Competitive Innovations is a (now) weekly column we started with 9th Edition to highlight winning lists from tournaments each week, aiming to see what tools people are using in the new edition and how things change over time. This page has links to each article in the series.
Don’t want to search through past editions for the latest hot tech for your faction? Why not take a look at the List Archetypes page, which summarises all the current top builds in the metagame.
- 2022/8/10 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Skeletal Surge
- 2022/8/05 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.2
- 2022/8/03 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.1
- 2022/7/27 Competitive Innovations in 9th: From Warp and Tomb
- 2022/7/20 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim Team Special
- 2022/7/15 Competitive Innovations Bonus: Paris GT
- 2022/7/13 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim Unleashed
- 2022/7/06 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varying Degrees of Tyranid
Warzone: Nephilim, Chaos Space Marines, and associated balance updates start going live.
- 2022/6/29 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Play Them Off
- 2022/6/22 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nachmund Omega
- 2022/6/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Return of the Wings pt. 2
- 2022/6/15 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Return of the Wings pt. 1
- 2022/6/08 Competitive Innovatioins in 9th: T’au Still Got It
- 2022/6/01 Competitive Innovations in 9th – Part 1: The Tyranid Was Still in Effect
- 2022/5/26 Competitive Innovations in 9th – Part 2: Aeldari Are Fine, Actually
- 2022/5/25 Competitive Innovations in 9th – Part 1: Tyranids are Fine, Actually
Chaos Knights and Imperial Knights start going live.
- 2022/5/18 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Sequel is Always Worse
- 2022/5/11 Competitive Innovations in 9th: It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature
- 2022/5/04 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Everything to Play For
- 2022/4/27 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Calm Before the Swarm
The April Balance Dataslate starts going live.
- 2022/4/20 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Curtain Falls
- 2022/4/13 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Why So Serious?
- 2022/4/07 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Joker Mode Pt. 2
- 2022/4/06 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Joker Mode Pt. 1
- 2022/3/30 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Down with the Clown
- 2022/3/23 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Three Ursine Hypothesis
- 2022/3/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Too Little Warhammer, Not Quite Often Enough
Aeldari starts going live.
- 2022/3/09 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Godzilla Mode
- 2022/3/03 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Too Much Warhammer, Too Often Pt.2
- 2022/3/02 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Too Much Warhammer, Too Often Pt.1
- 2022/2/24 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Gold Standard pt.2
- 2022/2/23 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Gold Standard pt.1
- 2022/2/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Tau Time
T’au Empire starts going live.
War Zone Nachmund and the February balance dataslate start going live. And probably Vigilus Alone too, but who can tell?
- 2022/2/02 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Finish
- 2022/1/26 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Final Stretch
Adeptus Custodes and Genestealer Cults start going live.
- 2022/1/19 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Showcase Showdown
- 2022/1/12 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Back to Work, Back to War
- 2021/12/22 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Advent Annihilation
- 2021/12/15 Competitive Innovations in 9th: To the Finish Line
- 2021/12/08 Competitive Innovations in 9th: December Duels
- 2021/12/01 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Balanced Teams
- 2021/11/24 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Talos Terrorize Texas
Octarius 2 starts going live.
Balance Dataslate starts going live.
Octarius 1 starts going live.
- 2021/11/12 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Orders pt.2
- 2021/11/11 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Orders pt.1
Black Templars sort of nebulously start becoming legal about here.
- 2021/11/03 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Talavera Team Special
- 2021/10/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Many Magnificent Majors pt.2
- 2021/10/27 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Many Magnificent Majors pt.1
- 2021/10/20 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Silver Surge
- 2021/10/14 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Three Apiece
- 2021/10/06 Competitive Innovations in 9th: NOLA Nailbiter
- 2021/09/29 Competitive Innovations in 9th: London Goes Big
- 2021/09/23 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Warp Stirs pt.2
- 2021/09/22 Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Warp Stirs pt.1
- 2021/09/15 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Supermajor Surprise
- 2021/09/08 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Goonhammerception
- 2021/09/02 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Waaaagh pt.2
- 2021/09/01 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Waaaagh pt.1
- 2021/08/25 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Magnificent Seven
Grey Knights and Thousand Sons live.
- 2021/08/19 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Slamtastic Summer pt.2
- 2021/08/18 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Slamtastic Summer pt.1
- 2021/08/11 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Waaagh on the Horizon
Ork Codex kind of sort of released
AdMech Nerfs start going live
- 2021/08/04 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Look Who’s Outside Again
- 2021/07/29 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.2
- 2021/07/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.1
- 2021/07/21 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Machine Superiority
- 2021/07/14 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Skitarii Super Sunday
- 2021/07/07 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Rumblings Down Under
- 2021/06/30 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Age of the Machine
- 2021/06/23 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Onslaught GT
Big FAQ and Chapter Approved Universally Live.
- 2021/06/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Drukhari Endgame
- 2021/06/09 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Bugeater GT & Armed Forces Day Charity GT
Codex Adepta Sororitas released
Codex Adeptus Mechanicus released
- 2021/05/26 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Triple Major
- 2021/05/20 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lightning Round and Drukhari Thoughts
- 2021/05/19 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Maryland Open and Gladiator Gaming GT
- 2021/05/12 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Red River GT
- 2021/05/05 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Drukhari and the Dallas Open
- 2021/04/29 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lightning Round 29/04
- 2021/04/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Spring Up GT and War for the Wooden Spoon
- 2021/04/21 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Gladiator Gaming and C. O. A. C. H Team Events
- 2021/04/14 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ratcon 2021 & Comic Quest GT
Codex Drukhari released (great wailing and a gnashing of the teeth)
- 2021/03/31 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane Open & West Australia Iron Man
- 2021/03/17 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Equinox 40K
- 2021/03/10 Competitive Innovations Incursion Special: Objective Secured First Blood
- 2021/02/24 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lakes of Blood & Gladiator Gaming Teams
- 2021/02/10 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Over the Top GT
- 2021/02/03 Competitive Innovations in 9th: LVNO Winner and Hobart GT
Codex Supplement Dark Angels released
- 2021/01/27 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Adelaide Uprising
- 2021/01/20 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Objective Secured Perth GT
Codex Death Guard released
January 2021 FAQ released
- 2020/12/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: First Blood
- 2020/12/09 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Chaos Reigns 2020
Codex Supplement Blood Angels released
- 2020/12/02 Competitive Innovations in 9th Bonus: Gladiator Gaming Teams Event
- 2020/11/19 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Four by Four pt.2
- 2020/11/18 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Four by Four pt.1
- 2020/11/10 Competitive Innovations in 9th: GT Triple Threat
Codex Supplement Deathwatch, Codex Supplement Space Wolves, and the Imperial Armour Compendium released
- 2020/11/04 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Västerås Autumn Bash
- 2020/10/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Codexes Catch On
- 2020/10/22 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Northern Front and New Books
Codex Space Marines and Codex Necrons released
- 2020/10/14 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lite Edition
- 2020/10/08 Competitive Innovations in 9th: European Bonanza
- 2020/09/30 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Iron Halo and Red Rock Exterminatus
- 2020/09/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Europe and Down Under
- 2020/09/23 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane GT
- 2020/09/16 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Invasion GT
- 2020/09/10 Competitive Innovations in 9th: YHP GT
- 2020/09/04 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varbergs GT
- 2020/08/28 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Hellstorm RTT Safari
- 2020/08/22 Competitive Innovations in 9th: Battle for Survival
- 2020/08/06 Competitive Innovations in 9th Edition: An Early Look at Winning Lists
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