![]() This is a carry over term for referencing the core rule book of an edition.Ī unit of resilient, hard to shift models. So things like Dreadnoughts and Vehicles can bracket.Įxample: My Flying Hive Tyrant was taken down to 6 wounds moving him down to it’s second bracket. Refers to the chart on a unit’s datasheet where their stats degrade. Refers to any ability that allows a character unit to not be targetable by ranged weapons at any point as long as their near another unit.Ī Space Marine ability that allows units to shoot rapid fire weapons at it’s max value if the unit didn’t move or if they’re a Terminator. Shorthand for the Space Marine unit, Bladeguard Veterans.Ī large amount of models in a single unit. Think of reserving or deepstriking a majority of your army, waiting for your opponent to expose themselves more and then dropping down to cause as much damage as possible.Ī unit that can take a lot of damage while also dealing a lot of damage. Shorthand for Powergamers that take advantage of holes in the rules to win a game.Ī strategy to dump your damage and become aggressive on your second turn on Battle Round 2. Tagging an enemy unit with your own units stopping them from shooting or forcing the unit to have to fall back on your opponent’s turn. A turn where the victor of the game can be easily discerned or a turn where one player gains a significant advantage to close out the game.Įxample: We’re now moving into the Backbreaker turn. BĪn ability or psychic power that only deals 1 mortal wound.Ĭommonly referred to as Battle Round 3. Refers to a stratagem from Space Marines of the same name and ability. When a unit is able to fire it’s weapons when an enemy unit deepstrikes or strategic reserves near them. Shorthand for the army Adeptus MechanicusĪ unit who’s main purpose is to kill whatever it touches in melee combat. Think of Flyers going across the board and shooting down as much of their opponent as possible or having units with advance and charge that will aim to get into your army turn 1. A well rounded army list.Ī strategy to dump all of your damage onto your opponent by being super aggressive if you get turn 1. ![]() AĪ list that isn’t skewed and is meant to welcome all kinds of different armies. The unit can still only save on a 2+, you can never save on a dice result of 1.ģd6 Dropping Lowest The ability to roll 3 6-sided dice and dropping the lowest result. Having modifiers to your armor save meaning you would need an Armor Penetration of -2 to bring the model’s save to a 3+. This terminology can be extended to things like Terminators for TEQ (S4, T4, 2+/5++). If a unit has the similar statline to a standard marine (Strength 4, Toughness 4, 3+ Save) you can just abbreviate it down to MEQ. This is to quickly identify to someone the stats of a unit. This is a roll over term from past editions where this terminology actually existed and has stuck around as a reference to the original term. Feel no pains or FNP for short, is just a way to abbreviate saying, “I ignore this damage on a 5 or higher.” Instead you just say, “I have a 5+ feel no pain.” Some people also enjoy saying that they shrug off the damage on a certain number. Notice how I didn’t explain the +++ for Feel No Pains in the above shorthand. If they have a 2+ armor save and a 4+ invulnerable save you can shorthand it down to 2+/4++.įNP, Feel No Pain, Shrug – Damage is ignored on a certain roll So if a unit doesn’t have an invulnerable save you simple say 3+. This is the number and symbol people use to abbreviate something like, “This Terminator has a 4+ invulnerable save,” and is mostly used in text form. +, ++, +++ – Saves, Invulnerable Saves, Feel No Pain # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # Tyranids = Nids) we will be placing that into this list. However if there is a shorthand for the arm (i.e. Unless it’s used a lot, we will be ignoring these. Keep in mind, for the most part we will not be covering the abbreviations of armies (Astra Militarum = AM) just because they’re for the most part self explanatory. If you’ve ever heard something like Bracketing, Feel No Pain, MEQ or other shorthands when it comes to 40k and just had no idea what people mean by it – here’s a complete glossary going over all the shorthand 40k players use on a regular basis. ![]() I wrote this a while ago as a glossary for all the terms in 40k that might sound confusing for new players and didn’t really have a place to put all of this until now.
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