This is the top three AoS lists for the Old Town Throwdown Summer Smash that took place in the United States on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 90 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Legion: Null Myriad
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380)
Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)*
Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Diversionary Tactics
– Artefact: Gothizzard Cartouche
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier – Veremord’s Shamblers (190)**
– Allies

Battleline
6 x Immortis Guard (440)*
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield

Units
20 x Deadwalker Zombies – Veremord’s Shamblers (0)**
– Allies

Endless Spells & Invocations
Soulstealer Carrion (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle reg
**Regiment of Renown

Total: 1990 / 2000

Walter Brock: What happens when Bonereapers and Soulblight work together in the same list? You get some spooky synergies. Gavin’s list has an unusual twist in the fact it doesn’t run 7 Bonereapers units to max out their command points, but more on that later. Onto the list.

Starting off we have Null Myriad. We’ve seen this do well quite a bit over the past few months. Being able to stop powerful spells on a 2+. When things like merciless blizzard exists is incredibly powerful. Very important to note. Katakros and the Regiment of renown do not benefit from Null Myriad.

Spellcasting savant has become the go-to choice for Bonereapers at this point. Killing the ossifector next to six Immortis guard is a very tall order.

First we have the powerful Combo of Katakros and Arkhan. Katakros makes everything tougher with his 1+ to save and +1 to hit Aura in a massive 24 in Aura. While also applying crippling affects to the opponent by giving a enemy unit -1 to hit and also potentially making the opposing player lose a command point each turn. Arkhan being a magical powerhouse in death, second only to Nagash himself. With three casts and unbinds at +2 he can compete with the best casters in the game. He basically has the hunger like vampires from soulblight. So he gets healing from doing some damage in combat. They also each come with an incredible healing ability. Leading to a potential total of 18 wounds of healing each Bonereapers hero phase at minimum.

The ossifector is an interesting choice. While it won’t be able to use the main ability on its warscroll due to the unit in the army. The Artifact applys a 9 inch Aura of +1 to wound in melee. Meaning Immortis guard can now be hitting and wounding on 2s. This artifact alongside Katakros makes the list incredibly efficient. Hoarfrost adds more good support of making numbers even better. Diversion tactics creates a powerful -3 charge bubble for enemy units. Potentially denying battle tactics or key enemy charges.

Death riders are seen everywhere these days for OBR. Easy battle tactic. Good screen. Good for almost any job. And with all the buffs the list can provide. Any unit of deathriders could be a deadly threat.

Immortis guard are incredibly tanky being 5 wounds and a 2+ save under Katakros. Arkhan throwing up mystical shield and All out defense will making Immortis almost impossible to take down.

Lastly is the Soulblight Regiment of renown. These act as a normal corpse cart and zombies unit with a few differences. The corpse cart is now a hero. This lets it benefit from the -1 to hit from look out sir, and adds another model that can issue commands (No OBR commands since it isn’t a Bonereapers model). And the big thing is the corpse cart gives off a 12 inch bubble of -1 to ward saves for enemy units within range. The zombies provide a cheapish screen. Something bonereapers don’t normaly have access to.

All of this ends up as a three drop list. Well done to this player.

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Belladamma Volga (200)*
– Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)**
– General
-Spore Tracker
– Artifact : Ulfenkarni Phylactery
Necromancer (100)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)*
– Lore of the Deathmages: Fading Vigour
Vampire Lord (140)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

Battleline
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*
Doom wolf

Units
1 x Corpse Cart (80)*
– Unholy Loadstone
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**
– Unholy Loadstone

Endless Spells & Invocations
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Andtorian Acolytes

Total: 2000 / 2000

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Worthy Skull
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades
– Prayers: Bloodbind, Killer Instinct
Zarshia Bittersoul (190)*
Bloodmaster (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood
– Prayers: Unholy Flames, Witchbane Curse
Skarbrand (380)**
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Bronzed Flesh
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)**

BATTLELINE
Claws of Karanak (100)*
Flesh Hounds (100)*
Flesh Hounds (100)**

OTHER
Cockatrice (120)
Bloodcrushers (180)
Khagra’s Ravagers (190)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
1 x Bleeding Icon (50)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: Taran Birk has brought us a spicy morsel of a Khorne list. Most lists of the Blood God’s forces rely on their troops – not this one. Instead, this list has gone for the full 6 Heroes (including the double Warlord battalion), the full 3 Invocations, and mostly kept the troops to the “cheap objective holders” role. Think of it as Khorne’s best Tzeentch impression.

The stars of the show are Skarbrand and the Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury, which will be giving you 3D6″ charges (Skarbrand for himself, the Unfettered Fury Thirster for anyone) and doing the heavy lifting in the damage department. The list also has several Priests (including the Unfettered Fury Thirster itself) to help power out whatever Prayer or Invocation is the most useful at the moment. Skarr Bloodwrath rounds out the Hero lineup as a cheap, recurring space blocker that can also double as a source of Blood Tithe.

Some interesting additions are Khagra’s Ravagers as an Ally (likely for the teleporting objective grabbing threat of Mask of Darkness, and Andtorian Locus-centered Battle Tactics) and a Cockatrice as a deterrent for charging into one of the big guys. Overall, this style of Khorne list seems to be gaining momentum, so don’t be surprised if you see similar lists going forward.

Army Faction: Fyreslayers
– Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd
– Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge

LEADER
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)*
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)*
1 x Auric Runefather (120)*
– Artefacts: Axe of Grimnir
1 x Auric Runemaster (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Avatar of Vulcatrix
– Prayers: Curse
1 x Battlesmith (150)**
– Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon
1 x Grimhold Exile (140)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust

BATTLELINE
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir
– Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir

INVOCATION
1 x Runic Fyrewall (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)

OTHER
10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)**
– Karl
– Berzerker Broadaxe
10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)**
– Karl
– Flamestrike Poleaxe
1 x Grimwrath Berzerker (110)**
– Artefacts: Draught of Magmalt Ale

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Kevin Lathers: Noe has run a very similar list to good effect previously. With some slight tweaks in that list he seems to have improved his standing. Always good to see effective adjustments.

With only a single priest with Wrath of Vulcatrix (to secure the Grand Strat), this list foregoes the usual inclusion of a Runesmiter as well as any Magmadroths. Instead it relies on the Runemaster’s Ember Storm prayer and the new hero’s once per game 6″ bubble of Run + Charge to add any speed it needs. Further, the Grimwrath Berserker can be given Run + Charge as an oath or stick near the Grimhold to soak up the buff and take a different Oath. This makes the list surprisingly quick, albeit only one time.

With all these vulkites and Hearthguard Berserkers, the list can certainly sit on objectives and hold them, relying on the Flamekeeper buffs, Counterstrike, and Fight on Death to hold any charging waves of opponents to very poor trades. And then, if opponents do charge into the lines, the flamekeepers will often maintain their buffs for a counter charge/fight on the next turn with +2 damage on a units weapons; this can be devastating on the Broadaxe berserkers, sending them to 4 damage swings or making a Vulkite Axe unit have 3 damage swings with a ton of attacks.

His matchups were mostly favorable for Fyreslayers — SoB are notoriously a DPS check and that’s an area Fyreslayers seldom struggle with; further the new hero can be quite potent if he can get his once per game nuke on a gargant, rolling 35 to 40 dice for an average of 17 to 20 mortal wounds on a single attack. But managing a draw against Khorne is impressive with a Fyreslayers’ list which relies on auras, which Khorne can mess up with their controls, and shows not only the tankiness of the list but the skill of the pilot. Khorne can control the battlefield in such an exreme way while being tankier, hitting as hard as FS for less cost, and being able to deny the grand strat; so pulling out a draw is quite good.

Overall it’s a solid list piloted by a good player. Falling just shy of a the golden 5-0 but still claiming undefeated is no easy feat with Fyreslayers in the current meta.

Final Tournament Placings

01 Gavin Grigar – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 528 / 525 / 524 / 526 / 520

02 Thomas Guan – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 512 / 517 / 523 / 520 / 522

03 Taran Birk – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 515 / 526 / 522 / 218 / 526

04 Noe Aquino – Scal United – Scal United
Fyreslayers 216 / 519 / 524 / 524 / 521

05 Robbie “Bear” Steinbring – Corsairs – Victorious Secret
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 525 / 524 / 20 / 525 / 523

06 Alec Jerome – Scal United – Scal United
Flesh-eater Courts: Morgaunt Grand Court 16 / 528 / 524 / 521 / 528

07 Tad Baten – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Gloomspite Gitz 15 / 525 / 525 / 526 / 525

08 Matt Nguyen – Scal United – Scal United
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 525 / 521 / 523 / 520 / 20

09 Benjamin Hosking – Scal United – Scal UnitedSlaves to Darkness: Cabalists 524 / 521 / 527 / 12 / 523

10 Aaron Newbom – Scal United – Scal United
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán 527 / 525 / 3 / 525 / 524

11 ALEXANDER Gonzalez – Corsairs – Corsairs
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 527 / 515 / 515 / 20 / 525

12 Benjamin Schimmoller – Corsairs – Corsairs
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 520 / 523 / 520 / 524 / 14

13 Ryan Inman – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 525 / 12 / 522 / 521 / 520

14 Gregory Brewer – Scal United – Scal United
Big WAAAGH! 0 / 518 / 524 / 526 / 526

15 Mattigan Mason
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 524 / 6 / 524 / 516 / 518

16 Eugene Averin – Scal United – Scal United
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 524 / 524 / 517 / 218 / 17

17 Colt Hegardt – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 12 / 527 / 526 / 17 / 524

18 Ryan Muskopf – Wicked Dicey – Wicked Dicey
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 522 / 19 / 12 / 528 / 524

19 Anthony Croupe – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 528 / 525 / 525 / 20 / 6

20 River S.K. – AVALANCHE – AVALANCHE
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 526 / 17 / 12 / 524 / 525

21 Kurt Roeper – Scal United – Scal United
Daughters of Khaine: Hagg Nar 521 / 21 / 524 / 14 / 523

22Ian McAleese – War Room Gladiators – War Room GladiatorsKharadron Overlords: Barak-Zon526 / 521 / 19 / 528 / 7

23 Kyle Calip – Scal United – Age of Ligmar
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 527 / 13 / 526 / 526 / 9

24 Joshua Lowry – Scal United – Scal United
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 522 / 9 / 523 / 527 / 20

25 Nate Danko – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Gloomspite Gitz: Glogg’s Megamob12 / 522 / 524 / 17 / 521

26 Matthew Barker – Corsairs – Corsairs
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 525 / 525 / 11 / 522 / 11

27 Viet Huynh – Scal United – Scal United
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 524 / 9 / 20 / 517 / 524

28Jesse rodriguez
Skaven 15 / 523 / 527 / 3 / 526

29 Scott Adams – Six Shooters – Six Shooters
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 523 / 12 / 521 / 524 / 12

30 Matt Abbott – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 525 / 17 / 522 / 527 / 0

31 Michael Metcalf – GTGT
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 523 / 525 / 525 / 6 / 9

32 Adam Cooke – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 523 / 6 / 520 / 521 / 18

33 Randy Longoria – Scal United – Scal United
Gloomspite Gitz 14 / 527 / 520 / 6 / 521

34 Frank DeLoach – SquadMarks – SquadMarks
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 3 / 521 / 12 / 526 / 524

35 Matthew Pashby – Corsairs – Corsairs
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen515 / 518 / 12 / 12 / 528

36 Jo Cooper – Gloomspite Geeks – Gloomspite Geeks
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Droning Guard 9 / 13 / 522 / 525 / 516

37 Bill Curry – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Slaves to Darkness 524 / 521 / 15 / 6 / 517

38Christopher Hernandez – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 0 / 526 / 514 / 20 / 522

39 Zach Boerlin – Age of Ligmar – Age of Ligmar
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 0 / 527 / 520 / 520 / 6

40 Dougie Rosado – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 6 / 6 / 519 / 520 / 518

41 Jarrid Blum – Shovel Slaughter System – Shovel Slaughter System
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán 9 / 522 / 6 / 509 / 511

42 Carlos Viscarra – Six Shooters – Six Shooters
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 515 / 218 / 525 / 12 / 12

43 Jeremy Campbell – Brute Squad – Brute SquadS
laves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 516 / 218 / 12 / 522 / 12

44 Ian Black – Age of Ligmar – Age of Ligmar
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 15 / 521 / 523 / 111

45 Curran Kleen-Brown – Corsairs – Corsairs
Fyreslayers: Greyfyrd 8 / 17 / 519 / 25 / 523

46 Fred Whitney – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 23 / 520 / 14 / 523 / 11

47 Dustin Morgan – GTGT – GTGT
Gloomspite Gitz 522 / 15 / 524 / 9 / 20

48 Gabriel Pacheco – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 10 / 14 / 526 / 523 / 17

49 Eric Hall
Gloomspite Gitz 20 / 14 / 525 / 6 / 521

50 Evan Markham – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 525 / 526 / 12 / 13 / 9

51Nic Gonzalez – Corsairs – CorsairsSoulblight Gravelords: Avengorii Dynasty520 / 523 / 21 / 9 / 12

52 Trish Celefaze – WarGlamour – Scal United
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 3 / 526 / 17 / 12 / 523

53 Noah Bijelic – Morningside Crusaders – Morningside Crusaders
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw521 / 12 / 18 / 9 / 521

54 Brian’s Brother
Ogor Mawtribes524 / 7 / 8 / 528 / 13

55 Aaron Bressler – Realmgate warriors – Realmgate warriors
Cities of Sigmar: Hallowheart 516 / 9 / 16 / 7 / 527

56 Ian Walker – Corsairs – Corsairs
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 515 / 524 / 9 / 20 / 6

57 Brian Cox – Scal United – Scal United
Beasts of Chaos 522 / 526 / 10 / 6 / 9

58A lan Wesley – AOS East of Pomona – AOS East of Pomona
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Ivory Host 521 / 9 / 9 / 10 / 523

59Melih Kazanc – AML – AML
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 14 / 522 / 15 / 0 / 521

60 Brian Brown – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 522 / 9 / 6 / 525 / 8

61 Maxwell Henretta – Scal United – Scal United
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 11 / 525 / 521 / 3 / 10

62 Dan Carmody – SCal – SCal
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 17 / 3 / 518 / 9 / 523

63 William Warren – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen1 4 / 519 / 9 / 0 / 526

64 Benjamin Boardman – Scal United – Scal United
Skaven 515 / 10 / 3 / 520 / 14

65 Shane Lambert – Scal United – Scal United
Disciples of Tzeentch: Guild of Summoners 8 / 526 / 525 / 0 / 0

66 Mathew Jones
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 525 / 523 / 9

67 Alex Morley
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 9 / 214 / 18 / 214 / 526

68 Megan Prior-Pfeifer – The Hobby Collab – The Hobby Collab
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 16 / 20 / 519 / 365 / 15

69 Justin Lawrence
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 9 / 214 / 6 / 524 / 15

70 John DeSalvo – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán7 / 6 / 9 / 214 / 516

71 Mark Halvorsen – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Sons of Behemat: Taker Tribe 19 / 11 / 16 / 12 / 524

72 Joshua Quest – AVALANCHE – AVALANCHE
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 12 / 6 / 525 / 21 / 17

73 Ian White
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 11 / 15 / 14 / 520 / 9

74 Daniel Ward – Realmgate warriors – Realmgate warriors
Big WAAAGH! 519 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 7

75 roberto Ceja
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 12 / 517 / 9 / 8 / 15

76 Christopher McKinley – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen9  / 9 / 11 / 522 / 9

77 Matthew jones – SoCal United – SoCal United
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 9 / 9 / 13 / 520 / 7

78 Wayne Kaufman
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 14 / 523 / 15

79 Zach Pfeifer – The Hobby Collab – The Hobby Collab
Gloomspite Gitz 12 / 10 / 7 / 520 / 3

80 Brendan Dominguez
Big WAAAGH! 7 / 525 / 17

81 Greg Lent – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Stormcast Eternals: Astral Templars 6 / 7 / 512 / 12 / 6

82 Scott Reed
Big WAAAGH! 8 / 9 / 517 / 8

83 Robert Snyder
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 516 / 6 / 10

84 Johnny Medina – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Sons of Behemat 1 / 11 / 514

85 Jarrett Zazuetta – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 0 / 0 / 523

86 Cody Sivertson – War Room Gladiators – War Room GladiatorsB
lades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 216 / 15 / 12

87 Roberto Campos-McDonald – Scal United – Scal United
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 20 / 14 / 18 / 20 / 16

88 Jonathan Chamberlin – Warroom Gladiators – Warroom Gladiators
Beasts of Chaos 13 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 12

89 Sarah Livingston
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 3 / 3 / 11 / 12 / 6

90 Grant George – Sigvalds Slammin Slaans – Sigvalds Slammin Slaans
Flesh-eater Courts: Blisterskin Grand Court 9 / 9 / 11