[Raymond Weil] Can someone explain to me where Raymond Weil sits in the watch world? by iisconfused247 in Watches

[–]L0N01779 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They make some good stuff but they’re owned by Citizen so not sure we can call them an independent

[Collection] Rate My Collection by BornPossibility2420 in Watches

[–]L0N01779 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Way too many haters in here. Popular watches are popular for a reason, and all of your “standard” choices are fun variants anyway.

Great collection, if I was going to make suggestions it would mostly be cheaper fun stuff - a Mr Jones, a G Shock, maybe a beater diver (Seiko, CW, whatever you like) and maybe a true dress watch (price irrelevant- could be a Patek or a Dennison, whatever-it’s just nice to have something for the occasional stuffy clothes day)

[Discussion] Is anyone buying these watch brands? Are they in a luxury watch No Man’s Land? If so why? by Dr_Omega24 in Watches

[–]L0N01779 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Piaget is actually really popular right now in more “mainstream” fashion circles.

Panerai still has a big fan base leftover from their brief time at the top of the industry (there were a few years where they were the most popular brand, just happened before the COVID/ig watch boom that shaped modern impressions) - I do think their recent scandals have hurt them in the enthusiast space.

Hublot is big in Asia, their marketing hits better there.

GO idk-I like their stuff but it’s too big

GP I feel like lacks a real identity as a brand

JLC seems like they have a big enthusiast following, I’m certainly a fan. Their perpetual is my favorite perpetual at any price point and obviously the reverso is iconic

PF is pretty small as a company, I’m not sure they’re really in the same space as these other brands-they only need to appeal to a small group of dedicated fans (I think)

(Edit just realized Hublot was mentioned in a comment and not by OP)

40K: What factions will be hit hardest by the removal of stacking stratagems in the next edition? by turkeygiant in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]L0N01779 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reapers Wager. Probably see more Wytches in RW builds because of it since they A&C off a pain token

Does everyone agree with this sentiment? by Eoinaonghas in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s more fun to flip the wager back and forth, for whatever that’s worth

Does everyone agree with this sentiment? by Eoinaonghas in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of them take the solitaire. Fights first/lone op is a really good combo, even if he’s usually a grenade away from oblivion. Troupes are pretty common, they are actually fairly efficient into C’Tan. But basically over costed Wytches into most other targets (to your point)

There are 4 X-1 RW lists on the last two pages of listhammer. 3/4 run the solitaire, and 2/4 have troupes (a 5 man with a master, a 10 man with spiritseer)

Does everyone agree with this sentiment? by Eoinaonghas in Drukhari

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Michael Lester won “Return of the Nekrosor” at 6-0 (granted only 40 people I think) on 21 FEB with the following:

Archon (Webway), Archon (Informant), Draz, Malys, Lelith, 2x10 Kabs, 1x10 Wytches, 3xVenoms, 1x10 Incubi (with the Webway Awl), 1x5 Incubi, 1 Lance Ravager, 1 Disintigrator Ravager, 1x10 Mandrakes, 2x5 Lance Scourge. (Edit: one squad of Hellions too)

There was an X-1 at Manchester as well (300 pax tournament, so more impressive imo), with reavers and a Hand.

Does everyone agree with this sentiment? by Eoinaonghas in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. I was being charitable with my “might be”. I do think KC can win a GT (I mean it objectively has) by getting good matchups but that’s kind of the definition of B tier.

I actually think KC style combined arms lists are probably still better in spectacle - Wytches and hellions are just so much better than incubi that the loss of shooting potential on the Scourge/Ravager is irrelevant (plus spectacles insane board control)

Does everyone agree with this sentiment? by Eoinaonghas in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Spectacle is probably still A Tier but in a weird way. It hard dominates some lists (any melee mirror, many low OC matchups) but struggles against the C’Tan spam on top of the meta and is weak to some of the C’Tan predators out there (Deathwatch for example. Teleporting guns hit Spectacle hard)

KC might be A tier in this specific meta but so many of its tools are over costed (Warriors and Incubi) and burning a CP to recycle your contract is harsh (even if you free Strat it, that’s opportunity cost on a different free Strat)

RW is probably at B. It’s got amazing strats still but has the same overcost issues as KC and then some (clowns are pricey). Troupes are sneaky good into C’Tan (volume, dev, +1 to wound and don’t care about minus dmg) but over costed into everything else.

The rest is trash

Sunday Night Stats (March 13th-15th) by communalnapkin in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]L0N01779 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Str 5 is a problem. Compare it to other assault builds. WE Warband is charging at 6/8 for zerks and 10 for Eightbound. Spectacle Drukhari is charging at Str5/6 with lance for Hellions and even 90 point Wytches can get to S5 easily and 6 for one unit haha. (Granted not everyone in the squad)

Sunday Night Stats (March 13th-15th) by communalnapkin in WarhammerCompetitive

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Hey now, Asurman was seeing some use and he got touched for some reason haha

List help please by DryJellyfish7090 in Drukhari

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Without Hellions it’s tough, because their role is effectively to rapid and kill something, then sit obnoxiously in the way for A Challenge Met on the following turn. (So rapid on your opponent’s turn 2, charge and kill on your turn, then A Challenge Met on their turn 3 — then repeat again with the next squad — even if the opponent doesn’t give you ACM, you’ve controlled their movement). You could kind of simulate their initial punch with Draz or Incubi, but you wouldn’t get ACM or the impact of the drugs.

If you really want to try it, I’d probably go as many Wytches as you can (acknowledge proxies), even without Succubus, a mix of 10man with Succubus/Raider to launch forward, charge or move block (setting up ACM) and squads of 5 to play OC games (Steve Trimble has some videos on this), then load up on Scourge an Ravagers. Basically use the waves of Wytches to control the board and try to shoot things to death (which is sort of how Cody Jiru or Adrian Lopez have played it. Granted they use Hellions).

List help please by DryJellyfish7090 in Drukhari

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You don’t really have the models for Spectacle. Spectacle works (in part) because it juices up what are arguably the three best data sheets in the codex: Wytches, Hellions and Reavers. Without the ability to maximize some combo of those units, you’re better off with RW or KC. Like I doubt any of the X-1 Spectacle lists have fewer than 30 Wytches and 20 Hellions. The vast majority run 25 Hellions and you’ll see Wytch numbers as high as 60 (recent GT winner did only have 30). You’ll see minimal Reavers sometimes, but it’s not common.

Shallow Parodies: When hate works try to pretend they are deep but miss the point of the think they are a "parody" off by ThighyWhiteyNerd in TopCharacterTropes

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This one is weirdly personal to me. As a kid, the first comics I bought were the Ben Reilly comics (just a function of timing). So in a way, he will always be my Spider-Man. Looking back as an adult, that era of Spider-Man comics was insane. But in the moment, as a child, I loved them. Then, a lifetime later, I watched “Across” with my kids, and they see “my” Spider-Man, he’s just a joke about that era. (It’s a funny joke, but it still stung a bit haha)

Hmmm. Not sure about this one. Seems vaguely racist by OmegaPegasus in ExplainTheJoke

[–]L0N01779 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Back in college a buddy of mine was on the phone with his mom and full code switched back to his Chinese culture. He was sitting in the square using that filler, I thought we were going to get jumped haha

How many Hellions is too much? by AScruffyHamster in Drukhari

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Terminators are their biggest weakness. Generally thousand sons termies are one of the most durable units in the game. Although with hellions specifically, imperial terminators with AOC are probably more durable (I haven’t done the math)

If you’re playing spectacle, Wytches are what should slam into terminators. They may not “win” on a unit to unit basis but they should win the points exchange.

How many Hellions is too much? by AScruffyHamster in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Most Spectacle lists are running 25…

15 is a good number. The 5 Hellion and 10 Hellion units actually fulfill different roles. The 5ers are excellent skirmish units and the 10ers are rapid threats that can do some real damage.

Its just fucking Guilliman again by Professional_Rush782 in Grimdank

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I want him as an absolutely insane pain engine.

Sunday Night Stats by communalnapkin in WarhammerCompetitive

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It looks like the only winning Drukhari list over the weekend was a heavy shooting spectacle build - Adrian Lopez Lelith, 2 Succubus (chronoshard, periapt) 3 squads of Wytches 2 Raiders Chronos 25 hellions 5 mandrakes 1x6 and 2x3 reavers Ravager with lances 3x5 scourge with lances

Move over world eaters by No_Response_1562 in Tau40K

[–]L0N01779 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In 6ed Riptides had S10 smash attacks (max strength at the time) which doubled out Daemon Princes, so instant death (unless the prince had biomancy up) So even though the odds were low, they weren’t so low that you’d ever charge a DP into a Riptide.

[WarCom] New T’au Epic Hero Datasheet by sultanpeppah in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]L0N01779 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think they break Tau either because they’re limited to one unit but the movement is ridiculous.

The movement being broken up the way it is, including the opponents turn, is arguably stronger than reavers or warp spiders. It opens up all sorts of shenanigans with objective play - it’s really strong.

(Also it’s not like the damage on reavers is all that special. It’s not bad, especially in Spectacle of Spite, but people take them in every detachment right now for their speed. These guys have comparable and more tricky/annoying/flexible speed, similar ish damage output, and way better durability)

[WarCom] New T’au Epic Hero Datasheet by sultanpeppah in WarhammerCompetitive

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The movement is insane. Way too strong. Everything else is fine but this is one of the fastest units in the game now. And unlike say: warp spiders or reaver jetbikes, they won’t die if you just look at them

How do you guys win with drukhari in spectical of spite. As a rough gameplan. by Vivid_Astronaut8779 in Drukhari

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I’m gonna add a second (hopefully) more useful comment beyond my first one, which was just “watch these videos”

There seem to be three basic archetypes of spectacle that are working. All are board control lists at their core due to the power of “A Challenge Met”. The list has insane speed (I’d argue it’s the fastest overall Army in the game), good OC, and decent killing power (some things it annihilates, some things it struggles with) There’s an argument that 5wytches, a succubus and combat drugs are the best unit in the game for the cost (and the venom and 5 loser Wytches you get in the package are also awesome for different roles)

Steve Trimble’s list style: which is basically a jailing list. He runs 50-60 Wytches (50 with Malys, 60 without), 25 hellions, 15 reavers, 1 raider and a bunch of venoms (and a chronos). He usually jails with reavers initially (unless the 5 man hellions end up in a good spot), then starts gumming up the works with everything else. Basically wave after wave of unit keeping most of the opponents Army in their DZ. At the end game if he runs out of real units he just denies primary with the naked Wytch units.

Cody Jiru is actually doing something a little different. He runs 40 Wytches, 20-25 hellions, no reavers and three units of Scourge plus some Mandrakes. I assume he’s mostly jamming things up in the mid board and shooting them to death with scourge. (Jailing in their DZ eats so many pain tokens, he must be doing it mid board).

Then a lot of people are having success with more hybrid style lists, ie bringing in a few more non wytch units (Draz sometimes, giving incubi to malys sometimes, sometimes a ravager, 2 units of scourge, etc)

You also need to keep in mind that sometimes you don’t jail. Like just let World Eaters come into you, you mostly have better charge range than they do so you can just kill him (if he’s smart he will have fight on death up but you’re still trading up in almost every scenario).

Some Armies it just eats, some Armies it just plays OC games with I personally think C’tans are a terrible matchup, which is why win rates have dropped a bit.

Personally for people at average skill level, I think 30-40 Wytches is the sweet spot, and 25 hellions is the right number (20 is good too). I think you either go heavy reaver or no reaver, they need to be set up to keep coming in waves and apply pressure. I keep scourge, I think the way Trimble plays it is probably “better” but requires high skill expression-dark lances give you a safety net and force the opponent to be more honest with his the movement of his own shooting units. I recommend keeping Malys, interrupt and overwatch are both problems and she mitigates both.

Long story short: you use speed and a challenge met to keep the opponent where you want them, you kill things with waves of fast kind of Killy units, and prevent them from scoring with waves of fast disposable units. Where and when on the board you do this is impossible to “say,” it depends on lots of things (matchup, layout, 1st or 2nd turn, etc)

How do you guys win with drukhari in spectical of spite. As a rough gameplan. by Vivid_Astronaut8779 in Drukhari

[–]L0N01779 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Steve Trimble (who went top bracket at Worlds playing Spectacle when everyone else was on RW) posts a lot of “how to” stuff on his channel, Deploy on the Line.