DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! BloodAngelBrotherEdward.
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! HarkonGreywolf (3/2/2002 19:11). 
           RE: RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! TheLt (3/2/2002 21:39). 
       funny thing..... baronsmeg (3/2/2002 19:17). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! OriginalSinner (3/2/2002 21:12). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! SytheDeathStrike (3/2/2002 21:22). 
       hmm revolutio (3/2/2002 21:26). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! WillyNilly (3/2/2002 21:32). 
       Who says BA rhinos can... TheLt (3/2/2002 21:44). 
           sorry.... baronsmeg (3/2/2002 21:50). 
               RE: sorry.... SytheDeathStrike (3/2/2002 23:44). 
                   Don't forget about the Red Thirst... BloodAngelsBrotherKalibroxin (3/3/2002 3:17). 
       tactics right from a BA player omniversal (3/2/2002 22:05). 
       CheeseCannons ZapTheHero (3/2/2002 22:10). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! imperialmercinary (3/2/2002 22:29). 
       1st hand from a BA dedude (3/2/2002 22:43). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! krooot (3/2/2002 22:55). 
       venerable dread Syzor (3/2/2002 23:40). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! Talyrn (3/2/2002 23:51). 
           World Eaters fdsajkl (3/3/2002 0:32). 
               big guns IGcolCarswell (3/3/2002 0:48). 
               RE: World Eaters dazpaint (3/3/2002 0:52). 
       Advice from a long time BA faustus (3/3/2002 0:47). 
       Let the truth be known... BloodAngelsBrotherKalibroxin (3/3/2002 3:30). 
           RE: Let the truth be known... sizzaz (3/3/2002 4:10). 
       get behind them BloodAngelsBrotherRomeon (3/3/2002 5:17). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! creepinjeezus (3/3/2002 6:17). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! Uzantaltufty (3/3/2002 6:40). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! iandcaw (3/3/2002 9:43). 
       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! CptBarker (3/3/2002 10:00). 
 
 

  DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (29 Replies). BloodAngelBrotherEdward[].
 3/2/2002 19:04 (3/3/2002 10:00) 
 Good evening everyone!

 The question for all is: "How do YOU defeat Blood Angels?".

 Post what has worked for you here, so that others can see how to drop the assault happy
 maniacs :-) Please do NOT just yell insults and flames at each other (or me for that matter!)
 :-) Focus on the issue, post the ways to destroy Blood Angels!

 Glory to the Emperor, and those who work on tactics ~ Brother Edward

 PS. my best advice - shoot them - shoot them a lot with low AP weapons, stay mobile, stay
 away from them - NEVER let them charge you! If you can keep out moving them, and gun
 them as they come at you I promise that is NOT what the Blood Angel player wants to see
 happen :-) You Eldar players know what I'm talking about! :-) 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (1 Replies). HarkonGreywolf[]. 3/2/2002
 19:11 (3/2/2002 21:39) 
 Hi there.
 I've never had to play BA's so I haven't first hand experience, but from watching others,
 shoot-em-up quick just about covers it!
 Eldar Dark Reapers do very well! :-{ as they do against my Space Wolves as well!
 It doesn't often pay to go hth with them so outmanoevring and shooting is all I've got! Maybe
 dropping ordinance would work? IG anyone?

 Harkon Greywolf

 >> Good evening everyone!
 >> 
 >> The question for all is: "How do YOU defeat Blood Angels?".
 >> 
 >> Post what has worked for you here, so that others can see how to drop the assault happy
 maniacs :-) Please do NOT just yell insults and flames at each other (or me for that matter!)
 :-) Focus on the issue, post the ways to destroy Blood Angels!
 >> 
 >> Glory to the Emperor, and those who work on tactics ~ Brother Edward
 >> 
 >> PS. my best advice - shoot them - shoot them a lot with low AP weapons, stay mobile,
 stay away from them - NEVER let them charge you! If you can keep out moving them, and
 gun them as they come at you I promise that is NOT what the Blood Angel player wants to
 see happen :-) You Eldar players know what I'm talking about! :-) 
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           RE: RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). TheLt[]. 3/2/2002 21:39
 (3/2/2002 21:39) 
 well... I try to keep them out of reach of my squads by airlifting the squads elswhere at the first
 sign of trouble :)
 

 I love having Helicopters!
 

 PS Having loads of krak missiles that can be shot at one target in just one turn helps, too. (5
 Hunter Killer missiles into your Death Co. They hit on 3+ cause of targeter, wound on twos...)
 
 

 -The Lt 
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       funny thing..... . (0 Replies). baronsmeg[]. 3/2/2002 19:17 (3/2/2002 19:17) 
 this is about the death company! 

 many people are scared of the death companies invunraility! 

 well did you know the best way to kill the death company is in HTH! 

 yep im serious! charge the buggers first with power weapons and watch em drop like flys!

 their special save does not work against power weapons and if you charge em first (with most
 army's) you will fight at the same time or first! 

 eldar howling bashees are great at this! death companies aren't always that big, so your ST3
 does not realy matter, give the exarch an exocutioner and go beat them down with your sharp
 sticks!

 a good one for tau - equip a chrisis team with fusion blasters and plasma rifles! and multi
 trackers! with this you must get close but you get 3 shots that wound on a 2+ and they cant
 save and 6 shots which wound on a 2+ and they only get a 4+ save! with the aid of marker
 lights you can do some serious damage! if you dont kill all though you can be in a bit of trouble
 if they have jump packs! 

 the best bet is to move exactly 12" and kill th front lines ones and jump back 6" putting you
 18" from the front line, you should have killed enougth that they are just short of the charge! if
 they dont have jump packs just jump back and they cant get you!

 hope this helps a bit

 baronsmeg and his mini lop! 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). OriginalSinner[]. 3/2/2002
 21:12 (3/2/2002 21:12) 
 When shooting the BA, it's important to take out their Rhinos first. Any heavy weapon with a
 strangth of 8 or more will allow you to both pop transports as well as instakill the Death
 Company.

 Once the transports are wiped out, then the basic squads are sitting ducks for your fire.

 I'm not sure if this is a common flaw with Blood Angel players, but around here I see lots of
 BA players investing tons of points into costly vehicles or units such as Land Raiders,
 Terminators, etc. As with any army, games are won most often with a strong core of basic
 troops. And with the Angels, this is no exception. More troops = more rolls for the Death
 Company as well as more models to get the charging bonuses.

 So if you see that your opponent is investing a lot of points into two or three ultra-powerful
 units, do one of two things: either wipe out these units early to punish them for putting all their
 eggs in one basket, or avoid them altogether and focus upon the objectives. 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies).
 SytheDeathStrike[sythedeathstrike@hotmail.com]. 3/2/2002 21:22 (3/2/2002 21:22) 
 >> Good evening everyone!
 >> 
 >> The question for all is: "How do YOU defeat Blood Angels?".
 >> 
 >> Post what has worked for you here, so that others can see how to drop the assault happy
 maniacs :-) Please do NOT just yell insults and flames at each other (or me for that matter!)
 :-) Focus on the issue, post the ways to destroy Blood Angels!
 >> 
 >> Glory to the Emperor, and those who work on tactics ~ Brother Edward
 >> 
 >> PS. my best advice - shoot them - shoot them a lot with low AP weapons, stay mobile,
 stay away from them - NEVER let them charge you! If you can keep out moving them, and
 gun them as they come at you I promise that is NOT what the Blood Angel player wants to
 see happen :-) You Eldar players know what I'm talking about! :-)

 My tactic w/ Tau is to send in kroot to hold up the death guys (I can't remember the names:::)
 then I stay as far away as I can, pin them down w/ pulse carbines (after I've killed the units
 person that keeps them coming) and shoot them off w/ my pulse rifles, plus I use my
 hammerhead to finish off any heavy support and speacial characters :::) 
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       hmm . (0 Replies). revolutio[darkjesterr@aol.com]. 3/2/2002 21:26 (3/2/2002 21:26) 
 I can't say that I have ever played BA before, but I would like to test out my Dark Eldar
 against them. I would probably say screw mobility. You guys are just as fast all mobility would
 do is put all my eggs in a basket. I would send my Archon and Incubi squad charging into the
 center of your force trying to engulf ans many units as possible in the melee. All the other units
 would shy back and fire into the troops that were not caught up. then I would send my
 grotesques in to mop up everything and give me a good laugh. 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). WillyNilly[]. 3/2/2002 21:32
 (3/2/2002 21:32) 
 >> Good evening everyone!
 >> 
 >> The question for all is: "How do YOU defeat Blood Angels?".
 >> 
 ###I just feed them guardians(I know it's sad, but hey I don't mind, and neither do the blood
 angels)

 And just hope the rangers can slow down the rest while the falcons try and get through all that
 heavy armour. 
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       Who says BA rhinos can... . (3 Replies). TheLt[]. 3/2/2002 21:44 (3/3/2002 3:17) 
 Well, someone tried to say that a BA rhino can go 18 inches and then disembark, thus
 increasing the first turn charge range to 24". Is this true? I thought no-one can disembark after
 moving more than 12"...
 
 

 -The Lt. 
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           sorry.... . (2 Replies). baronsmeg[]. 3/2/2002 21:50 (3/3/2002 3:17) 
 >> Well, someone tried to say that a BA rhino can go 18 inches and then disembark, thus
 increasing the first turn charge range to 24". Is this true? I thought no-one can disembark after
 moving more than 12"...
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> -The Lt.

 it is true blood angel rhinos and razor backs have super charged engines which allow you to
 move an extra 6" but you must take a difficult terrain check! (whoo) and the blood angles are
 alowed to disembark after the 18" move since they do it alot!

 baronsmeg and his mini lop! 
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               RE: sorry.... . (1 Replies). SytheDeathStrike[sythedeathstrike@hotmail.com]. 3/2/2002 23:44
 (3/3/2002 3:17) 

 >> it is true blood angel rhinos and razor backs have super charged engines which allow you
 to move an extra 6" but you must take a difficult terrain check! (whoo) and the blood angles
 are alowed to disembark after the 18" move since they do it alot!
 >> 
 >> baronsmeg and his mini lop!

 damn there overcharged red hides 
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                   Don't forget about the Red Thirst... . (0 Replies). BloodAngelsBrotherKalibroxin[].
 3/3/2002 3:17 (3/3/2002 3:17) 
 If you roll a 1 for the rhino, it can move upto 24" that turn, then the models can disembark,
 and then they can assault for a grand total of 32" (models can be placed 2" from the vehicle
 when disembarking). 
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       tactics right from a BA player . (0 Replies). omniversal[]. 3/2/2002 22:05 (3/2/2002 22:05) 
 Blood angels have always been my fav army since they were my first. I love them and i think
 they are strong in HTH but not unbeatable.

 I will share with you some tactics that have been used on me effective or not.

 first off when playing against blood angels you will ALWAYS be playing against a Death
 company. i have yet to see an army without a chaplain.
 so how do you beat a death company? Well POWER WEAPONS. S8+ weapons will do the
 trick too. they dont get their killer "second save" then. Also, if you can fire a huge amount of
 rounds into them as they advance then they are sure to fail their armor saves and "get back up
 saves" 

 now what else makes BA strong. Well the fact that in a rhino, a squad can potentially move
 (charge included) 32" 

 that is if they roll a one and then roll a second 6 to move d6" plus 12" rhino move, a difficult
 terrain check for another 6" dismarkment of 2" (usually to the side though) and a charge of 6"
 that makes it hard to be able to know exactly when they can charge you. adding some random
 goodies into fighting a blood angels army

 thats possible ive done it many times.here is what you do though. Deploy YOUR guys as far
 back as you can in cover. that way if they charge you like that out of the blue, then at least you
 can srike first IF they make it that far. Then just blast away for a while.

 Also if they are to charge you, sincve they get a bunch of bonuses when they charge +1S +1A
 +1I, that makes them awesome for the first round. put expendable troops out front preferably
 numerable so that they wont get wiped out in the first round. the best way to kill them is to
 charge them with a second unit so that you have 1.5 units screwing with them. it ties up the
 blood angels and eventually crushes them. unless you roll badly.

 Also since every unit can be forced to move that makes using heavy weapons risky business
 points wise for a player. which means heavy weapons in a blood angels army are scarce. so it
 is now safe to field large heacy units, dreads, tanks. i say if you are playing against blood
 angels take a couple of tanks and blow them to pieces. two chaos preds + a demon prince
 took me out of action.

 so in short blood angels can be defeated by:
 1) power weapons and large weapons
 2) tying them up in combat for long periods of time
 3) using heavy weapons advantages.

 now as for tactics that dont work. DONT MOVE TOWARDS THE BLOOD ANGELS.
 nearly any unit that moves forward will be crushed. i exploit forward units by destroying them,
 being in combat and making it possible to not shoot me. then following up 2d6 inches because
 Blood angels are not allowed to consolidate. then i just start crushing units one by one.

 also, dont think you can "feed" a blood angels army one or two expendable units. that is just
 like the above example. they will start an unstopable rampage. just sit back in cover and
 SHOOT.

 anyway, happy hunting :)
 -omniversal- 
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       CheeseCannons . (0 Replies). ZapTheHero[]. 3/2/2002 22:10 (3/2/2002 22:10) 
 Starcannons... 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). imperialmercinary[]. 3/2/2002
 22:29 (3/2/2002 22:29) 
 i like your tactic, but to make it more complex.....

 most blood angel armies are fast(jump packs and rinos) so you absolutely have to take out the
 transports first, if not....... u cant run,you cant hide. they can move 18 inces,unload,and
 assualt!!!!! 
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       1st hand from a BA . (0 Replies). dedude[tazioc@start.com.au]. 3/2/2002 22:43 (3/2/2002 22:43) 
 This is some good advice from an ex- BA player. My army mainly consists of units that just
 hunger for hand to hand combat. I found that i knew i was beat when after a few turns i hadn't
 got into much hth. The main concern for BA's are army's like Eldar, Dark Eldar, and now
 especially Tau (with the 72" railguns). Keeping this in mind, i have found that a lot of players
 seem to want to get into hth Striking scorpions, and Kroot especialy. Many BA players also
 have an assassin. Usualy an Eversar. So the best advice to you is, SHOOT AND MOVE! 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). krooot[]. 3/2/2002 22:55 (3/2/2002
 22:55) 

 Dark reapers, exarch with missile launcher and fast shot,black guardians with starcannons,
 seer council in a falcon. Target one of their flanks, and use the council to kill any isolated units.
 It works try it. :) KROOOT! 
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       venerable dread . (0 Replies). Syzor[]. 3/2/2002 23:40 (3/2/2002 23:40) 
 1 Use space wolves venerable dread to get first turn and shoot all the transport, then have
 callidus assain and wolf scouts start chopping up his army from behind.

 2 Play as Eldar like Bro Edward said, too easy and obvious to bother posting tactics. 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (3 Replies). Talyrn[]. 3/2/2002 23:51 (3/3/2002
 0:52) 
 I'm a slaanesh player and this is what I do.

 Line up a nice group of cultists 13' away from the rest of your army.

 Have every blastmaster, and heavy weapon you have standing there and as the blood angels
 sweep forward having torn the cultists into itty bitty peices, shoot them, shoot them, and shoot
 them some more, as soon as you run out of weapons drop Demonettes, Fiends, and the
 irrepressible Keeper of Secrets of them.

 Unfortunatly I havent tryed this yet as I go out of my way to avoid playing beardy assault
 armies like the Black Templars and Blood Angels.

 In theory this works the same for every army, place a expendible unit out of sweeping range,
 and once the Blood Angels have mashed them shoot the crap outta them (this wont work
 against templars though) 
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           World Eaters . (2 Replies). fdsajkl[]. 3/3/2002 0:32 (3/3/2002 0:52) 
 With World Eaters I just try to charge them before they charge me!
 Give Axes of Korne to the champs and plasma pistols to the troops and CHARGE!!!!!!

 BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! 
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               big guns . (0 Replies). IGcolCarswell[]. 3/3/2002 0:48 (3/3/2002 0:48) 
 I don't have any tanks, but I would suggest for Imperial Guard players to utilize their
 battlecannons and demolishers... plasma cannons, basilisk indirect fire.... ect.

 the indirect fire of my cadian friend is mainly aimed at eliminating the Death Company at all
 costs. As a Deathworld army, it is my job to "harass" the Blood Angels while my Cadian allies
 (different player) sit in trenches.... waiting for them to attempt to reach HtH. That 12" rapid
 fire rule usually drops about 30% of the DC. 

 Use anything that makes "insta-death" so they can't Ignore Injury. 
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               RE: World Eaters . (0 Replies). dazpaint[]. 3/3/2002 0:52 (3/3/2002 0:52) 
 I've found one of the best squads to hold up the DC with are Thousand Sons. In fact TS in
 assault can hold thier own with just about anyone (with the exception of Wolves). In my time I
 have gone toe to toe with Beserkers, DC, Incubi, Scorpions Bansheesand a Talos and held
 my own or even beaten them off with Thousand Sons. With 2 wounds and power armour they
 are extremely resilent.

 Daz

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       Advice from a long time BA . (0 Replies). faustus[]. 3/3/2002 0:47 (3/3/2002 0:47) 
 >> I've been playing Blood Angels since the beggining of the game. And Have learned many
 srenghts and weakneses of the army. reciently I lost a 2500 point game against the orks.And I
 lost in hth The key is Lots of troops. The more people you gang up on the better chance you
 have of killing them. Stand and fight. shoot them while they move towards you move back and
 shoot some more(ask any Tau player. Last but not least FEAR THE DEATH COMPANY.
 Too many people take these incredible FREE assault troops for granted. Destroy them and
 the Chaplain first. andeverything else will fall.

 Brother Chaplain Faustus 
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       Let the truth be known... . (1 Replies). BloodAngelsBrotherKalibroxin[]. 3/3/2002 3:30 (3/3/2002 4:10) 
 Here are some tactics to defeat blood angels. Granted every army is different, but they all
 follow one important theme...Hand To Hand.

 Rule #1...Take out their mobility. If they can't reach you fast enough, then they will take many
 casualties before they actually do get into hth, thus giving you a better chance.

 Rule #2...Take alot of blast marker weapons. I don't care what you use, unless you are IG,
 Orks, or Bugs, there's a good chance you will be outnumbered. Blast marker weapons help
 the cause by hitting more than one model in a single shot. I have found that High AP blast
 marker and ordinance weapons are a big problem for BA, but frag missiles and whirlwinds
 also are problems. Don't always think that high AP is everything. I have lost tons of models to
 frags.

 Rule #3...use the "always have to advance" rule to your advantage. If a BA unit gets into hth,
 and you know that your unit will not survive, move other units into a position where they all
 can get in shooting range of the BA unit. Since they always have to advance, they will always
 be able to be shot at, even if they do make it into another hth combat that turn.

 Rule #4...Death Company is mean, but not important enough to focus ALL of your fire on
 them. Death Companies are extremely tough units to destroy, but don't let that make you think
 that you have to get rid of them first. It is better to have a 6 or 7 man death company attacking
 one unit than 20 assault marines attacking three units.

 Well, this is what people do against my BA, and it is extremely effective. I'm not saying that
 these tactics will work everytime, but will be very effective if used properly.

 Happy gaming,

 Blood Angels Brother Kalibroxin 
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           RE: Let the truth be known... . (0 Replies). sizzaz[]. 3/3/2002 4:10 (3/3/2002 4:10) 
 >> Rule #2...Take alot of blast marker weapons. I don't care what you use, unless you are
 IG, Orks, or Bugs, there's a good chance you will be outnumbered. Blast marker weapons
 help the cause by hitting more than one model in a single shot. I have found that High AP blast
 marker and ordinance weapons are a big problem for BA, but frag missiles and whirlwinds
 also are problems. Don't always think that high AP is everything. I have lost tons of models to
 frags.

 The frag missile comment is interesting because when I fight marines I always use my missile
 launchers as krak grenades. Anyone have feedback on this?

 >> Rule #3...use the "always have to advance" rule to your advantage. If a BA unit gets into
 hth, and you know that your unit will not survive, move other units into a position where they
 all can get in shooting range of the BA unit. Since they always have to advance, they will
 always be able to be shot at, even if they do make it into another hth combat that turn.

 I don't think I understand this comment... If they advance into another hth combat that turn,
 how can you possibly shoot at them? Am I not aware of some rule detail? Thanks.

 Finally, just to throw out my 2 cents... Plasma Cannons, plasma guns, and plasma pistols. A
 lot of people hate the instant death possibility of plasma weapons, but I usually hurt a lot more
 marines with them than they hurt me ;) 
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       get behind them . (0 Replies). BloodAngelsBrotherRomeon[]. 3/3/2002 5:17 (3/3/2002 5:17) 
 Yes: avoid Blood Angels in close combat, yes shoot them to pieces. That' more or less
 obvious, who wants to meet a Blood Angel in closecombat anyway. :-) Except for 'nids.

 But how do you slow down the advance? The worst thing i know is when my enemy get's
 behind me. It takes sometimes 2 turns to turn and kill an enemy who come from behind. It's
 "#"!!"#¤# annoying!

 Some armies are better at sneaking behind. Eldar, with superfast falcons, who even can
 deploy squad (pestilence). Dark Eldar ravagers. Chaos Rhinos with squads in them.
 Sometimes even the scenario will let your enemy get behind the you. 

 So my conlusion will be: get behind the blood angels to beat them. We have to few squads to
 counterattack without using to much of our army.

 Romeon 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies).
 creepinjeezus[creepin_jeezus2001@hotmail.com or maccarocks34@hotmail.com]. 3/3/2002 6:17
 (3/3/2002 6:17) 
 unfortunatly/fortunatly have never played against a worty blood angels army, so i can't say
 much about playing against them, my only opponent with blood angels is so uncapable of
 tactics you don't even need to think about it (he thought that a land raider filled to the brim
 with termies would do more damage standing at the back and shooting rather then charging
 forwards and crunching everything up *sigh*)

 The Real Creepin' Jeezus 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). Uzantaltufty[]. 3/3/2002 6:40
 (3/3/2002 6:40) 
 I have played Blood angels 6 times now and I am undefeated. I guess both the players I
 played were crap but anyway this is how I did it.

 I play vanilla marines Imperial Fists. I basically take as many troops as I can a heavy dread
 and a vindicator or something along those lines I usually field 4 tactical squads, 2 with rhinos,
 and a 5 man assault squad against them. I try and shoot what I can until they getwithin 18" I
 thin move the rhino troops into assault range, disembark, shoot. I try to go for units of equal
 size or ability. I then move the rest of my troops 6" and shoot. My assault squad is used as a
 tie up tactic. I usually will assault an HQ using plasma pistols to do abit of damage before
 receiving a total anihilation in return. This will give me time to get the rest of my guys in
 combat. 

 The hardest is the Death company.......they just won't die.

 I then assault everything I can and due to my numbers I can usually make squads reduced
 50%. 

 This tactic doesn't work against a blood angel army that has more troops than you by the time
 they get to 18". In this situation I make a tactical retreat.......run away :) and hope for the best.
 And so far it has worked for the best :).

 I was once caught in a sticky situation where two of his squads blood
 rages........damn...........5" and 6", one was a damn assault squad that managed to make a
 move of 23" that turn.....but I came out on top :) 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies). iandcaw[]. 3/3/2002 9:43 (3/3/2002
 9:43) 
 >> Good evening everyone!
 >> 
 >> The question for all is: "How do YOU defeat Blood Angels?".
 >> 
 >> Post what has worked for you here, so that others can see how to drop the assault happy
 maniacs :-) Please do NOT just yell insults and flames at each other (or me for that matter!)
 :-) Focus on the issue, post the ways to destroy Blood Angels!
 >> 
 >> Glory to the Emperor, and those who work on tactics ~ Brother Edward
 >> 
 >> PS. my best advice - shoot them - shoot them a lot with low AP weapons, stay mobile,
 stay away from them - NEVER let them charge you! If you can keep out moving them, and
 gun them as they come at you I promise that is NOT what the Blood Angel player wants to
 see happen :-) You Eldar players know what I'm talking about! :-)

 BLOOD ANGELS are not as easy to beat as you think I have a Blood Angels army and have
 NEVER LOST a battle in over 100 
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       RE: DEFEATING Blood Angels: post your TACTICS here! . (0 Replies).
 CptBarker[jackbarker78@hotmail.com]. 3/3/2002 10:00 (3/3/2002 10:00) 

 Hi,

 I collect Ultramarines (about 5,000points). My freind collects BAs which has about the same
 point cost. Im always battleing him and i usualy have a solid line of Auxilry(mine are cadians)
 that stand and fire as many shots as posible at the oncoming BA and when there within chargin
 distance i charge them(dont worry about ceapin your Auxilry alive) while thats goin on my
 scouts infiltrate ,my bikes, combat sqads and Auxilry vetrans flank the BAs DO NOT
 ASSULT THE BAS with you flanking units just worry about keapin up with them. 
 When my Auxilry troops fall i have a colum of tanks which will stand and fire all their
 weaponry(dont worry about you tanks either BA are tuff and you have to lose loads of things
 to beat them). The BA will probably find it to tempting to assult your tanks so they wont
 worry about you flanking units. Once your tanks are down they will provide cover later. My
 awaiting tactical squads come next, use the same idea as you did with the Auxiliry troops and
 hopefully kill as many as you can.Make your flanking units move into cover and fire a few
 shots with ‘em.
 The blood angels will now be in betwin and formation of terminators and your flanking units. in
 the formation of Terms keap your force commander and command squad.The BA will move
 into the Terms, now is the time of your flanking units! move out of cover and fire all possible
 rounds. A llow your terms to brake formation and unleash you full fire power! the BA will
 becom confused and not know wich way to turn this should be your chance to destroy the
 remaining BAs.

 From Battle Commander Jack Barker