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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Even Angels Fall pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 19, 2023

The Balance Dataslate has arrived, about which there is much rejoicing. It wasn't in effect for most of the events this past weekend, about which there is much theatrical booing. Let's see how this seasons villains fared on their final...

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The Final 9th Edition Dataslate and FAQ update: The Goonhammer Hot Take

Liam "Corrode" Royle - April 13, 2023

Earlier today, Games Workshop released what will presumably be the last Balance Dataslate of 9th edition, which you can find here. Accompanying it is an updated FAQ for the Arks of Omen GT pack. The combination of the December 2022...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Our Metagame Yearns for Freedom pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 7, 2023

We're a broken record at this point, but welcome to part two of another massive week of Arks coverage. Lowest of Men is at the helm, and today we're looking at: Down Under 40K Major (major) Fools Errand 2023 Perils of...

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The Q1 2023 Kill Team Balance Dataslate – The Goonhammer Hot Take

Thundercloud1 - March 31, 2023

Games Workshop have crunched through the data from Kill Team events for the three months since the last dataslate, received feedback from the community, and are back with buffs and nerfs to try to get everyone in the 45-55%...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Desolation of Manchester pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 31, 2023

We're back for part two, and today Lowest of Men is taking the wheel, ready to blast through five more events, including the week's second supermajor. Today we're looking at: Adepticon (supermajor) Fantasia Fanatic (major) Iron Cage: Bedford Beatdown Courage And...

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Competitive Innovations in Conquest: Adepticon 2023

Robert Cantrell - March 29, 2023

Adepticon 2023 has come and gone this week, and with it one of the first significant events for Conquest since the 2.0 edition was released earlier this year. Despite being only a very recently released army with a limited...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: March Multitudes pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 24, 2023

A massive week of 40K rolls onwards, and Lowest of Men is taking the wheel for part two of our coverage. Today we'll be looking at: Battle Ready Wargaming's Major Mayhem 40k Event (major) The Great Game GT Battlefield Birmingham...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: March Multitudes pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 22, 2023

March marches on, with truly spectacular quantities of Warhammer continuing to happen around the world. My increasingly regular partner-in-crime Lowest of Men has once more stepped up to help, and will be taking the lead on Friday while I kick...

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Hammer of Math: Arks of Omen Secondary Objectives Stats, Part 1

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 20, 2023

We announced last week that we'd recently added data from Arks of Omen to 40kstats and with the wealth of new data - nearly 29 thousand games' worth at the time of this writing - it felt like a good time...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Guns and Goffs pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 17, 2023

The call to Waaaagh is eternal, and we've got four more big events for you today. I say we because, as promised, Tom, the Lowest of Men is back again taking the lead on some horde-heavy matchups that simply break my...