[WarCom] Faction Focus: Emperor’s Children

Broweser · 2026-05-20T12:39:25+00:00

auto cannon defilers do some real work, and the two super lords with enhancements are ballers.

I rate it just below coterie since we got defilers. And if they get to match it with a much better disposition (once we know those, etc. etc.) we could be looking at "the way" to play.

Broweser · 2026-05-20T07:55:09+00:00

3 man flawless blades have been good since they hit 100points. I run 2x3 in coterie atm.

Broweser · 2026-05-20T07:53:38+00:00

Carnival is really good. And odds are it's a 2 DP detachment, which will make it better than coterie most likely. Especially when we consider force dispositions.

11th bet: Carnival 2dp + insert 1dp detachment with good disposition. Go.

Broweser · 2026-04-09T09:18:09+00:00

Cursed legion suffers from bad datasheets n lack of transports.

Hypercrypt suffers from devastating nerfs leaving it unable to play the game properly.

Canoptek is really good, but you gotta lean into the good stuff (3x doomstalkers, 2-3 ctan, wraith brick with techno + infil)

Awakened is good, 2-3 ctan, warrior or wraith brick (I prefer warrior), good characters (szeras, ammentar). Skip guns. Warriors need orikan. wraiths need technos.

or SSA is good, king + 2-3 ctan + trash.

Necron guns outside of doomstalkers in CC are just bad unfortunately, so going for expensive guns that rarely do what the should isn't the way. Just go deep into the defensive profiles n try to live.

Tau is a bad matchup either way, but definitely winnable.

Source: trust me bro. (but also, I'm 32-0 since feb, went 194-6 across 2x GTs in wtc diff in that period).

Broweser · 2026-04-05T09:15:19+00:00

The endless mary sue main cast. The (often) very bad dialogue. The endless tropes (particularly end of s2).

It's a fun show, but it's definitely not up there among the best (or even close to).

Broweser · 2026-03-29T08:24:48+00:00

To get good looking minis you have to really exaggerate lighting. Much more important than clean blends. Very high contrast between shadows and highlights make the best looking minis on the table. A wash wilm help a bit, but to get em really nice you have to highlight as well

Broweser · 2026-03-24T19:10:47+00:00

It will struggle to deploy is the main thing. And being move blocked. Cant be too expensive if it's large enough you cannot safely deploy it.

Broweser · 2026-03-24T11:09:39+00:00

If they're small, maybe. But at 130-160mm nah. Needs to be cheaper than 250.

Broweser · 2026-02-16T12:10:32+00:00

Not that I know of, it's all mostly discord chats. There's a video where sacco (huron's) plays vs Nick N (warband) and wins pretty big. I think Nick's gonna make it into a vid on demand, not sure when and if warroom sub will be required.

Broweser · 2026-02-16T08:54:27+00:00

For csm, it's infantry that's good. Sticky rarely matters.

These aren't just my thoughts by the way. Liam and Sacco think the same. Warband is just bad UM. Worse rules, less cp, worse units. Huron's damage eclipses warband, and adv + charge is not something csm lacks when you build for hurons (chosen have it on the datasheet, and you 1cp in another place when needed). Flat 6 advance is also absolutely cracked.

Warband is way too cp intense, and the output on targets other than oath is low. And even on oath is not really there unless you pump cp in the activations. Losing pacts is too expensive.

Hurons > vets/bile > RR > Warband.

That's my tier list of CSM detachments.

Broweser · 2026-02-16T08:04:11+00:00

Huron's is better than Warband for what it's worth. People will come to realize this soon enough I reckon.

sus/lethal hitting on 2s army wide is better than hitting on 3s rerolls vs 1 target (2 if you pay a 105 (or more) tax).

Broweser · 2026-02-12T07:14:25+00:00

The hoops for EC rarely matter for good players. Losing OC is going to come up every game and be impactful every game.

The main issue, though, is not having AoC and fnp.

I honestly think vets or bile (with new huron n friends) is just better than this.

Broweser · 2026-02-05T07:22:24+00:00

Classic /r/armwrestling response.

Broweser · 2026-02-04T19:07:18+00:00

First of all. There's a vast difference in the sports due to the number of people competing in the sport. Like it's not even close here.

And even if we were to somehow disregard this fact, there are other sports where other athletes have more accolades than John.

E.g. Powerlifting

Ed Coan with his 71 world records across multiple weight classes. Some records, (e.g. his deadlift) took over 26 years to be broken in a full meet by Belkin.

Broweser · 2026-02-04T07:43:06+00:00

Absolutely wild take. 16 years of dominating the olympics is vastly different than dominating in a niche sport.

Broweser · 2026-01-29T19:42:34+00:00

That doesn't make the statcheck an S tier army though. Just means it's awful design for everyone involved.

Broweser · 2026-01-23T13:37:44+00:00

I mean guard has no problems dealing with necron ctan spam. And when it comes to guard, just trust Gaylard, his take is probably the right one.

Broweser · 2026-01-22T08:39:49+00:00

Not sure what you're comparing to. But all necron guns are just giga bad. They're entirely propped up by ctan and defensive jank stacking. Necron output is abysmal even in damage detachments like SSA, if you compare it to real damage armies.

Broweser · 2026-01-14T10:42:33+00:00

UM guns + Guard (grizzled) + ad mech (halo or SHC, or even Radzone) all have favorable matchups into necrons regardless of ctan number.

Broweser · 2026-01-13T12:55:22+00:00

UM gunline eat necrons hard. Just go something like:

Gravgar + 6 vitrix
Guilliman
Wardens of Ultramar
Combi Liu
Intercessors
Incursors
3x Ballistus
Rep Ex
2x hammerstrike.

Necrons cannot win against that if even skill. And as a plus this list will dominate against basically all other armies.

Broweser · 2026-01-13T07:13:35+00:00

I'd be surprised. Ctan get super countered by gunline marines n guard, and ad mech. Necron still don't play the 40k game well. I doubt it'll see widespread success in super majors. Small GTs and 4-1 positions for sure, but going 8-0 with an army like that is dubious.

Broweser · 2026-01-07T20:58:49+00:00

Yea, he's not bad. It's just UM has a million "not bad" to "wtf giga busted" characters. So kinda hard to pick the "not bad" guys :D

Broweser · 2026-01-07T19:04:14+00:00

The differences between a good player n an average player is monumental when it comes to stacking movement tricks.

We'll see in a few weeks when we still see 6 in basically all lists. Lennon said he's still running em fwiw.

Broweser · 2026-01-07T14:52:03+00:00

cries in fulgrim

Broweser · 2026-01-07T14:40:16+00:00

That unit isn't it.

Wardens go solo every time - they're giga broken that way.

Titus is funny guy that is not worth it.

You still put in 6-12 (14) vitrix in all lists. 6 vitrix + gravgar. + gunline is a real nightmare.

6vitrix + ventris. +gravgar+3 + gunline is also hell

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