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2Q22 Post-Dataslate Faction Focus: Jack Harpster Talks Space Marines

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...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Calm Before the Swarm

Welcome, Dear Reader! If you were expecting James "One_Wing" Grover here in this space well, he's not here - you get me instead, your old pal Rob! OK, that's not entirely true - James is still here with some...

2Q22 Post-Dataslate Faction Focus: Death Guard

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

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...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: April 13th, 2022

LAST TIME ON COMPETITIVE INNOVATIONS So as you'll see in the results below, Stormcast Eternals are still a threat and it'll take more than a slap on the wrist from the Battlescroll update to knock them off podiums. That said,...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: April 6th, 2022

It's been a mixed bag for ol' Ellarr, reader. A fantastic weekend at Sanctuary Games for Quest of Champions Heat 2, as well as the underwhelming reveal of Arena of Shades weakening my precious Nighthaunt. But let's not talk...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: March 30, 2022

A new week and a couple of new event results to pick through. We're starting to see Idoneth and Fyreslayers lists taking advantage of the new book, but as of yet neither has pushed through into a top finish,...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: March 23, 2022

After a bit of a lull last week with only two events, we're back with another weekend jam-packed with big events, just in time to get a final view of the meta before Fyreslayers and Idoneth Deepkin join, with...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: March 16, 2022

After a bit of a lull last week with only two events, we're back with another weekend jam-packed with big events, just in time to get a final view of the meta before Fyreslayers and Idoneth Deepkin join, with...

Hot Take: AOS Battlescroll Update – The Hunt

The TL;DR The game has added priority targets as well as prime hunters. Priority Targets are strong units that now give up an additional victory point (some are worth 2!) when slain, similar to monsters. Prime Hunters constitute entire factions,...