Will be possible to have a Spiral Corps Focus video? I really struggle with this faction, but I love the theme. Thanks

Thank you so much for covering one the most overlooked units in the game! It was great to hear your thoughts!

Hey, really appreciate the content you create. Great to watch. I think there should be more infinity content like yours so I have tried creating some myself. Hope anyone who is interested will take a look. Honestly trying to be as similar to Rob’s format as possible! Imitation is the greatest form of flattery and all that 😊

OK I learnt some stuff from this, even though I don't play Caledonians. I DO play Hassasins who use McMurrough, the goodest boy. Can I request a Hassasin faction focus? I'm interested in hearing thoughts on the Sunduqbut, I think it's very expensive for what's usually a reactive piece (meaning the opponent can choose which tools it brings to this gunfight and the manner in which they come), but maybe I'm missing something?

Huh. Sealed space. Seems like a good idea

As much as I can see the power of this list, it makes me sad that it utilizes only so few units of the sectorial. Basically you only need Fusiliers, Blades, Bolts, Bulleteers, a Squalo and some Auxilia. Kinda heartbreaking to see so many flavorful NCA staples not make the cut anymore (Hexas, Swiss Guards, Aquila etc.)

Thanks for the battle report. That Haqq list is pretty similar to my standard list so it's interesting to see what happens when other people pilot it.

As a Pole in the room I confirm that you absolutely butchered Mt. Kościuszko. But I don't give a damn cause you make awesome Infinity videos :D Keep up the good work !

Today we're responding to a channel supporter request and playing a very solid, standard Neoterran list against a very solid, standard(ish) Haqqislam list. That means a core link team which, despite not typically being the kind of piece I play with much, is going to force something like thirty separate ARM and BTS rolls from my opponent this game. Which I think kind of definitionally has to qualify as an ok performance.

Pure theorycraft, but I could see the T2 Mormaer as a really scary suppressive fire piece. X-visor helps it shoot and suppress to a longer range (32"/24") without penalty, it's threatening to do a bunch of damage, and it can keep suppressing until it takes 2 wounds. I wouldn't like to see it take on a B2 Nanopulser or anything, it's not the ultimate standard in firepower, but it could do a decent job of holding a sightline?

Seems like a fun list.

TAK please !

They are NaZAROva twins, not NaRAZOva :)

I learned a few really good tips from this video that will make playing my highlanders even more fun. Like making proper use of Wallace's coordinated order for getting the Cameronians up the field. I am also definitely going to give the 4 Wulvers + Donn core a go. Watch out whoever plays me next!

Hey @R0bertShephard This is my first time watching one of your videos. A friend of mine sent it my way because I main Highlanders. the changes in N4 made the faction much more enjoyable in my opinion. I liked most of what you said about the faction, but there are a few things I want to mention that weren't talked about. I've been playing Highlanders since I started playing in N3 around 2018ish. generally I do well in events as well. talking rules and theory with the players in my area is something I greatly enjoy, so I hope this info isn't annoying. I enjoyed the video. Wallace making all troops regular is very important. coordinated orders can only be used if all troops in the order are irregular or regular. you cannot mix and match. this means your coordination is much more versatile. this also means you can choose a normally irregular troop as your datatracker, master breacher, or the ITS equivalent (it is pretty mean when he gets an extra order and bonus dodge or D-charges). At the end during the list talk, you mentioned that you want to use his LT order to coordinate the Cameronian and SAS. you didn't mention this, but I wanted to point out that Wallace MUST be part of the coordinated order. Uxia MSV1 can be very good. she has smoke and can shoot shotgun templates through it while the enemy is taking dodges on -3. the specialist option cannot have B2 in aro with the pistols. but if you use the pistols in CC you will have +1 burst, again only in active turn. Mormaers these are very strong and often overlooked because of the single wound. damage 17 and AP is very good against just about anything. they hit harder than they have any right for and with 8 armor in cover against anything without AP they tend to survive when they miss. the Rifle option is one of the best models in highlanders. it is a Damage 15 AP T2 rifle. I disagree that Mormaers are a "meme" troop and it regularly hits hard in my games, the chain colts are amazing as well considering they are damage 15 with AP. I bring the HMG in a haris and a solo T2 rifle. the T2 rifle option is something I regularly move up and put in suppressive fire. with the X visor it has no -3 band and in cover you still have the 8 armor, if it fails a save it goes dogged and keeps being a problem. Most commonly it will kill something when they try to remove it as they are at a -6 due to my cover and suppression before any bonuses they have, even if I am shooting B3 on 10's. Isobel Great troop. has many points of versatility. T2 rifle is strong, E/M mines help alot with heavies and tags. Wulver you mention they are pretty much a heavy and cannot be hacked. I want to point out none of Caledonia's heavies can be hacked. that said, Wulvers are good, and if you run them up into their DZ, coordinated grenades are a good option. generally too expensive to take in my lists though. but I do see why people enjoy them. Cadin is good in the team as well. personally I don't use them anymore.

Having watched some of the video I disliked it, as you spent the whole time hating on a faction you don't even play.

"I'm Robert Shepherd, and this is my favorite faction on the Citadel." Love your content Robert, we definitely have similar playstyles and faction interests! I'm definitely looking forward to your eventual video on Spiral Corps but am loving your faction focus series as a whole! As a rules question because I don't know, is using smoke always a face to face roll, or do you decide when you're throwing it? It's come up a few times in recent games and we've generally just kind of shrugged and moved along because it isn't super clear to us as new players/players coming from N2 when it is or isn't possible.

Pure dead brilliant Robert! Gaun yersel big man!

@RObertShepherd The fireteam chart says max 1 HARIS. You have two with the highlander greys. Please clarify. Thanks for the great video!

I dont think a weapons +1 burst applies in ARO. Even without it, Uxia goes crazy

Damn nice stuff Robert! Cant wait for TAK and / or Kosmoflot

Hey Rob, brilliant video as always. Just wanted to say you missed the part in the Cameronian AVA where it specifies "General army". I'm pretty sure this refers to what most of us call vanilla lists, so you can actually take three cameronians and McMurrough legally in a CHA army. Very weird wording, but otherwise the AVA 3 cameronian doesn't make sense (especially since mcmurrough is a personality and doesn't count towards these limits). Edit: Also you mentioned Usia is B2 in ARO but burst mods are only an active turn bonus sadly!

Wait, you can smoke yourself on ARO?

Caledonians are cool because Scotland is cool.

Gutier devrait profiter du reboot de la Calédonie pour réécrire l'histoire de cette faction à l'aune des effets du Brexit, ça permettrait d'expliquer comment des colons britanniques peuvent avoir autant cette imagerie d'écossais, tout en apportant plus de consistance au lore. Et pour la Mérovingie, j'ai une théorie qu'il faut que j'écrive un jour, comme quoi ce sont des colons issus de la droite française, ce qui expliquerait pourquoi il y'a autant de symboles napoléoniens alors que le parti bonapartiste n'existe plus faute d'adhérents suffisants, mais il en aurait retrouvé une en parasitant ces militants de droite d'Aube (ce qui refléterait ce côté étrange où actuellement la droite française est pro bonapartisme alors que c'était un courant historiquement de centre gauche et que la droite était plutôt favorable au royalisme). Et avec les problèmes de reproduction sociale ça expliquerait pourquoi y'a eu sur Aube autant de blancs, de chrétiens, de bonapartistes. Cela apporterait plus de consistance dark à la faction, ce qui irait avec le thème dystopique et des controverses sociales du cyberpunk.

Lets go screaming scotts

First coment!!!! Thanks you a lot for this great content, you are raising Infinity literacy all over the world!

Today we're covering the one of Infinity's small miracles - a faction that has no right to go as hard as it does in N4, the Caledonian Highlander Army. My personal favourite Ariadnan subfaction, the Scots have all the limitations of both an Ariadnan army and an N3-era designed sectorial, but within that niche they have some absolute killer profiles and a playstyle that's worth a lot of attention. I had big plans for this video's intro, but KZfaq had a fit about the Scottish National Anthem being copyrighted, so you can enjoy just the intro separately here before diving into the video proper: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLBkhrme1c7alIE.html

Hi Robert. Loving these infinity video's, please can you do a Kosmoflot breakdown .

Speaking up for the Namurr, its CC profile READS like it's designed to slap TAGs and HI platforms that don't do too good in CC. Run in, dodge the TAG's emergency pistol/flamer, tank it if you have to, E/M it with your CCW, then move on.

Once had a liu Xing hacker landing near my Geckos out of line sight. The dude managed to shut down both of them and went hunting my specialists. Was a plaesure to watch

I genuinely wonder why Infinity is so big in Aus / New Zealand. As a Brit I'm surprised so many of the vloggers and podcasts are antipodean, is it just the distance from GW HQ ? :D

R.e. Symbio-armour, maybe think of it as like an improved version of Spawn-Embryo? Basically, they're 1W infantry that still grant you an Order after the enemy wounds them.

Im not a yu jing player. Heck im not an Invincible army player. I am just a Liu Xing Enthusiast.

After all your angst about appearing negative (talking about a faction with obvious flaws), you almost managed to gush enthusiasm for a few moments here and there - well done!

Morats look like so much fun

psh 14 troop morats. try 9 troop with 6 drop troopers! pure unadulterated violence. But on a serious note, nice video.

Morat Agression Force for W40K players: Now dat’s sum gud dakka! Da red wunz go fasta! Time ta show dem gitz a real WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!

I've been eyeing Dashat as my second army since I have so much Haqq stuff so this will be great for me.

Been playing Krit/Hulang FT Duo, both with forward deploy and mine layer to build a repeater network protected with mines for Daoying and Haidao hackers... The only problem is these 4 guys cost you nearly half of the available points but they are effective

I've played a bit of IA here and there. Still trying to wrap my head around how some pieces are used. However, I do have to shoutout some of the sillier options they have available. Like the 2 Yuan Huo + haidao sniper haris. I haven't tried it yet, but I feel like there might be some merit playing it more like vanilla Yu Jing and taking advantage of the smaller fireteams. I've been wanting to try the forward fireteam where they're both minelayers. Krit actually has two options for the minelayer drop. Either a E/M mine or a deployable repeater. While you also get the krazy koala from the Hulang. Since you didn't mention it. The Shang Ji hacker actually looks pretty good. In a fireteam that's a BTS 6 hacker behind a -6 firewall, which sounds rather hard to dislodge (presuming you can spare the points).

The Liu Xing multi rifle is one of my favorite units in the game. Dude has clutched its fair share of games for me. Thanks for the great video!

16 Order in 5 people is what TLB does on a regular ;)

I'd say that since you haven't played them, you could talk a bit more about what you did against them and what they did to you. I have found Invincible Army is the Vulnerable Army. To both hacking as well as E/M. It's a theme that just can't be played in todays game. Actually not great when it first started either. And not really on theme when most of your IA armies are made up of mostly Zhanshi core teams. Tinbots don't help that much. My enemy knows to kill them first. The only KHD is the Haidao, who doesn't count as an Invincible and has BTS 0. White Banner with the addition of Daebak, now Out Invicibles, the Invincible Army.

Reason #1: Chinese Space Marines Also, you call Tai Sheng So-Ra Kwon several times FYI

Hey, thanks for the video (and shout-out). I know this video was difficult to create since you don't play IA a lot, but I do and I felt like I was at the limit of what my capabilities can do with the faction. That's why I asked it, because I wanted someone with more expertise in the game to talk about the faction I main. Unfortunately, and this isn't your fault, you've explained and touched upon the prefered Profiles I already knew about the faction. I've been playing this faction for almost 2y, so I've already found which profiles work and which don't. This just means I have a good understanding of the faction and it's just my tactics and/or bad luck holding me back. Thanks again for your time and effort into making this video. I appreciate it. ❤

TIL Lei is MI. Big fan of not recommending a 10 unit list, feel that is a bit of a list building trap for the faction.

Oh dear lemme get the popcorn