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The Top Three AoS Lists

Slaves to Darkness
Darkoath Horde
Drops: 4
Spell Lore – Lore of the Damned
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactics Cards: Intercept and Recover and Wrathful Cycles

General’s Regiment
Be’lakor, the Dark Master (460)
• General
Ogroid Myrmidon (120)
• Favoured of the Pantheon
Ogroid Theridons (360)
• Reinforced
• The Banner of Screaming Flesh

Regiment 1
Darkoath Warqueen (100)
• Head of the Unworthy
Darkoath Chieftain (80)
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced
Darkoath Marauders (160)
• Reinforced

Regiment 2
Darkoath Chieftain (80)
Darkoath Wilderfiend (130)
Darkoath Wilderfiend (130)

Regiment 3
Gunnar Brand (210)
Singri Brand
The Oathsworn Kin

Faction Terrain
Nexus Chaotica

Roland Rivera: New season, and new-look lists for Slaves to Darkness! While the likes of Chaos Chosen, Chaos Knights, and Chaos Warriors are still undeniably potent, this season and its intense focus on having units to cover the board have provided opportunities for less-heralded parts of the roster to shine, with this list being a prime example. While Be’lakor and his impressive suite of defensive abilities need no introduction, his supporting cast in this list is quite different from what you’d see in the last General’s Handbook.

We’ll start with his bodyguards in this list, which are the Ogroid Theridons and their captain, the Ogroid Myrmidon. The Myrmidon works well with the Theridons in patching their main offensive weakness in their middling to-hit value, while being a pretty efficient fighter himself. They also give Be’lakor’s Deadly Trap ability some potent targets when enemies charge into you.

The rest of the list is populated by Darkoath, which give the list access to cheap bodies, lots of units, and some nice utility. Darkoath Marauders occupy space and absorb buffs well, and their death deals mortal damage when a Darkoath Hero is nearby, and fuels the Wilderfiends, which can generate even more mortal damage. Speaking of Darkoath Heroes, the Chieftains get into the fray with Marauders and make them more of a threat in combat, whereas the Warqueen offers the potential for offensive and defensive buff auras. The roster is rounded out by Gunnar Brand, who isn’t a powerhouse on his own, but brings 2 other units wiht him, including a Wizard with a decent spell.

It is worth noting that this list is trying to employ some cheeky tech enabled by the new Scourge of Ghyran content – the Favored of the Pantheon Heroic Trait gives a Hero Dark Apotheosis points if he is picked to be the target of the Dark Apotheosis Battle Trait, which in turn means that if that Hero dies, the Darkoath Warqueen can use the new Head of the Unworthy artefact to ascend into a Daemon Prince. However, this list has picked the Ogroid Myrmidon, who is not a legal target for Dark Apotheosis (has to be a Darkoath or Warriors of Chaos Hero). Spicy tech if implemented properly, but this list in particular has not done so.

As the list has lots of regiments, it often won’t have choice of first turn at the start of the game, so the Wrathful Cycles Battle Tactic card is useful insurance against a double turn by letting you benefit from becoming the underdog. Intercept and Recover also figures to be a common Battle Tactic card for aggressive armies, as your opponent picking 3 units for you to take out is just encouraging you to do what your primary gameplan is anyway. All in all, it’s interesting to see a very different Slaves to Darkness list from what did well last season run the gauntlet and go 5-0, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the different army styles this army is capable of fielding stack up against each other as the season progresses.

Ossiarch Bonereapers
Mortisan Council
Points: 2000/2000 points
Drops: 3 drops
Battle Tactics: Attuned to Ghyran / Wrathful Cycles
Spell Lore: Lore of Ossian Sorcery
Manifestation Lore: Horrors of the Necropolis
Faction Terrain: Bone-tithe Nexus

General’s Regiment
Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (520)
• General
6x Immortis Guard (360)
• Reinforced

Regiment 1
Mortisan Soulmason (150)
• Diversionary Tactics
• Helm of Tyranny
6x Necropolis Stalkers (300)
• Reinforced

Regiment 2
Vokmortian, Master of the Bone-tithe (150)
4x Morghast Archai (520)
• Reinforced

Walter Brock: The new GHB brings some interesting lists. Mortisan council provides a solid bonus to casting.  The OBR manifestation lore remains a solid choice, especially with the -1 to wards on the shrieker

Vok and the Soulmason provide solid casting support and control with the fight first from the Soulmason and the CP drain from Vokmortian. 

Katakros, as we all know, is what makes most OBR armies tick.  From +1 to save on three units.  To give 3 extra control score or even just stop enemy commands.  Katakros is a beast that will almost never disappoint.

The units that make up the list starting with 4 archai.  Fast, hit hard,  protection against spells.  Archai has been a staple of OBR lists for a while. 

Immortis guard are durable and provide Heros with a better ward save.  Making it harder to take down Katakros and letting Katakros tank much more damage.

Stalkers are a solid utility tool.  Lots of situational abilities. from reducing control by 3 to turning off wards. It turns Stalkers into a swiss army knife of units.

All of this fits in three drops. So sometimes they will get the free reroll.

Nighthaunt
Procession of Death
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of the Underworlds
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactics Cards: Intercept and Recover and Wrathful Cycles

General’s Regiment
Scourge of Ghyran Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King (190)
• General
Dreadscythe Harridans (340)
• Reinforced
Scourge of Ghyran Black Coach (280)
Scourge of Ghyran Black Coach (280)
Spirit Torment (130)

Regiment 1
Guardian of Souls (190)
• Ruler of the Spectral Hosts
• Lightshard of the Harvest Moon
Chainghasts (90)
Myrmourn Banshees (240)
• Reinforced
Myrmourn Banshees (240)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Nexus of Grief

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Orruk Warclans | Ironjawz
Brutefist
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 3
Prayer Lore – Warbeats
Battle Tactic Cards: Intercept and Recover, Master The Paths

General’s Regiment
Gordrakk, the Fist of Gork (360)
• General
Brutes (400)
• Reinforced
Brutes (400)
• Reinforced
Megaboss (170)

Regiment 1
Warchanter (120)

Regiment 2
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (340)
• Amberbone Whetstone
• Big ‘Un
• Hulking Brute
Zoggrok Anvilsmasha (170)
• 1x Grunta-tongs

Faction Terrain
Bossrock Tower

Roland Rivera: Ironjawz is an army whose listbuilding figures to see major changes in this mobility-centric season. Early reports show that it is very unlikely that walls of Ardboys will succeed in the ways they did last season. However, this list may provide some indication that infantry-centric Orruk armies may not be a lost cause.

The first thing that has to be said about this list is that it is extremely offensively focused. The combination of 20 Brutes and a plethora of buffs in a Megaboss, Zoggrok, and a Warchanter means that basically any target they engage is going to get pounded into paste, and it is using the new Brutefist Battle Formation introduced in the Ironjawz Scourge of Ghyran content to get an extra use of Mighty Destroyers to help move them up the board.

This list also features two Hero Monsters in Gordrakk and the Megaboss on Maw-krusha for a bit more speed over the Brutes. Gordrakk has access to a very potent offensive buff when he declares his Waaagh! for the game in a +1 to hit bubble, and the generic Megaboss on Maw-krusha is compensating for his middling base Rend by taking enhancements that boost the Rend on all of his profiles. Gordrakk will do good work in this list as a flank bully that can rush to the middle on a key turn and pop his buff, and the generic Megaboss on Maw-krusha is mostly a specialized bowling ball that you want to point at infantry and have it plow through them reliably and efficiently.

On the Battle Tactics front, seeing a list this aggressive opt for Intercept & Recover is no surprise. Master the Paths can sometimes be tricky to get started (you have to kill a Hero), but once you do, this army is well-suited to complete the other tactics on the card.

While it is early on in the season, this list also has some surprising omissions. It has no Weirdnob Shaman (which means it’s a bit light on magic defense and doesn’t have access to the excellent Ironjaw manifestation lore) and no Gore-Gruntas or Maw-gruntas, which are units that I expect to be well-positioned in the new season. wouldn’t read super deeply into the exact composition of the list, as it only managed a 3-2 record, but there are some interesting choices that merit further testing here.

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