Black Legion vs Astra Militarum 1500pts a Battle of Lost Cadia. Warhammer 40k Battle Report. 

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That Vanquisher tank crew needs a visit from the Inquisition cause those misses were downright HERETICAL. Someone get Asmodai over here as well!

Khorne approves of the skulls that were reaped on this battlefield!!! Amazing game and always an absolute pleasure to battle Nick. Play On is by far the titans of the t-shirt companies. I'd wear most shirts they make.

The Vanquisher missing all those shots hurts my soul.

This makes me so sad to see this guard unable to kill anything...

Nick has learned the lesson all Guard commanders do at some point: the Vanquisher will always betray you.

Nick : Can you break through the 70-80 bodies ? Dave : The sea of bodies ? Corvus : THE WALL OF GUNS !!!!!

Nick "cadia stands, forever" Dave "no it doesnt" Why was it so easy to picture an annoyed chaos marines all like "for the love of slaanesh, cadia is gone" 🤣

"Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down. His war machines will crush you under their treads. His mighty guns will bring the very sky crashing down upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor has given us his greatest weapon to wield. So make yourselves ready. We are the Cadian Shock Troopers, and today is our Victory Day." So hyped for this one

Is this the start of more guard on the channel? Nick rolling Russes around does indeed put a smile on my face!

You know, it's hard to show off the new stuff when you can't hit to save your life, literally. Excellent battrep as always, and it's always fun to see some of my favorite channels colab, especially when it's Dave and Nick

JT: Is Chaos bad? Me (a loyal servant of the Emperor): Yes Commisar, this man right here.

Despite how good the new guard codex is and how good of a general Nick is, there isn't anything that can change the luck of the dice

Nick and Dave, narrated by JT. What more can you ask for?

Having just witnessed Nicks first round, I kind of feel like the end result of defeat is inevitable.

A vanquisher should always have the Commandeer tank ace with the sharpshooters trait for that guaranteed reroll to hit. 3+ rerollable is about a 88% chance of hit.

CADIA BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD! This looks awesome, can't wait!

Hopefully Nick learned his lesson to not waste your tanks doing something like charging a lord discordant to save some guardsmen

Cheers to Nick for being such a good sport when he really could have been rightfully salty. Any chance we can get an Elves vs Dwarves 40k battle soon?

Tonite on POT Gear: Dave dabbles in some Erebussy type shenanigans, Nick commits large amounts of war crimes using unauthorised deathstrikes and Tycho becomes a ethereal beard like being that sees all

Love this battle report. Love this channel. This is the worst shooting I've seen from the new guard codex in any Battle report lol sorry Nick! That being said, all them 6's to hit reminded me of why everyone likes the auto wounding rule

Nick, get in touch with Mordian Glory. He'll give you some good tips. You need to up your Guard game.

"Is Chaos even bad?" Objectively, yes, very much so. Comparatively, not really. They certainly aren't the good guys, but the Imperium is so mind-bendingly fricked up that there is an argument to be made that they are at least on equal footing with Chaos.

Sometimes I have trouble paying attention through the whole video but MAN this was a winner. The table effects were amazing, the sponsor looks sick and I'm definitely investing, and fuckin' Dave man! What a radical dude! I need him and Nick going against each other every week. The chemistry is undeniable.

Played my first battle with the new Astra codex today. Been so hyped, astra is my big "love", i could sell all other armies but never my guard. Was so excited! But, every step of the way i just got more and more dissapointed. (played without the balance dataslate rules). Just kept on comming into cases where i thougt, well, if that was the old codex my unit would be alive now. If that was the old codex that enemy unit would be dead now. etc etc... Artillery cant hit anything, vehicles are once again back to being squishy without AoC, infantry became more expensive. Guess i just have to give it a few more games, but the first game really put me down

6:08 I can hear tak's rage at that line, 6:16 and that rage turns to laughter. 8:21 Drive me closer I want to hit them with my sword.

Love the effect of the Deathstrike taking off 👌

Is "Nick being bad" part of the narrative throughline on the channel or is it unintentional quality content? XD

Seems like if you're not using "Born Solders" battle trait for Guard you are almost playing them on hard mode. great bat rep.

Great Game, always love to see Dave especially with Black Legion because Black Legion is da best. Mind you, I feel like I have seen Dave on this channel more than MWG, did he move out west? XD

The happy energy of this episode is infectious. Thanks Play On, Greatest content creator EVER

I feel sorry for Nick, there was no reason for this to be this onesided

I’ve never seen smokescreen be that effective Or humorous

I like the little Easter egg of the Sentinel looting that Defiler arm.

Dave's manic laughter is amazing. Pure Chaos.

This vainquisher reminded me of 4/5th ed times where i had my hammerhead continuously whiff on a few games. 1 shot death gun on a 4+ to hit can be rough

Wow, I think that was one of the most one sided fights I've seen on your channel lol

It's great seeing the new codex being just as useful as the last codex

Dave forgot so many rules for his CSM….. and he still wiped the floor with this imperial dog! The gods have truly blessed him!

Beginning of the game, Nick spreads his orders to his infantry units like a chain (from one to the next then to the next, then to the next, etc), when they don't work that way; you order a unit and it can spread to other units within 6" of the first unit. He might have been able to get the first couple squads but that last squad or so would have been out of range.

My only real issue with the new Cadians (and I'm sorry if you can't unsee it) but their helmets look like baseball helmets. more like ready to play ball instead of read to die 😂

25:10 Ah yes, the Tervigon, the secret weapon that the Black Legion have in store. The bomb they'll drop on Cadia itself!

Noticed that awesome camerawork in the intro, you guys always manage to keep stepping it up! Great job!

It would've been pretty funny if they had a Trazyn the Infinite miniature in the background just lurking about

The leman russ vanquisher has had this problem for as long as I can remember. It’s got a great cannon, but good luck hitting on a 4+.

Chaos be celebrating this until a huge Emo Space Fortress blasts the whole damm planet seconds after...

Nick did not enjoy that last round much and it kinda showed... is there a heel turn in Nick's future? A turn to the dark side? Is hearing the whispers of a Dark Prince or 4?

Love this energy, been in the fence for backing for more content and support you guys and this has pushed me over! Such a good Battlereport and that board is *chef kiss*

CADIA LIVES *STOMP STOMP*

I did not even finish the video yet but I really like seeing all of the different flavors of infantry in one video.

This was a GREAT game. I loved both of their energy’s, especially how much of a good sport Nick is with those rolls. Play on!

If the vanquisher would have hit early on, this could have gone very differently. Playing against CSM is a game against time, you need to thin their ranks before they connect. (Thats what the bubble wrap infantry is for, dying to preserve the emperor's paint jobs on the russes) Even my Alpha Legion tends to shred stuff if the get to melee and those long charges early put you on the backfoot hard.

As a non-playing Imperial Guards fan, I'm always happy to see them show up. That said, those tank crews have earned summary executions for all those missed rolls and re-rolls that hurt me on a spiritual level. It feels like the Deathstrike was the most effective unit, entirely as a deterrent, despite it failing to kill any heretics. All in all, feels like a pretty accurate re-enactment of Cadia, despite not having read the lore for it yet.

Your production quality is off the hook! And great content!

This is an amazing batrep. Me and my fiance play One Page Rules and I'm curious how it would have gone there 🤔 might have to see... Good job as always guys!

I love this battle so much! Great players and fun armies. :)

i love how they go for the handshake, mess it up and then both mutually agree to go again

Absolutely insane!!! Amazing video with all of those FX , and WHAT A SHITTY Vanquisher!!!! :DDDDD

There was probably a little too much going on, on this board imo, a little hard to see what was happening for me. Otherwise another amazing video.

The amounts of salt in this match is really high

Dave says "I get exploding hits with Deffy" then proceeds to roll 6s to hit on both heavy weapons and doesn't add the extra hits, haha classic CSM player :)

What a table, what a trailer and great players! Love it! (Dead Cadian and Ork on the tower, nice details!)

The Guard looks fantastic, Nick might have saved his Armor by having the infantry be meat shields🤔 Dave's Army Scary up close all I see is Guards dying by the dozens.😁 Dave and Nick bring that energy.

The overlay on the left is wrong, it's called "Krieg" not "Kreig".

Did Dave forget abaddons free re-roll to charge?

"Is chaos bad?" As they pan to the miniatures with heads on their armor.

the first turn realy shows just how broken tau guns can be comapred to over shooting armys

Great game and awesome energy! But was there a sneaky ork hiding in a tower?

I know it's impossible to have a perfect community, there's always gonna be a salty cheater type. But seeing these guys just having fun made Warhammer tabletop so much interesting and I don't even know how to play it 🤣

THIS BETTWR BE GOOD! And it's true. The planet broken before the guard fell back, they stood there ground

Mark of Tzeentch for 15 points is brutal.

dudes first model and his idea of "bad" is better than anything i've ever painted lol

In my head. This battle is where castellan bought the evacuating troops, templars, and astartes time, to get off the planet. Defiant to the last. Cadia Stands!

I feel sorry for Nick. Sure, the army was Not the Most suited to fight chaos, But the Dices were so much against him.. it didnt even seem fair.

Poor Nick, every time I've watched him play his rolls have been about the same quality as what we saw here. He's still awesome though!

Chaos are 100% the bad guys. It’s just that imperium are also the bad guys but at least some people in the imperium are trying to make it better. Chaos just wants to see it burn.

Only critique is this needs more Death Korps...in this defense of...Cadia...I just like Krieg lol. This board though, this board is absolutely gorgeous!

I like those little explosion pieces that light up. Idk where they got them or how they made them but it’ll be cool to see a video we’re they set those up and or make then

The single legionnaire actually carrying the victory of Cadia on his back and his back ALONE

Tau’tal Nickall vs MWG Dave!!! Loved the energy these two bring to the table

Godd to see Daves Deffy back on the field, they trash the paint but still impressive for a first model

Your production value just keeps getting better!!!

22:19 Nick forgot kreig have mini transhuman

Amazing batrep! The energy is off the charts!

Sir Nick, you are truly blessed..... By Steve dice rolls. Great battle report as always.

Bunch of doomers in the comments who can’t understand random chance and the fact that marines whole deal is toughness.

Y'know... kind of ironic. If I didn't know any better, I'd say Nick has become too affected by Chaos to where his rolls against them are just.. ehh. I mean, I don't know. First Tchyo, and now Dave.

So I just have one question: who, exactly, put 'Try-Again' Bragg behind the controls of that Vanquisher? More seriously, good game to both players!

“CADIA STANSS FOREVER!” “NO IT DOESNT!” 😂😂😂 I love these guys

Hate to be that guy but it's "Krieg" not "Kreig", also in the video description: "their" not "there"

This was legit one of the best ones yet. The intro got me hype and the content followed through. On God this is 40k goat edition

I'm sure everyone can agree these videos have amazing production quality, but it's the energy and personality that makes them so much more fun and engaging to watch compared to usual Battle Reports. The best part about PlayOn is also it's unique aspects: it has a lot of heart, care taken into the editing, presentation, to make it as grandiose as the universe it's adapting. I'll admit, I'll skip over a battle report if I'm not really fond of the people playing in it on here. So I think everyone can coequally agree that these two have such amazing chemistry. Nick was in the very first PlayOn video I watched, and his energy is perfectly matched with Dave, they're such a blast to watch. Probably one of my favorite battle reports on this channel, enough to inspire me to write this comment. Keep doing what you're doing, I'd love to see more of these two!

That Vanquisher tank crew That Vanquisher tank crew I Smell HERECI

Thank you so much for making this. This has to be the best Warhammer 40k ever made! All the other Battle Report videos are boring and nerdy but you guys make it look exiting like it actually it is!

I see PoT got early access to DeadlyPrintStudios new Astra Militarum fx lineup~

Oof F in the chat for nick . . . that was some serious bad luck there. Seems like he should have brought a little more firepower in the list, like an executioner or two? It didn't look like he had enough heavy guns to kill CSM . . .

2 minutes until Cadia falls again. Love it!

Does nick get payed overtime for playing and recording at the same time? Lol

is the vanquisher not a turret weapon? so 3's to hit because turret weapon give you +1 to shoot?

So awesome to see defiee on the field! Hope he makes another appearance!