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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ending in Fire

We advance ever-closer to the great Edition refresh, but the top dogs of late 9th Edition are still duking it out with some enthusiasm. This week it's the turn of various flavours of Ulthwe Aeldari build to surge to...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Daemonic Embers

9th Edition status: still here. Quieter than last week, but still live and kicking, and alarmingly infested with Daemonic forces this week. It's the season for it, apparently. Today we're looking at: Storm Of Silence Warhammer 40k Grand Tournament...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Book Standing pt.2

We're back for the second half of this week's events, seeing what other books can still challenge for the top spot. This half...is maybe not as varied as the first. Just saying. The Alamo GT ‘23 (major) Death or...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Book Standing pt.1

Look. It's been a long old road, and we're nearly at the end of it. We're in the home stretch. Pithy metaphors abound. We don't know exactly how many weekends of 9th we've got left, but we're definitely in the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Fest of Fury Pt.2

Time for part two of Competitive Innovations, and Lowest of Men is at the helm once more. Today, we'll be looking at: Gibraltar GT (major) Winter Warfest 2023 Peterborough Slam GT! Berks Spring Assault GT If you're looking for any of the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Fest of Fury Pt.1

Warhammer Fest is in the books, giving us both some sneak peaks at what tenth Edition might hold and also a gigantic showcase for the final season of 9th Edition. Over three hundred players, and just one champion at...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Final Quarter pt.2

Part two of our ritual to finally banish Deathwing armies from the world commences, with Lowest of Men in the driving seat. Today, we're looking at: Rataclysm 2023 (major) Grand Clash 2023 War Calls 2023 Out Of The Furnace IV: Return...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: A Short Breather

After an absolutely relentless few months of events, the Easter weekend has finally been a bit quieter, with only one major firing and no events crossing the GT threshold. That happily means that I don't have to muster up too much...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Our Metagame Yearns for Freedom pt.2

We're a broken record at this point, but welcome to part two of another massive week of Arks coverage. Lowest of Men is at the helm, and today we're looking at: Down Under 40K Major (major) Fools Errand 2023 Perils of...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Our Metagame Yearns for Freedom pt.1

...please send Q12023 Balance Dataslate. In some ways I jest - Arks continues to be good fun, and there are a couple of interesting new builds on show this week, so there's certainly some stuff to dig into. However, at...