Wow this was one of the best i saw so far. Good work loved it. Would have hoped for all the factions to receive this review but i will take what i can get.
That’s awesome to hear! I’m glad you enjoyed it ❤️. The sisters were one of the hardest for me to place in truth. I don’t think I played them well enough myself, I think there is def potential there!
@@DBPreacherTacticus For a second I though it's a two layer joke to dismiss Certus even more lol. Having to level him up for the campaign feels like a punishment
@@DBPreacherTacticus oh, I thought it was another dose of sarcasm, the line works regardless of the choice of the sniper :) I liked it because Certus sucks in comparison to Calends being the best (Sho?), which made it even funnier.
Awesome run down thanks. I really like this style of vid. I think you’re undervaluing the orks a bit. I this rank them No. 1 and they’re definitely most fun to play. I tried Deathguard a lot too but found them just a bit too slow and unmanouverable. I thought taking Incisus away from the ultramarines was a weird decision. He’s rubbish of course but the vast majority of people are going to have him at a higher level than Titus so you’re limiting them to lower levels of play. I really enjoyed this TA, it was much more fun than other versions which have seemed a chore. The extra points for having a whole faction plus only needing 150 points for the final chest made it a little more achievable and so more fun. I know the 150 points was accidental not design but it would be great if it stayed that way.
Yep, all smart points! It was really difficult to rank the top teams in truth, and judging by the comments, it really seems to have been personal opinion on who was number 1 between the Orks, dg, tau and Templars… which is awesome isn’t it!
Orks were a nightmare to face last week when initially running Aeldari, changed to deathgaurd (even though I don’t have pestillian) and dont think I lost a battle after that. I love my stinky bois!
I always beat the stinky bois with my templars, its kinda easy with godswyl to knock their armor off while jaeger perma taunts then thoread boosts so i can use burchard to slap the others
Amazing video! Loved it. And exactly as you described, I have no idea how to effectively play as Tau. Haha. I got them all leveled up and ability up… and I had no idea how to use them properly. So I used the orks and crushed it. I had most of them not even at full abilities. They are great.
Awesome! The Orks have gotten a lot of love and it’s really been great to see the rework paying dividends! Only problem is that it’s added another bunch of characters into my list to get levelled waaagggh
lmao, so well written. Love it. And ofc the factual content itself was very good also. I maybe shouldn't say this, as I might play Pointy Ears again (hopefully I get some variation and manage to level some other faction to five g1, but we shall see). Don't sleep on Eldryon's active. If Eldy survives few rounds (which happens actually quite often when players parade around each other looking for that first strike slot) that active can one shot basically anybody and anything. Oh, but wait. It can easily one shot two opponents if they are left standing next to each other.
Yeah! I totally agree with Eldryon. I did mention a little bit in there about he can really punish people and that’s exactly one of the things I was thinking about! I hope we get another faction war soon. And thanks for the kind words, it means a lot that you enjoyed it ❤️
I used Black Templars, partly as I am only missing the High Marshal, which other teams I was nornally missing some one important or in Death Guard I have the three important guys, but am missing the other two. My first 4 battles with Templars I did not loose a guy, my fith battle I lost one guy. I then had several battles go less well (including one that I won with just Burchard left having a punching match with a World Eater while I possitioned so the enclosing damage would hit him and not me). Over all I really enjoyed playing the Templars. Glad to see them so high on the list. I was actually able to make decent use of my loaner High Marshal, but I am patient, so that helps. I now actually feel up to the grind to unlock him.
DG, Tau and orks are definitely the best I found DA are quite good as well! Although they are a bit tricky to play and require you to plan for two turns ahead. But i really enjoyed playing them nonetheless. And speaking about Tau, Shadowsun became really good in pvp after her slight upgrade. Been using her in TA for a while now This TA was really a breath of fresh air to a terrible thing it was before. I really hope they'll keep it as a main TA mode Btw, didn't know you were colorblind
I know right! I tried them a lot but just couldn’t really work out what I was supposed to be doing with them! I feel they are definitely missing one of their pieces!
My redemption pool was at 30 at the end. I very rarely lost with Black Templars. It was something stupid like 80% Orks opposition though. I played at uncommon, because badges.
Great vid! The DG is indeed the best team imo and i had a lot of fun woth them. They rely too much on corrodius's positioning on the first turn to grab buffs, and i had to respect Pestilian a bit, as his direct dmg hurts and his passive is the only thing preventing the necrons to completely counter the DG.
I have to say, the movement buffs of corrodus and the (sadly) one time meele dmg buff from the other one did wonders for me. And good armor penetration plus 40% armor Reduktion through nurgles contagion made all 5 usefull
@@DBPreacherTacticus I think, the only thing the death guard needs to be perfect, is a two ranged attack for corrodius. That would make him and pestillian more viable in every situation. Keep pesti at 1 range, he ignores armor anyway, so it wouldnt be too strong.
Death guard’s resilient trait definitely the winner, P’d me right off getting killed by 1hp chars xD I used Aedari and T.sons to good effect. Both squishy though
I have started with Aeldari, but then switched to Mechanicus. Both teams require super careful positioning, but I think admech are a bit stronger, because they have summons and healing. Orks were the most annoying enemy to fight.
Yep, I can’t disagree with any of that! I did love playing the admechs as well. When they worked, oh boy they crushed but when the opposition knew how to deal with them, they just got toasted ^^
Used a few factions, Space wolves, black templars, ultras, necrons, and world eaters. Eventually i switched to the orks and never lost a game. They are the best. Or the warboss is anyway. Golgurtz with his Waagh are so potent i had to start leveling for more play.
Necron should be within the top 3, let alone not even being mentioned within the top 10. This is speaking from someone who isn’t normally a Necron fan but was able to reach 250+ medals playing only at a common rarity(mostly due to a lack of upgrade on Makhotep) Here are all the reasons why Necron should be way higher on the list. 1. Aleph null: besides being a tanky healer that keeps his entire lineup healed with both the passive and cast heal. His active scrab summons initial pierce damage and the potential of them multiplying out of control is something people cannot ignore. This means the opponent will be forced to either spend a lot of action killing the scarab or leave them to overrun the arena. 2. Imospekh: his Overwatch is also cannot to be ignored, especially if he grabs a hit power-up, you guarantee to lose someone charging in thinking it is not as bad as Re’vas with her active. On top of that, a buff-out Imosphekh could potentially wipe out a large chunk of the enemy team with his active. 3. Thutmose: the dark horse of this faction comp. We all know how he can dish out good damage, but his squishiness means he a glass cannon. How about taking his glass cannon nature and pushing it to the extreme? Melee power is the undisputed best power-up for Thutmose. Both his range and melee do 2 hits at 65% pierce. By giving him a melee attack power-up he will be doing 6 big hit attacks with 65% pierce, allowing him to one-shot pretty much anyone besides the tankiest unit with a power-up. This means it even allows him to one-shot normal heroes with a shield after receiving their power-up, catching them completely off guard. You can offset some of his squishiness by giving him health power up. Most of the time, you shouldn’t even bother using his active. 4. Makhotep: we know he provides a decent amount of heal to adjacent units, and his active could potentially help Aleph Null spawn more Scarab, but often people forget that the +1 movement he provides will sometimes determine whether your other unit can reach the power-up or not. Admittedly the random spawn placement at the start doesn’t provide a reliable way to rush power up, even then the +1 still provides tactical flexibility to your unit, especially to Aleph null and Thutsmose since they are flying units. You don’t me to explain how good it is to give +1 movement on a roid out Thutmose. 5. Anuphet is the last and the centrepiece piece of this Necron comp. Anuphet active, spawn strong Necron warrior based on how many turns have passed, and how many Necron units have died. This means that you can be extremely aggressive with Necron at any given moment and be rewarded for losing unit. Is Aleph Null and his Scarab getting wiped out? That plus 3 to Anuphet summon. Suicidal Imospekh and/or Thutmose with melee attack power-up? That another +1-2 to Necron Warrior summon. You can have 5 Necron summon on turn 2 if you just lost Aleph null and his scarab during the opponent's 2nd turn. This strategy allows you to either be defensive and generate Necron warrior summons from passing turns (with Imospekh Overwatch dissuading opponent aggression) or go full aggression and dish as much damage as possible, and anything left will have to deal with Anuphet, his 6 summon, and probably Makhotep since people usually ignore him to deal with everyone else. So you should do everything in your power to keep Anuphet alive, at least until he uses his active and gets the maximum amount of summon. Pretty much no other faction rewards you for losing units, besides BT with Thoriad. All these factors provide Necron with a tremendous amount of tactical flexibility that most other factions wouldn’t even dream of and the reason that Necron should be way higher, if not within the Top 3 of faction war.
It’s a really great breakdown of the Necrons! They are tough in faction wars because if you can deal with the scarabs then they suffer from the same problem as aeldari. They go pop really easily against the heavy hitters. They definitely had a possible place on the top ten but only on 10th place
I played a ton, on all ranks, but mostly on uncommon, and based on the most difficult opponents to go against, the best teams were Tau, Aeldari and Orks. DG was also good, but saw them a lot less. I played each team on casual, but for the ranked matches I started with the Tau. However I couldn't play it well enough, so I switched to BT and they were good, but I struggled against the endless Ork players. Tried Orks myself, they were fun, but being already bored of facing so many Orks, I didn't want to contribute to that horde, so I got the WE out. They worked really, really well for me. I usually did the deepstrike with Angrax and then Wrask next to him. That often allowed even them both to survive the first contact (especially since the opponents often wanted to get to Kharn) and then they started crushing, the cavalry led by Kharn cleared what was left.
Ran Tau from the get-go. Still working to unlock darkstrider, but really, I mostly used him as a meatshield, or would sometimes hold him back to run up and give everyone markerlights before a big turn (or to shut off overwatch by walking into melee). Had a lot of fun with them. Only lost 4 matches before I got my 150/150 and just dished out free wins after that.
That’s super nice of you to give the wins over to others! With the tau, I really enjoyed them as well. They might be turning into one of my favourite factions to play.
I took some time in casual mode to mess around and get a win with each faction. Man the ultramarines were tough to use. So were the dark angels. But the Astra millatara always made for a pretty fun game. Most people had a non uniformly upgraded tau team. So even though they packed a punch, most tau teams i faced; i could take out their team pretty quickly while avoiding revas.
Astra militarum were the ones that I really wanted on the list, I just had such up and down games with them. They would either do well or just get absolutely smashed.
Death Guard and Tau. Calling it now. Orks slightly trailing. EDIT: Yaz requires you to stand next to abraxas. Yaz either does damage _or_ swaps, not both on the same turn. Abraxas is the focal point, for sure, powering up the rest of the team. Admech need their fifth. Vahl is a mech, but doesn't fit the team at all. Vit exists as a sniper analogue, but isn't great without sho. I'd say orks are stronger than BT on average if for no other reason than they soak up powerups better than BTs (snappa with HP, tank with melee hits, and boss or snot with damage). They're close though for sure, but burch doesn't really do much in TA. I get that you're being cheeky (or have just stopped editing whatever script AI starts for you), but Corrodius is the key to not just death guard, but all chaos. His passive is bananas. Pesti is pretty bad though, yeah.
I don’t use any script AI at all! All of it is me. I don’t see the point in it when I can come up with (what I think) is funnier stuff myself! Corrodius and pestillian are indeed really important parts of the team, I just wanted to be a bit funny with them
Yaz moves, attacks and then swaps all as a part of using his active, in one turn tho, n if you already popped off Abraxas as you should have, you'll still have his passive activated, which, in turn, can easily one shot a lot of characters
Glad I did not have to order them, as there is a bit of rock-paper-scissors going on. The top 6 is pretty clear, I might have put the 1000 Sons higher, since they have pretty good answer to the armor of the Death Guard and Black Templars. World Eaters were also really good, and you could argue they belong in the top 5. Orks were just a menace all around
Yeah! This was something I went back and forth on so much. The thousand sons I played a lot because I love them as a faction but they definitely got steamrolled a bit too much for my liking
Written before watching: if that's about Faction TA, I discovered it depends heavily on difficulty level. Playing on Uncommon, orks just dominated. I lost only two battles for non-orcs, one to Death Guards and another one to Tau. Those two are tied for second, but I just killed them with easy except for those two battles. In Epic I saw templars one-hitting a lot if things, however... Didn't stick on that difficulty enough to see how the factions were ranked.
Tau for me. Tried Orks, Necrons, UM's and DG and finally fell on Tau. Nice synergies, Re'vas and Aunshi is a potent combo that protects Shosyl and Shadowsun was great for jumping around the map and picking up power ups.
Yeah I had the most fun with them too surprisingly. I really thought they would struggle but if you played them well then there wasn’t a team that could touch them. The only problem is that you really do need to play them well.
Did I miss the Space Wolves in this top 10 video ? cause I'd put my maxed out Epic Wolves in position 2, just behind the DG. and I'm sure I could take a DG team, depending on the map and starting postions. :) and, as a wolves player, I'd put the Thousand Sons in 3 or 4 with the templars. maybe 5 for the Tau or Orks, followed by the Admechs.
Space wolves was a really interesting one for me. I feel that they were just not in sync with each other in the same way that the Templars and world eaters are. Njal is kinda useless, Arjac doesn’t do enough after he has tossed his hammer to block an active, Ulf and Tjark are too easily focused leaving only Ragnar as the useful one. It’s a tough spot for one of my favourite teams!!
@@DBPreacherTacticus but Arjac's active is really needed only to block Re'vas going on OW, maybe Yaeger... keeping it a bit is a sure late kill. Tjark can disrupt a healer formation, or nerf psykers, and/or assassinate anyone with ragnar's passive (even using his grapple), Ulf and Njal work very well together, also Njal's active is very useful to finish off several resilient characters -> DG. Ragnar is here mostly to activate them all. and even without ragnar, I destroyed Orks, Njal killing 2 characters and the grot tank. they all synergize so well, all their special moves pairs well with someone else's , and depending on the situation, you can always have a 2-char move you can use to destroy a character... maybe I play them way too much ;-)
This week, the newbie tier arena was just overwhelmed with orks. 90% of people played them, and I feel like they are not at all number 4, but easily 1 or 2. At least, they destroy Black Templars in most battles.
Everyone is definitely starting to learn the power of the orcs. They definitely moved up the ranks! I still control them with Tau but the Templars get crushed now!
I used the Aeldari and found it fun, managed to get to the last box with days remaining, it didn't feel good getting two charecters killed by Gulgortz summons though, I think they're a bit too squishy
Played with the BL 80% of the time but agree, its one of the weaker factions. Angrax doesnt do much, too slow and the teleport is rather useless. Although he will most likely kill with his active. Archi is too weak, he dies by looking at him. his spawns are too weak compared to most other spawns. Volk again, too slow, not tanky enough. Haarken needs time to get going and also will be killed easily. A bad don is probably the best of the bunch, somewhat tanky and his active can hurt. with his buff applied his colleagues can do decent damage. All in all they dont bring much to the table. unfortunate, as they are my fav faction (besides Admech)
Yeah I always want the black legion to do well but I totally agree with your assessment. Isn’t it strange that abaddon, who is one of the jokes of the game in terms of what he should be, was one of the strongest here? Let’s hope they get a bit more powerful in the future!
I thought Aeldari would stomp. Yeah they’re squishy but they have all the tools. 2 OW snipers, 2 hard hitting melee combatants, a psyker who makes you feel the pain when you get close and a great buffer.
Since the buff Gulgorts become an unchain beast Now the turret always attacks even if gulgorts attack at distance And the Orks he summon are pretty good
Played gold only and I was using wolves most of the time and liked it - I cant say they are THE best, but Id actualy rank them top3 after Deathguard and Tau (IMHO Sho is main star of the team not Revas). I also loved to see orks on the oponents side for some reason even tho guild chat praised them.
Wow, you did awesome with the wolves then! I tried them a lot and just felt they were lacking real useful synergy and were a bit too squishy. Awesome job though!
I liked even Njal whos active hit any frozen hex on the map and with Ulf (and eventualy Arjacs block) it was possible to cover very large area - that bogged down especially orks (as they are very melee focused) very often so I had one turn of 5v2(3). Also worked fine on Revas that was stuned so Aunshis refresh was not usefull and either next turn stun from Arjac or waiting till hammer of instakill is fully charged
@@DBPreacherTacticus I use him all the time, only bronze2 26/17, but very useful for certain Lightning battles and others, quests, ability dmg missions (yea I know there’s better but it works with what I got, lol)
Fun fact if anybody doesn’t know, Brother Jaeger + Ability Dmg / Melee Kills Missions = Win , just find a battle vs grots or scarabs, set up, skip turns and finish the mission for 6/10 energy, your choice 😉
I think the orks should be #1. I used them for the event, and had 100% win rate (just played till I filled the progress to last chest). The only time I almost lost, was when fighting other orks.
@@DBPreacherTacticus Yeah, that's fair. Also 15 games is not enough of a sample size for me to draw a conclusion. And based just on machup, I can see dg and templars being a pain for orks, because of low pen on attacks.
I dident lose one singel match. And I played Aeldari. Not a singel match. But I played on the lower tiers of power so maby it was not so skilled player I played against. And I dident play all tokens. Last day I dident play at all. But 100% wins and Im a noob...
Disagree on Eldar. As it is a very rock paper scissors mode, when eldar go against Nurgle boys or Black Templars, or anyone in fact armored and balled up, they will eat through them like a yesterdays chili through my underpants. Entire faction is nothing but 80-100% ignoring armor, multi-unit targeting and buffing to the insane levels team. Number 1 in my books.
I had them higher in my list and then I played with them a tooon and honestly I couldn’t buy a win with them! It’s great to hear you did manage them well!
The Black Legion is so bad it's not even on the list? I actually won like 2/3 of battles (epic cap) with them. Obviously it's a huge drop from 95% winrate I'm used to.
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Wow this was one of the best i saw so far. Good work loved it. Would have hoped for all the factions to receive this review but i will take what i can get.
Yeah I did ponder doing a review of all of them but honestly it too so much time for these bunch I had to call it. Maybe next time ^^
God damn man this was fun to watch. You really made my day. For me: Death Guard #1, Sons #2, Sisters #3
That’s awesome to hear! I’m glad you enjoyed it ❤️. The sisters were one of the hardest for me to place in truth. I don’t think I played them well enough myself, I think there is def potential there!
Loved this video teach! I would really appreciate another iteration as the other factions get fleshed out in the future. Well done!
Yeah I wanted to do them all but it was too long!
Thanks for the good laugh. Loved the pun filled description of the orks. Great quality and lots of fun!
Glad you enjoyed it! I had a blast making this one!
This is brilliantly well written, DB.
Totally loved it.
(But maybe that was a Freudian slip near the beginning calling Certus Calandis by mistake?)
Oh god yeah it totally was, didn’t even catch that through my editing. That’s how little I play certus 😂😂
I listened to this while at work and I was really confused.
@@DBPreacherTacticus For a second I though it's a two layer joke to dismiss Certus even more lol. Having to level him up for the campaign feels like a punishment
@@DBPreacherTacticus oh, I thought it was another dose of sarcasm, the line works regardless of the choice of the sniper :) I liked it because Certus sucks in comparison to Calends being the best (Sho?), which made it even funnier.
@@DBPreacherTacticusAw mate, I'm levelling Calandis now and had to do a double take there 😂 luckily it was whats-his-name...
Awesome run down thanks. I really like this style of vid. I think you’re undervaluing the orks a bit. I this rank them No. 1 and they’re definitely most fun to play. I tried Deathguard a lot too but found them just a bit too slow and unmanouverable. I thought taking Incisus away from the ultramarines was a weird decision. He’s rubbish of course but the vast majority of people are going to have him at a higher level than Titus so you’re limiting them to lower levels of play.
I really enjoyed this TA, it was much more fun than other versions which have seemed a chore. The extra points for having a whole faction plus only needing 150 points for the final chest made it a little more achievable and so more fun. I know the 150 points was accidental not design but it would be great if it stayed that way.
Yep, all smart points! It was really difficult to rank the top teams in truth, and judging by the comments, it really seems to have been personal opinion on who was number 1 between the Orks, dg, tau and Templars… which is awesome isn’t it!
Orks were a nightmare to face last week when initially running Aeldari, changed to deathgaurd (even though I don’t have pestillian) and dont think I lost a battle after that. I love my stinky bois!
Yeah that’s basically how I saw it. Orks were better than squishies but lost to beef and coordinated teams like tau
I always beat the stinky bois with my templars, its kinda easy with godswyl to knock their armor off while jaeger perma taunts then thoread boosts so i can use burchard to slap the others
OMG this was such a blast hahahaha great work mate!
Awesome! I’m super happy that you enjoyed it! ❤️❤️
Great vid mate!
Thank you!!
Amazing video! Loved it. And exactly as you described, I have no idea how to effectively play as Tau. Haha. I got them all leveled up and ability up… and I had no idea how to use them properly. So I used the orks and crushed it. I had most of them not even at full abilities. They are great.
Awesome! The Orks have gotten a lot of love and it’s really been great to see the rework paying dividends! Only problem is that it’s added another bunch of characters into my list to get levelled waaagggh
lmao, so well written. Love it. And ofc the factual content itself was very good also.
I maybe shouldn't say this, as I might play Pointy Ears again (hopefully I get some variation and manage to level some other faction to five g1, but we shall see). Don't sleep on Eldryon's active. If Eldy survives few rounds (which happens actually quite often when players parade around each other looking for that first strike slot) that active can one shot basically anybody and anything. Oh, but wait. It can easily one shot two opponents if they are left standing next to each other.
Yeah! I totally agree with Eldryon. I did mention a little bit in there about he can really punish people and that’s exactly one of the things I was thinking about! I hope we get another faction war soon.
And thanks for the kind words, it means a lot that you enjoyed it ❤️
I used Black Templars, partly as I am only missing the High Marshal, which other teams I was nornally missing some one important or in Death Guard I have the three important guys, but am missing the other two. My first 4 battles with Templars I did not loose a guy, my fith battle I lost one guy. I then had several battles go less well (including one that I won with just Burchard left having a punching match with a World Eater while I possitioned so the enclosing damage would hit him and not me). Over all I really enjoyed playing the Templars. Glad to see them so high on the list. I was actually able to make decent use of my loaner High Marshal, but I am patient, so that helps. I now actually feel up to the grind to unlock him.
They are seriously beefy and I really look forwards to getting high marshal levelled up a bit as well!
The amount of rhymes on the death guard was vile keep it up 👍
Hehehe, I did enjoy that I have to say. It took some practice to be able to say them cleanly ^^
Great video! super funny! My favorite top 3: Aldeari, AD-Mec, TS
A solid top three as well! Thanks for watching ❤️
DG, Tau and orks are definitely the best
I found DA are quite good as well! Although they are a bit tricky to play and require you to plan for two turns ahead. But i really enjoyed playing them nonetheless.
And speaking about Tau, Shadowsun became really good in pvp after her slight upgrade. Been using her in TA for a while now
This TA was really a breath of fresh air to a terrible thing it was before. I really hope they'll keep it as a main TA mode
Btw, didn't know you were colorblind
I could not play DA to save my life! Super difficult. Glad you had some success with them! I agree though, this war was awesome!
amazing video! laughed so much! its a pitty that DA tho are not even in the top 10
I know right! I tried them a lot but just couldn’t really work out what I was supposed to be doing with them! I feel they are definitely missing one of their pieces!
Cheers DB! 😂. I always day dreamed about play Dark Angels in TA and surprisingly thought they played pretty well in this mode too.
I could not get the hang of them at all! I definitely need more practice with them!
Great labour put into this video. GREAT indead. thank you. yes if its on your team its 35% chance.
Thank you ❤️
My redemption pool was at 30 at the end. I very rarely lost with Black Templars. It was something stupid like 80% Orks opposition though. I played at uncommon, because badges.
They are serious beefcakes aren’t they?
I played uncommon too, with orks, I think 7out of 10 where Orks too. So mostly was ork on ork. Very fun games.
Great vid! The DG is indeed the best team imo and i had a lot of fun woth them. They rely too much on corrodius's positioning on the first turn to grab buffs, and i had to respect Pestilian a bit, as his direct dmg hurts and his passive is the only thing preventing the necrons to completely counter the DG.
They are worthy of being in the top 3, I don’t know myself if they are really the best but darn this list was hard to position everyone!
I have to say, the movement buffs of corrodus and the (sadly) one time meele dmg buff from the other one did wonders for me. And good armor penetration plus 40% armor Reduktion through nurgles contagion made all 5 usefull
Yeah they are just so damn brutal. I do mock corrodius and pestillian a bit here but the truth is that they are crucial parts of the strongest faction
@@DBPreacherTacticus I think, the only thing the death guard needs to be perfect, is a two ranged attack for corrodius. That would make him and pestillian more viable in every situation. Keep pesti at 1 range, he ignores armor anyway, so it wouldnt be too strong.
Death guard’s resilient trait definitely the winner, P’d me right off getting killed by 1hp chars xD
I used Aedari and T.sons to good effect. Both squishy though
Yep that’s definitely what I found too!
I have started with Aeldari, but then switched to Mechanicus. Both teams require super careful positioning, but I think admech are a bit stronger, because they have summons and healing. Orks were the most annoying enemy to fight.
Yep, I can’t disagree with any of that! I did love playing the admechs as well. When they worked, oh boy they crushed but when the opposition knew how to deal with them, they just got toasted ^^
Used a few factions, Space wolves, black templars, ultras, necrons, and world eaters. Eventually i switched to the orks and never lost a game. They are the best. Or the warboss is anyway. Golgurtz with his Waagh are so potent i had to start leveling for more play.
Isn’t that awesome? It shows the rework really did do something! I am super happy
Necron should be within the top 3, let alone not even being mentioned within the top 10. This is speaking from someone who isn’t normally a Necron fan but was able to reach 250+ medals playing only at a common rarity(mostly due to a lack of upgrade on Makhotep) Here are all the reasons why Necron should be way higher on the list.
1. Aleph null: besides being a tanky healer that keeps his entire lineup healed with both the passive and cast heal. His active scrab summons initial pierce damage and the potential of them multiplying out of control is something people cannot ignore. This means the opponent will be forced to either spend a lot of action killing the scarab or leave them to overrun the arena.
2. Imospekh: his Overwatch is also cannot to be ignored, especially if he grabs a hit power-up, you guarantee to lose someone charging in thinking it is not as bad as Re’vas with her active. On top of that, a buff-out Imosphekh could potentially wipe out a large chunk of the enemy team with his active.
3. Thutmose: the dark horse of this faction comp. We all know how he can dish out good damage, but his squishiness means he a glass cannon. How about taking his glass cannon nature and pushing it to the extreme? Melee power is the undisputed best power-up for Thutmose. Both his range and melee do 2 hits at 65% pierce. By giving him a melee attack power-up he will be doing 6 big hit attacks with 65% pierce, allowing him to one-shot pretty much anyone besides the tankiest unit with a power-up. This means it even allows him to one-shot normal heroes with a shield after receiving their power-up, catching them completely off guard. You can offset some of his squishiness by giving him health power up. Most of the time, you shouldn’t even bother using his active.
4. Makhotep: we know he provides a decent amount of heal to adjacent units, and his active could potentially help Aleph Null spawn more Scarab, but often people forget that the +1 movement he provides will sometimes determine whether your other unit can reach the power-up or not. Admittedly the random spawn placement at the start doesn’t provide a reliable way to rush power up, even then the +1 still provides tactical flexibility to your unit, especially to Aleph null and Thutsmose since they are flying units. You don’t me to explain how good it is to give +1 movement on a roid out Thutmose.
5. Anuphet is the last and the centrepiece piece of this Necron comp. Anuphet active, spawn strong Necron warrior based on how many turns have passed, and how many Necron units have died. This means that you can be extremely aggressive with Necron at any given moment and be rewarded for losing unit. Is Aleph Null and his Scarab getting wiped out? That plus 3 to Anuphet summon. Suicidal Imospekh and/or Thutmose with melee attack power-up? That another +1-2 to Necron Warrior summon. You can have 5 Necron summon on turn 2 if you just lost Aleph null and his scarab during the opponent's 2nd turn. This strategy allows you to either be defensive and generate Necron warrior summons from passing turns (with Imospekh Overwatch dissuading opponent aggression) or go full aggression and dish as much damage as possible, and anything left will have to deal with Anuphet, his 6 summon, and probably Makhotep since people usually ignore him to deal with everyone else. So you should do everything in your power to keep Anuphet alive, at least until he uses his active and gets the maximum amount of summon. Pretty much no other faction rewards you for losing units, besides BT with Thoriad. All these factors provide Necron with a tremendous amount of tactical flexibility that most other factions wouldn’t even dream of and the reason that Necron should be way higher, if not within the Top 3 of faction war.
It’s a really great breakdown of the Necrons! They are tough in faction wars because if you can deal with the scarabs then they suffer from the same problem as aeldari. They go pop really easily against the heavy hitters. They definitely had a possible place on the top ten but only on 10th place
Necron too squishy.
I played a ton, on all ranks, but mostly on uncommon, and based on the most difficult opponents to go against, the best teams were Tau, Aeldari and Orks. DG was also good, but saw them a lot less.
I played each team on casual, but for the ranked matches I started with the Tau. However I couldn't play it well enough, so I switched to BT and they were good, but I struggled against the endless Ork players. Tried Orks myself, they were fun, but being already bored of facing so many Orks, I didn't want to contribute to that horde, so I got the WE out. They worked really, really well for me. I usually did the deepstrike with Angrax and then Wrask next to him. That often allowed even them both to survive the first contact (especially since the opponents often wanted to get to Kharn) and then they started crushing, the cavalry led by Kharn cleared what was left.
It sounds like you played a very smart tournament! Good job with the world eaters. I think I need to play a chunk more of them next time!
Ran Tau from the get-go. Still working to unlock darkstrider, but really, I mostly used him as a meatshield, or would sometimes hold him back to run up and give everyone markerlights before a big turn (or to shut off overwatch by walking into melee).
Had a lot of fun with them. Only lost 4 matches before I got my 150/150 and just dished out free wins after that.
That’s super nice of you to give the wins over to others! With the tau, I really enjoyed them as well. They might be turning into one of my favourite factions to play.
I took some time in casual mode to mess around and get a win with each faction. Man the ultramarines were tough to use. So were the dark angels.
But the Astra millatara always made for a pretty fun game.
Most people had a non uniformly upgraded tau team. So even though they packed a punch, most tau teams i faced; i could take out their team pretty quickly while avoiding revas.
Astra militarum were the ones that I really wanted on the list, I just had such up and down games with them. They would either do well or just get absolutely smashed.
I also hit the casual with each faction until I got at least 1 win. Dark Angels were the worst for me, it was very difficult to get a win with them.
@@mikaoljakka2013 yeah dark angels might've been the worst haha
That Radiohead reference for the AdMech team made me smile.
I love when people get the subtle references ^^
Death Guard and Tau. Calling it now. Orks slightly trailing.
EDIT: Yaz requires you to stand next to abraxas. Yaz either does damage _or_ swaps, not both on the same turn. Abraxas is the focal point, for sure, powering up the rest of the team.
Admech need their fifth. Vahl is a mech, but doesn't fit the team at all. Vit exists as a sniper analogue, but isn't great without sho.
I'd say orks are stronger than BT on average if for no other reason than they soak up powerups better than BTs (snappa with HP, tank with melee hits, and boss or snot with damage). They're close though for sure, but burch doesn't really do much in TA.
I get that you're being cheeky (or have just stopped editing whatever script AI starts for you), but Corrodius is the key to not just death guard, but all chaos. His passive is bananas. Pesti is pretty bad though, yeah.
I don’t use any script AI at all! All of it is me. I don’t see the point in it when I can come up with (what I think) is funnier stuff myself! Corrodius and pestillian are indeed really important parts of the team, I just wanted to be a bit funny with them
Pestillian with meele Boost is Saitama OPM
Pestillian is insane in TA, if you slap any hit power up he starts to slap everyone with direct damage.
@@MultillisionI bet having that health boost would be crazy as well due to putrid explosion being based on his HP stat
Yaz moves, attacks and then swaps all as a part of using his active, in one turn tho, n if you already popped off Abraxas as you should have, you'll still have his passive activated, which, in turn, can easily one shot a lot of characters
Stunned that Guard missed out. I had so much success with them.
I def need to do an update to this one at some point, it’s gonna keep changing
Glad I did not have to order them, as there is a bit of rock-paper-scissors going on.
The top 6 is pretty clear, I might have put the 1000 Sons higher, since they have pretty good answer to the armor of the Death Guard and Black Templars. World Eaters were also really good, and you could argue they belong in the top 5. Orks were just a menace all around
Yeah! This was something I went back and forth on so much. The thousand sons I played a lot because I love them as a faction but they definitely got steamrolled a bit too much for my liking
Written before watching: if that's about Faction TA, I discovered it depends heavily on difficulty level.
Playing on Uncommon, orks just dominated. I lost only two battles for non-orcs, one to Death Guards and another one to Tau. Those two are tied for second, but I just killed them with easy except for those two battles.
In Epic I saw templars one-hitting a lot if things, however... Didn't stick on that difficulty enough to see how the factions were ranked.
Yeah I do mention that
Regarding Tau: you have to be in 1 tile of shadowsun or 2 of the command drone, not 2 of the character herself
Wow, I actually went and read her skill to check before making the video and I still got it wrong 😬
@@DBPreacherTacticus they were busted at Common level, idk about higher tiers, but I went 28-2 as Tau
Tau for me. Tried Orks, Necrons, UM's and DG and finally fell on Tau. Nice synergies, Re'vas and Aunshi is a potent combo that protects Shosyl and Shadowsun was great for jumping around the map and picking up power ups.
Yeah I had the most fun with them too surprisingly. I really thought they would struggle but if you played them well then there wasn’t a team that could touch them. The only problem is that you really do need to play them well.
"doo doo dee dude" lmao I did not expect that
😂😂😂
Did I miss the Space Wolves in this top 10 video ? cause I'd put my maxed out Epic Wolves in position 2, just behind the DG. and I'm sure I could take a DG team, depending on the map and starting postions. :) and, as a wolves player, I'd put the Thousand Sons in 3 or 4 with the templars. maybe 5 for the Tau or Orks, followed by the Admechs.
Space wolves was a really interesting one for me. I feel that they were just not in sync with each other in the same way that the Templars and world eaters are. Njal is kinda useless, Arjac doesn’t do enough after he has tossed his hammer to block an active, Ulf and Tjark are too easily focused leaving only Ragnar as the useful one. It’s a tough spot for one of my favourite teams!!
@@DBPreacherTacticus but Arjac's active is really needed only to block Re'vas going on OW, maybe Yaeger... keeping it a bit is a sure late kill. Tjark can disrupt a healer formation, or nerf psykers, and/or assassinate anyone with ragnar's passive (even using his grapple), Ulf and Njal work very well together, also Njal's active is very useful to finish off several resilient characters -> DG. Ragnar is here mostly to activate them all. and even without ragnar, I destroyed Orks, Njal killing 2 characters and the grot tank. they all synergize so well, all their special moves pairs well with someone else's , and depending on the situation, you can always have a 2-char move you can use to destroy a character... maybe I play them way too much ;-)
This week, the newbie tier arena was just overwhelmed with orks. 90% of people played them, and I feel like they are not at all number 4, but easily 1 or 2. At least, they destroy Black Templars in most battles.
Everyone is definitely starting to learn the power of the orcs. They definitely moved up the ranks! I still control them with Tau but the Templars get crushed now!
I used the Aeldari and found it fun, managed to get to the last box with days remaining, it didn't feel good getting two charecters killed by Gulgortz summons though, I think they're a bit too squishy
Yeah that was my issue. I really wanted to make them work but they just couldn’t handle the beef of other teams
Comment for the comment gods! Another fun vid!
Thank you brother ❤️❤️
1:43 : Do I ear Calendis instead of Certus ?
Yeah that’s a booboo
Played with the BL 80% of the time but agree, its one of the weaker factions. Angrax doesnt do much, too slow and the teleport is rather useless. Although he will most likely kill with his active. Archi is too weak, he dies by looking at him. his spawns are too weak compared to most other spawns. Volk again, too slow, not tanky enough. Haarken needs time to get going and also will be killed easily. A bad don is probably the best of the bunch, somewhat tanky and his active can hurt. with his buff applied his colleagues can do decent damage. All in all they dont bring much to the table. unfortunate, as they are my fav faction (besides Admech)
Yeah I always want the black legion to do well but I totally agree with your assessment. Isn’t it strange that abaddon, who is one of the jokes of the game in terms of what he should be, was one of the strongest here? Let’s hope they get a bit more powerful in the future!
I thought Aeldari would stomp.
Yeah they’re squishy but they have all the tools.
2 OW snipers, 2 hard hitting melee combatants, a psyker who makes you feel the pain when you get close and a great buffer.
Yeah me too, it was one of my favourites going into it. Sadly they just don’t have enough power to sustain through longer fights
Since the buff
Gulgorts become an unchain beast
Now the turret always attacks even if gulgorts attack at distance
And the Orks he summon are pretty good
Isn’t it great to see him turn up in matches finally and not be useless!
DB Preacher cutting loose with the jokes this video.
It had to happen eventually 😂
Deaths guard is strong if used right, and give right character right buff best for them.
100% agree!
I played Aeldari on common and they really seemed to hold their own against the other factions.
They did and I loved playing them but it was very difficult to close out matches once the opposition got on top of you
Buff Dark Angles
I’m with you brother! Let’s hope the last character is out of this world
DA need a good fifth and really big buffs to Asmodai.
Played gold only and I was using wolves most of the time and liked it - I cant say they are THE best, but Id actualy rank them top3 after Deathguard and Tau (IMHO Sho is main star of the team not Revas). I also loved to see orks on the oponents side for some reason even tho guild chat praised them.
Wow, you did awesome with the wolves then! I tried them a lot and just felt they were lacking real useful synergy and were a bit too squishy. Awesome job though!
I liked even Njal whos active hit any frozen hex on the map and with Ulf (and eventualy Arjacs block) it was possible to cover very large area - that bogged down especially orks (as they are very melee focused) very often so I had one turn of 5v2(3). Also worked fine on Revas that was stuned so Aunshis refresh was not usefull and either next turn stun from Arjac or waiting till hammer of instakill is fully charged
I presume necrons are number one? Or near the top at least. They are so durable and spawny, they are powering me through the game
You’ll have to watch and find out!
Necrons were the kings of common. Not sure how they stacked up in higher ratings. People tend to not use their spawning combo's well enough.
I struggled even at common with them!
When you do a video like this again, you should have a picture of the character you're talking about so us new players know.
I really thought about doing that as well but ran out of time. It’s a great point and I will add it next time! Thanks for the feedback ❤️
I’m sure this has been said already, but I’m pretty sure everyone knows you ment Certus, not calandus 😂
I’ve not played with certus in such a long time I forgot his name 😂😂
@@DBPreacherTacticus I use him all the time, only bronze2 26/17, but very useful for certain Lightning battles and others, quests, ability dmg missions (yea I know there’s better but it works with what I got, lol)
Fun fact if anybody doesn’t know, Brother Jaeger + Ability Dmg / Melee Kills Missions = Win , just find a battle vs grots or scarabs, set up, skip turns and finish the mission for 6/10 energy, your choice 😉
Can't wait 👍
I bet on black legion/world eaters/orks
Even my Heart is and always be with the eldars
Let’s see who finishes where!!!
Yep, DG was the OP faction in the recent TA.
Let’s see how the next one goes!
I think the orks should be #1. I used them for the event, and had 100% win rate (just played till I filled the progress to last chest). The only time I almost lost, was when fighting other orks.
I think a bunch of people would say the same for their factions! The Orks were def strong but I beat them consistently with tau, dg and Templars
@@DBPreacherTacticus Yeah, that's fair. Also 15 games is not enough of a sample size for me to draw a conclusion. And based just on machup, I can see dg and templars being a pain for orks, because of low pen on attacks.
WAAAAGH carried me to many victories!
Ye know, I was thinking about trying to shout waaaagh in the video but I was sure I would let down all ork heroes so I didn’t try it 😂
BELLABABIES MENTIONED LET'S GOOOOOOO
Wooooooohooooooo!!! You are a part of the channel as much as anyone ❤️
Aww thanks, that's so kind of you to say 😁
I dident lose one singel match. And I played Aeldari. Not a singel match. But I played on the lower tiers of power so maby it was not so skilled player I played against. And I dident play all tokens. Last day I dident play at all.
But 100% wins and Im a noob...
You are not a noob if you won all your matches! I certainly did not 😂
.. but after the Rave Ork they've certainly grown on me :) that's why you need to wash with antifungal shampoo after every ork rave party :)
Haha indeed!
Death Guard and Black Legion mix!
Maybe!
Orks were Imba after a while I learned to deal with using thousands sons Wich we're also imba
There was definitely a bit of rock paper scissors going on this time, which made for a super cool tournament! 🏟️
Calandis? I think you mean Certus
I’ve not played with certus in such a long time I forgot his name 😂😂
Disagree on Eldar. As it is a very rock paper scissors mode, when eldar go against Nurgle boys or Black Templars, or anyone in fact armored and balled up, they will eat through them like a yesterdays chili through my underpants. Entire faction is nothing but 80-100% ignoring armor, multi-unit targeting and buffing to the insane levels team. Number 1 in my books.
I had them higher in my list and then I played with them a tooon and honestly I couldn’t buy a win with them! It’s great to hear you did manage them well!
Death Guard reign supreme !!!!!!
❤️❤️
Kicks the snow pups 😢
Njal letting the team down
Someone tried to say Deathguard suck... i was like? Huh?
Def not!
1:42 CALANDIS
I know right 😣
Black templars all the way!!!!! I just lost 3 or 4 of the matches i did!!! I got the last chess on the 2nd days start
They were absolutely solid weren’t they? Well done of the chest!!
Patch BL !!!!!! This is stoopid
They def need some love! Along with most of the older teams!
The Black Legion is so bad it's not even on the list? I actually won like 2/3 of battles (epic cap) with them. Obviously it's a huge drop from 95% winrate I'm used to.
It’s tough in the top ten but they were one of the weakest. Well done if you were winning with them!
8:57 😏
Lol
world eaters all the way!! for the blood god!
They were damn good. Macer definitely is a fun brutal partner
984 Nitzsche Knolls
Stop
So much fluff words. 😢
Is that good or bad?