10 Deadliest Imperial Guard Regiments in Warhammer 40k

In our last video we described the 12 types of imperium soldiers which included the likes of the voidsmen of the navy, the planetary defense forces of different worlds, the sisters of battle and silence as well as transhumans like the space marines and custodes and many more. We also did a section for the imperial guard and now in this video we will delve deeper into the astra militarum which is the mainstay of the imperial military and out of the hundreds and thousands of different regiments, we will list out the 10 most effective and the deadliest, not in any order, so, these will include the soldiers of the cadian guard, the elysians drop troops, the krieg and more which are vastly different from one another in armaments, doctrines and even culture.
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[@scratthesquirrel5242]

tanith first and only should atleast get an honorable mention

[@jacobsalmi5582]

I really wish they would of tied up the loose end of if they did get a planet for themselves. A tanith 2 or something.

[@geralt1234c]

​@@jacobsalmi5582Tanith not get new planet, but regiment got recruits from the planets he served on, meaning in later books it was written about hundreds of recruits from planets where civilians witnessed them fighting. So the regiment finally rebuilt its numbers.

[@itsbenjimyguys3608]

Hey @7:25 that's the Mordian artwork I got commissioned by John Stone! I love seeing it in videos like this that do the Mordians justice.

[@milosstojakovic7586]

Honorable mention: Tallarn Desert Raiders

[@mrward6510]

Most badass in my opinion

[@jacobsalmi5582]

Kinda heartwarming for the Taliban to be on everyone's side for once.

[@sovereign6291]

Agreed. They DESTROYED the Iron Warriors with tanks and when they ran out of fuel they used KNIVES...KNIVES AGAINST SPACE MARINES!!!@@mrward6510

[@ManOfDecay]

"In life, war. In death, peace. In life, shame. In death, atonement."

[@Heisenberg900]

Dying for the Emperor is the greatest act that we can do in order to forgive the sins of our people

[@shootingbricks8554]

Catachan fighters were known to have killed chaos space Marines

[@DavidRJones82]

So we just leaving the Tannith off this?

[@Crucial_End]

Surprised to not see the Tanith on this list but it was a good video non the less!

[@hadesdogs4366]

Agreed whilst down right effective and the most deadliest regiments available to the guard, each has their own strengths and weaknesses, such the death korps of krieg where yes artillery barrages and trench warfares are fun and all, however they do struggle when dealing with more mobile or agile enemies such as the tau or eldar and whilst their fierce fighting prowess surpasses most if not any other regiment, their use outside of specialized fields of combat does limit their potential, personally and this is my own opinion but the most effective guard regiment would have to either be the cadians due to their ubiquity as well as commonality with most of the other guard regiments as well as to their higher martial training,

[@IronPhysik]

you seem to forget that the DKOK also has highly mobile armored companies and even regiments of mechanised infantry, they are not just trench warfare, they can do it all. infact even during the Siege of Vraks they did have quite some extensive meneuver warfare on the northern front against the defenders of vraks

[@Shan215103]

Nice Vids. Thank you!

[@CousinJesse1]

Pound for pound, I think that it has to be the Elysian drop troopers or Catachan regiments that are the most potent. You get the most results with the fewest soldiers just by how they operate. However, overall, I think the strongest and most powerful would have to easily be Krieg. It’s a crazy world who’s methods produce insane amounts of diehard killers and I’m surprised that the Imperium hasn’t tried to make another world like it. Not like there’s a shortage of nuke blasted hellholes to train new regiments of Krieg #2 in. And also, considering the importance of these planets I am very surprised that they don’t have Astartes garrisons for defence. They should have done that for Cadia. Don’t make that mistake again.

[@OmnisEtNihil]

Agreed! But my heart will always belong to Cadia.

[@sternleiche]

The Armageddon Steel Legion seem to be quite similar to the Krieg Death Corps

[@CousinJesse1]

@@sternleiche the steel legion are actually my favourite. I do not know of any other guard force that have done what they have. They are right up there among the very best of the best.

[@KalashVodka175]

Most elite regiment that we know of in the lore are the ones guarding the Imperial Palace (alongside the Custodes) on Terra including the mo’fing Lucifer Blacks who’s regular troops can 1v1 a Space Marine in MELEE COMBAT using power swords and hold their own for 1 minute or more. In term of pure skill theres no better than the LBs. Altho they are rarely deployed away from Terra so they might have grown a bit complacent

[@KalashVodka175]

Astartes don’t garrison planets, thats a waste of special force troops. However Cadia did have high amount of space marines during each black crusades

[@elyaszabri5007]

GLORY FOR THE GUARDSMEN , GLORY FOR THE EMPERIUM!!!

[@congnghequansuvn474]

next 10 worthless Imperial Guard Regiments, please 😅😅😅😅

[@HandfulofComments]

Hahaha yes please

[@crimsonknight7011]

Maybe not worthless, but I do like the Japal Indentured Squadren.

[@mustafayurtalan1807]

Yes we Need that video

[@squirt2384]

Cadian xxth Creed "you are by far the worst cadian regiment I've ever heard of" Rimmy as half the regiment gets blown up by their own plane "Oh but you've heard of us"

[@darkranger116]

the only worthless guardsmen is a HERETIC!

[@BaronVonBong]

Catachan survived the shenanigans following the destruction of Cadia and the "13th and a half Black Crusade" As if the near end of humanity was like a slow Tuesday or some thing.

[@Gabryal77]

Tyranids invaded Catachan and they ... kinda didn't notice. The local flora and fauna dealt with most of it

[@andresr.viguera9791]

Ah, yes! The Valhallan Ice Warriors are one of my favourite regiments and it is sad it gets so ignored

[@DerBaermitderZitrone]

and dont forget that they made the heroic acts of commisar cain possible in the first place

[@aidanthornton173]

I wish the Elysian Drop Troops got some more love from GW. I'd collect them in a heartbeat.

[@TheGermy23685]

3D printed miniatures or recast. There is no excuse, Guardsman!

[@ricardowashington4447]

The Ghosts!

[@geralt1234c]

For me, Tanith First and Only will always be the best, this unit has the most Polish spirit.

[@nicolasfuehrmann5477]

I think they are more Like space Scots with the tatos and the bagpips

[@kira68200]

8:46 burst of tears, the planet broke before the guard

[@ThatRatBastard]

What, 0 mention of Gaunts Ghosts? They're some of the best light infantry and recon specialists in the galaxy, with their scout sgt even being able to out stealth Eldar. They served as the personal honor guard of a living saint too. Their service even brought Gaunt into the same tier as heroes like Yarrick and Ciaphus Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!). There was even a Tanith Marksman at the last battle of cadia due to Trazyn releasing him as a fighter there. Genuinely only other regiments of renown like the 8th Cadian or Vallhallan 597th could be said to be better.

[@savagex466-qt1io]

The Black Jackels look sic !

[@akmalhafiz8763]

Make a video about different hive ships next.

[@shadow2000]

*gruge in Tanith*

[@rupertcortes3980]

The successful, and effective guard's men.

[@Tommybotham]

What was the name of that IG regiment that fought a Necron Tomb world underground and won?

[@scrooba_man5270]

Tempestus scion guard regiment did that but maybe the mordian acid dogs regiment may have done that too.

[@GilangRamadhan-rj5hx]

0:40 NICE 😂

[@user-unos111]

Sad to see how the jopallian indentured squadrons never got apreciation.

[@razgriz9714]

They became mercenaries after The Primarch Corvus Corax incited them to rebellion -tts adaption

[@StarskyGypsy]

My boys, Mordian!

[@penis0100]

By far, the Acadians and the Tallarn.

[@wojciechgrzybek4122]

Where are Tallarns ? 🤔

[@justinz2451]

Wonder why they don’t recruit from these planets to be made into astartes

[@olebretschneider115]

Where are my Gaunts ghosts?

[@thanhtrungpham3559]

Tanith first and only ?

[@Neyreyan]

you forgot to mention that the krieg soldiers are also the youngest soldiers serving:) wich might be another reason for them to always wear their gear

[@ThatRatBastard]

They definitely aren't, it isn't uncommon for Cadians as young as 10 to be combat veterans since all Cadians are soldiers at birth and most saw action with the Cadian Youth Armies before becoming real Guardsmen. IIRC, Kriegers typically have a similar experience growing up, but not to the same degree as Cadians

[@ahha623]

@@ThatRatBastard wouldn't catachans be the youngest due to there home planet

[@ThatRatBastard]

@@ahha623 no, Catachans don't typically leave home until adulthood. They also don't really serve as soldiers until they join the Guard. Cadians are born as soldiers, and die as soldiers.

[@ahha623]

@@ThatRatBastard don't forget pdf and such, and you used cadian youth armies as point, I can use that catachans are trained from the moment they are able to hold a weapon to use that weapon. Joining defences as training and sentry ect....

[@ThatRatBastard]

@@ahha623 Catachan doesn't actually have it's own PDF technically, but yeah all Catachans are excellent fighters from a young age. The difference is that Catachans don't leave Catachan until adulthood, whereas Cadians and Kriegers regularly leave as children.

[@jiyuhong5853]

Kriegers can also hold back and beat Chaos Astartes, Necrons, and Eldar all at once ( Siege of Vraks )

[@317eltoro]

Ha yes the mighty shovel

[@AlainBarbotte]

One mistake spotted! The Death Korps of Krieg Commissar in the Steel Legion tribute

[@hanchiman]

As I am only a casual fan, but do these more "Elite" Imperial guards regiment value more of their soldiers compared to say Planetary Defence Forces or normal Imperial guards where they will be "easily replaced" in a meat grinder battle?. From the look of it, Tempestus would seems to value their men as they seems to be better trained

[@fallout0624]

It depends on the specific unit, Cadia and Krieg both were quantity and quality, whereas the Mordian Iron Guard is a little slower to replace but humans also have an extremely high birthrate in 40k

[@hanchiman]

@@fallout0624 Yeah with a quatrillion population on each planet.

[@KalashVodka175]

Misconception is to assume that the imperial guard in general is always in grimderp « throw troops to die uselessly lol » mode, whereas in truth even regiments like the valhallans who are prone to use human waves still use advanced tactics But yes Scions are very valuable and take long to train (they are also all pretty much super soldiers lite, casually able to break necks with one hand for example) and so they have focus on minimizing losses and hyperfocus on accomplish select objectives rather than fighting conventional war

[@hanchiman]

@@KalashVodka175 I blame the videogame version of Warhammer (like 2nd Armageddon) that kinda made IG as disposable pawns, although Ogryns cost a bit more resource. Still haven't got the chance with tabletop and kinda late for me

[@vanderwallstronghold8905]

No Solar Auxillia or at least Ultramar Auxillia?

[@colonelsanders1349]

CataCHADS

[@MrBobwins]

Tempestus scions don't really belong here, they're head and shoulders above the rest because they're more special forces. You're basically comparing different countries line infantry and then throwing the SAS in there too.

[@Masonicon]

Catachans can make Hollywood Action Heroes looks like Justin Bieber in comparison

[@Warhorse469]

Catachan aka Australia

[@unionvoluntad4651]

You only left tallarn aside, why is that?

[@SkitariiB-]

No Tanith 😔

[@TheGermy23685]

Steel Legion woohooo!

[@justinnaruseb1986]

No

[@willumbermarchant5510]

Deadly for who?

[@thedevourer.]

Imperium just lost 12,200 tempest scions on one planet lol

[@KalashVodka175]

Acceptable losses. Scions are exceptional troops and fairly hard to trade but on the scale of millions of worlds those kind of losses are more than acceptable.

[@thedevourer.]

@@KalashVodka175 yep, especially in the eyes of the inquisition

[@timetome4440]

why lucifer black at 10

[@thedevourer.]

Cause they suck in the current setting, in 30k they were epic

[@elixavibuddies2951]

I'm the 365th like and the 21st comment :D

[@LotionSoronarr]

Stormtroopers aren't really a regiment like others. They are special forces.

[@JohanHaagg]

No offence but… kinda boring list. There are so many more interesting and deadly. Tanith First, 13th Penal Legion, Savlat Chem Dogs, Hyrikans and so on. This is basicly just (most) of the regiments GW have released models for.

[@ApocGuy]

penal batalions were savage indeed. i love the book, but my fav is still eisnhorn. As for guards; 8th cadian and tanith's first and only are by far fav of them all.

[@JohanHaagg]

@@ApocGuy Yeah, I agree there. Love the Gaunts Ghosts books, they are basicly writen a good Bay movie. But Eisenhorn is in a whole other division. I kinda like the Volpone to, their creed, approach to war and alll that... though their commarders where dicks. Also the Nermian Armored and General Gudsmund. Main point is, should have gone beyond the classic GW regiments. So many more interessting and very deadly regiments out there. My main point was thoght that the list was.. well, boring. Not much effort put into it.

[@TheHungfoo]

first!

[@Razyrazer]

Remember when the krieg boy got choked the f out by a tau in the exodite? They are #1 at getting choked the f out by tau lmao.