Baraqiel - The Deathwing Terminator! The best tank in the game?

The fourth playable Dark Angel joins Tacticus - Baraqiel. Enjoy this preview of the Deathwing Terminator who has a lot more to offer than first meets the eye. All of my usual analysis, gameplay clips and infographics for you to enjoy!
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00:00 Start
00:04 Introduction
00:47 Character Kit/Stats
02:55 Active Ability - Plasma Cannon
03:37 Passive Abillity - Deathwing
04:03 Blocking
06:23 Infographic
06:54 Team Building
08:07 Multiple Block Chains
08:41 Conclusions
09:10 100 Blackstone & Support Nandi
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[@MrsNandi40k]

Shout out to our niece 6:23

[@ells101]

Do do dee, it’s Nandiece!

[@Sebastian-rm7zd]

@@ells101 Congrats :-)

[@megbreathe4865]

Youre still playing this manipulative shit?

[@ForgottenSaber2367]

Dark Angels are the crypto bros of Tacticus, always talking about blockchain

[@Nandi40k]

Hahaha

[@seanhutt4621]

I don't think this character is going to make a splash in raids but for all other content he seems really cool and I love the way he ties the dark Angels faction together

[@ryukyle5913]

DA has been specifically built as a TA faction.

[@snorri788]

I think he would be great at turtling with Isabella and Thaddeus in LRE

[@hell1942]

​@@ryukyle5913did they state that somewhere?

[@realtowen]

Dark Angels finally coming together

[@shrednaught5]

finally. this charter is so good bc everyone knows the deathwing, the dark angels need a tank, and he synergises very well with them, plus the way the did his active ability is very smart

[@thebraveguy9808]

Yeah. Azrael is sort of tanky, but he could definitely be better on the defensive (and offensive) end.

[@Mary-dc6js]

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[@kuhvacako]

Gonna double warhowl that plasma to make people cry

[@samkarklins3441]

Will double war howl effect his ranged active? I guess it kind of works for ranged active of calgar and jain zar

[@falsebeliever8079]

One small correction; There is a terminator with speed 3. It's Abbadon

[@lionelfriedrich901]

I hope DA will be a viable faction. This character looks good on GW & LRE so far. Still watching the vid, but I know it's going to be fire. Thanks Nandi, you are awesome.

[@Jay_clem]

I’m super hyped, I’ve been working to get the rest of my DA ready to fight along side their brother!

[@sambeserra7170]

Thank you, I was waiting for a video like this!

[@aernz6093]

So hype by this character! Thanks for the highlight Nandi ❤

[@BobTheTrueCactus]

Just recommended this video to my team members. Your content is reliably excellent.

[@vaclavkubis5924]

Hello Nandi! You are looking on Asmodai from wrong perspective. Of course, Baraquiel gains not that much out of the synergy, but Asmodai starts to shine finally. Baraquiel standing bext to any target triggers Asmodais passive, Asmodai works great with Azraels passive again and designating a target might enhance dmg output of such a group. Thaddeus remains top 5th member in this squad.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I have waited for so long to finally be able to get a Deathwing terminator… and finally, he’s here!

[@Vorenus40k]

Cant wait to get him! Finally a chance to upgrade my Varro and get him some use.

[@bloodhunter07]

He has a damn plasma Canon but nooooo he must be mele only

[@fenxis]

A bit like Wrask

[@LechuPTS]

He can be surrounded by enemies and still shoot

[@MajorBorris]

When his active is not on cooldown the plasma weapon has range 2 and when in contact with the enemy it doesn't suffer penalties.

[@ai-tm4gq]

that's such a cool way to remix the active ability mechanic + work varro back into the meta!!

[@TheMegahontake]

Great video!

[@friskydingo9024]

I want my Blood Angel's but this is a good edition until then. As someone who's building a heavy weapon team around Thaddeus I'm really looking forward to playing him.

[@r.j.macready]

I really need them to make asmodai worth it. He's the coolest looking of the DA and he's the worst gameplaywise.

[@vadzimvlasau7089]

Passive description is absolutely wrong. According to it Baraqiel should have 4*150 additional block/damage after blocking 4/5 hits from one enemy.

[@KevinG9012]

Can’t wait for this big boy. Been hoping for a full terminator.

[@john-paulsilke893]

So many choices, so little time. I’m currently trying to get all my characters up to S1 and my second favourites up to G1. Obviously I want to get my top 5-10 up to Diamond, (but I’ve only gotten Haarkan up that high, although I’m close with Azrael as well).

[@mateuszszafranski8964]

Ooooh, I am so getting this guy.

[@Alexis-em3xq]

Extremely cool detail, when the plasma cannon is ready to be used it glows, and when it's on cooldown it fumes.

[@ostrowulf]

Looking forward to thos guy

[@Sebastian-rm7zd]

Uhm, sorry Nandi, there is a Terminator a with movement of 3, Abaddon. Not that it is very important but I wanted to take my chance to lecture the famous Nandi 8-). Keep up your great work, it helps players a lot and thank you for that!

[@TheKyuss69]

thanks!

[@kstud40k]

Doesn’t Azrael’s block buff also buff Varro’s added block? That might make for some major damage reduction.

[@firedrake110]

Ok, we've finally got a useful DA! It's about time, I'd say. He's not going to be making any appearances in guild raids or on war defences, but his offensive war potential and TA presence are going to be brutallll. Obama here is going to be an absolute menace once the Rag teams are able to start including him -That Maladus Guy

[@brobrochannel2387]

This guy looks dope

[@aloser8703]

Current GW offense team plan is him and Arjac on the front to lure in the enemy. Varro positioned to boost both their block. Azrael and Sarquael touching Varro also but further back than termies Lure in enemies, let overwatch do its work then unleash sarq, bara, Varro, Azrael actives into the likely ball of enemies. Pick a good target and arjac active it. Either this tremendous damage will mash the other team, or weaken them enough to let the terminators outlast the opponent and have bara’s ability go again

[@roryjineffect]

I am really excited for him. I love terminators, Sarq has been strong for me, think he will be a beast worth a good investment

[@ericcloud1023]

great as always nandi, what about what rarity he'll release at? not a legendary so soon after kharn, so rare?

[@Nandi40k]

Uncommon!

[@SeventhSolar]

Nandi, the stats you show at 6:43 are wrong. All of those stat sets are at winged star, while guild war caps star count in addition to rank.

[@Nandi40k]

Thanks, I’ll be more careful with my terminology in future!

[@JamesC117]

Great video, looking forward to using him in LRE. Can we get an updated 'how damage works' video please? I would like to know if it is still worth investing in Tjark for late game play. Thanks!

[@samuelgerhardt8706]

Late reply, but the meta has moved on from multi hit being the best option, and Tjark was never that great anyway. I have him gathering a lot of dust at the bottom of my roster.

[@JamesC117]

@samuelgerhardt8706 Thanks, I got him to Silver after watching the video, but I wanted to double-check before taking him further.

[@angrymarine7974]

IT'S THAT ONE GOOBER FROM SPACE HULK : DEATHWING!

[@lord_alderaan9283]

Wonder who the 5th Dark Angels character will be. Maybe Belial but it could also be Sammael or one of those new Inner Circle Companions. Another double Terminator faction perhaps?

[@taittokose3270]

Dickius Maximus

[@johnbaran577]

Hmmm wonder what a deep strike team would be like? Wrask, Athena, the Dark legion guy, this guy and …..Thoth or maybe Bellator???

[@jiyuhong5853]

so he's like Squarel in terminator armour?

[@YaminoSeigi]

will put extra effort to unlock this guy

[@SirEldricIV]

Abaddon is a Terminator with move 3

[@Nandi40k]

Exception rather than the rule

[@colonelturmeric558]

Making his normal attacks melee only is a letdown. Imperium needs a terminator with ranged, this is just another Arjac reskinned with slightly different abilities. They both have a ranged active and a block related passive, but no ranged attack

[@captianmarmoo4706]

Time to grind to get a brand new terminator and when will we get him?

[@DeadExarch]

Tacticus may be about to end one-hit meta and move into Bruiser/tank meta.

[@eeriedemonble8414]

After disappointment of Azmodai, Baraqiel's kit looks interesting.

[@MorkaiAU]

That dagger on his belt has got to be ceremonial right? There's no way he'd actually be able to pick that up with a power fist.

[@kaeltasssunstrider4564]

is this bug or incorrect description of passive: barakiel had 3 blocks from nids but got only 1 stack of bonus instead of 3?

[@guest3507]

I guess it's supposed to be 1 stack per attacker, not per hit.

[@r.j.macready]

How long does he take to level?

[@unruly_ronin]

More experienced players. Can anybody advise me how can a new account/ new person in the game realistically get the 2 Dark Angels Asmodai and Azrael.

[@ryukyle5913]

Azrael is handed out to everyone after 50 req pulls

[@DjaffOfficial]

NOT THE BLOCKCHAIN. I can hear the crypto bros running through the woods D:

[@marcinmisiek768]

His active looks quite nice, but the numbers on his passive look quite pathetic, though with the DA adjacency buff it's more normal looking.

[@myrical4147]

This was the fnal piece of the puzzle of the DA faction.

[@r.j.macready]

Is it just me or is Baraqiuel kinda expensive to upgrade? He's definitely not close to TSons cost.

[@Deris87]

Nandi I love your content, but hearing you say "bara-keel" throughout is killing me. He's an angel, so you've gotta enunciate the "el" at the end. Either bah-ray-key-el, or bah-rah-key-el.

[@georgeblair3894]

His abilities don't synch well at all. Deep Strike directly works against two others. Sure, he's got nice armor, but in GR is this REALLY the guy you're going to spend months of resources on? Best for "theme play" (Guild Wars). Dark Angels, like so many others, need a re-work. I'm sure the final DA character will be Ezekiel, and he'll be a shell of what he is in lore.

[@SeventhSolar]

His design synergizes with Sarquael and Azrael. Sarquael gives him pierce ratio on his cannon against a chosen cluster of targets, Azrael gives him added block chance and effect.

[@SeventhSolar]

Wait, why would you want him to be good in GR? Tanks generally don't belong in GR.

[@georgeblair3894]

@@SeventhSolar I'd use him for a themed Guild War team. Insofar as his abilities, they don't synch with each other.

[@andreasmuller4666]

Worst way of calculating chain events possible.