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Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Somehow, Aelf nonsense returned

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton - August 3, 2022

Hey folks! Thankyou to RagnarokAngel for covering in my absence last week - if you've been following me on twitter you'll know that my internet got cut off for several days and left me in both bored and unable...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 3, 2022

Another week in Nephilim, and another very diverse set of top performing armies to talk about. Plenty of the Nephilim superstars and some old favourites are on show, but a glance at the results also shows the first big...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: From Warp and Tomb

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 27, 2022

It's a big one this week, and we've got some exciting builds to look at, so we're pretty much going to jump straight in. Things continue to look pretty positive, with strong showings from lots of factions and some...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim Team Special

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 20, 2022

It cannot be held back forever - Teams Week returns, Nephilim-style! Both the US and UK saw large team events taking place this past weekend (the ATC and Northern Warlords teams respectively) and because of how many players were drawn...

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Competitive Innovations Bonus: Paris GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 15, 2022

There is no greater peak of 40k eurovibes than running the biggest singles event of the week, and the rest of the world only finding out about it because you casually mention it on a Facebook group on the...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim Unleashed

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 13, 2022

All stragglers are now accounted for, and Warzone Nephilim is now the only game in town. Good news - the immediate result appears to be one of the most healthy and diverse metagames we've had for ages. Most of the...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varying Degrees of Tyranid

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 6, 2022

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles not to get eaten, with what can only honestly be described as limited success. This week sees things very much in flux as different events adopted either none, some...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Play Them Off

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 29, 2022

The end is near and so we face the final curtain - all signs are that players are absolutely chomping at the bit to get started with playing Nephilim (indeed quite a few RTTs this weekend played with them...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nachmund Omega

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 22, 2022

Statistically if you are reading this you've probably read our review of the upcoming Warzone Nephilim Mission Pack, and thus you'll know that big changes are on the horizon for the world of competitive 40K. The tournament scene doesn't...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th Edition: Return of the Wings pt. 2

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 16, 2022

As Rob has said in the past, while the Tyranid being in effect is causing a bit of a bumpy metagame patch right now, that's certainly not discouraging people from hitting up as many tournaments as possible, and today...