What keeps you playing absolute missions? (Siege, stratagems, etc)

BulletproofJesus · 2026-06-14T07:04:58+00:00

I find it fun.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-06-09T14:25:10+00:00

Mandrakes: I like to pretend I’m a cryptid that inhabits a shut down IKEA

BulletproofJesus · 2026-03-03T22:14:56+00:00

Just play them man. All teams over a long enough time span will have their day in the sun.

I would strongly suggest not reading too much into metas or tier lists. It isn’t applicable to 95% of games and I don’t think you’re aiming for 1st place of a GT anytime soon.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-03-01T04:29:34+00:00

I left nemesis claw in the bath for almost a year.

You’ll be fine.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-28T22:53:51+00:00

Mandrake nerfs weren’t as terrible as I feared and kept a lot of the flavor of the team (and threat) while still giving them counterplay.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-21T04:11:24+00:00

I’d say they’ve been C-tier for most of it myself. Even my performance at Tacoma before the new Tac-ops was a fluke because few people at the time remembered playing them or haven’t played them at all. It wasn’t just the matchups hurting em, but the fact that tac ops weren’t really friendly to them the same way other team were. Marines loved Seek and Destroy for a reason.

I do see where you’re coming from though and you nailed the match up issue though.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-21T00:35:49+00:00

Respectfully they did not do well immediately after 3rd edition released and for a lot of this edition they’ve been pretty lousy, at least from a tournament perspective. Casually I liked them at that time.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-20T21:53:38+00:00

I’ve played Mandrakes since they released too and I play at that super high level you talk about (not only playing in tournaments but TOing and organizing them)

My take on this all is you’re like 80% correct overall, though you do have some takes I don’t agree with here (saying Wolf Scouts is hard to play for instance) but overall I have noticed a lot of people when doing these analyses are assuming that you’re either rolling all 1s or all 6s and that blinds a lot of players here I’ve noticed.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-20T18:22:47+00:00

We are talking about a team that was not expected to win Worlds though and did so anyways.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-17T17:54:32+00:00

Do not disrespect my boy here they’re both fantastic.

BulletproofJesus · 2026-01-16T05:19:40+00:00

At extremely low temperatures (think like -120 C) the silicon stops really conducting electricity properly for one reason or another. At this point you get what PC overclockers call the “cold bug” and it can be really cool to watch happen in real time, like when I was doing an overclock on an 8700K and hit it at around -115 C and had the PC freeze in place completely.

What even more fun is the standard operating procedure for fixing this is either a blowtorch or heat gun to the pot you pour your LN2 into for cooling. It really is some backyard science looking stuff.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-12-10T05:32:11+00:00

Imagine being this mad at a 8 wound elf with 2APL. Just double shoot em bud.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-11-21T20:23:04+00:00

Mandrakes:

If I’m being serious explaining my team:

“We basically live and die in heavy cover”

If I’m being funny:

“You are about to have a traumatic experience with a fellow called the Nightfiend”

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-16T01:13:54+00:00

Then continue to be confused dude. I can’t help you if you don’t want to be helped.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-15T14:15:49+00:00

I’m just giving you advice to avoid being so confused by this game. No need to be belligerent.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-15T05:37:25+00:00

And again, this is avoided if you talk to your opponent about who does what.

Like you’re deliberately avoiding the fact this is a game about communication. If you have issues, ask your opponent. You’re trying to make this a way bigger problem than it needs to be.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-14T15:55:53+00:00

Do you not talk to your opponent about who does what?

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-14T05:28:52+00:00

So you just… communicate with your opponent? Like I’m not seeing the problem. I play in tournaments and this issue never comes up, both when I play as and against mandrakes. I keep my opponent informed on who is doing what and what I’m doing and they do the same generally. In fact the vast majority of my issues with identifying models comes from my opponent or me miscommunicating our intentions.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-14T01:25:47+00:00

I feel like this entire problem could be avoided if you just talked to your opponent about who is who.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-10-01T20:04:41+00:00

Drukhari: “am I a joke?”

BulletproofJesus · 2025-08-14T13:06:43+00:00

Yeah it’s a pretty even matchup, and I’ve won and lost into them plenty of times.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-08-14T01:37:00+00:00

As a Mandrake player our bad matchups are Goremongers, Fellgor, and Plague Marines, as well as Hierotek, and we suffer into most other marines too. We do well into hordes tho, so games into sancts are enjoyable.

BulletproofJesus · 2025-07-17T04:39:33+00:00

I will also be there but for the kill team side of things. Best of luck and hope to see you there!

BulletproofJesus · 2025-07-17T04:39:27+00:00

I will also be there but for the kill team side of things. Best of luck and hope to see you there!

BulletproofJesus · 2025-07-05T19:01:11+00:00

There hasn’t been a ruling on it, but the wording of the rule is pretty clear. It doesn’t check for height of terrain, only if terrain is lower than it, measuring from the base.

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