units that the unit is fighting)

Inferno Pistol

Range 6", 1 Attack, Hits on a 3+, S8, Ap -4, D3 Damage each
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Engagements range of an enemy as long as you target one fo the units that the unit is fighting)
Melta 2 (When firing at a target that is within its half range of 3", add 2 to the Damage)

Hand Flamer

Range 12", D6 Attacks, Auto Hits, S3, Ap 0, 1 Damage each
Torrent (This weapon automatically hits, just roll a D6 to see how many attacks it gets)
Ignores Cover (Enemies to not get Benefit of Cover against this attack)
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Engagements range of an enemy as long as you target one fo the units that the unit is fighting)

Plasma pistol - Standard Shot

Range 12", 1 Attack, Hits on a 3+, S7, Ap -2, 1 Damage each
Pistol (This unit can shoot this weapon even if they are in engagement with an enemy unit.)

Plasma pistol - Overcharged Shot

Range 12", 1 Attack, Hits on a 3+, S8, Ap -3, 2 Damage each
Pistol (This unit can shoot this weapon even if they are in engagement with an enemy unit.)
Hazardous (When firing this option, you need to roll a dice, on a 1, this model takes 3 Mortal Wounds.)

Melee:

Close combat weapon

3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap 0, 1 Damage each

Astartes Chain Sword

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap -1, 1 Damage each

Power Weapon

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, Ap -2, 1 Damage each

Power Fist

3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -2, 2 Damage each

Thunder Hammer

3 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S8, Ap -2, 2 Damage each
Devastating Wounds (Critical Wound on a 6 cause Mortal Wounds)

Abilities

Feel No Pain 6+

Black Rage

Models in this unit re-roll the to Hit Dice.
Also, if a Chaplain model is not within 12" of this unit, they cannot Fall Back and they are OC 0.

An Honourable Death in Combat

When this unit is below Starting Strength, when it makes an attack, their weapons have Sustained Hits 1, when they are below Half Strength, their weapons have Sustained Hits 2.

Thoughts

An Honourable Death in Combat means that the unit's damage output spikes above its full unit strength initially but then spikes again and below half. Meaning that they keep a fair bit of damage potential despite losing numbers.

I am sad to see a unit go that could have potentially have fielded 10x Power Fists and 10x Inferno Pistols... well... they are going to Legends so... I suppose I can still field them in Eternal Carnage anyways!

That makes 12 Blood Angels Reviewed putting them on 63.15% Completed! The total Completed is 14.21% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Space Marines		Army Rule #3

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Adeptus Custodes	Prosecutors	#1
Adeptus Custodes	Knight-Centura	#54
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain	#61
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor	#70
Adeptus Custodes	Trajann Valoris	#40
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Fusilave	#13
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Stratoraptor	#14
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Transvector	#15
Adeptus Mechanicus	Belisarius Cawl	#53
Adeptus Mechanicus	Corpuscarii Electro-Priests	#97
Adeptus Mechanicus	Onager Dunecrawler	#110
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Raiders	#55
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Sulphurhounds	#56
Adeptus Mechanicus	Technoarcheologist	#104
Aeldari	Guardian Defenders	#64
Aeldari	Maugan Ra	#87
Aeldari	Night Spinner	#65
Aeldari	Shadowseer	#80
Aeldari	Prince Yriel	#92
Astra Militarum	Kasrkin	#60
Astra Militarum	Tank Commander	#90
Astra Militarum	Wyvern	#81
Black Templars	Black Templars Gladiator	#102
Black Templars	High Marshall Helbrecht	#38
Black Templars	Marshall	#46
Black Templars	The Emperor's Champion	#63
Blood Angels	Astorath	#131
Blood Angels	Baal Predator	#2
Blood Angels	Brother Corbulo	#132
Blood Angels	Captain Tycho	#133
Blood Angels	Chief Librarian Mephiston	#134
Blood Angels	Commander Dante	#135
Blood Angels	Death Company Dreadnought	#136
Blood Angels	Death Company Intercessors	#137
Blood Angels	Gabriel Seth	#66
Blood Angels	Lemartes	#32
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Guard	#93
Chaos Daemons	Beasts of Nurgle	#98
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Daemons	Lord of Change	#75
Chaos Daemons	Nurglings	#82
Chaos Knights	Knight Abominant	#94
Chaos Knights	War Dog Brigands	#30
Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
Chaos Knights	War Dog Huntsman	#77
Chaos Space Marines	Abbadon the Despoiler	#50
Chaos Space Marines	Haarken Worldclaimer	#41
Chaos Space Marines	Khorne Lord of Skulls	#37
Dark Angels	Asmodai	#16
Dark Angels	Azrael	#17
Dark Angels	Belial	#4
Dark Angels	Deathwing Knights	#20
Dark Angels	Deathwing Terminator Squad	#99
Dark Angels	Lazarus	#62
Dark Angels	Land Speeder Vengeance	#101
Death Guard	Biologus Putrifier	#5
Death Guard	Blightlord Terminators	#10
Death Guard	Chaos Lord	#36
Death Guard	Lord of Contagion	#52
Death Guard	Tallyman	#39
Death Guard	Malignant Plaguecaster	#71
Deathwatch	Corvus Blackstar	#72
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Terminator Squad	#112
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Veterans	#114
Deathwatch	Fortis Kill Team	#116
Deathwatch	Indomitor Kill Team	#118
Deathwatch	Kill Team Cassius	#120
Deathwatch	Proteus Killteam	#57
Deathwatch	Spectrus Kill Team	#73
Deathwatch	Veteran Bike Squad	#84
Deathwatch	Watch Captain Artemis	#122
Deathwatch	Watch Master	#124
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7
Genestealer Cults	Aberants	#47
Genestealer Cults	Hybrid Metamorphs	#58
Genestealer Cults	Reductus Saboteur	#33
Grey Knights	Brother Captain	#25
Grey Knights	Grand Master	#48
Grey Knights	Strike Squad	#51
Imperial Agents	Callidus Assassin	#9
Imperial Agents	Culexus Assassin	#69
Imperial Agents	Eversor Assassin	#105
Imperial Agents	Exaction Squad	#111
Imperial Agents	Imperial Navy Breachers	#113
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor	#115
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Coteaz	#117
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Eisenhorn	#119
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Greyfax	#121
Imperial Agents	Inquisitorial Henchmen	#123
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Karamazov	#125
Imperial Agents	Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus	#126
Imperial Agents	Rogue Trader Entourage	#127
Imperial Agents	Subductor Squad	#128
Imperial Agents	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Agents	Vindicare Assassin	#129
Imperial Agents	Voidsmen-at-Arms	#130
Imperial Knights	Canis Rex	#76
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Imperial Knights	Armiger Warglaive	#43
Imperial Knights	Knight Castellan	#83
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Thunderkyn	#78
Leagues of Votann	Cthonian Beserks	#86
Leagues of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Leagues of Votann	Ûthar the Destined	#44
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
Orks	Hunta Rig	#28
Orks	Zodgrod Wortsnagga	#89
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
Space Marines	Marneus Calgar	#42
Space Marines	Razorback	#21
Space Marines	Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs	#103
Space Wolves	Arjac Rockfist	#68
Space Wolves	Fenrisian Wolves	#91
Space Wolves	Wolf Guard	#74
T'au Empire	Breacher Team	#88
T'au Empire	Darkstrider	#12
T'au Empire	Kroot Carnivore Squad	#19
T'au Empire	Pathfinder Team	#79
T'au Empire	Piranhas	#107
T'au Empire	Razorshark Strike Fighter	#95
T'au Empire	Stealth Battlesuits	#67
Thousand Sons	Ahriman	#108
Thousand Sons	Ahriman on Disc of Tzeentch	#109
Thousand Sons	Exalted Sorcerer	#59
Thousand Sons	Magnus the Red	#49
Tyranids	Barbgaunts	#6
Tyranids	Lictor	#106
Tyranids	Raveners	#96
Tyranids	Screamer Killer	#24
World Eaters	Lord Invocatus	#100
World Eaters	World Eaters Chaos Spawn	#18
World Eaters	World Eaters Daemon Prince	#85