Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

Hello brethren! So I thought to myself, since I was going through the data from Best Coast Pairings for my weekly Dark Angels update, I might as well also make note of what armies are winning events. Then I figured as long as I was doing that, I might as well make note of the top three armies at every event. Once I figured out a way to record that data in a way that isn't too difficult to interpret, I thought I might share the information with all of you. Because clearly the weekly Dark Angels update isn't enough work! Anyhow, the faction at the top of the meta for the first weekend of March was Necrons. I'm sure that comes as no surprise. Necrons had a total of 6 lists make the top three at events. The most successful detachment was Starshatter Arsenal, with 1 win, 2 second-place results, and 1 third-place result. Pantheon of Woe got 1 win and 1 second-place result, and Cursed Legion took 1 win.  The faction with the next-most top three lists was Astra Militarum, all of wh...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! It's a new week with new weekend results to review. I'm quite pleased with how our legion chapter did over the weekend. Not as many players played Dark Angels at GTs as the weekend before, but those that did play came to win. A full eight Dark Angels lists went X/0-X/1, and one of those was an event winner! I'll review three of those lists in this article, with the rest getting honorable mentions. The obvious place to start is with the event winning list. That list is a Company of Hunters, played by Rule Lawyerz' Phillip French. Phillip beat out 23 other competitors at Game Knight Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament held in Jasper, IN. Here's Phillip's list on BCP. We'll review it below.  D Angels dark wings Chaplain on Bike Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Ravenwing Command Squad: Warlord Ravenwing Command Squad: Recon Hunter Ravenwing Command Squad: Master of Manoeuvre Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Outrider Squad: 3 chop...

 Greetings honored battle brethren! Event play certainly picked back up over the weekend, with two big events and a number of smaller ones. It was a good weekend for Dark Angels, with two event wins and another 3 X/1 results! We'll take a look at the top three lists of the weekend.  The top list of the week is Midwest Monstars' Kyle McCord's Wrath of the Rock list, with which he took first place at the 2026 Big Beef Beatdown, going 5-0 and prevailing over 71 other players. You can see Kyle's list on BCP. We'll break it down below. Knights of the Relentless 🦁 Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs: 5 flying choppy boys 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 Land Speeder Vengeance...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! It was a slow weekend for 40K due no doubt to Saturday being Valentine's Day and 40K not really considered a big couple activities. There were a few events for unrepentant bachelors though, and one of our number went 4-1 at one of them, giving us something to discuss. So, without further ado, let's check out that list.  Our one list this week is Jason Matheson's Wrath of the Rock list that he took to Club Championships 2026 held in Kingston, Ontario, where he took 5th place out of 32 players. You can see Jason's list on BCP. We'll discuss it below. Tournament list Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Chaplain in Terminator Armour: Deathwing Assault Lieutenant Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Gladiator Lancer Hellblaster Squad: 10 plasma boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Repulsor Executioner Scout Squad: 5 sneaky lads ...

  Greetings honored battle brethren! Once again, I bring you news of the glorious victories of the past weekend! It was a pretty good weekend for the legion chapter. We didn't have any event wins, but one list did go undefeated, and we had a total of six X/0-X/1 results across three different detachments. I'll be reviewing the top list in each of those detachments, and the rest will be in the honorable mentions, along with a couple other players who I think deserve to be noted.  The top Dark Angels player of the weekend was Sturnguard Fat Tits' Liam Callebout, who went 5-1 and took 9th out of 212 with his Wrath of the Rock list at Beachhead Brawl 2026, held in Bournemouth, England. You can see Liam's list on BCP. We'll check it out below.  Beachhead Lion Dad -  Warlord Azrael Librarian in Terminator Armour: Deathwing Assault Lieutenant with Combi-weapon: Tempered in Battle Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey ...

  Hello honored battle brethren! It was a slow weekend for singles events, so only one list made the cut for review. I think the reason it was so slow is because The Winter International Team Tournament was this past weekend, and that event drew 759 players, and there were three more teams events that had 100+ players as well. I don't know enough about teams play to comment on what does or doesn't make a good list for it, so I won't review those lists, but I will include which Dark Angels lists went undefeated at teams events, with links so you can check them out yourself. I was at a GT this past weekend, and I came away with a positive record, so I'll write a little about my experience, since I only have one list to review. Everything came up Ravenwing this weekend. Our list for review is a Company of Hunters, the Company of Hunters tied Gladius for second-most-played detachment, and everyone who played the CoH at singles events went at least 3-2. The list that went 4-...