Tier Ranking the Models from the Leviathan Box Set - Which are the Picks of the Box?

Let's talk about the 10th Edition starter set, and which miniatures you guys are most keen to pick up from it!
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0:00 Intro
1:23 Tier 4
1:45 Infernus Squad
3:26 Neurogaunts
4:42 Barbgaunts
5:46 Tier 3
6:11 Ballistus Dreadnought
7:35 Termagants
9:16 Phobos Lieutenant
10:40 Sternguard Veterans
12:33 Von Ryan's Leapers
13:25 Terminator Characters
15:29 Tier 2
15:39 Winged Prime
16:48 Gravis Apothecary
18:05 Psychophage
19:32 Screamer Killer
21:11 Terminators
22:49 Tier 1
23:06 Neurotyrant
24:51 Giveaway
26:35 Outro

[@georgesd2167]

"This one here Inquisitor, his ability to pump out rapid Warhammer 40k content is unnatural, bordering on demonic"

[@riven5677]

Heresy! This is obviously done by the will of the emperor

[@sumotacular3681]

Fools, it's obviously xenos trickery!

[@nicholasmartinezcatchpole6498]

Do not disrespect the Imperiums loyal servitor

[@Chawk282]

Ultramarines are the BEST Marines

[@TheKarp]

Even with this speed, its not enough to keep up with the speed needed for Imperial Bureaucracy, not like that works effective already

[@DeMause]

Honestly I really like all the nid stuff, especially the Neurotyrant but I do also really like the look of the Neurogaunt. The Space Marines certainly look like Space Marines.

[@ralphiemay8933]

Honestly the flamers are the worst models in the whole box. Something about 10 intercessors all with flamethrowers just looks dumb. At least the terminators are actually really cool looking. Quite an accomplishment for space marines

[@DeMause]

@@ralphiemay8933 I keep telling myself that this is the release where GW finally oversaturated the market for Space Marine kits and I keep being proven wrong.

[@SpooKimi]

Mood, love all the new nids even if I'm not the biggest fan of the screamer, the new gaunt types are top tier for me tough ^^ For marines, upscale terminators are nice but the terminator library guy and captain are props the worst models in the box imo And the others are okay just marines, that said I feel its pretty hard to come with something new for marines as they already have so much stuff even without the first born stuff

[@713thHellhound]

yeah i really love Neuro tyranids i might build Neuro army

[@dickassley5171]

@@ralphiemay8933I think they'd be cooler in phobos armour, it would make sense as you'd want your flamethrower units to move up the boar quickly, also you could get them a badass face grill design

[@kitsune_jones]

The Neurotyrant alone literally makes me want to start a whole Nid army. Something about a floating brain with tentacles accompanied by two smaller brains with tentacles is so obscenely cool.

[@DanielSmith-wv6fd]

Join us. The Hive Mind welcomes all.

[@713thHellhound]

@@DanielSmith-wv6fd yeah my soul is stolen by Neurotyrant that is most awesome model, well i guess im joining hive mind

[@DeMause]

Same, probably the biggest thing that was previously preventing me from going 'nid was that I didn't like any of their HQ choices. Neurotyrant more than solves that problem.

[@JimH.]

Anything Gravis is a WIN for me. Anyone notice that White Dwarf 488 has a Gravis Librarian on the cover art?

[@Kazdok]

You're right! Awesome!

[@johannestafelmaier616]

Hate to say it but a Gravis Lieutenant would be nice too haha. Preferably in the Heavy Intercessor variant....

[@SgtDax]

I really want a full gravis demi company detachment.

[@IsaacLiwszyc-uy8sl]

Hopefully

[@DJCallidus]

I expect there will be a Gravis lieutenant or three released. Plus they're going up in toughness. Chunky Marines for the win.

[@ralphiemay8933]

All the Nids look amazing to me. For some reason the lowly paragaunts are some of my favorites

[@nicholasmartinezcatchpole6498]

We needed a smaller small bug, i hope they are T2 and super cheap we need something to rival grots.

[@gorg2945]

had to go vote for the neurogaunts, the pale undeveloped almost premature paint scheme really sold me on them

[@suddythestruggler7800]

I'm most excited for the sternguard, the way the mixture of the old armour helmet and studded shinplate really brings out more character too the primaris range and closer too their origins.

[@Slapdab]

Auspex Tactics is the answer to the question, “How much 40k news and analysis will the community consume?” The answer is a whoooooole lot. Thanks for all you do.

[@zackbradford7522]

Must consuuuuume!

[@fish7598]

Auspex is like a non-garbage Valrak tbh

[@Frosty-kz4om]

I don't understand how you can't like the Barbgaunts. They look so damn cool. Straight out of an HR Giger art book.

[@jakobknudsen6864]

My biggest complaint with the Barbagaunts is that GW really should have just updated the Biovore kit instead and let them fill that niche. Now, either the Biovores continue to get forgotten, or they get a new model in the next Tyranid release, and we have two new medium shooty units. But besides that, they're a pretty neat sculpt, definitely a cooler shooting than the hiveguard.

[@Frosty-kz4om]

@@jakobknudsen6864 Absolutely. Updated Biovores would be sick.

[@SpooKimi]

​@@jakobknudsen6864 why not both tough biovores can be heavy artillery and barb gaunts the moving smaller artillery I do prefer the new gaunts over an updated biovore but an updated biovore be nice tough

[@BreakerBeat]

They are by far the worst models in the box in my opinion. They just make no sense. Like, they have 3 hoofed limbs, how do they run? Have you ever seen a 3 legged dog run? Not exactly optimal.

[@CanonessEllinor]

I like them. Not a fan of the “instead of updating the older model (biovore) we’ll release a new unit that does almost the same thing” style of design, but that’s current GW for you. The sculpts themselves are maybe my favorites in the whole box.

[@josephrigley8974]

They all look great to me the marines are a touch plain but they're also a blank canvas for you to customise and I like that.

[@johannestafelmaier616]

Yeah, I really liked the sternguard at first until I realized how monotonous their poses are, and how detailed the old kit was... But if they get a multipart kit, it might be a whole different story.

[@angrycrusader7047]

This is my thought process towards the space marines in this box, i'm a black templars player so i'm definitely gonna kitbash these models to make them mine That's why i like the space marine range, yes alot of them are plain but that allows me and others to add our little touches to them to make them unqiue

[@williamings773]

If you have a friend who likes to 3d print or do it yourself, then I would like to point you towards 3D decals. When I first got a printer, I thought I would be printing units, but printing bits is more fun.

[@benytreeide568]

As a Salamander player I am most excited about the Infernus squad and the LT with combi-flamer. Next I am excited the possibility of getting a multi-part plastic kit for new Sternguard.

[@spoonsrattling]

personally i like the infernus squad for objectives, mainly just for overwatch to stop small speedy units to charge a far flung objective

[@jamesbartlett4477]

As a Salamanders player I am so EXCITED about the infernus squad.

[@mrrodgers0]

Strongly considering getting this box, mostly for the 'nids, but boy do I really want to also start sallys specifically because of this unit.

[@jamesbartlett4477]

@@mrrodgers0 Palpatin: "...DO IT!"

[@bmontusmc3856]

We are t getting any special rules tho

[@EndertheOne1]

​@@bmontusmc3856 you aren't getting salamander specific rules, but in the marine codex there will be rules for "burninator assault force" or something similar that will give the feel of salamanders. Same as having a mobile bike force and phobos focused force for white scars and raven guard that can still be taken as any other chapter

[@bmontusmc3856]

@@EndertheOne1thx man I didn't know that

[@richarddixon1450]

The Ballistus Dreadnought reminds me of X1-Alpha from Future Cop LAPD. An awesome computer game from the PS1

[@theconcubin3]

Dude..we old af😂

[@JDrunkSquid]

The neurogaunts are my favorite. They remind me so much of the shriekers from Tremors especially in the cinematic

[@Trolleri87]

You can allready buy Infernus squad (kinda). You get a couple of those flamers with the Black Templars Crusaders.

[@jaycenserrano1725]

I think a different color scheme should help with the barbgaunts. The way they have the gun organism painted in a different color sceme than the rest of the model kind of makes it stand out more like a piece of equipment than an integrated symbiote.

[@hideshisface1886]

I really like the Neurotyrant, both the model and the idea. Hive mind was always portrayed as massively psychic in nature, so it makes sense that larger or key broods would be lead by some psyker powerhouse of a unit, instead of brutish looking oversized Warrior beast, like good-old Hive Tyrant. And yeah, Hive Tyrant is a psyker in his own right, but there is nothing screaming "yeah, that is the smartest beast around here" when you look at it. I generally really like the Tyranid stuff presented so far, even the Screamer Killer in all his goofy glory, although I admit that barbgaunts do look a bit awkward standing on 3 legs - still less awkward than goofy tyranid/ork hybrid that biovores are. As for marines - I expressed my general, not positive thoughts on Firstborn being phased out and nothing has changed since that. And I'm not exactly happy about current direction of Primaris, being basically one-weapon overspecialised Eldar Aspect Warriors in Power Armour. It kills the premise of them being a customisable started-friendly army that was the large selling point of Space Marines for... basically decades at this stage.

[@briancollins2693]

My plan is to toss the infernus squad in a land raider redeemer I just threw together with some extra bits and a land raider chassis I had hanging around. It'll be one big Barbeque box. The photos lieutenant is probably my personal favorite sculpt of the whole kit. Got some incursors to run him with.

[@lionsoldier1179]

That’s my plan as well but with a Baal Predator with the flame turrets. Burn it in holy fire!

[@HolyBuffalowings]

Barbgaunts was the unit that pushed me over the edge of not wanting to buy the box to wanting to buy it.

[@Canuovea]

I agree the wings folded like that don't look particularly great on the Winged Prime. The Screamer Killer is okay too, at least in the looks department, but eh. I think the best looking unit is probably the Neurotyrant thing. Yup. There we go. I don't agree with everything, but yeah, that's a nice one.

[@mattepaints]

I’m convinced Auspex is a servitor…it’s the only explanation to how can produce this much content so quickly

[@actinium2754]

Really excited about those Terminators. Of course, this won't matter much if/when they all sell out in 20 seconds and we have "not available online" even for individual boxes for 4 months.

[@user-wc8xd1lt1m]

From a salamander, I am disappointed that the infurnus marines came that low, but love the content! Keep it up!

[@maciekwilkosz6377]

New Phobos Lieutenant is grossly underrated. Looks like a named character to me.

[@droidattackonthewookies2277]

His name is Lutentent Castimon in the Leviathan novel coming out.

[@EnigmaMachine94]

I'm absolutely elated about the Infernus Squad as a Salamanders player but I get why other chapters might not be QUITE as excited for them. Their rule that forces a battleshock test looks bonkers though, I love it!

[@klortikterra4423]

burn the enemy brother! my grey knights will sit tight and hold the firstborn to the very end!

[@Xarl-VIII]

the Librarian looks kinda like a Word bearers with all those runes

[@mathiaslaron3372]

I love the neurotyrant and neurogaunts. They make me want to pick up Tyranids

[@Jp4wt]

What we really need is a Lieutenant in Gravis armor! /s

[@ryankyle2467]

I love watching your videos and I really appreciate the work and effort you put into each one!!! I do have one question. So I’m just assuming but do you paint your own models and have your own army? If so I would love to see it!!!

[@DJCallidus]

With Guard getting larger squad options it feels like hoards are becoming a thing again while Space Marines feel elite. Vehicles look strong again too. I like all the starter miniatures although of the ones I want I'd prefer multipose kits. I'm still waiting for the new Cadians to get restocked.

[@SpooKimi]

I really love the neurogaunts and the barbgaunts they def some of my fav reveals, i would love to see even more gaunt types :sip:

[@Meuduso1]

I do hope that if GW has to put out more Lts for us, we'll see more Xenos themed ones. One with Tau sensors attached to his armor, one that has some of the crude armor of the Orkz bolted on etc.

[@ryankyle2467]

22:57- This is the only Tyranid I would like to get. Just to paint and put on a shelf in my house! It looks awesome but I don’t have a Tyranid army. Nor do I plan on making one.

[@giantorres3352]

Everyone that has an income and loves Warhammer will buy this box. I really hope GW are ready.

[@ThijsSchrijnemakers]

surprised the Barbgaunts got voted so low, I really like them. Otherwise I feel the ranking of the video lines up with my own (mostly)

[@themalaphage673]

The barbgaunts look awkward bcuz the main body as well as the weapon organism are being controlled by the little jelly squid guy (tentacles plugged into the back of the "gaunt" head).

[@lohengrin9127]

I can't even lie I'm very excited for the lieutenant, he looks absolutely savage.

[@ryankyle2467]

13:48- Yeah, theses guys (besides the sword) are very low on my list of what I wanted! The axe is kinda cool also

[@lucaspinero8388]

The auxiliary neuroloids tier 0 10/10 model Design 👌

[@ricksanchez3204]

For the glow effect on the runic armor just use White scar and the recess of the runes and then put some aethermatic blue over it super-simple easy effect and it'll look decent enough from arm's length different color schemes etc white paint some sort of bright contrast that's it super simple

[@TauEnjoyer]

tbh the new phobos lieutenant looks so good i would buy it even though I don't care about Space Marines..

[@CMTechnica]

Infernus Squad - intercessors with flamers. Nothing special. Hellblasters are just a bunch of guys with plasma. This is to be expected Neurogaunts - I actually like the look of these. Nids with faces just look odd to me. This rectifies that. Barbgaunts- they will be kitbashed to look better, no doubt Dreadnought - favorite loadout comes to my second favorite dreadnought pattern. This is an 8/10, those legs look horrible Termagants- much better than the old models. Wanna see what the hormagaunts look like, if they’re even getting updated Phobos Lt - love it. Change out the head and he’s a 9/10. Would be better if the model could actually hold the combi flamer in his hands Sternguard - 5/10. Literally just reposed Primaris Black Templars models with different weapons. Leapers - love em. Terminators - *YES* Winged Prime - a bit basic Gravis Apthecary - don’t like it. Nice mini fridge tho Psychophage - worst one of the bunch. The pose is awful and the model way to reminiscent of yet another ass up bug, that also looks horrible. Only saving grace is the thing munching on an arm Screamer Killer - *YES* Neurotyrant - *YAAAASS*

[@hiccupthegreat1987]

Personally i adore every single mini in the box (except the sternguard they are so fantastic that the word adore doesn’t cut it). I might buy 2…

[@seanjarnagin9492]

People might have voted low on the infernus squad as a Sally player I'm excited

[@jedthementalist5112]

As someone who's only played 40K as a kid way back in 2nd edition, it's good to see my metal Tyranids returning in 10th. 1st army was Blood Angels with a small but hefty (pun intended, sorry) Tyranid force. I may try and get myself the Leviathan box as the nostalgia is strong with this one.

[@-Benedict]

Gee Dubs be like "Cool, this dude is doing our market research for us!"

[@johannestafelmaier616]

The gravis apothecary got me thinking. Now that we have OC, he could have a really high value or even ways to perform special actions on objectives. Would be a quite immersive and unique role I think, but might be hard to balance.

[@Reform4thewin]

Big Nid party is such a monster box of goods. Really satisfied with it.

[@jakobknudsen6864]

I'm a nidz main and am going to (try to) buy this box for the nidz alone, but the terminators are one of the best standard marine models I've seen from GW. Think I might keep the marines, let friends play them so I have something to devour with my nidz, lol

[@TheTobaccoman]

Probably will get some of the long range dreads and that’s about it for me right out the gate, maybe stern guard but we will see.

[@perishark234]

That moment when you read the first image as eating every mini. Cmon auspex i wanna see you eat 100 space marines and 2500 gretchins

[@pasinsukumalchan8358]

Should I get two leviathan boxes? Currently having one but a friend of mine are selling the tyranids side for very cheap. I’m not competitive or anything I wanna know if it’s I viable to be play for fun if getting a duplicate Tyranids army.

[@Tzar-TZ]

the thing is, the space marine are exciting but they are just space marines. Their releases are so frequent that its hard to get excited for them

[@Meuduso1]

Waiting for Jump Packs, which we now probs won't see until 11th, huh? Well unless they go all in on 10th and have stuff like Vanguard Vets, jump pack bits and some other existing jump pack kits be part of the marine release wave along with the multipart stuff of the box but I heavily doubt that

[@michaelstrickland6964]

What’s the big hate on rocks on the base. I don’t understand.

[@Ephigy17]

Right? Saves a trip to the beach.

[@ricksanchez3204]

I'm really excited for the sternguard just for those primaris size old-school helmets I'm going to be recasting the s*** out of those

[@jaegerbomb269]

I hope we get more Phobos units, new Vanguard Veterans, and new Jump Assault.

[@Meuduso1]

Wait why Phobos? Isn't that roster more or less covered? Jump packs in general on the other hand I absolutely agree with, along with a multipart Suppressor kit

[@pierat3338]

More phobos units are the last thing we need

[@ethanorange3705]

given the extent to which zoanthropes ruled in 9th I look forward to the neurotyrant being the absolute goat of tenth

[@catcadev]

Bro seriously. The hot part of the flamer is the tip! As for the Sternguard... Not sure, the old kit's better. Ah well. I'll have Primaris for my Primaris and keep the old ones for my Firstborn army

[@ryankyle2467]

Before I even start this video I just wanted to mention something that I have not seen anyone talk about yet! One of the Space Marine models is apparently a part of the Inquisition!?! It has the Inquisition emblem on his gun!!! And from everything I’ve heard from EVERY KZbinr that mentioned it you don’t rock a emblem if something you are not apart of!!! So if you actually read this and get it out there quick you could be the first one to point it out! I’m going to mention this to maybe a couple more WH channels I watch but since this one is my favorite to get real information I give it to you first!

[@ragnarogk]

I am sad Infernos squad does not have a heavy weapon variant

[@stygiantoaster1054]

Just gotta wait for those Terminators.

[@lordofdefiance8174]

Hell yeh now Salamanders can run pure flamer armies with infernus squads

[@ryankyle2467]

9:34- I really liked this model! I’m actually a big fan of this armor look. Is Tyranids “blood” really that color?

[@kalashnikovdevil]

I'm really thinking hard about buying a SM half of this box... they're just cool enough they're tempting me towards doing another small Marine army.

[@Chapsticko]

I feel like I'm the no.1 neurogaunt fan in the entire world, I don't know why but I love them

[@gerudah]

i'm surprised people don't really like the barbgaunts as much, i know the neurotyrant stole the show but the i really like how the gun has kinda taken the gaunt over

[@izzydarkhart4144]

With the phobos LT, it is no longer if he is good but what he can be attached to and what he brings to those units.

[@EuanMilne]

The infernus squad is going to be great for Salamander players

[@archieevans9864]

The fact that neurogants main purpose is to literally jump in front of bullets is kinda funny

[@zedirich7]

Does anyone know a good reliable place to pre order the box?

[@jankokovac1229]

I realy like the sternguard veterans the most

[@s.k4713]

Psychophage for me. It’s super insect like which I love for the tyranids.

[@pallidhand9756]

10:53 Pretty sad since you know when the new sternguard kit gets released, it’s not gonna have a fraction of the customizability compared to the firstborn sternguard kit

[@darko-man8549]

The infernus squad is just adding bloat to a range The Sternguard would be better with a wide variety of weapons like current sternguard. I do wish Deathwatch will get the option to mix and match weapons...like a kill squad

[@lambo7]

I want this so so much. Great video

[@davidJsound]

The psychophage is causing a serious conflict between my hate for ticks and my love for good models.

[@monkeyhammer]

Neuroloid sounds like a Nurofen branded haemorrhoid cream 😁

[@ricksanchez3204]

I'm much more excited for this dreadnought then I was the brutalis dread, planning the model mine without the sarcophagus door that way it's like the old skl box boys. My one fear for this model being that removing said Door may not be possible because of it being mono pose

[@stevenkirton6373]

Librarian in terminator armor is my fav marine and carnifex for nids

[@PlasticAddict301]

Hahaha i love the barbguants, something about lil' walking harpoon guys is great to me

[@SuperPumpkinMan]

Okay I want a Screamer-killer but I need 2 Neurotyrant 1 as normal but a second for a really interesting conversion.

[@SirBrasstion]

Is the Infernus Squad supposed to be a Troops option?

[@ryankyle2467]

10:51- theses are the guys I was talking about in my first comment!!! I think it’s the front guy on the left that has it on his gun! I do have a question though! Why do all of these guys in this one unit have different helmets? Like one is “first born”/HH style and the other ones are from different other armies!?! Either way these models are the main reason why I wanted this book………. Well, at least the Spence Marine half!

[@bryanaaronbustos3085]

I hear you on the Barbaguants being tripods, but the Neurogaunts are straight up cute

[@nnnnnccccc]

i know they wanted to stay true to the original but the screamer killer looks goofy with the head. I would proxy that immediately imo. Rest looks super cool.

[@tattered08]

Great video!

[@jonathancamp7292]

When are you going to do another painting competition?

[@BreakerBeat]

I honestly think the Neurogaunts are just in unfortunate colours. Of course the paintjob is amazing from a technical point, but that pink used for the carapace is too much like skin. I saw a version with more classical Tyranid style, having all the carapace distinct from the flesh and it looked so much better. Super cool with the lower jaw and the carapace that blinds them.

[@EMSWK]

Anytime I see that psychophage I think wow that looks like the venom crawler

[@11drifterboy57]

Wish the ballistus dreadnought had a icarus rocket pos on the top as it seems to be lacking a bit

[@joshsmith1179]

The Tyranid models are great! I'm surprised the SM models didn't get more love, but I have to admit they have never been a sexy army save a few models. Great list though

[@gaurdianangel98]

Im a necron player but I love that new librarian and I hope it replaces the current terminator librarians. It really makes me want to make a dark angels army (my personal favorite space marines) and do some kit bashing with it so it looks like theres lightning coming out of his outstretched hand. I really couldnt care less about tyranids, its not that I dont like them but I guess Im just apathetic about them. That said that screamer killer's head reminds me of Worf from Star trek: next generation

[@Duncecap64]

Honestly the Ballistus has an issue of "Trying for nostalgia" in a place where it doesn't make sense. this thing is supposed to be new, so you'd figure a top heavy dreadnaught with no way to self right would be a bad thing if say, it got hit hard. Keeping the arms would be much better, make it Shoulder mounted or on a joint instead. Things the most ineffective boxy turret on legs just because "Muh venerable does it"

[@rodrigolopezmaya5974]

tbh I would prefer if Primaris squads rearrange to a tactical squad instead. Just combine Intercessors, hellblasters, infernus, the Melta Rifles from the eradicators and heavy bolter from sternguard veterans or heavy Intercessors

[@ryankyle2467]

1:58- Really?!? I thought they looked awesome and it was one of the sets I really wanted! It wasn’t the number 1 on my list. But it’s at least on my list!!!

[@onionhat745]

I wish Leviathan wasn't the de facto Tyranid paint scheme. Any other Hive Fleet would look better. I'm fond of Behemoth and Jormungandr personally, but the Neurotyrant would look smashing in Gorgon green and white.

[@marcusmorimoto5792]

Me a ::salamanders player breathes heavily:: I think the infernus squads looking tasty 🤤

[@ZiGGi03]

I hope with the focus on terminators we need new grey knights models .