Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

Hello honored battle brethren! It is my privilege to bring you news of our legion's chapter's performance over the weekend. The big event of the weekend was the 2025 World Championships of Warhammer, with 402 players, including most if not all of the best players currently in the game. A number of Dark Angels lists did quite well at that event, and plus a couple of our frequently-seen top performers did well at events more local to them.  The top Dark Angels player of the weekend - the Grand Master, let us say, was Midwest Monstars' Kye McCord. He went 6-2 and placed 8th at the 2025 World Championships. He made it into the 3rd Bracket, and not only was he the top Dark Angels player, but only one other Adeptus Astartes player placed higher than him! Here's Kyle's Wrath of the Rock list on BCP. Let's take a look at what he used to ascend to such lofty heights! Angels of the Roaring 🦁! Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Intercessor Squad: 5 b...

Hello, esteemed battle brethren! It was a slow weekend for singles events, with a number of teams events on the calendar. Hence, the number of players at singles events was pretty small, but we did get some good results. No event wins, sadly, but there was one undefeated run, and two lists that went X/1. I'd like to start with the best-performing list of the weekend, played by Midwest Monstars' Kyle McCord. He went 5-0 and took 2nd place at the MID-MO Maelstrom, a 5-round, 41 player event held in Ashland, MO. Here's Kyle's list in its entirety on BCP. We'll discuss it below.  Angels of the Roaring 🦁! Lion Dad Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Intercessor Squad Centurion Devastator Squad: 3 super-chonky las-missile boys Centurion Devastator Squad: 3 super-chonky las-missile boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Sternguard Veteran Squad: 5 awesome bolter boys Storm Speeder H...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! Another weekend has gone by, with commanders of the First Legion chapter testing their mettle against foes across the galaxy. From those commanders, heroes have arisen to inspire us to greatness! It is my privilege to bring you tidings of these stalwarts, that we may learn from their examples. I don't know why I felt compelled to lay it on thick, I just did. Anyway, I'm here to tell you about the lists that did well over the weekend. It was a pretty diverse spread. The detachments that successful lists used included Wrath of the Rock, Stormlance, Gladius, and an Ironstorm even popped back up in the ratings. I'm going to review the top four lists, and then list the honorable mentions. Without further ado, let's look at these lists! Our top list this week is a Wrath of the Rock list, played by Tanner Hebert of Rose City Ruffians at Dicing Death IV, a 5-round, 45 player event held in Portland, OR. Tanner went 5-0 and took 2nd place, on...