Unfortunately, every single other chapter is in a way tie for first. This is less of a strength and more something approaching parity, but it does make them the second-strongest Marines. What about our Vigilus Defiant Ravenwing formation?! Alongside those two codex unique options, we also are just Marines, which for some is good enough! We have access to the deepest Forge World unit toolbox in the game and we can utilize those amazing models, like the Leviathan Dreadnought, to help carry us over the finish line.
The codex unique models we have, all of Deathwing and Ravenwing, are just behind. The bonuses that are afforded to the new Space Marine codex just makes their options inherently better, point for point. Dark Angels are, like all of the non-codex chapters, behind. In the vein of the preamble to the 4th edition Codexes, Goonhammer is here to tell you why and how should you play Dark Angels.
These are the First Legion, the Dark Angels, and they know precisely one, very specific, fear. What if you took those guys, give them anime swords and anime robes, and replaced the furious chanting with brooding silence? Probably cooler, yeah? Incorrect, they are no longer cool at all. Is there anything cooler than Space Marines? Buff men in impenetrable armor, carrying fully-automatic rocket launchers and hissing litanies of hate through their skull-masks.
