That Custodian breaking his vow of silence just to tell a space marine that he hated him is absolutely top tier

The Cadian Guardsmen last stand is my top 1. It makes me teary and I'm not even cadian. Just the thought of that laser beams and gunfire could still be seen on the floating shattered continents gets me all Emotional as if I wanna fight some heretics myself, might die immediately tho but nonetheless *CADIA STANDS!!*

From Dan Abnett's Sabbat Martyr: "Nineteenth platoon were about five hundred metres from Old Hive's north entrance when they saw the gates close. Skerral stopped in his tracks, and pulled the men up. Half his unit were dead. He ejected a cell from his lasrifle and slammed in a new one. "Come on," he said, turning back to face down the slope at the waves of assault sweeping in. "Let's see how many we can kill." The remnants of nineteenth lasted seventeen minutes from the times the gates closed. They accounted for one hundred and eight-nine enemy casualties. No one witnessed their heroism."

Helsreach is such a badass book as well. "Hero of Helsreach.... As if there is only one."

I love Aquillion remark to Argel Tal, especially this chilling line: 'You have been most blackly deceived' Unlike the Astartes and Primarchs the Ten-Thousand know exactly how Chaos may tempt, deceive, entice and utterly corrupt and damn any person. The line speaks to the anger, dissapointment and rage of the Custodian, but also his pain and sadness on seeing his one Word Bearer friend fall so utterly and completely....forever a Slave to Darkness.

Rylanor and deserving better than all of us. Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.

the best part about the last stand at helsreach, for me, was Artarion saying goodbye. his whole life leading up to a heroic death like all Black Templars want, facing the enemy, but he gave that up, just to tell his oldest friend goodbye. pretty touching moment.

What if a different Primarch recieved the Butcher's Nails? Would any of them be able to survive/overcome them? Would a Nailless Angron be important in that survival?

4:08 Dante: "Finally, I can die fighting and my time as Blood Angels Chapter Master is over!" Guilliman: *shows up with reinforcements* Sanguinius: *sends him back to the world of the living* Dante: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

A video on each primarchs first reaction to chaos and demons would be lit

"They were killed to a man, but each of them died a legend" Mate sometimes you're remarkably poetic.

5:23 Knights of Blood Chapter Master should have added that Ka'Bandha is spineless after Sanguinus broke the Khornate daemon's spine personally.

Devastation of Baal made me fall in love with Dante and the BA his final speech about taking up the black and removing his mask proclaiming he wants to die as Luis of Baal before the final charge was one of the best moments in all of 40k !!!

During a Black Crusade, Blood Angels Chaplain Thalastian Jorus and the remnants of what was left of the Blood Angels strike force (Mainly only the Death Company elements and the ones who had fallen to the curses of their chapter during the fighting) racked up enough of a Black Legion body count to lure out Abaddon and his honor guard, and crush through them, enough to kill all of the Honor Guard with Jorus himself wounding Abbadon so severely he had to quit the field and retreat. Jorus and his stark raving mad battle-brothers all died to the last, but when the Imperial relief forces made planetfall cleaning up the Black Legion's retreat, they found a killing field of dead Astartes, each with their gene mutilated except for Jorus and his Death Company, their corpses seated on thrones made from the armor and bodies of the foes they had slain.

The Istvaan III Atrocity is easily at the top of my list of WH40k Last Stands.

Majorkill i think it would be a great video to go over the imperial palace. Stuff like battles in it, secrets, demons, anything and everything. Keep up the great work!

"The 'Hero of Helsreach' ...as if there was only one..." "did you find your beloved?" "Yes...I did." Two lines, that hit hard and show humanity, even in super soldiers, exists in the grim darkness of M41

The war within the webway deserves a mention. It was absolutely insane. It started when Magnus destroyed the Emperors wards whilst trying to tell him of the heresy. This caused the golden throne to malfunction and the terra webway gate to be prematurely opened. Over 5 years the Custodes lost 90% of their number and the Sisters of Silence were almost wiped out trying to hold chaos at bay. Eventually the Emperor was able to seal the gate shut but it takes a tremendous amount of strength to hold it in place. If the Emperor ever dies the webway gate will open and flood Holy Terra with the denizens of the warp.

I liked the first tyrannic war last stand of ultramar with terminator corpses sitting back to back they were holding on so hard.

Majorkill dissed the Ultramarines by not including the First Company's last stand during the Tyranid seige of Macragge. Savage.

Last Stands are always Epic especially when you go down swinging and take lots of enemies down with you.

Could you make a video on how someone could permanently kill one of the 4 chaos gods and (more interestingly) what would happen if they did ?

"Well then, let's make our end memorable!" - Grimaldus of the Black Templars probably.

A video on white scars characters like Targutai Yesugai, Jubal khan,Shiban khan etc would be fire ngl.

An honourable mention should be the last stand from the book His Last Command, where the First Company of the Belladon 81st under Lucien Wilder ensured the survival of an entire frontline while it was retreating. An awesome character build-up, both for Colonel Wilder and his Commissar who would only live to be featured in a single book. Sad, heroic, epic.

Great video Majorkill! I think I video about how each Primarch would react to the modern imperium if they were in Guillimans place would be dope

Commissar Yarrick’s story at Armageddon is my favorite part of the war. He fought with such bravery at Hive Hades, it made the orks fear after he beheaded an ork commander and he even took his power klaw and had it replaced for his missing right arm that had been cut off from the elbow down. He is a legend and deserves his place as commissar. But it’s rumored that he is dead.

Been a Black Templar player since the moment they came out, but Helsreach was the book that made me realize I had chosen wisely!

If only the Knights of Blood ate Factor instead of the entrails of their allies, maybe they wouldn't have had to sacrifice themselves in an epic last stand to redeem their honour. Just a thought - get 50% off your first box here : strms.net/MajorkillFactorJuneYT50 Or check out the Patreon here : www.patreon.com/majorkill

Getting a video about how each of the pre heresy primarchs would have reacted to being in Guillimans situation as imperial regent and lord of the imperium would be very cool ngl. Seeing how each would run their own empire.

For me the last stand of Djoseras at Ithakas would definately be in the top 5. Very emotional and thus unlike usual necron behavior so it was very interesting to me.

Attempt #3 of asking for a dedicated Lotara Sarrin video. She shot a goddamn world eater captain in the face, man.

"Hero of Helsreach they call me.... as if there is only one" 😭

The most epic last stand is staying up until 4 and watching majorkill videos all night.

Majorkill: I won't place these in any particular order as they are all badass and kind of subjective which is the best. Also Majorkill: Yeah Hellsreach is easily the most badass last stand in the entire setting.

I know a lot of other ppl here is asking for videos but one video of mortal humans with great relations to primarchs or space marines will be nice. From the top of my head you have Guilliman' mom who totally rosted another Ultramarine (right after the alpha legion tried to assasinate the big blue boy and failed). Her advise was respected by Guilliman a lot (and some other space marines too) or the woman that was alongside Corax since the moment he was out of his gestation capsule (Nasturi Ephrenia was her name i think) I think it will be nice video to show how this larger than life beings can have meaningful and trustful relations with normal mortals, and how they can trust them.

Really hope the short story Endurance gets mentioned here

I have a soft spot for the Astral Knights. Their lore, customs and honorable combats are awesome! Id love to see a video about them! Great one as always, love last stands, they are epic and, if they are well done, fill you with emotion! Cheers man!

I’m personally a big fan of the last stand of Captain Invictus and the Ultramarines first company in the Northern Polar Fortress during the Battle for Macragge as the idea of 100 terminators fighting wave after wave of tyranids as they are slowly overwhelmed is pretty awesome.

The lone terminator that stepped to Horus may not have been a proper last stand but an honorable mentions in order

You gotta add the Ultramarines 1st company sacrifice in the fortress of Hera on Macragge. The Entire Ultramarines first company died to the Last man fighting the tyranids. With the last squad of Terminators deep within the citadel stood in a circle back to back and stacked the tyranids 9 feet high around them. Complete mad.

Hey Majorkill, I just came back from watching a youtuber building an army and he was using your some of your Honourable Guardians for his command squad, talking about how much he loved the quality of them. Glad to see your minis get the appreciation they deserve. The youtuber is "That new hobby high" and its part 43 of his 'Horus Heresy, Ultramarines from scratch' videos. Keep up the good work!

How can we have a last stand video without our boy Dantioch overloading The Pharos Divice?

In Helsreach, Apothecary Nero gets impaled on a spear and raised above the battlefield. His last act of defiance see's him pull himself down the spear (a bid to ensure he doesnt miss his target), unsheathes his gladius and hurls it into the orks throat. - What a scene.

ngl the final stand of the first company in the first tyrannic war is the highlight for me, ithe way it was written trully seemed desperate, even when i knew that of course the ultramarines wouldnt loose macragge it still portrayed the tyrannids as this unstopabble horde while still making the space marines look cool

I'm almost lowkey surprised that Majorkill didn't slap a Rylanor reference into this

If rylanor isn't here im mad

The first last stand that pops into my mind is Aun'shi the Tau Ethereal taking on a never needed mass of orks and slowly but surely losing nearly all his men, he used choke points like doorways best he could and beast moded them all in glorious melee combat. Eventually only one defensible building was left with him guarding the entrance to it. He wasn't allowed to retire after that.

The second I pressed play on the video all I could think about was hevy from episode 5 season one of the clone wars and the "for the republic" quote from a different episode

Fall of Malvolian. Lamenters + Guard = Manly tears

I rarely comment on videos in general so first off thank you Majorkill for all the entertaining spins on 40K lore. I would be interested in a video listing the successor chapters of Dark or Blood Angels, what makes their successors so different from each other (aside from color schemes and the Lamenters being literally cursed)? What separates Angels Vermilion from the Flesh Tearers or the Consecrators from the Angels of Redemption?

The video is missing one thing. The fact that The Emperor in TTS said the Astral Knights were one of his hidden legions and no one was gonna keep them down after hearing about them and their heroics destroying the World Engine

Love all of these but my fav last stand has to be Camba Diaz and his motley group in Saturnine. Dude gave his all to stop the world eaters.

"The death of an entire chapter is extremely rare in 40k" tell that to the soul drinkers

I have to say rylanors last stand just gets me going every time. That and just the entirety of cadia just is so heroric and badass

It should be said that initially even the Flesh Tearers were weary of the Knights of Blood. Especially Gabriele Seth, for The Knights of Blood chapter master revealed what happens to Blood Angels if they give in too much to the red thirst.

Great videos keep up the awesome work. A video idea I think’d be cool is “what could the emperor have done to mend his relationship with the traitor primarch so they wouldn’t have gone heretic?”

Diaz! Camba Diaz! In the name of his lord, Dorn! Unmoving... unmoveable

Tyberos and the space sharks are the forgotten legion. It all adds up…. Day three.

Personally, my favorite last stand is the one between ollanius pius and horus himself during the final moments of the horus heresy

Also love the fact that Squad Grimaldus made this list.

The 2nd War of Armageddon had a good last stand at Hive Hades led by Yarrick which if he wasn't there to do would mean no Helsreach last stand. Give the Old Man a Major Mini pls

that new hobby high channel just did a review of some of your minis.

The chain-axe killing scene from Saving Private Ryan was in the deleted scenes featurette

The Helsreach movie needs to be remade USING THE EXACT SAME outlines with a hollywood style budget. The melee fighting bits need a lot of polish BUT most of the cinematography is AWEEEEEESOME yeah i rewatched it last night and i'm biased and no i'm not crying you're crying!

"Did we hurt them, Captain?"

Hell yeah i love warhammer last stand. Love ur videos

Thanks majorkill for giving saul tarvitz and his soldiers on istvaan 3 justice for their heroic last stand. ❤

Broke his vow of silence just tell the guy he hated him. God I love Warhammer

I really liked the closing between Seth and Jool, another neat bit of redemption.

Daddy has uploaded again this is amazing day I hope my 40K game is good today

Ayoooo Majorkill. Love your vids! Keep up the good work. Plz make a video about the 10 most loved characters by you in the WH universe :) I was moved when you talked about Barabas Antioch and you got emotional. Love to see more of those, seeing people moved by the shit I love too. :D Maybe I have daddy issues too but fck that, keep the vids coming! :) Cheers from Hungary! :)

Great Vid MK... and you did not mention the non existent "noble shard of Magnus"

My favorite last stand is Camba Diaz' on the eternity wall spaceport, he gave his life having not step back when even the likes of Dorn retreated.

Marduk goin agains a legion of necrons in terminator armor with the annoited is pretty epic aswell

A video about all Tau auxiliaries would be great content and give some deserved attention to Xenos.

11:40 I have that as a wallpaper no joke I got choked up watching that scene still cry when I think about it.

“Goodbye Brother” gets me every time

The Knights of Blood will always be my favorite last stand of them all. A lost chapter redeemed in the blood of their enemies and their devotion to both the Emperor and Sanguinius. The best last stand I've ever heard and my favorite of them all. Minus Hellsreach, because nothing tops Hellsreach.

My favorite last stand is from Gaunt Ghost Colonel Wilder and his Belladon unit. Amazing books with great characters. Dan Abnett always suprises.

11:30 "Goodbye brother." -Artarion

"I have dug my grave here! I will either be victorious of I will die! NO PITY! NO REMORSE! NO FEAR!"

Now, about the battle of Helsreach, the Titans weren't exactly slain, they just retreated at the fact that their Princeps of the Imperator Titan "Storm Herald" fell. Slain by a particularly massive Gargant

God i love the helsreach animation. That freeze frame before grimaldus fires his plasma gun and the church collapses, never gets old.

I do agree with all of these but even so I feel there is one glaring absentee, rylanor's last stand

I really hope there’s a devastation of Baal animation that would be awesome , I’m trying to do my army units different chapters I think that would look so cool on the table

Appreciate the shout out to saving private ryan, very emotinal and real

"I hate last stand. No time to prepare." Commissar Cain, Hero of the Imperium.

Personal favorites: Helsreach, Camba Diaz on the Pons Solar, and for a traitors one, Abbadon in the Saturnine gambit.

Just want to state for the record that that is NOT what happened with the Astral Knight Chapter, that is what the Imperium THINKS happened. What really happened was a large, powerful, and very pissed off C’tan shard was accidentally let free by the chapter and destroyed the World Engine, literally tearing it apart to make itself a new body. It killed the Necron Lord in charge while he begged for his life. That C’tan shard left after nearly single handedly destroying the world engine, leaving to go out into space to attack more Necrons.

Forgot about Ranulf of the space wolves. A marine comparable in size to Leman Russ and so badass the orks dedicated a monument to him and his men after he died and didn't turbo pillage the corpse like they usually do. Space Corgis give wtf face seeing an ork monument to their fallen brothers.

Thanks again for providing us with barbaric Slaughter entertainment once again

Another noteworthy last stand happened during the 13th Black Crusade, when the Cadians kept fighting the forces of Chaos even as the planet was breaking apart. CADIA STANDS!

Majorkill, I got a video request: What are the 5 Warhammer 40k novels or books that you would personally recommend to someone new to the setting??

Helsreach is my favourite 40k book, it's also my first, but I totally watched the animation first, and it's also the reason I care at all about warhammer. Aside from all that though, I love the subtle storytelling in Helsreach. There's the obvious siege aspect, which is interesting in it's own right as most war-stories are about assaulting the enemy, but there's the duel character growth for Grimaldus. The first is the main one, slowly pulling that astartes stick out of his ass and coming to respect his fellow Imperial warriors, the Guardsmen, punctuated by his last conversation with Andrev and asking him if he found that woman he wanted to marry. There's the other one though, the one where Grimaldus comes into his own as a Templar. He was a great warrior beforehand, for certain, but he wasn't "Black Templar". The book starts with him throwing a temper tantrum about being a sacrifice to hold a city, instead of dying in glorious combat with Helbrecht, then he acts like a brat by taking total control over the city and spending weeks lording over everyone else. He should have listened to their reports, taken in the information, and let the guardsmen command their own. Instead of acting as a Templar warrior, he acted like a politician. He's not an ultramarine and his brothers, especially Primus, worked to remind him of that. Lastly, the fact that a successor chapter to the Imperial Fists, the Praetorian's of Terra and Siegemasters of the Imperium, was upset with being told to hold a city in Siege warfare, but still did so masterfully, despite their contrasting modern tactics, is just icing on the ironic cake. Helbrecht knew exactly what he was doing, reminding Grimaldus of where the Templar started, why they do what they do in combat, and why they fight. All in a little miniature of the Siege of Terra. EDIT: And this has been my impromptu essay about the characters and themes in "Helsreach" by Andrew Dembski-Bowden, thank you.

Hells reach I think goes to show that excellent writing can make any chapter amazing and bring out things that makes them beloved and memorable. I mean the night Lords trilogy made them go from the traitors I thought of as the most one dimensional to the most interesting and understandable.

Would love more videos on blood ravens, origins, feats, Gabriel Angelo’s, etc

Marneus and the 1st company vs tyranids was an epic last stand

There were several blood angel chapters that didnt attend Baal because they were locked in elsewhere. Atlantian spears is a notable example.

i would not exavtly say sett was happy to group with the silver knights but he prob was the only one willing to somewhat "co-operate" if u can call what happened that. pretty sick last moments for sure