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Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 5, 2022

Y'all love Warzone Nephilim huh? Thanks to the bumper crop of 11 events that took place last weekend, this is part 2 of this week's Competitive Innovations. Today we're looking at: Today we're looking at: North And South GT 2022 W4 GT...

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The Rift War FAQ: The Goonhammer Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 6, 2022

If you thought GW was done after Monday's FAQs well, they had one more to push through, apparently. Today's FAQ covers the Rift War campaign supplement and includes a single change: Page 84 – Coteries of the Haemonculi, Benefits Change...

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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 Edition: Return of the Wings pt. 1

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 15, 2022

That's right readers, I'm back in the hot seat, fully charged and ready to go. Just going to look over at the event list for the week, as I'm sure the community will have played a very normal amount...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Everything to Play For

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 4, 2022

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article claimed that Steven Crawley had mis-played the Lurk ability in multiple rounds. After further investigation we have updated it to reflect that this only occurred in a single round and was...

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2Q22 Faction Focus: Archon Skari Talks Drukhari

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - April 29, 2022

Games Workshop dropped its Q2 Balance Dataslate for 40k in mid-April, dramatically changing a number of key factions. Astra Militarum, Marines and Sisters were buffed, Harlequins, T’au, and Custodes were nerfed, and some key game rules were changed. Now...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Gold Standard pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 23, 2022

All looking a bit shiny out there huh? Tau and Custodes are hitting their stride, and that would appear to be bad news for everyone else - this week's roundup touches on 73 lists once you account for all...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Tau Time

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 16, 2022

Nachmund hits its stride this week with two big events in the UK, and despite the warzone theoretically being a battleground between the forces of the Imperium and Chaos, it's the latest Xenos challenger making all the headlines. Tau...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Crossing the Gauntlet

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 9, 2022

The 2022 season is officially underway, and while we've still got a little bit of lag thanks to rules cutoffs, this week saw the first GT played with the new missions and points in play at CaptainCon, plus a...

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War Zone Nachmund Faction Focus: Drukhari

Liam "Corrode" Royle - February 8, 2022

Ever since their release in March 2021, Drukhari have been the faction to beat in competitive 40k, with some frankly astonishing win rates and the most consistent top 4 placings we've seen in recent history. Several targeted nerfs to...