Art of War - The Competitive 40k Network

Wowee what a book. I am joined by Matt Morosoli to review this spicy new spikey boy codex! This thing is dense and deep with heaps of viable detachments and some of the finest jank we have seen in 10th ed so far.Hope you enjoy!

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Kasra Houshidar, an amazing Space Marine player, repeat guest, coach of Team Canada, and member of team Art of War! We talk about Kas's role on the Art of War Team at the latest Battle For Salvation 8-person team tournament. Kas pilots Vanguard Space Marines. We go over his army list, and how he approaches the game with it.In part 2 of this episode we talk about Kas's match ups from the tournament. We dive into positioning, and how to approach the game differently. If you want to learn about understanding tempo, and how to get all the points you can subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.comseriousreaders.com/aowpromo code: "aow" to save 100 pounds (over 100 dollars) on any HD light!Vanguard of Ultramar (2000 Points)Space MarinesUltramarinesVanguard SpearheadStrike Force (2000 Points)CHARACTERSApothecary Biologis (80 Points)• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• Enhancements: The Blade Driven DeepMarneus Calgar (185 Points)• 1x Marneus Calgar• Warlord• 1x Gauntlets of Ultramar• 2x Victrix Honour Guard• 2x Victrix power swordUriel Ventris (75 Points)• 1x Bolt Pistol1x Invictus1x Sword of IdaeusOTHER DATASHEETSCenturion Devastator Squad (370 Points)• 1x Devastator Centurion Sergeant• 1x Centurion fists1x Centurion missile launcher1x Twin lascannon• 5x Devastator Centurion• 5x Centurion fists5x Centurion missile launcher5x Twin lascannonCompany Heroes (95 Points)• 1x Ancient• 1x Bolt pistol1x Bolt rifle1x Close combat weapon• 1x Company Champion• 1x Bolt pistol1x Master-crafted power weapon• 2x Company Veteran• 2x Bolt pistol2x Close combat weapon1x Master-crafted bolt rifle1x Master-crafted heavy bolterEradicator Squad (190 Points)• 1x Eradicator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle• 5x Eradicator• 5x Bolt pistol5x Close combat weapon3x Melta rifle2x Multi-meltaEradicator Squad (95 Points)• 1x Eradicator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle• 2x Eradicator• 2x Bolt pistol2x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle1x Multi-meltaEradicator Squad (95 Points)• 1x Eradicator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle• 2x Eradicator• 2x Bolt pistol2x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle1x Multi-meltaInceptor Squad (260 Points)• 1x Inceptor Sergeant• 1x Close combat weapon1x Plasma exterminators• 5x Inceptor• 5x Close combat weapon5x Plasma exterminatorsInceptor Squad (260 Points)• 1x Inceptor Sergeant• 1x Close combat weapon1x Plasma exterminators• 5x Inceptor• 5x Close combat weapon5x Plasma exterminatorsInfiltrator Squad (100 Points)• 1x Infiltrator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Marksman bolt carbine• 4x Infiltrator• 4x Bolt pistol4x Close combat weapon1x Helix Gauntlet1x Infiltrator Comms Array4x Marksman bolt carbineScout Squad (65 Points)• 1x Scout Sergeant• 1x Astartes chainsword1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• 4x Scout• 2x Astartes shotgun4x Bolt pistol4x Close combat weapon1x Heavy bolter1x Scout sniper rifleScout Squad (65 Points)• 1x Scout Sergeant• 1x Astartes chainsword1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• 4x Scout• 2x Astartes shotgun4x Bolt pistol4x Close combat weapon1x Heavy bolter1x Scout sniper rifleScout Squad (65 Points)• 1x Scout Sergeant• 1x Astartes chainsword1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• 4x Scout• 2x Astartes shotgun4x Bolt pistol4x Close combat weapon1x Heavy bolter1x Scout sniper rifle

Welcome to this week late review of the Points changes in the recent MFM. Thanks to GW for putting together such an amazing Ork Codex that I was a week off getting to this, but here it is. I am joined by the lovely Dustin Henshaw to run through the changes for each faction in turn, asking the questions, are they better/worse? And what does their best list look like?Hope you enjoy the ride!

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Russell Tassin, an amazing Chaos Space Marine player, who just won a big tournament in Texas! We talk about Russell's approach to the game, his army list philosophies, and how his Chaos army works!In part 2 of this episode we talk about Russell's match ups from the tournament. We dive into niche plays, positioning, and different approaches to different problems. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

Brian bully boy Seipp joins us to complete our review of this mean green Ork Codex!We review the Dread Mob and Bully Boyz detachments in addition to discussing some of the juicier datasheets.

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Brian Jones, an amazing Imperial Knight player, and our newest addition to the Art of War team. We talk about the Florida ATC team tournament, team composition, and shifting your mindset to teams.In part 2 of this episode we talk about Brian's role with a team setting with Imperial Knights. We dive into how to keep it close against hard counters and how to adjust your play to manipulate the end score. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.comseriousreaders.com/aowpromo code: "aow" to save 100 pounds (over 100 dollars) on any HD light!

Good morning wonderful community, it's green, it's mean and it might just be the best codex Ork players have ever had!I am joined by Ben Jurek in the first part of this weeks part 1 with us delving into the army rules and first 2 detachments, then Lukas Troller joins me for the second part giving us some deep dive into his one true love, the green tide.This was an amazingly fun episode to do and having strong rules to talk about for any faction brings out the passion in many. So hope it resonates with you and you enjoy it!

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Hugo Riccardi, an amazing French Eldar player. We talk about his Eldar army list and high level Eldar strategy.In part 2 of this episode we talk about Hugo's role with a team setting. We learn all of his strategies and tactics, and his match ups into Space Marines, Thousand Sons, Sisters, Astra Militarum. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

Hello everybody! Here we have the brand new (maligned) golden banana codex review. Unfortunately Jack was waylaid at an event so the lovely John Legend joined us for this review. But fear not, after pioloting custodes at the WTC level John is well placed to pick up the slack.This is not a good book, either internally or external balance wise. But we do our best to polish this one up for hopefully a truthful but overall good listening experience.Love you allAdam

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Brendan Mckenzie, the winner of the Wet Coast GT. We talk about his journey as a player, different Adepta Sororitas army lists and how they work!In part 2 of this episode we break down Brendan's games from the Wet Coast tournament. We learn all of his strategies and tactics, and how he uses the Vaul-gons. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

Hello lovely people. This week Peter the Falcon my one true bae was busy so i turned to the venerable and capable minds over at Stats Check to help me update out living faction ladder for the post Necron and dataslate months, heading into 2 new releases and more balance slates. It's a pretty wild one with some very unexpected rankings but good lord the brains from Jeremy Atkinson and Stats Check are hard at work giving us some of the most deep and spicy information available.Hope you enjoy the ride!

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Chris Hanes, the captain of the Canadian National Warhammer team. Chris just went undefeated at the All is Dust tournament! We talk about Chris's journey as a player, teams and singles Warhammer events, and of course Adeptus Custodes!In part 2 of this episode we break down Chris's games from the All is Dust tournament. We learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our Patreon - patreon.com/aow40k.com

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Daniel Highly, one of our highly successful War Room members who just went undefeated at the Rocky Mountain Open! They talk about Daniel's play style, playing with a stat check list, and Helbrutes!In part 2 of this episode we break down Daniel's games from the Rocky Mountain Open. We learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.comWorld EatersStrike Force (2000 points)Berzerker WarbandCHARACTERSAngron (415 points)• Warlord• 1x Samni’arius and SpinegrinderWorld Eaters Daemon Prince with Wings (195 points)• 1x Hellforged weapons1x Infernal cannonWorld Eaters Lord on Juggernaut (100 points)• 1x Exalted chainblade1x Juggernaut’s bladed horn1x Plasma pistolBATTLELINEJakhals (70 points)• 1x Jakhal Pack Leader• 1x Autopistol1x Jakhal chainblades• 1x Dishonoured• 1x Skullsmasher• 8x Jakhal• 8x Autopistol1x Icon of Khorne7x Jakhal chainblades1x Mauler chainbladeJakhals (70 points)• 1x Jakhal Pack Leader• 1x Autopistol1x Jakhal chainblades• 1x Dishonoured• 1x Skullsmasher• 8x Jakhal• 8x Autopistol1x Icon of Khorne7x Jakhal chainblades1x Mauler chainbladeOTHER DATASHEETSEightbound (290 points)• 1x Eightbound Champion• 1x Lacerators• 5x Eightbound• 5x Eightbound evisceratorsKhorne Lord of Skulls (450 points)• 1x Daemongore cannon1x Great cleaver of Khorne1x SkullhurlerWorld Eaters Chaos Spawn (65 points)• 2x Chaos Spawn• 2x Hideous mutationsWorld Eaters Chaos Spawn (65 points)• 2x Chaos Spawn• 2x Hideous mutationsWorld Eaters Helbrute (140 points)• 1x Close combat weapon1x Heavy flamer1x Helbrute fist1x Multi-meltaWorld Eaters Helbrute (140 points)• 1x Close combat weapon1x Heavy flamer1x Helbrute fist1x Multi-melta

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick interviews Kit Smith Hanna, one of the highly successful War Room members! They talk about Kit's play style and his bold new Dark Angels list featuring Storm Ravens!In part 2 of this episode we break down Kit's games from the Clutch City Open. We learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

The fish cows rise with a new codex for 10th edition. Naturally Richard Siegler demanded that he join me for this week's episode!We unpack and review the new detachments and notable Datasheets for this new take on the tuna beef lovers out there.

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick intervies Oliver Weiss, one of the best players in France! They talk about Blood Angels, team tournaments in Warhammer 40k and a whole different meta! Olivier just had an awesome showing at the Pyra Cup international team tournament and we find out exactly how it happened!In part 2 of this episode we break down Olivier's games, and learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick intervies Oliver Weiss, one of the best players in France! They talk about Blood Angels, team tournaments in Warhammer 40k and a whole different meta! Olivier just had an awesome showing at the Pyra Cup international team tournament and we find out exactly how it happened!In part 2 of this episode we break down Olivier's games, and learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

This week we renew our interest in the quizzical yet rising journey of Astra Militarum in the meta. Joining us is the man who defies all opinions, David Gaylard. He runs us through what is bringing him such amazing success and then we start answering the metric DELUGE of listener questions this faction has inspired in the patron group.Hope you love it.

Join us for this week's episode of the Art of War podcast where Nick and Noah Neundorfer talk about Thousand Sons and how they operate. Noah just won 1st place at the Cherokee Open Super Major and we find out exactly how it happened!In part 2 of this episode we break down Noah's games, and learn all of his strategies and tactics. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

Adam is joined by the tendrils that tend to stick fat with the hive mind through thick and thin, Dustin Henshaw and Tyler Bortel. These gents bring an unending swarm of knowledge to the show as we give the Hive Mind a once over. We delve into what is and isn't working for the great devourer in the meta currently, talking post slate adjustments and some stuff to get you excited about!Hope you enjoy!

Nick and Typhus the captain of Team Poland talk about the Pyra cup and team tournament Warhammer in this week's episode of the Art of War podcast. To subscribe to part 2 and learn about the games that were played please3 check out our patreon patreon.com/aow40k.com

After 8ish months, the Aeldari index is in somewhat of a stable place and I felt it was time to dive into what was once the literal powerhouse of 10th edition and is still packing some amazing potency and dynamics on the tabletop.I am joined by the wonderful Vik Vijay for the review and we give the index the full review treatment as it stands for players right now, with Vik providing the expert commentary on where the power lies post dataslate!Hope you love it. Big thanks to Seamus for getting this one out on time, he is a champion and doesn't get the recognition he deserves <3

Hello lovely listeners, this week I am joined by Innes Wilson to delve into the world of the super soldiers of the imperium, the Space Marines.We give the super faction the once over, looking at how they have coped with changes in the balance slate and what each of their sub-factions has going/not going for them!It's an amazing ride and Innes is a total Gem so I hope you enjoy!

Nassim Fouchane from Team England breaks down how much potential Astra Militarum have in Warhammer 40k. You don't want to miss this as he gives all the secrets for how to do well competitively with them in Warhammer 40k tournaments.

Blake Law gives updates on his journey into Kill Team! He is joined by expert players Travis Cheng and George (Straum) from NC!

Hello everybody, this week the lovely Jeremy Martino joins me to review the secondaries from the Leviathan mission pack. With many many games under our belts it's time to look into the options available and system GW has put in place for the competitive game, unpack them and see what is working and what isn't.Hope you enjoy the discussion!

Drukhari got a new detachment, massive points drops, and so much better overall. We invited our resident Drukhari expert, Archon Skari on to break down all of the new ways to play Drukhari in the new world!

Blake Law and Dan Lindley discuss their initial thoughts on Old World!

Ridvan 'Skari' Martinez joins us this week to help unpack the revamped Dark Kin! They have a new lease on life via a new spicy detachment that adds in a whole bunch of drukhari flair and flavour. We unpack it all with the expert eye of a faction expert and then go on to dissect some of the big parts of the Rules Commentary. Hope you love itAdam

Nick Nanavati interviews Matt Lorah, the Las Vegas Open Warhammer 40k champion! We talk about Matt's army list, his play style, and how he became the champion.You can listen to part 2 of this episode on our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/aow40k

We just scrape in the recording in time with John the lovely man Lennon stepping up to the plate to help me get it done!Pretty good slate all told, a bit heavy on the nerfs side with not as many buffs as we could have gotten. But overall a Huge amount of things to love coming into the next 3 months of the game!Hope you enjoy and much love to you allAdam

Nick Nanavati interviews a top 4 finisher of the Las Vegas Open Warhammer 40k tournament, Sam Pope. Sam pilots the Unending Swarm Tyranids and we dive deep into managing time, what to focus on, and how to generally pilot such an army.In part two for our patrons we dive more specifically on his list, how it works, and the games and matchups he actually played at LVO. You can subscribe and get access to all of our weekly part 2's as well as access to our exclusive discord server on https://www.patreon.com/aow40k

Hello everybody. This week I had the pleasure of reviewing my Main Squeeze, the Darkest of Angels. And straight up it was very hard to stave off the disappointment. I was joined by John Lennon for the review as we are both passionate as all hell about this faction and we did our best to keep things positive, in the face of a faction that has seemingly lost it's mojo. Let's hope we are all wrong and some amazing build can be discovered in here but enjoy!Love Adam

G'day everyone, welcome to this weeks show where myself and Peter the Falcon discuss the state of the great game of 40k, we talk LVO meta, what needs to change in the next balance slate and tons of other nonsense. Enjoy!

This week the man with the finest name in all of 40k, Dick Van Der Harst, joins me to review the spikiest of robots, the Chaos Knights! It's an exceptionally awesome index, some say propped up by how good just a few datasheets are, with weak army and detachment rules but absolute game changing stratagems it's a joy to unpack!

Happy New Year one and all! Kicking off this year with the bloodiest of mad lads, Anthony Vanella, who joins us to break down his breakout performances with the World Eaters Index.

Part 2 is free this week for all! Hope it brings you some laughs and joy this time of year. <3 <3

Hello you wonderful community you, happy holidays!This week i am joined by Skari and the Dusty one to discuss the year that was, what we loved and loathed, highs and lows and much more!I know this time of year can be rough for many, so this weeks ep is coming out a day early, in hope that if everything else is going rough out there for you, hopefully the lads and I can bring you a bit of joy <3

Adam is joined by Peter the Falcon to update the 40k Competitive Faction Ladder for the end of 2023!

011010101000101011That's right people, it's time for the canticles of the omnissiah to be chanted and the rites completed. The Adeptus Mechanicus Codex has arrived. I am joined by Aussie Legend Alexander Englezos for the review, this is a book with some spice but lacks depth overall, some very promising detachments and rules but overall the datasheets may be letting it down. Hope we left you with some great ideas moving forward!

Delayed episode this week as Liam Hackett and I eagerly awaited the points drops before recording! But here it is, the Metal Men Codex Review.For the first time this edition we have seen the index playbook completely re-written in the codex form, as the Necrons morph from a durability check silver tide into a multi faceted faction with depth and detachments. Hope you enjoy the journey! Part 2 should be out this time tomorrow! Apologies for the delay in release, life gets in the way sometimes.<3 Adam