Detailed Raid Boss Guide - Szarekh, the Silent King

I am revisiting my Raid Boss guides and have started with Szarekh, the Silent King as the first revamp. Inside you'll find detailed analysis and advice about approaching the boss and doing the most damage. Gameplay, AI tips and team building - everything you need and more!
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00:00 Start
00:04 Introduction
00:32 Kit and Abilities
02:34 The Opening
03:35 High Ground
04:37 Recovering from a Failed Bait
05:38 Middle Phase
06:46 The Primes
07:24 Best Characters/Teams
08:39 Machines of War
09:07 100 Blackstone & Support Nandi
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[@MrsNandi40k]

It’s pretty weird how Exitor-Rho is the strongest character in the game and he is just a little robot man

[@Monk1400]

Just a lil robo guy who loves killin'

[@kaitan4160]

He clearly has a Poster of the "brave Toaster" in his Room for inspiration 😂

[@joshuacass7787]

Yes! Please continue the series! These boss raids are far more comprehensive than just throwing random bodies at it. The nuance and strategy pay off in dividends if done right. Thankyou for all your work. If I might though? Maybe a short add toward the end of the video for some team comps that aren't necessarily meta, so those of us who may not have a particular character, can best determine where we might improve to increase our effectiveness? Just a thought.

[@CoxisBack1234]

100%! Fill this list please!!

[@zacharyburke1851]

It's Over, Anakin, I Have the High Ground

[@realtowen]

Nandi - The not so Silent King of Tacticus videos

[@sunbear1310]

Please continue with this concept. Very good info.

[@miggythepiggy141]

Definitely please continue to make raid videos! It always upsets me when the silent king doesn’t come down turn one. I will try your strategy to see if I can make him come down turn 2

[@FootballNoahTheNewcastleFan12]

great guide, keep it going! Especially looking forward to a Khaine guide!

[@guest3507]

he already did, 3 months ago

[@FootballNoahTheNewcastleFan12]

@@guest3507 a lot has changed in 3 months, and that was more like a showcase than a deepdive.

[@vegladex]

Absolutely, please continue! I always get frustrated trying to corral bosses, so some instruction on how they behave is worth a lot to me!

[@jasonsteer983]

This is an awesome video. Love the longer style focussed video. Looking forward to more :)

[@Landon11_36]

Excellent stuff. Very clear and to the point, but still comprehensive.

[@karelx4769]

So this is the ideal Szarekh match. Turn1: Create a bait with a summon or lower armor character so the changes are higher he comes down. Turn2: If he comes down attack the boss, he will summon after your attack Turn3: Attack the boss, make sure to be in range of 3 or 4 of his deathmarks, this will make him do the “My will be done” after your attack. If there are 2 of less summons chances are higher he will try to move to a high ground position. Turn4: Make sure to block the high ground positions, he is likely to move this turn. If you kill 2 of his summons he can summon again. Turn5: if he has not summoned in the last turn make sure to kill 2 deathmarks so you have a large chance for him to summon.

[@Roylucky13]

These are the kinds of videos we have all been waiting for. Desperately need vids for the tank mortarion and kain

[@johnnydoyle4562]

Great series of videos for developing Guild raid boss tactics. Thank you Team Nandi😉👍

[@ForgottenSaber2367]

These are great! Exactly what I was looking for. Do you plan on making more in depth tactics videos like this for other modes, such as Guild Wars and Tournament Arena?

[@Nandi40k]

I will do! It becomes a lot easier with replays - which I'm hopeful are coming in the future :)

[@user-hk6yj3fh5x]

Keep going Nandi, your opinion is always welcome

[@TheNME]

thank you so much nandi! just the other day i was asking my mates at our guild how they deal with szarekh, i skipped 2 turns and this mf never came down from his throne and it all went to sht from there! :))) but its great now, no one knew and it never dawned me that you can bait szarekh to come down using razor wire! thank you nandi, i really mean it, this was a great video

[@randompointlessthing]

This is a great idea for series and what I think everyone in the community wants

[@DigitalDr4166]

Would love to see more of these updated videos. It seems we only get raid guides when the boss first comes out and alot has changed since they come out.

[@TheForgoodnesssake]

Yes please with the extra guides. The more the merrier

[@Ragefist666]

Great vid, I was waiting for that kind of content! Keep em coming!

[@The_Hammander]

Definitely keep this going! Would love to see some strats for Rogal Dorn Tank & When/How to use the Psyker comp. Love the videos!

[@alexanderkirsanov3786]

Great guide, thank you!!

[@Mharic]

Great content as always

[@dardo105]

Great job. Waiting for the rest

[@thefrienemypodcast6073]

We appreciate the work and effort you put into your videos

[@mandonne]

As usual highly interesting video ! Can’t wait for the next ones :)

[@chrismansell2441]

Great video

[@__Jamez__]

Awesome video as usual! This type of in depth video is perfect!

[@matthewdemers9422]

Definitely useful content and worth putting out videos on the other bosses.

[@danieljones8208]

I’ve been wanting you to make these videos for a long while. Thank you for sharing this info and please do the other bosses.

[@profeta1982]

Great quality content. Thanks mr and mrs Nandi

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

Just highlighted all the things I've been doing wrong on this fight. Thank you kindly.

[@willrock7234]

Please continue with this concept.

[@crimsonwolf3487]

Please continue this series and teach me how to kill that damned tank.

[@davidkelley5382]

Thanks Nandi! You helped me quite a bit for this boss & I absolutely want videos for all the other bosses. I have been recommending your vids to all my guild members & officers alike & it’s starting to show in how far we get in guild raids! I find that exciting. We have had a running debate on the best way to get this boss off his throne & sadly I have not heard your solution so looking forward to all my members getting him to abandon his throne!

[@ZyZzLeGaCy_70]

Excited

[@computercrack]

yeah guide for every Boss lets go brandon

[@ygazz]

was planning to learn something about Tacticus, but my biggest gain was learning how to pronounce TRIARCHAL MENHIR. Thanks!

[@Cricketivangus]

Please do continue!

[@wolfgang428]

Great video, please do more. I'd love to see Mortarion. He give me and my pysker team such a headache. I've tried other teams too and nothing feels good. Thanks

[@armandjosephperino427]

Keep it up 👌👌👌😊

[@daniellavery5096]

100% please continue this series (raid bosses) please bud. I’m trying to use my new psyker team but can’t seem to get it right? Hopefully I’ll find out how in this series eventually. Really hard to find decent explanatory videos out there anywhere

[@Niveama468]

Great Video, I'd love one on Morty as sometimes I think I have his pattern down and then he just kills everyone.

[@ricjackson2841]

Well now I know who to level up, [IVS]DEATHWING let’s go!!!!

[@MidnightHozz]

Would love to see a guide for each guild raid boss.

[@Jonesy-yj2vf]

More Please!

[@chubmonkey2808]

We need a dive into armor stat benefits on variable equip units like Macer and Aleph Null

[@muziejus]

Waiting more

[@krewsayder]

Please continue

[@milosmarek5757]

We need more 🙂

[@theohill2807]

Hey Nandi could you please do the avatar of khaine next! Ps your the best Nandi lad to see your channel succeeding!

[@callummoulstone5233]

Please cover the screamer killer or mortarion next

[@neilorourke814]

eish, looks like Rho is my next grind...

[@PP-qc5pd]

Great video, I just find it curious to call the side bosses Primes even though they are not tyranids, where the term is correct. I see it done often though, so its nothing against you Nandi

[@Lays_NL]

❤

[@andarchy1386]

Thank you Nandi please continue will you do The Avatar next??

[@xkxxxx]

Please do khaine next :)

[@jampoh3909]

Bro nandi please post more videos

[@ivokostov2676]

Nice, at least not that annoying boss. Good to see Rho gets popular. Not fan of psyker meta. Too many character missing.

[@jamesdeaville6033]

I beat Nandi in tournament arena with a shadowsun/OW team

[@InstantShiningW]

im kinda confused, at the 5:20 mark eldy comes within the 2 hex range. Does this not count? thanks in advance

[@realtowen]

Look at Nandi’s extra comment on the bottom right.

[@realLagMaster]

Question: If the attacker is not a psyker but deals psykic damage via abra passive or yas active, is that damage reduced?

[@vegladex]

Oh that's a good question. I would have thought so, but reading the ability again, no, if the damage comes from a non-psyker unit, even if it is psychic damage, it says that it is not reduced! Might be worth testing though, since that's a little counterintuitive, the ability description could be a little misleading.

[@karelx4769]

All damage from the psychic type is reduced by 40%

[@JeffMcLean-sy3mw]

High ground question - for a larger raid boss, who is on multiple levels, which one counts for the purpose of the high ground damage buff?

[@Nandi40k]

Guild bosses have to stay on one level! They can’t straddle multiple ones

[@JeffMcLean-sy3mw]

Thanks. That's really interesting - so we can predict the boss movement more as there are a whole lot of places they cannot finish their move where they would be on a split level.

[@Nandi40k]

@@JeffMcLean-sy3mw exactly! I’ll get into it more in my other videos :) who would you like to see next?

[@JeffMcLean-sy3mw]

For the split level thing there are interesting Screamer Killer or perhaps Morty situations

[@gabrielortiz3811]

I neeed this I am getting destroyed by epic Mortarion but then again my account is one week old and Mortarion is epic.

[@scarletcroc3821]

He's probably my least favorite boss because of how inconsistent he can be. Definitely adds a layer of strategy where you have to be ready to adapt, but it's annoying nonetheless. Currently in the process of leveling up my mechanical team, and it's not even close to being great it's already dishing out insane damage

[@TheGbzneegah]

Only problem I have with these Tacticus guides are that yall use units us newer players don’t have. Try to use units most peeps would have please.

[@Thecommentator-hc1fz]

IMO the dev completely failed this boss. In all games bosses have patterns that can help to create a tactic against them. This boss is totally random and it’s just bad development overall. Either the boss goes down or he doesn’t, it shouldn’t be just random and pray for the odds. They should rewrite the AI for him and let him go down if a condition is met, not with a little chance or not let him down so we can adapt our raid team for it.

[@syraphian]

Problem is that since szarekh is older, he also has some of the lowest armor and damage from a guild boss. I’d rather they leave his randomness alone instead of updating him and possibly buffing up his base stats

[@brandon3251]

God forbid showing a boss from the current season

[@Nandi40k]

My videos take time to create, and I’m in the middle of moving house. I’ll get around to all of them eventually

[@Heavenknight_Infinite]

baiting boss is so annoying!

[@SubtleAmbition]

Please continue these, especially mortarion qmand avatar.