10 More Needlessly DARK Weapons | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@weshammer]

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[@ntf5020]

Can you make me top comment please

[@Tomeremi]

Hey wes,do you think that purges should be initiated on imperium hive cities to reduce the population thus reducing poverty and disease spread?

[@pappajudas9267]

If you do a part 3, may I suggest radium weaponry. Like the radium carbine of the Skitarii Vanguard basically a gun that fires nuclear byproducts at the enemy. Not only do the guns meet the typical 40K standard of overkill but they leave the armor and bodies of their users so contaminated that just being around Vanguard can cause potentially lethal radiation sickness. The Vanguard are supposed to be protected from the radiation in their armor but any Vanguard seen without their helmet has the Tell-Tale loss of both hair and teeth that goes along with chronic radiation poisoning.

[@akumaking1]

Hi Wes. Can you cover the impact that TTS has had on the 40K franchise?

[@jonathanathor117]

Hey Wes, can you do a video explaining Sigmar? I don't know where to start with warhammer fantasy or AOS but Sigmar seems interesting. He seems more reasonable than the emperor of mankind and has a personality.

[@thecommentguy9380]

Tzeentch magic is simultaneously the most dark and hilarious stuff in 40k, as no one is better at self-sabotage than him

[@Seoul_Soldier]

*Just as planned.*

[@Toneill029]

He can never win because it means he will always lose because all his plans conflict each other.

[@Andrew-wh7lm]

Ohh that’s where sseth gets his name from.

[@doggycake5598]

@@Toneill029 he doesn't really want to win, in fact. Victory would mean the end of plans, the conclusion, and those are things he does not like at all.

[@Toneill029]

@@doggycake5598 That is true, then why play the game at all?

[@weshammer]

****CORRECTION*** Fabius definitely cloned Fulgrim not Sanguinius. I believe he had a vial of sanguinius's blood but ended up throwing it away. Was reading about it the night I made this video and I guess in the moment I mixed the two primarchs up in my head. My B. In my defense they are both equally pretty. Very easy to confuse them.

[@joeturalibre6226]

WesHammer , I just want to say that I truly like your videos and they that got me in the lore/facts of War Hammer either funny or dark thank you . Before I go this video I found a couple days ago on the warhammer factions is funny, I hope this will give you a chuckle : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7CaXybasR2iZI

[@evanlight2550]

I knew he cloned Fulgrim and Horus but Horus was killed by Abbadon due to the clone not being as powerful as the OG. Fulgrim is the only successful cloned primarch because it has the soul of the original Fulgrim. Currently he’s in Trazyn’s collection after Fabius traded him for more Geneseed

[@banzaikoowaid9301]

@@evanlight2550 That is hilariously sad. "You saved me!" Fabius: "Yeh. Neeed some more geneseed, Trazyn'll like you." Fulgrim: :[

[@pauljohnson6309]

That's correct

[@jackzed2020]

He cloned fabius and gave that perfect clone away so it catches dust in a stasis field like a pokemon in the collection of a metal bodied hoarder

[@mule2081]

You missed the part about the culexus weapons focused blast being one of the few things in existence that destroy a soul as well as a body. They erase the target from existence. So in a way, the culexus assassins are one of the few things in existence the daemons genuinely fear

[@casbot71]

A Blank Astartes (if such could exist) would be such a OP demon killer. Recruitment would be interesting …

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

since demons cant be near those assassins its going to be hard to shoot them

[@drewpowell409]

@@ashardalondragnipurake you don’t shoot demons though. It does less damage.

[@eugiboy1]

@@casbot71 I believe that the protagonist of the Space Marine games is rumoured to be a blank.

[@jameshayes9322]

and i thought eversaur was the coolest assassin interesting

[@jonathanathor117]

Necron, and Tau- Sci fi based tech Imperium: Sci fi with a mixture of magic Ork: Imagination Eldar: Is it science is it magic? Who knows? Whatever the plot is. Tyranids: Xenomorph analogue. Biology and magic Chaos: Magic that thinks it's science and makes Loony Toon logic look like a perfect representation of how physics works.

[@Lily-ge4tm]

I love this. This is perfect.

[@sethleoric2598]

Fabius has straight up studied with Dark Eldar, dude is just THAT good at what he does.

[@bladestormviking]

one of the haemonculus covens keeps a seat open for him

[@mitchellclark6458]

​@@bladestormviking they really are like "this mon keigh alright"

[@QuayNemSorr]

@@bladestormviking No, you are confusing him with Urien Rakarth. Fabius Bile studied under the Coven of Thirteen Scars who liked his potential. Compared to them he was still a massive noob though. But when he returned to real space and began teaching his acolytes what he had learned in Commorragh, the Coven attacked him, killed his students and did brain surgery on him making it impossible for him ever to repeat to anyone what they had taught him, not wanting their knowledge to be spread without their consent.

[@amatsu9951]

I mean according to War of the spider, Fabius is a unnatural charming person

[@spencerwilson7071]

Honestly if chaos or the imperium gave Fabius all he needed resource and space he would end the long war

[@treeherder42]

That death gaurd grenade is pretty similar to a medieval tactic. So back when castles were the peak of defence and were essentially impregnable bastions you didn't storm the gates, you laid seige and starved them out, assuming capturing the castle was the goal - not a great idea to punch holes in something you plan on defending later. One of the various tactics used to "persuade" the citizens to give up was that a messenger or prisoner would be killed, then fired back in via catapult. There were also cases where this wouldn't be done immediately but after a week or two once the corpse had softened up a bit to add to the demoralising aspect of seeing someone fired in and bursting everywhere. It was also done with plague victims in some cases, while we might not had understood germs at that point we did know handling plague corpses could cause sickness.

[@grahammaxwell2112]

im sure thats where the idea came from

[@blackmark7165]

I remember from Stronghold games where you can throw a rotten cow via catapult or trebuchet, it act like some sort poison bomb

[@RedSky-vf8bf]

The phrase "Don't shoot the messenger" actually comes from the practice of launching a messenger with a catapult (or similar siege device like trebuchets) when they deliver a message that.... wasn't received well by the sieging army. I always used to think it meant literally "don't shoot the messenger with a gun/bow". This is obviously not a good diplomatic move. If you murder everyone who comes to try and talk things out, the other side will quickly realize "These people are monsters, we cannot reason with them." This typically will affect the defending population in one of two major ways- it may actually HARDEN THE RESOLVE of the defenders. If they know they will be flayed alive if their castle/fortress is stormed and taken, they will fight ferociously, likely to the death- this is bad for BOTH SIDES. An enemy that has resolved to fight to the death is perhaps the most dangerous you could encounter, and you will risk lives dealing with this. The other typical effect tactics like this had would tend to favor the besiegers. Obviously, morale would be affected terribly if you sent a Knight out to go and try to bargain with your attackers, find a way to resolve this without fighting/starving, and suddenly the Knight you sent out COMES CRASHING THROUGH SOME POOR BASTARD'S CEILING, it may plant seeds for a mutiny. If enough of the civilians (or even soldiers) in the besieged city decide "We don't want this", they can rather easily swarm the palace, murder the leader who is refusing to surrender the castle, and then surrender and hope for good treatment. I imagine they rarely got good treatment in cases like that....

[@PugMast3r]

Lore Guass Reaper:”Immediate disintegration, no escape, incredible power” Gameplay Guass Reaper:”1 Damage, -2 Armor Penetration”

[@weshammer]

I main necrons this edition. They are WAY better than last edition..m necron snipers!....24 inch range.... But ya, they are still outclassed by every other sniper

[@weldonwin]

That is just the nature of the game. I mean, in lore Custodes are demi-gods of war who can individually battle entire armies to a standstill. On Tabletop, they can get killed by Gretchen with shivs

[@weldonwin]

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ No, Orks are fun because they are the only faction in the whole setting who are straight up *having fun!* . Orks are just finding things to fight for the joy of fighting them, hooning around on ultra-customized vehicles, having eating contests, where the things they eat are trying to eat them back and all around just living their best lives. For everyone else, its about the grim struggle to hold their own in a terrifying and hostile universe. For Orks, its about punching that hostile universe in the junk and laughing at it.

[@toddkes5890]

I wonder if the Necron Gauss Flayer/Reaper can also function in reverse? I.e. in combat it flays a target layer by layer, but when not in combat the 'weapon' can be used to print Necrontech as needed. It would be slower than the flaying mode, but there is much more time available when not in combat.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

Same kind of thing as the guard lasgun.

[@18videowatcher41]

The Quake Cannon is absolutely insane. Its shells are powerful enough as it is from a technological standpoint, but then they're infused with the soul of a murdered planet, and potentially the souls of all who lived on it.

[@grahammaxwell2112]

this is why i love warhammer 40k lore

[@sethgilcrist8088]

We blew up your planet because we didn't like what you did. Then we took chunks of your planet put it in artillery shells so we can use it to blow up other people that we don't like what they did. Only on Warhammer. Also can you image the look of horror on a dark eldars face of you fired quake rounds at them with rounds taken from a planet you destroyed because it had Tyranids were on it. Haha we killed you with dead bug screams.

[@SethKotta]

Fabulous Bill: "One moment, I have to punish my rod." Chaos Marine: "Excuse me, what?"

[@go_adventuring]

Emperor's Children: "There goes Fabius again..."

[@lysander3262]

M2 Proverb: "Spare the rod, spoil the child" M41 Proverb: "Punish the rod, torture the child"

[@aceshigh1984]

"I know the lore traditionally portrays the space marines to be super honorable and heroic" Flesh Tearers and Marines Malevolent: Are you sure about that?

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Gray knights: laughs in [redacted]

[@bennymcneill3700]

The 'harlequin's kiss' (more commonly known as the soup gun) also deserves an entry here, it shoots a long piece of wire one molecule thick at the target which penetrates their skin then flies around inside their body turning their organs to soup (hence it's name) then it retracts back into the weapon all in a matter on seconds.

[@weshammer]

Agreed 100%! This is actually a part two. I included the harlequins kiss in the first part

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Mmmm...S O U P

[@martinlancaster6282]

What a 'super' idea for a gun

[@guywholikesmemes4993]

One of the ones I think is most interesting is the noise marines having this thing that uses sound to convince others to do things for them. Like that time they used it to make civilians fight world eaters.....before you ask: the civilians fucking died.

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

Did they win?

[@TryHardCryHarder]

But what happened to the civilians?

[@guywholikesmemes4993]

@@TryHardCryHarder what the fuck do you think happened lmao. They are world eaters empowered by khornes martial prowess.

[@acephas3]

The Scythians used to fight like the Plague marines. They used to take a deadly venomous snake and milk its venom. Then, they would kill the snake, place the snake in a jar, urinate and defecated in the jar; then, they would use blood and serum and also put that in the jar. They would then bury the jar underground for it to ripen. Opening the jar was deadly dangerous and had to be done by somebody of great skill and care. They would then scoop out the…uhh…stuff, mix it with the venom, and carry it with them into smaller jars. They would dip their arrows and sometimes their spears into it. The arrows in particular were known to kill at a scratch. Some reports stated that the smell alone could be enough to kill a man in armor.

[@drizzziit1]

If it was that potent they would have killed themselves just from handling it and coating arrows in it 🗿 But probably makes for good poison either way.

[@acephas3]

@@drizzziit1 It did kill some of them, that’s why not every one could make, handle, or use the arrows in combat. You had to have been a warrior for years.

[@drizzziit1]

@@acephas3 Doesn't seem too handy for warfare then if only elite could safely use it. I guess for assasins it could be fine but with that smell? Idk, a bit overkill.

[@acephas3]

@@drizzziit1 No, it was widely used because the Scythians were a well-trained fighting force. Not to mention, they used guerrilla tactics as well as open-field warfare.

[@drizzziit1]

@@acephas3 I was always taught that easy to use and mass produced weapons were the best for any army. Good for them tho.

[@thousandcutzhorror1990]

The censored picture at 0:11 is actually a slam metal album cover by a band called Cephalotripsy, hilariously enough

[@flibbernodgets7018]

2:50 that's such a cool effect to capture in paint like that! Good job to whoever did it.

[@thed6degenerate508]

I’m assuming the glass plague takes time as inflicting horrible pain is kinda the Dark Eldar’s entire thing. So you know, it’s as bad as it can be.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

The 5th Ed Dark Eldar codex stated that the artist gained a great deal of praise for "perfectly capturing the expressions of fear and pain" on his "statues," so it does sound like the glass plague takes a few minutes to work.

[@jag_37]

pretty much the only channel I have notifications on for, and it is so worth it

[@atomsk01]

I love the difference you have in energy between your KZbin and your tictoc account...I listen to your KZbin be when I want to chill, and your tictoc when I need a kick in the butt.

[@jbw2109]

Thank you so much for all this lore, I don't exactly have the funds to get into the tabletop games, but I absolutely love the lore and world building of 40k and you've got the best videos by far that I've found on KZbin. Do you think you could do a long form video of Psykers? It's honestly my favorite part of this universe

[@weshammer]

Absolutely! They are on my list for future videos 😃

[@weshammer]

That's ok! I don't even play the game as much as I used to. But the books are cheap with audible and I listen to one every night before bed! They are great! No need to invest thousands of dollars in the game when you have the novels! That being said tho, I hear that table top sim has a great mod for 40k with a big online following

[@jbw2109]

@@weshammer I'm super excited! And thank you for the suggestion, I'll definitely check it out 😁

[@michaelsorensen7567]

I'm very partial to Baldermort if you've not seen his material

[@anothertarnishedone5960]

Not only needesly dark, but in some cases, that edgyness makes them less functional. All that energy the weapon uses to be badass could be used for more efficient and conventional ways of killing. I suposse part of the purpose is the demoralizing effect the weapon creates in the victim's comrades, but again, there is better ways of obtaining that effect with much less energy.

[@nobleman9393]

I remember a descriftion of a Plasma Weapon in Mass Effect that basically said "The Energy used to create the Beam could be used to fire several Hypersonic rounds"

[@Seoul_Soldier]

If it uses that much energy it probably needs to. This is 40k after all. I'd rather overkill a bunch of orks by being a bit energy inefficient than to not kill them enough and have a whole new WAAAAAGH on my planet in a few years. Same goes to Genestealer cults and other xeno monstrosities.

[@jonathanathor117]

Well one thing we know about necron weaponry is that it's made from the same thing the necrons are made from, Necrodermis. It's not exactly metal but instead nano scarabs. Nano machines son. They probably manipulate matter and energy on a quantum level. The closest thing to that tech would be femto technology. Essentially nanites that are 10^-15m in size. Manipulating atoms beyond the subatomic level to the point that it looks like magic. Weaponizing the elementary particles to its bidding.

[@thegodofspeed23]

@williampg gois if it’s stronger it would need more than 1k energy

[@anothertarnishedone5960]

@@Seoul_Soldier well, im not talking about the absurdly destructive weapons, like the planet-killer torpedoes; those have a purpose in the context of Warhammer 40k. I mean the ones with over complicated functions, like the torsion cannon, or most of the Dark Eldar toys.

[@nickquirke1148]

Man your videos, especially the shorts that you do breakdowns in have ignited a new passion for me in 40k. I've always known about it, and seen people play the tabletop game, but never really got into it. Your videos have made me fall down the rabbit hole of the lore and books. Read book 1 of the Horus Heresy last night, already brought the next 5 lol. Thanks

[@weshammer]

That's awesome to hear! Really happy to have you in the community my friend! The Horus heresy is a real treat! Those first 5 books are perfection!

[@A_LivingFailure]

Thank you father Wes for thy holy script. Tis heresy, but thy videos are praised on the highest level. (Love your stuff. Super awesome and informative, you were how I stumbled on warhammer and I've loved it ever since. Keep up the awesome work! It's greatly appreciated!)

[@ChaplainPhantasm]

I really find Azrael's Combi-Gun to be so cursed in the eyes of a gun nut that it can be considered dark. This comment was brought to you by Phantasm, the Reasonable Templar.

[@BirdyDive]

Bless you and the rest of the Reasonable Marines.

[@ChaplainPhantasm]

@@BirdyDive May you be blessed as well, citizen.

[@hadesdogs4366]

For me personally the most brutal way to go would be to become the victim and target of a grav gun or grav cannon, so to put it simply a grav gun can alter the weight and mass of its target and increase it the more times the target get shot. So for an example an abrams tank weights seventy tons, when hit by a grav gun it’s weight is instantly doubled making the entire weight of the tank a hundred and forty tons, and this is on the lower end where at full power the grav gun can increase the mass and density of a target by a factor of ten so a sentry ton tank could weigh seven hundred tons, which will cause the tank to crumple like an aluminum ball crushing anyone or anything inside as the victims are crushed to death, the worst part is when it hits organic matter for example a human, considering that your average human can only support six hundred pounds before your legs start to give in, imagine yourself weighing a ton if not then imagine your arm being as heavy as a thousand kilogram weight, or being crushed by your own body as your bones break from the pressures and forces until your nothing but a gelatinous blob.

[@HubiKoshi]

Honestly the Synaptic Disintegrator sounds downright merciful. One tap and you are Gone, no pain, no suffering, just Gone.

[@evanlight2550]

I guess it’s only painful and dark when the Necron misses.

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

Imagine what that feels like, knowing your friend is suffering a fate worse than death because some dumbass didn’t aim correctly.

[@partygoer1856]

Him: "rip and tear through opponents" Me: **HEAVY METAL INTENSIFIES**

[@leedrage5514]

Love the flashgitz t-shirts! Another awesome episode dude can't wait for the next one

[@hadesdogs4366]

I’ve just downloaded kingdom maker and it’s actually quite good, being a person who loves castle building I’m genuinely enjoying the game

[@anaughtymoose]

So happy to see you rocking sponsors and make the channel grow. I didn't care about 40K until you hit the scene. And your success feels like rooting for a friend.

[@weshammer]

Hey thanks a ton I really appreciate that. It means a lot to know you're rooting for me 😃

[@svPlopper]

I am 40k fan since 30 years and never heard of the glass plague before. Thanks for mention it. 👍

[@Soleodox]

Thanks for all the entertaining and informative videos. I've known about Warhammer for years but had no idea there was so much (very interesting) lore. I really appreciate the fun you've provided!

[@DrEggs-dr8ef]

Minor suggestion, watch whenever you say “mechanicum” and “mechanicus.” This is because “mechanicum” either refers to the dark mechanicum or the Martian mechanicum, “mechanicus” is what you actually want to refer to when mentioning the adeptus mechanicus

[@codyott1982]

I used to play 40k back during 5th ed. Some new stuff, some old stuff in these vids, but they are great. You can tell dude loves the universe.

[@lordlucius1341]

Oh if only Fabius made a perfect clone of the fabulous golden hawk boy instead of Fulgrim, the imperium would’ve send a hundred chapters and a thousand IG regiments to free him from the galactic Pokémon collector.

[@adamkarlsson9615]

Fabius Bile was also taught by the Haemonculi at some point training in their fleshtowers for ways to make his clones better

[@LouisBear112]

I listen to your long videos at work, I really don’t mind the length my shift is 8 hours. I have pretty much listened to every video you have

[@pgoosendrool]

7:20 you stated the Mechanicum. There is a difference between Mechanicum and Mechanicus. The Mechanicum were the original Tech Priests from Holy Mars that allied with the Imperium after the Emperor conquered Terra. During the Great Crusade, the Mechanicum spilt, one side following the Emperor, the other side rebelling against the restrictions imposed by the Emperor. After the Heresy, the loyal tech priest became the Adeptus Mechanicus, and the traitors retained the name Mechanicum, or Dark Mechanicum. It took me a long time to remember and distinguish the two.

[@weshammer]

Ya I have a hard time remembering the differences and end up using them interchangeably all the time 😅

[@pgoosendrool]

@@weshammer no problem. I try to help and explain as much as I can about Warhammer. I started getting into it around 2019 with Luetin09 and feel like I have watched almost every Warhammer video and read so many r/40klore posts, but even now, there is so much that I feel like i have only touched the top 10%. So much lore for overpriced plastic.

[@Kroggnagch]

A 3-D unprinter. Neat.. also, how the Necrons don't rule the entire universe is probably solely due to their dwindled numbers and ever-hybernating brethren not all being awake at once.

[@Prince__Teclis]

Plus their nature of how they culturally treat time. Trazyn taking action against a thief took a "scandalously fast" for Necron standards 12 years.

[@puffsniffy6425]

i havent really seen many of your videos lately. congrats on getting a sponsor!

[@DemMedHornene]

Been reading the Fabius Bile series because of your videos. It's so amazing!

[@michaelbraxton137]

This was a great video you might be my favourite warhammer 40k channel

[@Volvith]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that the Necron's most basic weapon is _localized full-body sub-molecular disassembly._ They're the embodiment of "i feel sorry for you." _"i don't even think about you."._

[@hadesdogs4366]

Another brutal weapon are vulkite weapons where much like a raygun from mars attacks anyone hit by it would instantly catch on fire but not only that but anyone in say less than three feet away from the target also spontaneously combusts and turns into flames

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

For a brief moment I thought kingdom maker was one of the most evil weapons in the 40k universe

[@wafflestcattash4818]

What’s that?

[@marcwittkowski5146]

In one of the "Path of the Dark Eldar" novels, there are multiple depictions of the glass plague working its magic. Apparently takes a few minutes for most who don't have an antidote.

[@lysander3262]

Was going to comment this, but saw yours first, so have a thumbs up. More glass plague facts for the curious: 1. The contagion is not a nanobot or Warp phenomena, it is actually a living microorganism that rapidly converts flesh to glass as part of its life cycle...somehow. In this sense, it is like bacteria. The exact evidence for this potentially spoils a plot point, readers can trust me on this. 2. While the Haemonculi were able to develop an inoculation, the plague tends to persist in a body instead of being eradicated. In the novels, it is assumed every Dark Eldar carries the glass plague, its effects barely kept in check by their immune system. In this sense, it is like a virus. 3. Now for speculation. The Dark City receives massive influxes of slaves and occasionally some visitors and none of them are affected by the plague. Dark Eldar tend to leave plenty of their own gore and viscera on foreign planets and none of them have become vitrified. I would guess that the plague is engineered to ONLY affect Dark Eldar. 4. Hexrifles likewise are almost certainly loaded with ammunition tailored to their targets. Whether or not the Haemonculi also engineered a killswitch to prevent a vitrified victim from infecting their own species and/or potential slaves is left as an exercise for the reader. 5. Anyone could try to develop a glass plague that circumvented the inoculation or another contagion that would threaten Commorragh. I would guess that Supreme Overlord Asdrubael Vect's enforcers have become extremely capable at preempting these efforts through utter obliteration, and only missed the glass plague because the perpetrator was a sculptor. 6. It is also entirely likely that the plague and its release was orchestrated by someone like Vect or Urien Rakarth in the first place. Perhaps to keep the Kabals even more indebted to Haemonculi Covens. I give it about a 50-50.

[@FunkaPunka3113]

my weekend just got so much better I audibly gasped

[@complex1914]

I'm new to 40k and I'm completely blown away by how overpowered most of these are, an example is how even the most basic necron infantry carries a gauss cannon, which can disintegrate a target atom by atom, or how the grav cannon turns an enemies mass against itself. Why aren't these overpowered weapons used on space marines or custodes, they seem like they'd be able to 1 shot them pretty easily.

[@drizzziit1]

Well, they are used againt's marines. Fighting a tomb world just doesn't happen often.

[@lamename8030]

the only thing that can kill a custodian is dumb plot

[@OljeiKhan]

Space marines usually get their weapons/gear as rewards for their deeds. They are religious warrior monks after all , not pragmatic strategists. When they finish their scout marine days by distinguishing themselves they are designated to "devastator" squads. These squads use long range advanced weaponry , but the newly promoted marine would probably have just a bolter. This phase of his training makes them learn to control their rage. If they distinguish themselves here they will be designated into an assault squad , armed with a chainsword and a bolt pistol probably. Once they distinguish themselves here , they will be promoted to a tactical squad and given their standard gear. All of this could take the better part of a century. And only the chapter's veterans would have complete access to the chapter's armories. A "holy" bolter and a chainsword is usually more than enough to get their job done. There is also the possibility of people going traitor. Wich can mean your relic grade weapons falling into enemy hands etc..

[@OljeiKhan]

Oh i completely misunderstood your question and explained why marines don't mass utilize these op weapons kekw

[@maxulrich4884]

This channel officially become my favourite 40k lore channel

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

in one of the books in the paths series the glass plage is used the original one, not the weaponized version its been a while but i think i remember it killing in less then a minute it also makes it impossible to reclone the casualty, thats why the weapon was so taboo in deldar society

[@rileyfreedman]

Wes needs to organise these videos into one large 40K iceberg

[@ragingrhino4422]

You introduced me to the lore of 40k, thanks man.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

"Painful enough to make people beg for death." So, in other words, you can still fight almost normally for 6-7 hours....

[@luscinius2933]

Slight correction, psyker scale is based on the greek alphabet and starts with Rho, a common human without psyker abilities, and goes to Alpha on the positive scale, the most powerful "safe" psykers, with outliers labeled as Alpha-Plus. The negative scale goes from Rho to Omega and classifes powers of Blanks, with ouliers labeled as Omega-Minus. I also would like to add to grimdark weapons general Imperium Vortex grenades,which opens portal to Warp and throws the target there, and AdMech radium weapons, which actively killing their user one shot at a time.

[@drexstarunited2677]

I just started getting into warhammer last September. Been listening to the 40k books while at work and the most disturbing thing I've come across has to be in the dark imperium trilogy or in the uriel ventris books. Some serious grim dark stuff in those books.

[@geraldkenneth119]

The scariest thing about the animus speculum IMO is that it doesn’t just kill you, it erases you, as that beam of pure anti-psychic energy annihilates a being’s very soul. Because of this the aelderi are absolutely terrified of it, as it’s one of the few things that can truly kill them

[@RepKyle95]

My favorite thing about chain weapons is that when you actually start thinking about them, they'd be a SUPER inefficient melee weapon. The motor would get clogged and stutter within seconds from all the gore. Also, anyone who has used a chainsaw can tell you that you have to REALLY hold it dowm to cut through something. So it would take a while to actually get through a target. An actual blade is always more efficient. Rule of cool thoufh 🤷‍♂️

[@mllrd]

I’ll always remember first getting into warhammer and seeing a video titled “darkest fate in wh40k” about the daemonculaba and I thought it couldn’t be that bad but I was sorely mistaken

[@WildDave629]

I really love these 40k videos. Thank you

[@jonathanathor117]

Gauss weapons are essentially weaponised electromagnetism. Ripping the very electrons from the protons Dr. Manhattan style.

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

Here is something needlessly dark (Credit to MajorKill) Grimderp boots wich teleport babies below them, every time you take a step with them.

[@VeteranTyphus]

Watching this in your Warhammer Horror Playlist.. just listened to a handful of truly harrowing tales while playing W40K Inquisitor Martyr.. especially ironic part being that right this moment, your video is mentioning grav guns... as I'm horrifically purging enemies in Inquisitor Martyr.. with a grav gun. And this is my first time watching (or rather listening) this playlist 🤣

[@themadnessparadox667]

Bro we need more of this stuff

[@deancampbell8206]

"leather faces in power armor" is the best thing I've ever heard

[@andreanecchi5930]

I name Sly Marbo as the deadliest weapon of all

[@tylerchristian75]

Hey WesHammer! I want to thank you but also curse you lol for getting me into Warhammer 40K. I've never been so intrigued and so invested with a hobby sense I left the Army and suprising this has gotten my mind off alot of mental things such as PTSD lately. Thank you for opening this world to me but curse you I spent way to much money on books and minis already XD Keep up the work brother, I really love this universe and community!

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

monomolecular blades on a chainsword are actually not as common as you might think too much maintenance, hell on supply lines, you would basically have to replace the chain after every fight instead they have stubbier, hookblades on a counterrotating chain on either side of the main chain making the weapon act more like a murderously fast row of jaws of life, more scissoring things open then tearing this not only makes them better against armor then a monomolecular chainsaw would be but also counteracts the blade pulling in one direction when it makes contact, making it easier to duel with the main blades are still sharp, but not have to be sharpened every fight sharp of monomolecular blades and while tech has devolved since the great crusade, marines in 40k actually use monomolecular more often then their 30k brethren because theywhere expected to be in the field for entire wars instead of being gloryboys doing one battle and calling it winning the war like the 40k marines

[@DreadnoughtHvor]

To be fair, humans did make something similar to Gauss weapons; adrathic weapons. I don't know if they flay molecules the same way but they operate on a similar principle of breaking molecular bonds.

[@Wildcat_93]

Fabius Bile: Nobody come in for a while, I have to punish the rod.

[@battlesister1559]

3:00 Kadus, from the Raven Guard, used two chainswords and helped to impale an ork boss with it alongside Shrike, who was also using a chainsword. (book source: Shrike)

[@JohnNathanShopper]

That awkward moment when Wes confirms my suspicion that Warhammer authors are officially not okay 🤣

[@asiangamer3159]

Great video!😁

[@Reddotzebra]

The Necrons just take the "Indistinguishable from magic" Clarketech trope to its limits. Because from their lore we basically understand that they were given some of their stuff by the C'tan, and those guys could by all available media essentially just point at a pile of rocks and have them transform into an inertialess engine, they could probably do this while still making it look like a pile of rocks if they wanted to because hey, chaos gods except not chaos and being able to do what chaos gods do to the warp to regular matter. So it's technology that's so indistinguishable from magic that it goes full circle and becomes magic that's indistinguishable from technology. Disintegrate goes BZZZZT!

[@kevinoconnor6577]

Man, I got a KZbin ad for kingdom maker, and then a sponsorship. What are the odds.

[@traplordmurkules7573]

Love your content, would love to see something about Malal/Malice or maybe something about different factions hive cities. Keep up the good work lol.

[@WINRetrogaming98-um1xs]

Anything Ian Watkins wrote for the early canon is automatically monster horror.

[@veteran673]

I remember reading a book where caulex assassin went intona room of enemy and some imperial guards were there, for calexus didnt turn off his negative aura and imperial guard just pulled outnhis gun and shot himself in the head, for even death was more preferable than whatever he felt from being near assassin.

[@chriscr21]

The Reason the Gauss Weapon can function without exploding or hurting the user, Necron, is because of Necrodermis, any damage caused by this weapon is instantly fixed. Whether the Imperium has something like it in the past or not is really unknown, a Fully intact STC could possibly figure out a way to create "Necrodermis Like," material and then create an Imperium-type Gauss weapon. Supposedly a large STC library still exists, but it is being hidden from the Imperium. And another is in the Warp on a Daemon World as well.

[@The_ModernCrusader]

11:17 My boy packin' a whole warp in there fr

[@TheAragus]

You also have bolt rounds that Dark Angels use that erase the target from the existence to a degree that you can't even remember them anymore.

[@brok56]

I cannot imagine what The tau went through when they came face To face with the death guard. An army of corpses throwing heads at them, swarms of plague flies and balls of rot that are nurglings. Pure insanity must have taken control of a large number of fire warriors.

[@Killloius]

Finally! the quality of lore is amazing

[@iseethebluescreen]

absolutely no-one: culexus assassins: *weaponized cthulhu noises*

[@Demothones]

I can say that gravity is definitely a potent weapon. Weirdly, it seems to get more potent the older I get. I’m 50 now and it is oppressive. How much more mass is our planet going to spontaneously develop?

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

"Is there a problem with the Earths gravitational pull in the future?" Doc Brown, Back to the Future.

[@liampierce8607]

Could u do a deep dive into abandon the despoiler, the Horus heresy, the various space marine chapters or the officio assasinorum. I’m new to 40k and my only exposure is ur content and that’s the things that I’m really curious about

[@bxmully]

Never heard of the glass plague. Well done!

[@painkillerauflauf5770]

I guess now we have the perfect example for a glass cannon army

[@7up1t0r]

im hoping when i get more money i can make a very very VERY big game. and im planning to watch your channel even more to get alot more info about warhammer 40k. this was an amazing video to watch because now i know what to add too brutalize the multplayer and story modes im hoping to make.

[@JohnNathanShopper]

“It has the ability to burn out their brain…” 😳I don’t think Warhammer fans are okay.🤣

[@alexmellor9455]

Any chance you could do a video about kaldor Draigo or the grey knights? Loving your content 👍👍

[@raphfelix6305]

Leatherface? More like Jason Voorhees with a chainsaw. Those space Marines are big boys.

[@carlvancourt6919]

As a battletech fan, heating the description of gauss rifle is very unsettling xD

[@casbot71]

Ah yes, the Flash Gitz t-shirt, I wore that to a lunch with _my brother_ and used that to introduce the concept of 40k. Of course he thinks it's about fighting against Furries.

[@thegodofspeed23]

Templars vs space wolves is just fighting furries

[@casbot71]

Blank Astartes would be so OP versus Chaos, if the Imperium could reliably make them. There's _one,_ that guards a cemetery World for his chapter - that's it.

[@bladestormviking]

i bet the Maguffin Device could to it.

[@averageskavenenjoyer3144]

Well, we already have something close to them - sisters of silence. It also will be too problematic to make such chapter: only 1 in 1000 can become a space marine. Blanks are 1 in 1000000 or even less. If you need a full chapter (1000 marines), you must find 1000 blanks, who can become a space marine.

[@nobleman9393]

Isn't Captain Titus a Blank?

[@Ferrum_Intra]

Aren't the exorcists chapter all blanks?

[@Peagaporto]

@@Ferrum_Intra No, exorcists are warp resistant because part of the entry trials is getting possessed by a demon on purpose and then casting it out by sheer will. That's why they have a larger than normal scout company, most aspirants flunk and get put down.

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

The best part of the Rod of Torment is that Fabius uses it as a pimp cane.

[@Kaito57]

Hold on, Fabius Bile is a Space Marine ?! I thought he was just a really twisted human !! Dayum, he just got an hundred times scarier...

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Emperor's children og chief apothecary is fabulous

[@nouhorni3229]

Can we talk about the Harlequin's Caress? you can juggle a dudes kidneys while he's watching.

[@besaltman9961]

D-scythe! They literally not only rip you apart, but thos parts ate sent to the warp

[@Angel-fo6oo]

These are my favorite. Thanks man.

[@ivanidlehand9651]

The most needlessly dark thing is that the SISTERS OF BATTLE do not have to take vows of chastity. Slaanesh is truly blessing us. (S)excess!