Easiest Armies to Start Warhammer 40K with? Six Top Starter Factions!

[@THEICERenator]

Instructions not clear, accidentally started Ad-Mech army

[@rekdaahtelambar4420]

A friend has seen my mini's and wanted to get into the hobby. Told them about the cheap options, and to avoid expensive options like ad mech and sisters; then they went radio silent. A week later I got an image of 5 ad mech boxes and a message saying 'I'm sorry' 🤣

[@iExploder]

@@rekdaahtelambar4420 They shouldn't be apologizing to you. They should be apologizing to their bank account. Lol

[@Ceaseless_Thoughts]

*OH NO*

[@friedupchicken5948]

Me, whose first army was admech:

[@eo8240]

Started Genestealer Cult army. Totally easy to learn, wallet is completely full and i have everything i need. Im gonna cry myself to sleep now.

[@OrkWarbossThrakka]

Most importantly with Orks you always win. If you take objectives and gain VP, you win. If you don’t take objectives and instead decide to charge at your enemy head on…you still win. I haven’t won a game in 2 years, but you bet anything that I had fun doing it.

[@nsoncrantful]

I'll buy that for WAAAGH

[@OrkWarbossThrakka]

@@nsoncrantful I don’t shout waaagh. I squawk it like a duck.

[@adamsellors5083]

Babe wake up, Auspex dropped a banger again

[@daaaah_whoosh]

I've started with T'au and haven't had too hard a time with it yet. We got good Combat Patrols and a decent secondhand market for crisis suits if you're willing to repose and magnetize. And you don't have to worry as much about your Fight phase so it's one less thing to think about.

[@Crowverlord552]

Same! T'au mechs were a good starting point to learn the basics for me without getting bogged down in micromanaging each phase. But then Kroot have filled in that role with all their updates so its been nice to slowly extend my playstyle, and learn as I go!

[@scott8448]

Tau is definitely an easy starter, half the things to remember and can literally just base coat white, add decals and highlights. Easy to magnetise and fairly cheap models on eBay etc with fairly easy substitutes if needed

[@alexdotzko]

Just getting back into this after being out since 5th ed. Finding your videos extremely helpful thank you!

[@keyanklupacs6333]

What army are you thinking? Definately don't feel limited just based on the video if you feel a connection to an army go for it imo doesn't matter if it's "noob friendly." Its more important that you're motivated to build paint and play.

[@arthurharvey3087]

Welcome back 🙂

[@crookeddoghomebrew9144]

Same here had a tau army back in 5th life got busy after 5th rest is history. Just got into Blood angels myself like the lore had for a long time.

[@Roflo13east]

"Tyranids are cheap and easy to paint" Me trying to get 60 hormagaunts with feathered carapaces: "hmm"

[@rekdaahtelambar4420]

I've gotten into 40k recently and now with the hype of space marine 2 a few of my friends are following suit. They don't want to spend the money for a combat patrol. So my advice has been: pick a faction you like; buy a cheap box that looks good; get the fewest paints and brushes you need; don't get any more mini's until you finish the one's in that box. They seem to prefer that over planning an army or buying a combat patrol.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Boarding Actions are also an option since those lists are small

[@repeatingimp7229]

Kill team is the way

[@jefferyhain1130]

Just bought the new Blood Angels box set, the spearhead strike force box, a Chaplain on a bike (favorite model), another Chaplain, and Mephiston. Gonna pick up the new combat patrol box, a gladiator lancer, and an impulsor this Christmas. All under a grand.

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Idk if starting grey knights who are almost certainly going to get updated as some point is the best advice to new player. Its going to lead to a ton of feelsbads when their models get rotated and their stuck rebasing or shelving their army.

[@aBoogivogi]

Depends on where you play I guess. I have seen other videos about similar subjects to this where people generally allow you to declare your older "no longer allowed" as a comparable new model so they don't have to rebuild their entire army just because GW wanted to milk some more money out of their fanbase

[@jgt1120]

Votann best starting army. Very easy to learn and you're not overwhelmed by choices, you get to grow with the faction as well.

[@sirius_solaris]

Watched this, decided to start a Thousand Sons patrol detachment with high terminators, 2 Helbrutes, 2 HQs and Magnus. If the Chaos trim doesn’t kill me, the legion specific rules and tactic dependencies will.

[@swells1]

I'd be hesitant to start Grey Knights. I'd guess their firstborn units will be replaced with new units with their codex in 2025. Just a guess though.

[@romeech9375]

nah we’re getting new space marines

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

@@romeech9375The sad truth is that everything modelwise revolves around them

[@arthurharvey3087]

I believe I noticed a typo on the There's Plenty More! slide. Certainly the Ork bullet point should be kunnin use of gubbinz. 😁 Excellent video as always!

[@CatroiOz]

The main problem I have with Grey Knights is how small they are...

[@Ouwesnuifduif1]

I hope they never get primaris sized. I fear thatd be the day i start my .... 4th space marine army

[@user-bz7hz4jl1t]

To me it’s almost a dealbreaker, they’re so so small compared to my world eaters

[@crayven]

Scale them up with 3mm spacer between the hip and a 1mm under their foot. Fill the gap with purity seals and chains, Icons etc. done. If you feel fancy you could also reposition the legs. Im pretty sure when ( its not a if) they get upscaled, GK will Loose their modular nature and will be replaced with monopose models. I hope they will get the Black Templar treatment but with the development lateley I expect the Coteaz treatment😂

[@user-bz7hz4jl1t]

@@crayven I’ll order some, that’s a good idea! My main worry is my new army is going to get deathwatch treatment but idk what do you think?

[@crayven]

@@user-bz7hz4jl1t the idea is not mine I just tweaked it a little bit, but you can find a lot of people tha were doing it if you search for how to scale up grey knights. They will look lean compared to primaris, especially if you scale up termis, but on the otherhand GKs always looked less bulky. For your other question Im just a random person so my thoughts won't matter much, but I don't think GK will be smashed into Agents of Imperium. The reason for why is, GK were already part of it in 2003 but yuu could play GK solo, thats how I started. A lot of people played that way, then the first GK codex came replacing demonhunters. Since then they got every new edition a codex. Deathwatch on the other hand never had a Codex until 2016/2017 they also were a simple one or two page pdf with some datasheets and they were basically a devestator squad that could walk and shoot their heavy bolters with, 2 shots instead of 3.

[@AzeriathGaming]

I bought an introductory kit with Space Marines and Tyranids to get into things. Then I started reading and fell in love with the lore around the Custodes. And the fact how cool they look but damn it’s more fun to paint Space Marines. Mostly because it’s really hard with contrasts on the Custodes for someone as new as me.

[@icklemoo]

I think custodes is the best starter army to learn the game with ..and not invest heavily money wise initially ... incase the game itself is not really for you and you not wasted hours and hours or stacks of cash on a more complex army .. Problem with knights is simply that in some local gaming , they can be abit oppressive into fellow news players / or starter armies ... so I am not sure knights are really a good choice for a first army but certainly a 2nd/3rd army imo ..

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

Aren’t the custodes really hard to play tho? I see videos of them getting wrecked by low point Orks all the time

[@Suspicious_fish.]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, necrons are the most accessible faction to play. You have less equipment diversity ( 9 troops with weapons a&b, a sergeant with weapons c&d, and an character with XYZ). I had a really rough time re-entering the hobby when I played my og blood angles. But it was much easier to grasp my armys abilities with Necrons. But also.... Always go with the rule of cool for picking what to play

[@keyanklupacs6333]

They dont really teach you to paint models properly tho.

[@Suspicious_fish.]

@@keyanklupacs6333 💯 agree , I feel like they teach you the most basic of basics( thin your paint & learn how to paint something small). But to move beyond that, Necrons arnt as helpful especially for fostering your paint skills. They are very easy to paint " good enough" . As much as I love them, the best painted Necron is usually an average Tuesday level for a space/chaos marine

[@heimdallr221]

I believe that the Death Guard are one of the best starter armies. Single battleline to learn the game with, solid core choices that are few in number.

[@Luminarise]

Thank you so much for the video, I been wanting to start getting into the tabletop side of Warhammer. I know the rule of cool is the way to go but this answers what army go with once they passed the vibe check. Going for Necrons first, then I am between Ultramarines or Grey Knights

[@NornQueenKya]

Warlord Titan: 1 model. 3500 points. Army done. Just saying!

[@elitehalo2548]

And about $8,000 in debt !

[@dimagoloborodko6106_va]

Its 1 point per dollar, so im not sure about it. Still better than admech tho

[@kevincamarata2410]

🤣

[@vxicepickxv]

I'm fairly sure all of the listed armies at 2k points are cheaper than a Warlord Titan.

[@DjGameKing]

Just gonna add a bit of commentary to Grey Knights, though Auspex Tactics covered them pretty well: they are hard to do *good* with, but not hard to play period. They aren't like 1K Sons or even Sisters or Aeldari where you have a separate resource to track. The movement shenanigans are hard to make the most out of, but not hard to understand and just use. Honestly, the biggest reason this is a "hard" army is that the second you put something that needs anti-tank, aside from Dreadknights or Dreadnoughts, we just have 0 ways to deal with it.

[@losergamer7282]

I already bought Orks.

[@tastefulavenger]

With Guaranteed yearly price hikes. I'd almost say none of them soon enough.

[@keyanklupacs6333]

I guess take your own advice and quit while you're ahead then.

[@samwisegame-geek3392]

The video is easiest to get started not cheapest lol

[@tastefulavenger]

@@samwisegame-geek3392 Easiest by what metric... and why would cost not factor into that lol? When you see Grey Knights and Custodes being featured you know that's not the case.

[@tastefulavenger]

@@keyanklupacs6333 What I said wasn't advice it's an observation and a valid one, and trust me i've already been ahead on this with printing and recasters for the last 3yrs. You can enjoy your 80$ scout marines lol

[@cl34ve]

​@@keyanklupacs6333we sure do live in a society

[@warp-smith]

Damn I fit the trend- my 1st n 2nd 40K armies were GK n necrons

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

Meanwhile there's me, starting off with an Imperial Guard army because why should anything I do be easy? 😂

[@aph4210]

new guard player here. it's not toooooo bad...

[@scott8448]

If you think guard is bad you did it to yourself… twice. Could’ve chose any army, should’ve chose tanks for guard.

[@DisasterLord]

A friend finished his guard by padding it with 2 dorns 3 armigers and sister/assassin for agents His list was quite punchy too, even if half his infantry is still a WiP

[@dudebromanguy]

Welcome to the guard!! Been collecting guard since 2009ish. Didn’t really play for the first couple years, just liked the models. My unsolicited advice is to try enjoy taking your time with it. Make notes on your paint schemes/equipment choices so you don’t forget. Play with friends that don’t mind when you put unfinished models or proxies on the board. Pick the models you like over the units you think are meta, because what’s good will change. No one should care in a friendly game if you run your DKoK as Cadians or vice versa as long as you make it clear. Set a pace; it’s a marathon army, not a sprint!!

[@euanthompson]

Drawbacks of Nids also includes a rather appauling point/price ratio, even with discounts often being about 2 points per USD. Major drawbacks of Marines are 1) choice paralysis made manifest. 2) because almost everyone plays them you will mirror match almost all the time and those mirrors are really dull.

[@im2randomghgh]

I'm a little surprised the Leagues of Votann didn't make the list!

[@SgtBeltfed]

It's only part of an army, and we're waiting on the other half to drop. We're also kinda waiting to see if they'll get the A team or B team of codex writers. For a while they were getting a bit on the hordey side, with the penalty of a really small range.

[@epzilonblue]

I place my bet that when GK get range updated. new CP will be infantry unit only. so heres what I bought (before they got another price up) - 4 NDK (I believe this is optimal number cover all situation in the future) - 3 after market Leviathan Librarian (use them as Brotherhood Librarian) - Voldus , Crowe now I wait patiently for new Termi, Squad, Draigo.

[@apanasonicyouth8776]

Was lucky enough to have my FLGS have a 44% off sale this past week. Couldn't resist one Custodes Combat Patrol, box of Allarus Custodians, and box of Custodian Wardens. Built right, over 1600pts for $160 🤯

[@FrostRend25]

I still think Khorne daemons fit the criteria pretty well

[@repeatingimp7229]

As someone who started collecting and building since the start of 10th addition ive found the Orks to be pretty simple and straight forward. Im also not the best as assembling and painting models so if i screw up it wont look as out of place compared to any other faction. Im building around the dread mob detachment

[@joshuasalcedo7864]

I'm torn between 3 factions to get into Warhammer 40k. Space marines are generic but I do find them cool and are known for being a good army to start. Necrons are another faction that grabs my attention in a cool factor. And custodes who I like bc their cheap (relatively) and I do find them cool but not #1, but they have a very low model range which I don't like I wish I had some more options or more plastic units and not just forge models which aren't given much attention and might go away(legends).

[@B1-997]

to make space marines a bit cooler you could make a custom chapter, and make lore for them.

[@GungHoSourdough]

Jut steered in WH40K, building my first army of Adepta sororitas

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

for Necrons they are easy and fun to play BUT they can be a pain to build, so if you are new to building models i would not suggest Necrons, there are a lot of small and spindly bits. Play Tyranids as a main and they are easy to build and play, though a little more to remember with Synapse. SM is easy to build and play so a very good starter army. Custodes also easy to build and you don't need many models. Knights might seem daunting to build with such large models, but big models mean big pieces and is fairly easy to build and you don't need to build many of them.

[@ericmetzger2569]

Yeah my biggest issue with Necrons is how easily they break, painting nids is very satisfying too because of how organic they are

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

I kinda wanna start with knights, do you think they’d be easy to build as a first army?

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

@@IceBear-jb1ip from my experience i find them pretty easy to build though starting to build a big model can seem daunting. though there are some points where you need to make sure that you have turned the parts the right way. only thing that can be hard is if you magnetize them.

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

@@NecroGoblin-yl2fx What do you mean by magnetize? Also is there a lot of gluing in the knight models?

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

@@IceBear-jb1ip Magnetize is when you use magnets to make it so that you can change weapons. and if you magnetize you need to use super glue. if you don't magnetize just use plastic glue.

[@Utahraptor777]

I think maybe combing the tyrannocyte with hive guards can be a useful strategy to control dangerous objectives.

[@MrNicostil]

I started with the custodes, it's an exellent first army in my opinion. Few models so you can really take your time and don't feel bad about it. HOWEVER regarding pricing, may I direct your attention towards the Retributor Armor spray from GW ? Yeah ... models are cheap but you are going to use a LOT of those spray and they don't come cheap !

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Two cans for over 2000 points of custodes not a chance you need more than that.

[@greggonzalez661]

Death Guard is a good army for a new player, IMHO.

[@marziodimastrogiovanni127]

Auspex will u never do a difficulty based list of all the faction? Like from easiest to play to the hardest

[@scott8448]

Would take it with a grain of salt given he really doesn’t play 40K just a newsreader and casual player

[@TheOneIng]

Chaos space marines, death guard, world eaters, thousand sons, dark angels.. I see what you did there

[@johnhildenbrand2642]

I really like Tyranids for a new player army, no it isn’t the easiest to paint by volume like Knights or Custodes or GK are, but you can play virtually any "style" you want with them, want to learn how to play a horde army? Got it, monster-mash? No problem, want a rush/jail list? They have something for you, want to learn how to castle up? There's a style for that too, you've even got limited access to indirect fire, I don’t think there's any real mechanic you can't tinker with in the range, or a common play style you can't learn to play with them.

[@daweimer71]

GW needs to prioritize doing arguably the simplest and easiest range refresh, Grey Knights!

[@DisasterLord]

I can already see the monkey paw coming, they are sold in boxes of 3 for squads of 6 half of the options gone and are now a horde army sculpted by the same guy that did Corteaz

[@daweimer71]

@@DisasterLord Yep ... gotta maximize the monetization down to every penny. Loyal to your dire hard fans, not with GW. They will fuck you in a heartbeat for a penny.

[@daweimer71]

@@DisasterLord Oh yeah ... gotta monetize every penny. GW has never let screwing their loyal customers get in the way of making a cent.

[@johan-im3ud]

I just started a deathguards army. Anyone got any tips. Im completely new to this table top experience.

[@morten3138]

Death Guard's strength is using melee units against enemy infantry. Use the -1 save contagion generally. With it, DG can be one of the deadliest armies in the game. You just need to get close to the enemy. Generally DG is supposed to be slow and durable. But with the current rules they're just slow. Use Rhinos and Deep Strike to give your infantry movement. Because of the low speed you to be very careful about positioning, and learn to manipulate melee movement mechanics. Also they're pretty bad at dealing with bigger units like tanks at the moment. Usually people run 3 Chaos Knight - War Dogs to offset this. Mostly the ranged version (War Dog Brigand), which is excellent anti-tank if you get them within 12" of the enemy. Some also like the melee version (War Dog Karnivore). Magnetize the weapons on each War Dog, that way to can easily swap them if you want. Also check out the DG focused Disgustingly Resilient Podcast on YT. Run by one of the best DG players in the world.

[@spartacus2261]

I’m currently building a grey knight army. A miniature update scares me

[@TheJohnApocalypse]

I would honestly say Chaos Daemons would be a really good starting army. They're easy to paint, they have pretty simple rules and they all have lots of unity variety

[@bhizzle64]

As a new player getting into daemons I can agree with a good chunk of this. however they do come with a caveat that their combat patrol is *very* slanted, being exclusively composed of khorne units. This means there’s a notable price difference between going mostly khorne (which does tend to be a bit one note as an army) and going for any of the other gods/undivided. This is particularly true for tzeentch where the basic battle line infantry (pink horrors) requires you to buy a full on second box of blue horrors in order to field properly. There also some slight worries that daemons as an army are going to be majorly reworked and split to be merged into the various god legions at some point in the future. Though with that said I don’t think the evidence points that that happening anytime soon.

[@GCarssow]

Another benefit of Chaos Daemons: if you try AOS and decide maybe it's more your thing than 40K, you can use your Daemons models for AOS as well.

[@ROY-tt4jc]

My local shop has the old and new battleforce and combat patrol of custodes, I really don't know which to buy I need help

[@eo8240]

Started with chaos knights and they were definitely good to get started in the game right away but they didn't really help me with an overall grasp of the rules just because you're only playing as vehicles. Once i started fielding daemon allies and playing GSC i basically worked out i still had half a game to learn.

[@WilliamDavey-wg7jb]

I started with Tyranids. As I get into more and more armies I find myself missing the simple fun of a nidzilla army. No oath of moment rubbish just fun 👍

[@TopazTiger2000]

We love our “run up, get wiped by ranged, get wiped in melee, rinse, repeat” army

[@GM-rs2fv]

GK will get even cheaper for the older models if there’s a Primaris scale refresh in 10th

[@jesse-got-dolphins-into-heaven]

do the new kill team boxes coming out this week have the data cards inside?

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

I kinda wanna start an imperial knight army. Are they difficult to assemble/paint? Im also considering buying an Eldar army but idk.

[@miguelperez9906]

I mean colecting world eaters is silly easy there’s like a literal handful of models like the range is small but if you run angron you almost don’t need to buy much more than the combat patrol

[@billmacia4092]

I started 40k in 8th with necron, but my favorite faction is custodes.

[@Dimenti0-S]

I took the same path. Love the Banana Bois

[@aBoogivogi]

Off topic. Bought the Indomitus limited edition box. Do I need a whole lot more in terms of a space marine and/or necron army? Asking cause I ended up becoming a dad soon after and have a second on the way so probably won't get around to building and painting them any time soon.

[@artusyeddou5792]

GK beeing in this video when u know it’s gonna get redone entirely in about 3 years is so funny

[@scott8448]

I’m betting less then a year

[@jaypeadieL611]

Just try warhammer 40k they said. Just buy the ultimate starter kit they said. Facepalm as i now have a 2k point army of orks

[@scottyboy6269]

I was like wooo chaos knights but damnnn $1000 cad 2000pt army

[@ethandelpierre9816]

I think I gonna start with thousand sons but iam not sure if Its that good or not do you have advice ?

[@Ceaseless_Thoughts]

I wanted to start with Tau got a box of fire warriors as my first box. Then i got the leviathan and now I am a 'Nids player with a Genestealer combat patrol in my pile of shame

[@woahhbro2906]

I started with World Eaters. I'm finding out that melee armies are not as simple as they appear

[@samadams8533]

They’re all lying to you new players, the easiest armies to start with are: - Admech - Genestealer Cults - Imperial Guard - Sisters of Battle - Titan Legions

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

PLEASE DONT LISTEN TO HIM

[@TiBarrett]

What about Imperial Guard though?

[@thefrozeninja]

Can’t go wrong with imperial knights lol

[@jiyuhong5853]

10:33 wait so all space marines or just ultramarine "space marines"

[@fullmetalswcc]

Genestealer Cults is the hardest to start as a first army.

[@TopazTiger2000]

Facts 💯

[@samwisegame-geek3392]

Naw. Emperor's children they have one model lol

[@vxicepickxv]

Tau is better, but still not a good starting army.

[@fullmetalswcc]

@@samwisegame-geek3392. They can bring other Chaos Space Marine models, Daemons, and Chaos Knights.

[@eisenhorn5494]

Get DW overkill. I picked that up for the beautiful Deathwatch models and you a decent chunk of GSC models so I had to start an army.

[@Sayden11]

I started with 1000sons would recommend Trimm…

[@Deer_God]

Easiest Way to Start Warhammer is to Buy $4000 worth of Necrons

[@Stiftquadrat]

Oops all Flayed Ones

[@VenzyntRoleplay]

Grey Knights are interesting but I don't like that they randomly have open books stapled onto their armor wtf

[@luckmyst3r986]

Dont listen to them new people, get into genestealer cult theyre cool i swear

[@Drescher1984]

What about League of Votann?

[@baronzemo5301]

No one at the local store are playing custodes right now. Tithe episode didn’t help.

[@brettmal5298]

Pick a white army, super easy to paint…

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Pro acryl titanium white gets extremely good coverage and due to its high amount of pigment its really good for blending.

[@mosselliadelt]

I see custodes there, but they're a fucking nightmare to paint well

[@nischal711]

Not really basic battle ready wise it is very easy. Making them well is hard. But the basic is to slap gold paint and was then very light dry brush light silver and do the detail. 5 of them can be done under 2 HR to a battle ready standard.

[@mosselliadelt]

@@nischal711 i guess, im used to painting shadowkeepers and its like.. 6 hours a model at minimum

[@nischal711]

@@mosselliadelt make sense shadow keeper are harder to paint as it is black.

[@updown.7180]

Started last month with Guard.

[@adamhammers]

PROTECT THIS MAN

[@TheCrunch4000]

Prob just don't

[@thesurvivor7853]

Instructions not clear started Imperial Agents

[@alfredincognito7678]

Yaaay

[@coltonlong7562]

Just got my girlfriend 3000 points of necrons for a little over 300 USD. Very happy.

[@Steven-kz8zn]

Teach me your ways oh great master

[@IceBear-jb1ip]

Fake, nice try buddy but all warhammer players know women aren’t real

[@gamingborger]

with the way 40K is now, just get the models you like and run those

[@getjinxed7354]

Any army with a codex is a trap most of them 1 or 2 intentionally bad detachment rules that were at best designed for lore players and then 2-3 mid detachment with 1 maybe 2 useful detachment.

[@scott8448]

An army with a codex isn’t getting messed with until next edition though, just look at what happened to blood angels with half their army deleted to make more money selling half squads. GK most certainly are getting a range refresh with their codex so not always great buying before a codex

[@Belanner]

Don't buy Grey Knights. They're incredibly old miniatures. Some of them even from the 2000s.

[@dantehedge8414]

Easiest army is knights.

[@Klierowski]

Codex marines are for sure not a starter faction, they are really weak atm.

[@slammgames7425]

I started with sisters a year ago 💀 they still look terrible. I love the theme, but painting but is awful, at least an awful first army to try and learn to paint.

[@realllybadgaming9216]

Day 4005 of waiting for a Space Marine buff to justify my army

[@Damnedlegion40k]

Add a comment...😢

[@RevanR]

Idk but Adeptus Titanicus is the easiest army to build, should you not short on cash

[@alexanderpippington9277]

Number 7, adeptus mechanicus

[@akumaking1]

OnePageRules is more affordable and has free rules

[@Pikilloification]

Just don't bother, save you the pain (and money).

[@d-rex7043]

Don't buy Grey Knights.

[@Progamer-fn5xg]

Why?

[@SuffocatedGuy]

Genestealer Cults is the easiest faction to start your 40K journey with.

[@return4887]

or admech if their price is a bit too much for you

[@Dram1984]

A 3D printer is the cheapest way to get into 40k

[@sheldonobrien4358]

What, no Admech in this video?????

[@FloopLoop]

First finally :^D

[@AtomicRey]

Wrong. Best starter army is the Deathwatch 🤡

[@stingray2016]

First

[@VegtamTheWonderer]

I'm sorry, but you could not have been more incorrect with Space Marines. This advice makes it clear you have not played Space Marines in 10th edition. They are currently a horrible army to start with. They have a lot of clunky rules that don't make sense in 10th edition meta and are massively underpowered. Any new player trying to figure out 40k with a Space Marines army is just going to be frustrated and unable to see how to make their army good (because they can't). And currently Space Marines are an extremely unforgiving army to play. As well, they are not all-rounders, they are no-rounders. They are a codex of specialized units that largely fail to do what they are specialized for.

[@return4887]

horrible

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Have you considered that the top levels of play affects like less than 5% of all players. Even if someone runs say that crazy chaos cult list of 40k dirtbags players aren't necessarily going to know how to pilot it. Your local meta is going to matter way way more. Also wtf do you mean clunky sm strats and function pretty seamlessly barring anvilguard being heavy dependant and veteran company (the once a game precodex oath of moment.) While not currently at high win rate stormlance, galdius, ironstorm, vanguard and firestorm all are extremely functional and straight forward (stormlance has some weird mounted keyword stuff but its easily like a b+).

[@VegtamTheWonderer]

@@keyanklupacs6333 Space Marines are noticeably weaker than the vast majority of armies even in low level play. They excel at nothing and are outclasses by most other armies even at things those other armies aren't supposed to be particularly good at. And most of the Space Marine abilities are clunky in that they either buff a unit in a way that is irrelevant, or aren't useful given how the current edition is played. Not how my local meta is played, but how the game is fundamentally designed to be played. I can quite easily pick up any non-Space Marine army and spend 15 minutes to learn it well enough to beat even veteran Space Marine players. I know this because I have done it several times. Space Marines aren't even fun to play right now, because most other armies get objectively better versions of your units, and usually for much cheaper. It was an already under powered army that got straight nerfed for the last 3 updates. Steering new players there is just bad.

[@GCarssow]

I'd argue 2 things against this: 1: Don't buy Armies based on how powerful they are, because the points and rules will change, and a bottom of the barrel Army will be a top-tier Army a year later (and vice versa). Pick the Army whose flavor, lore, and aesthetics you like. 2: Army competitiveness is pretty much meaningless when you're first starting out unless you're really intending to go at this hardcore. Where I will agree with Auspex on why they're bad is that their range is absurdly bloated right now, which can be incredibly overwhelming for new players, especially considering that it's basically just "slightly different dude in power armor".

[@VegtamTheWonderer]

@@GCarssow 1. Normally I would agree, but when an army is so week that it's just not going to win unless you get extremely lucky or your opponent makes significant mistakes is not a good way to get people into the hobby. 2. I don't know why people are acting like the deficiencies of the Space Marine codex are easier to manage when you are less skilled when the situation is the reverse. A less skilled player will obviously have more trouble with a weak and extremely unforgiving army.