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Q3 2024 40K Balance Update – Imperium

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 20, 2024

This week Games Workshop dropped the largest single update we’ve ever seen to Warhammer 40,000 outside of an edition change. Through a number of FAQs and Errata, points changes, a new Dataslate, and a massive update to the Core...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Liminal Space Marines pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 19, 2024

We really are in the final stages of the old metagame now - we know a Balance Dataslate is dropping this week, the Pariah missions release on the weekend, and the Sisters and GSC Codexes will start kicking in...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Xenos Roulette pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 5, 2024

Honestly, who knows at this point. The metagame eddies and churns once more, this week bringing us a heady blend of crunch meta, melee meta and some Xenos factions, notably Aeldari and Necrons, throwing their weight around after a...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Always Be Charging pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 29, 2024

The Dataslate has had time to sink in, and as well as re-shuffling the factions it's brought a wider meta shift. Crunch meta is (mostly) OUT and melee meta is IN. Between Space Wolves, Orks, World Eaters and Blood...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: 2x Gorky 3x Krump pt.3

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 24, 2024

It's the final part of another mammoth week of CI, and today Lowest of Men is in charge, covering: Mayhem 3 in 3D Ice Breaker Warhammer 40K GT - Renegade Wargaming The Great Game - Gongaii GT Spring 2024 Barn...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Grey Nice

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 15, 2024

We're in a bit of a holding pattern this week, as there weren't too many big events and (as sometimes happens when a balance update hits) people have fallen back on some reliably brutal builds to stomp on anyone...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: A Challenger Approaches pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 1, 2024

You're all at it again, I see. It's another bumper-sized 15-event week, so we're once again going for three parts. Plenty of the usual suspects are out and about, slamming a last few games in the pre-dataslate world, but...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Five Alarm Phaerons pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 11, 2024

Part the second, in which there is more Warhammer. Controversial I know. We've got more Necrons, but we've also got those brutal Space Marines I promised yesterday, plus some great showings from Aeldari, Genestealer Cults and more. Let's dig...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: The Meta Adepts pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 27, 2024

Big events all over the shop this week, with blockbusters in each of the US, UK and Europe. The metagame continues to shift week-to-week - Necrons are definitely stalwarts right now, but this week the T'au are on the...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: The Imperium Strikes Back pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 22, 2024

Wings update - still sick. That means no pithy intro, straight into the content. You love content. Today you will have Lowest of Men as normal, covering: OPEN "ATLAVERA" 2024 (IBERIAN OPEN) Talvisota - Winter Assault 2024 JP CUP Toys...