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Competitive Play

2Q22 Faction Focus: Jack Harpster Talks Grey Knights

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
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 Play

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Sequel is Always Worse

James "Boon" Kelling -
In 2013 the movie Pacific Rim released to theaters - it was a monster movie directed by Guillermo del Toro that pitted giant monsters called Kaiju from another dimension against humanity and its hastily constructed Jaegers, equally monstrous machine...
Age of Sigmar

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Spice of Ghyran

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton -
Variety is the spice of life they say - and today is no greater proof of that. Out of 8 top 2 finishes, 7 different factions are represented. AoS is thriving competitively, and it makes my job a lot...
Competitive Play

The Goonhammer Hot Take: May 2022 Codex Tyrands FAQ

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
Games Workshop followed up its Imperial Armour Compendium updates with an FAQ addressing the recent Codex: Tyranids today. This comes not a moment too soon, as we just watched Tyranids put up a dominating weekend of competitive play (and...
Competitive Play

Competitive Innovations in Kill Team: May 2022

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
It's been a tumultuous few weeks for Kill Team, and a busy time since our last Meta Analysis. We've seen the release of a balance dataslate in March, a series of big FAQ updates in April, and the release...
Meta Analysis

Goonhammer, 40kstats, and the ITC Battles App

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
You may have noticed that over the last few months here at Goonhammer we've been really invested in tracking stats and tournament results. We've been working hard at ramping up our efforts on that front, adding additional Competitive Innovations...
Competitive Play

The May 2022 Imperial Armour Compendium FAQ Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
GW released an FAQ for the Imperial Armour Compendium today, making adjustments to Eldar and Tyranids units in the book to bring them in line with their recent Codexes. We talk about what changed and what it means.
Age of Sigmar

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Droning On (and On)

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton -
Two tournaments to cover this week, and as you'll see below there's been a noticeable shift from high damage armies that can project their power at range to more board control, resilient lists that can seek to outlast the...
Competitive Play

Competitive Innovations in 9th: It’s not a Bug, It’s a Feature

James "Boon" Kelling -
This week we look at the Tyranids' rise to dominance after a quiet post-launch week, and examine the other impacts of Armour of Contempt on the meta in 9th edition.
Competitive Play

2Q22 Post-Dataslate Focus: Scott Horras Talks Astra Militarum

Scott Horras "Heresy" -
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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