About a week ago, I wrote an article about using Kruleboyz without Boltboyz.
I decided to put my money where my mouth is and try a few games out with them.
This is just an experiment.
Context
Before I get into it, a bit of honesty. I run a wargames website which has focused a lot on Age of Sigmar. However, I haven’t actually played much Age of Sigmar in 4th edition, I’ve been playing Old World…. sorry.
I’ve not played at a competitive event so my Elo is 400 and our stats would put me firmly in the first time tournament bracket.
Am I expecting to win? Definitely not. Kruleboyz were sitting at 43% and without Boltboyz and 59% without them.
This battlescroll I’m hoping that I can hit that 40% win rate. I’ll count that as success.
List Concept: Board Control
Without any shooting units, my idea is simply to have enough bodies on the table to attempt to claim board control.
As a result, the core of the army is three units of reinforced Gutrippaz under the Swamphorde Bullies formation.
Reinforcing them will maximise the formation ability and gives the units a large footprint.
There’s also going to be one unit of Monsta-Killaz to play into any potential monster mash lists.
Heroes
This is more a rule of cool pick for me over anything else and that’s Gobsprakk. I want him there to bully those enemy foot casters and give me a decent chance of getting my manifestations on the table.
Next, with so many Gutrippaz, I’ve chosen a couple of support heroes for them. The first being the Swampcalla. With Foul Elixirs, I’m hoping he can give a unit of Gutrippaz +1 to their save rolls each turn, meaning they’ll be saving 4+. I’ll also give him the Swamp Staff to add 1 to its power level.
Then I’m adding in a Killaboss on foot. If he’s within 12″ of a Gutrippaz unit that uses All Out Attack, they’ll also benefit from +1 to wound.
I’m also taking the Mirebrute Troggoth to attack as a bit threat projection. He’s got Egomaniak to offload wounds onto nearby Gutrippaz and Tough ‘Un to subtract 1 rend from weapons that target him.
Last, but not least, we have the Soggy Killaboss on Gnashtoof.
This guys in so that I can harass enemy back markers and pull enemy infantry heroes out of position.
The List
Orruk Warclans | Kruleboyz
Swamphorde Bullies (30 Points)
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 3
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Gorkamorka
Battle Tactic Cards: Scouting Force, Restless Energy
General’s Regiment
Gobsprakk, the Mouth of Mork (260)
• General
Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (220)
• Egomaniak – (10) Points
• Tough ‘Un – (10) Points
Gutrippaz (320)
• Reinforced
Regiment 1
Scourge of Ghyran Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (160)
Gutrippaz (320)
• Reinforced
Killaboss with Stab-grot (80)
Regiment 2
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (130)
• Swamp Staff – (10) Points
Gutrippaz (320)
• Reinforced
Kruleboyz Monsta-killaz (120)
Faction Terrain
Skaregob Totem (20 Points)
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What’s Next?
First up is the task of getting 5 games under my belt. Only then will I feel like I have enough experience with the list to begin tweaking it if needs be.
