balance dataslate

The Q4 2022 40k Balance Dataslate – The Goonhammer Hot Take

It’s finally that time again – the design studio have gazed upon the metagame, rotated it in their minds, and made some tweaks aimed at leveling the playing field. Let’s take a look at what’s changed, and what it...

The April 2022 Balance Dataslate Revision and Rules Legality Update

Hello again, Dear Reader. You may recall that last week Games Workshop issued its second quarterly balance dataslate for Warhammer 40,000, significantly changing the game's meta with a host of new rules and adjustments for multiple factions. We had...

The April 2022 40k Balance Dataslate Competitive Roundtable

Games Workshop released their third quarterly Balance Dataslate yesterday, giving us sweeping changes that nerf some of the game’s top armies and boost some of the underperformers. We put out a hot take yesterday (and would like to thank...

The March 2022 Kill Team Balance Dataslate Hot Take

Games Workshop released a new balance dataslate for Kill Team today, giving us some major changes to a number of key factions. This is great news, generally - it indicates that GW are serious about course correcting imbalances in...

The Q1 40k Balance Dataslate and FAQs – Analysis and Hot Takes

As promised - and earlier than expected, if we’re being honest - Games Workshop delivered the second balance dataslate today, along with a host of FAQs. Far from the massive changes last time around, there are a lot of...