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[@majorkill]

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[@emperormornteth]

Majorkill is a Genestealer cultist confirmed

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

Hello Majorkill, Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, the Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Pretty please? Thank you.

[@beneficent2557]

Thank you for dunking on Cuties. That shit was disgusting.

[@beneficent2557]

Here is a brainteaser for you: What happens when a Kroot eats a Tyranid?

[@seanreusing4409]

So since you've seen Dante, we getting a "Dante is an absolute beast" or "Dante explained by an Australian" vid sometime soon?

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Consider this: The Tyranids are so numerous and dangerous, the entire galaxy is still getting slowly devoured despite the Tyranids seemingly losing every major battle of worth. All the loses they suffered mean nothing when they outnumber the stars themselves and would just. Keep. COMING.

[@OutrageousOnPurpose]

Warhammer the end time all over again. *sobs in lost setting*

[@Chris-ci8vs]

To me it is scarier to think they deliberately take on X losses in order to evolve well beyond so that when they do make an actual full push there is no stopping them. Alternatively, they are much smarter than we realize and deliberately allow recovery in order to have a sustainable and continuous source of food.

[@Subject_Keter]

You think since the Imperium literally does the same thing, people would atleast get "Many bugs... scary!"

[@arson2639]

You're not wrong noble knight. Kill, devour, collect biomass. Kill, devour, collect biomass. Nids don't lose. I really don't like bugs but the science lover in me can't help but be impressed with such a near perfect organism.

[@t_hetty1758]

@@OutrageousOnPurpose post apocalyptic space hulk with diff races and nids would be a neat game tbh

[@cakeless8486]

It actually make sense that the Harlequinns and Custodes never lost to the nids ( If that is true ). Golden Boys and the Clowns are extremely rare . Nids are all about adaptability . It’s hard to adapt to a foe that you barely interact with .

[@valentijncobben1725]

I mean they're also one of the most elite warriors in 40k, right? On top of being flexible and adaptable all on their own, probably a lot better at taking out synapse creatures and such than the same worth of imperial guard

[@indrickboreale7381]

If any Tyranid Hive Fleet killed and eaten any Custodes we would get something like Aureugaunts (from Aurum - gold) and the Imperium would be in trouble

[@spanner5940]

If that's true I wonder if a new tyranid model could be made by somehow killing a single custodes. If space marines made the tyrant guard then a golden boi could make a semi hive tyrant to spam

[@momsaid]

Yeah and they mostly stick to themselves and they always kind of show up on their terms. Both factions. It’s not like a bunch of custodes are ambushed with no way out and it’s just custodes against a hive fleet. That’s not even a things that’s happened

[@eleventhprimarch5303]

@@momsaid Except for that one time where Custodes fought the Harlequins. Five Clowns fought all the Custodes and lost, but took twice their number of Custodes with them. War of the Beast: Book 5 Throneworld by Guy Haley

[@NoxFlex]

Man I can’t wait to waste 21 days of my life when “how many times have the ultramarines won” video comes out

[@majorkill]

It'll be longer than 21 days

[@vojtadrasner2440]

How long would be the list if we did not counted victories that happened only for sake of plot and that would be loses without plot armour?

[@Ronfost89]

@@vojtadrasner2440 Well considering that every victory in a story is for the sake of the plot, I'd say by your rules they would have 0 victories.

[@mememachine6022]

Atleast the battles lost one is gonna be short

[@drek9k2]

Ultramarines really are such a marysue faction, it fits even less than Tau. At least Tau are literally there for no other reason than to prove the grimdarkness of the universe by showing the ridiculousness of their naivete in wanting to negotiate with orks or seeing demons as just aliens in need of the Greater Good.They're not actually meant to keep winning. It's like watching the nice guy get smashed in. Ultramarines is just dumb tbqf.

[@KaiserAfini]

In theory the tyranids are a moving ecosystem, adapting at a ludicrous speed and becoming a nightmare you need to deal with before they hit critical mass and steamroll the world. They should have the greatest unit variety of their own, due to rapid genetic engineering and rapid iteration. Unfortunately, making justice to the nightmare they are supposed to be would involve killing or crippling named characters, or at least sending them on the run. It would require a poignant victory that creates a feeling akin to being trapped in a building with a xenomorph hunting you. Its unfortunately a lost opportunity.

[@loowick4074]

In theory, the tyranids are a single alien super organism

[@gameid4646]

Catachan world vs Tyranid, who win?

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

@@gameid4646 Nobody would win that. I have a feeling that the nids would basically just go, "Yeah, I'll have some of this, and some of this, and a bit of that, thank you" Whereas Catachan would be "Yum!"

[@danieldelgado8960]

there is a anthology book on sisters of battle called "Book of Martyrs" i would recommend you give that a read for a really good nids story

[@TheWarmachine375]

Tyranids: "We are the Swarm! Armies will shatter. Worlds will *burn!"*

[@Pyre]

Look, random sexy lady alpha-plus psyker couldn't *hurt* the faction...

[@fortheswarmlord3250]

​@@Pyre Female Magus lol

[@tanjiro2507]

Worlds will be eaten*

[@johnpyrett4017]

That's a weird way to spell nom nom nom.

[@Night-Rider101]

Pretty lame comment because tyranids dont shatter and burn they *e a t*

[@BiggusDickus79]

I’d imagine Tyranid victories tend to leave nobody to record the battle, and nothing to record it on.

[@eduardoribeiroucv9630]

A tyranid win results in only more nids

[@cinder1667]

I imagine how the Tyranids calculate this stuff… I mean some of these imperial worlds probably waste more of their biomass than they are able to consume.

[@anthonyhudson3459]

It's probably like a loss leader in sales. You might lose on one engagement but as long as the loss is limited then it sets you up for greater profits.

[@adrianjimenez4994]

@@cinder1667 They don't need to calculate, the “biomass” includes minerals and most of the elements they can get when they lose is just a retreat but when they win they got a 100% of recovering of biomass+the biomass of the place they conquest(Except necrons they are to OP for the tyranids to win anything and Demons because they are not biomass),

[@skippydinglechallk367]

​@@cinder1667 I mean I don't think that'd be true considering whatever they lose they basically just suck back up in the end. I think maybe it just slows them down due to needing time to create more of their troops?

[@WildZephyr]

I feel like the Necrons are going to have a lot to do with countering the Tyranids, when push comes to shove. And I wouldn't be surprised if Imotekh does take a beating at some point.

[@florians9949]

The same can be said about the nid facing the necrons, because they have so many hard counters. Eating your oponents to understand them? Screw you, Necrons are robots that blow up on death. Ingesting biomas to replenish numbers? I can see Necrons having no problems blowing a few worlds to starve them. Shadow of the warp? Necrons don’t have pychers anyway. Adapting to your enemies weapons? Try adapt to a desintegration ray. Genestelers cult weaken enemies defences beffore invasion? Good luck trying that against a necron population. Sure the nids have numbers on their side as the Necrons are quite fragmented, but the Silent King being back this won’t be a problem for long. The only time the Tyranids fight and won against Necrons is because they caugth them in a bad position, because they will never win a straight up fight. Afterall, there is a reason why the space bugs activelly avoid awaken tomb worlds.

[@fore54k3n]

Whoa is the day nids figure out how to use the living metal as their own, not that their armor is super subpar. But having it as a nid mutation does bring up a question or two.

[@chimchu3232]

​@fore54k3n that would be game over lol. Nids with regenerating metal armor?

[@florians9949]

@@fore54k3n One: prety sure the nids already have something like this. Two : Necrons selfdestruct upon death, so its not liek they leave a body behind.

[@cinder1667]

TBH Necrons are lowkey the last hope against both the Tyranids & Chaos - lmao

[@adventarchivist5789]

Got to at least give a shoutout to episode 13 of Hammer and Bolter. Despite the animation looking subpar a lot of the time, it gave a very accurate depiction of a Tyranid invasion. Especially their influence on imperial worlds on a micro and macro level.

[@Hakokoro]

If hammer and bolt had actual budget to it We could have great animation. The animation is almos mon existent but props for the team for still managing to tell the stories and nailing the grimdark

[@thecommentguy9380]

@@Hakokoro animation is actually getting better as the show goes

[@imperialtrooper927]

@@Hakokoro Preach it bro. I fully agree that the animation is lame, but people seem to hyperfocus no that, and ignoring the story, which is often impeccable

[@Tank50us]

​@@imperialtrooper927 that's what I keep saying. I think for H&B story matters more than visuals. Visuals are nice, but it won't matter if the story is sub par, and I'd argue that the story is where the series shines most. Not everyone will agree, but frankly... It's their loss. After all... For the show to get a bigger budget, the people in charge of W+ need to justify it, and the only way they'll do that is if the series gets more traffic and more people subscribe.

[@clydecraft5642]

@@Tank50us many people want to look at something nice vs learn/understand something

[@TheWarmachine375]

2:40 Dante: "I wish I died valiantly and earned my rest at last after 10,000 years." Ghost Sanguinius: "Nope. You're going back."

[@bloodangel19]

1500.

[@Ronfost89]

@@bloodangel19 Yeah not sure where he got 10,000

[@evanlight2550]

“Well, least I can die during this surgery” *succeeds in becoming a Primaris* “Fucking Fate!”

[@Ronfost89]

@@evanlight2550 Damn Cawl, figuring out how to perfect the surgery just in time for Dante lol

[@OljeiKhan]

Around 1600 years. Not 10000.

[@TheQuietOne937]

40K only covers Tyranids losses in stories. However, that doesn't mean they don't have victories and aren't a threat. There are large, recently barren swaths of the Galaxy after all.

[@wahbegan]

I think they lose most of the time for the simple fact that them winning means total annihilation. I think of that quote, what was it? "You must travel through those woods again and again, and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time. But the wolf needs only luck enough to find you once."

[@tbone9474]

I'd love to hear your take on the sheer retardation of the chapters willing to sacrifice their 1st companies in space hulk cleansings. Might as well send gun mounted servitors, it's not like terminator armor can stop a genestealer swipe

[@NS-cs3wp]

It's not retarded so much as necessary. Send an infinite number of gun servitors, if you like, they won't make any kind of progress in a space hulk. The way I see Space Hulks is that they have to send termies because literally nothing else would have a shred of a chance of succeeding, let alone surviving, and they HAVE to enter wahtever space hulk they are entering.

[@cruelmilk4465]

@@NS-cs3wpI think it’s still retarded that their claws go through terminator like butter. It makes their main speciality outright nullified. Like at that point just send in 1st Company Vets with regular power armor. You get better mobility and speed, which terminator armor doesn’t provide.

[@reesegoebel979]

This sentence would kill a midevil pesant

[@tbone9474]

@N S weeeeeell if you look at the board game space Crusade, you have normal astartes in the hulks, not terminators, and they were facing necrons (well the original iteration of necrons). In all likelihood it's probably a question of ancient lore conciliation.

[@TheGrammargestapo1]

space marine armor works in the same way the eldar population does, *there is as much or as little as the narrative requires*

[@aonbrogan8266]

Reminder that not only have the Tyranids not won against a Custodes force they have never so much as consumed Custodes DNA, so they genuinely have to counter to them on a biological level like they do with virtually every other faction.

[@Subject_Keter]

Just wait for the Comissar Garzoras to say "Just crash into Terra with a Narwhal"

[@kalxek1462]

I wanna see Mars get scoured more than Terra. Just imagine the art. The unleashing of the Titan legions and the mass Hierophant spawning to counter.

[@wolf-xf6hf]

What’s scary about the tyranids isn’t that you can’t win a battle against them it’s that you can win EVERY battle against them and you will still lose the war. They are everywhere and they are endlessly pervasive. They can quietly takeover worlds without giving time or allowing communication for a single thing to be done to stop them. Astartes can beat the tyranids but no one else can and there simply aren’t enough Astartes to spend or be everywhere.

[@SpookeyGael]

The Tyranids are a 40k writer's wet dream: an enemy with no named characters that have to stay alive to sell models and can be beaten by more popular factions ad infinitum without actually losing because they can just pull unlimited reinforcements out of their asses (i.e. deep space)

[@RedXlV]

Yep, it allows the writer to give their named characters as spectacular a win against overwhelming odds as they feel like...and yet not diminish the Tyranids' threat level at all.

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

@@RedXlV The other side of that, is that it does make the Nids seem kinda weak. Like, oooh big scary bugs, blueberry creampuff over there just roflstomps a swarm. So either the swarm is a bunch of pansys, or the guy that roflstomps them is made to seem more powerful, which while the later may be their intent, also conveys the former.

[@RedXlV]

@@TheMariusDarkwolf The biggest thing that makes the Tyranids so dangerous is their utterly ludicrous numbers. No matter how many of them you kill, there's *always* trillions upon trillions more of them. That's something no amount of Ultramarine wanking writers are going to change.

[@Subject_Keter]

My personal Opinion? The Nids should create basically a Abathur, they manage the Evolutionary traits, trends and what to evolve. Basically have the Nids kidnap a really smart biologicist but they are a sicko that likes to inflict mass death to foes and graft them up to a "smaller" neural network and have him take on some foes. Would be a cool book.

[@shamainebest4031]

​@@RedXlV GW really backed themselves into a corner.

[@DotTiuri]

I once heard a tale about the tyrranids: They fought the imperium and the imperium thought to be a smart ass. They got a life-eater exterminates to obliterate the hive fleet. It worked great... For a few days, then the invasion started again but this time with that same life-eater virus in their guns and blood now used against the imperium. Truly tyrranid adaptability is frightening.

[@p-leif630]

so how did they tow then mange it?

[@DotTiuri]

@@p-leif630 They got yet another exterminates, one with the highest fire power they could possibly find and blew it all to kingdom come. At least that's what I think happened. Its been a long time since I heard the tale.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Tyranids sees the entire Milky Way galaxy as an All You Can Eat Buffet after all.

[@RorikH]

Fortunately, they can't eat the necrons.

[@theaetherknight5614]

Why would you want to eat your utensils?

[@flyinghole]

He said guys and gals.. There are two of them now!

[@PoorManatee6197]

This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them!

[@WarThunder-zt4xw]

Major K lot’s of respect to you for de-listing your model with the arrival of the update from GW. That’s integrity M8!

[@13Lictor]

I'm hoping 10th edition gives some major lore buffs for the bugs. Back in the earlier editions the losses were still major but a lot less frequent, and it felt like the Tyranids were a looming threat on a scale that made chaos almost insignificant. But since then more factions have popped up, the Great Rift buffed chaos, and nids feel like they've been left behind. It would be interesting to see them develop trump cards on a similar level to Kronos to face unconventional enemies like the Necrons, and take out some big named named worlds in the lore. Not to mention just make them feel like a serious galactic threat entirely again Also stop having the Swarmlord lose every duel lol

[@darkwurm8784]

Swarmlord’s entry into the lore was so good. Marneus Calgar thinking he’s got it all then comes in this beast that has fought on more battlefields against countless different armies and tactics, not only beating him in tactics but also combat, only to be saved at the cost of his loyal bodyguards. Now it’s Swarmlord shows up, roars, gives the tyranids a second wind. Then Calgar shows up and wrecks Swarmlord, Tyranids lose. Even the fight with Dante (love the book) has the Swarmlord just kinda show up as a final boss.

[@RedXlV]

The thing about the Tyranids is that even their losses are wins. There's just *so many* Nids that they can always replenish their losses fast than any of the other factions. Buff them too much, and GW would have to resort to total asspulls to keep them from wiping out the whole setting.

[@swarmlord6121]

I'll win someday

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

@@RedXlV I mean in fairness if you've see the dataslate updates, that's basically what they're already doing. Like every single dataslate/rules update keeps nerfing the 'Nids.

[@RedXlV]

@@TheMariusDarkwolf True, GW resorting to asspulls is nothing new.

[@Vegeta8300]

Tyranids have always been my favorite. Aliens is my favorite movie of all time and the Tyranids obviously take inspiration from the xenomorphs. I get why the Tyranids aren't a focus. They are a more animalistic xeno species. The hive mind would be fascinating to know more about. But, the lack of understanding of the hive mind and tyranids is also what makes them interesting and horrifying. If to much got explained I feel they would lose much of what makes them work. But, I do wish we could get something. The Death Leaper as all lictors is supposed to be hyper intelligent. Maybe some way of showing the nid pov without losing their mystery. It's a hard nut to crack. One can hope there can be more nid lore, but it has to be so carefully done, if at all.

[@PhailRaptor]

They'd have to go the Queen of Blades/Borg Queen route to do the Tyranids justice

[@minhducnguyen9276]

​@@PhailRaptor No need to do that. Give them hive queens like the zerg is enough. After SC 1, Kerrigan created the Queens for two reasons: to drive the zerg evolution and to ensure that the zerg leadership is not dependent on one single individual, if the strongest queen die, every brood queens will fight to become the queen of all hive queens. The problem with this approach is it'll turn the tyranid into orks 2.0 because that's exactly how orks hierarchy works.

[@lucasaugusto7743]

We still waiting for your take on how different the setting would be if other primarch returned instead of Guilliman

[@kaypay1623]

That's been a few months at this point :/

[@MWH12085]

Same

[@Deadlybudz]

Idk why people keep asking for speculative lore, it’s literally pointless. You yourself, could make up any facts you want. It’s the most cringe shit ever.

[@dylandowd983]

​@@Deadlybudz bro we like to hear what his thoughts are... As well whoo asked? Keep your negative opinion to your self.

[@Justintime328]

@@Deadlybudz I agree these nerds take our toys way too far.

[@Hakokoro]

A big thing about Nids is that they don't need big wins ,as long as they devour a lot of biomass they are winning overall.

[@zrrion6the6insect6]

The imperium doesn't care about biomass so it throws guard at stuff and calls it a day. It's only a loss for the imperium if a chapter gets fucked up or a lot of tech is destroyed. The nyds are the other way round though, caring only about biomass. If they eat a dozen worlds that just have average people on them that's a massive W in their books but the imperium might not notice that for at least a century. I imagine the nyds only really care to fuck up imperial worlds w/ named characters on them when those worlds are protecting worlds the nyds actually want.

[@stevehagen9804]

Tyranids seem like a galactic tide eroding the world. You can think your beating it back, but it just keeps rolling in, taking more territory every time.

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

Here's the scariest thing: despite being able to name only 5 or so vague wins, Nids never lost. Like, overall, despite how much they might've "lost", so far, their work produced a net positive result for them - and that's the scariest shit - they can lose upwards.

[@dragongrazer7620]

There is also the thing, that even if the nids loose 99.9% of its biomass, but win over the planetary defences, the lost biomass is recovered when they hover up all that sweet biomass post victory. 🍣😋

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

@@dragongrazer7620 That's what I am saying! I hope nids will get more love in near future, I wouldn't mind getting an army myself

[@dragongrazer7620]

@@OneReallyGrumpyJill Last time my Nid army saw action, it viped out a spacemarine force, and a decent chunk of an eldar force during a 4 way melee. Though, all l had left was the tyrant, a fex and 4 stealers. Good times 😂😂😂

[@TheWarmachine375]

All Planets: *exists* Tyranids: "It's free real estate."

[@oyohoyoh1494]

Thanks for the video, Mr. Handsome!

[@masonking240]

Tyranids where my first army and still my favorite faction to this day I’m actually in the process of having custom made lovecraft Tyranids, the lord being these where the ones that ventured into the ghoul stars.

[@Rhysavus]

The Tyranids as a faction are in a functional trap story-wise. They're written and maintained to be the galaxy-consuming and infinite threat they deserve to be, but are often pushed back or ignored in the major setting while the "core" factions see their stories advanced. This only ends with the Tyranids destroying everything (not fun for anyone), or with the galaxy pulling out some major plot armor to defeat the Hive Mind when it's been hyped to be both infinite and inaccessible (Probably with the Necrons using something akin to their World Engine). Otherwise, the Tyranids will be limited to specific settings (such as being the core antagonist in Space Marine II) and likely end up with a few decisive victories that "cripple" parts of other major factions before having their story pacified to a victory parade across non-important planets to prevent infringement into more interesting interactions between other factions. We might be lucky to see something major akin to Macragge being destroyed by the Tyranid invasion in a mutually pyrrhic victory that cripples a major portion of the Hive Fleet, but I doubt we will see Lion face off against them considering he was incapacitated by a psychic attack in the first place (especially when the trailer showcases a Zoanthrope crushing a Librarian so easily).

[@Archon3960]

_"What if the Imperium split, Roman Empire style?"_ Could make for a cool video. 😎

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

i know, that's why he already made it. I think, I might be misremembering.

[@md-3941]

Didn't it already kinda? The Great Rift split the imperium in half

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

@@md-3941 not fully, there's sill narrow passages, cadia was one I think before you know...

[@Mark-in8ju]

Wouldn`t the Cicatrix Maledictum make that super easy, barely an inconvenience?

[@Archon3960]

@@md-3941 No, no. I meant an Imperium shattering into numerous sub-empires. Like in this video right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2LGlY2pmpd3bbc

[@malal4751]

G'day mates, now go buy some minis.

[@dominushydra]

Lol Majorkill turned into the biggest 40k hack on KZbin

[@johnmccarron7066]

If you think about it, even if the Tyranids lost every single engagement they participated in, they'd still be an unimaginable threat. They essentially have limitless reserves, but every other faction is working with a finite point of resources. If the opponent you're fighting keeps losing, but never stops coming, you're eventually going to run out of ammunition, supplies, and troops, and the troops that you do have will be too exhausted to keep fighting. On top of that, all of the other factions are essentially in a race with each other or some other factor. The Tau need more time to secure their holdings, the Drukhari need more torture slaves to hold off Slaanesh, the imperium just needs more time for everything. All the Tyranids have is inevitability. The bulk of their forces have yet to arrive, and when they do, everywhere in the galaxy becomes a front against them.

[@ItsAVolcano]

The Tyrannid numbers are where the threat is, as there are untold numbers of Hive Fleets heading to the 40k galaxy with the Astronomicon serving as a massive beacon to them.

[@sebastianpetersen5694]

See thats what I dont get. The astronomicons reach is limitted even in our galaxy. how does it lure the tyranids in?

[@dogukantopal4809]

​@@sebastianpetersen5694 think of it as light bulb you dont need to be illumunated by it to see it from a distance.

[@vpc5156]

@@sebastianpetersen5694 The reason the nids are going to the galaxy is for an event during the Horus Heresy. During the heresy the loyalist were separated from Terra and activated a device very similar to the astronomicon. However during the heresy this device had to be destroyed or something like that and it created a reaction in the warp that could be seen from galaxies away. This reaction could not be natural and the nids knew that in the milky way there was living creatures and civilization. Saying this out of my memory but overall is something like that.

[@ismaelsantos5378]

@@vpc5156 Yup, the detonation by overload of the Necron Pharos device, which is similar to the Astronomicon. And you are correct. The detonation casted a flare in the warp way outside the reaches of the galaxy, which the tyranid fleets picked up and began moving towards the milky way. Meanwhile, The Silent King had already been outside the galaxy and found only tyranids, a lot of tyranids, and then made his way back to the galaxy to wake up and unify the Necrons because shit was about to hit the galactic fan. So for all we know the Nids may as well be infinite and we can kill as many as we want, eventually the trickle of hivefleets will become a flood and then we'll need some major shenaningans to get rid of them or stand a chance, and knowing GW the ultramarines will be involved.

[@bookmanjeb7238]

@@ismaelsantos5378 Has the Emperor ever mentioned or interacted with the Nids? Would be interesting if he psychically contacted a swarm lord or hive mother and tried to understand them/ tell them to back the fuck off.

[@Kingneo0053]

I have a question. So the Tyranids have been fighting the Orks for an unknown amount of time and absorbing their DNA right? Does that mean the Hive Fleets could possibly create Tyranids that release reproductive spores like Orks do? In particular could they create Gene Stealers with that ability? If so how dangerous would that be?

[@someoneidk2804]

how dangerous it is using the celestial orry on the entire galaxy

[@JasonM69]

I think it would be too OP. Plus in rogue trader the lore says Tyranids have a hard time with Ork DNA. That's how squigs were made.

[@eotwkdp]

Slight chance those orknids won’t listen to the hive mind due to a bit too much like orks

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

No very, remember the nids already have those little bullets that stay inside of you for a while and slowly turn you into a nid. I would say the bullets are even more dangerous, since ya can't burn them away.

[@Rawmilkandzerchers]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqO0oauCpZV2p8k Exactly the premise of "The Shape of The Nightmare to Come", a Warhammer 50k fanfic.

[@shitheadstavern]

Damn, last time I was THIS early. Cadia was still here

[@boozeybatman]

Also love how majorkill read my mind thinking there basically xenomorths, ausome

[@snappa_tv]

Funny that tyranids were just confirmed as the main antagonists for 10th edition

[@Pencildrawer117]

Man I remember reading a summary of that story about the nids on the planet with the chaos gates WAY before I had really any context for what Warhammer was. I just heard of and started reading about the tyranids, finding that story and being sooo confused why there were daemons in a sci fi story about space marines and space bugs. Oh how little I knew back then.

[@seleckt6600]

What most concerns me about the nids is that they originate from outside the galaxy, and can attack two different sides of the galaxy fast enough that they couldn't have traveled through it - they had to have attacked those locations from outside coming in. That implies they have the entire galaxy surrounded.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

even worse, we could be literally the ONLY galaxy left. The rest of the void; *all of it* , could be Tyranids.

[@Poisedanubis85]

I’ve a follower of the tyranids since the late 90s and loved seeing the evolution through the editions

[@MidnightAX]

The Nids have Genestealers. which can make three armed bug mommies. and everyone knows getting a handy from someone with three hands is better than two hands. so that's a W in my book.

[@alexandrekebreau8698]

Man I'm glad I bought the STL pack. Gonna protect that STL like an admech with an STC.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Hopefully the beginning of 10th edition gives The Tyranids some meaningful victories with their range refresh that's basically confirmed as coming then

[@Schorfsee]

This would include plot-progression like the loss of an important planet or a whole sector. I think there will be another invasion of a home-world, 1 or 2 new splinterfleets. a little colleteral damage but nothing big that will hurt the plot since nids are sideplot at this moment.

[@neerGdyahS]

Tyranids win most of the time, they just don't make stories out of it. Off screen so to speak.

[@ctcrusader7479]

5:10 You forgot about Gryphone IV being completely devoured with only a small group of priests/titans escaping. Gryphone IV was a major forge world almost on par with Mars.

[@raccman8294]

This is a certified bug dude moment

[@antonioemeterio7441]

I hope that Cuties shot at the start was about Sneako

[@wattrus6077]

The reason there aren’t tons of stories about nids dropping names and getting gains is because they actually win quite a bit, often enough that it’s more notable when they lose. Which is why people write stories about the nids *actually* being defeated- it’s something of note.

[@CryingCreeperMLG]

Bro did Majorkill just do the worlds most subtle diss on Sneako/the Sneako drama with that opening Cuties remark? Fantastic

[@jaegerbomb269]

Tyranids are better heels than Chaos. Also, Go Blood Angels! 😇

[@scientistx5717]

I mean they are cleaning up the mess thats the galaxy

[@WAcrobat19]

Could we see some Blood Angels videos on the James Swallow books and/or the Bloodquest comics?

[@rheynilcalderon4246]

Don't care if Tyranids are winning as long there's no furry Tyranid

[@SgtOLi40k]

Pacman didn't care about the blips he ate. The swarm probably thinks the same as each solar system they snack on. Nom Nom Nom = Waka Waka Waka

[@feliks6354]

Every great day starts with a g'day.

[@IrueltheSystem]

Glad your back bro

[@sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635]

Okay I do love the fact that Tau used a virus weapon against the Nids And it worked Being a Tau fan is hard sometimes since they have huge lore potential but I know fully well it's never gonna be used

[@broguy7677]

Communism sucks

[@CteCrassus]

Using bioweapons against Tyranids is a very dangerous proposition; Chances are that same virus is now part of their arsenal.

[@WarCommissar1]

hey dude, have you considered doing a chat pod with you and 2 or 3 other gw loremasters and doing a small news/debate segment? obviously it would be monthly or bi monthly

[@Teaguegrant]

Someone told me the nids would smell bad. When really thinking about, what bad smell would they have? I think a little skunk with rotten flesh, I don't think they would smell like poo though.

[@DeadBattleBrother15]

They also taste bad, even the Ogryn doesn't like them

[@spacewolf6515]

For the Emperor

[@trimeerious4349]

Getting a video about how each of the pre heresy primarchs would have reacted to being in Guillimans current situation would be pretty cool ngl

[@bloodangel19]

People who agree that Cuties should exist need a visit from the Grey Knights

[@qiushuang239]

Nah, send in the 8th.

[@inquisitormaddox8581]

Can’t wait for the how powerful a space marine really is videos and more chapter videos

[@gajapokemonz5736]

lesser demon: sir this xenos already destroyed the corpse worshippers. greater demon: yea but I won't get my deposit back on this army, so charge

[@gunargundarson1626]

Fun fact: GW will let the Tyranids “win” a campaign if they have a IRL big infestation for inspiring a decision.

[@SirEggo2412]

If 40k ever has a end times the nids or chaos will definitely win because GW cannot stand any “order” faction winning

[@andrescd9327]

You were right about the tyranids being the "main bad guy" of 10th edition. lol

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!

[@ExoditeDragon]

speaking as someone who no longer had time to paint & play early into 3rd edition (I still have my old pewter 2nd edition hive tyrant!), imagine my surprise when this video appeared in my recommendations and I discovered there's a 10th edition about to release 😂

[@TheRewasder97]

Does Tzeench like the Tyranids? They are constantly changing.

[@theoriginaldemiurge]

why but if the tyranids win the galaxy's just dead, forever. I don't think tzeench would like that.

[@TheRewasder97]

@@theoriginaldemiurge true, just a weird morning thought that crossed my mind

[@DeadBattleBrother15]

I'm not sure, because Tyranids more like wild animals that live with instinct not lust, anger or ego

[@amazingaces4389]

Damn I wish this video was longer and went into serious more details

[@randallkoskubar2303]

5:10, and thus the tyranids evolved the ability to be short. -magnus

[@emperormornteth]

Faction leaders battle royale when?

[@huntermoore7669]

From what iv read all the tyrinads currently seen are literally just the feather light grazing first touches of a hoard so massive it’s larger then that galaxy itself.

[@Nope_Nerds]

We also have to recognize that if factions like the Orcs, Nids and to some extent any branch of Chaos got a healthy amount of Dubs the universe the game takes place in ends. Especially the Nids, additionally how do craft stories for an entity that lacks individuality and has the soul purpose of consume everything, would be a pretty boring read.

[@jakegray1723]

HP Lovecraft would like to have a word with you

[@2stroke438]

Tyranids are fuckin lame and far too overpowered, from a lore perspective. Whoever came up with them at GW was "that kid" on the playground.

[@MrRawrCEO]

@@jakegray1723 Lovecraft nearly always wrote from the HUMAN perspective bearing witness to eldritch horrors. Which is basically what 40k is now. He's talking about if the nids won trying to sell a bunch of books about the Hive Fleet's perspective after they've already eaten everything.

[@MrRawrCEO]

@@2stroke438 I guess blame Heinlin? Big swarm of space bugs ain't exactly a new concept to sci fi, and since Heinlin also invented Space Marines...

[@ewc58]

Fierce, scary beasties with plot armor made of tissue paper

[@freddyfazbear1949]

Wellp time to watch this

[@ivanivanovic5586]

You know, I was half-expecting that the new dante model would be found wanting, so color me surprised to see Majorkill impressed so. In fact, new model helps me too (for side project, new power armor mark's power unit will be compact enough that you can slot the jump pack above and actual backpack to store everything else you need below without adding too much bulk).

[@Ron1nVsEverything]

Even when the nids lose, they still win. Every failed campaign is really just a stepping stone to the next tier of tactics and evolution. Would love to see more interaction between nids and Chaos though, especially some battles with Hive Fleet Kronos from the traitor legion's perspectives would be cool.

[@RedXlV]

And even beyond their evolution, there's just *so many Nids* that the "victorious" faction in any given battle can't possibly replenish their losses as quickly as the Nids do.

[@Subject_Keter]

I think it funny when Abaddon claims that, it cuz his ass got beaten so red Magnus thinks it funny. The Nids just vomit up more nids and rushs back in.

[@jeffreybomba]

From a creative perspective, the Nids ofer a blank canvas to painting schemes.

[@nifers23]

I really hope the tyranids get a major rework in terms of models soon. I’m very interested in getting into the hobby, and quite frankly the concept alone of the tyranids is really badass to me, but their models just look goofy for the most part. I feel like they could also receive some sort of narrative update. Even with the hive mind SEEMING bland and incapable of nuance writing wise, I think there is a way to give the hive mind some sort of relatable personality, or at least something interesting about it. Maybe a mother type of personality, that cares deeply for the survival of it’s children, or something of that sort. Also even though a hive mind is typically thought of as a sort of singular consciousness, with no room for deviation in an individual’s thought process, I feel like there are a lot of interpretations of a hive mind that could be explored. Do they truly ALL think EXACTLY the same in the hive mind? Even if we just get a sort of pheromone interpretation of individual tyranids interacting with each other, like ants do in real life, I think that would be cool! Maybe they could be like bees, where they dance to communicate, or something to that effect. Even bees can be charming and interesting despite their supposed lack of intelligence. I think them all being one giant connected psychic consciousness could still be explored in a number of neat ways, even if I personally couldn’t give any examples of that. Basically I can feel the potential for the tyranids, and I want to see them fully realized as a faction!

[@supergod6270]

You should make a video about how nurgle save Isha

[@DotTiuri]

You know why there are only stories of the tyrranids losing battles? Its because most battles do not leave survivors to tell the tales.

[@withlovefromlightindust591]

Hello Majorkill, Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, the Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Pretty please? Thank you.

[@dominushydra]

Your reading from the wiki is getting better each video. Soon you'll be in OneMindSydicate territory. 👍

[@plutonrond9206]

That t'au battle is weird... In some other stories, they adapt to pretty much any bio weapon in less than hours, even agaisnt Nurgle's plagues. But the t'au devellopped one to kill a whole tendril?

[@oblivion9619]

Maybe the nano virus was mechanical in nature?

[@starhammer5247]

First comment in 14 seconds, 1 view and 3 likes. But yeah, the Tyranids lose every time.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

You can lose every battle, but still lose a war. The 'nids are terrifying simply because any loss they take is inconsequential, and there are hints in the lore that what we're currently seeing is essentially a scouting party. Which when you re-contextualize it around that fact, they seem quite terrifying, given the fact that even Macragge (the home world of the largest space marine chapter) struggled to fend off this scouting party. and also the fact that they seemed to have surrounded the milky way, we have no idea if we're the last ones in their path. Hell the whole universe could've been consumed at this point

[@HiveFleetOni]

The Cryptus shield worlds and Gryphonne IV are both good examples of Tyranids totally curbstomping the Imperium.

[@leonidas231]

IF the entire hive fleet arrived, not the splinter fleets than the galaxy has -10% chance

[@destrelyascorner4968]

Tyranids: Every battle we lose! The knowledge we gain make us Stronk!

[@Gyratus]

Tyrannids are GW way of flipping the board and bring in new stuff.

[@luckyno.9371]

Realistically the Tyranids win pretty often, it's just no one survives to record it seeing as they've been munched

[@FacemeltsWasteland]

It’s like meteor strikes. You get rocks from space hitting stuff, causing some damage which is pretty inconvenient. Bunch of people die but things are ultimately fine. BUT. Those space rocks were just tiny chunks of a space rock bigger than our planet, and it’s not so much going to hit us, but more ‘we’re going to splat off it’s rocky windshield barely changing it’s trajectory through space’.

[@xenocide1307]

While I don't really enjoy painting nids that much (and I've never played them for that matter), they are by far one of the most free form models you can kitbash to your hearts content. Even if GW is slow to update the available line of 'Nids, there's just so much room to grab organic looking bits and incorporate them into your kitbash. Every Tyranid army should look entirely unique based on the combination of consumed DNA.

[@rickysullivan7584]

A video on the vespids would be nice the Tau auxiliarys are one of the main reasons I got into 40k.

[@Centuries_of_Nope]

The Tyranids are here to chew ass and kick bubble gum, and they're all out of bubblegum.

[@iang257]

With 10th edition trailer, they look like the nids look like they're about to become another massive threat.

[@afropunkx]

I find their battles to be the most interesting. I love the overwhelming odds and find the stories to be terrifying.

[@artificieraustin4855]

Always happy to see a tyranid video

[@jonathanryan9946]

Remember, the Tyranids only really have to win once. If the Imperium has an arbitrary hundred Pyrrhic victories, eventually these super costly victories will make to next win impossible. This is what makes them such a threat, they have potentially such numbers that they can just eventually overwhelm the galaxy before it can repopulate and rebuild.

[@dollamoneyman4864]

Majorkill can you do a video on the planets of the Sol System in 40k?