Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

Hello honored battle brethren! It was an eventful weekend, with a solid pack of Dark Angels players and a number of lists that did quite well. The Stormlance had a particularly good weekend, with two of the best performing lists, including a event winner, and at a pretty big event to boot! It is my privilege to bring these lists to your attention, so without further ado, let's get to it! To begin with the top list of the weekend, let's look at the Stormlance list played by Scott Blegen of Advanced Warfare 40K, who went 5-0 and took the top spot at the RenegadeOpen2025 - 40K GT, a 5-round, 97 player event held in Minneapolis, MN. You can see Scott's list on BCP. We'll take a look at it below.  Dark Angels - Original List… Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Ravenwing Command Squad: Feinting Withdrawal Ravenwing Command Squad: Hunter's Instincts Sammael Intercessor Squad: 5 bolter boys Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs: 5 flying choppy boys Assa...

Greetings honored battle brethren! Once again I am here to bring you tidings of the weekend's glorious victories! A lot of Dark Angels players hit events over the weekend, and while we didn't score any event wins, we did have a few lists perform well, so we'll take a look at those. The best-performing list of the weekend was played by Zachary Francey of Xenos Petting Zoo, who took a Stormlance Task Force to go 6-2 and place 19th out of 226 at The California Cup '25 - Warhammer 40K held in Pomona, CA. You can see Zachary's list on BCP. We'll discuss it below.   Zachary's list Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Ravenwing Command Squad: Fury of the Storm Ravenwing Command Squad: Feinting Withdrawal Ravenwing Command Squad: Hunter's Instincts Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs: 5 flying choppy boys Incursor Squad: 5 spotty boys Infiltrator Squad: 5 stay-off-my-lawn boys Scout Squad: 5 sneaky lads Sternguard Veteran Squad: 10 awesome bo...

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...