Power Weapons EXPLAINED! How Do They Work? | Warhammer 40K Lore
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Warhammer 40k is full of over the top weapons. but none really capture the imagination quite like the power weapons wielded by the space marines and other factions within the imperium of man. These things are absolutley nuts, from swords that can slice through any armor like it was made of wet paper, top hammers that can blow holes in the sides of ship bulkheads. lets take a deep dive of power weapons!
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Power rocket hammer?
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@@AlphariusXX426 the have those powerchainhalberds, right?
What powers Tyberos's Claws? Their fear of disappointing him.
During a session of Darktide today, a Zealot and I (playing as a psyker) held off a massive hoard and multiple elite-level enemies after two of our team members were downed too far away to save. The zealot was using a thunder hammer. I was using a power sword. It was awesome, and we managed to rescue our downed team. Emperor be praised :D
You have got to love power weapons, being able to literally split the matter of an enemy is the coolest
Like the HF blades from Metal Gear.
The Space Wolves have a variant of Power Sword & Axe, which have on their blades, teeth of the Kraken of Fenris, called "Frost Blades/ Axes". These Kraken teeth are hard as diamond and when the power field is activated, they make the blade shine like energized pieces of ice.
They don´t freeze their targets on impact though, which would be even more awesome.
The Thunder Hammer has to be my favorite just because of the
"-Thankfully he only glanced you
-It didn't feel like a glance
-Trust me, if you are still alive, it was just a glance" quote from the night lords trilogy. Really shows the power this weapon holds!
14:00 Fun fact: Deathwatch Watchmasters are also known to carry Guardian Spears, though they call them Vigil Spears. Dunno if there's a lore-reason for why they get to carry Custodes' gear, but it's neat.
My understanding is it was done as a show of respect for what the deathwatch does. Which i think is understandable. The deathwatch isnt big on glory or personal pride. Setting aside such feelings is important cor joining, cauae theyve got a job to do. Add in the idea that they also have a job that amounts to "keep an unending watch" and it wouldnt surprise me if the custodes actually feel the slightest bit of camaraderie with them. As for the different names, it's cause a vigil spear is outfitted with a fire selector so they can use the deathwatchs special issue ammunition.
I would love to see a video about Force Weapons. I've always found them to be one of the coolest types of weapons in 40k and there's more than enough lore for a video.
In brief, Force Weapons are created for Psykers, each weapon specifically attuned to its wielder and often created by them. They are made with a psychoactive core so that the Psyker can mentally connect with the weapon and project their psychic power into the blade. When a Psyker strikes with a Force weapon, the blade acts as a conduit, allowing the Psyker to channel their power directly into the body of their target.
I was just thinking that a power sword powered by a Psyker might be a way to circumvent the battery running out haha.
Dune does a great representatino of force weapons/psykers with the guns he teaches his army to use.
Yes, those are even nastier weapons, much rarer too.
Maybe they aren't actually rare but the people that can use them are.
Emperor's sword is one correct? Or is it just a basic sword?
@@flyingmissdaisy-.-293 The Emperor's Sword is described as a Relic Blade, which is a special type of Power Weapon. If it were a Force Sword, Guilliman wouldn't be able to use its powers, since he is not a Psyker.
There is a suggestion that the Emperor infused some of his own Psychic power into the blade, but that's something else entirely.
My absolute favourite is the power flail. Only used by rare elite units such as Dark angel knights and nurgle champions of the deathguard. Similar weapon can be mounted on a chaos dreadnought known as a power scourge.
Hey Wes I just want to say thank you! You were the first person I saw talking about 40K and you drew me in! Since then I’ve started to get into tabletop along with audio books! I just wanted to tell you a big thank you for introducing me to 40K!
As a fan of the Raven Guard, lightning claws are a favorite of mine. Haven't noticed if you've done a vid or series on Eldar weaponry. Things like the Harlequin's Kiss or their shuriken weaponry. Could be an interesting dive. Also: stay safe down there.
Ian is an hour away from landfall and I commend you Mr. Hammer on your unwavering dedication to the God King. Survive my friend!
For the Emperor!
Suffer not the Unclean to Live
For the glory of the Imperium.
For the Emperor please make video about The Legendary Hero of The Imperium Ciaphas Cain
The thing id most want to hear about is the psychic weapons - stuff like the Ynnari Croneswords, the emperor’s sword, the Thousand Sons’ staves, etc
Unfortunately not much of the infos of these weapons are given yet, even Russ' and Valdor's spears haven't got much informations revolved around them
Gotta say the criminally underrated power maul is one of my favorites, basically a flanged mace with a power field, even unpowered in the hands of a space marine it can maim other space marines with single blows…..in the lore at least 😂
I'm kinda interested in how the Power Chair works.
Do you wield it as a blunt force weapon? Or as a semi-bladed weapon?
power chairs have the ability to impart great force or slice depending on how you hold the chair
They are like the trick weapons from Bloodborne
@@curiouswind9196 this, I gotta see.
Power Chair
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Another awesome video! I can't imagine how long they take to make!
I'd love to hear more about the weapons, and gear, of the imperial guardsmen! Videos like these are mainly how I learn about the 40k universe, and I think it'd be really cool to hear about the His army! Is the gear the same for every member? If not, are they exclusive? Do you have to be granted access to those weapons, or can you just pick them up off the battle field?
I can't wait to watch your next video! Take care
For the truly _"brave"_ - the *Power Nunchucks.*
So only imperial guardsmen due to the standard issue adamantium balls
Also that’s a good joke
Omg I love power weapons
The Power Sword is my favourite. Ik it's basic, considering the alternatives, but the sword is so versatile, so elegant and so efective, I can't not pick it as my favourite 😀
Great video. I agree with the "quantity over quality" argument for the limited numbers of power weapons, but the cost is usually more than JUST the weapon. I feel that if you give an Astartes a power weapon, now he certainly needs better armor such as Aegis, Mark X, Errant, Terminator or Artificer. This is so the Imperium doesn't easily "lose" such an expensive asset to relatively minor engagements, he also needs to be exceptionally minded and trained for the same reason.
The power weapon seems to be part of a "full set" of excellence at every aspect of armor, weaponry and training -an Astartes generally has all three (Although exceptions do exist obviously). This makes the cost of a power weapon exponentially higher than just the weapon alone.
I love the look of axes. I used a blight lord chain axe head on one of my black legion models. I also used the hammer from a hellbrute on my warsmith.
A bow would be interesting. Ranged weapon that can tear a nice hole through anything. The arrows would be insanely expensive.
What about making it a plasma bow with power arms? Arrows at range, melee up close.
For practical purposes, I’d probably opt for a power sword, but stylistically, I’m quite fond of lightning claws.
To add a bit of context to the bladeless power weapon that uses a power source, that is known as a Sollex-Aegis Energy Blade and is an extremely rare weapon that was rediscovered from a long lost strand of archives within the Lathe Worlds of the Calixis Sector; It's essentially a protosaber from old Star Wars canon and I personally have turned it into what is essentially an archeotech version of a lightsaber by adding an infinite power source that recharges itself as it is activated in an Only War game I'm running (although the weapon itself comes from the Dark Heresy slpatbook Inquisitor's Handbook).
I always though an interesting concept for a different style of power weapon, would be something like a momentum or grav/kinetic weapon. Something like a chain-mace or Meteor hammer like weapon that as you swing the mace/hammer around the momentum/movement of this action is stored in a handle of the weapon, and then using a hidden switch you can switch this to converting the stored momentum into pure gravity or kenetic energy focused in the head/heads/weighted end of the weapon. The amount of the stored energy converted could be controlled thru holding the switch for shorter, or longer periods.
Strictly because I'm a necromancer fanatic, the scythe is just perfect in my mind for intimidating and dismembering xenos !
IDK about this weapon being available in 40k, but in my personal experience a war club is not a bad option.
It can be used to batter an enemy and cause damage through blunt force trauma. When small to medium spikes are employed it can crack lighter body armor. Being a club you can swing for the fences with it. It can be thrust forward like a spear as well. Even if you're fighting a guy wearing a helmet, he going to get a concision at the very least on a head shot.
I think it'd be cool if you did a video on some of the forgotten imperial guard regiments. Like the Elysian drop troopers, the chemdawgs, or the mid guardian axes. (They're a little known regiment of melee assault troops belonging to the astral military. They're quite literally space human space Vikings effectively abducted from their planet and forcibly stalking the jet pack and turn out a window.)
Tyberos The Red Wake has Power Chainswords mounted on both arms beneath his Lightning Claws, a truly violent astartes
Dont think you gave the power fist enough love here, its a demi god encased in armour that increases his strength that has a attachment to destroy molecular bonds and increase strength multiple times.
Weshammer forgot about the Angry Marines' Power Foot and Powered Chair.
I think Nathaniel Garro's power sword, Libertas was pretty cool when I was reading Flight of the Eisenstein.
Wes. You forgot the most advanced power weapon ever produced.
The power sack of power doorknobs.
My own favorite power weapon is not just any power weapon, but a specific named weapon of a subclass of a power weapon you listed - The daemon hammer "God-Splitter"
s, daemon hammers are a variant of thunder hammers that are made to be particularly deadly against daemons and other warp entities. They are blessed with sacred ointments and verses so as to have their mere presence near a daemon's form cause it to be undone. "God-Splitter" is of course the hammer carried by Gabriel Angelos of the Blood Ravens since the end of the OG Dawn of War, where Inquisitor Mordekai Toth gifted it to Angelos. According to lore, it has a piece of an Avatar of Khaine forged inside it, and since the AoK is my favorite 40k unit that just elevates God-Splitter to be my fav 40k weapon overall.
Lightning claws will always be my favorites, especially in the hands of a Raven Guard or Night Lord
i've always loved the lightning claw/storm shield combo. Followed by the simple elegance of a power sword- which is even better if paired with a bolt pistol.
I’m a bit south of Tampa so I’m enjoying the storm with you, stay safe and keep up the good work
Hopefully you got through the hurricane okay, Wes. I always liked the thunder hammer in older editions of 40k, now the good ol power sword is probably my favorite.
I'd love to see a video where you go into detail on T'au battlesuits. Whilst power fists may be a little silly, the Earth caste seemed to think they had merit. I love the lore behind the Onager gauntlets where they were prototypes invented during the Damocles crusade specifically to fight the Imperium and engage their tanks up close. Can't help but feel the Earth casters wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine a little XD
Thanks for helping me get into the warhammer universe, your vids are always awesome and entertaining. If it's possible I hope to see a video on the ships of the 40k universe such as the terminus est or the dreaded planet killer. There's a ton of lore surrounding them and would make a great video.
Wonder if you could make the teeth of a chainsword "power blades". Might be more efficient than an entire sword being writhed in power energy.
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Hey Wes, thank you for introducing me to the amazingly vast universe that is 40K, I hope you continue making these great videos explaining the wealt of information that conforms the franchise, also, if you do a Adeptus Mecanicus deep dive, as you have already done with the Sororitas, Death Guard and T'au ammong others, could you answer what happens if a membee of the Mecanicus has some kind of hability that affects the Warp, I mean psykers, nulls and such, as, as rare as thos are, I doubt there haven't been at least one of them within the ranks of the Mecanicus.
As I said, thank you very much and I hope you continue making this incredible videos.
Thunder Hammer goes hard. Throwback to Space Marine, slaughtering countless Orks with swing after swing
never seen a warhammer channel rise to such high numbers of subcribers in such a short amount of time. really glad that i discovered your channel at its infancy. one of my favorite things to do is to watch your video during dinner while sipping on spiced rum.
the moment i watched your Tau video i knew you would succeed greatly
Grimaldus' Crozius is my fave. It's such a brutal blunt force instrument.
I roleplayed a Dark Angel assault marine armed with a power fist in a Deathwatch tabletop rpg. Looked a bit silly at first, but pulping genestealers with that thing was fun as hell.
I think you forgot the dreaded Power Chair. Favored by the Angry Marines
Good luck, and be safe with the bad weather. And cover psyker weapons next please.
Till next time.
I don't want this to come off like a back handed compliment but I love the 180° turn in your videos style because I honestly didn't give you the time of day. Now I literally wait every week for your videos. You're doing great 👍
Been watching your vids for a few days and I love your energy you give to the more.and stories makes them way more enjoyable
0:45, My word that screenshot is pretty
I will always favor the Thunder Hammers and Chainfists. Just brutal weapons that scratch that itch just right.
Eviscerators are best of both worlds
is the Ork rocket hammer a power weapon?? I think if I believe it is, then it really makes it a Power Weapon 🗿
The necrons have blades that according to string theory and other dimensional based theories, should logically be able to exist in any universe they want to be in should they vibrate at the correct "reality level"(or whatever term u wanna use) and that's honestly why you just don't fuck with their melee weapons almost as much as you don't with their horrifying death machines.
natural frequency of the universe itself. string theory is pretty interesting rabbit hole.
@@jonathanathor117 yeah and it's also pretty likely to be true given that not only does everything seem to vibrate, but it even solves Einstein's complaints with physics.
@@guywholikesmemes4993 DC comics introduced me to string theory and that one video on numberphile where they proved all the whole numbers from 1 to infinity equals to -1/12.
@@jonathanathor117 same. I highly recommend you watch the imaginary axis, more specifically: his 2 videos on the DC villain darkseid. It will really make you see reality differently.
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love the vid bro, keep makin lore vids and ill keep watching them XD
Brilliant video wes my favourite power weapon is the power scythe because the death guard are my favourite faction in 40k and good luck with the hurricane
Thoughts on a T'au Battlesuit deep dive?
I’m new to warhammer and know virtually nothing about it but since seeing your shorts I have been very interested into getting into it but it seems very daunting😳
I recently ordered my first 40k book because of you. I'm incredibly excited!
Awesome video, wish you would have brought in hyperphase weapons too
My bare knuckle fist is the only power weapon I need.
After a few more videos down, in the backlog, I've finished painting my Blood Angels and they look great! Now I just need to get my Custodes army next paycheck. Heh heh.
I f****** love your shorts, you make me wanna play warhammer, I just don’t know how to go about it or even begin. You just make warhammer so interesting. Keep up the good work bro.
man i just found your channel thank you been a 40k lurker for years have armies and box sets and paint sets never used love the lore and at this point just owning the sets
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Fun vids man. I've been watching a few a day all week.
Melta weapons would be cool to learn about. They r described and represented in so many different ways. Are they a beam weapon or a shotgun blast of heat?
You should cover the legendary power weapons used by chapter masters and such. My personal favorite is Axe Morkai used by Logan Grimnar.
If you get sick of the storms we have a phenomenon in my area of Wisconsin because of a large lake in close proximity to lake Michigan that causes storms to break up and go around us. Although if I was well equipped I would love to experience a hurricane lol
Could you imagine being some poor regular infantry unit, imperial or chaos or tau, just chilling out before seeing a >8ft tall behemoth running towards you out of the darkness with a pair of giant Fucking claws screaming about the emperor? This is why space marines are so effective outside of special fights, seeing that sort of thing would be trousers-soilingly terrifying.
maybe next time do indepth on ranged weapons
Okay so my favorite official power weapon is the thunder Hammer thunder Hammer . Using a thunder hammer in combination with a jump pack in the space Marine game was one of the most satisfying things I have ever done in my entire life.
love all the content man keep up the hard work because of your work I went into tabletop!
Great video to watch as I paint an assault terminator
You’re doing a great job bud, keep it up!
Hope your safe I like lighting claws and thunder hammer the most
The legendary power chair is my personal favourite
The Emperors Spear by the Space wolf’s is pretty cool owned by Leman Russ or Tyberous and his monster chainsword chain claw hands are nasty
Definitely the power fist.
It takes a certain kind of genius to create a gauntlet that not only increases its wearer's strength but also wraps itself in a matter disrupting forcefield.
With one of these you could dig through armor plate as easily as if it was loose sand.
Hopefully the storm passed you by. We are in West Palm and we only got rain. Stay safe and I love the content. Keep it up.
Stay safe Wes, hope you’re doing well.
For me, it’s a tie between a thunder hammer and lightning claws. Both are physical example of the God-Emperor’s wrath. One smites the enemy with the crack of thunder. The other tears them apart.
You forgot one of the coolest power weapons: Corvus's power whip. Capable of entangling foes then tearing them to shreds when the power field activated. A weapon so dangerous I don't I've heard anyone other than a Primarch wielding one. I think some Dark Eldar witches might use them, but they're nucking futs in not sure they count lol.
My favorite unofficial power weapon is the angry birds power folding chair slash monkey wrench because it's hilarious.
I'm a huge fan of Chaos Gate Daemon Hunters so the power halberd is my fav by far.
The best power weapons are Eldar-made.
Amongst the most exotic are the Triskele, a tri-bladed throwing weapon fitted with anti-grav suspensors that can allow it to strike several foes before returning to the owner's hand. The blades each have their own power fields, so a triskele can tear through armoured foes as easily as unarmoured ones.
Similar is the Web of Skulls, a trio of diamond-hard crystalline skulls on lengths of chain, wielded as a flail, but which can be thrown to strike several distant foes before returning to the owner.
Finally, the Harlequin's Caress is literally just a wrist-mounted disruption field generator. Enveloping the user's hand in a disruption field, their touch becomes deadly, and they can reach through a target's chest to pluck out their heart with as much ease as they would pluck petals from a flower.
question, would it be possible to make a smaller version of the thunder hammer. placing the same concept into a mace? A thunder mace, all the power of a thunder hammer in a one handed power weapon?
Can you cover other rare weapons in the 40K Universe like how you mentioned the Ork Power Claw. One of them that comes to mind for me is the vampire sword wielded by the leader of the Farsight enclave of the Tau.
I hope you make it through hurricane Ian okay! great video
Just came up with best idea ever, a power chain-sword :O
If you hadn’t noticed I think that no one in the imperium truly understands the tech they use and manufactorums are just printers that they provide raw materials and the device prints out a fully working item.
The power scythe might be one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Can you do a video on the tanith first and only guard regiment
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I like the lore behind the Power Hammer, a mining tool turned weapon in the hands of a Genestealer Cultist. They're almost exclusively family heirlooms, passed down from miner to miner, and treated with care for they know they're almost irreplaceable. Many have become crude devices over time, as housings and ornaments wear away or break off. They're invaluable for manual mining, as is often done in places where strip or blast mining might compromise a hive city. Before the Votann were unveiled, they made an appearance in my fan Squat codex for 8e.
See? The scambot agrees with me.
Gotta say my absolute favorite is the chainfist. There is something “super 40k” about a power fist with a chainsaw strapped to it
as someone who has tried to split wood that was like mush with an axe it is actually quite a bit harder that cutting normal wood a beter analogy would be it turns to paper