This is the top three AoS lists for Renegade Open 2023 took place in the US on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Army Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
– Seasons of War: The Burgeoning

LEADER
1 x Alarielle the Everqueen (820)*
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
1 x Arch-Revenant (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Warsinger
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Verdant Blessing

BATTLELINE
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*
3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Vengeful Skullroot (50)

OTHER
5 x Gossamid Archers (210)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Great Nation: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Scinari Cathallar (120)**
– General
– Command Trait: Loremaster
– Artefact: Silver Wand
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
– Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse, Speed of Hysh
Hurakan Windmage (120)**
– Lore of the Winds: Transporting Vortex
Sevireth, Lord of the Seventh Wind (270)*
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (210)*
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (210)*

Battleline
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (140)*
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (140)*
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (320)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (320)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes

Total: 2000 / 2000

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Dankhold Troggboss (210)*
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts: Glowy Howzit
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
1 x Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefacts: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

BATTLELINE
20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)
20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*

OTHER
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)
10 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1950/2000)

– Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Ionus Cryptborn (400)*
– General
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Incantor (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Mirrorshield
– Spells: Celestial Blades

BATTLELINE
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance

OTHER
Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)*
Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Brett Martin: A while between drinks for Stormcast, the new battle tactics are seeing them move closer to the top again. There is nothing fancy to this list, with the new Ionus Cryptborn leading a return to the dragon list.

Ionus is the centre of this list and as long as he is active this army is going to be punishing. With a constant stream of chip mortals, strong melee and solid anti horde abilitys (including preventing Rally and Inspired Presence) he is very strong in the recursion meta. Translocation is a Stormcast staple but not as straight forward here. The battleline doens’t need to teleport and you would normally want the ranged as far from melee as possible.

The play here is to use Ionus a bit like a screen and weaken when they approach using the Stormdrake to score and punish. Little wonder that the Sylvaneth proved too much with a better teleport meaning they could strike and fade. Otherwise the Vanguard Raptors snipe out heroes limiting buffs and exposing units to the Stormdrake. Combined with the mobility of the army this is a very strong scoring list. But it does live on the razor’s edge – the one loss was big preventing a podium in this case.

Final Tournament Placings

To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/G4021035U5