Partying Like It’s 7th Edition: Podiuming a GT with a Heldrake in 2025
Ask not what the Heldrake can do for you. Ask what you can do for the Heldrake!
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Daemon Engines Upon Ye: A Soulforged Warpack GT Report
I am, for better or worse, now completely Teams-pilled when it comes to comp 40K. Singles events can be fun, but Teams events are what it is all about. So with an amazing 8-person Teams event last month (Challenger’s Cup, where we got 3rd place!) and another 8-person Teams event this month, it left my
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It’s Daemonic Incursioning Time: My Experience at the 2025 NOVA Open with Daemons
I’ll be honest: I have not been playing much the last few months. This was a combination of a few things. First, there were a few situations that took my mind off of 40K. I don’t want to get too personal here, but take care of yourselves people. This especially applies to the men out
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A 3-0 Iconoclast Fiefdom Tournament Report, Featuring a Very, Very Big Knight
Astute Warphammer fans might remember that early in 10th, I planned to play a lot of Chaos Knights in 10th Edition. I bought a full army from a friend, and we were ready to go all-in on the spikiest army of all. Our friend BoopNoodle in the Warphammer discord community (available here) reminded me about
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Excellence in Pestilence: The Guide to Winning with the Plague Legion
There is a cool storyline in the book Lords Of Silence about a Guardsmen being captured by a Death Guard warband. At first, he resists their maladies, and his heart is full of vigor for the Emperor and hatred for the traitors. Honestly, good for him. And then, over time, a funny thing happens. As
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Digging for Chaotic Gold: How to Get the Most Out of Overlooked CSM Units
The Chaos Space Marines codex is extremely deep. The best units are really great, the good units are still great, and the bad units are still solid… or at least some of them are. Today at Warphammer, we’re going to take a look at your minis collecting dust on your shelf and figure out how
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Steadfast Determination: The Complete Guide to Playing Fellhammer Siege Host
I recently took Fellhammer to an RTT as a joke. I figured it would be funny to see what happened if I took my least favorite detachment in the game to a tournament. I went 2-1, but that was an average finish at a small tournament that had little to do with Fellhammer being good
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Brutal Attrition: A Fellhammer Shi…. Siege Host Tournament Report
Let’s be honest: Fellhammer and I have had a rocky relationship. It was a love/hate relationship without any love. I hated the detachment on my first read. I hated it when I played my 1 test game with it. I hated it when I did my first writeup of each detachment at Warphammer. I hated
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Be’lakor and the Boys: Making a Run at a Major with Daemons
I recently got to do one of my favorite things in Warhammer: Playing a bunch of games with Daemons. There is literally no way this can go ever go wrong. Either I get some wins for the Dark Gods, or I get to have fun rolling dice and learn how I want to tweak my
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The Immaterium’s Finest: A CSM Tournament Report Featuring Traitor Guard
I heard what people were saying after I took Grey Knights to my last GT (and went undefeated, but who cares how that army of uptight Daemon haters does). “Mike must be washed up. He can’t win with Chaos armies anymore.” “He has to meta chase to win even a single game.” “Mike probably hasn’t
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Lords of Forbidden Lore: The Complete Guide to Playing Thousand Sons
Thousand Sons are one of the most complicated armies in the game. If you can’t divine the future, then you won’t succeed in the present. Fortunately for you, here at Warphammer we have a special connection to the Dark Gods. I travelled into the Warp to obtain the forbidden knowledge of how to succeed with
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Warpy Warfare: Going Undefeated at a GT with Daemon(hunter)s
We’re going to veer very, very far from usual Warphammer content today. Hear me out. There’s always a slight dilemma when you’re a strong* player with a mid-tier or low-tier faction, like myself with Daemons. * “strong player” does not apply when I’m running on 2 hours of restless sleep after losing eye-watering amounts of
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Fighting The Long Nerf: Where CSM Players Go From Here
I’ve played CSM when they were awful. Not “awful” in the sense of “a below average but powerful faction with many very favored matchups”, like Custodes players use the term. I’m talking awful, awful. I’m going to be honest. When I first saw the CSM changes in the latest dataslate, I started doomspiralling. My first
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Shadow In The Warphammer: The Complete Guide to Playing Endless Swarm Tyranids
Note from Mike P: This guide is guest written by Samuel Pope, a friend of Warphammer and the #1 Tyranid player from last season. He’s taken his beloved bugs into a hostile meta and done extraordinarily well, winning GT’s and achieving top finishes at some of the largest events in the world. He combines top
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My LVO 2024 Experience with… Not One, Not Two, but THREE Land Raiders
Let’s just acknowledge one thing: The timing of this writeup is a little bit weird. LVO was last weekend, and we have a dataslate coming out sometime this week (hopefully, don’t get our hopes up WarCom!). This means this article won’t have as much written about the exact details of the list, as rules and
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Grinding Out Wins with Soul Grinders: Breaking Down My 5-1 Run with Daemons at the Denver Fight Club GT
Daemons have been the forgotten Chaos army as 10th Edition goes on. Thousand Sons, Death Guard, and Chaos Knights have all had impacts on the meta at various points, and Chaos Space Marines are one of the most powerful armies in the entire game right now. But Daemons? They’ve been largely written off as a
Bringers Of Despair: My Black Legion Waged the Long War at Flying Monkey Con 2023
Abaddon and his Bringers Of Despair headed to the 2023 Flying Monkey Con to wage the Long War. Come find out how they did, and draw inspiration for your own lists and games!
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The Shadow Descends: The Complete Guide to Playing Chaos Daemons in 10th Edition
The “competitive meta” may be flooded with Eldar, but guess what? For Daemons–particularly Slaanesh Daemons–Eldar souls are a particularly tasty snack. Now is a great time to put your Daemons on the tabletop and fight. Chaos Daemons are one of the dark horses of early 10th edition. They have some of the most impressive mobility
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Friends in Warpy Places: The Complete Guide to Allies for Every Chaos Army
Welcom to the complete guide to allies for every army in 10th Edition! We’re going to provide a recommended selection of units that you can easily copy and paste in if you want something you can easily try out, but more importantly, we’re going to dive into why certain units are recommended and the best
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Friends in Warpy Places: The Complete Guide to Adding Daemons to Your Army
The real friends we made in this hobby were the Daemons we met along the way.
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Disciples of Shadow: The Complete Guide to Playing Disciples of Be’lakor
An ancient evil has returned to the tabletop. This time, he’s brought Knights.
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Iron Without, Iron With Wins: The Complete Guide to Playing Iron Warriors
We fight the long war, not through vain notions of duty and honour, but through a far purer purpose…
Hatred.
–Ferrous Ironclaw, Warsmith of the Iron Warriors
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We Have Come For You: The Complete Guide to Playing Night Lords
“I want vengeance against a galaxy that hates us. I want Imperial worlds to cower when we draw near. I want the weeping of this Empire’s souls to reach all the way to Holy Terra, and the sound of suffering to choke the corpse-god on his throne of gold.”
Talos Valcoran, the Soul Hunter
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I’m Moving, But First: My Disciples Of Be’lakor List!
Hey my Chaotic friends, just wanted to give a quick update! I’m moving from Alaska to Colorado soon, so will be unavailable for a week or two. My partner and I have a beautiful but strenuous road trip ahead of us. While I’m going to deeply miss some friends I’ve made up here, from a
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For The Emperor: The Complete Guide to Playing Alpha Legion
This guide is an article, which may or may not exist, written about a Legion, that may or may not exist. Hydra Dominatus.
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Armour of Change: The Complete Guide to Mastering the Psychic Phase
“Knowledge is power, and with the key to the Black Library, I shall claim it all.”
–Ahzek Ahriman
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Flawless Execution: The Complete Guide to Playing Emperor’s Children
Polish your armour and tighten your leather. This Nephilim season is about to get LOUD.
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WE ARE RETURNED: First Tournament Report with the New Chaos Space Marine Codex
With those three words we declared the Long War. Words that would, in time, rise from our throats as the battle cry of the Black Legion. Words that encapsulated all that we had been, and all that we had become.
WE ARE RETURNED.
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Winds Of Change: Breaking Down the Impact of the Nephilim Mission Packet on Chaos Armies
40K has had so many changes lately that I’m starting to run out of Tzeentch puns or change jokes to make. I don’t want to get flamed for reusing a previous joke. Can you imagine a Warphammer article without Tzeentch jokes? The Horror! With that horrible introduction out of the way, let’s talk about why
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The Complete Guide to Adding Chaos Knights to Your Army
The 9th Edition Chaos Knights codex allows every army to include a Knight unit in your army… with a catch. After all, would it really be a Chaos army if you weren’t making tradeoffs with the Dark Gods to gain additional power? First, we’re going to dive into the full rules behind this process. Next,
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We Are Alpharius: Alpha Legion Infiltrate the Standings at the Seattle Open
“I am Alpharius”
–Alpharius. Or Omegon. Or me? Or you.
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Waging the Long Nachmund War: The Guide to Playing Chaos Competitively in 2022
It’s always a great time to be playing Chaos. Come find out what builds will work best for Chaos players in the new mission packet and meta.
We may be waiting for new books, but that doesn’t mean we can’t effectively wage the Long War in the meantime!
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“Thicc Garden”: A Nurgle Tournament Report (Featuring a Great Unclean One!)
Mortarion, Be’lakor, and a Great Unclean One combine forces to bring glory to to Grandfather Nurgle.
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Striving for Perfection: Reviewing Reader Lists to Identify Common Mistakes and Provide Tips for Everyone
Hello spikey friends! Today we’re going to be doing something very different. I had some Warphammer readers submit their own tournament lists through Discord so I could publicly give some feedback. I think this process will be helpful for people to read. It will give everyone a chance to learn from some common mistakes I
Death To The False Emperor: Melee Chaos Lists Are Back With a VENGEANCE
Chaos players have been truly blessed by the Dark Gods in the latest 40K balance update. Let’s break down all the boons we have been granted.
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Chosen of the Pantheon: An Updated Competitive List for EVERY Chaos Space Marine Legion
Night Lords? Alpha Legion? World Eaters?
Today, we’re going to lay the groundwork for playing EVERY Legion competitively.
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Keeping Tally with Epidemius: Interview with Malte Hoefs, Fresh Off Going 6-1 at the Alliance Open!
Epidemius and Be’lakor team up to lead Chaos to success in Malte’s creative list
Faith, Hate, Vengeance, and Truth: Winning a Tournament with Word Bearers
“All I ever wanted was the truth. Remember those words as you read the ones that follow.”
–Lorgar, in the opening words from the Book Of Lorgar
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Delightful Agonies: A Third Place Finish with Emperor’s Children, and Breaking Down a Loss
Some might say I have written an excessive amount about playing Emperor’s Children. True fans of Slaanesh will say there is no such thing as too much of a good thing. Let’s dive right into another Emperor’s Children tournament report!
Louder, LOUDER: Claiming a Tournament for Slaanesh
The Emperor’s Children, led by Lucius The Eternal, march again. Come learn more about how they won an RTT, and tips for improving your own Chaos play!
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Mastering the Dark Master: The Guide to Winning with Disciples of Be’lakor
An ancient evil has returned, and he’s bigger than ever. Let’s discuss how to best use Belakor’s new Army of Renown on the tabletop.
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Things Will Get LOUD Now: A Pure Emperor’s Children (Seriously) Tournament Report
The Emperor Protects, but Slaanesh Provides.
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Chaos Players, Drop What You’re Doing And Go Play Noise Marines Right Now
Appreciate the Noise Marines we have now, because they may never be this deadly again
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I Took A Faction I Had Never Played Before To A GT. Here Is How It Went.
Lessons learned from learning an army on the fly.
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Purging the Vermin: 3-0 Tournament Report with Necrons
I recently took Necrons to a win in my first tournament of this ITC season. Come learn more about how this proud and noble Xenos race got it done!
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Excellence in Pestilence: The Guide to Winning with Nurgle Daemons
“In the embrace of great Nurgle, I am no longer afraid, for with His pestilential favour I have become that which I once feared: Death”
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Streamed Game Coming Up, and Current List Discussion
Stream Announcement Hey everyone, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be playing Daemons on a commentated TTS stream tonight against Tom, a talented player (previous GT winner) and gentleman of the game. Tom will be bringing a brutal Black Templars list headlined by multiple units of Bladeguard Veterans backed by Plasma Inceptor and Eradicator shooting,
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Changing the Game: The Guide to Winning with Tzeentch Daemons
There are some units that are powerful in obvious ways. Eradicators are a great example of this. You can place them down on the table, and due to their base stats and points, they just do their job very well. Plasma Inceptors are another great example of this. Custodian Guard with Shields are another great
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Blood, Skulls, and Victory Points: How to Win with Khorne Daemons
I’m going to start this article with a counter-intuitive point: Khorne Daemons are a finesse army. This fact may anger Skarbrand, but it’s true. There are armies in the game that can deploy without much worry, take a beating, and deliver a strong counter-punch. Khorne is not one of those armies. You will have to
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The QCC V8: Plague Marines, the Makings of a 9th Edition Deathstar
Does the following unit sound like a death star? Unshootable Unchargeable Powerful shooting Powerful assault Objective secured The Quick Chaos Cut Volume 8: Plague Marines, the Makings of a 9th Edition Deathstar Side Note: The Quick Chaos Cut is now on Spotify! See the link here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Un6YMcJVKEalMJL823G8b What makes Plague Marines potentially a deathstar? Melee
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Beautiful Violence: How to Win (Excessively) with Slaanesh
Quick. Beautiful. Lithe. Alluring. Deadly. Slaanesh Daemons are back, and here to stay in 9th Edition. Slaanesh is, broadly speaking, an anti-melee melee army. That didn’t really work in 8th Edition, which revolved competitively about bringing brutal shooting and consistently holding a limited number of objectives. Now that opponents have to come contest objectives to
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