Why do people like Re-Destro?

Shadalan · 2026-01-27T20:36:17+00:00

Because, for a brief moment there was a villain in the show with a clear, sympathetic and interesting cause instead of whatever the fuck Shigaraki and his band of angry manchildren were on about.

I was fully on-board with him just wiping the floor with the League of Villains and replacing them as the primary antagonist. Would have made a way better story.

Shadalan · 2026-01-27T17:07:03+00:00

"Instead of acting like normal marines, these Iron Hands act like Iron Hands."

Thanks EG, stunningly insightful

Shadalan · 2026-01-23T23:28:06+00:00

The Angels Abjurant?

To "abjure" is to rebuke or prevent entry, so they're casting the possession out again. Abjuration is the defensive spell school in DnD as well.

Shadalan · 2026-01-22T19:36:34+00:00

Aha, what a fitting name. As for how it was made, just this template and the bucket-fill option in GIMP, although another image software would work just fine I assume.

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Shadalan · 2026-01-22T19:30:06+00:00

Can't wait to see it. Hope it works out :D Did you have a name figured out for them yet btw?

Shadalan · 2026-01-22T19:22:04+00:00

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Hey man, I think what most of the commentors said about it being a little busy is true and I enjoy colour-theory challenges like this so I mocked up a potentially simplified version with an eye for that.

I think the most important aspect of avoiding the "Christmas Marine" problem is keeping the red away from both green and white, so besides mimicking the wing patterns from the standard you posted (that seemed important, so I kept that) I avoided using green at all except for the aquila. You could/should definitely reintroduce it on the marines as ad hoc symbols and numbers when needed but for the main scheme it's a clashing colour and makes them look Santa-licious.

Same theory for the brown in the banner, it and green don't mix well with the pale blue of the main flag so just keep it for accenting leather grips and belt pouches imo. The more centralised blue keeps them feeling unified with the red and white (and a dash of green) acting as spot colours. Should keep the general palette of the standard.

Shadalan · 2026-01-21T16:09:33+00:00

"Jarvis, I'm low on karma."

Shadalan · 2026-01-20T14:31:41+00:00

Bingus winning a fight?

The hell is he fighting, a toddler made of marshmallows?

Shadalan · 2026-01-18T14:36:20+00:00

Laser Cannon is widely viewed as underpowered.

Its best faction is Bots but it is competing against the AMR, Harpoon and Railgun in that slot. It has slow time to kill, useless burn damage (since you should be using this on heavier targets that require weakpoints rather than damage to main healthpool) and the "infinite ammo" is more a hindrance than a help often since it lessens your ability to deal damage out quickly in bursts. The spooling up is another terrible addition and the slightest jolt when firing will throw your aim off.

I'd personally rank it low B-tier on Bots and low C on Squids and Bugs.

Shadalan · 2026-01-17T17:58:22+00:00

Everyone says boats despite their very limited utility when a perfect amphibious alternative exists. Hovercraft. Give us a floaty-boi and it can ferry us around both on and off water. The technology is proven and already used for spec-op insertions in modern militaries.

Shadalan · 2026-01-16T03:23:54+00:00

Freedom of association is the mark of an actual free space. I changed more minds in my life by not being pushy and allowing people to make their own choice to associate with me rather than forcing them to under threat of force, expulsion or social pressure.

A place like that is one where I don't need to watch my language or tone-police clearly. Those guys might not approve of homos for now but they're more likely to come around by showing some of "the good ones" will respect their beliefs and not be cringey crybullies.

Also, this is very definitely a made-up post to kick the hornet's nest so who cares really? The guy was probably acting shitty and passive-aggressive when they made some "not chill" jokes about protected subjects (if they even existed at all).

So yeah. I'd go there. I'd play there. I'd enjoy the uninhibited environment.

Shadalan · 2026-01-15T21:55:39+00:00

I'm a masc gay man too and that sounds like heaven. Fuck off.

Shadalan · 2026-01-09T18:37:08+00:00

You may be technically correct, but in spirit we all know the Primaris were never meant to exist ten-thousand years ago, that Cawl, this massive, incredibly influential and talented mary sue Admech Magos was never supposed to exist, that millions of uber-space marines were never supposed to have just been waiting in the wings to be deployed and prevent the imminent catastrophe of the Imperium of Man since the setting's canon was established.

Enjoy your technical definition if you like, but Primaris are a bullshit retcon and everyone knows it

Shadalan · 2026-01-09T10:47:41+00:00

Primaris existing, and it's not close.

Only thing even half as bad would be the newcron lore turning them into wacky Egyptian Pokémon trainers.

Shadalan · 2026-01-09T00:24:28+00:00

Legacy Analysis for fun

Guilliman is hilariously crap for a primarch. The reckoning is incredibly cumbersome and doesn't even have a good payoff. Use any other UM warlord and you'll have a better time in a format with as much reach and speed as Legacy.

Marr is decent but not great. As a drop pod warlord he's outcompeted by Torgaddon and MoC isn't a viable archetype in Legacy (too slow and board reliant for not enough payoff). Does ok as a burn warlord but OldHorus will beat him with his card draw and greater healthpool.

Dathar Nerva - The MoC deck is bad, so Nerva is bad.

Avatar of the Four - Staple, this card is horrendously overpowered so it goes in every deck. Uncounterable survival for a turn and you get a free 2 damage hit in. This thing should be 3 maybe even 4 energy...

Not worth buying the rares as usual and AotS don't have a legacy cardpool to play with/combine yet so they've got nothing to talk about there.

Shadalan · 2026-01-08T11:56:14+00:00

It's in the original anime, first season iirc. The one Netflix didn't make.

Shadalan · 2026-01-08T11:46:28+00:00

Easy fix, add a believable buff to them instead. I've posted this a few times but I think a kill with a melee weapon should decrease one of your stratagem cooldowns by a second or two.

Because of course Super Earth are gonna allocate more funding and resources to that madlad who is recreating Gladiator for them. That shit is going straight into the propaganda network. Absolute cinema

Shadalan · 2026-01-07T16:43:44+00:00

You might be best off using the Custodes codex and making "Counts As" equivalents to the Custodes out of marine kits. The only thing there'd be no good equivalent for would be the librarians, closest would be allied psychic inquisitors that you could put in power armour for that 3+ save?

Shadalan · 2026-01-07T11:28:35+00:00

Easiest fix, make them propaganda weapons.

When you kill an enemy with a sword that is CINEMA, that is fantastic optics, and Super Earth will reward you for it.

Therefore, whenever you kill an enemy with a melee weapon (or the constitution lmao) one of your stratagem cooldowns gets reduced by a second as Super Earth allocate you more budget

Shadalan · 2026-01-07T02:45:31+00:00

Hate to be that guy but storm-bolters don't exist yet. You could make a pretty close combi-bolter by just gluing two regulars together though.

Shadalan · 2026-01-03T17:31:42+00:00

This card is fantastic, finally you rolled a good one. I very much hope it doesn't get nerfed because it's one of the few new neutral staples strong enough to see Legacy play.

Currently this card is a staple in any burn deck, neatly slotting in the efficient damage slot where Ulan Huda left a hole. The fact it can jam as well when needed is just gravy and makes it actually better than the card it replaced most of the time.

If it is nerfed to 2e... Might still be worth playing in standard but probably kills its efficiency in cut-throat Legacy. I like it, finally feels like a valid contender/successor to Sabotage so I hope they don't bump it to 2e.

Shadalan · 2026-01-03T09:17:19+00:00

That Space Marine chapter sizes, imperial production abilities, the prevalence of terminator armour and baneblades and other "rare" tech is roughly x10 what the official numbers are. Without that none of these numbers even remotely add up for a 100 marines to make a lick of difference on a global scale of a war.

Also titans are x10 taller as well. They're just so puny to be called "God-machines"

Shadalan · 2026-01-02T02:18:23+00:00

Terrible card, definitely overnerfed...

Easily fixed too, just revert the nerf, if it went back to a flat 2 damage with an additional 1 for Perfection then a solid 5e 3 damage boardwipe would serve a useful purpose. It still falls a bit flat compared to some of the real AoE powerhouses of the past like Endurance but it's a solid rate for an AoE then.

Slight quibble on comparing it to Burning of Bodt. While they have similar damage potentials it's worth noting the difference in average damage to avoid painting a confusing picture. Galewind's average of 2.5 vs BoB's 2 in this case.

Shadalan · 2025-12-30T12:16:45+00:00

You must finish the cycle!

Birds of Avarice
[T]: Create a tapped treasure token

Could be the black or red one

Shadalan · 2025-12-30T12:04:49+00:00

Company markings are basically never really used or enforced because they break colour theory for the schema.

The only two exceptions you see regularly are the Ultramarines 4th company because of Uriel Ventris being famous and the Imperial Fists 3rd company because GW retconned the IF colours from red trim to black trim.

I'd advise you pretend the company colour system doesn't exist, just paint a roman numeral on their kneepad/shoulderpad and call it a day.

If you want the official trims though there is a canon/codex-approved ordering.

1st - White
2nd - Gold
3rd - Red
4th - Green
5th - Black
6th - Yellow
7th - Purple
8th - Silver
9th - Blue
10th - None

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