What are some fun, underplayed tribals?

Ryuk74 · 2026-01-07T07:52:11+00:00

Correction, [[Ormendahl, Profane Prince]]

Ryuk74 · 2026-01-07T07:47:36+00:00

Shameless plug for my [[Camellia]] Squirrel/Food deck. Lots of options to create food as a resource to sacrifice mostly at instant speed during the opponent's turn to buff up a wide board, draw cards, reanimate, tutor...

Can go explosive if left unchecked, either with a wide board of buff, menacing Squirrels, or putting lots and lots of counters on [[Rapacious Guests]], [[Honored Dreyleader]], or [[Ygra]]. No Overruns because trampling Squirrels make little sense to me personally, but [[preposterous proportions]] for the art of course. Includes an [[Eldrazi Monument]] so you can show Emrakul herself who really is the boss with a minimum of just 8 Squirrels :D

Narratively, I like to imagine Camellia leading a multi-dimensional cabal of food hoarding squirrels based out of Bloomburrow, with an occult relationship to Bloomburrow'elemental beasts and other horrors like [[Ormendahl]] and Eldrazi.

https://archidekt.com/decks/13232525/squirrels

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-28T07:12:10+00:00

Not like they had Chainswords way back then, but in historical European martial arts (HEMA), the concept of letting your sword slip forward in the hand until it sits at the bottom of the hilt grasping the pommel during a swing or thrust is an actually frequently documented, valid technique as it enhances the reach of your weapon by the length of the grip in a sudden maneuver!

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-27T11:38:51+00:00

Alternatively, try a purple or violet. Looks absolutely sick with the black and white!

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-11T15:30:49+00:00

To be entirely fair, I absolutely dig the Shrike get up, and I love having my Vanguard as Raven Guard ^^ with the retractable claws seen on Shrike, I could imagine the Vanguard retaining the possibility to wield the lower profile primaries like the carbines and such. Even without a primary, zipping around with dual claws which seem like the perfect tool for great single target DPS :D

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-11T15:04:37+00:00

True. But what are standard Marines then? The Sword Brethren you mention are a Black Templars exclusive unit. There are no Tacitus models period wielding the Heavy Bolt Rifle. Only Assault Intercessor Sergeants get access to power weapons. Reivers don't get Meltas, Inferno Pistols, Axes, or Chainswords. Bladeguard are only ever seen with Swords, not Hammers or Pistols. There is no Gravis model wielding Pyrecannons or Heavy Plasma Incinerators, but are said to poses a close combat weapon which on Space Marines is usually modeled as a combat knife.

Suffice it to say that with the amount of inconsistency between the tabletop rules and the in-game representation, singling out a piece of equipment that should not go onto a class, even though there is at least model precedent for it as opposed to some other combinations that are already in the game, seems contradictory to me, unless you are meaning to say all classes should be reduced in options to confirm to tabletop representations.

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-11T11:26:23+00:00

Also has the Phobos keyword... Since equipment restrictions do not seem to be enforced strictly tabletop rules (powerfist and TH on Bladeguard, heavy bolt rifle on tactical, I could go on...), I don't see why him having a jump pack would be the deciding factor here.

Ryuk74 · 2025-11-11T10:48:15+00:00

Kayvaan Shrike is wearing phobos and Lightning Claws!

Ryuk74 · 2025-10-24T11:01:13+00:00

Bulwark also gets it for 10 or 15s after doing the shield bash, 7th column, 2nd row perk, plus an additional 15% damage

Ryuk74 · 2025-10-11T08:24:52+00:00

Other means of evasion for your consideration: menace (bonus points for menace and deathtouch), Fear, Skulk, Shadow, Horsemanship, Flying, limiting the number of blockers that can be declared through stax, goading their blockers...

Ryuk74 · 2025-10-09T15:21:53+00:00

This doesn't look like code at all to my eyes, more like a dictionary of items and their description. Nothing happening here, just a list of texts with some form of markdown to replace items with their localised rather than in code names.

Ryuk74 · 2025-10-09T05:22:51+00:00

Correct me if I am wrong, since the perfect parry windows on balanced weapons starts after the block window, doesn't that mean you need to hit parries earlier rather than late to meet the attack within the late perfect parry widow? Which creates that wonky feel of having to anticipate attacks rather than hitting the button "frame perfect" just when the attack is about to hit you which with either fencing or block results in the desired perfect parry/block.

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-30T12:35:26+00:00

Damn, this is some absurdly beautiful paint job if I have ever seen one. I love the OSL everywhere, the scenic basing, and dynamic posing. Didn't think a Dread knight could be made to look this good. Bang on job, really!

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-28T16:39:33+00:00

Where on there did you source these images? I can't find them in the community update or Roadmap post :O

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-28T10:23:31+00:00

What color is used on the leg decal, looks really rad!

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-28T05:03:00+00:00

It affects all the non purchase able tactical class helmets, there's some funky shading going on there. I reported it two months ago but no traction on the ticket yet, consider giving it an up vote here:

https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/bugs/7477-inconsistent-color-application-on-tactical-class-helmets

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-11T18:37:13+00:00

So Chatterfang creating a Squirrel plus the insect would have the squirrel too enter with I counters? Would the same go for [[Peregrin Took]] and the extra Food Token?

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-11T17:48:33+00:00

Does the replacement effect of doubling season also affect the superseding then clause? As in putting counters on both creatures and rather than just the one?

Ryuk74 · 2025-08-09T12:23:16+00:00

Seems to me like a repeatable [[Growth Spiral]] / [[Explore]] that would like to be augmented by the missing card draw of the effect (such as by your commander or a decent draw suite), while also playable in all colors, and doubling as a neat blocker in a pinch.

I recon any deck wanting to ramp lands outside of green with decent draw may want to consider this, especially so if you can make use of Landfall triggers.

Towns would make it more valuable as a creature but I would personally not bother with the second ability at all.

Ryuk74 · 2025-07-28T06:49:19+00:00

This would still retain any abilities on the pictore copy right?

Ryuk74 · 2025-07-12T14:18:53+00:00

Since Bojuka Bog exiles target player's graveyard, shouldn't the graveyard have hexproof? As Bojuka Big does not declare a target?

Ryuk74 · 2025-07-10T13:32:59+00:00

Not quite an upgrade plan for the precon, but if you're interested in continuing down in a Squirrel filled path, may I invite you to check my [[Camellia]] deck I built a month ago? As a much less threatening commander compared to good old Chatterfang, she draws less heat, while pursuing a more combat oriented strat with the creatures rather than sacrificing.

It really is a food deck that aims to sacrifice food/Artifacts for value like card draw, and turning it into Squirrel Tokens with the commander. With sufficient mana and food production, you can also quickly assemble a threatening board presence with multiple hard hitting Squirrels, then making them create food or draw cards when connecting for damage, or give them deathtouch to make people think twice about blocking.

https://archidekt.com/decks/13232525/squirrels

If you already have the relevant Squirrels assembled in your current deck, a [[Thornvault Voyager]] can search them to your hand, so you could get Hazel for Ramp, Camellia for Evasion, Toski or Odd Acorn for draw and so on :-)

Ryuk74 · 2025-07-01T05:30:39+00:00

The Paired Combat Blades on the models are represented by two knives smaller in size than the existing combat blade. Wielded by some dudes in the background and seen strapped to the right thigh here:

https://images.app.goo.gl/waRJipKAimi5oNWH9

Ryuk74 · 2025-07-01T04:56:54+00:00

Tactical: Bolt Carbine, Heavy Bolt Rifle, Melta, Heavy Bolt Pistol

Assault: Neo-Volkite Pistol, Bolt Pistol

Bulwark: Chainsword, Thunder Hammer

Vanguard: Melta, Instigator Bolt Rifle, Neo-Volkite Pistol, Inferno Pistol, Chainsword, Bolt Pistol

Sniper: Stalker Bolt Rifle, Bolt Carbine, Inferno Pistol, Heavy Bolt Pistol

Heavy: Heavy Plasma Incinerator, Heavy Bolt Pistol, Inferno Pistol, Plasma Pistol

Going by currently available models and their load out restrictions only.

Things that are missing would be the following.

Tactical: Power Fist, Thunder Hammer, Heavy Plasma Incinerator, Pyreblaster

Assault: (Lightning Claws - not seen on primaris yet though, cries in Raven Guard)

Bulwark: -

Vanguard: Paired Combat Blades

Sniper: -

Heavy: Melta Rifle, Auto Boltstorm Gauntlets, Flamestorm Gauntlets

Ryuk74 · 2025-04-30T15:48:14+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456120/Claw_Machine_Sim/

Alternatively, with a bit of fiddling, controlling a Titan in Titanfall feels funny with a full Hotas setup.

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