This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Quest of Champions (Heat 1) that took place in the UK on the 4th and 5th February. It involved 30 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Army Subfaction: Underguts
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Icebrow Hunter (120) 1
– General
– Command Traits: Voice of the Avalanche
– Aspect: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Slaughtermaster (140) 2
– Artefacts: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Spells: Blubbergrub Stench
1 x Bloodpelt Hunter (140) 3
1 x Bloodpelt Hunter (140) 3

BATTLELINE
2 x Frost Sabres (80)
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)**
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist

ARTILLERY
1 x Ironblaster (200)*
1 x Ironblaster (200)**
1 x Ironblaster (200)***

OTHER
20 x Gnoblars (120)***
20 x Gnoblars (120)***

CORE BATTALIONS:
1 Battle Regiment
2 Battle Regiment
3 Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Did you think Ogors were just Ironblasters and giant cows at ramming speed? Think again! Rory here leans heavily into the new season’s Galletian Champ rule by taking four of them – and Ogors happen to have an excellent selection to choose from.

In this instance, Rory starts with an Icebrow hunter – relatively unremarkable save for the fact they make Frost Sabres battleline as a General, and can also deepstrike along with one said unit of chill-cats. So already you can see the scoring potential – now add in two Bloodpelt hunters who are relatively slappy, invisible while in cover and can move at the end of an opponent’s movement phase (if 9″ away) – starting to feel insecure about your objectives?

Rory also opts to spread the meat-by-square inch between three msu Mournfang rather than packing it into one large Frosthorn, no doubt further aiding with the scoring heavy and board control game plan.

I mean, yes, sure, there are also three ironblasters and 40 Gnoblars – but the rest of the list is a really cool, Seasonal spin that shows off the Ogors’ diverse hero roster and really plays a balanced game of AoS – as evinced by taking down a motley crew en route to the 5-0: Slaves; Tzeentch; Ogors and Sylvaneth, all of whom ask very different questions, to which this list had all the answers!

Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Change Coven: Hosts Arcanum
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Kairos Fateweaver (440)*
Gaunt Summoner of Tzeentch (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Daemonspark
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc (170)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist

Battleline
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– 7x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (110)*

Units
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Daemonic Simulacrum (70)
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 87
Drops: 1

On to the second place list now and the one that pushed Rory, the eventual winner, the hardest, missing out on a 5-0 by only one battle tactic. Speaking to Sam after the event, it was the “Cast 3” tactic that just let him down with another book tactic being available and probably the easier option. While we’re talking about matchups, Sam also had an epic battle against Peter and his 9 (yes 9!) Revenant Seekers, so clearly Sam knows his Tzeentch!

Onto the list itself, Sam went for a one-drop list for this event and doesn’t plan to go back to more drops any time soon! The ability (most of the time) to make your opponent take the first turn and potentially come within range of those spells is excellent and, even if your opponent retains priority into turn 2 they have a really difficult choice: give it away and take Kairos bombarding you with spells into oblivion OR allow opponent to take advantage of the ‘going second’ battleplan bonuses.

Speaking of bonuses to going second, one of the MVPs of the list are the Enlightened on Discs. Lots of attacks with all of the profiles and with a couple of buffs on them and debuffs on opponent, they’re not going away any time soon. With the help of Destiny Dice, they could have a guaranteed 28″ threat range (move 16″ + 12″ charge) to reach out and wipe out whatever it touches. Combo that move with a double turn and you’ve got a unit that can take out two of your opponent’s key pieces and still be hanging around causing mayhem.

In terms of spells, Sam is a little limited in numbers, but Kairos knows all of the Lore of Change and the Gaunt Summoner (a Galletian Champion, by the way) knows all of the Lore of Fate. Combined with the Fluxmaster generating those Fate Points with his spell, it’s not unreasonable to be able to put 10 Blue Horrors down every turn.

Overall, a fab list that has given me a lot to think about in terms of how I build my own Tzeentch list (featured twice in the ‘L’ column of this rundown!) and one that I’m sure Sam will have a tonne of success with in the future.

Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Boulderhead
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)*
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Everwinter – Keening Gale
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Slaughtermaster (140)*
– Lore of Gutmagic: Molten Entrails
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Tyrant (150)*
– Big Name: Deathcheater

Battleline
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Culling Clubs and Hackers with Ironfists
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture

Units
4 x Ironguts (270)*

Artillery
Ironblaster (200)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 95
Drops: 1

A little more of a traditional Ogor list here from Peter – with a big ol’ Frostlord, your top tier value Tyrant, and two large-and-in-charge Stonehorn Beastriders. It’s a pin and pressure list, the likes of which many of you will be familiar with by now – with one Ironblaster for a little sniping and lots of mortals on the charge.

One unit of Ironguts stomp along for the ride to double-fight and mince whatever is stupid enough to let them catch up to them. A good, honest, hungry list that avoids spamming anything but is still more than capable of just boxing you in and scoring you out!

Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Hallowheart
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Battlemage (100)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Warding Brand
– City Role: General’s Adjutant
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Lore of Whitefire: Ignite Weapons
Luminark of Hysh with White Battlemage (270)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Sear Wounds
– Lore of Whitefire: Warding Brand
Nomad Prince (110)**
– General
– Command Trait: Veteran of the Blazing Crusade
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Ignite Weapons
– Lore of Whitefire: Warding Brand
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha

Battleline
5 x Sisters of the Thorn (130)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Crystal Aegis
– Lore of Whitefire: Sear Wounds
5 x Sisters of the Thorn (130)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Crystal Aegis
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
20 x Eternal Guard (240)**
– City Role: Honoured Retinue (Must be 5-20 models)
– Reinforced x 1

Units
6 x Vanguard-Palladors (400)*
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Demigryph Knights (170)*
– Lance and Sword
6 x Vanguard-Palladors (400)*
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
The Burning Head (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Galletian Command

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 133
Drops: 3

For the wildcard list at this event we have Freddie Leggett’s Cities of Sigmar list, variations of which he has been playing with great success over the last few months. Freddie not only specialises in being an absolute top bloke and lovely guy (David Wymer and I were fighting over who would get to ‘grudge’ Freddie round 1 – David got round 1; I got round 5) but also in taking units that most generals wouldn’t take and making them work.

The joke at the event was that it was the Eternal Guard who were the linchpin of the army, especially with the new Galletian battalion, it’s really the Palladors that make this list tick with the help of the Hallowheart wizards.

With the combination of spells Freddie has at his disposal, the unit of 6 can redeploy instead of move anywhere on the battlefield with Ride the Winds Aetheric at which point they can open up with their shooting attacks that all have +1 to wound. They can then attempt a 9″ charge, which is actually a 7″ charge thanks to the Battlemage of Ghur. The +1 to wound buff also helps in the fight phase and with All out Attack, this means that they’re all hitting and wounding on 2s. When they are hit back, they can have a -1 to hit from the Luminarch, have a bonus to their save with Mystic Shield and All out Defence (3+, ignoring rend -1) and, if the opponent does wound the Palladors, another spell turns them into little fluffy Magmadroths and bounce mortal wounds back on 4s. If a Sisters of the Thorn unit is nearby, they can boost the spell ignore for Hallowheart up to a 4+ to mean that not even magic can reliably clear them (I have personal experience of that).

But it’s okay. They did some damage and it took more resources than you’d like to take care of them, but they’ve been lifted now. Then Freddie sends in the second unit of 6!

Well done, Freddie, for a fab list, a great 4-1 and a huge congratulations on being named Captain of the UN Worlds Team. Fingers crossed the stars align to have you lead the team, maybe even with 12 Palladors along for the Ride Aetheric.

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