Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

Hello battle brethren! It was a weekend with less events than the previous one, but there are still some noteworthy results to discuss. One of our august company went undefeated at a 6-round event, and we had a number of other good results, so let's take a look at the lists that did well, both to celebrate the accomplishments of our brethren and to see what we can learn from their lists. Our undefeated player is James Walsh of Coors Light Saedith, who went 5-0-1 to take 2nd place at ECDC Present: The Big Sky Open 2025, a 6-round, 71 player event held in Great Falls, Montana. You can see James' list on BCP.  We'll discuss it below. Dark Angels - Still D Tier Ravenwing Command Squad: Warlord Ravenwing Command Squad: Recon Hunter Ravenwing Command Squad: Master of Manoeuvre  Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys Outrider Squad: 3 choppy biker boys Ballistus Dreadnought Ballistus Dreadnought Ballistus Dreadnought Centurion Devastator Squad:...

Hello, honored battle brethren! In an effort to help with playing into opponents you're likely to run into on your way to glorious victory, I'd like to do a deep dive into Imperial Knights. This is a continuation of the Know The Foe series of articles, just with a new name because it's more alliterative, because I am just that kind of nerd. One of the biggest barriers to winning games is the knowledge gap. Opponents will generally know what most things in our lists do because they're facing Space Marines all the time. The reverse is not always true, so I'm writing these articles to redress that balance. Imperial Knights were a strong faction in the meta before the recent balance dataslate buff, and they are a top faction now. I'd say they're competing with Death Guard for the title of top faction, and as of this writing they were the top faction last weekend. They're also a popular faction, so the odds of facing Knights across the table are fairly high. ...