Which Faction Is Currently Winning? | Warhammer 40k Lore

Summary

Highlights

• The Imperium, despite setbacks, is rallying with the return of loyalist primarchs and strategic initiatives. 💪
• Chaos has gained considerable momentum, becoming a formidable adversary with the return of several demon primarchs. 👹
• The Eldar's hopes have dimmed with their current plotline stagnation and ongoing challenges. 🌌
• Tau's potential growth is thwarted by recent military setbacks, although their technology continues to advance. 🤖
• Orks are amassing strength under Gazcal, promising future large-scale conflicts. 💥
• The Necron factions are embroiled in internal conflicts, hindering their broader plans. 🛡️
• The Tyranids remain a looming threat, causing widespread havoc and requiring united efforts from various factions. 🐜
• Currently, Chaos seems to be leading the power race in the Warhammer 40k universe. 🏴

Key Takeaways

• The Imperium of Man has faced significant challenges but is stabilizing with strategic efforts. ⚔️
• Chaos has become a formidable threat with its vast resources and strategic advancements. 😈
• The Eldar and Tau are struggling to maintain influence in the current Warhammer 40k setting. 🚫
• Orks are gearing up for a massive conflict that could change the power dynamics. 🪖
• Chaos currently seems to have the upper hand in the Warhammer 40k universe. 🏆

Overview

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:30: Introduction and Video Sponsor The introduction sets the stage with a discussion on the dynamics of Warhammer 40k, highlighting how different factions such as the Imperium, Chaos, Orks, and Eldar experience varying fortunes in the universe. The chapter builds intrigue around which faction is currently leading in the Warhammer 40k setting and teases an answer to who would stand the best chance if the end times were announced.
• 01:30 - 04:00: Imperium's Current Status The chapter titled 'Imperium's Current Status' discusses the transition into spring and the need for individuals to get into shape. It highlights the challenge of determining one’s maintenance calories, often a frustrating trial-and-error process. However, the chapter introduces a solution through a device called Lumen, which utilizes an individual’s breath to detect and understand their metabolism, offering a more tailored and informed approach to personal fitness and nutrition goals.
• 04:00 - 06:00: Chaos' Rise to Power In this chapter, the focus is on the rise of 'Chaos' to power, which is symbolized through the optimization of physical performance using a device called Lumen. The narrator describes how Lumen helps by providing personalized advice on nutrition, particularly suggesting higher carbohydrate intake before workouts to enhance results. This has led to improved performance and personal bests in the gym. Lumen also offers daily macro targets and syncs with other health apps, making the process streamlined and effective for achieving fitness goals, whether it's losing fat, building muscle, or both. The chapter concludes with an offer to get the Lumen device at a discount.
• 06:00 - 08:30: Eldar's Struggles The chapter titled 'Eldar's Struggles' dives into the power dynamics within the universe of Warhammer 40k. It begins with an engaging hook, promoting a sponsor, before delving into an analysis of each faction's current standing in the power struggle. The focus then shifts to the Imperium of Man, highlighting its position as the largest and most fluctuating power. The Imperium's historical victories in key conflicts like the tyrannic wars and the wars for Armageddon are discussed.
• 08:30 - 10:30: T'au and Necron's Expansion In this chapter, the narrative revolves around the challenges faced by various factions, notably the T'au and Necrons, amidst chaotic events and cosmic disturbances. The Eldar opt to stay away from direct conflict, while Chaos remains largely confined to the Eye of Terror. However, major engagements with Chaos, like the Siege of Rex, result in Imperial victories. The situation changes dramatically when the Fire Nation and Abaddon launch an attack, leading to the fall of Cadia, destruction of the Necron Pylon network, and the creation of the Great Rift. This cosmic event momentarily incapacitates the Emperor and glitches the Astronomican, subsequently allowing a massive Khornate host to manifest on Terra, posing a significant threat to the Emperor. Millions of ships find themselves lost in warp travel amidst the chaos.
• 10:30 - 12:30: Tyranids' Threat The chapter "Tyranids' Threat" outlines a dire situation for the Imperium, where demonic forces overtake numerous worlds, transforming them into demon domains and besieging countless others. The Imperium is split, teetering on the brink of defeat until Gilliman's critical return revitalizes their defenses. His actions save Terra and initiate the Indomitus Crusade, which helps to stabilize the Imperium, push Chaos forces back, and challenge Abaddon's plans. The Crusade secures Imperium Sanctus, a region still under the Emperor's Light, while indicating that Imperium Nius faces impending dangers.
• 12:30 - 15:30: Orks' Position in the Warhammer Universe In the Warhammer Universe, the Imperium is slowly regaining its footing amidst a galaxy in chaos. Dante and his Blood Angels are struggling to maintain control, but are holding together. As forces align, the Imperium is adjusting to the radical changes in the galaxy. The narrative touches on how Gilliman has successfully concluded the Plague Wars, decisively beating the Death Guard, and is now focusing on battles against the Silent King and the Tyranids. Simultaneously, the return of the Primarch Lion El'Jonson represents a significant triumph for the Imperium. He is actively engaging in epic battles across Imperium Nylus, combating Chaos warbands, Tyranid forces, and other threats. While the path to victory isn't smooth, the Imperium is showing signs of stabilization, bolstered by the leadership of these renowned figures.
• 15:30 - 18:30: Leagues of Votann and Conclusion on Faction Power The chapter discusses the current status of various factions in the fictional universe, particularly focusing on the loyalist Primarchs and the implications of the Emperor potentially waking up. The potential awakening of the Emperor is seen as exciting but its actual impact on the Imperium remains uncertain until further developments occur.
• 18:30 - 20:00: Conclusion The conclusion discusses the changing power dynamics within the universe following the opening of the great rift. This event has weakened the Imperium significantly, allowing traitor legions to view the long war as more winnable than ever before. Demons can now freely manifest across most of the galaxy. As a result, Khorne has risen in power with Angron being the most powerful demon primarch due to his ability to rapidly reform after banishment. Furthermore, multiple demon primarchs such as Magnus, Angron, and Fulgrim are increasingly active in the galaxy, causing widespread chaos.

Which Faction Is Currently Winning? | Warhammer 40k Lore Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 good day guys and gal one thing Warhammer does pretty well is make sure everyone stays in the fight and has their share of L's and dubs other than the Eldar apparently space elves literally can't catch a break sometimes the Imperium is dominating like during the Great Crusade sometime chaos seems like they're on top like when the Great Rift opened sometimes the orcs are scary like during the War of the Beast however who is currently winning the setting at 40k the most who would have the best odds if GW announced the end times are about to kick off it's an interesting and quite complicated question but there is indeed an answer before we get
• 00:30 - 01:00 started as spring arrives for most of you it's time to shed our winter coats and by that I mean it's time to tighten up the rigs and get into shape now you could do that by figuring out your maintenance calories through trial and error get frustrated and give up or you could buy hack yourself with the power of the omnisiah using a lumen we all know everyone has a different metabolism and responds better to different quantities and types of food but no one tells us what our metabolism actually is like other than a lumen how it works is that by breathing into your Lumen device it can detect your metabolic
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• 01:30 - 02:00 screen this is the best way to kickstart your lean and mean journey cheers to Lumen for sponsoring this video today we'll go over each faction's current position in the power struggle of 40k to determine who is actually winning uh let's get into it starting us off large and in charge how is the Imperium of Man going well out of all the factions the Imperium is by far the biggest yo-yo prior to the opening of the Great Rift they were definitely winning each tyrannic war had ended in Imperial victory the Imperium won all the wars for Armageddon the
• 02:00 - 02:30 Elder didn't want to touch them and Chaos had been mostly confined to the Eye of Terror with all large conflicts against Chaos like the siege of Rex ending Imperial victory but then the Fire Nation then the Abdon attacked destroying Cadia ruining the Nekron Pylon network and causing the Great Rift to open the opening of the great rift [ __ ] sucked more dick than your mum it knocked the emperor out temporarily winking at the astronomicon which in turn allowed a huge cornite host to materialize on terror and almost killed the emperor it caused millions of ships amid warp travel to become lost or
• 02:30 - 03:00 destroyed it consumed hundreds of Imperial worlds and turned them into demon worlds with thousands more getting sieged by demonic hordes it also cut the Imperium in half overall a terrible time a total defeat was only prevented by the desperate resurrection of Gilliman who sprinted to terror in time to save it before then creating the Indomitus Crusade which stabilized a lot of the Imperium driving back chaos from a near victory and forcing Abdon to take a step back and come up with new strategies the Indomitus Crusade would secure Imperium Sanctus the side of the Imperium where the Emperor's Light still reached whilst Imperium Nius would start to come under
• 03:00 - 03:30 somewhat control as Dante and his blood angels fought to hold it together so overall the Imperium is slowly rallying as it reconciles its might and adjusts to the new [ __ ] hole state of the galaxy gilliman would go on to win the plague wars benching the death guard hard and is now turning his attention on taking on the silent king and the tyrannids in the meantime the lion has also returned a massive dub for the Imperium as he battles on Imperium Nylus destroying chaos warb bands tyrannid forces and everything else that needs slaying to be honest so whilst I wouldn't say the Imperium is cruising they significantly more stabilized and now have two return
• 03:30 - 04:00 loyalist primarchs also there is the Emperor waking up which is cool but until we see that develop it's hard to know how much of an advantage that will give the Imperium now let's look at Chaos for the longest time the ruinous powers were on the back foot whilst they theoretically had an endless tide of demons and technically have near limitless power due to the warp they need their mortal followers to establish footholds that they can exploit for example during the Heresy when Chaos was powerful as [ __ ] they were able to create fortresses and structures the size of star systems using their infinite warp power because they had so much influence on real space however now
• 04:00 - 04:30 demons can barely manifest outside the eye of terror without their balls cramping i mean that was until the opening of the great rift that blow to the Imperium was so mighty that the traitor legions have begun refocusing on the long war seeing it as winnable for the first time in thousands of years whilst demons can now manifest freely in most of the galaxy due to the state of the galaxy corn has become ascendant with Angron currently being the most powerful demon primarch mostly due to his ability to reform after banishment extremely quickly demon primarks are re-entering the setting left right and center with Magnus Angron and recently Fulgrim all in on the action and causing
• 04:30 - 05:00 havoc it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows though for the forces of hell mortarin is currently in the naughty corner for failing Nurgle as stated the line has returned and Gilliman stopped Chaos's momentum dead in its tracks after the opening of the great rift however Chaos has not been this strong since the Heresy and there doesn't really seem to be any good way to beat them right now killing Abdon would be a great blow but another would rise to take his place the demon primarchs cannot be killed only banished and there's still at least two demon primarchs yet to reenter the setting abdon is also currently working with Vashtor to find a super weapon that could give Chaos the edge it needs to
• 05:00 - 05:30 beat the Imperium and he is actually getting close so overall Chaos is in a very strong position but is that enough to put him in the lead i'll go with the Elder next as it is a bit of a meme the Elder Yanari plot line made it seem like they had a genuine chance to unnerf themselves free themselves from Slenesh's influence and rise up to become a new powerhouse threat in the galaxy instead we got to see them be Gillimman's sidekicks get their ass whooped by a shard of some random new Sleneshi demon before their plot line abruptly ends with a yeah so you can't really progress any further now GW seems to be moving away from the Inari entirely with even eldrat abandoning
• 05:30 - 06:00 their cause the major craft worlds are getting smacked one by one with Ulw currently being attacked by a united Nightlord legion bale Tan was shattered yandon is mostly a wraith craft world and I bet the others have some unlubricated [ __ ] heading straight for their [ __ ] as well despite their awesome model range refresh recently the Aldars law is as stale as an 80-year-old hooker's gash so this is one of the few factions I can comfortably say is not currently winning a setting of 40k maybe there will be some law developments since it appears that Fulgrim is wielding the final crone sword so if the
• 06:00 - 06:30 Elder can take that off him then maybe they can awaken Yaned and do something cool with that plotline but I wouldn't hold my breath as for the Exodites winning isn't in their vocabulary and the Dark Elder are barely holding their own domain together let alone worrying about any sort of conquest i don't know about the harlequins those guys are hard to track another faction that isn't winning but maybe one day could is the tow the tow are the only faction in 40k that are not stagnant or decaying they are constantly expanding their territories via sphere expansions and are constantly upgrading their technology in a few centuries or millennia this could result in them becoming the most powerful faction but
• 06:30 - 07:00 they have to last that long recently their fourth and fifth sphere expansions came crashing down when they fought a small fraction of the Deathguard Legion although the Tower won at great cost let's put that into perspective a sphere expansion is the greatest focus and concentration of tow military assets at any given time they had two sphere expansions worth of forces that went up against a small portion of the Death Guard who themselves are a small portion of all trader legions who themselves are a small portion of the total might of chaos so yeah the tow aren't winning anything big anytime soon they just need to hold on until their tech is so
• 07:00 - 07:30 advanced and makes the Nekrons look like Neanderthalss speaking of which how are the Nekrons tracking a lot of people are confused by the Nekrons they have the most advanced tech most of which they used and have kept since the War in Heaven a time where gods fought in real space a war that the Nekrons technically won yet they barely seem to be impacting the setting many people say "Oh that's just cuz they're sleeping when they wake up it's game over." Sorry to break it to you but most of the Nekrons have already woken up at least the Nekrons that matter it's just that with their newfound freedom granted by the Silent King most of them just want to keep random retards off their lawn or infight with rival Nekron dynasties only
• 07:30 - 08:00 Immotech the Storm Lord and the Silent King have any true ambition for total victory and those two powerhouses are fighting each other as well to the Silent King's credit he's trying to create and expand the Pariah Nexus a region of space where the warp is dead his goal is to expand the Pariah Nexus to encompass the galaxy meaning no more Chaos no more Elder no more Tyrannids as the Hivemind as a psychic connection even the humans would eventually die out as humans within the Nexus experience their souls being smothered and it really bums them out basically it would be a warpless galaxy free of psykers
• 08:00 - 08:30 warp travel and even souls only the Tower wouldn't mind it however with all the Nekron infighting and the Imperium throwing up stiff resistance including Gilliman coming in person the Pri Nexus is mostly contained for now but it's cool to see the Nekrons actually have a plan that they are actioning that could result in a total victory a bit of a wild card now what about the Tyrannids well the Tyrannids are either the greatest or second weakest threat to the galaxy right now behind the Elder obviously depending on how many more Nids are waiting to invade the Milky Way you've probably all seen an image like this at some point however these are
• 08:30 - 09:00 actually noncanon images everything in the Milky Way now could represent the entire Tyrannid's strength or it could represent less than 1% of their strength we just don't know the Tyrannids are mighty consuming many worlds and even if they fail in their invasion of a world the world is usually left permanently damaged even when a main high fleet is beaten it only takes a splinter of its surviving eating weaker worlds and then it can return in full strength within a few decades the Tyrannids have also been adapting to the galaxy's defenders creating new warrior forms using the DNA of newly consumed enemies to counter them however the galaxy is also adapting
• 09:00 - 09:30 to the tyrannids many strategies have been tried and tested and shown to be hyper effective against the nids the Imperiums also figured out how to revive and terraform planets that were consumed by the nids meaning all their damage is potentially undoable when the great rift opened the hive mind was also kicked in the balls similar to how the emperor was and got knocked out so that may hint towards the main tyrannid strength already been in the Milky Way as if the majority of the hive mind was still outside the galaxy then a galactic event shouldn't have been enough to affect it like that right now I would say the Tyrannids are a massive threat causing
• 09:30 - 10:00 everyone a huge headache but does that mean they're actually winning hard to say time to get orcy the orcs have always been around and have always been a good time some people may argue that the orcs are winning no matter what since their idea of victory is a state of constant battle however we aren't orcs and my definition of winning in this context is who has the best chance to achieve total domination of the galaxy orcs were always lined up to be the punching bag of the other factions the Imperium [ __ ] them up during the Great Crusade the tower have been [ __ ] them up on numerous occasions recently as have even the elder however
• 10:00 - 10:30 with the rise of Gazcal things are turning around after the end of the third war for Armageddon Gazcal has rallied the biggest w the galaxy has ever seen featuring countless billions and billions of orcs on millions of orcs ships where this green tidal wave will crash I am not sure but it'll be epic as hell however the orcs also did recently lose the Octarius War an all-out system spanning war between the Tyrannids and the Orcs with the Tyrannids finally winning and coming out of the conflict turbocharged due to all the biomass and experience they gained perhaps Gaz will use his mega army to halt the Tyrannid onslaught perhaps he will use it to
• 10:30 - 11:00 spank Ang for potentially killing Yaric or maybe he'll bring it crashing down on top of one of the newly returned Listless Primarks it's hard to say but the orcs currently do have a big fist that they're ready to annihilate someone with as for the leagues of Votan yeah sure you can giggle and be like "Okay major killer yeah the midgets are winning and that is a fair take however we need to remember that one of the Imperium's victory conditions is rediscovering an intact SDC which would return their tech to dark age of technology levels which is when they're unstoppable the leagues have intact SDC's sure they have their own issues but the leagues have insane technology
• 11:00 - 11:30 they just aren't conquerors and want to be mostly left alone okay so judging by all of this who is actually winning the setting of 40k well it's definitely not the tow elder or leagues i'll tell you that much i also wouldn't say the orcs are as although they have a lot of potential right now they haven't done anything with it the two nids are a major threat to everything but are also mostly kept in check due to everyone fighting them at the same time and hating them likewise the Nekrons have a plan and are executing it but they are also way too infight and have been hit hard by the Imperium for that plan to be considered winning yet the Imperium has returned to a strong position with the
• 11:30 - 12:00 Lion and Gmen in action but they still just trying to survive taking on the brunt of the Nekrons Chaos Tyrionids and even the Tower all by themselves they have no current clear path to victory even if you can call them the strongest so I would honestly say right now that Kaus is winning they can attack from almost anywhere from the Great Rift most of their primarchs have returned or are returning there are demons everywhere abdon is close to unlocking his super weapon vashtor is close to becoming a new chaos god and they have a near endless tide of resources and soldiers due to the warp it's impressive how Chaos can go from one of the least
• 12:00 - 12:30 threatening to the most threatening factions just because they managed to blow up Tadia it's kind of like opening up a dam if you enjoy the video and you want to support the channel then pick up a major mini we have had so many releases recently with so many more coming up I don't even know which one to talk about specifically here hit the subscribe button hit the real subscribe button for more winning content join the Discord for more memes and I'll see you in the next one [Music] peace bow to me [Music]