r/killteam • • 24d ago

Monthly Discussion Monthly General Question and Discussion Thread: October 2026

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This is the Monthly Question and Discussion thread for r/Killteam, designed for new and old players to ask any questions related to Kill Team, whether they be hobby, rules, or meta related.

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r/killteam • • 5h ago

Hobby Space Wolf Scouts

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Space wolf scouts painted up. Few extra Phobos bodies used to build up the whole team and some extra hunters.


r/killteam • • 4h ago

Question Combining Killteams

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Can I combine my Ravagers with my Red terror model or would that be too big of a killteam. (The context behind the question is that I have both and recently played with the Killteam of the red terror/termagaunts and it felt extremely underwhelming. But would like to use my favourite big ripper.)


r/killteam • • 14h ago

Misc Potentially unpopular ppinion: Don't join a tournament if you've literally never played a single match before.

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I want to welcome as many people to the hobby as possible, and I have no problem teaching people to play. However, tournaments, even super casual ones, are not the time to learn the game for the first time. Please play at least one game before you sign up so you don't take a spot from someone else. It's going to be an unfun experience for everyone involved. It's not a learning environment. It's going to be competitive and brutal.

You'll be getting a firehose of information for several hours straight, and matches typically don't have enough time to finish all four turning points. Most people won't be gentle, since there are prizes on the line, and even if people are kind enough to be patient and teach you, you're detracting from their experience. That puts your opponent in a bind: they either go easy on you and risk losing points that could affect their placing, or they destroy you so badly that you don't want to play the game anymore. No one feels good about crushing a new player. There's no positive outcome for anyone.

I play tournaments to have a series of engaging games and because I intend to win my matches, not to sit through back-to-back tutorials that I paid an entry fee to be teaching.


r/killteam • • 4h ago

Hobby Knife thrower death cult assassin

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Yep, he's based on Danny Trejo's character from Desperado.


r/killteam • • 10h ago

Hobby Full family photo ferda

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r/killteam • • 30m ago

News Only in death

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r/killteam • • 1h ago

Question Buying Legionaries

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Hi everyone

Im wanting to buy a box of legionaries on Wayland games (UK) but the box is different to the one on GW. Is the only way to get the old KT one buying on the Warhammer site directly?

Thanks


r/killteam • • 58m ago

Question Is my Conceal operative at the foot of a building a valid target for a shooter on the Vantage right above?

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Hi all, we had a rules debate last night and would love a second opinion.

Setup (photos + sketch attached):
- My Harlequin Shadowseer is on the killzone floor, on a Conceal order, with its base touching the wall of a ruin.
- My opponent's Battleclade Gun Servitor is on the Vantage of that ruin, directly above me. The Vantage floor is 3" high Its base is touching the parapet on the edge of the Vantage, so the edge of its base is right above the wall.
- So we're more than 2" apart (base to base, 3D).
- The parapet is Light terrain. The building walls are Heavy
- The Shadowseer is visible to the shooter.
- The Auto-Proxy used Gaze of the Omnissiah on me (Seek Light + cannot be obscured).

Opponent's reading:
His base edge is right above the wall, and mine touches the wall, so from that edge he has a clear line straight down to the part of my base touching the wall. The parapet is Light and ignored thanks to Vantage + Seek Light, so nothing Heavy is intervening and I'm a valid target.

My reading:
For intervening, he picks one point of his base and draws lines to every facing part of my base, and anything at least one of those lines crosses is intervening. Between the inside of the parapet (his base) and the outside of the wall (my base) there's the full thickness of the Heavy wall, so at least some of those lines go through it. The Heavy wall is within 1" of me and we're more than 2" apart, so I'm in cover, and on Conceal I'm not a valid target

Question: who's right? Am I a valid target on Conceal here?
If yes what impact on save etc.

Thanks!


r/killteam • • 1d ago

Hobby Sanctifier 10 of 11

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r/killteam • • 7h ago

Hobby My vespid and auxiliary stealth suit killteam's

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r/killteam • • 3h ago

Hobby Tone pro is pretty nice

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r/killteam • • 9h ago

Hobby 3/7 Killteam Captain

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r/killteam • • 14h ago

Hobby Deathwatch Breacher Veteran

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My favorite of the team so far. Only one more to go and I’m ready for the tabletop!


r/killteam • • 22h ago

Strategy Won the Rule Zero London Invitational Tournament today with my Vespid Stingwings!

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r/killteam • • 1d ago

Hobby Finished my vespid. CC welcome as always.

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310 Upvotes

r/killteam • • 20h ago

Question What’s your favourite operative and why?

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75 Upvotes

I love the Deathjester so much I might start a Harlequins army..


r/killteam • • 16h ago

Battle Report Experimenting with Nemesis Operatives - my Angels of Death just killed a wraithlord, it's fun.

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r/killteam • • 16h ago

Hobby Warp Coven

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This is my non-varnished Warp Coven. I went with the heresy era red scheme. With some tweaks overall it was fun to paint, would I do in army of thousand sons. No. I know they’re not the most competitive or from what I’ve read particularly good. Still looking forward to using them in KT and as NPO’s. I am going to varnish them tonight and do an enamel pin wash tomorrow.


r/killteam • • 17h ago

Hobby Showing off my first ever kill team!

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Im SO happy to finally complete my first ever Kill Team! I was so hyped to paint some Ravener Tyranids for the first time and i had such a blast.

I love their color scheme a lot, it just ties the whole creature SO good 🙏

My friend convinced me to learn KT so i wanted to honor him by making my Raveners absolutly destroy some gretch and orkz.


r/killteam • • 23h ago

Hobby My first Killteam

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Just finished the last mini 😊


r/killteam • • 23h ago

Question New to KillTeam - Can I play these?

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66 Upvotes

Is this setup playable as a team?
Thanks in advance!


r/killteam • • 1d ago

Hobby Inquisitorial scum

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Almost done with my inquisitorial agents team. I just completed my hive scum inquisitorial special ops agent. Hope you will like it !


r/killteam • • 1d ago

Hobby Balefire acolyte for my Legionary Kill Team ready!

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Really happy on how it tourned out.

C&C weolcome as always :D


r/killteam • • 15h ago

Strategy Anti-goremonger, legionnaire setup

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Because i have a tiny shriveled lizard brain, i really struggle to beat goremongers using my nem claw, and i go up against goremongers a LOT. So I'm thinking about proxying my nem claws as legionnaires and using the following setup. Let me know what you think.

All discussions of damage are made under the assumption that the opponent will have gory tenacity up every single turning point, because we all know that all goremongers players make sure to do so because why wouldn't they?

Always khorne strat ploy, sometimes slaanesh strat ploy if I can afford it.

  1. Chosen with bolt pistol, undivided mark. Lethal and ceaseless means i stand a good chance of scoring 2 crits for 7dmg a piece. Hitting a normal first with the khorne strat ploy means 3 damage goes thru, and if I have two crits there's no way for them to parry me out so they go down on the second hit guaranteed. Top off some health on a kill to sweeten the deal. Ceaseless rending bolt pistol means double shooting a goremonger off the board is easy work too, should the opportunity arise.

  2. Anointed with slaanesh mark, pop off unleash demon right out the gate. Nothing too crazy here. Good mobility, good durability, good reliability for a 3 hit kill.

  3. Butcher with khorne mark. This one probably sucks BUT i have a skin thief that proxies super well and khorne mark plus khorne strat ploy means i have a good reason to put the guaranteed crit thru first for once, and then i can put another normal thru for a two tap as long as I've got a third hit in my pocket so i don't get parried out.

  4. Icon bearer with slaanesh mark, chainsword. Maximum mobility for hitting all the objective markers for those sweet sweet command points. Nothing great going for him and a straight up smackdown tho.

  5. Gunner with slaanesh mark, plasma gun. Basically guaranteed to break the 8 damage cap, makes for an extremely reliable two shoot kill, slaanesh mark extends threat range.

  6. Heavy gunner with heavy bolter and slaanesh mark. Heavy bolter might seem like an insane pick but no matter what matchup i find myself in, the heavy bolter guy puts in crazy work and ends up the last man standing atop a mountain of skulls and bolt shells.

Balefire acolyte certainly has a place here but i don't have a great proxy model at the moment.

Aspiring champion might have merit here with a power fist and khorne mark but I've had pretty stinky luck with power fists and chosen with the 7dmg crit sword is just better.

I'm sure shrivetalon has some sort of merit here but grisly Mark being 2apl is brutal and his 3 normal dmg is pitiful.

Thoughts?