This is the top three AoS lists for Silverstream Smackdown 2024 – Royal Rumble that took place in New Zealand on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Bloodlords
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs:

LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
Herald of Khorne on Blood Throne (160)*
– Prayer: Bloodbind
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)**
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
– Prayer: Unholy Flames
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
– Prayer: Witchbane Curse
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
– Prayer: Unholy Flames
Bloodsecrator (120)**
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust

UNITS
30 x Bloodletters (540)**
– Gore Drenched Icon
20 x Bloodletters (360)**
– Gore Drenched Icon
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Reaver Blades
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Reaver Blades

CORE BATTALIONS
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Prayer

TOTAL: 2000/2000 WOUNDS: 170

This is the perfect list for anyone who is interested in the more “smash and bash” idea of Khorne’s lore. 50 Bloodletters will have a scary amount of damage output, especially in Bloodlords where 1/3 of their swings end in mortal wounds, instead of 1/6, assuming they charged. Taking a double-reinforced block is also not something we see that often in Khorne lists, since the general flavor is to take a single reinforced unit of something (bloodletters, blood warriors, skullcrushers, or skullreapers, generally) and build around what supports that unit.

For support, Shaun has opted for a Blood throne, Bloodmaster, and Bloodsecrator. All three of these units will take the already impressive damage output of 30 bloodletters and turn them up to 11 by adding extra attacks, potentially boosting their wound rolls against an enemy unit, and keeping them alive to fight in the next round.

Shaun has also leaned in to Khorne’s anti-wizardry by bringing along 5 priests, all of which are sporting an extra prayer from the battalion, and across the five every prayer that Khorne has access to is present. This means that positioning that huge block of bloodletters is much easier through Bloodbind and Killer Instinct, boosting their damage output even further with Unholy Flames, and keeping them alive with Bronzed Flesh.

Overall this is an excellent display of how Khorne lists can be built by simply leaning into the things Khorne already want. Pray, spill blood, repeat. Congratulations to Shaun on first place!

List Name: Blades of khorne
Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Bloodlords
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs:

LEADERS
Bloodsecrator (120)**
– Artefact: Banner of Blood
Skarbrand (380)*
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310)**
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Killer Instinct

UNITS
20 x Bloodletters (360)*
– Gore Drenched Icon
20 x Bloodletters (360)*
– Gore Drenched Icon
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)**
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
– Reaver Blades

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Hexgorger Skulls (50)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Warlord

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL: 1980/2000 WOUNDS: 150

And here we have the list that Shaun drew against in the fourth round. You can look between the two and see a lot of similarities, with a couple of notable exceptions.

Scott choose to bring the damage combo of Skarbrand + Boomthirster at the cost of a couple priests and the seond reinforcement on one of the units of bloodletters. Skarbrand’s damage output is appreciable, but it’s taken at the cost of support units for the reinforced bloodletters.

Past those difference my comments stay roughly the same. There is a good reason that these two list found themselves in a draw. Congratulations, Scott, on your second place victory and your 4-1-0.

Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs:

LEADERS
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)**
Wurrgog Prophet (170)
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
– Lore of Primal Frost: Rupture
– Artefact: glowin’Tattooz
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Lore of the Swamp: Sneaky Miasma
– Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

UNITS
6 x Brute Ragerz (200)***
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
10 x Gutrippaz (150)**
10 x Gutrippaz (150)**
10 x Gutrippaz (150)**

BEHEMOTHS
Maw-grunta Gougers (160)
– Ironjawz Battleline (Maw-Grunta General)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Ironjawz Fist

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Spell

TRIUMPH: Bloodthirsty

TOTAL: 1990/2000 WOUNDS: 165

Noel Fundora: I do love me some Big Waaagh. The army excels at trading pieces efficiently while scoring proficiently. Making the Swampcalla your general will give you access to the two very easy Kruleboyz battle tactics in Sneak Up and Take Dat, Ya Suckers! Pair that with the very free Big Waaagh tactic of Wait for it Ladz and you’ve already scored 3/5 BTs, meaning you only have to manage 2 from the GHB, which is simple enough with this loadout.

The extra spell enhancement gives your handy wizards great flex picks, made even stronger by the ever important Acolytes Battalion. Gutrippaz will be the cheap battleline option that exists on objectives quite well with their -1 to be hit (against no heroes and monsters). The wall of lads stands in front of the wizards, casting a multitude of damage and debuff spells. Between the Kruleboyz lore, the GHB lore, and the Wurrgog Warscroll Lazer Eyes, this is an immense castle to approach. The piggies and ragerz can scream out from the backline at a moment’s notice to clean up whatever is left standing. The Maw-Grunta is a great inclusion for a cheap monster to trounce around with. With high movement, some run and charge, the Weirdnob teleport, and Mighty Destroyers, those units will get wherever you need them to go.

Big Waaagh is the toolbox of all toolboxes that will give ya what you need for any scenario.

Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Skink Oracle on Troglodon (270)
– Spells: Cosmic Crush
1 x Slann Starmaster (310)*
– General
– Command Traits: Arcane Might
– Artefacts: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Skink Starseer (160)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Lord Kroak (440)**
– Spells: Tepok’s Beneficence
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (160)**
1 x Pontifex Zenestra (180)**

BATTLELINE
10 x Skinks (90)**
– Skink Alpha
– Boltspitter
– Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler
10 x Skinks (90)**
– Skink Alpha
– Boltspitter
– Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler
5 x Saurus Guard (140)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

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