What's the best Warhammer 40k faction/army to start with? 

please continue to make warhammer videos, as well as other videos that interest you! Really enjoy seeing them

I got into warhammer just around the time when you did, also picked imperial guard. When I saw this video it was like. THE BEST TWO THINGS, BRICKY+WARHAMMER!

I was hoping you would upload on of these

displate steals art

Majorkill has given you a few shoutouts in the while, that's how I found you tbh....YT being a, fairly, busy place lol

well to be fair, you should've been old enough to know that the tau are like the Nazis of 40k in everyone's eyes. and for the opposite reason people hate the nazis.

Jeez man were not that bad😉

I mean Tau is the "wtf is this bullshit" faction in 40k so i can't hate on that guy to much

"What is this 'me-lee' you speak of? - literally EVERY F*CKING TAU EVER Me: *plays for the sole purpose of endlessly carpet bombing my opponents with Tau bombers*

Why is anyone acting like that's okay? This community has some cancer apparently. Sorry bud

Rogal, is that you?

@@dilophosaurussk4333 his profile name is Cohemotgus, not Rogal Dorn, therefore he is not Rogal Dorn.

@@bonogiamboni4830 thanks for clarifying rogal

@@lukasthompson3011 similarly, my profile name is Bono Giamboni, not Rogal Dorn, therefore i am not Rogal Dorn.

It actually is hit, miss or malfun-...BOOM!

100000% correct.

Very based

Fast forward to today, when one of his catch phrases on Adeptus Ridiculous is: "Man, F*CK elves!" I kid, I kid. I know it's (mostly) just a joke. And to be fair, if I ever would have actually assembled, painted and played with my Eldar, I might have gotten sick of this saying at some point. Of course an army whose main stick it is to jump in, hit you, only to run out of your range again is infuriating. So I get it. And it’s all in good fun. I’m more infatuated with the ridiculously grimdark lore of the franchise anyhow.

Gatekeep your hobbies.

The original video in this series introduced me to Warhammer, and now I’m a Necron player who regularly plays.

Gamer since the '80s: that applies to almost every game, really. Sure, the might be something which is inherently OP that lends advantage to a player, but if you're playing /to/ /play (rather than to win) then you will have more fun taking the gear you like best - even if you lose.

​@@CyberiusTalso this op thing in most games is... questionable. Most often Theres that one faction that is super ez to play and is still strong and thus is considered op. Then most ppl who wanna win in the game but dont rly understand the game choose that faction. Then a meta builds around it. And then comes that one guy that just plays the faction he likes and knows everything about them and their matchups and absolutely destroys all the meta faction abusers. It happens in every game. Knowing what you play is so much more dominant when it comes to winning then playing the "strong" faction

@@Luikaon Sure, that does happen. There are also some games that just have not been balanced properly. Also, I think there are occasions that some things /should/ be a bit OP - that's what arms races are about after all. Maybe don't let players get 'godmode' gear, though. ;)

I, basically, getting into the 40K cause of the Kriegs (design and lore lure me into this money sinkhole not "haha shovel meme") My first play was as Krieg using ww1 tactics and boys does it work and it work GREAT! 40K is the most 'free' tabletop game when come to playstyle and cost 40k if your will isn't strong enough.

@@Volgalist One of my mates joked that 40k was the cost of the game, not the name. ;)

saying "the world revolves around him" probs works better for the joke

IM LITERALLY IN TEARS

That sounds like a stolen Sly Marbo joke

@@akumaking1 Well, it could bei Cato secarius

How many Orks does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. They already broke it so they all just believe the room is full of light

if you don't want to get second hand or crafty, then yes, otherwise they can be really affordable

If you like making stuff from cardboard and stuff, vehicle heavy Orkz are cheapest army in game...

To be fair with 40k, stuff doesn't rotate.

Me a lucky gambler: oh hell yeah!

laughs in Krieg gasmask.

About a year late but I wrote up a full backstory for my Imperial and Chaos knight houses and why they hate each other. It gets really easy to get invested into a model surviving a battle when you wrote there life story.

@@americankid7782 that’s cool! Reminds me of XCOM

I am combining my grey knights and adeptus custodians because I cant afford full armies of both...but I am excited to try them together. yes I lose bonuses but I like this gold silver army of the these two factions that are some of the most loyal to the emp

@@SirFishdude That sounds like a Really Cool army. Especially with them both Having there specialties working together.

I found out that is the most fun part of building the army. Choosing the lore very accurately in order to buy and paint only the models you love and in the best way you can and like

Musta bin wunna those gaz'ghul impersanatin gitzs i meen single zoggin shot in da bak krumped em? I dont believe it

Most lore accurate ultramarine moment

Playing Minecraft with sharpness 9999

Playing RuneScape with a maxed account

On the note of using knights as allies that Bricky mentioned, are there some sort of downside to using allies in the tabletop? Because I feel like a lot of shortcomings of specific armies could be fixed if you simply mixed and matched units from different factions into the same army.

@@carljohan9265 the two main downsides are that 1.)in 9th edition having multiple detachments/armies has a big cost from your starting command points and 2.) buffs/support auras don’t go across army lines, so you need to arrange for buffs in each separate faction

@@bradymcelroy1627 So a grey knight for example can't cast his buff spell on a space marine dreadnought? Or is it just auras?

FOR POLANIA

@@baalsagol346 such good lore there. Polania have the coolest mechs

@@jonathonspears7736 DEFINITELY! although the Rusviets's mechs aren't shabby neither

@@baalsagol346 *angry saxony noises*

Some of the Saxony mechs look pretty good too, but you can’t deny the exaggerated swagger of the polanian resistance

28:54 Chaos Space Marines

very helpful. thank you.

Thanks

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I'll take the Protoss! lol ty for the lsit ^_^ ( my race is actually Tau ! )

That's how I see them too. They haven't been around long enough to get "grimdarked". They are the young, optimistic, bright eyed newbies to this horrible galaxy that haven't gotten their initiation yet. They're like how humanity started. Shiny mechs, railguns, and slick futuristic looking designs. We got yeeted 10,000 years into the past and had to rebuild everything we lost in the Age of Strife. The Eldar had the birth of Slaanesh. The Necrons had the C'tan. The Tau haven't had that event yet.

@@stratigangames508Spider-man energy

​@@stratigangames508 Exactly. The Tau fit the 40k universe well, in that many factions *used to* be like them. They'll wind up like the humans or Eldar eventually.

They have their own style. If you don't like them, just don't play them. Easy

@@GensiveSanglante I never said I didn't like them... I have Tau lol

Bricky already said he wants to do what he wants to do, albeit League, Warhammer or some other games. I'm actually glad someone isn't stuck with one game unlike alot of TF2 youtubers having trouble shifting to other games.

FANTASYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

@@toopink4death492 thats true, especially in that community, when someone plays anything else everyone goes "dont be a muselk" muselk changed ot the more popular stuff and what he liked, people need to understand not everyones does it just for them

The Emperor Approves.

I wouldnt say lowkey

That may be the way I'm going if their 9th Ed rules are good

Hahaha death skeletons 😂

Wow... I went with the exact opposite, which faction is the *most* human. So now I play Imperial Guard.

The necrons are probably the closest to humans while not being human

I chose aeldari as they look so damn cool

Lore: You are hungry. The universe is a buffet. Nom Nom. Also dope reasoning my friend.

I have more guys then you, therefore you lose

I recently got into 40K and the Tyranid instantly got my love because they are cool as hell

@@AsassinoSilenzioso mad respect my friendly buffet enjoyer, lolol

@@geargraphic2620 the MtG set worked wonders to me, made my look far deeper. And by the look of it, they translated very well the Swarm

I can kind of remember when people didn't make fun of Space Wolves, good times. Thank god *no one has ever made fun of my Eldar.* >_>

Spaced92 I mean we can definitely try mr space elf

I don't agree with it tho, to an extent sure but if you hate playing melee and your favorite looking army both looks and lore wise is khorne, you're gonna have a bad time playing the tabletop. I'd say pick a few factions that would fit your playstyle and than check which ones you think look the best or which lore you prefer.

Am i having a stroke, i feel like im having a stroke

And if we send da Deff Dreads, you no see da Ork insaid? Then we send'em and steal ur glowy stuff!! AHAHA Orks da smartest!

hell yea roboskelly bro, gotta dunk on the c'tan first

camzill hell yea man, new models look sick too!

ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Orks ftw :)

But gotta paint it red or purple first

@@marcow.7813 How do you can see the purple Models on the table? o.O

@@shadowhunter_ray_9640 You cant, thats why its a winning one!

With Orks, you can basically glue them together however the hell you want and it doesn’t matter. of course you can make this guy hold a big shoota in one arm, while having the other arm be twice as large and be swinging a giant two handed axe. All because of the power of imagination.

No no, he has a point

Agreed, the lore is awesome.

I love warhammer mainly cuz of the lore. Maybe I'll start the hobby of the table top someday too

word of advice bro if you ever get into 40K make sure you’re financially stable because once you get addicted those miniatures sure do add up

@@spoonerismstuff wut?

My first army was Ultra Marines in 98'. So I think third edition is when I came into it. I never got to play though. I am just getting back into it after 20 years. I've always loved The Custodes lore. By far my favorite. The space wolves would be my second choice. Grey nights my third.

Wait, Vindicare assassins have a max range?

@@Archris17 Theoreticaly they don't lol

@@Archris17 only as far as heresy goes citizen!

talking mad shit for someone in purging distance

Did somebody say EXTERMINATUS?!?!?!?

That's impressive. Me and my Orks lost our first 13 games in a row

@@rickrivers2021 I realize they were going easy on me. I now only paint after losing 30ish games

@@rickrivers2021 GW has always hated the orcs, rules-wise. With early edition rules they were simply unwinnable :/

@Jagonath oh, actually Orks were pretty good when I started playing. I just needed a long time to figure the game out

and you get wiped on 2nd turn bcs your enemy AM player.

Then necrons bc they look bad ass

Obviously

@@itspersonal7469 Necrons forever

I was actually told that when i first went into a games workshop the employee said don't buy what is good in the game buy what you think is cool if you buy something you don't like you will never end up painting it

thanks u

God bless

Awesome looking for this

I love you

You’re a champion. Thank you 🙏

So long ? They've been really strong and super cool looking for 2 editions back to back

Well this wont work in sweden, cause over here the secondhand market is nuts. People sell the new units as singles and make profit from it. So that demand is allways high :(

Dude as a new necron player who just assembled my first start collecting army and was looking at getting the indomitus box, thanks for the tip lol. I will definitely do so instead of ordering a box myself

@@sirjezzumz check the Facebook market place if you have that. I've seen the necron side for £60.

You don't say......

there's a video below recommended for me to watch next... "how gw screwed up the new necron rules"

Oh are they bringing back the whole C'than again?

@@colboy1fish silent king probably as powerful as the emperor himself.

Lets hope he isn't just a massive point sink that gets shot off the board before he can actually do anything like Magnus. Also that the primaris marime that ends up killing him in 1v1 combat is actually named

I'm just starting to get into the hobby and bought AdMech instantly aswell. They just look so sick and their lore is awesome. only weird part of them is the amongus robot

Join us

Same, even if I had the money the painting part is very intimidating

@@nicholascarrasco2141 yea, i hope they selling different type of miniatures that already painted, even tho people might argue that the fun part

@@harshmallow6882 there are professional painters out there, but the price of the army at least doubles. If you have the income, go for it. I was a GM for D&D and painting was a big pain in my ass, couldn’t afford the pros paintjob though! With how much 40k costs just to collect the army, and how many that need to be painted, it’s too much time and income investment. I love the lore though!

Just play on tabletop simulator for free

I would play if it was even close to what it should cost. Yeah I’m not buying the lies of costs, my uncle and father built and designed the process of plastic model making and it has only gotten cheaper. GW are money grubbing scumbags

@@Billio68 you mean Greedy Workshop!?

Play on table top simulator lol 20 bucks and some mods and you can play warhammer

actually it depends on how many people want it and supply supply and demand baby

@@Billio68 costs are irrelevant tbf, it’s all supply and demand

Damn. Close enough

Bricky Thx for the response. Keep up your great videos. Imperial Guard player here.

Ehhhhh still a dark elf, just a very stabby emo one

Oisin Lynch more emo then the Dark Eldar?

@Impaleification well Khaine is less of a screeching bitch but more of a troll in fantasy and plays a more vital role for DE religion

*He defeated a chaos knight in melee*

I went nuts when he took out that Chaos knight with Commander farsight.

@@davidj3841 that sounds legendary

The F0x Not even Farsight coldstar commander with fusion blades that is even cooler

Used thee only melee dude, and thee most OP weapon ever. Fight an ork to test your worth

Oof man, I can only imagine

You absolute madman.

Well, I'm starting with Skitarii Rangers, wish me luck.

@@SimoLInk1698 I started in the same place, how did you do?

Sisters of Battle: when the Pipe organ actually sounds scary

That s what I thought, as a total war warhammer player I knew he looked familiar and now he is on bricky s channel seeking his birth right

He forgot about malal

As a fantasy fan, i felt some pain from that.

It's alright. Best he can do is go back to mommy and brood. No genocide today, lads.

"I hate snow"

Accuracy by volume of fire

As gundam fan I agree

Without the crappy ronin mains!

@@supremetarantulasorcerer165 unless your Farsight, who's my favorite of the Tau

Gundam Fall

@@supremetarantulasorcerer165 Farsight is the Ronin main. He even fits the original meaning of Ronin; a masterless 'samurai'.

Take gunpla kits. It's cheaper, and it's better

@@sportyeight7769 Nah. Gunpla is useless if you want to have an actual game along with your expensive hobby lol

That's not a bad reason lol.

Everyone thinks they're all that until the giant robots start vaporizing entire buildings with one shot of their Beam Rifle.

@@CdrChaos are we talking tau or Gunpla?

Purple also makes thing sneaker. Why? Have you ever seen a purple ork?

I've been wanting to play 40K ever since I got into the lore a few years ago, but actually started getting to know the game for the past year or so. I wanted either AdMech or Necrons based on lore and looks, but AdMech was a bit weird and complicated to paint and Necrons were a bit not too viable. When the silent king teaser and 9th was announced I INSTANTLY knew I was gonna pick Necrons first. Waiting for a new Trazyn model is gonna be hell.

@@commandercostas Hahaha, glad to hear you're picking the right army! I'd say wait until the codex drops before buying anything... However... You can never go wrong with wraiths, doomsday arcs, and tomb blades they're consistently good in every edition. If you want to get buy stuff in advance, those are your best bets

It’s no longer on displate,DAMNIT ALL!

WAAAGH!!!!

Waagh

MythicalDakka Gaming and so the orks slaughtered the entire galaxy in one final “waaagh”.

Clowns are looking pretty good right now fam.

Didn't he say thousand sons are almost as good as death guard?

Imagine you are a new player watching this with little to no knowledge of all the factions (aka the target demographic of this style of video) There is absolutely no way that particular viewer even knows there is an additional Chaos faction that wasn't covered. Besides a picture of Magnus the Red and a Lord of Change ($140 and $150 cost models for a single unit) there is ZERO images of Thousands Sons. To be fair, Bricky does mention Thousands Sons favorably, albeit offhandedly while talking about the superior Deathguard. Picking an army is more than just, okay this one is low tier so don't even think about picking them, as this video even mentions itself. Aesthetics is huge and Sons look so badass, I was tempted to pick them just by looks alone. Also what is Thousand Sons known for? Well that viewer doesn't know they are some of the most heavy hitters of sorcery, since it was never covered.

@@ZombieMonkey7 fair enough.

@@ZombieMonkey7 just collect whoever looks cool, 40k has heaps of rng and sometimes you never know if your army will be good one game and shite the other + thosand sons are pretty alright this edition.

I know I’m replying late, but this really is true. My first army was Chaos Space Marines, and I’ve been having a blast. I’ve gotten my butt kicked way more than I’ve ever won, but it’s still fun just because I love the models and aesthetic so much.

Lol wut?

@@shadedreaver he is not prioritizing sleep, as he thinks that if he does not sleep and instead watches this video, he will gain awnsers to the highest priority he has, which is answering what the best army is in 40k. The highest priority is somewhat ironic, because he does not know anything about the game of which he is trying to get knowledge about.

@@TheF0xskibidbopmmdada woosh

@@shadedreaver why am I being wooshed

@@shadedreaver u alright? thats not how wooshing works mate, in-fact you should have gotten wooshed by not getting the joke in the first place

Where can i find resources for this? Me and my friends are trying to get into it.

​@@yakatsusensei325 I'll never understand people asking these questions on RU-vid when you have a freaking search bar and Google. Just Google "Warhammer 40k Kill Team beginners guide", how tf is so hard to come up with this idea on your own?

😂😂😂😂

I felt that when I got some rubrics, it was pain at first before I customized them as my own custom warband, claimed as a successor chapter and was like “screw it I’ll do what I want”

Painting warhammer figurines is the source of much anguish among 40k players and many laughs among those who see the results.

GOLD TRIM UNTIL THE END OF TIME

I pick harlequins and I'm OK with that

You can also do that with death guard with certain models. they are more like black/green.

@@techpriestalex8730 White=Imperial Guard? Blue=Tau. Black=Necrons. Red=Orkz. Green=Knights.

I smell some heresy there boy

well i mean. what else would they do. they have fuckin necro in their name.

A bit on the nose. Isn't it?

The shitty mobile game?

@@benitoperez8884 yep another generic,poor excuse for a strategy game

@@tugalord yep Its literally the same as mafia city but with warhammer

@@benitoperez8884 and I dont think mafia city was the first of that kind of strategy game There are so many fucking ripoffs that you can't know who started it

@@benitoperez8884 All mobile games are shit and you should treat them as if they are covered in acid and ebola.

Also, best army too collect. Many great kits, easy to kitbash, many third party sellers of bits. Many many funny sides like freebooterz (space pirate orks) speed freaks (dumb orks on vehicle that want to go fasta). You want uniforms, you can, you want dumb hats, you can. Everything is possible with orks.

@@sportyeight7769 but are the speed freaks red?

@@bonogiamboni4830 what other colour would they be!? PURPLE?? Lol

@@mojn4249 i guess you're right, of course they're red, it would be weird otherwise.

@@mojn4249 There might be purple speed freakz but no one haven't seen them, they are just so sneaky!

This. I didnt even know what warhammer was but Bricky is SO into it i like hearing him just ramble about it.

Kinda gay tho, nothing against it don't get me wrong, you have my support if you need bro, I'm here.

bricky's voice + more 40k lore = bliss

No homo

These are facts. Bricky's voice, awesome lore, and a space RPG is all I need in my life.

Oh there he goes again

Report to your station, Guardsman!

What's the best place to buy Imperial guard mini's

@@itstriplem2069 If it's not brand new and likely to sellout instantly I just buy everything on Ebay or Amazon. Quite a few great sellers on the East Coast (if you're here)such as Flipside Gaming ship EXTREMELY fast and usually 5-15 dollars off GWs price for most units/armies. Which is typical when you don't buy directly from GW, but the shipping is the fastest I've ever had. They've sent me preorder items the day they came out officially. And of course shipping is typically free from these sellers. Also, say something is wrong with your mini, like you damaged it. GW customer service will still help you out and send the bits you need/whole damn sprue. I once managed to screw up my Saint Celestine I bought from Amazon. Sent them pictures and spoke through email and they sent me an entire new box for her for free! So yeah, you can't go wrong! Good luck, Guardsman, and welcome! Perhaps my sisters will fight alongside your company one day.

@@rain6353 Thank you bro, your service to the Imperium has been appreciated.

I prefer to call them the wall of guns.

Meanwhile the Spaehss Mehreens get 10 new not only models, but also units every few months because THEY need it. The eldar make me sad. A good bit of their special characters still have their 3rd edition models!

I'm sorry. I do not understand since I'm a noob. Please explain. I can only imagine that what he said was an overestimation.

@@jackychang9148 Boy, it was anything BUT an overestimation, in my response i mention a decent amount of their named characters have models from 3rd edition. Which was 2 decades ago. Also their rules are very slowly but surely becoming obsolete, id say only play Eldar if you REALLY like their lore.

@@jackychang9148 Craftworld eldar have models that are over 21 years old and unchanged, they're absolutely not for beginners.

I'm sorry that your eldar waifus look like raisins my man It's a real shame

LOL. That’s like a harlequin player complaining about painting motley. You knew what you were in for when you signed up.

I mean...yeah I would cry trying to paint lamenters, mainly because I keep thinking of the fluff and it makes me extra sad.

how expensive do Death Korps figures usually get? not sarcasm, just curious

@@allucazum8034 10 Guardsmen cost 16 Euros and 10 Guardsmen of Krieg cost 58 Euros from Forgeworld......... and i'm still considering it.........

Forge world resin is a pain to work with, after 100 death korps inf i never want to make a nother forge world army.

@@allucazum8034 Well the more regular regiments are around 40 bucks for 10 regular guys, while the most played Cadian and Catachan are around 20 for 10 guys. Death Korps are 60 bucks. Their tanks are twice the price of regular imperial guard tanks (normal around 40 theirs around 80) Their unique 5 Rider unit costs around 100 Rule of thumb is that you run 60 normal per 1k points, so that's 360 bucks alone for the infantry. When you add the tanks etc you come out at around 600 bucks for 1k points Death Korps. 1k points Cadians can be had for around 250 bucks. Same price holds true for many other armys. General Space Marine or Death Guard are even cheaper if you use the starter boxes. 200 Bucks for 1k Death Guard AND 1k Space Marines Not either BOTH

Cough recast cough

Laughing in overwatch is now a stratagem

Tau player here Once i got great defence firing line in a trench My enemy was Space Marines - he wanted to teleport squad of TERMINATOR on my head Teleport missed and send whole squad (all mele based) 5 inch in front of my line ... They did NOT survive to the next turn I did used all of my shots on them - but Damm *Look at my rival FACE* HA HA!

My Tyranids would disagree, I get plenty close haha

@@simluar They can't kill your your dudes before they reach them when you outnumber their forces 3 to 1 *taps head*

The lies! I have 3 armies, one of which are tau, and I made it my goal to make a semi decent mele tai army, and there are some pretty good line ups. If you want to see more mele tau, might I recommend the "40k in 30 minuets: tau Vs dark imperium" battle rep

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Tabletop simulator. You'll have to go off steam for the digital models though.

Even the modeling and painting is fun. It's pretty much all i do since my one buddy has a wild schedule.

Try kill team if possible

3d printer goes brrr

Forge World - Games Workshop subsidiary for small production runs Or recasters if you want to buy cheaper fakes with questionable quality

Your wallet will end up being crippled if you make a full-on krieg army but more power to you

Yeah GW did Krieg dirty, but you can play Mordian Iron Guard. The soibois of the Imperium.

One can dream of building a 10k point Krieg army

3rd party krieg with gw models

This

He'd fit into Commorragh just fine.

Well Space Dark Elves so forgivable confusion