Oh boy it's LVO time again

It's the first major tournament of 2018 and that means every meta-setter, wanna-be, and all around jackwagon is gonna be flying out to Vegas to play with tiny plastic space men. This of course is the gambling capital of the USA so naturally bets are flying fast and hard over what to expect this year. Here are a few of my favs:

1: Josh Death's dog will maul someone.

2: At least 2 lists in the top 8 will be inaccurate and at least 1 will have discrepancies bad enough to warrant judge intervention.

Two people in the top 8, including Josh Death, forfeit their spot due to cheating regarding the rules of the models in their lists.

3: Someone will concede on a seize.

4: A veteran tourney player will use only Battlescribe to make their list.

5: Within 2 weeks of the LVO a new FAQ will be released to fix some game-breaking exploit witnessed on the stream, interrupting GW's nascent update schedule.

Nick Nanavati's list is using a RAW exploit involving an Alaitoc detachment unlocking the Saim-Hann stratagems for Ynnari. Expect an FAQ in 2 weeks time.

6: Someone will be caught cheating on the stream.

Confirmed on stream someone using a Stormraven Gunship as a Fire Raptor.

7: At least 10% of submitted lists will not have taken something from Chapter Approved into account.

Multiple independent verified accounts of Chapter Approved changes to rules not being taken into account, including the Josh Death incident.

8: Someone in the top 50 will have never played 8th edition prior to entering the LVO tournament.

9: Someone will submit a 7th edition list.

10: Dakkadakka, Competitive 40k, BoLS, etc. will spend the following 3 weeks angrily debating what to do about cheaters in the 40k scene and blame everything on the TO/Judges.

TeenageAngst wrote:

Nick Nanavati's list is using a RAW exploit involving an Alaitoc detachment unlocking the Saim-Hann stratagems for Ynnari. Expect an FAQ in 2 weeks time.

What do you mean by this?

GW wrote in comments to Ynnari nerf, that they are needing it because they can use stratagems, so I wouldn’t count on it.

If we don't see an FAQ after this tournament I will be shocked.

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Nick Nanavati's list is using a RAW exploit involving an Alaitoc detachment unlocking the Saim-Hann stratagems for Ynnari. Expect an FAQ in 2 weeks time.

I'm assuming this means RAW having a Craftworlds detachment (in this case Alaitoc) unlocks Stratagems, which include the Saim-Hann Stratagem that allows advancing and charging.

Then a Ynnari detachment can include a unit of "Saim-Hann" Shining Spears, and use the Stratagem despite there not being a Saim-Hann detachment in the army.

The way Nick pulled a Tony on Tony was just absolute gold.

https://clips.twitch.tv/SuaveGleamingSpiderWOOP

Kantalla wrote:

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Nick Nanavati's list is using a RAW exploit involving an Alaitoc detachment unlocking the Saim-Hann stratagems for Ynnari. Expect an FAQ in 2 weeks time.

I'm assuming this means RAW having a Craftworlds detachment (in this case Alaitoc) unlocks Stratagems, which include the Saim-Hann Stratagem that allows advancing and charging.

Then a Ynnari detachment can include a unit of "Saim-Hann" Shining Spears, and use the Stratagem despite there not being a Saim-Hann detachment in the army.

Various people claiming that this was cheating etc but it's absolutely RAW. The only requirement to unlocking CWE strats is having a battle-forged army with at least one CWE detachment in it. Nick's list had that. Individual stratagems can then be played as long as the target of the strat is correct, in this case a Saim Hann biker unit. There is NO requirement to have a detachment from a specific craftworld in order to use a stratagem for that craftworld. You only need the relevant unit to be present, which it was.

Whether GW want to FAQ that or not I don't know. I would imagine there will be more important things on their mind when looking through the LVO results. Like what to do with Ynnari and finding out which idiot buffed Dark Reapers in the codex instead of nerfing them!