Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

  Greetings honored battle brethren! It was a slow weekend for 40K events, with only 5 GTs taking place. There weren't many events scheduled on Mother's Day weekend, go figure. That said, out of the handful of events that did take place, there were a few stalwarts whose spouses or mothers let them go play with their toy soldiers over the weekend, and out of that handful we do have a pair of lists that rate discussion.  The top Dark Angels list of the weekend belongs to William Willoughby, who took a Bastion Task Force to The 2026 Central Arkansas Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament, went 3-1-2, and took 7th out of 45 players. You can see William's list on BCP. We'll break it down below. Oops wrong game Lion Dad - Warlord Ancient in Terminator Armour: Hero of the Chapter Captain in Terminator Armour: Blades of Valour Ravenwing Command Squad Tactical Squad: 10 Original Gangsta boys Tactical Squad: 10 Original Gangsta boys Rhino Rhino Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky swo...

  Greetings honored battle brethren and esteemed fellow 40K enthusiasts! A lot of people played 40K over the weekend, and all of us like to know what armies are doing well. I'm here to bring you that information so you know what to expect when you roll up to a GT! After weeks of Necrons, Chaos Marines, and Ultramarines trading places within the Top Three factions, there's been a shakeup in the meta. We had a foreshadowing of this last week when Thousand Sons beat out Ultramarines as the Number Three faction. This week they went all the way to Top Faction, with 2 event wins, a whopping 5 second place finishes, and 2 third place finishes. Here's the breakdown by detachment. Thousand Sons Coven Rubricae Placing Coven Rubricae 1st 1 1 2nd 1 4 3rd 1 1 After last week it's tempting to just chalk this up to Defilers and call it a day, but only 3 of the lists had Defilers in them, though those that did had 2 each. Thousand Sons were doing decently as a faction before the overpo...

 Greetings honored battle brethren! It's the beginning of a new week, so it's time for the Dark Angels update! It was an active weekend with a lot of big events and a robust Dark Angels presence. Unfortunately, out of all that I only have one list to bring to your attention.  Our one list this week was played heroically by PJ Brady, who went 5-1 and took 7th out of 88 with his Stormlance Task Force at the Bajio Open 2026, El Bunker, held in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. You can check out PJ's list on Best Coast Pairings. We'll discuss it below. Vengeance Calls Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Ravenwing Command Squad: Hunter's Instincts Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Inner Circle Companions: 6 spooky awesome swordy boys Land Speeder Vengeance Land Speeder Vengeance Land Speeder Vengeance Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys plus 1 melta buggy Scout S...

  Hello fellow 40K enthusiasts! Welcome to my Meta Snapshot article, in which I look at the top three lists from all the GTs with 20 or more players held over the past weekend so we can tell who the top factions were! The results here were collected from 17 events with 20+ players, with a total player base of 635. Edit: I happened to be looking at the BCP results for the weekend. To my surprise, another event got added to the results, and it was a big one! The listing for Warhammer 40,000 GT: Warhammer Open Maastricht with 284 players was added between yesterday and today. It doesn't alter the results of my analysis that much though. Tyranid lists took 1st and 3rd places, and a Thousand Sons Grand Coven list took 2nd place. It would have lifted Tyranids out of the Also Ran category, but it also further cements Thousand Sons as the Number Three faction. I don't think it moves the needle enough for me to rewrite the article, but I figured it was worth noting at least. I think it...