PARIAH NEXUS META IS HERE! Grey Knights vs Death Guard Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Battle report

First spin out for the new pariah nexus mission cards and starting to digest the new scenarios, the new points changes and learning a lovely lesson in how hard deep strike 9 inch charges are it's a bit of new and a bit of old in todays battle report! We were super excited to start experimenting with the new meta, changes to core rules, changes to deployments and scoring, and some points changes make this a long bat rep, but moving from 10th edition to 10.5 edition was always going to be this way.
Dave is back with the Death Guard after a bit of a hiatus (apparently having a baby gets in the way of rolling dice?) and man are they still a menace. Indirect nerfs aside, there's still a lot of play in big blobs of very durable Plague Marines and Terminators they very much put the Grey Knights through their paces!
In the silver corner, Will takes the Grey Knights back to the field in the lead up to our first BIG tournament attendance at the Leeds GT in August. There's a few changes to points and rules for the GK, but it's been a hot minute since the sons of titan have hit the channel and some mistakes were made. Also some dice were rolled and were terrible. Definitely not an excuse....
Check it out, let us know how you get on, please do call out any top tips for how to improve with these armies which we love and would love to get on the channel more! If you like what you see, there's a lot more coming, Ad Mech and Tyranids back on the channel, some Chaos Space Marines, some Knights, some more narrative, all good stuff! There's rumours of some Age of Sigmar content in the near future if that's more your thing, as well as a VERY interesting overnight challenge... more to come. Make sure to keep in the loop by subscribing here / @weirdwolfgames . or hitting us up on instagram to say hi!
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[@jonathanhacker8225]

15:16 Haloed in soulfire can only be used in the grey knights movement phase. It is not reactive.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Ah! Well that certainly changes how I should use it! Thanks for the spot mate

[@jonathanhacker8225]

@@WeirdWolfGames I like it. It fits the strategic planning style of grey knights. It also requires a teleport assault advance or deep strike.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Totally does! I just have a small brain and can’t think that far in advance!

[@kevinrobbins7899]

IIRC you must have used TA or Deep strike on the unit in addition to it being your movement phase.

[@linkdancer3890]

Everytime I see a report of grey knights vs death guard I just immediately think of the game chaos gate believing that the knights are still dealing with ever constant threat of from the “seed”.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Hah! It's a fun matchup but grindy, and the debuffs from the Death Guard hurt them so much. Haven't tried chaos gate yet but it's on the list!

[@M0r7r3d0r]

They said we could not corrode their silver armor. They said we could not corrupt their warp connections. We put them to the test, but not all can pass. Hail the legion of the Grandfather! What a great battle report. I definitely think more baby carriers will be great, but good play on both sides! Enjoy the free gifts Drago! Hahaha! Can't wait for the next one. Let's get ready for that tourney!

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Legend, we thought you might like this one! There's another baby carrier on the shelf which will pop out next time they're on the channel, and I'm a bit tempted to pick up another.... slowly but surely. Thanks as always for watching and the support mate!

[@griffinsaltron3342]

The -1 save contagion isn’t effected by cover btw. It is omnipresent.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Omnipresent stinky grandad rules! Thanks for the clarification mate

[@M0r7r3d0r]

Note that "benefit of cover" grants a plus 1 to the save of the attacked unit and doesn't affect ap of weapon profiles, so it will counter act the minus 1 from the contagion even though the contagion is not bonus ap.

[@Mrblowfish333]

​@@M0r7r3d0rthis is true, however you cannot use cover to increase your save from a 3+ to a 2+. The contagion changes your save to a 3+ so you can't go back to a 2+ via cover.

[@M0r7r3d0r]

@Mrblowfish333 you are referencing a specific situation which was not singled out by the oc. I agree with your comment in situations where the ap of the weapon being saved against has 0 ap, but I don't see why it's relevant to the post.

[@CowardlyViking]

I might genuinely like either Grey Knights or Deathwatch if their models weren't so archaic. And I'm a man who owns an Eldar army from the 90s that is still mainly up to date.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

This is true sadly for the knights, especially the marine bodies! I still think the terminators are badass so have always wanted to lean into those

[@CowardlyViking]

@@WeirdWolfGames My son was just given tons and tons of firstborn marines to help his collection, found out most of them are actually Deathwatch and largely up to date still. I just want a terminator assault squad and some chapter-specific upgrade sprues.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Deathwatch are coming back with some new rules man, good luck!

[@Matsdur]

Nice game, no wonder you only every hit once with the land raiders lascannon you are only rolling half of them! They are equipped with two of the profile having four shots! Cheers

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Oh Dave! Read the datasheet! Good shout dude, I think we’ve played this correctly in the past as well! Will pass along. Thanks for watching mate

[@MrTworooms]

That is one Orange mat!

[@WeirdWolfGames]

BRIGHT ORANGE. amazing Mat from gamemat.eu!

[@GrundleGobblin]

Havoc launchers are not indirect. They hit on 3+

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Thanks mate, bit of ring rust for Dave perhaps, will pass along and we should remember for next time!

[@StudioAUOnline]

Some pretty amazing looking air and ground vehicles.

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Which are your favourite, the gross Death Guard? Or the noble, shiny Grey Knights?

[@StudioAUOnline]

​@@WeirdWolfGames I'm guessing both sides where using vehicles? Both types are amazing.

[@Makistrack]

Your dice hate Death Guard 😂

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Mate, I don't think I've ever had it that bad before!

[@greybeardgamerguy]

no banner with Termies?.. make em OC3!

[@WeirdWolfGames]

Ah I know dude, when I modelled them years ago it didn’t do much for them! Need a bit of a pass of updating some loadouts across this force!