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 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. 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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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, 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 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. 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 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. 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