YOU’RE KILLING THE WRONG UNITS | Target Priority in Warhammer 40K
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Knowing what to kill first is one of the hardest skills to learn in Warhammer 40K.
You don’t need to memorize every unit in every army. Instead, you need to understand what each unit is actually doing for your opponent — and then figure out which pieces you need to remove to disrupt their game plan.
In this video, we break down:
• How to identify a unit’s role
• Why scoring units can be better targets than major threats
• When to attack an opponent’s objective anchor
• How to identify the units that can actually kill your army
• Why trading up on points doesn’t automatically make something a good trade
• When you should overcommit to removing a key threat
• Why you shouldn’t chase kills or overextend
• The questions you should ask before committing resources to a kill
The goal isn’t simply to kill more of your opponent’s army.
It’s to make every kill actually create an advantage.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – You’re Killing the Wrong Units
00:45 – Learn the Role, Not the Whole Army
02:28 – What Can Actually Threaten You?
03:13 – Attack Their Scoring Units
05:03 – Can You Break Their Hold?
06:34 – Don’t Chase or Overextend
07:10 – Stop Thinking Only About Points
07:50 – What Do You Actually Gain?
09:36 – The Four Questions Before a Kill
10:14 – Remove What Can Kill You
12:00 – Take Over the Board
12:42 – Final Target Priority Rules
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Your Videos are great for Beginners and people who want to really get better at the game, very good insights and easy to improve step by step
Those videos are really helping me as a new player out!
Just before you started talking about not basing a trade off of point value, I thought to myself that I need to start keeping point values in mind. Most of the time I just do the other steps of if I can kill it and what it benefits me if I do.
Been getting into 40k with TTS and videos like these are really helpful.
Really appreciate videos like this. Explaining these concepts without being overly complicated or brushing over things, assuming people have to know them. Making complex things seem simple is really a skill!
Thanks for all the help! As a new players my wife and I have so much to learn!
Second the person saying you give great bite sized infirmation for beginners! Cheers and keep the videos up!
YOU’RE KILLING THE WRONG UNITS | Target Priority in Warhammer 40K
Grimdark Breakdown
35,923 views
Knowing what to kill first is one of the hardest skills to learn in Warhammer 40K.
You don’t need to memorize every unit in every army. Instead, you need to understand what each unit is actually doing for your opponent — and then figure out which pieces you need to remove to disrupt their game plan.
In this video, we break down:
• How to identify a unit’s role
• Why scoring units can be better targets than major threats
• When to attack an opponent’s objective anchor
• How to identify the units that can actually kill your army
• Why trading up on points doesn’t automatically make something a good trade
• When you should overcommit to removing a key threat
• Why you shouldn’t chase kills or overextend
• The questions you should ask before committing resources to a kill
The goal isn’t simply to kill more of your opponent’s army.
It’s to make every kill actually create an advantage.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – You’re Killing the Wrong Units
00:45 – Learn the Role, Not the Whole Army
02:28 – What Can Actually Threaten You?
03:13 – Attack Their Scoring Units
05:03 – Can You Break Their Hold?
06:34 – Don’t Chase or Overextend
07:10 – Stop Thinking Only About Points
07:50 – What Do You Actually Gain?
09:36 – The Four Questions Before a Kill
10:14 – Remove What Can Kill You
12:00 – Take Over the Board
12:42 – Final Target Priority Rules
🔥 JOIN THE GRIMDARK BREAKDOWN COMMUNITY
🔥 Become a Member
@grimdarkbreakdown
👕 Official Grimdark Breakdown Jerseys
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Patreon: GrimdarkBreakdown
💬 Discord
Discord: discord
🎲 Frontline Gaming Affiliate
https://store.frontlinegaming.org/?re...
If these videos help you improve your game, make sure to LIKE the video, SUBSCRIBE, and let me know what you want us to break down next!
#Warhammer40K #Warhammer #40K #WarhammerCommunity #40KStrategy #GrimdarkBreakdown
I appreciate the way that these types of videos speak more to the overall underlying strategy rather than being tied to a specific rule set or unit type. Feels like a foundational piece that's missing from a lot of other videos out there.