How to Write a Warhammer 40K Army List EXPLAINED - 10th Edition Guide for Beginners 

Step 1: pick the coolest units Step 2: include as many as you want regardless of their strength Step 3: paint them all in 1 THICK coat of paint Step 4: varnish lightly Step 5: take them to your LGS in a shoe box 🗿

I have just gotten into 40k and last night I was struggling hard using the app and I had the datasheet pdf open and it was too late to call my friend to help me out. This video is a god send to me right now.

FINALLY someone made a video like this! Every single how to play 40k / how to get into 40k either walks you through the phases or tells you about the factions. This is literally the first video I've found that tells you what you're actually supposed to DO with that information. As someone new to 40k but with a strong grasp on other types of games, I know what each thing does in its parts but don't know how to put it together. I know AP is good against armor and blast is good against large units, but I have no idea how important one or the other is and how much I should have of what.

Great video, although I think that there's an error in your example list. IIRC Lord Solar must be the warlord if taken, so it can't be Creed.

Now this is one of the greatest videos for new players, and even vets, looking to get into 10th edition. Auspex is single-handedly carrying the GW 40k operations team for pennies on the dollar right now.

I would say, don't stress about the list too much. Your army list will evolve over time once you learn how it plays and how you, as a general, like to approach the battle. And everyone likes buying new troops every once in a while, to try this instead of that. Don't worry about making it perfect.

First ask yourself: "What do I do if [BLANK] happens?" of "What if my opponent brings [BLANK]?" Keep this question general. What will you do if a big super tough monster is stomping up field? What if there's a a load of infantry swarming over a point? What if close combat specialists are coming in? What if your enemy has loads of transports to ferry around their dudes and throw at you once that job is done? Next ask yourself: "How do I win?" Well, to win in 40k you need victory points. To get victory points you USUALLY have to capture and control objectives that are in the mid-field. You might also score victory points doing some other stuff usually related to moving somewhere and killing something specific immediately. Finally tell yourself: "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Start visualizing how the enemy serves you those minor defeats. Terminators teleporting in, Tyranids bursting from the ground. Snipers taking out an expensive character. Your one anti-monster / tank vehicle or squad getting identified and gunned down at range before it can bring down a tough foe. Always be asking: "And then what?" and "What happens next?". Keep your answers to these questions somewhat pessimistic.

One thing to note is I believe battlescribe is pretty much abandonware for 40k. It's uncertain if or when it will be properly updated to 10th edition, or so I've heard on a couple platforms.

Thank you for continuing making videos like this!

Thank you for this awesome guide!

Thanks for this, i am new to 10th edition coming from 2nd edition, so yeah this actually helped a lot.

40k is about fun at the end of the day, so don't feel the need to have a perfect list straight out the gate

Very informative. Thanks

Great video! Appreciate it!

Quite enjoying building first born lists with my older models, this video is really helpful since i ofc find myself spamming characters if at all possible. :D

I’ve written a 500 pts list for my Imperial Fists. 5 man Intercessor Squad (w/ grenade launcher and Power Fist sgt) Impulsor (missiles) 5 man Terminator Squad (Assault Cannon) 5 Man Sternguard Veteran Squad (all bolters)

The awesome necron is a nice touch

Canis Rex is the GOAT of turning the admech into an actual threat

So true, king.

dude, my guard list was so simple I just used excel and it took me 10 minutes

Thank you sir

Ok so how does the phrase “attached to a unit” work. For example in the Grey Knights Castellan Crowe can be attached to a squad of purifiers. Does this mean if I’m doing a squad of 5 I have to remove one model to include him? Or is it the 5 models plus him

Where in the app can you find Death Korps Marshal? I need to know!!

I'd really like to learn how to ally a Freeblade Knight into my Black Templar army and how to use Legends Dreadnoughts in 10th Edition.

What unit do you recommend to pick for IH in 10th ed?

I find it funny how gw put their site into queing mode, did they really think people were going to buy up the worthless index cards, rules, and mission cards, that'll be updated 100times over...lol.

So I'm trying to put together a fun Necron list, with a 10 man unit of lychguard can u take 5 shields and 5 scythes or does it have to be all uniform. Cheers!

I'm just going to roll up with 2k worth of grots. Take you forever to remove that many bodies

Step 1: Pick the coolest unit Step 2: "Oops! All _Unit_ " list

Soo if i play a 1k points game, i can take a paladin knight (450) right?

Thank for this playlist - it help me to get in wh40k. But I have few questions about Detachment - 1. Can I use only one detachment or it depent from size of army? 2. Then I can use only this stratagames from this detachment or can I use all from for example tyranids? When I do army in w40k app official - I need to choose only one detachment but I have all stratagames i dont know why ;/ Best regards

auspex said 3-5 characters and that makes me rethink my 8 characters in my space marines. its rule of cool though who cares if i only have 4 units they are very scary units. my captains might get lonely with out their Lts.

I already have the field manual, my indexes, and an excel spreadsheet open. This video is added to my second screen in the fourth quadrant to help me write my list. How's an all Gravis Astartes list sound?

How do you know if you can attach more than 1 leader in a unit?

I am still trying to figure this out but, can I use Magnus mortarion, and angron the same army

I assume aeldari have the same ally rules for corsairs and harlequins? Cause I notice in the their pdf datasheets on the community site they have them as allies under the attachment rule, but it looks like they forgot to replace the drukari keyword

Can I have Calgar and Gulliman in same army. If so who must be lead

I just picked up my Leviathan box today and have been going through the rules book, and I can’t find any “spells” for Psykers or similar units. For example, my Black Templars used to have Litanies for Chaplains. And Space Marines had Librarians with Disciplines. I can’t find any Litanies or Disciplines. The only ones I can find are under a character or unit’s Abilities, and it’s usually just one. There are no other options! Did GW get rid of all choice of “spells” in 10e? Or is this temporary, and we need to wait for each factions’ codex for “spells” to added to the new edition? Is that what the Psychic Awakening was about in 9e?

Can someone give me a source for the Allies rules?

the question i have is, can you allie one space marine chapter with another one ?

Can I take 6 krieg squads and 6 Cadian

Can characters carry multiple enhancements?

I just started an blood angels army and don't know how to build an army. I don't know what unit is bad. I'm just building for the models I have

Can you have two Captains in a Space Marine force?

Sisters of Battle supported by a single Knight Castellan; "Sister Crushinator".

So if I am understanding correctly, I could have 3 Predator Annihilators, 3 Vindicators, and 3 Destructors if I wanted? Not that I do, I am just making sure I am understanding the rules clearly.

So I’m new to building an army. So I would like to know my limit of terminators I can run.

That GK video is never happening is it :(

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I really dislike the restrictive rules for squad sizes. I know GW is trying to simplify 10e, but the binary choice of minimum or maximize squad size is stupid. Not only does it cause needless frustrations for army list building and un-spent points to be wasted, but it’s causing problems for Transports. For example, I’m a Black Templars player and I want to use an Impulsor and/or Repulsor to transport certain units. The Impulsor has a capacity of 6 (standard) models and the Repulsor has 12 models. In 9e, I used to load an Impulsor with 5 Bladeguard Veterans and a Chief Apothecary, rush them to a mid-field objective, and camp there for the entire game, being virtually impossible to shift. But 10e’s rules force me to take either 3 or 6 Bladeguards, and an Apothecary can’t lead Bladeguards. I either have to take only 3 Bladeguards and a Bladeguard Ancient or Lieutenant or Captain as Leader, or take 6 Bladeguards and no leader, to fit them in the Impulsor. For the Repulsor, I used to load 10 Sword Brethren and 1 or 2 HQ/Support units to fill the 12 slots. Grimaldus is accompanied by 3 servitor models, so he couldn’t fit in the Repulsor with 10 SBs, but that was ok in 9e because he didn’t have to be attached to the SB unit as the leader; I could Advance him up the board and catch up to Sword Brethren in a turn or two. But I can’t do that in 10e because Grimaldus must be attached to the Sword Brethren squad to grant his 5+ Feel No Pain. I don’t think Grimaldus can fit into the Repulsor with 11 Sword Brethren because Grimaldus’ unit composition lists his model and 3 servitor models; that would be 15 models, and the Repulsor can only hold 12. That might fly in a friendly game, but I don’t think it would be legal in a GW tournament… unless GW releases a FAQ clarifying this. Regardless, the min-max squad sizes are needlessly restrictive! It’s especially frustrating because the new WH40K App makes us increase the models in a squad in increments of 1 - instead of min or max squad size options - and it doesn’t automatically adjust the wargear quantities to match the number of models. These kind of annoyances are why WH40K players didn’t use the old WH40K app! It doesn’t seem like GW has learned their lesson from 9e.

Wait, does this mean I can finally play hero hammer and still be a legal list :,)

5 lion el Johnson’s. Nothing else

Mention: pick the best unit. Include it 3 times (6 times if battleline) or as many time as you actually have the models for that unit. If you don't have enough models to spam the max of that unit, get a 3D printer...

Shout-out to all those players making their lists in Excel like me.

So 500 points is gone

First!

Well first... you get a pen and paper... and then you put the pen on the paper...

Can’t wait to play some nonsense “all HQ units” list

GW made this extremely confusing for new players. "now you must choose your detachment.... from a list of one choice" it makes new players think they have to go looking for all the different detachments and learn them all when in reality they don't have a choice. Also factions and armies are the same thing?? Just use one word.

My opinion its a Crap app. Someone needs to take on BS and give it some love, tjw owner needa to move on or someone needa to build a BS 2 and give that the flag to move on to.

God I hope the Canis Rex spam thing doesn't become legit. I can't stand named characters in games at the best of times, let alone one whos obviously a shoe horn in *purely* for meta.

Play bolt action or one page rules

Step 1: don't play one of the sh*t armies. Step 2: play one of the OP ones. Step 3: forget everything about your army having any kind of personality.

10th is just going to be a boring cheese fest.