The GIGABLOB!? 3 Fun Tactics for your Guard Infantry! | 10th Edition | Astra Militarum Tactics

[@Sabwones]

I've come up with the Cadian Castellan Double Dip: Blob of 20 Guard, whoever you like, outfitted with 2x grenade launchers and x2 rocket launcher teams. Stick a Cadian Castellan on them and give him Drill Commander so his Sustained Hits 1 procs on a 5+ if they have Remained Stationary. Watch as Krak missiles and grenades now have a 1 in 3 chance to auto hit, auto wound (due to Born Soldiers) and generate a second hit. And if they charge you, just Fall Back and schmack them with a dozen lasguns and a few Frag grenades/missiles with exploding 6's. Absolutely dirt nasty.

[@JellothePallascat]

Played my first game of tenth and having an infantry squad of 20 with a deathkorp marshel. The 5+fnp made them survive a 24 wound blast from some tau breachers with all the stratagems to ignore cover and blasting past my armour save. It’s a fantastically strong unit

[@Azzie420]

Kriegers always being to filled with too much Shame to die

[@Elizabeth-Coleman]

Report from the front: a major weakness of the Psyker + Marshal combination is overwatch fire, as massed sustained hits fire or flamers will cut through them since the invulnerable save ends at the end of the phase it activates on

[@aiken2258]

For flamers though you're looking at AP0 or AP-1 and the same for most massed anti-infantry weapons. So a lot of the time their armour save with the benefit of cover will be providing a similar or better level of protection than the invuln.

[@nklinef]

The solution is simple. Don't charge into overwatch. Bait the stratagem out somewhere else or avoid it all together. You don't have the cc to make charging worth it and with move move move, you should always be able to get in position on points so you're the one being charged and can overwatch in all but the most dire situations

[@Clutterlicious]

All hail Gigablob... The CCCS (Catachan Close Combat Squad). If you put Straken and Harker in a 20 man Jungle fighter squad, you have a 22 man squad with scout 6" and a -1 to hit them thanks to Harker.

[@alexparsley529]

A favorite combo of mine in 10 Kasarkin, a Cadian Castelan, and a Primaris Psyker all in a Chimera. They get an extra order bt proxy plus the one from the castelan, so with 2 plasma 2 volley, they can get take aim and first rank fire for ridiculous fire rates and the protection of a chimera.

[@oblivionfan345Tony]

AI: Can perfectly replicate anyone's voice through just a few seconds of audio Can generate hyper realistic pictures and videos off of short text prompts Can pilot airplanes and control missiles and war machines beyond imagining Also AI: This game is StarCraft.

[@DominusCaedis]

Taking some ideas from both the Bully Boys and Gigablob: 20x Catachan Jungle Fighters Platoon Command Squad with Ogryn bodyguard Platoon Commander with Power Fist 4x Vet Guardsmen with Chainswords (Med kit, Master Vox, Rgt Standard) Ogryn Bodyguard with 'Uge knife and Ripper Gun Regimental Enginseer 4x Munitorum Servitors with Servo Arm 32 S 4 AP -1 D1 attacks 7 S 7AP -3 D2 attacks, up to 10 if a vehicle died nearby 6 S 9 AP -2 D2 attacks 4 S 7 AP -2 D3 attacks Averages 10 dead MEQ, 4 Dead TEQ when charging with Fix Bayonets

[@dominicl5862]

This, yes yes yes. I think Platoon squads with Chainswords + a supporting Epic hero would be awesome.

[@garywood6873]

What about the 'Kasrkin Bomb Lite' (which I invented and have absolutely no idea about the validity of) Fields of Fire is usually 2CP and Ursula can order the same unit with 2 orders at once. Stick her with some Kasrkin. Order 1RF2RF for +1 shots from rapid fire Order Take Aim! for +1 ballistic skill Combined with Fields of Fire (at ZERO CP) for additional AP-1 Rapid fire includes Plasma guns and hot shot las.... So 'Plasma up' a 10 man Kasrkin squad that can have 2 Plasmas overcharged, firing 3 shots each, hitting on 2s (LOL), auto-wounding on 6 anyway because Born Soldiers shenanigans, with S8, AP-4 and 2 damage each! AND 7 Hotshot rifles firing 21 shots hitting on 2s, wounding on 5s, with AP-2. I can't wait to try this out

[@tiberius1837]

Swap out two more lasguns for volleyguns and that's 25 hot-shot lasgun shots on top of all that plasma. ;)

[@marcialrodriguez6285]

now stack that with special rule of exterminator cannon and tachan!! -3AP xD

[@percymacdonald6657]

I've tried it against CSM and it is good but lack of mortals hurt. Plasma is definitely the go to kasrkin Loadout due to FRFSRF. Fields of fire is the best use of creeds free stratagem. I ran a 2nd kasrkin squad with volley guns and meltas who did basically no damage all game

[@jameswilliams3038]

I am so glad I rewatched this video. I've got a game in a couple of days and wanted some jank for my full infantry list, the GigaBlob is just the jank I was hoping for lol

[@blockofnerd8285]

Day 4 of asking you to take a sentinel army to a tournament.

[@beanspud88]

Guy took 18 to the bristol GT... was horrifying tbh.

[@percymacdonald6657]

Can you take more than 18 sentinels?

[@burntferidgerator6848]

@@percymacdonald6657 no more than 3 datasheets, sentinels are 1 to 3, 2 types of sentinels, so with max units of both sentinels, you can have 3 units of 3 for each, so a max of 18 sentinels.

[@percymacdonald6657]

That's still only 1080 points. So half a list of non sentinels sadly

[@TheNaturalnuke]

@@percymacdonald6657fill the remainder with knights to make it funny

[@grouchypotatowolfpack5580]

That death corps strat is scary. Imagine 120 of them just marching up the board, refusing to die and tarpitting everything in their path. That, plus 3 basilisks and some fast, punchy melee to smash anything stuck in combat would be hell to play against. Out of melee? Screwed. Pummeled by earthshakers. In melee? Screwed. Charged down by your pick of riders, ogryns, maybe something else? I don't know what melee options guard has very well

[@paulclifton9488]

Bully boy unit - Take out the Preacher and put in a command squad with full chainswords, powerfist and Ogryn with Huge Knife, this will add significantly more threat than the Preachers buff. Gigablob - use it with DKoK (2x Sniper, 2x Plasma, 2xGL). Now the Enginseer, Servitors (2x Plasma Cannon), Platoon command squad (Lascannon, Sniper and Plasma) and Ogryn (with Ripper), are all getting +1 to hit as soon as a guy dies (that's bs3+ servitors if the unit doesn't move and is given Take Aim). Throw in Drill Commander and boom - that's a mid range unit that puts out a serious amount of firepower with Lethal hits on a 5+, it also has recovering models. Have a Russ or Dorn sitting nearby so the Enginseer can buff it with the amazing 4++ and d3 recovered wounds.

[@jameswallace2192]

inquisitors add some spice to big blobs coteaz for 5+fnp vs psychic and daemons greyfax for unit to have antipsyker 4+ on ranged weapons kraxus for +1 to hit vs xenos and gives stealth at 18 inches generic inquisitor for 5+ fnp vs mortals

[@s.h-d6074]

Btw...if you slap on an Ogryn Bodyguard with a Slabshield in addition to the Platoon Cmd Squad, you can habe an 4++ on these units too. Since the Ogryn does not have the Leader keyword, hits could be allocated to him. And the DKoK is not bad without the Medikit...they can have more special weapons than any other inf. squad

[@roguemerc]

oh god hearing my name in the credits for the first time jolted me :o

[@s.h-d6074]

Love the Quick Tipp Tacticus Vids, love your passion for the Guard and can't wait for you to field pure infantry Guard or mainly infantry Guard!

[@MordianGlory]

Glad you like them!

[@timerevive1511]

Thank you for these videos! I was about to turn away from the Guard in favour of a different faction, but your fervor for the Guard really reawoke my love for my Cadians! I just printed my Ursula Creed Proxy and Lord Solar is printing right now

[@ThatsMyRice]

Big Brain mode for the Straken blob: Swap the Regimental Preacher for a Regimental Enginseer with 4 melee Servitors. If you have a scout sentinel nearby that dies, then the Enginseer has almost the same combat profile as Straken himself. Plus 4 hits coming in at damage 3 from the Servitor fists. That gives you 13 attacks at (Str 7, AP -3, D2) plus 4 attacks at (Str7, AP -3, D3) Not to mention the actual Catachan attacks. That might put a dent in those 8bound 😅

[@NoName-lo9ym]

I think replacing Straken with a Command Squad with Chainswords, Heavy Flamer and a PC with Power fist and most importantly an Ogryn Bodyguard will outdamage the Straken version. Ogryn Bodyguard goes to 6 attacks at Strength 9, Ap-2 and D2 with sustained hits plus everyone can still benefit from a 6+ FNP from the Medikit

[@MaxSkymningsmåne]

I used 2 infantry squads and platoon command and a castellan with drill commander. . Grenade launcher and auto cannon or las cannon or mortar. I think it is a nice home objective holder. I mainly play incursion size battle so that may affect.

[@adamcarey6093]

I’ve been running 5 20 man death korp blobs. Even in games where my units are decimated the reinforcements just keeps them coming. Leontus is key. I run 2 command squads and those are my “anchor” blobs tossing orders and holding key points on the battlefield. The other 3 blobs are expendable and still usually take tons of effort to kill. And if they do die, just reinforce. I haven’t been overwhelmed by blast.

[@epicmulli]

GW have removed the Death Korp medi pack from the datasheet on the 40k app 😢

[@DelightfulTyrant]

Screw the app. Still in the index.

[@epicmulli]

@@DelightfulTyrant Im just saying it might be a sign of things to come.

[@keyanklupacs6333]

Nice ive basically been running the lifecore of krieg already but I swap the psykers into the 6+ fnp squads to make them both moderately durable. Ill have to try the straken bully squad though looks fun

[@lawrencebianco5855]

how about the gigablob loaded out with 5 heavy bolters and a ripper gun sitting still behind an aegis defence line with drill commander on the platoon commander? 18 hb equivalent shots with lethal and sustained hits on 5’s, with the invuln and ablative wounds to keep holding the line.

[@chrisdowning3153]

Looks like the medic pack for DKOK is no longer on the data sheet

[@jeffreywitty3088]

swapped to default feel no pain 5+ (single model & an ogryn, made no sense for him to carry a medic pack), to prevent misunderstanding he would give units "feel no pain" by himself, alone (unlike command squads medic pack)

[@sorthweast375]

I'm waiting for a review of the Stormlord firing deck + Lord Solar Leontus +3 to hit dakka wagon.

[@Lerbrandt]

You can only modify a hit to a max of +1 after any negative modifiers, so that sounds like a awful case of putting too many eggs in one basket.

[@Adlore]

He means giving it take aim, which not only effects the stormlords guns. But also all the guns inside

[@Lerbrandt]

@@Adlore That is the weirdest way of putting it. The Firing Deck rule lets the weapons become part of the vehicles weapon systems, all of it is +1 to hit, no idea why you would say +3 to hit.

[@Azzie420]

Was thinking about the ADL with Krieg or as TTS Corax calls them “THE WALL OF GUNS!”

[@jeffreywitty3088]

THIS "GigaBlob" NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED MORE!!! >> A "Stormlord" can hold 40 AM troopers (Ogryn/Heavy weapon team take 3 peoples spots) and has "Mount up" ability... this could be heavily abused = GigaBlob that JUST fits inside a MASSIVE tank. 20 (inf squad) + 5 (command squad) + 3 (reg attach) + 3 (1x ogryn bodyguard) + 5 (character/leader enginseer + 4 servitors)... somehow this only counts as 36/40 capacity.... how do you get it to 40/40 capacity/full, with a single unit? Command "Unit" in a "Stormlord mobile base" (with mount up/firing deck) + Sentinels making up the rest of your force = dirty (cheaper option done with "aegis defense line")

[@Booker8991]

Wait, do leaders also get the buffs that their infantry units receive? Straken getting the Jungle Fighters buff? I suppose the Catachan thing states "..models in this unit..." and technically they're all part of one big unit...

[@pabloalonsolasagabaster658]

I like the simplified version of the straken tactic (without the preacher) . With guard I don´t like complex combos, my list building mentallity is to have as many simple infantry and as many simple tanks (mostly russes) as possible. So I am not really into things like the lord solar.

[@shlinn]

Sooo... the gigablob behind an ADL for all the shooting. 3 squads of unkillable krieg and one unit of chatachan. Lord solar and a few artillery peaces... I need to get my pen and paper out...

[@tjoohoo11]

can a platoon command squad add a bodyguard ogryn to the leader?

[@nathangreig5884]

I wanna get ursula creed with a full squad of 20 custom anvil miniatures with drill commander trait and FRFSRF

[@dudebromanguy]

I prefer Infantry Squad over DKoK for durability because I want my infantry on objectives and the Infantry Squad gets cover on objectives. I keep hearing that units will be in cover most of the time, but that's highly dependent on the terrain you will have access to. If DKoK get 2 medipacks per 20man, then I would definitely reconsider. Also, there should be some serious consideration for including commissars in DKoK squads so they can effectively make use of their +1 to hit and wound without risk of battle-shocking.

[@Jahada510]

Where do you see the rule for the medipack for the krieg?

[@scottiebarnes2411]

Are we allowed to use our old infantry models? I haven’t got any of the new sets since I’m on a mountain of grey plastic

[@dawudabuabdillaah8088]

What about the shield on the ogryn bodyguard for an extra 4+ invuln at least until he dies?

[@Madlarkin00]

You can trigger the tech priest to go off with a cyclops....

[@NoName-lo9ym]

Next Battle Report can we have the 3 flavours of Gigablobs versus someone worth taking on? Not those sad lowly smelly Deathguard. Custodes or maybe the Orks??

[@RavenHeadInn]

Cant even find the 10th rules for the marshal,dosnt seem to have a card :(

[@ricjackson2841]

Lord Solar with Kreig and Psyker for some bodyguard durability. Ursula with kasrkin

[@dxpsumma383]

Wait, why can you attach a psyker and a marshal to the DKOK squad? I thought only command squads can double up with another leader.

[@_Yeo_]

Thats what im saying

[@VaSoapman]

Giga blob sounds the most fun. But its got a pretty big problem. Blast. Also maybe flamers. While it does have a TON of wounds, you have to take the damage on the guards first. Once the guards all die all the leaders get split up. And when the guards are not dead, every single blast weapon is getting +6 shots. That's +18 shots from a single heavy mortar team, before they even roll those dice.

[@DelightfulTyrant]

That is why no one will remember your name, *Pleb*

[@matrdrake87]

I cant see the medi pack on the krieg data sheet..... am I being blind?

[@anthonysauls1446]

You can't actually take 2 heavy weapon teams and 2 special weapons in an Infantry squad. You can take 1 special weapon for every 10 models but the heavy weapon team takes up 2 models but counts as 1 so it's only a squad of 18. The warhammer app won't let me add 2 in them when I have 2 heavy weapon teams as evidence.

[@xeroprotagonist]

The app will let you add a special weapon to a 65 point squad with a heavy weapons team though, despite it being only 9 models. The really wild thing to me is, of all the datasheets they could fail to proofread and completely mess up on, they chose the basic Guard infantry squad, while all the obscure Forge World models owned by a dozen people each are fine.

[@Adlore]

The app is wrong. This is problem with the datasheet rules themselves. Which the app perfectly replicates

[@anthonysauls1446]

@@xeroprotagonist that is a fair point

[@Matthew-ke1xj]

Hear me out guys: Kasrkin + Katarina Greyfax. Squad gets to order itself and also gets anti-Psyker 4+ on their attacks. Jump out of a Chimera and obliterate any Psyker units your enemy brings

[@Trickstick77]

Nice combo. However, they can't use their ability on a turn they dismount. That is because abilities can't be used from inside transports, unless there is a special exception (like chimeras and officers). Also, the timing of orders in the command phase doesnt work well with disembarking from transports in the movement phase. I still think greyfax+kasrkin in a transport works well enough though.

[@Spymaster001]

u can't attach cadian command squad to death kore

[@henrywcrook]

Whag video game is he playing in the background?

[@narparmajamasl1385]

Dawn of War

[@tez9149]

Just started watching you and already a new upload

[@CDMJDMHHC]

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[@Per_Sun]

Is it an irresponsible use of points to clad a gigablob (any kind) in a Stormlord?

[@jeffreywitty3088]

no, my idea also... with enough points, 2x of them, one in a stormlord & one on a aegis defence line + Sentinels making up the rest of your force

[@yetanotherbeliever]

A little niggle to the blob of "infantry squad". The special weapons in the squad are 1 per 10 models but if you have ANY heavy weapons teams you only have 19 models. 😕 2 special weapons OR 1 special weapon & 2 heavy weapons teams.

[@Tiimewinder]

As my hobby group plays mostly 1250 points, I’ll for sure be trying some all-infantry with the bully squad, 60 life core and some Bullgryn, should be a very, very hard to kill army, considering everyone is bringing a bunch of anti-tank😂

[@ocktreegames290]

I hope for a sly marbo video

[@Kaiserschutze]

I think that adding characters to Infantry units is not a good way to spend points. Infantry is fragile and have poor firepower, and the Reinforcement Stratagem doesn't take back attached characters. Unfortunately Infantry is still weak and too expensive, I think it's better to invest our points in somethings that is more durable and have more firepower. Of course I'm sad for this because I would like to play a pure Infantry army 😢

[@ericmats4662]

I honestly think krieg cant have medpacks. Noone can equip them, and in the app it doesnt even exsist.

[@Deathelement53]

For me I'm just counting it as an ability for now

[@xeroprotagonist]

I think the app doesn't recognize them specifically because they left out the rules for equipping the medpack. I'd wager that the line where they give a guardsman the option to choose a plasma gun instead of a vox should have read medpack, and the plasma gun should be up in the special weapon options. As it's written now, Death Korps can also take 3 special weapons per 10 models which is out of line with the other 65 point Guard infantry squads.

[@eldardave1226]

First!!😉

[@Bodya_CN]

With such username of course you are first 😂

[@maxkorner1123]

Where does it state that you can have two models leading a unit?