Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Blood Angels, Sanguinary Guard
10th Edition Index
Th Sanguinary Guard are the Elite of the Blood Angels army. They usually fight on the fore-fronts of the Blood Angels Host with Commander Dante. I am unsure if that puts them in the line of a Command Squad/Bodyguard or if they are part of the First Company... So I decided to check that out!
And it turns out that they are the Chapter's Honour Guard! This means that they fall outside the 10 Companies of the Blood Angels Chapter and that every Successor Chapter and the Blood Angels themselves have one "unit" of them.
In the game... the rules allow you to field 3x units of them and they come at a high cost of 155pts for 5 or 310pts for 10... so if you wanted to spend 930pts, you could field 30 Sanguinary Guard!
This box of 5 costs $60.
I do own... I think 10 of these guys. There are a lot of them up for sale second hand. I think people are not winning with Blood Angels enough and it is because people are fleeing from owning First Born kits... not me! Hehe.
Let's see their stats!
Stats
This will be what is expected of elite jump infantry.
Movement 12"
Toughness 4
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2
Ld 6+
OC 1
Weapons
They have a choice of the following guns that they can mix and match in any variety:
- Angelus Boltgun
- Plasma Pistol
- Inferno Pistol
Ranged:
Angelus Boltgun
12" Range, 2 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S4, Ap 0, 1 Damage each
Pistol
Plasma Pistol - Standard firing option
12" Range, 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S7, Ap -2, 1 Damage each
Pistol
Plasma Pistol - Overcharged firing option
12" Range, 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -3, 2 Damage each
Pistol, Hazardous
Inferno Pistol
6" Range, 1 Attack, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -4, D6 Damage each
Pistol, Melta 2
Melee:
1 in every 5 can have a Power fist, the rest wield Encarmine Blades
Encarmine blade
4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, Ap -2, 2 Damage each
These are Space Marine killers.
Encarmine blade
3 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S8, Ap -2, 2 Damage each
Less attacks but a bit more ooph to crack heavier targets.
As a Space Wolf player, I never leave home without a Powerfist in a unit... but I do not see many powerfists modelled on the Sanguinary Guard really...
Wargear Abilities
One Saguinary Guard can be equipped with a Sanguinary Banner which raised their OC by 1. This is significant and it does not cost post nor replace a weapon so it is a no-brainer, being able to claim an objective easier is very valuable.
Abilities
Angelic Visage
Melee attacks targeting them are at a -1 to Hit penalty.
Heirs of Azkaellon
When this unit is attached to the Warlord of the Blood Angels, then Melee attacks targeting them are at a -1 to Wound penalty as well.
Thoughts
No doubt, the Angelic Visage and Heirs of Azkaellon together while led by Commander Dante would be great.
Fighting against regular Space Marines armed with Chainswords means that the enemy would usually roll a 3+ to hit, this goes to 4+, then Strength 4 vs Toughness 4 means a 4+ to Wound, this then is raised to a 5+ to wound, making the unit dead hard!
And that is it for now! Maybe we will roll for Commander Dante soon and we can review his stats too!
That makes 4 Blood Angels Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 21.05% Completed! The total Completed on 9.57% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Maugan Ra | #87 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Aeldari | Shadowseer | #80 |
| Aeldari | Prince Yriel | #92 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Astra Militarum | Tank Commander | #90 |
| Astra Militarum | Wyvern | #81 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Death Guard | Malignant Plaguecaster | #71 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Deathwatch | Veteran Bike Squad | #84 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Culexus Assassin | #69 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Canis Rex | #76 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Castellan | #83 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Thunderkyn | #78 |
| Leagues of Votann | Cthonian Beserks | #86 |
| Leagues of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leagues of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Orks | Zodgrod Wortsnagga | #89 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| Space Wolves | Arjac Rockfist | #68 |
| Space Wolves | Fenrisian Wolves | #91 |
| Space Wolves | Wolf Guard | #74 |
| T'au Empire | Breacher Team | #88 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| T'au Empire | Pathfinder Team | #79 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Daemon Prince | #85 |
Thank you for reading!
** Images in this post are from the Warhammer app.
Tag List:
@aussieninja, @new.things, @alonicus, @dungeondog, @xenowolfza, @riesakashiya, @tomster-17, @exptrader, @borsengelaber, @makerhacks, @jacobtothe, @fredfettmeister, @mirroredspork, @kheldar1982, @surrealis, @oblivioncubed
*PS, Should you wish to be removed or added to the taglist, please let me know!
Cheers!
@zakludick
