This is the top three AoS lists for Lords of the Mounds 7 that took place in Sweden on the 2nd and 3rd of September. It involved 40 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)***
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Command Trait: Hulking Brute
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)**
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Battleline
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)***
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
Units
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
Endless Spells & Invocations
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Warlord
Additional Enhancements
Spell
Total: 1970 / 2000
Aaron Newbom: An interesting monster mash style list revolving around a souped up mawkrusha and pigs with Gobbsprakk shutting down magic.
I’m gonna be honest I normally see a mawkrusha in big waaagh and assume the pilot doesn’t really know BW well. But this man clearly does with a 5-0 and a tough run of it too.
In many ways this is a list that takes bloodtoofs and subtracts some offense, mobility, and tempo in exchange for flexibility and consistency.
With the meta as it is, the burst damage of bloodtoofs doesn’t break a Soulblight armies back, and this list has to control and late game power to finish the job
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS
Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
Lauka Vai (300)**
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)**
– Spells: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (360)*
Dire Wolves (140)*
– Doom Wolf
Deadwalker Zombies (240)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
OTHER
Corpse Cart (80)*
– Corpse Lash
– Unholy Lodestone
Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000
Danny Wadeson: Shambling forward, often standing stubbornly in the way, groaning all the while and liable to keep coming back – no, it’s not me trying to bird-watch while hungover, it’s shit tonnes of Zombies! Competitive Soulblight players just can’t help themselves can they – this is why we can’t have nice things! Or, we can have them, they’ll just cost more very soon…
Basically, if you’re not already aware, Zombie in Vyrkos are bloody annoying to shift. And Vyrkos allows for a once per game heroic action to summon 10 Direwolves too – so we’re talking about a WHOLE lot of bodies on circles here. While supported by double corpse carts, 6s to wound do mortals – that’s likely on top of a bunch more you get each time a zombie you kill rolls a 5+.
Gorslav seals the deal as the premier zombie-buffer, helping them shuffle that bit faster with Spoor Trackers and with the Phylactery to project an aura of 5+++, making them truly frustrating to chew through.
Lauka Vai makes an appearance as a cheeky source of -1 to rend, acting as a cost effective monster and possibly making a 6″ pile in too, to compound the misery of having to run head long into all those grabby hands.
Zombies gonna get nerfed soon, somehow – let’s hope the next Battlescroll doesn’t put them in the ground for good…
Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)**
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Waaagh!
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)***
– Lore of the Weird: Foot of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)***
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Battleline
5 x Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– 1x Gore Choppas
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
Units
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
Endless Spells & Invocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)
Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Command Entourage – Magnificent
Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Total: 2000 / 2000
Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Skullfiend Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Triumphs are Cheating
LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bloodbind
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Bloodsecrator (120)**
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
UNITS
10 x Skullreapers (380)*
– Daemonblades
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Reaver Blades
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Reaver Blades
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
6 x Mighty Skullcrushers (420)
– Bloodglaives
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
6 x Furies (80)
INVOCATIONS
Bleeding Icon (50)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Wizard-Finders of Andtor
**Warlord
ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Prayer
TOTAL: 2000/2000
Roland Rivera: In 4th place, we have an interesting little Khorne list that is built around the solid brick that is a 6-man unit of Mighty Skullcrushers. 30 Wounds with a 2+ save is a very tough nut for an army that does not have plentiful access to mortal wounds to crack, especially if there’s a Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury nearby to slap -1 to hit on its attackers. While those two pieces anchor down the middle, this list can play some classic hammer & anvil games with the 10-man unit of Skullcrushers, or buy time for the plethora of minimum-sized units in the list to sit on objectives and rack up VPs.
The Hero mix to support this strategy is a Slaughterpriest for more prayers, a Bloodsecrator for a 1/game offensive buff and stronger Rallies for your Bloodbound pieces, and Skarr Bloodwrath as a reusable blocker/source of Blood Tithe. There is also a unit of Wrathmongers to grant extra attacks to any Khorne unit near them. Interestingly, Albin has chosen to g with the Bleeding Icon to shut off Battleshock over the Hexgorger Skulls to further disrupt magic armies, which reinforces the notion that this list wants to play aggressively. This notion is confirmed by the choice of subfaction, which rewards high charge rolls with strike-first.
All in all, this seems like a fun list that forces the issue and make the opponent play reactively to deal with your objective pressure while potentially setting them up for hard counterpunches from its reinforced blobs. Fun and effective – what’s not to like?
Final Tournament Placings
01 Danny Elvestad – 2d6 – 2d6
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
02 Tomasz Mucha
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 0
03 Stylianos Mamagkakis – KriegsmotteK – KriegsmotteK
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 4
04 Karl Ejnar – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4
05 Jesper Melander
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4
06 Albin Glaumann
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4
07 Stian Engebretsen – 2d6 – 2d6
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4
08 Benjamin Hyvönen
Flesh-eater Courts: Hollowmourne Grand Court 0 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
09 Tom Batsford – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Disciples of Tzeentch: Guild of Summoners 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4
10 Stein Gaarder – 2d6 – 2d6
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 0
11 Kuba Kostrubiec
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Ymetrica 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4
12 Alexis Herbeck – FUSK – FUSK
Stormcast Eternals: Astral Templars 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0
13 Andreas Johansson
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0
14 Jon Borg – FUSK – FUSK
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zilfin 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0
15 Geir Vedeld – 2d6 – 2d6
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4
16 Robert Karlsson – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Soulblight Gravelords: Kastelai Dynasty 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4
17 Njål Kleivkås – 2d6 – 2d6
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4
18 Edris Ardalan – MCG – MCG
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0
19 Nils Wallberg – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 0 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4
20 William Carehag – Asylum wargaming – Asylum wargaming 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4
21 Niklas Fällman – FUSK – FUSK
Ogor Mawtribes: Underguts 0 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 0
22 Robert Eveby – Västerås Wargaming – Västerås Wargaming
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 0 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0
23 Johan Börjesson – AoS Dalarna – AoS Dalarna
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0
24 Anton Sandström – F.U.S.K – F.U.S.K
Blades of Khorne: Flayed 4 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0
25 Lennart ”Lillen” Svensson – Nyköping Wargaming – Nyköping Wargaming
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4
26 Linus Kingfors – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4
27 Thomas Fagerholm
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4
28 Benjamin Flodda – 2d6 – 2d6
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0
29 Nicolai Aapalahti
Gloomspite Gitz 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0
30 Adam Schmidinger – Tabletop Bastards – Tabletop Bastards
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0
31 Johan Hilmersson
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 3
32 Simen Lillehagen – 2d6 – 2d6
Stormcast Eternals 2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 1
33 Jesper Svennebring – Uppsala AoS – Uppsala AoS
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0
34 David Ejnar – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
35 David Norenius
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Zaitrec 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0
36 Emmy Bengtsson – Spelfaktoriet – Spelfaktoriet
Daughters of Khaine: Zainthar Kai 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
37 Fredrik Sulkava – MCG – MCG
Gloomspite Gitz 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0
38 Niklas Jansson – UAOS – UAOS
Sons of Behemat: Stomper Tribe 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0
39 carl sundqvist – Spelfaktoriet – Spelfaktoriet
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0
40 Victor Wennerberg – Uppsala AoS – UAOS
Nighthaunt: The Scarlet Doom 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
