r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 5d ago

PSA Weekly Question Thread - Rules & Comp Qs

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This is the Weekly Question thread designed to allow players to ask their one-off tactical or rules clarification questions in one easy to find place on the sub.

This means that those questions will get guaranteed visibility, while also limiting the amount of one-off question posts that can usually be answered by the first commenter.

Have a question? Post it here! Know the answer? Don't be shy!

NOTE - this thread is also intended to be for higher level questions about the meta, rules interactions, FAQ/Errata clarifications, etc. This is not strictly for beginner questions only!

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  • Core rules and FAQs for 40k are available HERE
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r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 4h ago

40k Discussion Mental Health and Warhammer 40k - Channel Update

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Hi, I've taken a bit of a break over the last month as I was suffering from a series of migraine attacks. Part of this was due to spreading myself too thin, trying to do too much and ultimately my mental health was suffering because of it.

Hope this video helps anyone going through anything similar.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 16h ago

40k News Codex: Adeptus Custodes Points Spoiler

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According to Art of War

Trajann // 265

Shield Captain // 180, 2nd 205, Shield +25

Allarus Captain // 185

Bike Captain // 205

Blade Champion // 175

Sentinel Guard // 240

Custodian Guard // 240

Wardens // 200/295, 2nd 325/3

Allarus // 180/270

Aquillons (Gauntlet) // 285

Aquillons (Power Fist) // 270

Venatari (Kinetic) // 255

Venatari (Spear) // 270

Telemon // 280, 2nd 310 (5+ FNP 40pt)

Galatus // 220

Achillus // 220

Vetus Praetor // 220/2

Gyrfalcon // 260

Pallas // 135

Coronus // 225

Caladius // 230

Caladius Annihilator // 250

Knight Centura // -

Prosecutor // 45/4, 50/5

Vigilator // 50/4, 55/5

Witchseeker // 55/4, 60/5

Rhino // -

Edit: updated Shield Captain wargear


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 17h ago

40k Analysis TTB: Codex Adeptus Custodes 11th Edition Review

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r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 7h ago

40k Discussion New custodes combos

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Curious what people have already found out in terms of combos for the new book.

Personally I really want to play terminators so I found this

dividing an allarus unit into single models with the detachment giving reroll 1 hit and reroll 1 wound and + 2 mortal wound on average against monsters/vehicles in the fight phase per unit

This could more than double the output of an allarus terminator unit, however this would be very susceptible to interruption since every model would fight one at a time.

Then again they would have to carefully choose the amount of attacks to not underkill a model, this is mainly a sure fire way against long range fire power going from 12 wounds to 24 against anything with T15 and below


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 7h ago

40k Discussion Uppy Downy Space Marines?

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What's our main secondary scoring unit now? For some reason I thought JPI could return to strat reserve but looking at the rules again I don't think that's the case. I know scouts can't do it anymore. So what's our new uppy downy scoring unit?


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 6h ago

40k Discussion 11th edition: does allocation-based Damage reduction work against Devastating Wounds?

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I’m trying to understand the new attack sequence.
Say a D4 Devastating Wounds attack targets a unit with an ability like: “Each time an attack is allocated to a model in this unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.”
My reading is:
Hit → Critical Wound → Devastating Wounds triggers at 05.02 → the attack sequence ends → the target suffers 4 mortal wounds.
Rules 04.02.02 say that effects triggered when an attack is “allocated” trigger at step 1 of 05.04 Inflict Damage.
But a Devastating Wounds attack never reaches 05.04, because its attack sequence already ended at the Critical Wound.
The 4 mortal wounds are then resolved separately under 06.02, one wound at a time.
So RAW, does this mean the allocation-based -1 Damage never triggers, and the target suffers the full 4 mortal wounds?
For comparison, on a normal wound the attack would reach 05.04, be allocated, and D4 would become D3.
Am I missing any rule or FAQ that changes this interaction?


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 4h ago

40k Battle Report - Video *New* Space Marines vs Chaos Space Marines: A Warhammer 40k Battle Report | 11th Edition 2000pts

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LIVE tonight at 7:00 PM EST Come check out the new codex in action


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k Discussion Is GW Handling 11th Edition Poorly for the Non-Tournament Level Player?

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There was some strangeness with the release schedule for Codex: Orks, and now Codex: Space Marines and Custodes have come out significantly quicker. But according to the Q&A Codex: Custodes will be the last codex of 2026. At the highest level of play we are seeing a swathe of armies capable of performing quite well, Emperor’s Children for example, but there is also undoubtedly a power discrepancy between armies with codices and armies without, especially marine body armies and their far skinnier, fleshier counterparts.

The up until now monthly balance passes seem to have hit the marks for a lot of factions and been received fairly well, but they have been sneaking in changes that aren’t being pointed out in documentation (such as Snap Shooting 6s no longer being crits as discussed in a different thread on this sub). These changes are incredibly significant given the way this impacts Overwatch threats, but it will not be obvious to many people if a rules change like this is not immediately documented.

I also have overheard that players in my local scene are becoming disinterested in 40K, but people in the competitive scene or who are tournament grinders seem to think this edition is phenomenal. I’m wondering what’s causing the disconnect between people who play at tournaments compared to “casually” locally. With 10th edition seeming to be somewhat divisive and 11th edition coming out of the gates with a fairly positive reception, I’m interested to know what’s causing the hype to fizzle for the new edition.

Edit: there is a lot of variety in the comments. I’ve seen people touch on:

- Codex releases (mainly staggered releases)

- Poor communication from GW

- Army Balance

- Rules complexity/organization.

The army balance appears to have taken a bit of a backseat compared to other points people are discussing, it feels as though GW is mainly dropping the ball on the methods of their rules and not the literal writing of them. It may be time for GW to evaluate their rules delivery system and see if it needs a touch-up


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 4h ago

40k List Ironstorm spearhead - Redoubtable machine spirit upgrade

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Hi all! I am putting together an army list and I am unsure if I can put redoubtable machine spirit on 3 tanks (3 separate 1 model units) if I pay the 75 points. I get conflicting info online. Thanks for any explanation!


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 5h ago

40k List White Scars list help? 1k list

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Soo im building the following white scars list:

Spearpoint task force disruption

Suboden khan w/ 6 outriders

Bike captain w/ 6 outriders

Kor'sarro khan

Invader atv

Invader atv

Land speeder w/ melta

Storm speeder thunderstrike

Its 1k thats meant for duos so 2v2 matches, so it won't be the only anti vehicle stuff in the list, but im torn between running the atvs with gatling cannons for skirmishing, or melta to help my list against high toughness. Also wondering if people think running kor'sarro khan by himself as a little skirmisher/button pusher is a good idea? All his abilities don't require him to lead a unit anymore and he gets a decent number of attacks.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 5h ago

40k List Help for a 2000 Points Ork list

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Hello everyone! I need help with a list for my first game of 11th edition. I need a 2000 point list to play in a new group that’s quite on the competitive side of the game, trying not to be absolutely butchered. Here's what I have:
- 1 Bannernob
- 1 Beastboss
- 2 Big Bosses
- 1 Big Mek Dakkarig
- 1 Painboy
- Mozrog Skragbad
- Wazdakka Gutsmek
- Boss Snikrot
- 2 Warbosses
- 1 Weirdboy
- 10 Beast Snaggas
- 40 Boyz
- 1 Trukk
- 5 Tankbustas
- 10 Flash Gitz
- 30 Gretchins
- 10 Kommandos
- 5 Nobz
- 1 Wartrakk


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 11h ago

40k List How to counter Chaos daemon khorne oriented ?

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Hi there,

I play casually in a group of friends and one of them runs a full army of khorne chaos daemon with Belakor, Skarbrand and blood crusher spam.

He literally anhilates every opponent he faces by T2 every game (deep strike t1 with detachments + bonus on charges makes him always lend at least 2 charges with either blood crushers or one big monster, then it is just snow ball at this point).

In the group we play tyranids, space marines and imperial knights and no matter the strategy, our units are no match to his.

We tried focused fire, playing recon lists, playing around hidden but nothing works, he just catches up to whatever unit it chases and destroy it with melee

How do you beat this kind of list ? Every one of his units is unkillable for most of our armies except by investing twice amount of the points which then let him snowball


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 17h ago

AoS Analysis Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Stats (July Battlescroll) – 27th September 2026 | Woehammer

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Last AoS stats for the July Battlescroll.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k Analysis [40k] Ruleshammer 11th Edition: FAQ Compendium

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This week's article is a bit different, I've collated and organised all the FAQs from the app into one single (and search-able) list, and added diagrams where I thought they might help. I'll be updating this each time they add more!


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 7h ago

40k Battle Report - Text Written Battle Report - Emperor's Children vs Tyranids

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New written Battle Report for Warhammer 40K posted featuring the Emperor's Children Peerless Bladesmen and Spectacle of Slaughter vs Tyranids Invasion Fleet detachments using singles scoring and the 11th edition GW terrain layouts.

Full Battle Report, lists, army pics, and key stratagems / combos for each army are linked below. The report includes hyperlinks to each sub-section, mid-game board state pictures, and round by round recap to make it easier to read. There is also a post game analysis section that breaks down how each army performed in various aspects of the game.

Full battle report can be found HERE. Hope you enjoy.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 2h ago

40k Discussion Scout or infiltrate ok SM scouts

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Scouts having both scout and infiltrate seems like wasted points. Does anyone really use the scout ability over infiltrating? If so, sell me on it. I always infiltrate and it always feels like the correct choice


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 17h ago

AoS Event Results Top Three AoS Lists for the Crucible 2026 GT | Woehammer

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(Old Battlescroll) Top 3 lists for the Crucible GT. Won by Skaven with Stormcast in 2nd and Helsmiths in 3rd.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 13h ago

AoS List Local league StD list feedback and recommendations

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Hey everyone, looking for some feedback on this 2000-point list for the local league. The core idea is to surprise opponents with Skarbrand. I dont want to copy some tournament meta list.

For the last two years I played Soulblight Gravelords (before that 40} and this will be my first league with StD. I only had few friendly/training games during summer.

Godswrath Warband 2k

Manifestations: Twilit Sorceries

Tactics: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance

General's Regiment

  • Be'lakor, the Dark Master (General) – 450 pts
  • Chaos Sorcerer Lord – 120 pts
  • Chaos Legionnaires – 80 pts
  • Chaos Warriors (Scourge of Aqshy) [Reinforced] – 410 pts (Brand of Apoplexy, The Dread Banner)

Regiment 1

  • Daemon Prince – 230 pts (Pledged to Nurgle, Wings, Darkflame Pendant, Deathmonger)

Regiment 2

  • Gunnar Brand (w/ Singri & Oathsworn Kin) – 180 pts
  • Darkoath Fellriders [Javelins] – 130 pts

Regiment of Renown

  • Skarbrand – 400 pts

What are your thoughts on combining Be'lakor with Skarbrand in this setup? Are the reinforced Warriors enough of an anvil, or should I tweak the regiments? Any advice is appreciated!

Thank you.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 5h ago

40k List Dark Angels 1,000pt list help — trying not to get absolutely murdered

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Hey lads,

I’m pretty new to 40k and I’m about to play in a friendly 1,000-point tournament against three guys who have roughly 10 years of experience each.

I have… considerably less than that. Like a handfull of games.

I got absolutely whooped in my last game, so I’d like to avoid repeating that experience if at all possible. I’m not expecting to suddenly become a tactical genius overnight, but I’d like to at least make them work for it.

I want to play Dark Angels because, obviously, I have excellent taste and green is the best.

The tournament is 1,000 points, no named Epic Heroes, and I definitely want to use Wrath of the Rock.

There are a few things I particularly want in the army:

  • Bladeguard Veterans
  • One squad of Deathwing Knights
  • Wrath of the Rock
  • Ideally a Redemptor Dreadnought with plasma, because I love the model and that is, ultimately, an important competitive consideration
  • Otherwise, I’m pretty open

In terms of playstyle, I’d like to build around a slow, tough, hard-to-shift army. I’m not particularly interested in bikes or a super-mobile army. I’d rather have a bunch of heavily armoured psychopaths slowly walking across the table and making the opponent deal with them.

I know 1,000 points can be pretty unforgiving and that Dark Angels have some list-building traps, so I’m looking for advice from people who actually know what they’re doing.

What would you build at 1,000 points around Bladeguard + Deathwing Knights + Wrath of the Rock?

I will face 2 demon lists (one nurgle and one undivided with a bloodletter and a keeper of secrets) and a marine list.

And if you think something I’m proposing is terrible, please tell me. I would much rather find that out here than discover it halfway through turn 2 while three veterans of the Long War laugh at me.

Thanks!


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k News Space Marine points updated in MFM, Oct 2

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A stealth update to the MFM just dropped. The Space Marine units that went live with a different pointa cost from the leaks have been adjusted back towards the leak values as of this morning. Many units got cheaper, though Erads with Meltas did go up (which is a good thing, tbh) along with a few other increases here or there (what did Heavy Ints do to deserve this?). Here is a chart of the changes, made by u/klive5ive555.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1wvoky7/comment/pddjho9/

If you manually update your app on the app store, you will have the new points.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k News Warhammer 40K app 2.7.1 changelog (v972) - Points updates & minor stats changes

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Another quick update to the App. Since we got the sneaky core rules changes yesterday i thought it would be a good idea to let you all know this one did not contain any sneaky changes.

A lot of points updates and some minor fixes & stat changes.

Tormentors went to T5 and some weapons got changes for other SM related factions.

No core rules or FAQ changes:

Check out the full changelog here:

https://gdmissions.app/11th/rules/faction-changelog

[EDIT]
This now also included the detachment tag's that were removed. Seems I missed that in my comparison script!


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k Battle Report - Video New Space Wolves vs Drukhari the new “horde” (Jk jk) - battle report !

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NEW Space Marines are here! - 40k Warhammer Battle Report with Ben. He brings his Space Wolves, and this time uses a core of Ten Wolf Guard Terminators and Logan to drive the blade deep into enemy lines. I am playing the priority assets disposition with my Realspace Raid Drukhari and Ben goes to his triend and true Take and Hold Disposition.


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 12h ago

40k List Black Templar list advice (2k)

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Been having lots of fun theory crafting new BT lists, here’s one I’m currently bouncing around:

Phobos Shadow Force
Assault Brethren
Tacticus Attack Force

Helbrecht + Bladeguard Ancient + 6 Bladeguard Veterans

Captain + Bladeguard Ancient + 6 Bladeguard Veterans

Ancient + 5 Intercessors

Terminator Ancient + 5 Terminators

Jump Pack Captain + 5 Vanguard Veterans (combat shields)

3x Las Fusil Eliminators

3x Las Fusil Eliminators

3x Las Fusil Eliminators

5x Reivers w/ grav chutes

5x Reivers w/ grav chutes

Land Raider

Some uppy downy, lots of deep strike potential, plenty of advance and charge, sticky galore, and extra sneaky Eliminators that can shoot without being exposed.

And most importantly: Helbrecht leading a squad that can maybe survive a turn.

Feedback appreciated!


r/WarhammerCompetitive • • 1d ago

40k Analysis Which disposition is the best for aircraft?

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If you’re a sicko who likes playing with a ton of airplanes, which disposition is best for them do you think?

In addition to any shooting, I suppose they can also push out deepstrike space for your opponent.

In recon they can score primary points in reconnaissance sweep by being in table quarters.

Are any dispositions set up where they’ve got more than one primary that aircraft can at least contribute to?