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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Final Quarter pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 26, 2023

I will admit that I was a little bit worried the announcement of 10th Edition might mean a slow couple of months, but uh, that does not seem to be happening. Instead, we have a mighty 12 events this...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Darkest Timeline pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 15, 2023

Buckle up readers, this week Arks is fully hitting its stride, and some frontrunners are starting to emerge. To the surprise of no one in particular, and the delight of Greg, Dark Angels appear to be the army to...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim is LVOver

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 1, 2023

This weekend a momentous event took place - I took a Wraithknight to a GT and... **Extremely Loud Incorrect Buzzer** Rob is looking at me from the other side of the (very real) Goonhammer offices and shaking his head, which I...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 5, 2022

Y'all love Warzone Nephilim huh? Thanks to the bumper crop of 11 events that took place last weekend, this is part 2 of this week's Competitive Innovations. Today we're looking at: Today we're looking at: North And South GT 2022 W4 GT...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Play Them Off

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 29, 2022

The end is near and so we face the final curtain - all signs are that players are absolutely chomping at the bit to get started with playing Nephilim (indeed quite a few RTTs this weekend played with them...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nachmund Omega

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 22, 2022

Statistically if you are reading this you've probably read our review of the upcoming Warzone Nephilim Mission Pack, and thus you'll know that big changes are on the horizon for the world of competitive 40K. The tournament scene doesn't...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th Edition: Return of the Wings pt. 1

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 15, 2022

That's right readers, I'm back in the hot seat, fully charged and ready to go. Just going to look over at the event list for the week, as I'm sure the community will have played a very normal amount...

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2Q22 Faction Focus: Jack Harpster Talks Grey Knights

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 20, 2022

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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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Everything to Play For

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 4, 2022

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article claimed that Steven Crawley had mis-played the Lurk ability in multiple rounds. After further investigation we have updated it to reflect that this only occurred in a single round and was...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Joker Mode pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 6, 2022

So the good news first - help is coming in the form of a Balance Dataslate about a month ahead of schedule, that will include changes to Harlequins, and we applaud GW for being ready to respond in an agile...