Biggest WINNERS and LOSERS from the Balance Update? Every 40K Army Discussed

Let's talk through the armies of Warhammer 40K and whether they've won or lost from the latest balance pass...

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0:00 Intro
0:27 The Update
1:41 Space Marines
3:23 Astra Militarum
4:43 Warhammer Combat Cards - Video Sponsor
6:24 Adeptus Mechanicus
7:47 Adepta Sororitas
9:43 Adeptus Custodes
10:22 Grey Knights
11:17 Imperial Knights
12:21 Space Wolves
13:56 Blood Angels
15:12 Dark Angels
17:09 Black Templars
19:04 Imperial Agents + Deathwatch
20:25 Chaos Space Marines
22:23 Death Guard
23:46 World Eaters
24:42 Thousand Sons
26:27 Chaos Daemons
27:13 Chaos Knights
29:16 Aeldari
30:20 Drukhari
31:56 Tyranids
32:57 Genestealer Cults
35:27 Leagues of Votann
36:13 Orks
37:47 Necrons
39:37 T'au Empire
41:35 Initial Impressions
43:47 Warhammer Combat Cards - Video Sponsor
45:58 Outro

[malal]

in this edition of, "We're punishing you for using the ONE faction mechanic we gave you."

[BartEmbregts]

I don't care how much Gw tries to nerf Black Templars, they don't want me to use 20 unit black wave tactics, FINE, then I use multiple 10 unit wave tactics! The crusade cannot be stopped.

[graefx]

Black Templar hoard honestly felt kinda flavourful. They're the biggest chapter, constantly crusading. Running a big screaming block of them up and flooding the board felt like it fit.

[davidcanty]

Chaos Knights still are not taking big knights. But now we can take a extra base of nurglings!

[petermccall]

Minor change, the Chaos Lord in Terminator Armor gained the CHAOS LORD keyword. So certain enhancements work on him, like Bastion Plate.

[lieutax]

Fun fact!
You can now run Mortarion, Typhus, and a set of deathshroud termis in a 500pt list with 10pts to spare
How that’s actually got to the point it’s under 500 idk but I’m here for it

[Vante]

GSC dropping 5pts off of all our battleline units was totally uneccessary...and I'm here for it.

[Filipo]

Damn that BT nerf hit me hard 😥 this wasnt necessary at all

[kitcat]

_The point difference between Thousand Sons and Custodes is getting smaller and smaller..._

[overknox]

The BT nerf was clearly personal. Unfair to say the least 😢

[TheEnd]

Someone at GW loves papa Nurgle almost as much as I do

[domallan]

Imperial Agents Wishlist:
+ Chimera transport ALL Guard Equivalent
+ Quarry like abilities to Inquisitors
+ Inq Agents per 6, select 3-5 x Guard Veterans/Mystics/Shotgun Fanatics.
Select up to 1 x Interrogator/Blade Master/Autosavant.
Remaining unit = Guardsmen/Light Melee Equivalent.
Coteaz slightly better.
Greyfax slightly better.
That’s it, competitive and showcases the Inquisition selecting from the best of human kind depending upon where they are fighting.
… I’m an Imperial Agents player.

[kirbyball]

Sister's playing crying about being nerfed while having an extremely high win rate of 57% and winning constant tournaments since their release is hilarious.

[guyman]

I see the GW random number generator is in full swing

[KawaiiAzusa]

One big thing I don't see talked about anywhere: Brigands dropping 5 points means you can run 3 of them as allies again. Potentially a big buff for Death Guard especially

[rolledrice]

there was a clarification with Deathguard sticky objectives where you any objective you sticky remains "infected" which is huge for our second half of our strats. It means more likely will we proc sustained 2 or ap 6 on crits of 6 which is a HUGE buff

[NatCrw]

They really need to seperate the casual and competitive aspects of the game. Casual players being screwed because some dude who is way better can min-max to an insane level is never going to be a good thing. Just make seperate versions and let people have fun.

[mattb]

Mortarion is now less than a unit of einhyr hearthguard

[Lady_Merlin_]

One thing you missed is the silent king lost fly

[ghmatt]

At least I was able to enjoy Black Templars...I can't wait to use a 30% winrate army were my vehicle cost more and my only gimmick is useless. But OH BOI the CSM, an army of 50+% winrate that is dominating tournaments, gets buffed. I migh as well use my BT as BA until GW unsticks whatever they have stuck in their butts.