Blood Templars - Unleashing the rage

[Steaknchips]

40K Army: Space Marines

So my Templars have lost preferred enemy and gained rage. That combined with TH/SS terminators being super survivable now due to power weapon nerfs its time to rock the 4 attack charging terminators! In addition who else better compliments my raging templars than the raging blood angels for some psyker defence!

Emperors Champ - Accept any challange - 140 pts
Reclusiarch - TA, TH/SS - 165

5 Man Crusader squad, Melta, Power fist, Bolters, Rhino - 155
5 Man Crusader squad, Melta, Power fist, Bolters, Rhino - 155

6 TH/SS Assaut Terminators
- Dedicated Blessed Hull Landraider Crusader - 490

Allies

Captain - Bolter

5 Death Company, Bolters, Pod - 145

Death Company Dread, Talons, Pod - 160

DC Dread drops in first turn. Libby rides with the death company in their pod to drop in 2nd turn onwards hopefully to greet some freshly opened transport cans with some rage filled bolter fire - The unit drops in rapid fires, in the enemy shooting phase they Shield of Sang up for defence and then in the assault phase they Unleash Rage to give prefered enemy for combat AND overwatch.

EC rides in the LR with the Termies. With Rage the Terminators all have 4 attacks on the charge giving the unit 24 TH attacks to hammer any target dead in one turn. Blessed hull helps keep the LR alive that bit longer by shrugging off the lances of those pesky eldar.

[Garoth]

Aren't the Black Templars forbidden to ally with psykers (excepting Grey Knights)?

[Shadowlance]

Aren't the Black Templars forbidden to ally with psykers (excepting Grey Knights)?

^ This, and the fact that the FAQ has made it so that the emperors champion no longer fills the minimum 1 HQ requirement

That said not a bad start, though you are a bit light in the scoring troop area as death company cant score.

Hope this helps.


Cheers
Shadowlance

[Steaknchips]

Had to edit it in several places - Since EC no longer can be taken as an HQ so thats 140 points mandatory for a non-HQ, non-troop option (thanks GW). So dropped a Termi and taken a TH/SS Chappie as my HQ (Yay 5th edition prefered enemy on the charge AND the new rage!).

Sadly the additional cost means I've had to trim the fat from the BA allies. Changed the HQ to a Captain (Deep down I remembered I couldnt take psykers but the excitment got the better of me). Also had to drop the hand flamer, Heavy Flamer and bikes.

Guess I'll have to rely on a lucky melta shot from the Dread or throw my Hamminators at things I need opened.

I'm no stranger to having minimal scoring units with my templars so a list with 3 troop choices, all 5 strong and 1 not even scoring doesnt really phase me.