Warhammer 40k Battle of Macragge Reaction

[@Zayamad]

The biggest thing you should take away from any Tyranid loss is not that they failed. It's that they learned. They will adapt. They will return.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Yup. They learn and adapt which is the scariest thing 😨

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

"Clever Girl"

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Thats the other thing with them as well.. Their own losses DO NOT MATTER to them. If they've got 2 million troops and you've got 1 million troops and they lose 1.99 million troops taking out your 1 million.. they succeeded, and that biomass, all of it, your bodies, their bodies, the planet.. they recoup all of it and rebuild to full strength, if not even stronger than before. You have to defeat them UTTERLY, because any less represents total failure and their complete inexorable victory.

[@Sombody123]

They were not the only ones to learn. *[Mechanical vivispectrum noises]*

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

Chaos : « For the Ruinous Powers ! » Imperium : « For the Emperor ! » Tau : « For the Greater Good ! » Tyrannids : « NomNom ? »

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

Orks: Waaaghhh!

[@RJALEXANDER777]

One minor detail omitted from the first contact story is that the oceanic world of Tyran was home to an abundance of marine lifeforms, some of which were titanic and monstrous in size. So all the while the imperials were defending their installation, underwater battles between native lethiathans and tyranid horrors were also taking place, which is pretty awesome to think about.

[@Advisoryfever]

I wanna see them :(

[@theoneandonlygrod]

- "Awesome!" - "Oh, Hell no!" There are 2 kinds of people...

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😂😁

[@mollyandbasil]

One of my favorite Tyranid stories is the time they invaded a world at the same time a demonic Armageddon was beginning. The Tyranids won by grinding out the demons by virtue of having no vices to tempt, no worth in killing due to having so many copy and pasted creatures, as well as being able too adapt to any disease unleashed on them. They made omnipotent demonic gods hold up their hands and go "fuck this! These bugs are bullshit!"

[@GenralG7]

Don't forget their very presence fucking with the warp

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😂 that’s pretty badass of the Tyranids

[@Autechltd]

The battle you mentioned was called the Fall of Shadowbrink in the Tyranid codex. In reality it really depends on various factors, since in the Devastation of Baal, we see that KaBandha showed up with a Khornate horde and reaped half of hive fleet leviathan before leaving again with the only reason why he didn't destroy the entirety of the fleet was because he couldn't physically get to the second moon. We can argue that the greater daemons that appeared in Shadowbrink were 'lesser' or generic greater daemons and the bloodthirster that appeared was probably a generic 6th ranked bloodthirster and Kabandha being a 3rd ranked *named* bloodthirster would be stronger by three orders of magnitude. Warp energy was also a lot more accessible during the Devastation of Baal with the Eye of Terror expanding during the Fall of Cadia event.

[@greyknighttexan3299]

That sounds just like what happened in the story "fall of shadowbink"

[@AdderTude]

@@Autechltd The only reason why Ka'Bandha even stepped in to _help_ the Blood Angels at all was because he thought the Tyranids would rob him of his final victory against the Astartes chapter. It's as if he was saying "Nobody gets to kill the sons of Sanguinius but me!"

[@asteranightshade2981]

The scariest thing about the Tyranids, at least to me, is that the attacks have arrived in the milky way from every direction, which means the galaxy is surrounded, they've already taken everything else

[@ew264]

Wont take this one though lmao. Stumbled upon the galaxy with gods everywhere. Necrons alone solo the nids.

[@ironduke5058]

@@ew264 Exactly. They haven't had a piece of the indomitable human spirit yet!

[@steelbear2063]

@@ew264 That's like in the comics when aliens stumble upon Earth that holds legions upon legions of superheroes. That being said Chaos has nothing on the Nids

[@ew264]

@@steelbear2063 ”nothing on the nids” except 4 litteral gods.

[@ryan_1099]

There's a similar issue with the Flood in Halo, but it can only be theorized, and it probably isn't true.

[@SatomiForward]

Luetin is a scholar for anything 40k related. Good choice

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

He breaks it down well 🙂

[@lorddante9048]

The Devastation of Baal is another story of a Tyranid hive fleet taking on the Blood Angels home world and it’s amazing.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎👍🙂

[@gabrielle4391]

​@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames maybe the lamenters too there story is tragic as hell bro there blood angles successor chapter. Maybe watch it on adeptus ridiculous a podcast channel by bricky and hes friend DK who bricky is teaching. Most of there podcasts is one hour so maybe split it if you want to watch it

[@Kevkoss]

Few notes regarding to Tyranids One of the Hive Fleets named Dagon is believed to be splinter of Hive Fleet Behemoth. If that is true, it was able to evolve new Hive Mind. This Hive Fleet has very potent Shadow in the Warp and is effective against any forms of psykers. There's other similar specialized Hive Fleet Kronos, which is splinter fleet of Leviathan - this one is purely dedicated to fight against warp entities and chaos. Fun fact - warp entites and most of chaos forces have no biomass for Tyranids to consume. There is theory, which I think is not only fan theory, but also theory within some Imperial higher ups circles, that Milky Way is getting surrounded by Tyranids from every side. It's based on 2 facts. First one is that different Hive Fleets enterred from different directions, though it's mostly eastern and southern fringes of galaxy. Second one is that Hive Fleet Leviathan enterred from below galactic plane in 2 different places. There is also other quite old theory, which is completely fan theory, that Silent King, who didn't go to sleep with rest Necrons 65 million years ago, but left galaxy for 60 million years, knew about Tyranid arrival. From what I know there're further 2 branches of that theory (which are not excluding) - first one is that he lead Tyranids to Milky Way, either intentionally or by accident. Second one is that he witnessed death of other galaxy by Tyranids and his attempts to unite Necros and fight against Tyranids are to save Milky Way. Despite all other problems existing.

[@URKCEHinoSuu]

Or a third theory. The light of the Astronomicon is what guided the tyranids to our galaxy. Even though it was the overloading psychic explosion from the Pharos device that first showed the tyranids the general direction to our galaxy.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Silent King sounds cool. Makes sense it is a fan theory as sometimes those tend to be the best 😀

[@feralprocessor9853]

The Tyranid Swarmlord is the only Tyranid form to have a sadistic personalities because they represent the Hivemind itself. Ever since the battle for Maccrage multiple Swarmlords have appeared.

[@danyael777]

There's only one Swarmlord at any given point in time though.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😯😨

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames There's also a single Tyranid who is considered immortal in a way, it has died but also has appeared on other worlds after its initial death. It has a scar over an eye, gaining the nickname one eye.

[@Putrefax]

It's more like the Hive Mind recognises the psychological impact that the Swarmlord has on its foes, and keeps bringing it back to shake the morale of the defenders.

[@michaelcumming2097]

Well whenever a Swarmlord appears all the Imperium has to do is send Dante in to 1v1 it. If Dante goes down Sanguinius will appear and tell him to stop whining and get back up. Job done.

[@TwoSevenX]

This one is actually a pretty big turning point in 40K (the game), the game had begun to stagnate due to GW's usual tactic of "send our posterboys the Ultramarines on yet another rousing adventure where they roflstomp something without taking a single casualty" had finally taken its toll. The current lead writer for 40K was an unabashed fanboy for the faction and so it seemed to be a natural marriage that these two would highlight their most profitable model line ever in a neverending river of popular profits. While that was the case at first, fatigue set in pretty quickly when the storylines produced for the setting resulted in Imperial victory after victory without actually advancing the setting's timeline at all. To further this fatigue basically any faction that wasn't Necron or Imperial basically ended being a paper tiger in the lore, they all sounded scary but they never moved the needle and were always defeated in the end. Meanwhile on the tabletop, Eldar and Tau were absolutely annihilating the other factions hands down, often with decisive victories in three to four turns. Lore and tabletop rarely matched. Macragge was where several things happened; 1. the Tyranids given their due as the largest current threat to the setting, 2, the Ultramarines FINALLY suffered a defeat borne of literal hubris, and the other factions aside from the Imperium started receiving equal treatment in the lore as well as the model lines, and 3. the Imperium's previous immobile sheen of "doing the wrong things for the right reasons" was replaced with a more nuanced take. It's also a pretty big thing in the lore, the Imperium's tactic of denyng Xenos existed except as minor threats has finally started to show cracks and tyranid genestealers have even attacked the Imperial Palace on Holy Terra, and should any of these surviving genestealers contact another Hive Fleet, Earth itself is in serious doodoo.

[@MonsterTomten]

The battle for maccragge was however a very important one. Without the ultras the hivefleet would have basicly highway to terra

[@dagonofthedepths]

Current lore that's pretty much over. Hard to censor narratives when the sky split open.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for giving us the broader context within the universe how this ties in. It defiantly makes it feel like more of a threat if there is the chance of loss

[@mikssityar3363]

One detail that a lot of people fail to realize when imagining the Tyranids is they literally come in all shapes and sizes. We often relate them to be somewhat like Starcraft's Zergs, or the bugs from starship troopers. Popular media portrays them like those as well; for the sole reason that its easier to animate them as such. In actually Tyranid go to the microscopic level. Breathing the very air is a death sentence since it is filled with microbial tyranids that eat you alive from the inside, cell by cell. Literal ant size tyranids replacing the very ground, swarming and covering their prey. It all scales up. Tyranids are very much at home in the 40k setting on how over the top they devour everything. They are literally weaponized evolution. There is no word of horror to describe how their system of evolution. They send one wave in that is vulnerable to laser fire, literally the second wave they send out now has armor that is designed to nullify heat based weapons. That wave gets destroyed by heavy caliber weapons, the next wave they send out now has a variety of armor types that nullifies high caliber weaponry. You send out a tank, they send out something that is immune to your tank's weapons and has weapons of their own that efficiently melts your armor. You send out a Titan, same thing happens with the Tank example. They virtually dont run out of things to throw at you either since theirs and your dead's biomatter is consumed and used to rebirth new evolved waves to throw at you. The "Tyranids" is by far the best archetype kind of "bug" enemy in any, and all media; compounded by the fact of these 3 community accepted speculations about them 1. It is implied that out milkyway galaxy is surrounded by them. 2. This is just the vanguard force that are just the "taste testers" of the main hive fighting force. 3. The reason why they are ravenous is because their survival instincts of self preservation kicked in, since they, as a species, is running away terrified and desperate from extinction from another unknown entity that is eating THEM. speculated to be their natural predator on a cosmic scale

[@BloodiedShingle]

That psychic disturbance the Tyranids project is known by the Imperium as 'the Shadow in the Warp'. It can stifle (or if you're close enough, completely suppress) the Emperor's psychic influence from the Golden Throne, making navigation and communication difficult at the low end, all the way up to basically impossible, for light-years in every direction. Unless they know what's coming and send a message beforehand, most of a victim planet's Astropaths (the Imperium's cadre of psychic message-carriers) will die trying to get the warning out.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😨😱

[@5thism]

Nice reaction. The funny one was Bricky. Luetin's content is more like a documentary.

[@GarioTheRock]

Leutin is funny, just not with back-to-back goofs. Just yesterday for instance, I was laughing at him saying: "...after all, what is knowing." Shrunk my ego and made me giggle thinking about who had just said such a thing x)

[@Thischarletfire]

@@GarioTheRock he sounds like a teacher, and I don’t hear anything funny at all from him. Don’t get me wrong his explains are fully detailed.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Bricky definitely brings the jokes. But the first video we saw from Luetin had some humor in it as well. Just more low key 🙂

[@Stormkrow280]

@@Thischarletfire the Orks one is pretty funny.

[@Robert_Douglass]

The horror of the Tyranids is not a predilection for corruption, nor is it any compunction to conquer and enslave. They have no ambitions, they have no concept of friend or foe, they have no concept of mercy nor of compassion. They have one thought driving everything else they do or think. *_Feed._* To them, all else is food.

[@ricpreganz2772]

When invading a world, Tyranids will often prioritize dropping their forces into oceans or other large bodies of water first because they tend to contain the most amount of life on that world, meaning more biomass to consume which is used to create more Tyranid bioforms.

[@xenomemphate]

You guys would probably enjoy the Ciaphas Cain books - it really shows the Imperium in a more, light-hearted way, and does also reflect that indomitability of spirit that you mention in this video.

[@liammurphy2036]

Baldimort presents a fantastic series on 40k lore that not only explains the lore but also adds short fan stories that give you more hopeful views on the grim dark even if his videos are long I'd take a look if you don't mind crying every now and then. Also that is his real voice. His videos on power armour would be a good example of his presentation style.

[@randomdude8202]

This.

[@knightsolitaire3610]

I love his video on The Salamanders and that opening Tale of on Astartes being welcomed as family and choosing a youth

[@liammurphy2036]

@@knightsolitaire3610 his one on Land Raiders brought me to tears.

[@ironduke5058]

The story of the Adepta Sororitas made my eyes a bit wet lol

[@Sinewmire]

Agreed, Baldimort is fantastic.

[@Staccet]

If you want the grimmdark then I recommend you look Amber King's video on Konrad Curze, a tragic and sad tale. Picture a man with the sense of justice like that of Batman but the method of punishment is that of Predator/Yautja, criminals mutilated, tortured and skinned alive for everyone to see. All the Primarchs have some aspect that drives them and Konrads was justice but he didn't have anyone to guide or teach him how to achieve or strive for that justice. Amber King has some really good voice acting in his videos. The video itself is 2 hours long so you might want to cut it into parts.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the video recommendation 🙂

[@firestorm1088]

I actually think the greatest source of hope against the Tyranids come from the war when Hive Fleet Medusa invaded the Tau empire. That war revealed two things. First, when faced with the highly innovative Tau, the war became an arms race with Tyranids constantly adapting to new Tau tactics and weapons, and yet the Tau remained one step ahead, for as quickly as Tyranids can adapt, they cannot take the initiative and come up with something new on their own. Second, the arrival of an Imperium fleet that recognized the Tyranids as the greater threat and allied with the Tau revealed that Tyranids do not do well when faced with a diverse variety of enemies at once. The adaptations to one leave them vulnerable to the other.

[@tomato1087]

@@firestorm1088 Is that a actual story from the book? if so i really wanna know that sounds so EPIC

[@firestorm1088]

@@tomato1087 There's no book but it is part of the lore, also sorry, I got it mixed up with Hive Fleet Gorgon.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Fun fact: "Hive Fleet Gorgan" is a Hive Fleet dedicated to fighting Chaos Demons with Acid Rangers but are very small. So they asked Hive Fleet Leveiathan for help in turn for combatants that fight Demons because currently right now Tyranid Hive Fleets are being ripped apart by Chaos demons.

[@Kevkoss]

Gorgon specialized against T'au. Againt chaos you have Kronos and against psykers you have Dagon :)

[@feralprocessor9853]

@@Kevkoss my bad

[@Eogard]

Yay more 40k ! My favorite sci fi universe. I'm glad you keep doing some W40k content here and there. Keep up the good work, great channel.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks! It had been too long. Glad to dive back into it 🙂

[@kurtsherer8211]

My favorite lore video, yes! Thank you for reacting to this, as this is what cemented Tyranids as my favorite faction.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Our pleasure. It was a very cool video to learn more about Tyranids 😀

[@Pedroz0r]

Hi! One thing they forget to mention and is increasingly horrifying is that of all the hive fleets that have invaded the galaxy none has entered the galaxy from the same direction so the galaxy might actually be surrounded

[@spamhere1123]

This. Plus, it insinuates that the Nids may have been around for MILLIONS of years and have been devouring all the other surrounding galaxies. Who knows, they may rule the universe, and our Milky Way might just be the last holdout. Either way, the Nids are a true intergalactic threat, something that not even the gods of chaos or the C'tan can claim. The "divine beings" of 40k are centered around our galaxy. Nids look at our galaxy as just another plate in a multi-course meal.

[@dagonofthedepths]

Honestly that's what makes 40K great for me at least. Most of the fiction is super dark and depressing but people 0just don't give up so you get moments of incredible bravery. Yes, most of that is from the Space Marines (trans-human super soldiers molded for war, what do you expect really) but you get stories of normal soldiers or even gangers stepping up against suicidal odds because they do not go quietly into the dark. The fact that the world is so ridiculously horrible makes those sacrifices all the more meaningful. Standing up to some professional soldier who will shoot you is one thing, standing up to some space bug that's going to eat you alive, or some heretic space marine or dark eldar that'll turn you into an artistic torture experiment for eternity is another. Most of the victories might be pyrrhic but it is emotional. Well, when the writing is good at least.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Well said 🙂

[@Nemesis5247]

awesome vid as always. The Templine Institut has also a cool video on the Tyranids

[@AustinFoss00]

The neat thing about the Tyranids is every other race hates them. Humanity, the Eldar, and the Tau hate them, Orks wanna fight them, and even Chaos wants them gone (Can't corrupt the galaxy if the galaxy is eaten). The exciting thig with the Tyranids is there is a lot of potential for cool team up stories in the lore because of them. If Humanity is fighting the Eldar or the Tau or even Orks, and say Tyranid fleet enters the system, then clearly both sides are gonna know they need to deal with the bigger threat. (Although, Orks might just wanna fight us and them at the same time).

[@nicolasheung441]

You know the Tyranid threat is immense when the Imperium of Man would form ad hoc battle groups with the Tau, Necrons, and even Dark Eldar, just to fight them off. They even tried diplomacy for a change.

[@feralprocessor9853]

31:14 Tyranid hive fleets don't fight each other, but they do eat each other to gain specific DNA to fight different threats in the Galaxy. For different Hive fleets it's actually Harder to evolve every a small bug into a huge armored bio-titan to take on a Warlord Class Titan ;)

[@Scarabswarm]

40K is a universe of competing terrors and atrocities. Some of the factions are terrifying because they are personal. Each person's constant struggle against the temptations and corruption of the Chaos gods for example. An invisible, omnipresent threat, but one that lives in your head as much as on the battlefield. The Tyranids are a great antagonist, and a great contrast to those other factions. A true cosmic horror. Something that operates purely on instinct, and for the most part, doesn't even know you exist. It's moving from planet to planet, and just... eating. It's impersonal, and indifferent. Fighting back though, repelling an assault; all that does is have the Hive Mind notice you, and then focus on evolving into a form that will finally break you. Making the only thing scarier than the time when the hive doesn't know you exist, being the moment that it finally realizes you do. As they touched on at the end, nobody even knows how big the threat is. How many are there? Where do they come from? Where will the next fleet strike? The mystery is like most cosmic horrors: You fear that finally getting the answers, finally understanding the scope of what you face, will be what drives you mad. It's very Lovecraftian.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

This, especially the last few sentences.. was beautifully written. Bravo.

[@Scarabswarm]

@@RoxyGotMoxy. Thank you :)

[@tmcleanful]

Wow you're reacting to Luetin09? Haven't seen that before - I love that channel.

[@rodisrael4432]

You know something’s real when a couple is watching something and they both shake their heads at the exact same time 😆😂😂

[@mercurioslevin1877]

interestingly different hive fleets have been known to fight each other from time to time but this is more a kin to them share the new genes and adaptions they have with each other by basically feeding a small part of their horde to each other and assimilating the new DNA. The oddest one is Hive Fleet Tiamat ,I think its called, has developed restrain and only consumes most of an infested worlds biomass before then lets the accelerated grow to plant life which all hive fleets trigger during a normal raid via spores etc to regrow then feeds again....its learnt to farm crops!

[@fantax1280]

Frozen Tyranids are actually from the Comissar Cain books. Good read btw

[@cosmicdraco7041]

Absolutely incredible video of warhammer. Very informative. And I love the tyranids, remind so much of xenomorphs,and necromorphs. Keep being amazing

[@Geth-Who]

11:50 Still love that when they got to Macragge, their first meal was the planet named Breakfast in Latin.

[@wepntech]

the variety of tyranid is crazy too, they have ranged units and even artillery type things.

[@EddieSezPhukYu]

there is an awesome story about a imperial guard rear guard during an invasion

[@booster491]

The human spirit:- " We will not be broken" "We will not capitulate"

[@noelienoelie8425]

Your lovely missus gets it there at the end. As bad as the Imperium is, it's better than being turned inside out... As long as your alive and not somethings dinner there's hope for the future.

[@CondemnedInformer]

Two 40k videos in a day? Nice.

[@Archon_Angel77]

Tyranids do fight each other, they are like ant colonies. They compete for food but I don't remember where I saw it.

[@warptenzone123]

My favorite unit in the Tyrannid Faction the Swarm Lord 13:41 that unit is a Beast Chapter Master Calgar almost died because that

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Tyrannid player? 😀

[@warptenzone123]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I just like some of their unit and I wanna see of them in the upcoming Space Marine 2 I'm so excited to play that game😁

[@RobouteGuilliman-M41]

The Tyranid, Xenos FILTH could not break the Astartes, because they were ULTRAMARINES.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎💪

[@Blutwind]

The Funny/Sad thing about the swarmlord is that while it wacked Papa Smurf pretty hard it gets slaped around pretty often in lore heck the only character/unit thats gets more punishment are basicaly the Avatars of Kaine one gets even more hilariously killed by said Swarmlord/Carnifex horde. Basicaly AoK are incarnations of the Eldari Wargod and while brutal still has a sense of honor it tried challanging the Swarmlord to a 1v1 duel thing is Tyranids have no concept of honor so instead it plus a horde of Carnifexes just ganged up on the AoK and each Carnifex is between 7-10meteres big. Another thing not touched here that big .Is the Shadow in the Warp Tyranids cause. Said Shadow doesn't just blurt out psycic communication but also makes warp travel to and from the fleet or attacked systems basicaly impossible meaning if a tyranid fleet enteres your system you can not only not call for help but said help even if on its way can't enter the system and your chances of escaping are very low to nonexistant and if thats not already worse enought Humanity overall is mildly psyonic so their pressence fills even normal people with panic before they even arrive or are properly detected basicaly everyone has permanent gossebumps without knowing why and it only gets worse the more psy power you have with sanctioned psyers regulary killing themself in a crazed panic just by a swarm beeing near though espacily powerfull ones are somewhat able to fend of the equvilant of the whole population of the US screaming into their ears and some are even able to break through and send messages. This Shadow in the warp is so extreme that it basicaly hard counter Chaosdemons also as pure Demons (ones that arent bound to a physical object or person) can't exist in realspace whithout warp energy channeling into them (and they need more the more powerfull they are) with the Shadow blurting out the Warp those demons simply banish back into the warp keaving only the very connfzsed cultists and other coporal chaos forces behind. Basicaly the only forces not that scarred by Tyranids are Necrons (who dont use the warp in any form) and the Orks (because they love fighting)

[@ianbruce1745]

YAAAAAY! More 40k! The Emperor Protects!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟🥳

[@Tazkar]

Hive Fleets actually have been known to fight amongst each other at times in the past, the thing is it doesn't weaken the Tyranids at all because the stronger fleet just absorbs the biomass of the other splinter fleet and gains its strength, because even though it basically breaks physics Tyranids are 100% efficient with organic absorption there is no energy lost. The reason they fight sometimes is basically to weed out weaker bioforms and see which fleet has developed the strongest organisms.

[@stevencavanagh7990]

When all is said and done, all that will be left are Tyranids, Necrons & Orcs amoung a dead Galaxy

[@Kargaroth99]

I would suggest watching another of Luetin's video called Dark Beginnings - Necrons, Old Ones and Eldar. It basically puts the table of all that transpired at the very beginning of the Universe, and how it set the table for the Awesome and Grimdark universe of the 41st Millenium. Its an older vid, true, and some of the lore has been somewhat retconned, but it still holds mostly true and is well worth the watch :D Amazing Content as always, may the two of you keep being awesome :D

[@bloodrave9578]

I love how this plays out like a horror movie, the ultimate nightmare

[@ac4th371]

Luetin is the Warhammer 40k Lore KING. I have watched over 80 of his vids and a good majority of them are over 40mins each some as long as 90mins and they are all absolutely worth it. All my Warhammer 40k knowledge comes from his vids. Never read any of the books or played any of the games.

[@maximusd26]

Majorkill is pretty good and funny too

[@joshuafischer684]

Luetin needs to stop rambling so much though. I typically wind up skipping 10 minutes of his videos because he just waffles on about "the uncertain nature of time and accounts" for an unconscionably long time.

[@jackolantern147]

A character supposedly witnessed the future for the galaxy. Where only 2 forces remained, fighting for the rulership of a dead galaxy. Chaos and the Tyranids. Aeldari, Orks, Tau, Necrons, and the imperium are all gone.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Damn 😨 wonder who would win between chaos and tyranids 🤔

[@jackolantern147]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames My money's on the Tyranids.

[@joshuafischer684]

Without humans or aeldari, Chaos ceases to exist. Orks have their own Immaterial power (the WAAAAGH effect), T'au are psychically miniscule even compared to baseline humanity, the Necrons have no souls, and the Tyranids cause a shadow in the Warp. An end state of Necrons vs Nids is the most likely.

[@danyael777]

In terms of adaptability of the Tyranids, there's a bioform that has [REDACTED] gene seed in it.^^

[@toddkes5890]

Plus the Zoanthropes that have Eldar DNA

[@danyael777]

@@toddkes5890 True indeed, albeit less of a "scandal" and a headache for the Inquisition.

[@MrNoneable]

There is actually a 3 part Series on youtube called "Behemoth" from eliphas the inheretor that shows The discovery and studying of the first Tyranid fleet by Inquisitor Kryptman, including the Battle of Macragge. Its made in a way thats both compelling and humorous, made as a spin off off the "If the emperor had a Text to Speech Device". It is a standalone so you wouldnt need to watch the tts series even though I'd love to see you guys reacting to both^^

[@joshnelson1515]

Would love to see a reaction of the genestealer cults and how they work it's really interesting

[@justcaino9176]

For those interested, i made a playlist called... 40 Videos about Warhammer 40k Took me about 2 hours to organise so if you are new to 40k (or not) it will help you to understand the 41st millennium of grim darkness we all love so much o7

[@nathanbrown8196]

I like that 40k is given a spot on this channel. If I may, a spot of lore from Bauldermort would be a solid choice to possibly entertain the missus as well as sir seems to be invested already.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the channel rec for more 40k 🙂

[@nathanbrown8196]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames certainly, his works come with little short stories as well as lore more often than not for that extra little bit of immersion.

[@joshuafischer684]

Oculus Imperia is probably the best long form loregiver, and he stays in character too.

[@92chrissim]

I highly recommend you the Helsreach videos from Richard Boylan. They are incredible.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Yup plan to check those out 😅

[@ordakhan631]

Between you and me, the uppity blue boy space marines had it coming. One of the few times that I rooted for the hungry bug boys.

[@brunopelletier5701]

idk why the image of a imperial knight getting drag down by a swarm of tyrannid is so scary

[@kn0bhe4d]

0:13 Speaking of Total War: Warhammer, you guys should check out the Immortal Empires Map trailer, and the Immortal Empires Lore video from the channel The Book of Choyer (this one is an hour long though).

[@anthonyspruill6168]

Friendly reminder that the current theory is that the Tyranid main fleet has the Milky Way SURROUNDED and the only reason it's taking centuries to consume the galaxy is because it is just so massively big its like a hand closing on a quarter.

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

The best force to fight the Tyranids is actually in the void Navy's, thats not to say they are a push over, however they don't have many long ranged void weapons their main way to fight in the void is swarm and get into melee, so provided you can keep the range open then your relativily ok. Also the Tyranids recover their numbers by using the boimass of the planets they are on, in space they don't have that so while they do have massive numbers of bioships in space they can't recover the losses as easily as the can on the ground, so sady for the poor bloody infantry on the ground on the planet, they have to hope they can hold out till the navy save their bacon.

[@MrMeddyman]

For the first time in a LONG time WH40K has a new faction (like main faction, not a sub-faction which is what they've done since the 90s when Tau became a thing) The Leagues of Votann, right now info is sparse because they are so new, but you can watch a short video on their foundational lore which is somewhat interesting, but still needs more fleshing out.

[@AustinFoss00]

Idk if I'd call them a major faction. They're just an Imperium sanctioned inhuman group, like the Ogryns

[@Stormkrow280]

Luten is my favorite Warhammer 40k lore video maker.

[@gabrielhinojosa3261]

Ah yes my favorite tyranid hive fleet...a theory I like to keep in mind is maybe the tyranid race is the galaxies filter....

[@GarioTheRock]

Just when I am binging Warhammer's Leutin-narrated realms, you post this, marvelous, I am ecstatic to get have some company on this journey through the joyous, hopeful realms of the far future! **nervous laughter ensues** Always love your as-hopeful-as-possible analysis after these videos 😂 Finally, another hopeful tourist of 40k, its hard to believe, but, humanity will prevail!(???) Fingers crossed!(?!?!?!) 🤣 Great video as always :)

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Haha, hope will never die within us 😇🤗

[@theslipknotlobster7794]

Pretty much the only group capable of matching the tyrannids is the Orks. The Octarius war is the biggest example of this, as it’s still going. Essentially the Tyrannids invaded an Ork Empire and have been trying to eat and kill all of the orks, but that’s super difficult because the orks don’t really have infrastructure or crops to poison, or children to care for. The orks also have no fear and engage the Tyrannids wherever they are strongest. Meaning that any Tyrannid assault is met with an equal, and opposite, force. The Tyrannids are consuming enormous amounts of biomass and can replenish and expand their forces in a matter of hours. But the Orks, being guided by the power of the WAAAGH, keep arriving in-system in even greater numbers for a “Roit Proppa Scrap”. They also reproduce very quickly, being fungus. Ultimately, both sides keep getting stronger and escalating, but it should be noted that the Orks aren’t winning, all they’ve managed to accomplish is a massive stalemate. The most powerful force in the galaxy can only halt the advance of one hive fleet, and that’s only in one spot, the rest of leviathan is tearing apart the galaxy.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

Also, now we know that the Octarius war is over and that the Tyranids *WON* hence all the new models. which bodes VEEERY poorly for the galaxy but makes my little heretic bug girl heart happy.

[@DauntlessChaos]

The Tyranids are so strong, they have forced different factions to have temporary alliances to fight them off. Like Imperium x Eldar/tau

[@Norbyusz]

Bethany as she describes her ideals at the end, she is definitely Tau. For the greater good

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

One thing that frightens/excites me about Tyranids is they adapt to combat, eventually making your weapons useless to even they're most basic troops.

[@toddkes5890]

Or the Tyranids are a shifting target, rather than being super-immune. So if you use only laser weapons, the Tyranids will grow Gaunts that have reflective/insulated armor to protect vs Laser weapons. You then shift to Slug/Bolter ammo to kill those, and the Tyranids will grow some of their forces that are more bullet-resistant, but lose a lot of their laser protection. If you engage them in a jungle the Tyranids will grow new Gaunts that are more nimble to get around the underbrush. But when those nimble Gaunts come out of the jungle, they are vulnerable to longer-ranged weapons due to having thinner plating.

[@enemyanima6627]

You should react to every space marine legion in a nutshell by bricky

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Hopefully you saw we posted our reaction to that kzbin.info/www/bejne/h161f36Qmrylgas 🙂

[@ImperialKnight770]

WE MARCH FOR MACRAGGE! -Warcry of The Ultramarines

[@videogamesplanet6631]

Was just watching Warhammer space Marines yesterday. My favorite are the ultra Marines.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@LynxLord1991]

We shall know no fear in the emperor's name let none survive

[@os1r1s_210]

Bricky has added a new space marine video

[@fedakyn1583]

Tyranids are crazy scary, by both the shear weight of their numbers and the physic hiveminds that leads them to greater feats of destruction, or really consumption in their case. There is an argument that their potential limitlessness make them actually the most powerful thing in the universe...but I'm honestly a little skeptical of that as a mater of course as its really complex, this is not one of those fate in inevitable things. For one, The Chaos Gods depend on life for their power and all the gods would find the Tyranids an existential threat, and the immaterium they now rule is crazy vast and nothing there really that the hive can eat. Could a hive fleet challenge Khorne himself in his home? The Imperium for there part might loose, but while it might loose its still would loose slowly with untold millions of worlds. And then there are the orks, which are a literal fungus, and one that gets psycically powerful enough to fight any threat the more powerful it is no matter how strong (they were actually created as a weapon with this in mind.) I think they may sometimes loose, as orks do, but they can also pull of litteral miracles of power...so few would know what would happen in the long run if you through the ultimate bioform (the orcs) at the ultimate bio-eaters (the Tyranid) and who would win. But knowing orcs I would not count them out. And probably most importantly here are the Necrons. Ancient beyond imagining with technology capable of altering the galaxy in a heartbeat, and only sent into hiding by the Eldar at their Magical- literally sing worlds into existence and destroy stars on a whim-zenith. Their weapons can be cosmically destructive, they are virtually indestructible, they have defeated and trapped gods; honestly they might be the most powerful force by the weight of their tech alone...and they are waking up more and more. If the hives take too long they might find nothing but impossibly powerful Necron death to meet them. Even the Eldar have that insane cosmically powerful legacy...and who knows what their future is if there death God awakens. Anyway war-hammer is crazy and the Tyranids are a cool villain.

[@blacktemplar2982]

One thing the video doesn't mention is that Calgary got both his arms and 1 of his legs ripped off and that his entire honor guard died saving him.

[@MonsterTomten]

If you enjoyed this one you should also watch Templin institutes video on the tyranids. You already reacted to their Imperium of man video 😊

[@SMG_Games]

Y'all should check out the templin institutes video about Dante wh40k. I also strongly recommend all guardsmen party.

[@randomdude8202]

Another positive thing to boost the morale, even if something like tyranids exist for real, we will be probably long dead and gone to encounter them! Isn't that great?

[@greyknighttexan3299]

Yall should check out baldermort video orks vs tyranids, called "hive fleet Leviathan"

[@HeresiaX]

If you like Leutin09, you got to watch his 2-part videos about Grey Knights. By far, my favorite from Leutin.

[@tomasmokros5882]

Nice, nice. Love your reactions. Keep it up

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks! 😅🤗😊

[@thomasbest5316]

So I’ve watched a couple of your reactions now and love the channel. But I am curios, have you succumbed to the plastic? Are yall gonna get some minis?

[@bonnieamof7033]

What the hell. How'd I miss this video. Dang... Oh well.

[@BrinkofArt]

I was SO hoping you‘d react to this, thanks a lot! If you liked this one and wanna have a video of similar style, I‘d recommend the „Horror of Rophanon“ video by Luetin.^^

[@Zhippy]

Yeeees! Been waiting for this one!

[@1650th]

Trailers from the total war series

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We’ve only done total war Warhammer so far but will check out the others eventually 😅

[@terlondre]

congratulations, you have reached another stage in evolution of 40k fan: after damning the imperium for being awfull, you slowly begin to realise that compared to the other stuff thats out there, its really not so bad in comparison :D If you would like more bits from the history of 40k, i would recommend The Drop Site Massacre of Istvaan V, The Gothic War or maybe Rangdan Xenocide. By the names alone you can tell its gonna be a laugh riot :P

[@GamerGrovyle]

40K. Where you join up with the Nazi's because the alternative is four flavors of Satan.

[@whiteeagleboneguard]

WE MARCH FOR MACRAGGE AND WE SHALL KNOW NO FEAR!

[@Hawkens4k]

if you guys want to watch kryptmen in a funnier note, check out Eliphas the inheritor. was really funny as the warp.

[@deltanaruto100]

Try the Amber King’s Trazyn&Orikan video. So good and the voiced dialogues 🤌🏽

[@kurtbrayford6491]

tyranids are an true horror, what would it be like if they targeted earth right now?

[@briancatmaster]

You guys should react to Arma 3: Zombies and Demons. They are short videos but are extremely good and well-made.

[@cdnm47ify]

There is a Bricky all space marine legion video, you hould do a reaction to it .

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Hopefully you saw we posted our reaction to it kzbin.info/www/bejne/h161f36Qmrylgas 🙂

[@wesleyjudson599]

New Bricky video. You might want to watch, when you roll back around to Warhammer 40K.

[@holsson85]

Suggestion for future viewing: Death Guard Deep Dive. The Most HORRIFYING Legion? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX24YZ6cibtph7M Would love to see your reaction to the gross and amazing art and lore!

[@zacmason3593]

Guys get ready for orktober ok there will be a lot of zuggin ork content

[@tomasvigil]

It's crazy how even the veterans could not stand against xenos scum