What makes Dark Angels unique?

Why Play Dark Angels. The Dark Angels bring everything we should expect from a Space Marine chapter, while showing a stoic and dour knight attitude. They also have special units and formations, totally unique to their chapter.
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What are Dark Angels powers?

Powers and abilities

Dark Angel has vast powers and is able to perform a variety of feats including mind control, altering her size, teleportation and altering the time stream.
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Are Dark Angels a good army?

So, with mysterious lore full of dark secrets, a cool space-monk-esque look that's unlike anything else in Warhammer 40,000, and the ability to bring overwhelming power to the battlefield, the Dark Angels might just be your next favourite army.
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What culture are the Dark Angels?

Dark Angels - Medieval European knights. Emperor's Children - Late Roman Empire. Iron Warriors - Greeks. White Scars - Mongol Khanates.
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Are the Dark Angels loyal?

The Dark Angels are loyal to the Emperor, no matter what the broader 40k community might think.
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Are Dark Angels heretics?

By going to Istvaan, the Dark Angels – all Dark Angels - would be seen as traitors and heretics however vociferously it might be denied by their primarch. Despite the relatively small number of Dark Angels present at Istvaan, the legion reaped a bloody tally against the loyalist Raven Guard.
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Who is the Primarch of the GREY Knights?

Before he departed, the Sigillite selected Janus from among the eight to continue the work he had begun. So it was that Janus became the first Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights.
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Who are the Dark Angels rivals?

The current point at which we are with the Horus Heresy novels is that there is a definite rivalry with the Dark Angels and the Night Lords. The Space Wolves have also always been rivals to the Dark Angels, although it's more a rivalry between competitive siblings than enemies.
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Who are the Dark Angels in the Bible?

The fallen angels are named after entities from both Christian and Pagan mythology, such as Moloch, Chemosh, Dagon, Belial, Beelzebub and Satan himself. Following the canonical Christian narrative, Satan convinces other angels to live free from the laws of God, thereupon they are cast out of heaven.
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Why are deathwing white?

The Deathwing Company's Astartes later painted their Terminator Armour in a bone-white colour scheme to remember the lone squad of Dark Angels Terminators who defended a Dark Angels recruitment planet known as Plain's World from a Tyranid Genestealer invasion.
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Can Dark Angels take centurions?

It cannot transport Jump Pack, Primaris, Terminator or Centurion models.
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Why did the Dark Angels change to green?

Sometime after the Betrayal, the Dark Angels changed their primary heraldry colour from black to dark green. Lion El'Jonson had previously decreed that Dark Angels could change their armor to green in memory of the war against the Great Beasts of Caliban.
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Why do dark angels use plasma?

The official reason given in previous editions was that DA are the first legion and have access to older technology, which in this case meant plasma.
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What is the meaning of Dark Angel?

A Dark Angel is a special type of angel who acts like soldiers or assassins for God. They are angels known for the brutality and inability to fall.
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Who is God's Top angel?

Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism, Islam, and by most Christians. Some Protestants consider Michael to be the only archangel.
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Who gets inner circle Dark Angels?

All DEATHWING/INNER CIRCLE units get the Inner Circle rule including those from SM Codex/FW Index. Inner Circle is gives INFANTRY units permanent Transhuman (can't be wounded on a roll of 1-3), Fearless, and non-RW/VEHICLE/Chapter Master units must take a Ld test to fall back.
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What did the Dark Angels do 40k?

The Dark Angels took a significant part in these battles, which later came to be called the Scouring. As they pursued the rebels, the Legion diverted to nearby Caliban, which had been enshrouded by Warp storms since Horus' betrayal. For Lion El'Jonson, one final act of treachery remained to be discovered.
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How do the Dark Angels recruit?

These days, the Dark Angels get their recruits from a number of Death Worlds, such as Piscina V, which is deliberately left untouched by the Imperium so the Dark Angels can recruit its inhabitants.
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Is Zahariel Cypher?

Zahariel is Cypher in Horus Heresy times, but the rumours are that it's not by the 40K era. Cypher, by his very nature, is a role taken on by other Knights Order members.
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Do Blood Angels follow the Codex?

The Blood Angels generally adhere closely to the organisation laid down in Roboute Guilliman's Codex Astartes, and the Chapter's Astartes are equipped in a similar manner to most other Space Marines.
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Who is Asmodai 40K?

Asmodai is the Master Interrogator-Chaplain of the Dark Angels Chapter of Space Marines. Also known as the Master of Repentance, Asmodai is at present the oldest and most successful Interrogator-Chaplain within the ranks of the Dark Angels.
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Can firstborn become Primaris?

Originally, Firstborn could not survive being converted into Primaris Marines. However this changed when Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar crossed the Rubicon Primaris and became the first Firstborn to survive transitioning into a Primaris Space Marine.
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Who is the oldest Space Marine?

Bjorn the Fell Handed: Oldest living loyalist space marine around, he's been there since the Horus Heresy.
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Was abaddon a primarch?

During the Great Crusade, Abaddon rose to become Captain of the 1st Company of what was then called the Luna Wolves Legion. When the Horus Heresy came to a head, it was clear that Abaddon's loyalty lay with his primarch.
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