This page details military structure of Dark Angels forces including Detachments, Formations and Apocalypse Formations.
DetachmentsLion’s Blade Strike ForceThe Lion’s Blade Strike Force allows you to represent the typical structure of a Dark Angels army on the Warhammer 40,000 battlefield. Whether you wish to field a full Battle Company with support elements to cleanse an entire star system of foes, or a force assembled to tackle a specific threat, the choices below offer a great way to pick your army. The Lion’s Blade Strike Force is a special type of Detachment that can be included in any Battle-forged army. Unlike the Detachments shown in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules, it has a Force Organisation Chart whose slots are a combination of specific Formations and Army List Entries instead of Battlefield Roles. However, it still has compulsory and optional elements, as well as Restrictions and Command Benefits, just like any other Detachment.Although units cannot normally belong to more than one Detachment, units from a Formation that is part of a Lion’s Blade Strike Force are an exception. They count as part of both their Formation and the Detachment, and have all associated Command Benefits and special rules. If your Warlord is part of a Formation or an Army List Entry that makes up part of a Lion’s Blade Strike Force, that entire Strike Force is your Primary Detachment.  Command per Core
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This Detachment must include a minimum of one Core choice and one Auxiliary choice. It can optionally include any number of additional Core or Auxiliary choices, in any combination, and up to one Command choice for each Core choice. Only the datasheets listed above can be included in this Detachment, and all units in the Detachment must have the Dark Angels Faction. COMMAND BENEFITS Company Support: If a Lion’s Blade Strike Force includes two Battle Demi-companies, one including a Company Master and the other including a Chaplain, then together they form a Battle Company. Any unit from the Battle Company that has the option to take a Rhino, Razorback or Drop Pod as a Dedicated Transport may take one at no points cost (though they must pay for any additional upgrades and options as normal). Deathwing Strike ForceCodex: Dark Angels details two further Detachments, the first of which is based upon the mighty 1st Company of the Dark Angels – the Deathwing – which specialises in devastating teleportation strikes into the heart of the enemy army. This Detachment follows all of the rules for Detachments as presented in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules. All units in this Detachment must have the Deathwing special rule or be Dedicated Transports. Units of Venerable Dreadnoughts in this Formation may only include one model, which must be given a Drop Pod as a Dedicated Transport. COMMAND BENEFITS First Knight of Caliban: If this Detachment is your Primary Detachment, you can re-roll the result when rolling on the Dark Angels Warlord Traits table. Ravenwing Strike ForceThe final Detachment in Codex: Dark Angels focusses on the 2nd Company – the Ravenwing – and their highly mobile style of warfare. As the eyes and ears of the Chapter, it is the Ravenwing who are tasked with running the Fallen to ground. This Detachment follows all of the rules for Detachments as presented in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules. All units in this Detachment must have the Ravenwing special rule or be a Dark Angels Character equipped with a Space Marine bike. COMMAND BENEFITS First Huntsman: If this Detachment is your Primary Detachment, you can re-roll the result when rolling on the Dark Angels Warlord Traits table. FormationsBattle Demi-company • 0-1 Command Squad • 0-1 Company Veterans Squad • 3 Tactical Squads • 1 Assault Squad • 1 Devastator Squad • 0-1 unit of Dreadnoughts None.  SPECIAL RULES
Fire Discipline: Unless Jinking, all models in this Formation that have the Grim Resolve special rule count their Ballistic Skill as 3 instead of 2 when firing Overwatch. Deathwing Redemption Force- Belial - Company Master - Interrogator-Chaplain • -Librarian • 2-5 Deathwing Terminator Squads • 0-1 Deathwing Command Squad • 0-1 units of Deathwing Knights • 0-1 units of Venerable Dreadnoughts If it is taken, the unit of Venerable Dreadnoughts in this Formation may only include one model, which must be given a Drop Pod as a Dedicated Transport. All Independent Characters in this Formation must have Terminator armour. SPECIAL RULES
• Preferred Enemy (Chaos Space Marines) If this Formation includes a Venerable Dreadnought embarked in a Drop Pod, the Drop Pod automatically arrives at the start of the chosen turn, and ignores the normal rules that determine when a Drop Pod arrives. Ravenwing Attack Squadron• 1 unit of Ravenwing Land Speeders or 1 Ravenwing Land Speeder Vengeance The unit of Ravenwing Land Speeders may only include one model. SPECIAL RULES
• Scout Ravenwing Silence SquadronSPECIAL RULES
Capture Run: When making a Bombing Run with the stasis bomb of this Formation’s Ravenwing Dark Talon, do not roll for scatter; the stasis bomb hits automatically. Furthermore, enemy models that suffer an unsaved Wound from the stasis bomb must roll two dice and pick the highest result when taking their Initiative tests to see if they are removed as casualties. In missions that use Victory Points to determine the winner, the Slay the Warlord Secondary Objective is worth D3 additional Victory Points to the controlling player at the end of the game if the enemy Warlord was removed as a casualty as a result of a Capture Run. Ravenwing Support Squadron• 1 Ravenwing Land Speeder Vengeance or 1 Ravenwing Darkshroud The unit of Ravenwing Land Speeders must include at least 3 models. SPECIAL RULES
• Grim Resolve • Interceptor • Strafing Run The Hammer of Caliban• 1 unit chosen from the following list: - Land Raider - Land Raider Crusader - Land Raider Redeemer • 1 unit chosen from the following list: - Predators - Whirlwinds - Vindicators This Formation’s unit of Predators, Whirlwinds or Vindicators must include three models. SPECIAL RULES
• Monster Hunter • Tank Hunters Ravenwing Abductor Squadron
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