This is the top three 40k lists for the War Calls 2023 event that took place in Perth, Australia on the 22nd and 23rd of April. It involved 43 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-game tournament.

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The Top Three 40k Lists

Pre Game Stratagems: Gene-sire’s Gifts (-2 CP), Relic (-1 CP), Warlord Trait (-1 CP)
Starting Command Points: 3
Warlord: Primus
Army Trait: Pauper Princes
The Pauper Princes Arks of Omen [108 PL, 1998 pts]

HQ

Acolyte Iconward [4 PL, 65 pts]
Magus [4 PL, 80 pts]
– Power: Last Gasp
– Power: Might From Beyond
– Power: Psychic Stimulus, Psychic Familiar
Primus [4 PL, 70 pts]
– Relic: Reliquary of Saint Tenndarc
– Stratagem: Warlord Trait
– Warlord, Warlord Trait: Alien Majesty

Troops

Acolyte Hybrids [3 PL, 45 pts]
4xAcolyte Hybrid, Acolyte Leader (Cult Claws and Knife, Cult Lash Whip)
Acolyte Hybrids [3 PL, 45 pts]
4xAcolyte Hybrid, Acolyte Leader (Cult Claws and Knife, Cult Lash Whip)
Acolyte Hybrids [3 PL, 45 pts]
4xAcolyte Hybrid, Acolyte Leader (Cult Claws and Knife, Cult Lash Whip)
Acolyte Hybrids [8 PL, 145 pts]
5xAcolyte Hybrid, 4xAcolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon) (Heavy Rock Drill), Acolyte Leader (Cult Claws and Knife, Cult Lash Whip), Proficient Planning: A Trap Sprung
Acolyte Hybrids [7 PL, 130 pts]
5xAcolyte Hybrid, 4xAcolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon) (Heavy Rock Drill), Acolyte Leader (Cult Claws and Knife, Cult Lash Whip)
Neophyte Hybrids [9 PL, 200 pts]
4xNeophyte Hybrid (Flamer), 4xNeophyte Hybrid (Seismic) (Autopistol, Blasting Charges, Seismic Cannon), 11xNeophyte Hybrid (Shotgun), Neophyte Leader (Autopistol, Cult Shotgun), Proficient Planning: Lying in Wait
Neophyte Hybrids [8 PL, 180 pts]
4xNeophyte Hybrid (Grenade), 4xNeophyte Hybrid (Seismic) (Autopistol, Blasting Charges, Seismic Cannon), 11xNeophyte Hybrid (Shotgun), Neophyte Leader (Autopistol, Cult Shotgun)
Neophyte Hybrids [8 PL, 180 pts]
4xNeophyte Hybrid (Grenade), 4xNeophyte Hybrid (Seismic) (Autopistol, Blasting Charges, Seismic Cannon), 11xNeophyte Hybrid (Shotgun), Neophyte Leader (Autopistol, Cult Shotgun)
Neophyte Hybrids [8 PL, 120 pts]
4xNeophyte Hybrid (Grenade), 15xNeophyte Hybrid (Shotgun), Neophyte Leader (Cult Shotgun, Autopistol)
Neophyte Hybrids [8 PL, 120 pts]
4xNeophyte Hybrid (Grenade), 15xNeophyte Hybrid (Shotgun), Neophyte Leader (Cult Shotgun, Autopistol)

Elites

Biophagus [3 PL, 55 pts]
Alchemicus Familiar, Proficient Planning: Alchemist Supreme
Purestrain Genestealers [8 PL, 108 pts]
Proficient Planning: They Came From Below, 7xPurestrain Genestealer

Fast Attack

Atalan Jackals [9 PL, 190 pts]
Atalan Jackal (Grenade Launcher), 6xAtalan Jackal (Small Arms), Atalan Leader (Grenade Launcher), 10xAtalan Power Weapon, 2xAtalan Wolfquad (Incinerator), 2xDemolition Charge, Genomic Enhancement (Alchemist Supreme) (Enhanced Resilience)

Dedicated Transport

Goliath Truck [5 PL, 90 pts]
Cache of Demolition Charges

No Force Organisation

Kelermorph [3 PL, 80 pts]
Nexos [3 PL, 50 pts]
Relic: Cranial Inlay

Chaos Undivided Arks of Omen 0 CP, [105 PL, 2000 pts]

HQ

Bloodthirster [18 PL, 360 pts]
– A’rgath, the King of Blades
– Brazen Hide
– Great axe of Khorne
– Indomitable Onslaught
– Stratagem: Relic
– Stratagem: Warlord Trait, Warlord
Fateskimmer [7 PL, 155 pts]
– Bolt of Change
– Infernal Gateway
– Retinue of Horrors
– Ritual dagger
– Smite
Skarbrand [17 PL, 330 pts]
Tranceweaver [4 PL, 70 pts]
– Hysterical Frenzy
– Smite

Troops

10 Daemonettes [6 PL, 120 pts]
Alluress, 9xDaemonette, Daemonic icon, Instrument of Chaos
10 Daemonettes [6 PL, 120 pts]
Alluress, 9xDaemonette, Daemonic icon, Instrument of Chaos
10 Daemonettes [6 PL, 120 pts]
Alluress, 9xDaemonette, Daemonic icon, Instrument of Chaos
10 Daemonettes [6 PL, 120 pts]
Alluress, 9xDaemonette, Daemonic icon, Instrument of Chaos
10 Pink Horrors [7 PL, 140 pts]
Daemonic icon, Instrument of Chaos, Iridescent Horror, 9xPink Horror

Elites

3 Fiends [5 PL, 90 pts]
Blissbringer, 2xFiend
5 Fiends [10 PL, 150 pts]
Blissbringer, 4xFiend
3 Flamers [3 PL, 75 pts]
2xFlamer, Pyrocaster

Fast Attack

5 Flesh Hounds [5 PL, 75 pts]
4xFlesh Hound, Gore Hound
5 Flesh Hounds [5 PL, 75 pts]
4xFlesh Hound, Gore Hound