Faction Wars - The Best Tournament Arena

[@Nandi40k]

Slip of the tongue around 02:10 ! The Ultramarines lose Incisus! (Not Certus)

[@richardkneller7887]

The UM lose a healer? That's a bum deal

[@procrastinathan9201]

​@@richardkneller7887in fairness, I don't find healers to have much utility in TA, compared to those with high damage output.

[@richardkneller7887]

@@procrastinathan9201 I get that, though I wonder if that would be different in faction TA where the pace will be slowed down.

[@richardkneller7887]

I especially suspect the sisters of battle will be stronger than most ppl first suspect

[@MidnightHozz]

When I heard you say they lost Certus what immediately came to mind is the saying "Addition by subtraction." GTFO Certus and come back when you get 3 moves.

[@ewanhamilton1012]

Hopefully this will inform Snowprint's release schedule, and they will release all the unfinished faction's final characters!

[@nicholasgonzalez531]

For real the dark angels have been missing their fifth for ages

[@ostrowulf]

I was thinking this too.

[@cathal8618]

"I'm sorry for the flood of videos this week." You fool! You absolute fool, you've played right into our hands. Another, please.

[@Vorenus40k]

Am I dreaming? A week of Nandi's videos?? ❤ The Best week!!!

[@MrsNandi40k]

Nandi this is your dream, you can use the tau against everyone

[@alexeaton-pq9gh]

Best new part of Tacticus we’ve had it a while - so much fun playing full factions against each other. True to a real warhammer game

[@matteopinamonti1867]

This is what the game was really missing: Lore friendly battles! I am very excited about this

[@Pal777meR]

I was so excited when I first saw this. Then hugely disappointed with Tyranids being banned.

[@sqocks8254]

I somewhat assume that the Tyranids will get a Gene-Stealer stand-in for their 5th slot once some of these characters are released similar to how the Dark Angels get Incisus as their 5th.

[@DakkaDakka12]

Yea, they really need to slow down with new factions and finish a few first.

[@sqocks8254]

​@@DakkaDakka12 Snowprint actually commented on this point in the Weekly Explainer, Vol. 29 from 4/10/2024 *A: From your character designer:* _"Tacticus has only a limited amount of characters that can be released every season, so as to not overwhelm either us with creating nor players with all that goes into unlocking and upgrading them. Thus, we want to spread the faction love as widely as we reasonably can. For every player who is waiting for the 5th of their faction, there are many more fans who are waiting to see any of their favorite faction._ _“There are many many factors going into the character choice, and sometimes there are external opportunities, like the one we just had with Titus or Azrael in the past. Bhat said, we are fully committed to finishing all factions, and several of the “missing” characters are already planned.”_ And honestly, that seems fair enough to me. But I thought I'd share this to let you know they have this point in mind and have already planned several _"missing"_ characters. ^^

[@Kishin-yh7qv]

Looks like my thousand sons team will come in handy

[@Fr3ddyM3hrCurry]

"I am sorry for the flood of videos this week" I think this is the only time I heard anyone say sorry for a high numkber of videos. Normaly its appologies for a gap in vids. I mean more Nandi vids = more better

[@GunnyP58]

Great content, as always.

[@Nandi40k]

Thank you Gunny!

[@Marcoos147]

No apology necessary for the number of videos, it’s great that we have the new Tacticus content and that you’re able to give us this information to support what’s changing.

[@Niveama468]

The Dark Angels might actually do better than expected, primarily as they have bonuses versus Chaos and two chaos teams are likely to be near the top.

[@SkyMan25]

I've already been running pure Space Wolves, so this is great.

[@xkxxxx]

Dont be sorry, love the videos!

[@sqocks8254]

I quite like the look of this new faction selection framework. Necrons are the only faction I have full, which is fine for me because I like the faction both thematically and in the way they play. The bad tier list rating shall not deter their Relentless March! It's also nice I can try all factions at common. I'm not sure about the bombardment mechanic, but I suppose it's necessary.

[@realtowen]

Let the battles begin!

[@jmmangulabnan6710]

Noooo my Nids..... I guess I have to upgrade and prepare the other factions I have completed

[@Antrositic]

Keep bombing me with videos Nandi!

[@themenagerie5622]

as a huge fan of both necrons and the black legion, it hurts a lot to know they've been powercrept so much, and I hope to see the day they both get partial or full reworks like the orks are getting

[@fenxis]

Duu Duu Dee, It's Nani (again :P)

[@dagothur1079]

2:08 the Ultramarines lose Incisus from their squad, not Certus.

[@Nandi40k]

slip of the tongue! sorry

[@masterenzo4315]

I get why Angrax is the ally unit for the world eaters, but I would have liked it better to be Archimatos. I mean, the dude Literally summons bloodletters, which are deamons of Khorne. That reminds me, are they ever gonna change the faction of the bloodletters to world eaters instead of black legion? Edit: spelling errors

[@Dapperfex]

Waiting for that Tau prediction to be bias

[@official_kden]

i might have to level up tanksmasha to b1 and play with an all orcs lineup. the rewORK seems to have made a big difference

[@MrRagnarac]

Been playing in the TA and using orks since i have all of them so juicy extra points for me and my god they have been demolishing. 10-0 wins so far. Boss Guls active almost lets me wipe their teams in 1 turn

[@georgesarch1423]

I love necrons

[@ForgottenSaber2367]

1:55 here it shows Certus as part of the UM lineup, but losing Incisus, but later you mention that Certus is dropped. Just a slip of the tongue, and we should expect what we see in the video?

[@Nandi40k]

Slip of the tongue

[@kuhvacako]

I think orks have enough summons and plink damage to not be fussed about terminators

[@petec9467]

"even if the factions aren't totally balanced against one another" so true to 40K on the tabletop then :D

[@freakavatar]

@Nandi40k I've seen the new cherub avatar available from the next battle pass, is there any news/videos on this new character yet?

[@YaminoSeigi]

Skipping this event since I will keep my Activity with Tacticus to bare minimum for few months to come since I got burned badly with recent requisition update. got to have someone datamine the new requisition to see if Snowprint is rigging the rates with their recent update.

[@MidnightHozz]

So please tell me the final chest is still 250 points and not buffed to 300 or something because of the bonus points for complete or almost complete factions. And do you get +2 for owning those split squads of like DAs+Incisus? I would think so.

[@Nandi40k]

I just checked and it’s still 250 points

[@MidnightHozz]

​@@Nandi40k That's great.

[@angrymarine7974]

I'm still confused as to when we'll get the 5th tyranid

[@im2randomghgh]

I think Black Templars and Ultramarines are going to be some of the stronger ones. Black templars are heavily geared towards PVP, while ultramarines have two gravis characters and a healer. Calgar can make even Titus quite threatening!

[@Dinawartotem]

The ultramarines lost their healer. Sadly

[@pumpkinsoul12]

so when is this event coming?

[@georgesarch1423]

Does anyone know what is going on with the items in this game mode? For exmple, if I play on epic level, I need items to be epic lvl 9. What if I use legendary items?

[@Nandi40k]

If you use legendary items they are automatically downscaled to max epic

[@lofidante1778]

I'm a little concerned by this mode, as I think that its a bit punishing towards mid level players. In the past, it has been quite difficult to get the requestion if you play at common rank. To play in this mode competitively above common will require you to complete a faction, which generally requires you to have both the legendary character and the epic character from that faction. This is fine for end game players with a large roster, and with new players that will have no complete rosters. But mid game players will essentially be forced to play at common, as they likely will have the commons/uncommon/rare of many factions, but lack any complete rosters. I find it unlikely that an effective 4 man team will ever be able to compete. Next time, I would like to have at least one loaner character at rarity rather then have all the loaners locked to common. At least they recently updated Orcs, which are the easiest factions to assemble along with Necrons.

[@MidnightHozz]

I mean I do think capping loaners at Common is shitty if you legit have an Uncommon/Rare/Epic capped squad otherwise, but just being able to play with characters/factions you don't have, even at Common, is a HUGE improvement to TA and especially the new player's TA experience. TA will let you play in Common without a Common capped team and that's why losers run Double Howl teams there, to feast on these rosters.

[@lofidante1778]

@@MidnightHozz Absolutely, the best part of this mode is that great for new players. My concern is more for mid level players.

[@TommyChong5991]

Why can't tyranids be used in ANYTHING!? GIVE THE BUG LOVERS SOME LOVE. ❤

[@nickbegg1863]

Deffo Aberdonian

[@MrsNandi40k]

COYR

[@jorgeisaacbenitezortega2122]

My ultramarines Will stomp

[@omega4667]

Mildy upset i can't use my tyranids, they're easily my strongest faction so i'll be useless in this war. I really hope they realise the final Nid character soon, it's been over a year.

[@DanielHCassidy]

Do you know why we didn't hear about a new MoW. This incursion should have had a new MoW

[@rogercastro8462]

Ahuevo

[@champcpr]

Fxxk me, get all my BAs to gold and we can’t even use them 😩

[@Devchi]

I'm not sure I agree with your tier ranking there. Necrons are Good, at least, great synergy with unit spawning. And quite difficult to kill with all that healing too. Dark Angels, I feel are deceptively good. Very turtlelike formation can be troublesome to deal with. Tau are Good, not entirely sure it's amazing, might be your Tau bias talking here. SoB might be Bad. Great individual power but they actually have anti synergy between each other. SW might be Greater Good too. Melee heavy team greatly buffed by Ragnar. Tjark is anti psyker, Ulf is anti summoner. The remaining two I got to admit aren't that useful.

[@MidnightHozz]

I also think DA+Incisus is a strong squad. Good tankiness, faction buffs and both melee/ranged options. I was also curious as to the Necrons being on the bottom tier...I think they'll do fine.

[@saicau6505]

I tried the tournament arena once and I didn't like it at all... it's the only game style in tacticus that I'm not interested in at all...but thx for the video

[@MidnightHozz]

It's a very new player unfriendly mode. I think this will help its reputation though. Also, TA is the only mode in the game where you can play as much as you want (queue for casual), when you want, for free. You can learn a lot about the game just getting casual reps at Common in.

[@OhDuur]

Are they really forcing us to use Titus?!!! I start to hate SnowPrint. I have 5 Space Marine but I won't be able to use them to their fullest because it's a damn pay to win game...

[@lewishorsman2219]

Feel bad for space wolves. 2 of them have any real use 😢 Astra Militarum will be absolutely fantastic if you can position them all around Sybill but it’s not like Creed is of any use

[@tehfelf]

I think space wolves will rip. People disrespect arjac heavily. Ulf/rag/Tjark are all phenomenal and everyone sleeps on Arjac. I routinely use him in TA and one shot people. He doesnt die till last so you can build up his ability damage and one shot their pierce/psykers and then they cant crack his armor and he beats em down. Njal is garbo though 🤣