Emperor's Children

Arks of Omen Faction Focus: Emperor’s Children

With a new batch of rules updates comes the need to revisit the strategies and tactics of each faction. Today Anthony “Violence” Vanella is talking about the changes to Emperor’s Children and how those changes will affect them in...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim is LVOver

This weekend a momentous event took place - I took a Wraithknight to a GT and... **Extremely Loud Incorrect Buzzer** Rob is looking at me from the other side of the (very real) Goonhammer offices and shaking his head, which I...

Start Competing: Emperor’s Children Updated!

We’re currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and today we’ve updated the article for Emperor's Children, current kings of competitive Chaos Space Marines play. We covering everything they bring to the table for...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Flame On

The Balance Dataslate has hit the metagame, and Chaos reigns - literally. Between Flamers of Tzeentch and the best two Chaos Space Marine legions, the ruinous powers are very much running amok, but they're far from the only faction...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Auric Ascension

Not too much of a results-oriented preamble this week (other than to say "hey, some people found Custodes builds that work"), as I'm technically on holiday this week (and we'll have guest cover next week), but since we still...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Windy City Warfare

War doesn't stand still, and while we're still somewhat in Balance Dataslate waiting room, there's plenty to talk about on the battlefields of the 41st Millenium, with a US supermajor going into the books in Chicago, and plenty of...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Major Mayhem pt.1

The last few weeks were very much the calm before the storm - this weekend was one of the biggest yet in 9th, with well over a thousand players participating in GT+ events, the first Goonhammer Open in Canada,...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: From Warp and Tomb

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...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varying Degrees of Tyranid

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...

Start Competing: Emperor’s Children Tactics (Updated 12/17/2022)

STOP: This guide is out of date! You can now find up-to-date details on how to play this faction in our guide to playing Chaos Space Marines. Check out Start Competing: Chaos Space Marines here. The Emperor’s Children are the primary Slaanesh-aligned...