How to Pick Your First Warhammer 40k Army

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[@AlmostProGaming]

I forgot to mention/include a few things. My mistake. And I will try to fix it with this comment (read below): Tyranids are also really good in the psychic phase and also a good shooting army as well. Admech, and Sisters of Battle also do not have a psychic phase. When it comes to horde/elite armies, I didn't include anything because a lot of horde armies can be played as elite and vice versa. Take guard for example, you can have a horde with a ton of infantry, or you can make an elite list with 3 baneblades and some troops. Same with Orks, you can have tons of infantry or a few mech things. This is why I chose not to include it - sure some armies are stuck being elite but I felt that was pretty self explanatory. If you guys point out anything else I happened to miss I will post them in this pinned comment.

[@AlmostProGaming]

@@nic_chain middle of the pack, maybe leaning a bit towards the bottom. As gor playstyle, shooting and a little melee. They are elite armies as well.

[@LiamN4321]

Almost Pro Gaming Would necrons not count as a durable army?

[@AlmostProGaming]

Liam Norconk Yes and no. If you can't manage to kill a full squad of Warriors then yes they are durable in a sense because dead models might come back to life. But killing the warriors themselves isn't that hard to do for a lot of armies. And if you kill the whole squad they don't come back at all, and for most armies it's not that hard to kill at least 1 squad a turn. Necrons are supposed to be durable but with the current ruleset they fall short.

[@notcultguy6297]

I think you could have added in a combined arms section do to armies like 'nids who can either be very focused on one thing or can do a bunch of different things

[@AlmostProGaming]

Maxime Achouche Ultramarines are better for a beginner in my opinion.

[@ERAL782]

How to pick your first army in Warhammer 40k. Step 1: spend all your life savings.

[@GameBrigade]

drunk dave you poor son?

[@ERAL782]

@@GameBrigade r/Wooosh

[@MutsuKazuma]

@@GameBrigade I think you don't really play 40k

[@GameBrigade]

@@MutsuKazuma eh. I have a good amount of product and you can see my channel that I'm obviously a gamer. I just am not poor.

[@andrewjackson2011]

Dumb people deserve to spend more than needed retards dont coment without thinking

[@markmikolay9019]

Step one: Pick orks Step two: WAAAAAGHHH

[@Waagghhboy]

Thats my first army! Just got into 40k 3 weeks ago I enjoy the lore and junkyard look they all have.mixed in with hordes melee charging all them fancy spacemarines

[@MHMG42]

I like the orks they are the ones who have FUN

[@mobiushelldoctor1423]

@@MHMG42 they are the only one who enjoys their time in this world

[@461Dragonman]

Instructions burned on sight, gonna Krump on the store and take whatever's nailed down.

[@ConradMarbourg3635]

@@mobiushelldoctor1423 Euh man, the SM are like the orks except they are stronger, faster and have better technology. In truth I don't see how life can be better than being a SM you are a 7-8 foot 800-1000lbs superhuman on fucking steroids that live over centuries and spend life training and kicking ass with other brothers, it is like heaven well it is heaven. if orks enjoy their time here the SM sure enjoys it just as much or even more cause it is one thing to fight for fun, but fighting out of sheer fanatism is another level of fun if you ask me :)

[@EndorphikaMorphika]

“Inevitably gets nerfed” *laughs in Militarum*

[@kingjonstarkgeryan8573]

More like Tau. Fuckers never get nerfed and they need a nerfing more than Knight Castellan and the Aeldari soup.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

Well now we have Marines of Doom, are you happy with your great accomplishment?

[@papanurgle8393]

@@kingjonstarkgeryan8573 Meh, they were pure cheese in 7th, but they're fine in 8th.

[@lokenontherange]

@@kingjonstarkgeryan8573 Bring a blood angels army and tau are the easiest thing in the world to fight. Fast, aggressive, melee focused with powerful short range firepower, and Sanguinary Guard which are basically just flying terminators. I managed to table my friend and my two casualties were both from plasma guns exploding.

[@TheRoboJesus]

It just hit me. This guy sounds like a grown up Morty.

[@Longtail626]

Nice to know he sorted his life out and is doing something he loves

[@Nosh2222]

LordWhorfinX2 kinda is yeah because morty was a retard

[@madlarkin8]

Step 1: pick primaris marines. Step 2: stomp everyone else. Step 3: constantly complain about any and all buffs to other factions. Step 4: when GW makes your army obsolete by deleting your main troops from the lore, restart your collection and do it again.

[@AlmostProGaming]

sounds about right XD

[@emiledlund9559]

4:06 ”T’au and melee don’t mix” My brother should have known that before he charged with his broadside.

[@emiledlund9559]

And he charged my terminator captain with the burning blade, With an artillery piece

[@kocashima]

That is a very bold move

[@mrtzaangor6830]

Pretty sure he plays Vior'la

[@Nosh2222]

Lol

[@appleapple4210]

There guns are op tho compared to space dudes sorry can’t spell marines

[@pizzahutofficial2520]

Step one: pik da orks Step two: Pik Da Bad Moonz Step three: Ya gots ta get dem killa kans!

[@AkaiNeko4]

“Try to choose an army that’s at least shooty, choppy, magic or durable” *weeps stoically in Sororitas*

[@ExceedProduction]

They're getting a new set and new rules this year, no? I am considering starting getting into the hobby with them.

[@ltericdavis2237]

ExceedProduction the New Sororitas book is out, and a whole line of new models is in the process of release. If you want an army of sci-fi battle nuns, this is the best time to start an army. If only the actually made enough of the box sets

[@ExceedProduction]

@@ltericdavis2237 Luckily I managed to nab one of the sisters boxes haha. And since the new releases start to dribble in now I can expand upon that at wish. Quite happy about it. I also shared a Kill Team box with a friend, taken astartes, he got the tau. Played our first round yesterday, actually. He wiped the floor with me. Didn't wound a single unit and he took out two of my dewds. Bitter.

[@ltericdavis2237]

ExceedProduction wow, you actually got a box set, that’s lucky! Enjoy your sisters in arms! And yeah, tau can be super powerful. My last battle I had stacked like minus 3 to hit modifiers on my wave serpent and he somehow oneshoted my tank with his coldstar! Hope you are enjoying the game

[@appleapple4210]

Tau

[@dekumutant]

in a world where necrons arent considered durable rip

[@AlmostProGaming]

Ikr?

[@MJ-cm9ps]

Also "elite" shooters tau hitting on 4+ xD

[@0XFallen]

@@MJ-cm9ps But they have more shots and higher strenght

[@ferdjur4195]

@@0XFallen if you want to shoot much with the tau you just put cadre fireblades all around a squad of firewarriors and magically each fireblade will motivate all other fireblades and firewarriors to fire one more shot. It jas been calculated that 10 firewarriors and 12 fireblades all close together can shoot a volley of 220 shots.

[@kibaakuma5172]

Xedvin True,

[@lalelolela1012]

Step 1: Pick tau Step 2: everyone has cooties, dont go near them Step 3: FOR THE GREATER GOOD

[@vinnylatoria4478]

Sorry, we are hungry and wish to feast....

[@TheAnonymousArtist2]

Vinny Latoria famous last words

[@vinnylatoria4478]

@@TheAnonymousArtist2 Nah, we will be on top of the Tau faster. We have Raveners and Trygons.

[@TheAnonymousArtist2]

Vinny Latoria oh yes you will beat them into the ground

[@singlikeyoumeanit3261]

Tau are gonna survive COVID19

[@awesperanza2252]

YESSS. THANK YOU. I just decided to sell my soul - I mean get into 40k. This video is perfect. Thank you!!!

[@egglegameVA]

Step one: Choose an army Step two: Go bankrupt

[@Bingo_Chuck1918]

So true

[@gwynimpostor]

just roll a dice, wayyy faster.

[@AlmostProGaming]

Ahh, the good ol' fashioned 40k way; leave it up to the dice gods.

[@GretSeat]

But sometimes you don't like the way the army looks or how it plays

[@TheNaturalnuke]

Garrett Stewart then the dice gods were punishing you for your hubris. Melt the dice and roll again

[@metheiam5714]

@@GretSeat Then you use a command point to re-roll.

[@skyhunter2423]

Picking my first army was fairly easy I have a dwarf army, naturally I went for a space dwarf army. I mean what could possibly go wrong??

[@brandonsmith4102]

Nothing kitbashes like an ork army! Unlimited options

[@kaliasfr]

You forget Tyranid in the list of shooting army. Tyranids are a very very strong and resilient army in full shooty list.

[@jerseyse410]

This hobby is like crack. Started with Ad Mech because I liked martian androids. Then got into Imp Knights because of course who doesn't like knights. That led me into Grey Knights and Officio Assassinorum for psyker support. Eventually I also got into Astra Militarum for the awesomeness of Steel Legion plus the jet bike support of Adeptus Custodes. Got into Death Guard and Thousand Sons as complements for each other after reading the Horus Heresy novels and then talked myself into Tau since I love Gundam style robots and battlesuits. This is on top of the Genestealer Cults and Chaos Cultists/Spawn I got into for Necromunda. I am trying SO hard to not get into Orks when the new boxset and codex comes out, but it is going to be really hard.

[@eisenhorn5494]

Agreed. Like crack. I picked up the execution force game just for the assassins and every time i go into my hobby shop i pick up the Tau start collecting box and argue with myself.

[@Vairy_2972]

DA ORKZ EZ DA BEGEST AND BADEST!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GoblinLord]

give in to the Orkz, LET DA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH FLOW THROUGH YA

[@Booyaka9000]

You either pick the Salamanders, or you pick incorrectly.

[@vaincelent]

Booyaka9000 that’s a weird way to spell Tyranids

[@vinnylatoria4478]

@@vaincelent laughs loudly in Old One Eye.

[@zachsmith1676]

@@vinnylatoria4478 I was thinking of starting an Army of Kriegsmarine, a Chapter of Astartes recruited from Krieg, colours being a steel grey with Camo green shins, backpack, and imperialis/aquila... not sure if I should go with them being a Black Templar Successor chapter or an Ultramarine SC...

[@doorstopper674]

@@zachsmith1676 black templars are a succsesor so uh yeah

[@zachsmith1676]

@@doorstopper674 nothing says a Successor chapter can be the Primogeniture of another chapter...

[@brandonbrockwell4997]

I went with Imperial Guard, was an easy choice for me since I already build and paint military models and didn’t have to buy any new paint :D

[@duckey6806]

Orks Orks Orks for my whole life ever since I played Warhammer on PC when I was 4 I picked Orks

[@Argosh]

For diversity: GSC. The genestealer cultists can expand into imperium (only unnamed) and into tyranid. So you get maybe the furthest possible spread.

[@billdagrasshawking]

those are hard guys for beginner painters or I would say the same. they were hard for me at least.

[@eisenhorn5494]

@@billdagrasshawking practice make perfect, that and clean brushes with a well lit area.

[@WarhawkTalon]

4th thing to consider when picking your first army. Price. This requires you to do a bit of research on what units in the army your potential army you are most interested in using on the table. But some armies can have a well balanced force built from cheaper box sets such as the starter kits, while other units can be quite expensive, especially when buying more then one of a specialized unit. One example of this was when a few friends and I started playing. I chose the Tau, and was able to build a decent force out of two of the starter boxes along with a Commander and a pathfinder team. My friend who chose Tyranids knew that he did not want anything in the starter box for those, and has spent much more then i have collecting the troops he needed to match me points-wise. My other friend became very interested in Drukari and bought the starter box mostly on lore and looks. Unfortunately he found in our first few low point games that his units were not stacking up against ours. He then researched the cost to buy the units that he actually wanted to play with, and found that he would be spending hundreds more on the models then he had anticipated. He hasn’t bought another model yet.

[@ShdwRvr]

I'm the kind of guy who likes to get up close, personal and do damage. Using that as my starting mindset, I bought the BA box with Death Company and regular BA Chaplain as a Christmas gift. Now I'm in the process of putting it together.

[@dmr2044]

Almost pro gaming: "Tau can't do melee" Farsight Enclaves: "am I a joke to you?"

[@AlmostProGaming]

Yes... Yes they are XD

[@KuroRyu523]

one hero that has half respectable melee doesn't make a good melee army XD I know, I play farsight enclaves. Shavah and a bunch of crisis can hold their own in melee but that's never where they want to be.

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@AlmostProGaming What about Kroot?

[@elliottramsden6147]

Yeah what about Kroot??

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@TheRatsintheWalls damn, that's really sad. I read so much about them in the lore, it's sad to see that they don't translate well to the tabletop.

[@Xion_Toshiro]

Overall Favorites: Grey Knights, Salamanders, Astra Militarum. By morality: "Good Guys" Grey Knights, Blood Angels, Salamanders, Space Wolves, Ultramarines, Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii, Adeptus Sororitas (hey, why not?) "Bad Guys" Tyrannids, Khorne's Chaos Daemons, Smelt Rats, (40k Equivalent to Skaven) Orks. Others: The Tau, Scalies, Ogryn, Abhuman, Slann, the Old Ones, Drukhari, Beastmen, Legion of the Damned. Blood Angels: Cover pretty much everything I like - Looks, Lore, Strengths, Allies, Playstyle, etc... and they come in Blood Red. An overall favorite to be sure. The red pallet reminds me of Epyion Gundam. A personal favorite. But the lore of the Salamanders, Are also appealing. They specialize in Flamers, Meltas, and pretty much anything that goes "boosh." Color pallat's not bad either. Their Lore, Homeworld, aesthetics, etc, All speak to me. Space Marines that pattern themselves after Dragons? I'm down with that. Deathwing; The color pallets. Just. Look. Awesome. As are the Knights & Grey Knights, appearance wise. And the Black Crusaders. The Ultramarines remind me of Space Marine for Xbox 360 - Good game. Captain Titus is quite likeable. The Astra Milatarum remind me of the Colonial Marines in Aliens. Space Wolves are just... aesthetically.... bad ass. And their lore - much the same. But the Tyranids are a perfectly "villainous race" - very Zerg like, and downright intimidating. Definitely a Favorite "evil race." The Tau are very Robotech like. Ogryn have really big guns. Orks are comically ridiculous. Though Khorne's Armies remind me of DOOM, D&D, and Diablo. Decisions... decisions... Good advice, and video. Gives one alot to consider and think about. This kind of logic applies to pretty much any hobbie. The kind of army I'd like to start with; Something "all 'round" in play style. Maybe I'd start with Astra Militarum and augment them with Allies like Space Marines, Mechanicus, etc, for a mixed set. I like the idea of a balanced, all 'rounder, and highly modular Army. And the Guard has no shortage of aesthetics and lore.

[@Xion_Toshiro]

Although Skaven & Saurus make me want to to get into the original Warhammer. Too bad they aren't around in 40k. Imagine both these Races in the 41st Millennium.

[@Grundleburger]

I’ve found that the best synergy of “army bashing” is having chaos space marines with imperial guards. I currently play both Death Guard and Astra Militarum, and anytime I think my sickbois might need some covering fire or a disposable ranged unit because I want to keep my poxwalkers, I just use guardsmen and say they’re traitors/cultists and no one bats an eye. If you want to mix armies make sure they somewhat make sense lorewise (CSM/IG, IG/Nids or GSC, SM/IG, Etc)

[@MasterChiefPettyOfficer]

U definetely forgot to mention Necrons as VERY durable army.

[@ticker0157]

Ya I'd say losing all but one guy in a squad and then everyone coming back to life is um... pretty durable. Also a bunch of d3 regenerated wounds

[@jacobgale4792]

I recently got into wh40k I went grey Knights, I was toying around between Astra Militarium, Necrons, Tau and Space Marines, But when I saw that dreadknight model and those gk terminator models they where wayyy to cool to pass up on I hope they get better in the upcoming faq’s since they are in a rough spot

[@AlmostProGaming]

Same. What I'm hoping for is d3 damage smites on GK characters like TS, and hopefully points decreases or rules changes to make their units more durable since they are very elite and usually have a stupidly low model count compared to other armies.

[@democrack113]

Step 1. Pick space marines. Step 2. Try to assemble or paint. Step 3. Get bored of it and throw it in the bin.

[@AlmostProGaming]

Same exact thing happened to one of my best friends who doesn't play lol. The idea of the game was super fun to him, but he chose orks.... And after trying to build just 1 box of boys he gave his stuff to me and quit lol. This hobby isn't for everyone.

[@Chapterhouse86]

I've been watching a lot of videos about advice for getting into this hobby. You mentioned one thing I haven't heard anyone else say, and I want to thank you for that. The point about picking an army that has a lot of allies and options if you get bored easily. That is totally me. In MtG I am constantly building new decks and swapping out this or that if I get bored, so that piece of advice is really valuable to someone like me. Not to mention me getting into this after reading a few Space Marine novel series, I'm happy that the Imperium fits that aspect because I really like a few chapters of the Space Marines/Chaos Space Marines (Sons of Horus ftw). So it's nice to know that little tip, thanks again! Great video!

[@bigyeticane]

What a decent video for new players man! Very helpful imo. Thank you for your time and effort, B! I know that I am not a newb, but the following opinion/process might also help someone who is on the fence over what force to invest in. I just recently had to reboot my 40k collection. My new army needed to be a wise choice so that I could avoid buying models that I will end up never using. Unless someone is just utterly dedicated to only playing out of one codex, I like to consider battle-forged armies consisting of detachments from different codexes as a single, playable force for the purposes of starting a new army. I.e. battle brother forces who share the aeldari, chaos, imperial, or tyranid keyword. As a vet. 40k player, no matter how much I like an army's lore or models, I will no longer buy into a force whose time in the spotlight over the years as a competitive army has always been brief. That leaves three major viable "forces" to choose from: chaos, imperial, or aeldari. I say this because these three factions always feature prominently in GW's marketing, so it isn't likely that they will ever let them just start to suck hard. This reasoning, plus the vast array of options available to each of these "top" three forces also makes it very unlikely that a meta shift will ever render the whole force uncompetetive. Would you believe that we have only one dedicated Drukhari player in my local meta, and no other aeldari armies?! Lots of everything else, especially chaos armies. I was originally going to go with chaos over imperial because of my newfound hatred for space marine novels. I read 6 of them before I realized that they were all basically just the same book. But hooooow is no one playing aeldari? They are so good! So I am now the only craftworld player at my shop, and the only consistent player in the city.

[@gvazanellis82]

This is one of my favourite videos you have made. great points on how to select an army

[@Confucios1118]

I’m actually shopping for my first army now. I’ve arrowed it down to Grey Knights, or one of the Chaos Marine factions. Grey Knights are my most favorite to read about, but Abandon the Despoiler is one of my favorite characters in 40k, and I really like the Thousand Sons, both aesthetically and their lore.

[@oscarpersaud7650]

I have been playing for years and still don’t have an army I have: Some T’au stuff An occasional Space Wolf A couple stormcast eternals Waaaagghhhhhh Chaos marines Bunch of stuff from dark vengeance More waaaaghhhh

[@jackkeddie2530]

Love the lore and especially the imperium, all the badass stories of the Imperial Guard means I’m gonna be going with the Astra Militarum!

[@MaiHand]

I'm a lore fanatic so what I ended up doing is slowly buying every codex and then choose from there lol xD even without going with more than a single army, the codexes are still super great fun to read

[@theredpanda3729]

Only Ultramarines. No questions, no retorts, only GLORY TO THE IMPERIUM! MAY THE SPIRITUAL LIEGE GUIDE US!

[@thescrapsmith446]

You shame the forge father

[@placerdemaio]

ultramar the most stable, ultramarines, the only truly realistic and militaristic chapter, the biggest and strongest, the chapter that gives GW the most $$$, the best.... xDDDD.

[@ticker0157]

@@placerdemaio Idk raven guard I always thought where the most realistic

[@placerdemaio]

@@ticker0157 not bind by the codex you mean ? the codex problem will be fixed eventually with guiliman on the cene.

[@ticker0157]

@@placerdemaio no in lore don't they use more guerrilla warfare and stealth tactics

[@austinlawrence6987]

I've recently got into warhammer lore and my favorite factions are the Imperial knights in 40k and the vampire counts in fantasy battles.

[@lalelolela1012]

RIP fantasy battles

[@austinlawrence6987]

@@lalelolela1012 they're bring it back from what i heard.

[@Argosh]

You should really mention the tyranids regarding the psychic phase. They do have a few special rules regarding that.

[@CascadianExotics]

There is a point at which everything converges. For example, Death Guard were not my first choice, but they hit all the marks. Their lore wasn't my favorite, and didn't have a good aesthetic for me until I saw the bare plastic and did some digging around their lore. The biggest upshot were that they don't have many models to collect or paint in order to even start, and not many people were playing them which made the Dark Imperium sprues readily available. So, right there was both a low cost of entry, and something different with an incredible raw aesthetic potential. Don't even get me started on just how much damage they can take, nor the many, many ways they are expandable, hahaha!!!

[@eisenhorn5494]

Yesh! The new death guard models were my gateway drug into the hobby. I wasn't to big on the lore but now i love em. Justifiable arrogance.

[@Ghost3210]

Most Chaos Daemon and some Thousend Sons units are as well viable to use in Age of Sigmar ... you get one army for 2 games, can be nice if you want to try both. As well makes it easier to sell later on if you want to finance a new army at an later point.

[@icharneco29]

I just finished putting together my first Tempestus Scion which is also my first WH40k model.

[@MrBangen2012]

I’ve been painting minis for a bit and have some marines finally deciding on building an army now. I do also play ADC in league lol

[@ZainNL]

I swear what you said about picking Tau and Gundam Wing is the reason I chose Tau in the first place :')

[@justinweber4977]

No shame there, as long as you paint at least one unit as Wing Zero. Maybe a Tallgeese and a Deathscythe too.

[@carloc88]

I heard that the Tau designs also take huge inspiration from Macross/Robotech.

[@drew8235]

Every time I think about getting into Warhammer I just remember the many barriers in the way lol.

[@RobynRenarde]

I actually started a Dark Eldar army cause of you videos and what not :)

[@AlmostProGaming]

:)

[@TabularConferta]

Space Wolves I'd add to the list of to avoid if you are shooting. Oh god the third one is so true. It's part of the reason why I put my nids to the side and picked up some chaos.

[@Arrynek01]

Never played the game, but I'm in love with Custodes. The toughness and heroism of it all...

[@Darkmanmeister]

Hm... so if I want a versatile army with a lot of customization that's pretty durable... Nurgle would be pretty nice, wouldn't it?

[@TheNaturalnuke]

Yes but there’s only one aesthetic and that’s ROT.

[@Derpy-qg9hn]

Frail gaunts aside, Tyranids are also a good choice; you can pretty much find a unit for any and every role in their army.

[@REV1517]

I have 3 armies. My smallest is Dark angel, my second largest is Ork, my largest is Tyranids. I help teach people to play and hope they have fun. I also know some like to play with swarm armies and others like to keep track of small armies. I agree with what you have done here keep it up. 👍

[@Tinytraveler]

Rule of cool is the only thing you need to concern yourself with at the beginning. That being said, this video was well done. And anyone reading this should consider everything said to be on point.

[@marekolsansky2316]

Step one: Pick Chaos Step two: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

LET THE GALAXY BURNNNNNN

[@childrenofthesun471]

Nurgle saves all

[@dnaseb9214]

Pick the Chaos Space Beastmen and never look back Yes we have very few units. But we have everything that matters. Spam Chaos Beastmen as your troop choice. Use Tzeengors on flying disks as your fast attack. Pestigors for your tanky option. Khorngors for your elite anti-infantry choice. And my personal favorites Slangors as your big boys. Your opponent will surrender before the might of the beasts, knowing you are the Superior man. Alternatively, convert a entire army of CSM into Beastmen. If you want that competitive edge.

[@justinweber4977]

I've been on the fence on looking into Warhammer 40K as a playable thing. Finally getting more into the lore, too. I've got a weird soft spot for the very concept of the Guard, but also love the sheer horror of my understanding of Necrons.

[@justinweber4977]

Though I love winning through attrition... I feel like there's probably a way to combine that with a love of underdogs like the Guard...

[@foxunix101]

This video is very helpful. I had no idea you could use allies.

[@billdagrasshawking]

My personal recommendation would be orks. they are fun, easy an varied a great way to learn all the skills involved in modeling. they are all over Ebay, ect and are the most accomidaiting to money saved through kit bashing.

[@potatius6421]

horrible moment to get into orks

[@billdagrasshawking]

@@potatius6421 there never a bad time to start a new hobby... I've worked on a few armies an I've just noticed my orks make me smile the most an seem to get the most attention. completely just a personal observation...I would say start with what makes you smile when you pick it up

[@potatius6421]

Bill DaGrass Hawking don't get me wrong, I love orks. Playing them has always been a delight. Still, with the new codex right around the corner it might be a good idea to wait out a bit...

[@billdagrasshawking]

I'm currently building an Orcanicum, heavily kit bashed robo-orcs. trying to justify the cost of plasma lamps to the wife might be skewing my opinion

[@ExperienceLife72]

Thanks Lude as well as Almost Pro Gaming. Never thought Ultramarines but that was something new. Nids sound like they are very rounded as well. Will see if others respond but both your opinions will help me in my decision :)

[@kieranh2005]

I find it interesting that the Primarus marines faceplate looks a lot like the Eldar faceplate.

[@arcticbeastman]

Great video for someone just trying to learn the game like me. Thanks.

[@anonymous-jw7lj]

I just want to be Space Marines so I can shriek DEUS VULT at everything

[@lolroflroflcakes]

So just another heretic to be purged then ...

[@m4k3r67]

fuck space marines you should take the grey knights ,then you are allowed to scream DEUS VULT beacus they are knights not marines

[@NikoD239]

@@m4k3r67 But what about the Black templars? They are literally xenophobic space crusaders hell-bent on eradicating anything that is different!

[@m4k3r67]

@@NikoD239 however they do not usually fight demons wchih are the most heretical thing

[@NikoD239]

@@m4k3r67 I see your point, there is no-one holier than a bunch of weird daemon fighting warrior monks, but, still, grey knights do not go crusading. While the black templars are engaged in an actual, honest to god, eternal crusade. They have what is essentially a Maltese cross as their chapter insignia and they fight everyone they consider an enemy to the imperium, mutants, heretics and xenos alike. Kinda like crusaders who fought anyone with a different religion while trying to achieve certain goals. And i do not recall crusaders fighting satan, or at the very least perform some sort of exorcisms.

[@nodishtoodeep3053]

I’m stuck between a nurgle army, guardsmen, and a tyranid for my first army. I can’t really decide. I like all their aesthetics, but I don’t know how they really play yet.

[@jeffmontalvo3352]

I started in 7th edition with Dark Vengeance box set. It came with two armies, rule book and other accessories that would have cost me a fortune at the beginning. It may sound silly but as you watch KZbin and follow battle reports and Chanel’s like this one you get to know armies for “Free”. In the end, you need a second job to pay for everything, lol

[@zellak-pr7pu]

Pick an army you will still love, even when it loses. ( Been wargaming for 40 years...and this is a basic truth. )

[@AlmostProGaming]

Personally I couldn't do that but I have too much fun being competitive. But you do you man :)

[@greatrat6645]

The tau have humans in there septs so then you could say they have allies with captured humans

[@bchicks34]

I did enjoy and learned a ton from this video! I appreciate the time and effort put into to this video.

[@maskedfallen1331]

Grey knights due to me be loyal to the only emperor mankind needs

[@socomDenyingwind]

To add on to your last note if you want to buy an army but all your friends have that same army it's ok to get it because in lore there has been times that some army actually fight each other so your technically not breaking lore

[@Xumal]

Thanks for this, I think I’m going space marines!

[@fiazbot5921]

Here's a tip: If you get bored of similar models, then by all means go Aeldari/Imperium/Chaos. Tons of unique choices. However, if you get bored of similar playstyles, I would suggest Imperium or Chaos, not Aeldari. This is because while each Aeldari subfaction has its own strengths (Craftworlds psychic, Drukhari melee etc.), they all revolve around the same main style of play, which is speedy plays. Aside from the Wraithknight (which is just a crap knight that's probably a bitch to carry) there are no really tough Aeldari units. With Imperium, however, you can play speedy with White Scars, be hard to kill with Grey Knights or Custodes, or be somewhere in the middle with somethinf like Ultramarines. Just a thought to consider, y'all.

[@UltraTitanZ]

I’ve been starting to get into warhammer 40k. thank you for the info.

[@Doku71]

Having a tough time. I like playing as a Caster in most video games, and shooting. I am okay with the aesthetic of Eldar, but the sheer versatility of Astra Militarum and Imperium units attracts me more. It mainly comes down to having read Imperial lore over the years till now. I don't know too much about Eldar to really dive into it and consider them, so if anyone could fill me in a bit that would help.

[@AlmostProGaming]

Go with imperial guard and include some inquisitors or grey knights/dark angels/space wolves then which can do the psychic stuff. Eldar have much better psychic stuff but if you love the lore of the imperium then Guard/imperium allies is probably your best bet.

[@Pesso86]

What is wrong with you if you don't like the lore of WH40k? ;-)

[@AlmostProGaming]

Personally, I didn't get into 40k because of the lore, I got into it because I needed a hobby to get me out of the house and I used to play Starcraft 2 competitively, so it was very easy for me to like the look of the models and playing the game since it was extremely similar to Sc2. I've looked into lore afterwards, but that's not what brought me into the hobby.

[@zanebrunes45]

Guys who like sports

[@zanebrunes45]

@Salty Dahigi well aware of that, i work out 5 times a week but don't like. But you cannot deny the vast majority of sports loving people clash personalities with game people. At my job, most of the guy look down upon gamers.

[@Nosh2222]

I still dont know what to collect dark angels or dark eldar

[@MyDomVids]

Thank you so much for this video. Was extremely helpful to a beginner like me. I thought because I wanted to be a space marine I had to decide between all the different factions but since there all Imperium, that gives me more options. I'll say though while I have a good idea which couple I wanna start off with, most of the armies look interesting to try.

[@NightfallShadow]

Imagine this army. ORKS! 6 full troops of shoota boys 3 full troops of lootas 2 big meks, 1 shock attack gun and 1 kff. Fill the rest in with whatever does the most damage with the biggest guns. This is how ORKS get DAKKA done right. They can out shoot any army with their sheer numbers. Also, there are rules for a looted kart. So, I am buying a miniature shopping kart that is just the right size to make a looted shopping kart.

[@arnonym3675]

Step 1: Notice that you dont like money Step 2: *gasmask intensifies*

[@Local_Tory_Party_Member]

The Black templars are also good at close quarters

[@lunnymav]

Great advice. I think I went over board when I first got into the hobby.

[@AlmostProGaming]

I think most of us did XD

[@glitchlife4639]

My strategy for picking my first army? Find an entire box of painted Imperial fist, orcs, and IG amounting to nearly 200 figurines that I got at goodwill for 10$. Thats actually how I got into warhammer lol.

[@BluntInnit]

another thing i would add to play style is how specialised your units are. so if your units are very specialised they will be more expensive so you have fewer models however they will be more skilled at their specialisation. so eldar are the most specialised, then human, then ork to give you an idea of the spectrum. so it's down to if you like having a few highly skilled units or just want to charge with a wall of meat. for me 25 years ago when i chose eldar this was the main factor and i custom designed and built a 3000 point eldar army that was tailored just to killing space marines. unfortunately i only got to try it out twice the first time was against a space wolf army, but unfortunately we ran out of time so had to call it a draw, i did however discover in that that striking scorpions were a complete waste of time and ditched them from the lineup as howling banshees were faster and better at close combat especially as they got a free first hit in. the second game was against chaos marines and i wiped them all out without taking a single casualty. there was 1 thing that wasn't in the rules which we agreed to for that game and that was we could take 1 piece of wargear and give it to a unit (cost didn't matter, nor did rules about a unit being allowed that item, so was literally any piece of wargear regardless of rules to any unit regardless of rules) so the fact that my avatar had a warp jump and the first thing he did was warp straight into the chaos marine's deployment zone may have given me an advantage that i shouldn't have got. fyi if anyone's interested i will put the army build as best as i can remember here (some of these units may not exist and there may be better alternatives now): scouts (with krak grenades, was a large squad probably 10 in total), dark reapers with phoenix lord, howling banshees with phoenix lord, warp spiders (don't think phoenix lord was out so they had the normal squad leader thing), dreadnaught with d cannon and scatter lazer (no close combat arms as was to stay at back of battlefield for support), wrath guards (just had mini d cannons at the time), there was probably a farseer or warlock or possibly both but i don't remember. the scouts were deployed in cover mostly on roofs of buildings and rained krak grenades down on all enemy, the warp spiders charged 1 flank while the howling banshees charged the other, the avatar (due to the extra rule) was teleported into the enemy deployment zone, the dark reapers obviously gave support too, the wrath guard remained hidden in my deployment zone and popped out and destroyed any units that approached (so basically covered the support units). this lead to a flawless victory and my friend refusing to believe i hadn't cheated outside of the exception that we had included. FYI his wargear went to a bike marine and was a warp grenade (his plan was to suck the avatar into the warp with it, which would have been a great strategy except when he threw it the avatar was in combat with abbadon and the throw wasn't the greatest ever so his counter plan to take out my avatar resulted in his commander being sucked into the warp while the avatar was deprived from a kill :(

[@ArtemVrabec]

Honestly, the fact u mentioned allies made me rethink my choice. In my opinion allying in warhammer is pretty good to hold (edit) "Aeldari" caught my eyes, ur opinion? so I like their aesthetics, I also like the shooting fact (less melee close contact), allies, don't know their story in particular (will look into it) but do you think Aeldari seem a reasonable option?

[@SgtOLi40k]

I thought youd ask if people want gun-lines or mele, and then hordes vs elite armys

[@zockenunterfreunden6626]

Very important....do you want to play Spacies (or something very close to them)? No? 2/3 of the armies are out.

[@granziii12]

I just think its funny the first time I played I ran Tau on a 5 man free for all against people who hardly acknowledged my existence and on the first turn I wiped out 3 players, 2 of them weren't even in range... But the downed ship one of them was using as a base, you know, the one with the active power reactor? yeah, that one. it sure made a big boom... I was up on a cliff so that saved me from the blast. I could have blasted the ship till it went boom, but that would have taken 2 turns, so instead I blasted 3 tanks. 2 of them were surrounded by his soldiers... let me rephrase that... his soldiers were in range of his exploding tanks. The last tank was guarding his general and comedically placed between 2 explosive canisters. With all these explosions going on inside a downed ship with an active power reactor, the explosion from that ship + his tanks + all the explosive canisters + my rail-gun blasts made it so the explosion was so massive and powerful that it was over 10 times as powerful as the most powerful weapon in the game!!! The only reason why the last player survived was because his army was on the opposite side of the table and had a mountain of preexisting city rubble in the way of the blast.

[@alexbradley1422]

This was very helpful. I’m going with space marines because I’m a basic mf. However, imma paint mine all different chapters and give anyone the bird that tells me I can’t proxy them as all one chapter.

[@AlmostProGaming]

If you plan on attending big ITC events I wouldn't do that. They recently updated their painting restrictions so that your space marines all have to be similar and can't be completely different paint schemes. So instead what I would recommend is to just pink an unused paint scheme you like and paint everything that paint scheme and use them as a successor chapter, and for your lore just say its a mystery who they are a successor of so you can change which rules you want to play.

[@alexbradley1422]

Almost Pro Gaming thanks for the reply, I actually learned about that today from the manager of my Warhammer store. As a narrative player I don’t see it being a big issue but to make sure I’m just making the bulk of them ultramarines with one or two being different chapters to experiment with paint.

[@TheDaltonius]

9:54 Me with my rainbow armies ( basically it looks like a rainbow when in the end it just space marines )

[@nnorton00]

Do you have a spreadsheet of your recommendations or tips for each of the things you went over in this video? This was way too much information for someone with no background to absorb.

[@ringheader]

I couldn't figure out which army i wanted so I just bought start collecting packs of drukhari necrons primars marines and sisters of battle. Not very interested in playing them but assembling is a lot of fun. This is very informative btw; just in case I want to start playing.

[@psycosanches589]

The real answer is wait for one of those big ass two army boxes (Dark Imperium) and split it with someone who wants the side you don't.

[@omrigilkis5016]

Ahhh I remember. 20 years ago. first time in the gamestore. when I was so new to it I thought its miniatures of warcraft. How I picked mine? "the one with the wolves in it!" which started my vampire counts and orcs &goblins. then I thought "the one with heavy metal spiked demon men" which brought chaos. and chaos marines and then it was...I'll have this army too. oh and that too. oh and that too. and nex thing you know we had at least a box from each Fantasy army, and 7, 3000++ points armies (6th edition fantasy). now building two AOS armies, and added 3 40k armies. and many boxes from various. I have 2300 minis after I sold like 600. yeah I don't know how to pick. should have stuck with the wolves rule......

[@natheria4933]

Arent necrons more like a durable race on the tabletop like the orks too?

[@gaz-atolla7519]

I thought I might as well do something with Space Marines at some point, couldn't decide on a chapter (homebrew or canon) so figured "screw it, why not all of them" and went with Deathwatch... Pretty much all Space Marine kits are compatible with each other so many options for customisation, my single squad of Terminators are made up with bits from 8 kits

[@thrax1920]

How to Pick Your First Warhammer 40k Army Step 1: Suffer no Heresy Step 2: PUUUUUUUURGE

[@Fiundall]

"the first thing to consider, is what matter more to you? Lore, Aesthetics or Strenght. If you're into the Lore, then play Salamanders."

[@TheStrongVirus]

I got confused and picked Harlequins... now I just move in and around cover and charge at the enemy... right?

[@granteklund9943]

That's about right. Depending on how big of games you intend on playing, consider getting some shootier long range craftworlds models to fill in that weakness the harlequins have

[@TheStrongVirus]

I was going to get Rangers but panicked and got all 4 of the Offico Assassinorum... now it's just an Army of Galactic assassins. I have no vehicles or those super units though... I dunno what Harlequins have other than Avater of Khaine and the Death one...

[@granteklund9943]

@@TheStrongVirus well you cant really run imperial assassins with harlequins... but if you want to make a more unique harlequin force you could take a look at the Ynnari. They just had brand new rules printed In White Dwarf recently

[@dehweh2297]

"Do you get bored easily?" Exactly :-)

[@luder8093]

My advice to any new player would be to play an army with soup potential. I started with Death Guard, when I wanted more CC power I got myself some Zerkers and when I wanted some psychic action it was time for some 1k sons. I guess the same goes for Imperium, Eldar or Nids as they have so many different options with all their allies without needing to start an entirely new army :)

[@luder8093]

Typed this comment before finishing the video, now I see you have covered this topic as well 😅 great video, as always

[@Y2kha]

Think it’s important to note, next faq is right around the corner!

[@azrael1263]

Four armies are my limit (or so say my wallet). Lore is a big factor for me, i had to make a custom chapter because no existing chapter made me happy. I don't tell others my lore but I need it. My first army was Space Marines because I started way back in Rogue Trader and Marines where the only plastic kits you could get.