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Komentáře • 791

  • @majorkill
    @majorkill  Před rokem +332

    There's nothing as sweet as unnamed Eldar ripping Space Marines limb from limb like it's nothing
    Eldar for lyf
    Pick up a Space Elf Jester, or the new Xenonid Raptors here : www.majorminis.com.au/

    • @pfluegge7636
      @pfluegge7636 Před rokem +1

      Where the Rylanor major mini?

    • @yamomel7452
      @yamomel7452 Před rokem +2

      the innari lore only makes sense if you understand that cegorach is an ancient tzeench/unfallen gabriel. that the things that are unfolding are not logical, they are daemonic powers at their maximum/ancestral level. ynead is a daemon, blue, birth from commoragh that behave like ancient eldar. get it? ynead and slaanesh are tzeench/emperor ploy.

    • @Drakeriael
      @Drakeriael Před rokem +1

      Sister Model When?

    • @7ElevenTruther
      @7ElevenTruther Před rokem

      Do a video the mandrakes. Despite being a lesser known eldar faction they have a decent amount of solid lore, and their spooky powers as well as the realm they inhabit have nothing to do with the warp.

    • @huwwatkins6736
      @huwwatkins6736 Před rokem

      Your next piece of merchandise should be BJJ GI

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 Před rokem +2428

    As powerful as the plot needs it to be

    • @web_082
      @web_082 Před rokem +192

      tbh their powers as described are so revolves around fate that they literally are as powerful as the plot needs

    • @ZerglingLover
      @ZerglingLover Před rokem +86

      @@web_082 dayum bro are you on drugs or something? “to be fair, their powers are dependent on fate, so they are literally as powerful as the plot demands” is what i think you were trying to say but im honestly not certain

    • @redbush5483
      @redbush5483 Před rokem +99

      @@ZerglingLoverHoly shit I didn’t even realise as my mind just autocorrected his message.

    • @web_082
      @web_082 Před rokem +29

      @@ZerglingLover yeah that’s what i meant lol

    • @EpidemicPain
      @EpidemicPain Před rokem +55

      To be fair that's also the custodes and even regular space marines when they take off their helmet

  • @K-yu-ko8dv
    @K-yu-ko8dv Před rokem +1098

    in defense of the solitaire Trazyn owns, Trazyn also owns a Krork a primarch and several custodes.

    • @QuantemDeconstructor
      @QuantemDeconstructor Před rokem +251

      He DID have a whole hive fleet for a while but Tyranids are surprisingly hard for him to contain

    • @Pyre
      @Pyre Před rokem +179

      We all just hear "Gotta catch 'em All!" in Skeletor's voice when thinking about Trazyn now, right?

    • @squishy2229
      @squishy2229 Před rokem +129

      @@Pyre I like to think that Trazyn never went to sleep and decided to watch a bunch of cartoons from different species

    • @GreaterGrievobeast55
      @GreaterGrievobeast55 Před rokem +125

      Doesn't he also have a war in heaven eldar that doesn't have the slaanesh nerf?

    • @adrienwatson2179
      @adrienwatson2179 Před rokem +41

      annnnnnndddd Titans
      Literal Titans

  • @brutalusgaming8809
    @brutalusgaming8809 Před rokem +738

    Majorkill. Single handedly pushing the Eldar from meme punching bag to badass faction.

    • @scar6822
      @scar6822 Před rokem +26

      What about PancreasNoWork?

    • @WAAAAAGH1984
      @WAAAAAGH1984 Před rokem +15

      @@scar6822more of a simp to be honest

    • @JMAssainatorz
      @JMAssainatorz Před rokem +11

      Honnestly you should listen to some of the eldar videos by baldermort.

    • @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635
      @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635 Před rokem +9

      I don't think they were meme punching bag. At least not as much as Tau (Who also deserve to get some respectful lore)

    • @scar6822
      @scar6822 Před rokem +9

      @@WAAAAAGH1984 he still has great videos on them.

  • @fatcoyote2
    @fatcoyote2 Před rokem +345

    The Eldar rarely get written well.
    I remember in one of the Dawn of War novelizations, the Eldar kamikaze one of their ships into the final battle, spilling thousands of Spirit Stones and killing their entire crew in order to...lose harder.

    • @cinder1667
      @cinder1667 Před rokem +42

      Hey, that is supposed to be the Imperium’s thing.

    • @TheWarmachine375
      @TheWarmachine375 Před rokem +29

      Eldrad: *facepalm*

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO Před rokem

      It really is an epidemic.
      As 4chan eloquently put it (regarding their "official" author): "Gav Thorpe seems to be rather sad that he could not write a third book about a supposedly hyper-intelligent psychic species making bizarrely stupid choices that get hundreds of them killed..."
      That said I think the DOW novels were written by C.S. Goto, who has a MASSIVE fetish for Eldar dying.

    • @Tech-wg6ef
      @Tech-wg6ef Před rokem +19

      Well makes sense everyone that i have ever seen talk about the dawn of war books says it's complete dogshit because of one of the worst writers that GW contracted, at least Matt made necrons interesting

    • @TheCorrodedMan
      @TheCorrodedMan Před rokem

      Those books don’t exist. They were written by a certain black Irish midget and so no one considers them canon.

  • @tim_the_traveler
    @tim_the_traveler Před rokem +154

    When a Solitaire can do that much damage, you know the Harlequins are not clowning around with making them.

    • @mysterylovescompany2657
      @mysterylovescompany2657 Před rokem +9

      Cirque Du Slay.😂
      A surprising number of ppl forget that the Laughing God is also the Eldar's Guerilla Warfare God, & has been getting only stronger with his continued activity for the 10 millennia since Slaanesh sent his less cerebral senior flying in tiny splinters of consciousness into every furthest corner of the cosmos.
      Harlies remind them.🥰

  • @CrackBabyZaches
    @CrackBabyZaches Před rokem +231

    Actually, Eversor assassin going blow for blow with Solitaire in that story kind of makes sense. There is no way he was sent to duel Solitaire, and there is no way governor just had an imperial assassin in his bodyguard, definitely not Eversor assassin. Eversor was probably on the same mission and Solitaire found it humorous and fought through dozens of bodyguards and retinue members as that's exactly how Eversor would have gone about his mission, letting him complete it by exploding in death. I don't think Solitaire was fighting to kill, he wanted to guide him into the same room as governor.

    • @Ropewatch
      @Ropewatch Před rokem +5

      Wow this is epic

    • @supersaiyandiclonius3056
      @supersaiyandiclonius3056 Před rokem +51

      In addition, killing the Eversor and detonating it's nuke probably had less collateral damage than letting the Eversor kill the governor and go on a post mission rampage.

    • @The_Keeper
      @The_Keeper Před rokem +10

      @@supersaiyandiclonius3056 Yup.
      Eversors are... messy.

    • @ManyMiniMinnas
      @ManyMiniMinnas Před rokem +27

      Blow for blow? Doubtful. But dealing with that Eversor wouldn't have been a walk in the park persay. I'd rate that fight as an "ah so you're the Belmont" moment.

    • @lordsathariel4384
      @lordsathariel4384 Před rokem +3

      @@ManyMiniMinnas ye i woulden't ever imagine them equal but a solitaire would get a hell of a exercise from a eversor

  • @iamablacksabbathsong9765
    @iamablacksabbathsong9765 Před rokem +81

    Harrlequins most powerful ability is their ability to make a primarch die from making selfdeprecating jokes

  • @trimeerious4349
    @trimeerious4349 Před rokem +266

    Getting a video about how each of the pre heresy primarchs would have reacted to being in Guillimans current situation would be pretty cool first , getting to see Magnus' imperium or dorns beautiful fortress galaxy would be epic

  • @anarchyandempires5452
    @anarchyandempires5452 Před rokem +38

    I really hate how underplayed the harlequins are, they are maybe the single best fighting force in the galaxy and nobody really ever uses them or talks about them much.
    Especially hurts because it was this same space clowns that actually got me interested in Warhammer to start with.

  • @LMR041082
    @LMR041082 Před rokem +403

    Nice one. It’s pronounced as troops, as in a troupe of actors.
    Love the work. It’s a constant lift to the day and I always give them a thumbs up.

    • @jc7997aj
      @jc7997aj Před rokem +5

      Teachers pet 🤪

    • @LMR041082
      @LMR041082 Před rokem +14

      @@jc7997aj deserved…

    • @Troupe_Master
      @Troupe_Master Před rokem +10

      Mon'keigh are just not intelligent enough to understand lol , leave them be, those cute little apes they are

    • @usonumabeach300
      @usonumabeach300 Před rokem +13

      Mispronouncing words is a hallmark of the channel...

    • @richardgaynor2659
      @richardgaynor2659 Před rokem +10

      He also said "a blade of hurricanes" instead of a hurricane of blades, but sure I got the gist

  • @CallsignYukiMizuki
    @CallsignYukiMizuki Před rokem +692

    Majorkill is the kind of guy that could convert Slaanesh into the Imperial cult by explaining 40k lore to it while naked

    • @LordNecron
      @LordNecron Před rokem +54

      I mean, he looks fabulous too. And I'm not even into guys!

    • @yuridezanet7560
      @yuridezanet7560 Před rokem +34

      Oddly specific but right nontheless

    • @badprod7480
      @badprod7480 Před rokem +11

      @@LordNecron well i am and you are 100% right

    • @alvin4100
      @alvin4100 Před rokem +2

      What's his insta?

    • @johnto744
      @johnto744 Před rokem +1

      Ay yo bro, what? 🤨📸

  • @Sobercapybara
    @Sobercapybara Před rokem +274

    I have a theory, that Majorkill is another secret chaos god and Australia is just an extension of the warp.

  • @cryptosporidium1375
    @cryptosporidium1375 Před rokem +64

    They have the power to look at their doom and laugh. That frees the Eldar to die fantastic thing that they would otherwise struggle to do. They are in trance in a dance of doom and death at the hands of Slaanesh.

  • @KamiRecca
    @KamiRecca Před rokem +63

    My experience with Harlequinsand Solitaire:
    Cool units that easily gets mowed down by a half-sized imperial guards unit.

    • @silvercat18
      @silvercat18 Před rokem

      Yup, the one downside of holo-fields - no good against massed fire and explosive barrages. Never bring assassins to an actual war.

    • @NicholasVernem-GroovyNickyLee
      @NicholasVernem-GroovyNickyLee Před rokem +36

      Basically no elite armies perform on the tabletop the way they do in the lore

    • @Pyre
      @Pyre Před rokem +7

      Admittedly this is years ago, but I've also seen a pack of banshees decide the tank they were in was too slow, sprint ahead of it into an Astartes line, and imitate a lawnnmower themselves.
      Did the Harlequins just not go first, maybe?

    • @silvercat18
      @silvercat18 Před rokem +1

      @@Pyre Banshees were one of those units that occasionally got screwed over by edition updates as i recall. One edition removed their power weapons or messed up the number of attacks they got to the point where they were basically worse than average eldar units against anything in armor. Cant remember the details but they were excellent marine killers and turned into wet sponges - not sure if thats still the case.

    • @valtersplume3726
      @valtersplume3726 Před rokem

      ​@@NicholasVernem-GroovyNickyLeepretty sure even Lelith Hesperax isn't immune to a Vulcan Mega Bolter.

  • @Omegakingd
    @Omegakingd Před rokem +107

    take note of the fact that the imperium can have 30 videos talking about its different aspects and lore, whereas the other xenos races can be distilled into 3 for each race. Hoping and wishing we get some new eldar, tau, ork, tyranid and necron books. with there own love and attention.

    • @ivanlopezjr.2137
      @ivanlopezjr.2137 Před rokem +16

      GW should really crack down and start focusing on their xenos. Especially now with their new race coming to 40k being the squ-I mean the kin.

    • @ieatcheese361
      @ieatcheese361 Před rokem +1

      finally someone gets it.

    • @xenonchikmaxxx
      @xenonchikmaxxx Před rokem +9

      Unfortunately focusing on xenos is bad marketing strategy, cause humans are always more popular. For example, in Total War Warhammer, the most popular Lord is boring Karl Franz.

    • @OljeiKhan
      @OljeiKhan Před rokem +14

      @@xenonchikmaxxx i am a boring space marine fan but the setting needs to have respectable/scary/capable/fleshed out xenos for me to actually enjoy being a spehs mahreen fan.
      For example a Space Marine chapter destroying an entire CRAFTWORLD is bullshit.
      Dozens of guard regiments supported by imperial navy + admech assets assaulting the craftworld while several space marine chapters hit key targets in advance while suffering heavy casualties would be at the very least believable. Fighting aspect warriors isn't going to be your regular bolterporn action for tactical marine Chadicus Tacticus.
      Same concept applies to most other Xeno conflicts imo. A Tyranid HIVE FLEET isn't something Chadicus Maximus and his honour guard can one shot. Etc etc rant over thanks for reading.

    • @vincentadultman6226
      @vincentadultman6226 Před rokem

      @@OljeiKhan true, the Emperor's scalpels are being used like kitchen knives to body targets that they should have no right to beat so easily

  • @robertharper6481
    @robertharper6481 Před rokem +180

    If the Tyranids want to be more successful in 40k...then more Tyranids should start writing books! LOGIC!

    • @Pyre
      @Pyre Před rokem +17

      Tyranid Warrior with tiny little glasses and a pen.

    • @GreaterGrievobeast55
      @GreaterGrievobeast55 Před rokem +14

      _And thus Hivefleet bookworm descends on the Galaxy, sewing terror throughout the Galaxy via it's entertaining yet informative young adult novels. This lead to the corruption of various races youths and open minded, leading to mass culling that left a million million worlds vulnerable to an assault of acidic ink clouds, paper cut claws, and audio bedtime sonic shrieks!_

    • @charlesfisher-kh5sw
      @charlesfisher-kh5sw Před rokem

      no, what the nids need are named charactes

    • @poggestfrog
      @poggestfrog Před rokem

      @@GreaterGrievobeast55 tyranids are using bad YA smut fiction to corrupt the youth of the imperium

    • @mileswiltse4535
      @mileswiltse4535 Před rokem +1

      VicToRee Uf ThA TyrAnIDs:
      We eAt eVERytiNg.
      ~ bY zOrBO gOrbO

  • @brickwall9781
    @brickwall9781 Před rokem +38

    I'm surprised 1 or more of them hasn't taken on Lucius. Epic fight, and if one of them manages to take down Lucius, bows & applauses followed by snuffing themselves (and hopefully Lucius too) out with a bandolier of psyk-out grenades.

    • @cinder1667
      @cinder1667 Před rokem +5

      I’d imagine he’d come back via the guy who made the grenade lmao.

    • @lordbalthosadinferni4384
      @lordbalthosadinferni4384 Před rokem +13

      @@cinder1667 Maybe instead of killing Lucius it'd be best to just capture him and trade him to Trazyn. She Who Thirsts probably wouldn't be too happy about the hax she gave to Lucius being circumvented this way, and might do something about it, but also might not if he decides Lucius has failed her by being captured.

    • @jaqssmith1666
      @jaqssmith1666 Před rokem +7

      if the Solitare wanted to kill Luscious Lucius, he'd probably beat him over and over again without killing him and without giving him a good fight. only when Slaanesh has grown tired and forsaken Lucius would the Solitaire set up some banal finisher.

  • @thehermitman822
    @thehermitman822 Před rokem +22

    Since helmetless characters tend to be powerhouses, I just imagine Solitaire running around naked destroying everything.

  • @DarkApostleNoek
    @DarkApostleNoek Před rokem +47

    So their kind of like the Avatar of Khaine, but thanks to Cegorach being alive and the Slaanesh boost they are stronger. However you want AOK for open warfare while they are better for duels, and skirmish.
    Considering the randomness of them it makes me believe more that Tzeentch played a role in saving Cegorach.

    • @QuantemDeconstructor
      @QuantemDeconstructor Před rokem +3

      my headcanon is that Tzeentch views Cegorach as a fellow player in the Great Game, and wants his opponents to play as long as possible

    • @licensed_beheader
      @licensed_beheader Před rokem +21

      No that would be stupid and would downplay Cegorach's wits. He is after all a sane version of tzeench. He got away using his wits not from help from a deranged god.

    • @Astronometric
      @Astronometric Před rokem +8

      Chegorach was the god that ended the War in Heaven, convincing the C’tans to fight and devour each others. He is extremely smart and I don’t think that Tzeentch had something to do with saving him. The birth of Slaneesh was already prophetized during the war in heaven by the aeldari goddesses Lileath. Cegorach probably saw the writing on the walls and hid in the webway before the eye of terror opened.

    • @the7thbananaking
      @the7thbananaking Před rokem

      @@licensed_beheader Tzeentch thinks Cegorach is a fun player

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO Před rokem +6

      @@Astronometric Canonically Cegorach hid behind Khaine and gtfo'd once he realized Khaine was gonna lose.

  • @thomaswiles5778
    @thomaswiles5778 Před rokem +19

    But ironically with its high invuln but low wound total the things solitaires fear most on the tabletop is psykers.

  • @cracklingpumpkin1569
    @cracklingpumpkin1569 Před rokem +127

    Next video topic:
    If one of the Chaos Gods decides to somehow join forces with the Imperium against the other Chaos Gods, who would it be, why and how would it affect the current setting?

    • @climax050
      @climax050 Před rokem +48

      too easy, make it into a short because we all know it would be tzeentch doing a little trolling just for the sake of it. Hell I bet you could find examples of it depending on how you define "joining forces", the couple of thousand sons sorcerers letting themselves be blow to smithereens just to piss Fulgrim off come to mind, albeit indirectly assisting the Imperium.

    • @peenyyt4921
      @peenyyt4921 Před rokem +11

      Bad video topic because it wouldn't happen and it's so random

    • @todd5640
      @todd5640 Před rokem +4

      Tzeench because he doesn't ever let Magnus take W

    • @roaringlaughter3812
      @roaringlaughter3812 Před rokem +2

      Khorne.
      So many angry bois already. And both hate psykers.

    • @poggestfrog
      @poggestfrog Před rokem +1

      tzeentch doing a little trolling

  • @Uploaded1995
    @Uploaded1995 Před rokem +9

    I agree with the take here on the Solitaire power level. Their name seems to imply that they always operate alone (as in separate from other Solitaires) which is good news to everyone else they might decide to fight. Pretty terrifying when one of, if not the fastest beings in existence just needs to land one hit and you are instantly dead. There is 0 margin for error if you fight one, regardless of who you are, which I think adds some much needed power to the Eldar as a whole.

  • @kccustodes2618
    @kccustodes2618 Před rokem +8

    As old school Warhammer player/fan from the 90's I love when the Eldar and Orks get some love. Yes, I think the Nids are cool the inclusion of the Necron is a great move but I it seems like the Eldar and the Orks take it on the chin and give up space to make room for the new guys. So any content, and more importantly GW story lines/arcs, that give importance to the Eldar or Orks I approve.

  • @madeafterdeath2649
    @madeafterdeath2649 Před rokem +3

    these models were the first thing i saw in warhammer 40k that made me fall in love with games workshop they looked so cool as a kid.

  • @thejetty_
    @thejetty_ Před rokem +26

    Even though it’s speculated Motley from the Path of the Drukhari series is a solitaire. In one of the books he legit runs through an open field of artillery fire and dodges ever round then proceeds to run up a hill of sand without a grain moving, dudes nuts. I could be wrong but I think they mentioned his strides being 5-6 metres.

    • @JohnDobak
      @JohnDobak Před rokem +4

      That's not how artillery works.

    • @Pyre
      @Pyre Před rokem +4

      @@JohnDobak You can replace "artillery" with any other word or words and be right about all of 40k canon (bonking into sharp rocks ruining a Salamander helmet where bolters couldn't comes to mind).
      There's a reason "it's all propaganda" is GW's go-to about the novels.

    • @thejetty_
      @thejetty_ Před rokem +4

      @@JohnDobak well he was the only person on the battlefield and they were aiming at him directly, they stated in the book that he was able to see the rounds when they came closer into sight and was able to pivot and run/dodge into a different direction. So not sure what you mean by that’s not how artillery works, pretty sure it’s self explanatory.

    • @JohnDobak
      @JohnDobak Před rokem +7

      @@thejetty_ Dodging the shell does you 0 good if you can't also clear the massive area of affect that will be filled with shrapnel traveling at the speed of a bullet.

    • @poggestfrog
      @poggestfrog Před rokem +2

      @@JohnDobak Well, OBVIOUSLY the funny purple alien guy who can dodge bullets and who comes from space and was powered by a scary bdsm god would suffer from the fact that artillery has blasts, I never knew how 40k was so fake!

  • @mariotelarico8623
    @mariotelarico8623 Před rokem +7

    I know very little about the Eldar. But these video essays make me want to dive into their lore.

  • @seniorwhalez1
    @seniorwhalez1 Před rokem +14

    You should make a sharrowkyn video, man succeeded in a suicide mission to save the primarchs original genomes from falling into the traitors hands

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 Před rokem

      Loved him. Need more Raven Guard badasses as they seem like the most level headed of all the legions and don't get much love. Also Alpha Legion - real Alpha Legion not those "we don't even have the Genesee and are just chaos space marine maniacs". Ones who aren't under the influence of Chaos but also undermine the Imperium. Rebels basically.

    • @adrienwatson2179
      @adrienwatson2179 Před rokem +1

      Not to mention absolutly embarrassed Lucius the Eternal so badly that he took zero pride in it.
      Or putting a bullet in Fulgrims head

  • @flatbob123
    @flatbob123 Před rokem +7

    Great video as always majorkill. I feel like it always boils down to how competent the writers are.
    Also what about a video going over names? Like where all the races, factions, soldier types got their names from?

  • @1997dartagnan
    @1997dartagnan Před rokem +1

    12:09 “a blade of hurricanes” id laugh, but I have no talk to room.

  • @Pyre
    @Pyre Před rokem +4

    I know it's probably an error, but "Blade of Hurricanes" is something that *should* exist in the lore.
    Majorkill out here doing his goddamnedest to make me finally join this hobby properly and spend a fortune on Ynnari models.

  • @shoandutrieux9447
    @shoandutrieux9447 Před rokem +2

    Majorkill: Solitaires are basically invulnerable to mortals.
    Me playing Inquisitor Martyr: "I am the God-Emperor's chosen buckeroo!"

  • @richardthomas9497
    @richardthomas9497 Před rokem +2

    Many descriptions of Warhammer 40K fights sound like over the top anime battles. I would like to see that animated as described.

    • @bignasty4874
      @bignasty4874 Před rokem

      Watch "Gurren Lagann" 'nuff said. The power creep was so ludicrous, they were using entire spiral galaxies as shurikens before the end.

  • @lordofthecries7478
    @lordofthecries7478 Před rokem +1

    12:09 “they became a blade of hurricanes” -majorkill 2023

  • @todd5640
    @todd5640 Před rokem +9

    i love it when Cegorach said its Cegorachin time and Cegoarathed all over slaanesh (she liked it)

  • @justinweber4977
    @justinweber4977 Před rokem +3

    Some of the descriptions for Solitaire feats remind me of the old 90s X-Men cartoon, with how Apocalypse would start boasting with lines like
    "Many have attempted to destroy me, and you are no closer today than were the Babylonians with their swords and fire arrows!"
    And
    "I am as far beyond mutant as mutant is beyond human!"

  • @De_La_Evo
    @De_La_Evo Před rokem +5

    These Warhammer powerscaling videos go hard
    Id love to see IF you can even do this type video for a Phoenix Lord

  • @vregile
    @vregile Před rokem +4

    A blade of hurricanes... now that's an absolutely terrifying concept!

    • @bignasty4874
      @bignasty4874 Před rokem

      I'm pretty sure one can get those all night long on Bourbon Street. Just hold your nose. That place has smelled like piss & puke for nearly 400 years.

  • @edfrancis712
    @edfrancis712 Před rokem +7

    Troupe, its pronounced like troop, not trope, its a french word 'a group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues'

  • @dimr1088
    @dimr1088 Před rokem +2

    12:08 "they became a blade of hurricanes"
    MK is slipping, lol

    • @vinayvenkatram8535
      @vinayvenkatram8535 Před rokem

      Hahaha, this comment deserves enough likes to make it to the top.

  • @Ghost-Emperor
    @Ghost-Emperor Před rokem +1

    The Solitaire in Trazyn’s Pokémon collection is 100% there for the memes

  • @johnfarscape
    @johnfarscape Před rokem +11

    It's the Harlequins Kiss that's insanely powerful, anything that can punch through any armour and turn the insides into soup in a fraction of a second has to be feared. . Just a single hit being enough to delete a vehicles crew or kill anything organic smaller than a hive ship 😅

    • @The_Keeper
      @The_Keeper Před rokem +1

      Ahh, so *that* is how to deal with the 'Nids;
      Borrow that tech from the Eldar, and make fuck-huge artillery shells with it, and then proceed to make hive-fleets into minced meat. :P

    • @johnfarscape
      @johnfarscape Před rokem +1

      @The_Keeper a giant monomolecular filament injecting needle missile actually sounds like a great idea. 👍

    • @horuslupercal2385
      @horuslupercal2385 Před rokem +1

      See, this is an issue I have: can fully understand the Harlequins Kiss being deadly against heavily armoured infantry, but let's say it punches through a tank and the crew/troops inside are Marines in normal power armour...... Is the HKs filament mechanism powerful enough to shred them to bits as well? 🤔

    • @johnfarscape
      @johnfarscape Před rokem +1

      @horuslupercal2385 well technically mono filament wire is actually physically impossible but if it was then you wouldn't need the kiss part to inject the wire as the filament whip woild separate the bonds of anything it passed through. . If we take the term as just being a name and it being an incredibly thin wire then it would kill unarmoured or lightly armoured crew but power armour would be enough to protect you. . . Still not as much fun as opening a portal inside the vehicle with an Ork shock attack gun and filling it with rabid snotlings though 🤣

  • @stingerjohnny9951
    @stingerjohnny9951 Před rokem +5

    GW just can’t right with any consistent quality. It’s one of the most infuriating things about the 40k universe to me, great ideas that collapse with a wet thud halfway into their execution.

    • @stingerjohnny9951
      @stingerjohnny9951 Před rokem

      @@arcahmwinters70 that kind of bias, even if unintentional, can REALLY damage world building.
      Like, I get it GW writers, you have massive throbbing boners for buff guys in armor, who doesn’t? But give the other races a LITTLE bit of love, or hire at least ONE writer that likes the Eldar or Tau.
      I don’t think I’m asking for much here.

  • @giztronwarlock
    @giztronwarlock Před rokem

    I Think out of ever video in my subscriptions I am always super comfortable clicking on your videos. Always get exactly what I ask for from the handsome lad with a rocking voice, thanks man!

  • @keenanhaasbroek1491
    @keenanhaasbroek1491 Před rokem +1

    "A blade of hurricanes"
    I love it. I do this too often

  • @LeRoiDuFresne
    @LeRoiDuFresne Před rokem +4

    Oh hell yeah, finally

  • @Channel-23s
    @Channel-23s Před rokem +5

    Now we need how strong are the Elite Necron troops are or commanders/Pharaohs I wouldn’t be against it or a tyrnids video but they get beat down like crazy like Kane

  • @GreaterGrievobeast55
    @GreaterGrievobeast55 Před rokem +2

    8:52 one fought skulltaker?? Holy hell that must've been a sword fight no one could keep up with! That is if those watching didn't get cut up by being near by

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před rokem +2

    Custodes when facing Harlequins: "Help! The clowns jump and move weird!"

  • @gabrielgordon4366
    @gabrielgordon4366 Před rokem +7

    Just an idea for the future of your minis for more Tyranid ideas you should totally do arachnids from Starship Troopers

  • @birduno
    @birduno Před 4 měsíci

    solitaires are probably my favorite lore cheat code in any medium. the reasoning for why they're so insane makes sense, and the actual implantation is absurd.

  • @James-cg4jo
    @James-cg4jo Před rokem

    i love the consistent uploads your killing it majorkill!

  • @guardsmenedwin6213
    @guardsmenedwin6213 Před rokem +3

    Part two of Erda, never gonna stop.

  • @Ghostwolf82
    @Ghostwolf82 Před rokem +1

    12:06. “Blade of Hurricanes”?
    That doesn’t sound quite right. MajorKill, are you secretly a Solitaire pulling a prank on us?😂

  • @majacks91
    @majacks91 Před rokem +3

    Majorkill, dunno if you know this death but…
    In Ahriman: Eternal, a solitare is dropped by surprise attack from a demon. A singular demon.

  • @oldkingcrow777
    @oldkingcrow777 Před rokem +3

    "They whirled so fast they became a hurricane of blades..."
    "No... no... they became a blade of hurricanes. That's more grimdark"

  • @themysticalcolby
    @themysticalcolby Před rokem +2

    Never would’ve expected that we were lucky enough for a fight between an eversor assassin and a solitaire. Awesome!

  • @bladeguardkraken9741
    @bladeguardkraken9741 Před rokem +3

    Makes me wonder who the biggest trickster is between a solitaire and changeling. Would be a funny duel I’d say

  • @Eragonx10
    @Eragonx10 Před rokem +4

    Always enjoy the videos best 40k content creator out there

  • @G4NG5TABR01Y
    @G4NG5TABR01Y Před rokem +1

    "I don't think a Primarch would let themselves get stabbed"
    Horus: 🥶

  • @wilshire704
    @wilshire704 Před rokem

    "Blade of Hurricanes" LOL - just busting your balls. Good stuff MK

  • @TravisTaylor-dn6ui
    @TravisTaylor-dn6ui Před rokem +1

    Cool, nice one. Literally wrote a comment a few days ago about how the Eldar need a Primarch tier troop and this came out.

    • @samhunter1205
      @samhunter1205 Před rokem

      They already have the Avatar of Khaine (which, despite bad writing and plot armour, can seriously go toe to toe with a Primarch) and now the Yncarne. Solitaires are not on the level of a Primarch, although they are pretty awesome. Also, not everyone needs Primarchs, they are supposed to be special for a reason.

  • @snipebob2222
    @snipebob2222 Před rokem +1

    In one of the Ahimen novels, a solitaire had an actual phase suit and used to phase rip a chunk of Csm's brain out with just their hand.

  • @ilyana1126
    @ilyana1126 Před rokem

    This was such a good video! I really enjoyed this

  • @dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd
    @dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd Před rokem +1

    Lore on Imperial Navy, High Lords, and Ecclesiarchy please

  • @knightryder4323
    @knightryder4323 Před rokem +11

    Wonder if we’ll ever get a Hyperion model 😅

  • @yeahImadeadgirl
    @yeahImadeadgirl Před 11 měsíci

    Showing my age here, had an entire metal harlequin army circa 1988. Gave it all away, wish I hadn't

  • @baseupp12
    @baseupp12 Před rokem +1

    Now I want a solo video for Eversor assassins they sound awesome

  • @kamikazescotty6058
    @kamikazescotty6058 Před rokem

    12:07: became a blade of hurricanes. New Warhammer 40k weapon

  • @thepatientartisan
    @thepatientartisan Před rokem

    An Underdog Story . . . Nice one MajorKill!

  • @iamablacksabbathsong9765

    BAZINGA

  • @jonathansmith1865
    @jonathansmith1865 Před rokem +26

    So check it, The laughing god switched fulgrim and Khans pods right? What if the reason had something to do with when jagati went into the webway, he made some sort of deal or got captured by the laughing god and his gene seed was used on the harlequinns? Wouldn't that explain how the solitaires speed, strength, and power along with their showmanship kind of seem like a mix of the Khan combined with the laughing god?

    • @mzamethodman7134
      @mzamethodman7134 Před rokem +1

      Thats pretty inreresting

    • @Troupe_Master
      @Troupe_Master Před rokem +12

      It was purely for shits and giggles....seriously its actually hilarious

    • @adrienwatson2179
      @adrienwatson2179 Před rokem +4

      Pretty cool head Canon actually

    • @manohman8587
      @manohman8587 Před rokem +7

      @@Troupe_Master eldar Empire is inspired from a period in Japan and jaghatai is the most asian primarch so it explains why

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO Před rokem

      Eldar wouldn't benefit at ALL from Gene Seed. Their biology is fueled primarily from psychic juice (even the psyker stunted D-Eldar still need tortured soul juice to keep themselves in tip top shape) and if they have enough psychic juice they can potentially become even stronger than space marines...they just can't use a lot of their power because Slanny BB will instantly nom their buttholes.
      That said I love the theory that Cegorach has the Khan in his back pocket ready to toss out like a pokemon at the exact right time. I sincerely have not thought of that and I love it immensely.

  • @joel7227
    @joel7227 Před 5 měsíci

    Real talk, Maugan Ra and his squad of Reapers taking on a an entire swarm of Tyranid's was one of the sickest 40K reads.

  • @diogenesenuts
    @diogenesenuts Před rokem

    god its such a treat whenever we get harlequin stuff. the apple of my eye

  • @Jdne199311
    @Jdne199311 Před rokem

    "Dodge Duck Dip Dive and Dogde" love that movie!

  • @midrovar5811
    @midrovar5811 Před rokem +2

    i imagine normal harlequins do the goofy dodge to spite and make fun of their enemies, but solitaire dov it with a passions

  • @onemisterfranko
    @onemisterfranko Před rokem

    Personal head canon the solotair in trazins museum is either the laughing god chilling, or it's elaborate prank that's part of a long con by the laughing god.

  • @tengkualiff
    @tengkualiff Před rokem +3

    Watching this again, i genuinely do believe that Solitaires would outclass a Custodes one-on-one. Could probably go on toe-to-toe with the Primarchs who aren't known for their martial prowess too.

  • @buzzlightyearpfp7641
    @buzzlightyearpfp7641 Před rokem +1

    idk how i feel about eversors supposedly able to fight harlequins on somewhat even ground, considering how harlequins are like custodes of the eldar, meanwhile eversors are mass produced assassins

  • @kodak5678
    @kodak5678 Před rokem +3

    cool vid majorkill

  • @nazariit171
    @nazariit171 Před rokem

    And I had just prepared a meal, Majorkill always comes in clutch

  • @SachoManMandyRavage
    @SachoManMandyRavage Před rokem +7

    I think the Custodes incident was explained by the author saying that he thought the Adeptus Custodes were just actual custodians who upkept the palace

  • @mikewaterfield3599
    @mikewaterfield3599 Před rokem +1

    Two words to explain the imperial incompetence resulting in victory. Plot armor.

  • @arytisskaldaka7963
    @arytisskaldaka7963 Před rokem

    Not sure why but yoiur voice is both relaxing and invigorating XD love your content man!

  • @mrgrey21
    @mrgrey21 Před rokem

    Love the "Dodge Ball" analogy....Dodge Dip Duck Dive and Dodge lol

  • @trevorfox5214
    @trevorfox5214 Před rokem

    You should do a video of times where factions have come to the aid/rescue of a different one. Like Eldar saving humans, necrons saving tau, etc.!

  • @kingdragong-rh6dl
    @kingdragong-rh6dl Před rokem +1

    Majorkill: Solitaire are almost as powerful as a Primarch!!!!
    Sigusmund: hold my bear
    Logan: leave one for me!!!

  • @azmiraclegirl441
    @azmiraclegirl441 Před rokem

    They're just the Custodes of Eldar, they're the PINNACLE of what the Eldar are capable of.

  • @permixtg4322
    @permixtg4322 Před rokem +19

    My theory about the Solitaire in Trazyn's collection is that it's not actually captured. Just pretending to be. Waiting for the biggest excursion of Slaanesh since the fall of the Eldar, the return of a united Emperor's Children legion under the command of demon Fulgrim. And the Solitaire's mission? To release the perfect clone of Fulgrim and bring him to the battle.

    • @mileswiltse4535
      @mileswiltse4535 Před rokem +6

      Imagine Trazyn looking out the window to Slaanesh in real space devouring the Eldar only for him to turn around and see his elf collection missing with a photo of the Solitaire flipping the bird at Trazyn.

    • @ManyMiniMinnas
      @ManyMiniMinnas Před rokem +5

      xD Probably finds it hillarious and spends their time pondering what they're going to klep when they get out of there.

  • @benmiles00
    @benmiles00 Před rokem

    Nice minis. Glad to see you on Etsy.

  • @fartman.mp3
    @fartman.mp3 Před rokem

    Bruh why has it taken me this long to realize that the harlequins are soo fuckin badass

  • @spurgling3594
    @spurgling3594 Před rokem

    How dare you inspire me enough to buy a Space Elf Jester from you.
    For real, I didn't really get how badass the solitaires are. Your fig looks skitz, I can't wait to paint it.

  • @bigolbearthejammydodger6527

    the xeno nids look badass. might have to treat my self!

  • @borponoida9161
    @borponoida9161 Před rokem +1

    I can't wait for your arks of omen review when it's done.

  • @deadcheckofficial1815
    @deadcheckofficial1815 Před rokem +12

    The Eldar lore videos are my favorite element of Majorkill's content. Your average Warhammer fan normally isnt aware that Eldar in all facets (despite their near-extinct population numbers) are more OP than the Imperium. Phoenix Lords are Primarch-tier. Dark Reaper missile launchers fire exploding projectiles exactly like a Space Marine bolter...except can fucking track you behind cover. An average Eldar guardian who's regular 9-5 is poetry is still faster than a human being by vast numbers. Theyre psychic monsters as well. The fact that they get shit on by GW and even the fans is asinine to me

  • @alexibarra192
    @alexibarra192 Před rokem

    7:45
    " If you can dodge a bolter round you can dodge a ball " 🤾🔴

  • @julioalvarado7308
    @julioalvarado7308 Před rokem +3

    I’m just getting into 40k because of these lore videos. What books or animations would some of you fellow nerds absolutely recommend?

    • @Watcher-in-the-Dark
      @Watcher-in-the-Dark Před rokem +2

      Books depend on the factions you like. If you like Space Marines then Horus Heresy for sure, if you wanna stick into 40k then I'd suggest finding your favorite faction then digging into their specific books.
      Ciaphas Cain is probably the best starting books for 40k as they are really fun with really good characters and with probably the most fan famous character in the setting.
      If you want well rounded info on the factions as a whole then if recommend the army books and wiki's.
      As for animations for badassery then Astartes, for top tier amazing then I'd recommend endlessly, If the Emperor had a text to speech device.

    • @scar6822
      @scar6822 Před rokem

      Necrons have some great books. The Infinite and true Divine and Twice Dead King: Ruin and Reign are great as well.

  • @mr.puffballmansick-stee-ne7749

    Good morning major… well good afternoon I guess.

  • @TocTeplv
    @TocTeplv Před rokem +1

    I see. Famous warhammer physics

  • @snaplordmeep6748
    @snaplordmeep6748 Před rokem +2

    Majorkill can you make a video on the different harelquin masks?