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🔥 Welcome back to Fireside! In this episode, Dave and Vik dive deep into the London Grand Tournament (LGT) 2025 – now officially the largest singles Warhammer 40K tournament in history with over 1,050 players!We cover:The rise of the LGT vs. LVO as the world’s biggest singles eventMeta breakdown: most popular factions, sleeper picks & underdogsWhy World Eaters top the charts, the surprise surge of Aeldari, and the combat-heavy shakeup with Blood AngelsHow elite players like Liam, Innis, Brian, and Skari are approaching the tournament with Chaos Space Marines, Space Marines, Orks, and DrukhariOur honest predictions on who might take the crown and which “underdog” factions could overperformIf you’re curious about the current 40K competitive meta, the LGT scene, or want insights into list choices from some of the best players in the world, this is the breakdown you don’t want to miss.⚔️ Who’s your pick to win LGT 2025? Drop it in the comments!👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell for more Fireside deep dives on competitive Warhammer 40K.00:00 Introduction to the Podcast00:26 Overview of the London Grand Tournament01:50 Meta Breakdown and Popular Armies04:35 Discussion on World Eaters and Other Armies14:11 Low Representation Factions20:28 Interesting Lists and Strategies30:01 Analyzing Fuegan and Fire Dragons30:25 Black Templars Deep Dive31:22 Space Marines in the Meta32:05 Raven Guard Strategy Discussion36:54 Orks and Battle Wagons42:24 Drukhari Reaper's Wager Breakdown48:51 Tournament Predictions and Final ThoughtsCheck out our E-courses for competitive Warhammer at https://40kfireside.com

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Hey there everyone,Vik and I have both been LONG TIME Knight players, absolute power houses and veterans of the faction!So we're here to discuss some of the two more powerful Knight detachments and the new Knight Defender. We've got movement examples, and discuss a lot about hwo this impacts the game.We cover our thoughts on how design spaces like this impact the wider philosophy of the game we all love, and question some of the impacts it might have in the meta directly ahead.This IK book does seem to be quite strong, with a lot of powerful abilities, and buffs in places like thunderstomp that really cover a lot of flaws in the previous book.Let us know what your thoughts are, do you think the ALPHA STRIKE potential of the new knights is problematic? Or will you be able to counter punch hard enough?

Mr Votann is here guys!Earlier in the week Tim and I recorded the Votann Masterclass :) It was an absolute blast! Tim has over 30+ games with Votann already.So we sat down to evaluate all of the Votann units and the detachments!We decided to rank each datasheet with regards to its best detachments, some units like Yeigars are just super auto include, whereas others, like berserks are more applicable in Delve Assault :)In addition, Tim's thoughts on what the best detachments are for a WTC singles perspective, we're quite confident Bandfast will be getting changed(?) and Delve looks very good too!Some really interesting takes here, contrary to the meta opinion!

Hey everyone,I had a really fun time putting this together, I asked my friends and other players if they had any pre-turn things they do. I've come back and distilled it down to 5 key rules that you can take away to implement a stronger game plan.They are:THE POITNS:You win games of Warhammer... by having the most amount of points.PRE-MEASURING:"Hey, can you put a dice where you maximum movement is?”MACRO STRATEGY:"What's the current primary differential, am I behind where my macro strategy says I should be?"LINKING TURNS:"What is the destination this unit wants to get to, how can I link 2 movement turns to achieve that?"THREAT PRIORITY:"What are the top 3 threats on the board this turn, and how can I use non-killing ways to nullify them?"Enjoy, and let me know what your effective beginning of turn rituals are :)

Hey there everyone,I wasn't able to attend WTC so I thought it would be a cool idea to have some awesome guests on and discuss some of the higher level topics for WTC so they hopefully translate to your up and coming team events!We've got:Brian Seipp - Team USAAlex Sacco - Team FranceJonathan Sleigh-johnson - Team SwedenLiam VSL - Team BelgiumOn to discuss some of the questions that I haven't really seem resovled, so here's what we discuss:Highlevel stuff:During the Wargames Live stream, I noticed that almost 5x the number of viewers were interested in the Singles Event (~11k vs ~2.2k) has the interest in 40k teams peaked, or is there still significant room to grow?Do you think the event would have been more interesting if there were DG/IK/CK points updates?Faction Specific stuff:Were knights the right choice? we saw very different approaches from all teams, is there a consensus on what's the correct choice?Thousand sons were pretty hyped coming into the event, after a great performance last year, and a similar playstyle in the new codex, were Tsons the right choice?Team composition stuff looking forward:We've now had an update to the game, are there any true 'auto include' armies right now?What faction/archetype is overlooked right now for 8man teams?Orks, Tau, Custodes, Admech, GK all had 5 or less players, do you think that there is room for these factions in a high-end competitive team event?

WTC List Analysis & Winner Predictions! | Fireside 40K,Welcome back to Episode 74 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.WTC Lists are out! In this video we discuss the popular factions and team compositions for the top teams at the WTC. We also take a guess at our prediction of the top 5! Tune in to find out who we think will win the event!Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik-----------------------------Check out the latest 40K Fireside Masterclasses at : https://40kfireside.com/Joining YouTube membership at any level will give you access to all our members-only videos and if you want to get involved with our super-active and friendly Discord server as well as gain access to our open-coaching sessions (Sessions available to rewatch currently: Liam VSL, Vik Vijay) make sure to join at the 'Phoenix Lord' level.Link to join YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join

The first episode in my series 'Up To Speed' designed to help you boostrap in understanding armies and changes in the meta!

Hey everyone, a quick episode ranking the tyranid datasheets for the subterranean detachment :)

Welcome back to Episode 72 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.The 40K Q2 balance update is out and we sit down to try to filter out the main take-aways and meta analysis from the suite of changes GW has brought to the game.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik-----------------------------The latest Fireside 40K Masterclass is a 7.5 hour deep dive into all aspects of playing Chaos Daemons competitively, check it out here: https://40kfireside.com/courses/the-demonic-masterclass/The latest Fireside 40K members-only video is 'Thousand Sons List Deep Dive | Grand Coven', going through Vik's Bristol Super-Major Thousand Sons list.

Hey guys,This is quite a visual one, but I've been slacking on uploading to Spotify for awhile - shout out to Tom A.https://40kfireside.com for more information on the master class.

Welcome back to Episode 71 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.This last weekend saw both of us playing at smaller events (Vik at the 100-person Glasshammer Major and Dave at the 45-person Dark Sphere GT) and going 5-0. In this episode we chat about the meta, our plans, and a do a recap of the lists/games at the tournaments we attended.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more content and detailed analysis, make sure to join as a YouTube member for exclusive video content. If you'd like to get involved with the discussion on our Discord server, make sure to join at the 'Phoenix Lord' level. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).

Welcome back to Episode 70 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With Dave (Guard - Mechanised Assault) & Team Ignite winning the Saffron Slam Team Event and Vik going 7-0 at Sheffield Super-Major with his Ynnari, we've got plenty to discuss in this episode of Fireside 40K. More Dakka! has officially been nerfed by GW, in this episode we discuss the impact this will have on the meta and if we think the balance changes were done correctly.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave's website is https://holodocs.aiDave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 69 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.We go back to our roots with this one! An audio-only update on the factions we've been testing, our thoughts on the meta as a whole, tournaments we've got coming up and our thoughts on the how to improve the balance of the game.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more content and detailed analysis, make sure to join as a YouTube member for exclusive video content. If you'd like to get involved with the discussion on our Discord server, make sure to join at the 'Phoenix Lord' level. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).

Welcome back to Episode 67 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With the massive 300-person Manchester Super Major this weekend, we finally get to take out the new Aeldari and Astra Militarum codexes to an event. The hype is real and we've both brought lots of spicy, innovative tech to the event. In this video we analyse the overall faction distribution at the event, how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list design choices to see how we feel we'll stack up at this event!---------------------For a deeper dive into our lists/strategy for Manchester, please feel free to join as a member where we've both uploaded a 30minute detailed look into our list design which will be available immediately along with all our previous strategy/faction deep dives. If you'd like to join our discord server make sure to join at Phoenix Lord level - and thank you to all those who have, we're super happy you've been enjoying the extra strategic advice we can offer you more individually on the channel.LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join---------------------Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik

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Hey there everyone! Chatting through the Guard Combined Arms detachment, it's the index one we're all familiar with a few changes! It's a bit of insight into how I build lists, what my thought process is, so hopefully you can take some of the points here and apply them yourself :) As mentioned in the video, if you're interested in the Guard master class with Dave send an email to 40kFireside@gmail.com. Dave will be covering all 6 detachments, with great tournament-ready lists for each one, a QnA and TTS analysis of the strengths of each detachment! #warhammer40kpodcast #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #fireside Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching & Business Inquiries: 40kFireside@gmail.com Vik and David

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Welcome back to Episode 65 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the massive 400-person Nottingham Super Major this weekend, we get to see how the meta shapes up at the first big event following the Winter Balance Update and the grotmas detachments. We analyse the overall faction distribution at the event (which looks incredibly balanced and interesting!), how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list/faction choice (Dave= Guard, Vik= Eldar) to see how we feel we'll stack up at this event!--------------------- For a deeper dive into our lists/strategy for Nottingham, please feel free to join as a member and those will be available immediately along with all our previous strategy/faction deep dives. If you'd like to join our discord server make sure to join at Phoenix Lord level - and thank you to all those who have, we're super happy you've been enjoying the extra strategic advice we can offer you more individually on the channel. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching enquiries with Dave please contact at: 40KFireside@gmail.com--------------------- Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik (edited)

Welcome back to Episode 64 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Grotmas detachments galore and a full MFM/Balance Dataslate update - what a time to be a competitive 40K player! With loads of information to process/analyse, we've spent the last few days gathering our thoughts on every faction to be able to update our Fireside 40K Tier List. We've focussed on high level singles play as our benchmark and made an active effort to split up armies into different tiers (e.g. A & B tier could be in the A tier together, but we've split them up and moved our B tier armies into C tier) representing their relative power to each other rather than a particular WR% band or any other statistical metric. FINAL TIER LIST: https://imgur.com/a/dSEEgR9 Thank you so much to all the members who've joined both the CATACHAN level and are enjoying our members-only detailed content on factions / competitive strategy, and the PHOENIX LORD level who've been discussing ideas and asking questions on the discord. If you like our content and want more please do join as a youtube member: LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching enquiries with Dave please contact at: 40KFireside@gmail.com Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 06:10 Adepta Sororitas 17:32 Adeptus Mechanicus 22:12 Chaos Space Marines 27:48 Aeldari 33:25 Space Marines (Ultramarines) 42:40 Astra Militarum 52:55 Necrons 58:09 Custodes 1:02:20 Genestealer Cults 1:07:33 Tyranids 1:11:37 Death Guard 1:14:37 Dark Angels 1:15:44 Drukhari 1:17:40 Grey Knights 1:19:35 Imperial Knights 1:21:24 Thousand Sons 1:23:37 Orks 1:26:25 Space Wolves 1:27:50 Tau 1:30:03 Chaos Daemons 1:31:51 Votann 1:33:22 World Eaters 1:35:18 Blood Angels 1:36:33 Chaos Knights 1:39:23 FINAL TIER LIST!