+1 Damage Blood Angels | My NOVA Open Results

I took Blood Angels to the NOVA Open and went 2-5-1 across eight rounds before dropping. This is all eight games from my own notes, what actually beat me, and the one rule change I would ask Games Workshop for. Short version of the ask: +1 Attack, +1 Strength and +1 Damage on melee weapons, on the charge or when charged. All three together, and the Damage is the point. I run the whole thing through the database to see whether it would be overpowered, against the elite bodies that beat me and against Orks, Guardsmen and Gretchin. Everything I say about a Blood Angels rules change is a proposal. None of it is confirmed. Games Workshop published a first look at the new Space Marines army rule the morning this went out, so that is in here too. Tournament results are from BCP. Every rules figure, statline, wound roll and kill count comes out of Datacard Drill, the app this channel is built around. It holds every datasheet and weapon in the game, does the wound and damage maths, and lets you practise it for your own games. Link below. Chapters: 0:00 Two wins, five losses, one draw 0:49 Last of the chapters 1:30 The list and the plan 2:39 Round one, Dark Angels 3:24 Round two, T’au 3:57 Rounds three and four 4:44 Rounds five and six 6:10 Round seven, the best game 6:29 Round eight, the mis-scored objective 7:15 One pattern, five losses 8:12 Brad Ledbetter and what wins 9:12 What I think is wrong 10:23 The obvious ask: Red Thirst 10:54 What Strength alone buys 12:27 The fixes, ranked 14:28 The proposal 16:42 Is it broken? 17:46 Drill the maths 18:07 The names on the wall 18:24 Oath is dead, and what that means IMAGE CREDITS: all board photographs and scorecards are my own, taken at the NOVA Open 2026. The painted Blood Angels models are my own, photographed at home. Faction art is generally available fan and promotional material reproduced for commentary, credited in the show's records and removed on request. No AI-generated imagery appears. Wardrill is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000 and all associated marks are the property of Games Workshop Limited.