Meta Analysis

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,...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: March 9, 2022

Welcome back to another week of Age of Sigmar events coverage! It was an exciting weekend, with two GT-sized events and preorders going up for the two newest 3.0 Battletomes - Idoneth Deepkin and Fyreslayers. While it'll be another...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Too Much Warhammer, Too Often Pt.2

We're back for this week's second helping of Competitive Innovations! As we mentioned yesterday, this weekend's incredibly packed tournament schedule means that the column has once again been split into two parts. If you missed yesterday's post, and you're...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: March 2nd, 2022

If you thought last weekend was a big weekend for Age of Sigmar events well, you ain't seen nothing. Things week we're looking back on five different GT-sized events that ran around the world. We're still about one more...