5 Best Kill Teams for New Players

[@vangeles11]

for those interested in Corsairs and building with one box, it's pretty easy to magnetize the arms. I built all the options with one box. Tried that with legionaries, not as easy with the limited arms/pauldrons.

[@TomCatchesides]

Good timing: my brother-in-law is playing his first game of Kill Team with me this weekend and he’s painted up a Kommandos team.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oh nice, that's great to hear!

[@bogdan4024]

I think Hand of The Archon is more begginer friendly than Corsair Voidscarred. They stay in rotation for at least 1,5 year. They can be magnetized, but they are quite small so be careful (only 3 models need to be magnetized: Gunner, Heavy Gunner, Archsybarite). so you only need one box and you are still left with some leftover bits, even after building all 10 models. They are also imo easier to paint and imo bit easier to play.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah I find HotA harder to play and I wouldn't recommend magnetising to new players (as it can be hard to do). I was tempted to do HotA tho!

[@bogdan4024]

@@CanYouRollaCrit fair point, magnetizing can be intimidating and they are quite small ^^. I find the pain token management to be quite intuitive and the abbility to skip a turn is a godsend when I don't have a good move

[@acetessilver8142]

Gonna be honest, I expected Legionaries would be on the list. I started KT during 1st edition, dropped off during 2nd, and now have been playing 3rd edition once a week with my friend for a few months now. We've played about a dozen games of Legionaries Vs. Void-dancer Troupe (Only teams that we had complete with the 3rd ed. team format change). There is a simplicity in only having to make (essentially) 6 decisions per turn. Start with a basic list: Chosen, Icon B, Mr. Claw, Melta-man, Butcher, & 1 Warrior, give them all the same mark (Khorne or Undivided are fun to start with), and use all 4 of the team equipment options. The characters rules are simple triggers to follow. Makes it easy to memorize everything over time, and the team is forgiving. You're rarely going to lose 2 operatives to a single enemy model bc of a bad move. As you get all the rules down, expand your army roster, test the Acolyte, Shrivetalon, Plasma-man, 3 heavy gunners (I wish the HG's played better in the game bc I have 3 cool older metal ones that sat in a box for 10+ years that I painted up for my team, lol) Great videos, keep it up. :-)

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Legio are kinda too complex now for new players imo, especially with Mark swapping

[@acetessilver8142]

@ imho, new players shouldn’t consider mixing things up like that until they have a 1/2 dozen games in and all the basic game mechanics memorized. I ran the same 6 guys for the first 5 games to get a feel for how they play, memorize their stats and abilities, and learn the game mechanics with as few pieces of paper as possible. The ease for new players comes from not having to remember a bunch of interactions and making sure you’re doing them at the right time. Take Security, mark ‘em all Khorne, and go chop a bunch of pour souls up :-) I give you props for listing plague marines bc they’re…they’re not the same as legionnaires, but they’re like the legionary’s weird cousin with poor hygiene, ya’know?

[@QuinnMLH]

Okay some good selections. I see that Aeldari christas jumper. Counterpoint though: new players should be playing the coolest Killteams and that means Harlequins hey?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Harlequins are too kewl for dancing! Also nice spot aha

[@cypherXVII7]

what are your thoughts on the farstalker kinband? im looking to get into kill team and keep coming back to them, I have a friend who already has 4/5 of the choices you mentioned.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They're fun but quite hard to play as you need 2 boxes as well. Just gotta get past that hurdle and it's fine (:

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

Handy and well timed video.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Thanks, hope it's helpful (:

[@BossGrubbz]

For the Kommandos, the Comms Boy has a 6 attack Shokka pistol.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oh true!

[@Granite-ny8up]

In my last game, my Comms rolled 3 crits in both of the attacks he made! Face meltingly good

[@Friendlyuserhere]

The Starter Set is a good place to put an AoD team together but unfortunately, i think GW kind of missed the plot when they made Strike Force Justian. It is still forcing new players to get their hands on a box of Intercessors and Assault Intercessors for the appropriate loadouts on the two mandatory specialist options, namely the Gunner and the Grenadier.

[@MercenaryQ]

The only reason I wouldn't recommend commandos because their getting classified soon. Otherwise spot on

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah that's their only downside imo

[@gwitch]

Don’t disagree and as a new KT player it definitely impacted what teams I looked at. But just another perspective: No new player is likely entering a classified tournament anytime soon anyway, and they’ll still get rules support for 3 years. This was my (possible cope) when I got Blooded.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

@gwitch yeah it's partly why I said it doesn't matter that much really, just have fun!

[@gojtron]

It's literally what stopped me buying a box, but I intend to revisit them after I get a 3d printer in the new year

[@joshmartinez441]

Hello, I was just looking at voidscarred but the fact that it is dated 1 year ago means that it can't be played anymore? Or will they be in that rotation again? thank you!

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Corsairs are still legal to play (:

[@Coverfire92]

I still don't get the vox trooper. The way it reads is "next activation". So the moment they activate and have been expended they lose the APL. Not keep it until the next turning point. Are you saying to put it on already expended operatives so the next turning point you could potentially use it again to give 4 kasarkin 3 APL for a turn? Please explain?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah expended operatives

[@Sa3vis]

How does classified work? Does it cycle or is that team just not playable moving forward?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Not playable in classified events which are currently just GW events and WTC

[@kevobot9342]

I already got 6 intersessors and 6 assault intersessors just need to assemble the captain from company heroes box, 1 eliminatior, and as soon as it comes into the mail 1 heavy intercessor with heavy bolter. Also my only complaint is that the captain is only limited to just a plasma pistol and power fist and not be allowed to use other weapons like the thunder hammer and power sword

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oh nice! Agree but I think it's to just balance the captain

[@kevobot9342]

@ they could at least swap out melee weapons

[@paulok2153]

show us your jumper!

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

It's the Warhammer Aeldari one haha

[@bogdan4024]

What about Nemesis Claw? I think they also could be decent for new players, but don't really know much about them, other than they might be one box and they are failry recent team

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah I think they're a bit complex due to Prescience management as well as constantly remembering to check obscuring as well as being mostly melee with lots of unique actions

[@DoomStarRequiem]

My rule of thumb for the claw is play like the night lords are portrayed in the lore , i.e. be sneaky and look for unfair fights.

[@schoontoon]

Luv me kommandos

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Luv me sum WAAAAGGGH!

[@Max-zn4qt]

i want a hellblaster in my squad, sad times. Just start playing kill team love this vid very helpful

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah great to hear! Hellblasters would be great but would involve buying a box just for 1 sadly

[@pwootton24]

Classified?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Rotation for competitive play basically

[@davidpaul5938]

no aquilons? I've heard they are super noob friendly too

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah I don't think they are due to the drop mechanic, can teach bad habits

[@Tombonzo]

I’ve heard the Legionnaires are also a good start? I bought them, the Kasrkin, Imperial Agents (2bxs), and the Starter set (and also Hive Storm). I pre ordered Hieratic Circle, Novitiates and the Kinband (Croot). The Necrons look involved, but wanted to grab before FOMO 😅😢

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Legionary kinda are but are now quite a complex team imo

[@jadovaoliaro]

I personally found grey knights an amazing team for new players (like myself). Not sure how relevant they are these days rules wise but i would still recommend for first time players. Straight forward and strong boys❤😂

[@rosebraidt4894]

There is no more Grey knights kill team anymore.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They don't exist in the new edition

[@martinfridrich5281]

the starter set isn‘t even legal to play, is it? You can‘t play a sergeant and captain at the same time and you can‘t play a heavy and sniper at the same time. You could pretend that the sergeant is a regular warrior and get around that…

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah effectively, you'll never run the boltgun-only sergeant anyway

[@d-rex7043]

Yep, I'm not sure an illegal team is the no. 1 best choice for new players 🤔

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

@d-rex7043 you just run the bolter sarge as a warrior, no issue