What is a SMASH Captain? - Warhammer 40K 10th Edition

[@Rexy779]

Now I have to see every factions smash Captain

[@keyanklupacs6333]

As in grade everyone factions smash captain equivalent?

[@shadowssun1120]

I'm excited to see someone like Tau inexplicably get an A grade on this one

[@Rexy779]

@@keyanklupacs6333 yeah they try and build a smash captain for each faction and grade it like their dreadnot and rhino episodes

[@drinklewinkle]

Do orks have a smash captain...?

[@Nemoknowsnothing]

*sweats in Astra Militarum* Fucking Straken

[@petararmbruster5039]

Akhelian Green contrast over bright silver is literally alpha legion scheme in two steps, trust me, works like a charm

[@soffren]

Damn it, now I want to restart

[@petararmbruster5039]

@@soffren why's that? Didn't know about the cheaty method?

[@schro34]

That my Color scheme for my Stormcast. I like the Celestial Vindicators color schemes

[@nicholasnagel4879]

personally, i prefer using tamiya clear blue mixed with clear green. It dries glossy unlike contrast, so you don't dull down the metallic at all. Also it airbrushes better because tamiya paints thinned with alcohol dry in seconds. I know that Vince Venturella uses a 3:1 ratio of blue to green for his alpha legion. My personal scheme uses a blue/purple colorshift as the basecoat, then a few thin layers of tamiya green zenithaled over it. the key that i've found with color shift paints is to hold your airbrush around 4-5 inches away and to give the model a very light dusting with it, then allow it to sit for a minute before you go back and do another layer. if you apply it too thick, you can get this kind of milky appearance where it pools.

[@imjustsam1745]

This comment section is a party I didn't know I needed to attend. Thanks all.

[@xemnufromthemagicplanet1678]

The smash sorcerer still exists, he was just ascended into a demon prince after killing so much in the name of the dark gods

[@Bluecho4]

^This

[@DnBGolf]

At first I read that as dank gods, which was almost better, lol

[@SnowFoxWithAGasMask]

One of my first experiences in warhammer (I started in 8th) was seeing my friend’s smash captain tear apart my trigon like it was nothing.

[@Ghouleh3133]

As a Brazilian, Berílio is a hero to the whole side with his *belligerent editorial activism*. The Nob on Squig moment was Oscar-worthy.

[@TheHappiestMeal]

As an American, Berilio is my fav Poorhammer member

[@britishrex5515]

the funniest to me is that Tau 9th edition could have an insanely good smash captain if you took a commander and gave them onager gauntlets and the thermoneutronic projector. "You though I was a range army? HAHAHAHAHA"

[@vanillaconfusion89]

Literally bought Tau just so I could do goofy stuff like that on the table

[@singtothesilence]

The rest of the T'au _fire_ their bullets. I _am_ the bullet.

[@Bluecho4]

@@singtothesilence "I am the bullet fired by the Empire against its enemies. FOR THE GREATER GOOD!"

[@karasutenka]

You mean Play On Tabletop's "Shas-O Kickass-O?"

[@WilhelmScreamer]

9:00 I would like to note that Orks have Boss on Bike and the deffkilla wartrike to also fill the role of a smash captain. Important for the 'junkyard' wing of orks.

[@auricolour7862]

11:19 Pausing to read all the file names made me cackle, kudos for putting so much effort into that joke.

[@thepoorhammerpodcast]

The patrons took great joy in coming up with those over the weekend.

[@rude2228]

I want to say that I really appreciate the work the editor puts into the show. Amazing presentation and it helps immensely when trying to understand the nitty gritty.

[@blackheart3552]

I dig the Alpha Legion idea! As someone who really only does lore, it sounds spectacular!

[@tastyscavenger]

Necrons and admech being unable to build smash captains brings up a cool subject. Faction archetype gaps; like who is missing a distraction carnifex?

Necrons *do* have a 'smash captain equivalent' which is the Transcendent C'Tan with the sempiternal weave, but as for most other Necron things, not only is it far stronger than the equivalent from inferior races, but it also costs three times as much points.

[@simonleach6632]

Ad-mech absolutely could have a smash captain type unit, either a crazy tech priest, a mad legio cybernetica construct, a pteraxii type character, but GW don't care enough about the ad-mech to give them anything cool beyond the occasional token ranged/buffing skitarii character here and there

[@OldIronJohnson]

@@simonleach6632 The real answer is because the 2 most likely candidates, Scoria and Draykavac, both joined the Dark Mechanicum instead.

[@Kroeghe]

A Challenge Army sounds like a sweet idea, I'm a strong proponent of the "the doors were opened so I went in through the window" approach.

[@rattlesnek3847]

I'm very fond of my smash palatine in sisters of battle. It does take a bit of setup but she can consistently run around wounded with the character res strat. 65 points with the blade of st ellynor, 6 attacks on 2s, strength 6 ap-2 d4, and she can do a mortal on each successful wound as well. She's tagged kharn, an onager dunecrawler and a hive tyrant in various games.

[@Haplessrabit]

Something worse but equally fun, Hospitaller with blade of st elanor. It's awful, but it's so funny when it does anything.

[@Creeperslay-ey1gn]

You can also do it in DA, with the Heavenfall Blade, get +1 to A, S and D giving you A6 S10 AP-2 and D3 on the charge, and then if you are battleshocked you get +2 to those, giving you A7 S11 AP-2 and D4, which is really nice, wanted to add how the Sons of the Lion bring to this topic

[@Bluecho4]

15:00 As far as I'm concerned, the Smash Sorcerer didn't die. He just ascended to Daemonhood, and is a Daemon Prince (with wings) now. Moving up in the world. Tzeentch thought it was really funny, and would make Khorne really mad, so he promoted the Smash Sorcerer.

[@duneysands946]

God, the editing today was ON. POINT.

[@stralistv]

Berrelio stacking up clips so he can blackmail Brad and finally get that raise.

[@forestfighters7081]

The Foetid bloat drone with a fleshmower is unironically Death Guard’s smash captain.

[@GeorgePtacek]

Smash sorcerer is no longer possible because he was responsible for so much death and bullshit that Tzeentch promoted him to deamonhood. Also, thanks for bringing up Blood Angels. Almost had me worried you wouldn’t!

[@BrysonLeigh]

I wish the Blood Angels detachment still gave +1 to wound on charge. Unfortunately, that was 8th and 9th. The Firestorm gimmick is beyond fun though!

[@bobgone7865]

yeah, +1 to str just does... pretty much nothing. +1atk nice at least.

[@MakutaDreadscythe]

The World Eaters has the Berzerker Glaive, which essentially promotes every eligible model into a Smash Captain, thanks to being innately fast due to blessings. Funnily enough a lot of the potential candidates feature dev wounds in some capacity, namely the Daemon Prince and MoE.

[@klassensj2]

The OG Smash Captain was blood angel captain that had a relic, trait, was infused with 7-9 CP and a psychic power. Not a cheap thing at all.

[@Rothana76]

I know y'all said you weren't going to use strategems but there is a really good Battle Tactic for the Gladius detachment. 0CP because it's a Captain, you get +1 to Wound on the charge *and* +1AP in the Assualt Doctrine. On top of Strength 11 and the extra attacks.

[@evanfish4505]

As a Guard Player, our answer to the "Smash Captain Equivalent" is just Sly Marbo Super cheap, has the best deep strike shenanigans in the game, good shooting (with precision, to assassinate characters), great melee profile, and you get access to the catachan stratagems just for including him

[@Bladecharge]

Smash captain: player let me smash Player: what? Smash captain: let me smaaaaaaaassssssshhhh

[@thelonelybolter8245]

Berellio (spelling? I'm so sorry) is a national treasure and should be featured on every episode.

[@alexanderstanfield5845]

I miss tau smash captains. GIVE ME BACK ONAGER GAUNTLETS AND PHASE BLADES!

[@Alpha-zb8sp]

Farsight?

[@Revenge221]

The cut away to the folder of "blackmail material" absolutely ended me. 10/10

[@thefloridaman41]

The Death Guard DP is also a crazy Smash Captain with its dev wounds and forcing battleshock on the charge. It also has an anti-infantry flamer and an enhancement for +1 attack and strength or +2 if it’s defending an objective. Combine that with -1T and -1 save for being Death Guard and it is a monster when contesting the center board with Rotigus and Mortarion.

[@briochepanda]

My favourite variant is the Age of Sigmar FEC Smash Bat. "Can Smash Bat Smash that? Yes."

[@alexanderabramov2719]

Original Smash Captains used to be Bikers, may have been a good idea to just lead with "fast, for example with a Jump Pack" Remember Gorgon's Chain guys?

[@artnull13]

Guys canonically Robute Gulliman is the only SM Smash captain.

[@theotv5522]

That alignment chart almost killed me.

[@Paradukes]

Speaking as a dedicated loyalist marines player, I absolutely love the idea of the "loyal" Alpha Legion. They're easily my favourite "chaos" space marines by a wide margin, especially after reading Alpharius - Head of the Hydra. Looking forward to reading Harrowmaster next, and hoping that holds up.

[@vanillaconfusion89]

I know it doesn’t tick all the boxes but I love the amount of damage an overlord with void scythe can whip out sometimes with hungry void poped, 3A at STR 13, AP 4, D3 and dev wounds, even without the extra str and ap from the strat it still feels nutty.

[@levidavidson2362]

My current version for Necron is an Overlord with Sempiternal weave with a small bodyguard unit and a pyschomancer with veil of darkness attached so they can teleport in and charge gloriously into the enemy as a tanky meat blender, plus its a platform for the tachyon arrow which is a great opening salvo

[@luisvilla5228]

34:45 This such a great idea I’m surprised it’s not an episode or series already

[@createdmanpainting]

Always happy when a poorhammer episode drops.

[@Bottle-OBill]

"Knights of the Spiteful Idiot" painted in Alpha Legion colours. Fuck yeah

[@dear_mercy130]

100% interested in the challenge army! I know you've been interested in alpha legion for a while! You'll even be able to test out all of the subfaction rules ;)

[@sambojinbojin-sam6550]

Smash D Prince is even nicer than mentioned, just because of what Tsons do. What do they do? Turn off armour saves sometimes. So that sweep is -6AP when you need it to be :) Honestly, even a D Prince on foot isn't terrible alongside some flamer rubrics. When you can charge, do so. When you can't, move forward with stealth. When something charges you, 9d6 precision Overwatch attacks on their character/unit works ok as well.

[@StevenCarusone]

I want to thank you guys to educating me and getting me excited for W40K TT because I just started painting my first models. Looking forward to this episode

[@ElGordoBandito]

The Autarch Wayleaper actually makes for a pretty good Smash Captain. It’s got a jump pack or wings, depending on which model you bought, and the Star Glaive is a pretty strong melee weapon as far as Amish Space Elves go. The enhancements you can run on it strengthen it either offensive or defensive, with Fate’s Messenger allowing you to change a hit/wound/save roll to a 6, or the Phoenix Gem allowing the Autarch to stand back up after death on like a 2+, and get back to shredding things. Also it having access to a Melta gun AND Lone Operative is nuts.

[@Asaliuru]

Solitaire for insane space elves

[@sonicwingnut]

I have to say I'm glad the Smash Captain is still a viable idea because way back in 9th I started a conversion which combined the Imperium Issue 5 captain, the Knight Azyros legs and wings, a sanguinary guard jump pack and other Blood Angels bits and a storm shield/hammer, and it looks fucking glorious so I really want to get it painted and on the table in 10th.

[@Syst3m04]

As a Flesh Tearers player, Gabriel Seth hits like a truck for 90 pts. 6A base, 7 on charge, usually adding 2 because of ability, hitting on 2’s with sustained hits. S9, AP2, Dmg3. I put him with Vanguard Vets, and Sang priest so AP goes to 3. If needed you can throw red rampage on for lethal hits and lance. I took out 7 Tson Terminators in one go, granted he rolled poorly on invul saves, but the dmg 3 is pretty big

[@Tinytraveler]

I still have PTSD from Smash Captains in 8th lol

[@ethankopiness3915]

For tsons the exalted sorcerer on disc works pretty well to. It's got 1 more move and it's got a nice psychic flamer spell and a force staff to buff with vortex. The real kicker is it's almost half the cost

[@colonelturmeric558]

With my friends whom i still play ninth with, my smash captain has become a bit of a legend. Salamanders jump captain with anvil of strength for +2 strength, relic blade and combi flamer with the relic i can’t remember the name of, then -1cp to add a second WL trait and give him forge master for +2 toughness. That mfer comfortably takes on dreadnoughts, leman russes and pretty much any HQ that can be fielded against him.

[@artnull13]

Ah yes smash captains. Whilst playing as Smurf marines vs Eldar, I used Robute Gulliman to SMASH Yvraine the emissary of Ynnead.

[@prashrad2382]

Welcome back Eric! Glad you're feeling a lot better

[@martinnoreallymartin3661]

Would love to see an episode dedicated to different armies' smash captains. It'd be a good insight as a new player into what can make a strong model/character

[@sambojinbojin-sam6550]

Chaos in general has some weird ones, depending on your definition of smash captain. Syl'esske, hellflayers, contorted epitomes, skullmasters, skulltaker, haarken, etc all "kind of" fit the smash captain mould. It doesn't really matter if they're epic or generic, when there's so many of them, for rules of three purposes. You could probably field an entire smash captain army pretty easily with CSM + daemon allies. Even a Wardog Karnivore fits it, if you don't mind paying the points for a heavy smash "captain".

[@larsetre0005]

31:10 It was during the Chaos Propaganda video. Been rewatching that one lately while working on my own Chaos Warband

[@caucheka]

A funny "smash captain" that ive been running is the honour vehement on the techmarine, once vengeance of the omnissiah kicks in it gets like 10 attacks, ive had it one turn tanks on a charge

[@TheAfroMenace]

The only Smash Captain I need is Captain Falcon.

[@jackleahy6197]

Fun easy topic that may be interesting would be an Imperium/Xenos/Chaos draft. Pick 5 characters in terms of power level/lore relevance/the rule of cool and see who has the better squad. Just food for thought

[@dracosummoner]

I first learned this term from Age of Sigmar. My favorite faction is the Idoneth Deepkin, and I hear the Akhelian King referred to as a "Smash King." It "flies" (it's underwater), has 14" movement, and has a lot of melee attacks that can also be enhanced.

[@johnnybacon3782]

Just have to give a shoutout to the World Eaters smash prince. Demon Prince with Berserker's Glaive. Dude absolutely wrecks face! Awesome episode as always guys. Keep up the good work!

[@thtcrzywzrd92]

Damn it, I was saving to become a Spiteful Idiot. I had a fun idea for a model, too. Well, since it's not happening, I'm going to share my idea 0 (optional): Pay MSRP to... 1. Acquire a Rhino 2. Build and/or kitbash the Rhino so that it looked beaten, broken, rusted, run-down, etc. I don't want a functioning Rhino, I want a terrain piece. 3. Paint in whatever chapter colors you want, it really doesn't matter as long as it looks beat to hell. My space marine are dark angels, so with that what you will. 4. This is the most important part. I want 'RHINOS ARE FREE' "spraypainted" on one of the larger panels. The rest of that phrase is optional. Admittedly, a Rhino might be a bit much to build and paint for $200, but I was hoping the novelty and inside joke would carry it to approval.

[@johnrhines6626]

I guess I have to learn to sculpt a Squig mount, happy Orktober!

[@ovan2190]

I'd love to see the challenge army. I think the alpha legion makes it thematically appropriate. I'd love to see updates and stuff about it. I also think Spiteful Idiots would be a great name for the chapter lol

[@metagrossle]

Vox for the Vox God. Cast for the Podcast Throne!

[@setsunachiame]

the world eaters Master of executions with the berserker glaive literally soloes an entire chaos knights army by himself in our most recent local tournament

[@Ogata123]

Giving me memories of Chapter Master Smash F***** utilizing as much from 6th ed Clan Raukkan as it could while riding around with his bike deathstar. Ironhands larping as white scars

[@alexanderkuznetsov484]

My personal smash captain is Exalted Champion with Talisman of Burning Blood attached to Chosen for getting 2d3 to strength and d3 to attacks. So you get anything from A6 S7 -2 2 to A8 S11, and Chosen for ability through advance-charge. Alternative would be Lord Discordant for his lot of melee weapons (A5-7 S7-9 + A4 S7-9 + magma cutters) or Daemon Prince with wings (6 rolls for MWs + either A7-9 S11-13 or A15-17 S9-11) Enjoy!

[@colbybastian17]

Age of Darkness box is still a wildly good box to start a basic Marines army if you don't know where you want to go. 250 for 40 marines, 10 Terminators, 2 captains, a dreadnought, and a land raider. Amazing kitbash fodder as well.

[@themanofdoom100]

My favorite smash captain variant in 9th was the interrogator chaplain with a master crafted thunder hammer and jump pack pumping out 5 damage per hit

[@kennethphillips6006]

What do you mean “not quite right?” Those look just like Tartaros terminators. Nice sculpts too; good decoration in the design.

[@jamiewebb5580]

Hoping for that every factions smash captain

[@arkslippyjunior7773]

I miss having a smash character I went from having my super chaos terminator lord with his crazy nightlords bullshit 3d3 extra attacks on his lightning claws and sendung him in to murder everyone he can and eventually get caught up in a duel with my opponent's smash character to "he technically exsists if you want to bring an extra 200 points of terminators"

[@FuegoBacon]

I love the leader system, I think it makes sense. I really miss the old relics and warlord traits though, I loved making my own unique characters. You’ll live on in 9th my 12 attack Gravis Captain.

[@Zieg_Games]

Berilio is a treasure

[@Gworkag]

Glad to have this new guest here, hope we will see Eric later, he seem to have decent synergy with our tzeench overlord

[@Kibbet21]

I remember my jump lord in 8th and most of 9th which had a bunch of attacks from lightning claws hitting on 2s rerolling 1s and full wound rerolls

[@kiernansanders-reed8381]

Yall missed the best solo smash captain in 10th I think, gravis captain running solo with any enhancement that gives him a fnp. Hits pretty hard and is surprisingly tough to kill on his own. Pretty fun unit I've seen some people running. Half damage, 4++, and a FNP.

[@Lothrean]

Just a few days and Brad will become a space marine superfan.

[@Zeergruush]

That idea for Spitetful Idiots is absolute gold! Hope to see updates ^^

[@cptkrank6802]

I just built a Deathwatch Smash Captain from the new kit using the LH DW Storm Shield (and Intercessor Arm #54) and put a Grey Knights Terminator Force Hammer on the pistol arm. Super easy and would work with almost any Storm Shield or Thunderhammer from any marine kit. If you're new to 40k, sourcing bits can be a pain, but you can always ask a long term player, they always have tons of bits, we throw away nothing. :D

[@livingghost7975]

Currently I use an aggressor capitan with with honor vehement as one but I throw him around using a librarian dred which covers that jump ability plus being part of a unit “led” by the apothecary biologist means that I can talk my way into him also having leathal hits added on to things only works because I’m a blood angel player I also think you could do something like that while playing the salamanders detachment again as a blood angel a So the sanguinor himself is a premade smash cap

[@mayonation8849]

I for one can’t wait for Brad to own every army. Can’t wait for 6 months from now when he gets really into Death Korp of Krieg and starts building the clone boys.

[@alanpreston1822]

How about that in AOS, tiny goblins are riding Squigs, and in 40k it is larger Orks. Someone should discuss Squig evolution through the timeline.

[@GenralG7]

I think its gunna be cool to see Brad and Eric leading their Spiteful Idiots into battle

[@kiwitwin478]

All I could think of was saying “Thanks for watching this weeks video and don’t forget to like, comment, and SMASH that Captain!!!” 😂

[@vardaangupta7128]

Death Guard also has an issue with smash captains because they are VERRRRYYYYY slow, and for the most part, the only thing that hits hard is a lord of contagion with the deadly pathogen upgrade, 6 attacks with full re-rolls at strength 10 ap-3 damage 3, if you go away from power armour models then the demon prince is a force because he gets (with the dp upgrade) 7 attacks at strength 11 ap -2 damage 3 with dev wounds.

[@jessecapra2350]

I miss the winged daemon prince with claws from 8th. Always brought one against my buddy's guard list and would just pop tanks like a firework show.

[@MrFairbanksak1]

T'au actually had a melee smash captain in 9th in the form of a Coldstar Commander with one relics and one prototype system: the Onager Gauntlet and the Thermoneutronic Projector. Onager Gauntlet made your melee much stronger, and Thermoneutronic Projector added D6+2 attacks with it's good profile as well. You would have also taken Precision of the Hunter to give the dude full hit and wound rerolls. Depending on how well you roll, this dude could roll up and delete a unit of space marines, but it also had great AP, so you could high roll and kill a Knight (though thya is being very optimistic, so not too likely), but you would have a higher chance of killing a strong tank or monster. Now, T'au doesn't have those relics or prototype systems anymore, so the melee Coldstar is a thing of the past now.

[@ArianneBlaire777]

For the space marine army build you could magnetise the tops of the backpacks so you can put the cross and the toilet bowl and so on at will

[@elricdotah]

He doesn't have a jump pack, but deathwatches Smash Captain is: Captain in Gravis Armour with power fist and relic blade (5 attacks at WS2+ S8 AP-2 D2 and 2 extra attacks at WS2+ S5 AP-2 D2) Thief of Secret (+1S, AP and D and if you kill a model in melee, you get another +1S, AP D) So 5 attacks S10 AP-4 D4 and 2 attacks at S7 AP-4 D4 hitting on 2s And his ability is, that you halve the incoming damage, so he can survive quite some time on his own or against precision attacks.

[@lukestacey9018]

I’ll never forget when my BloodAngels captain “smash fucker” one shot a bane blade.

[@RocketTheMinifig]

Dont mind me just currently souping up a bunch of catgirl marines and maid power armor to send to the P0 Box for the Spiteful Idiot army.

[@artnull13]

Are we talking about Maid Marines of the lost 2nd Legion?

[@saulrothman444]

i put the beastboss on squig in my speed waaagh, love it. i'm going to have to try the daemon prince in tsons

[@2x4noah]

S.M.A.S.H Space Marine Abouta Smash Heretics

[@clonk40k]

World Eaters Master of Executions with the beserker glaive is a great smash character

[@cxsanchez28]

The chaplain on bike smash version was a thing even on 2nd edition. I used to equipo one with psycannon and seeker ammo

[@bluetitan]

I'm looking forward to trying out the jump pack cpt in blood angels. I'm hoping there's an update to the jump pack sanguinary priest. If so with the artisan of war enhancement we get 7 attack at str 7, ap 4, 2 dmg relic weapons. With a 2+ 4++.

[@xRedJacketManx]

Smash Papa was Fun for Genestealer Cult in 9th. Fishing for 6s and then having 3 Separate Save Rolls to Keep him Alive

[@heiroftheredeemer2828]

I would love to hear more about the Space Marine army beings built up

[@Ra13zRS40M]

i remember in 9th id just started playing with my friend (space marine vs guard) and it was wipe the board of his 5 infantry squads then get stomped by his 3 leman russes cause my anti tank was agrax with the bonus strength and damage strategems, then captain witht he same thing and i miss that soo much in 10th

[@TheBowlNoodleSoup]

Unfortunately Blood Angels dont get +1 to wound from the detachment, it +1 Attack and Strength on charge. Though you could add the Enhancement Archangels Shard to give [Lance] which would do +1 wound on charge to make up for it, it's unfortunately the most expensive enhancement at 25 pts. Alternatively theres a strategem that gives [Lance] and [Lethal Hits] for 1CP or you could use the captains free CP for it.

[@Ultr4zer0]

Just wanna say that i totally stole your guys' idea of playing alpha legion cloaked as other space marine chapters for my first army, im also gonna build a bunch of other stuff to use as "loyalist" csm, such as possessed as admec rustalkers and cultists as agents of the imperium. I love the idea, alpha legion are my fave chapter and i wanted to play similarly!

[@soffren]

Now I wanna do the same thing even more!

[@priestking8636]

I used to do smach Overlords for whatever reason in all editions. Espevially with WT for attacks ans relic scythes.

[@Tommy9834]

I think for the Spiteful Idiot Marines, every single one needs to be the old Marines, since they love those so much.