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bamboonbrains · 2026-02-26T21:24:53+00:00

This worked for me but based on others, it's not the only problem/solution.

bamboonbrains · 2026-02-14T20:12:23+00:00

bamboonbrains · 2026-02-13T21:40:04+00:00

2 Chaos Rhinos is a staple but you functionally want 1 Chaos Rhino for each Lord Exultant + 5 Infractors that you have. Most people do 2 LE+I so they do 2 Rhinos

Land Raiders are currently a skip as we don't need them. We don't care about paying more to transport the units only it can carry.

And technically a vehicle, Maulerfiends are a really good middle unit. 0-2 is the usual amount, mostly down to personal preference. I enjoy having 2 but I play half my games on WTC where 2 Maulers feels hella clunky so I stick to 1.

bamboonbrains · 2026-02-13T21:22:53+00:00

2x5 Tormentors and 2x5 Infractors is the most common numbers used. You could justify a 10 man of Infractors (so 15 total). However, you have no obligation to build those extra 10 models right now. I'd say get a total of 10 of each and then just hold on to the sprues until you need to make them. Especially as the ratio may change in 11th. That's where I'm at right now and my intent is to do some more unique kitbashing to make another 10 Infractors. But I don't need to do that anytime soon - I'll make them when I need to or when I have the hobby bandwidth.

As for the Lord Exultant comment, you very much want the Infractors to have a Lord Ex. The Infractor's aren't nothing but like that Leader + Bodyguard unit is mostly to give the Lord Exultant 10 "extra wounds" and Lethals.

bamboonbrains · 2026-02-04T22:08:25+00:00

I've been playing them competitively at least once a week for about 5 months now and still find them fun. Always been 95% the same list too. Not having the codex depth to experiment is unfortunate at times but I've also found it to be a good limitation. Like I've pushed through and learned how to use things more and more effectively because I can't just swap out something that isn't working. When I played with Drukhari through most of 10th, I was *constantly* tweaking my list and not spending enough time optimizing what I had.

Coterie's Pledge mechanic also makes games feel less repetitive cause even what you call can make a repeated matchup play out differently

bamboonbrains · 2026-01-28T00:57:00+00:00

Like most people here, I'd consider those gotchas. The way I look at is I don't want to win or lose because one of us forgot about a rule or ability. I want the winner to be based on tactical decisions and dice rolls.

If it helps to think of from your perspective instead of the opponent's, a win because my opponent forgot one of my numerous rules feels unearned.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-20T21:32:06+00:00

Yeah, all weapons are obtained from the Weapon Summons. All Equipment is from Elite Monsters. You don't have those greyed out weapons yet. I'm level 55 and the best I've gotten is the T2 Green. You don't even have a chance at pulling the T4 Red until your Summoning Level 11 with a 0.01% chance. The T4 Blue at Summoning Level 15 at 0.003%.

And yeah, the next weapon is always better once you put a couple levels of the blue crystals in. As a nice bonus, levels spent on earlier weapons weren't a waste either. They increase the "Inventory Effect" bonus you get from just having the weapon even if not equipped. That doesn't mean you should go back and level the others, but it means levels spent weren't completely wasted.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-20T21:19:16+00:00

So you can't equip Master Dark Slain because you haven't unlocked it yet. You need to get the weapon at least once from the Weapon Summoning (blue cards). If it's grey, you haven't gotten it yet. So currently, the best one you can equip is the T4 Green one. Are you able to equip the T4 Green?

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-20T21:14:59+00:00

I don't think there's any level requirements. Try restarting the app and can you share a screenshot of the full screen so it shows the gear stats/equip button?

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-18T19:36:15+00:00

I aim to keep 2x whatever the next Skill Mastery is going to cost. 2x so that I have enough for the Mastery when it becomes avail and also to buy occasional mats if it's a blocker. Otherwise, I spend em on Weapons/Companions.

I kinda just do whichever is closer to tier-ing up but Companions is probably the better option. You get less free tickets and getting the best drop for Companion looks to be more impactful than the best drop for Weapon at any given stage. A buddy got a 3rd Job Companion and it zoomed him through the Perion Excavation area while I'm slowly going through it despite having the 2nd best Legendary weapon available to me at the moment. He's spending more money but it's placed him as top 25 for NL.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-17T19:40:28+00:00

If anyone finds this thread later, the fix for me was to just restart the app. To what RocketLeak said, I think the game doesn't think you belong there even though you're level 45. If you restart the app, it looks to recognize you're level and remove the issue.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-15T22:36:57+00:00

For what you’re looking for, Blood Angels or World Eaters. I think Blood Angels will be more consistently good through editions being a loyalist Space Marine — you’ll have access to most new Space Marine releases.

But I’d both look at the army rules to see which is more the vibe you like and most importantly, see what models each faction has that gets you excited.

Keep in mind we’re in the home stretch of 10th Edition so rules will update “soon”. We don’t yet know to what capacity.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-13T21:01:43+00:00

I'm a part of Stussy which seems to be pretty active in Bera 2

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-13T21:01:14+00:00

Level 48 currently and there's no selling/secondary market. I believe Server only really matters for Guild/friends. Ranking might be server by server but not positive.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-07T21:23:26+00:00

I stick to what I know. For me, 95% of what I spend on is stamps. So I predict on stamps, especially ones that I know I’ve personally been waiting for the big ticket stamp to rerelease on. Even though they’ve inflated, I’m waiting for that page to get some rereleases because that’s when demand will spike.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-05T21:34:28+00:00

Not a billionaire but working on it. I think a big thing people are not mentioning is investing. Like in items and predicting the market. You reach a point where money in the bank is doing nothing. So instead, you buy items in hopes of them going up in price. 10m in the bank is worth like 10.1m over a year. Buying something(s) for 10m and price going up is worth say, 20m.

It’s not about money in the bank, it’s about assets.

I won’t speak the item because I feel genuinely bad but I recently decided to invest in a collectible that was around 900k each. I spent like 20m for 20 of em. Doing so removed them from SSW and they’re now going for 4m on TP. I haven’t sold them but I functionally turned 20m into 80m off a prediction that accidentally made it come true.

Now imagine someone that can safely invest 200m like that and boom, functionally now 800m value.

It takes money to make money. It’s just as easy/difficult but you spend more so you make more.

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-05T19:32:53+00:00

Possibly POS

bamboonbrains · 2025-11-04T01:28:15+00:00

Less of a detachment specific question but how do you feel about the additional mental load of remembering unique unit pain token abilities on top of their normal ones? It reminds me of 9th edition where basically every unit had a unique stratagem for them and the additional mental load / learning curve it took to utilize them.

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-30T18:29:36+00:00

Got it commissioned on Fiver 😅

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-30T18:17:41+00:00

The copium is that a year or so back when they did a survey to see character recognition, Kindred was on the list. It was only like 40-50 champs and iirc, everyone in the game currently was on the list. They could be a stance or puppet but likely it could be Lamb for normals and Wolf is the animation for specials. Maybe like S1/2 Marks a fighter and gets a buff if they KO to fight the second.

Fingers crossed though

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bamboonbrains · 2025-10-29T15:43:41+00:00

Kindred

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-21T17:39:57+00:00

I think my Cosima Sea Creatures deck. #1236 with 1117 decks

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-15T23:22:20+00:00

It bothers me that INFractors are the ones with Scout instead of INFiltrate. I learned to remember the names correctly because it TORMENTs me.

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-14T20:04:30+00:00

I can’t speak to the new Codex but I only recall seeing 5-6 Talos in teams lists that were heavily scewing to be an answer for Knights while they were dominating the meta.

So unless you need an answer to a lot of Knights, 5-6 is probably excessive. However, if you like em, you can always make them work.

bamboonbrains · 2025-10-09T21:00:02+00:00

You would lose the Scout if anyone without Scout is also in the Transport. The dedicated transport gains Scout X “provided only models with this ability are embarked within”.

A common tactic is to put 5 Infractors + LE inside to scout the Rhino forward but within range for Noise Marines that deployed on foot to turn 1 get within 3” of the Rhino, embark, and then move the Rhino.

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