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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...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Desolation of Manchester pt.1

What can I say - we're north of ten events again, despite there being a supermajor in both the UK and US, so the biggest sustained run of mega-weeks we've ever had continues. Lowest of Men will be taking point on...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: March Multitudes pt.2

A massive week of 40K rolls onwards, and Lowest of Men is taking the wheel for part two of our coverage. Today we'll be looking at: Battle Ready Wargaming's Major Mayhem 40k Event (major) The Great Game GT Battlefield Birmingham...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Guns and Goffs pt.1

It would appear that Guard players as a whole think they've sneaked under GW's winrate radar for long enough, because it's another big week for them - but Arks is still throwing curveballs at us. This week it's the...

Stat Check Episode 33 – Inner Circle, Over-rep

Check out Episode 33 of Stat Check on Libsyn or wherever you download podcasts. On today's show, Innes, Nathan, and Jeremy dive deep into the current meta, discussing what drives the top dogs of the Arks of Omen Meta -...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: By Lasgun and Bayonet pt.2

Welcome back to part 2 of Competitive Innovations, where I (Wings) am once more in control, having mostly recovered from Nurgle giving me a bit of a once over earlier in the week. Big thanks to Tom for holding...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Teamup Ark

After the excitement of LVO last weekend, it looks like a lot (though not all) of the tournament scene is taking a bit of a weekend off (understandable). Next week we'll be back to full speed on singles, with...