Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

 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-...

 Greetings honored battle brethren! Once again I am here to bring you the news of the legion's chapter's triumphs from the past weekend. I'm happy to report that four lists went X/1 over the weekend, and each one used a different detachment. What a difference from when I first started this blog and all the lists were Ironstorms that were only Dark Angels lists by virtue of having a Darkshroud and Azrael in them! The best performing list of the weekend was a Gladius, played by Russell Amott of Big Marge's Brigadiers. His Gladius list took 4th place at The 2026 Swordwind Winter Grand Tournament, a 5-round, 45-player event. You can see Russell's list on BCP. We'll discuss it below.  Swordwind GT Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs: 5 flying choppy boys Bladeguard Veteran Squad: 3 awesome swordy-boardy boys Deathwing Knights: 5 awesome chonky macey boys Eradicator Squad: 3 cho...