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The Vanquisher missing all those shots hurts my soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Love the effect of the Deathstrike taking off 👌

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

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

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

Dave's manic laughter is amazing. Pure Chaos.

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

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

I’ve never seen smokescreen be that effective Or humorous

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

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

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

When the "very bad mini" is far better than anything you will ever paint

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your production value just keeps getting better!!!

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

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

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

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

Amazing batrep! The energy is off the charts!

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

I love these eps with Dave! The chemistry is perfect! Also, JT's commentating is always top shelf

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

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

It was fun to see the defilers weapon on the sentinel, this game had a lot of energy and was very enjoyable as usual. Keep of the great work guys!

The real MVP is Steve who touched Nick's dice

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

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

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

super cool battle report as always. even as a non-active player it's a lot of fun to watch you. the board and the units always look great, the music rocks and you can feel your energy through the screen.

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

“I’d rather bring all the guns all the time” is the most guardsmen thing I’ve ever heard

Turn 1 is the best argument for templates to return that I've seen.

Loving the way you film these reports, always mad engaging! Please keep it coming!

I feel mass enjoyment seeing the great Chaos Lord Dave laughing like a maniac.

This was actually really fun! You guys made a fan!

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

Absolutely beautiful performance. Despite me being new, this battle really showed me what it's like to play Black Legion. Don't stop making 40k in 40 minutes. Love it!

The concept of a CSM dying to a guardsmen in close combat is so funny. Imagine surviving a millenia of war post the Horus Heresy for a lowly guardsmens lasgun bayonet to end you

2 minutes until Cadia falls again. Love it!

Those effects part on the tanks look fantastic

“Is chaos even bad, I don’t even know.” Knock knock it’s the inquisition

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

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

CADIA LIVES *STOMP STOMP*

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

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

Lovely gaming board here - the terrain you guys set up is really something else.

Love the new deployment effects you guys put!

All these explosion effects are really cool, and makes the board feel that much more alive and chaotic. I love it! But I fear it'd be too confusing to play on too.

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

Spacemarine Steve would approve of Nicks rolls

Mark of Tzeentch for 15 points is brutal.

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

I gotta say I think this is the best intro to date

Drink every time Nick says "Cadia stands"

First 20 minutes: Lore accurate Cadians

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

Poor sportsmanship at the end there. Especially when you consider how far Dave traveled to be there.

Nick's new theme song... "Owner of a Lonely Guard..."

2 turns of god knows how many guard shots and only a rhino dead. It hurts deep in my soul.

The amounts of salt in this match is really high

We have not had a battle with Black templars for ages! I would love to see this special chapter come up against a Xenos army or other

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

wow these new 3d animations are next level!

22:19 Nick forgot kreig have mini transhuman

Did Dave forget abaddons free re-roll to charge?

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

Defi reminds me of my first chaos painted minis (Chaos chosen) I pained 10 years ago and haven't played with since. Mine aren't painted too good, but the paint is not thick, so I am gonna go back and add some shades and highlights to really bring it closer to my standard of painting today

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

That's a glorious example just from Probability theory: never ever ever use one-shot weapons. If you need to roll dice, you are going to roll 1 and re-roll it to 1. Do not hope for huge damage - if you don't hit, you will make zero damage.