My Five Favorite Warhammer 40k Factions

Talking about my favorite factions in the Warhammer 40k universe as I've gotten to grips with it over the the past couple of years!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:31 Khorne's Blood Legions
02:38 Adeptus Mechanicus
04:25 Necrons
06:02 Tyranids
08:33 Word Bearers
10:44 Wrap Up

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[MinusTheGreatSubtractor]

Mort being the most chill gaming reviewer and having a thing for skulls just makes sense for some reason.

[ZenPaladin]

Number 1? The guard. There's something incredibly compelling about normal men against eldrich horror and the guard is exactly that.

[ThatReplyGuy]

Necrons AND Word Bearers? Man of culture, I see.

[adammoynihan]

I'm one of the 12 people who really like the Eldar and i wish GW did more with them in lore and some more novels focused on them and the hopeless tragedy of their existence.

[Taranchule]

I've been a Cadian man for three decades now. Been a fan since the days of the Ichar IV global campaign. In the pages of White Dwarf I read the studio's battle for the campaign. While the Eldar and Space Marine players had really close games against the Tyranids, the Guardies decimated the bugs with a wall of heavy bolters. Beautiful.

[r.lum.r]

I’m also new to the hobby but Number 1 for me are The Grey Knights. There’s something so cool about a whole specialized crew of super powerful elite Psykers who specialize in daemon hunting using their space/mind magic. Hell yes.

2 is Adeptus Mechanicus for almost the exact same reason described in the video tbh. What an interestingly contentious relationship they have with the Imperium of Man. Also that character design is SO sick.

3 is Death Guard, so you can guess my favorite Chaos God is Nurgle.
Runner up is Adeptas Soritas.

[Johannicus]

My favourite faction is Iron Warriors. When I started my discovery of the universe in 3rd edition they jumped at me with their love for artillery and mechanised units. The fact they also dont like mutations and replace such with mechanic limbs, got my younger self into them.

[gavinr]

The Word Bearers Omnibus by Anthony Reynolds is underrated, it has the best normal human turning to chaos I've ever read. Highly recommend.

[evedael]

Blood angels are probably my favourite "faction" in 40k. Something about them being the sons of Sanguinus, the greatest primarch, becoming a shell of their former selves is so captivating.

They still maintain some of the radiance that they had when Sanguinus was alive. They still care for the common man but behind everything, they need to deal with the black rage and red thirst. They are just a small missstep away from damning themselves to Khorne.

There is also Dante, someone who is technically older then even Guilliman and probably has more combat experience then most of the loyalist primarchs. He's 1600+ years old and just wants to die but everytime he's about to fall or be overwhelmed, a primarch comes in and saves him. First the Sanguinor, then Guilliman and now the finally the Lion.

[xxruexx]

Great insightful video ^_^

Oh regarding the Tyranids and Zerg, the reference probably comes from the fact that Warcraft was originally a Warhammer game but that fell through so Blizzard kept the general aesthetics and rebranded to what we all now know. You can see how heavily influenced Warcraft and Starcraft are from the Warhammer universes though.

[abraxis]

I really like Tzeentch and Slaanesh - Entities praying upon the desires and ambition of mankind are a story as old as humanity. That and the miniatures are really cool.

[kevinchappelle]

I love hearing about your favorite factions and would also be curious of who are your least favorite factions. My favorites are the Salamanders and Sisters of battle.

[mr.mammuthusafricanavus]

My faves:
- The Tau: Cool anime style
- Space Wolves: Space Vikings
- Worldeaters: Berserkers!
- Mentors: I always want to play them like the lore leading Imperial Guardsmen
- Imperial Guard: Tanks! Tanks! Tanks! ;p

[garethdavies]

If you’ve not read / listened to (audio book is great) The Infinite and The Divine, it’s a great Necron book and pretty great Sci-fi.

The Fabius Bile / Cawl stuff is great too.

[synthetic]

I would say the Iron Hands. They have close ties with the Cult Mechanicus and I love the look of cybernetic Space Marines.

The Word Bearers are arguably where the whole Heresy started. Ultimately, Lorgar's book being the foundation for the Imperial Cult is exactly why the Chaos Gods will eventually win. It's also why the Alpha Legion may the Imperium's last hope for salvation...

[undeadamerican]

For me that moment was watching the Last Church animation on youtube. Hearing the philosophy of the Emperor of Man articulated in that discussion really roped me into the setting, showing it had more to offer than just grimdark war and carnage. There's no better place on youtube for 40k lore than Luetin09's channel - excellent long form content delivered with soothing calmness.

[poatrykdas]

i recommend you playu dawn of war: dark crusade where the playable chaos faction is word bearers and you play as eliphas the inheritor, one of the most badass chaos champions

[kRispy_dwight]

Just about to finish up the 4th Horus heresy book tonight at work and I’m loving it the books are so good

[kaname]

I'm starting on the hobby. Unfortunately the miniature sets themselves are quite expensive here in Brazil, so I'm starting with video games and novels. Beat Space Marine 1, will start the 2nd one today, looking forward to Rogue Trader as I love CRPGs (but after your 30s you many times lack the patience to complete them lol).

Your videos are always great, Mortym! My go-to channel for CRPGs and reviews.

[amayreka]

Damn my fav reviewer covering warhammer? Love it