At the Woehammer GT this weekend we were blessed with 30 great armies that really helped with the look and the feel of the game and Peter and I really enjoyed looking at them all.
In order to let the players judge the winner of Best Painted, we chose a top 5 and Peter has taken some great photos. Here they are in all their glory.
Ben Adlem – Idoneth Deepkin – Best PaintedWINNER!
Sean Ditchfield – Nighthaunt
Daniel Scott – Sylvaneth
Joshua Boxall – Ironjawz
Christian Cameron – Lumineth Realmlords
Well done to all the chosen 5 and everyone else at the tournament. Great armies and very inspiring!
We thought it may be fun to have a little rest feed, which we’d update over the course of the weekend as results come in. So keep coming back to this post for the latest news!
Mon 11:20 Peter: Thanks again to all those who came. It’s the morning after, and I’ve got the full results for you:
Sun 19:45 Declan: I’m back home after awards, and pack-up. Firstly a big thank you to all our players. It was a great event; all games were finished in 2:30 hours with no problems, and there were very few rules queries. A great example of the great players in AoS! Well done all.
Our winners were:
1st Place 5-0 Christian Moore – SBGL
2nd Place 4-1 Daniel Scott – Sylvaneth
3rd Place 4-1 Ash Coleman – Sylvaneth
Best General (Woehammer best 4-1 by army strength) – Baz Norman Jr – LRL
Best Painted Ben Adlem – Idoneth
Best Sports – Sean Ditchfield
Wooden Spoon – Daniel Tadman
Well done to our best in factions as well!
Peter and I are going to take a break and then come back with some considered thoughts on the event and – of course – the Top Three!
Sun 15:15-15:30 Peter & Declan: All the results as we get them now:
Table 1: Christian (26) bt Ash (24)
Table 2: Daniel S (27) bt Tom (19)
Table 3: Marc & Paul Tied Game (!) at 25 each
Table 4: Owen (27) bt Daniel W (19)
Table 5: Baz (21) bt James (16)
Table 6: Rob (28) bt Sam (13)
Table 7: Ben (28) bt Mira (13)
Table 8: Peter (28) bt Garry (14)
Table 9: Phil – Stormcast (20) bt Benjamin – Slaves to Darkness (18)
Table 10: Michael (19) bt Jake (16)
Table 11: Sean (27) bt Joshua (11)
Table 12: Christian (23) bt Thomas (12) (in the LRL mirror)
Table 13: Adam (27) bt Daniel (16)
Sun 15:11 Peter: Results are coming in thick and fast now. Owen Jackson and his Kharadron managed to chew through the 27 Chaos Spawns of Daniel White’s Beast of Chaos list. Well done Owen!
Sun 15:10 Peter: We have a champion! Top table results have come in and Christian Moore and his Soulblight Gravelords have sucked the life out of Ash Coleman’s Sylavneth 26-24.
Sun 15:00 Declan: As we enter the last 30 minutes there’s another result and it’s a big one on Table 2 with wood beating screaming. Daniel (Sylvaneth) beat Tom (Big Waaagh!) 27-19. Daniel is on a 4-1 so in with a chance of 2nd or 3rd and Tom finishes on 3-2. A good result for Big Waaagh!
Sun 14:24 Declan: First result is in: Ben (Idoneth) (28) beat Mira (Slaanesh) (13); so Ben finishes on 3-2 and Mira 2-3
Sun 14:17 Peter: Here’s an interesting situation (one that an article may follow on in the future). Table 6 Rob Morris (Slaanesh) has screened out almost all of the board on turn 2 against Sam Barker (Beasts of Chaos). Sam decided has attempted to use ambush to full effect. Unfortunately for him, Rob managed to kill the few units that were deployed on the board and then processed to zone out much of the table edge. Sam is able to move one unit 6″ and therefore has a small pocket to see how many models he can bring on. But, anything he doesn’t bring on is effectively slain this turn.
Sun: 13:05 Declan: And we have another award at the start of Round 5. Baz Norman Jr has won Best in Faction for Lumineth Realmlords with a game in hand. Meanwhile on the top table Ash (Sylvaneth) is facing-off against Christian (Soulblight Gravelords) for the big trophy whilst on the bottom tables we’ve done a quick swap to ensure Daniel didn’t play 3 Lumineth armies in one tournament… so we could have no players in the 0-5 bracket.
Sun Peter12:09: I’ve taken shots of the other four nominations for the best painted award.
Ben Adlem – Idoneth Deepkin
Sean Ditchfield – Nighthaunt
Daniel Scott – Sylvaneth
Joshua Boxall – Ironjawz
Sun 11:45 – Sun midday Declan: The final results are starting to come in
Table 7: Baz – LRL (23) bt Michael – Khorne (13)
Table 12: Peter – OBR (25) bt Adam – OBR (6) in the OBR mirror
Sun 11:40 Declan Lunch has arrived and before the expected flurry of results, we have a fourth come in from table 10 where Ben’s Idoneth have beaten Sean’s Nighthaunt 23-9. It was a massively bloody (or bloodless as they are ghosts) turn 1 for Sean that gave him an uphill battle.
Sun 11:33 Peter: With Christian’s game over, I took the opportunity to get some close up shots of his best painted nominated army.
Sun 11:31 Peter: Phil Nunn’s Stormcast has seen off Thomas Care and his Lumineth with a score of 21-7 on Table 13.
Sun 11:26 Declan: From the top tables to nearer the bottom table 14 is finished and Garry’s Sylvaneth has taken out the win in some style with a 26-3 victory over Christian’s LRL.
Sun 11:04 Declan: With 1 hour to go, there’s a couple of tables nearing conclusions with the Spawn spam struggling against Sylvaneth on table 2 and falling to a defeat, and Eltharion dying to an Unleash Hell from Stormcast on table 13.
Sun 10:25 Declan: Peter & I have chosen our top 5 for best painted contest:
Christian Cameron – Lumineth Realm Lords
Ben Adlem – Idoneth Deepkin
Sean Ditchfield – Nighthaunt
Daniel Scott – Sylvaneth
Joshua Boxall – Ironjawz
Decision will be by player vote over the lunch break and we’ll get some pictures then.
Sun 09:55 Declan: The games are in full swing and dice are being rolled in anger… so some more pictures.
Sun 09:40 Declan: We’ve called an audible on the scoring system for Painting and Sports (which don’t affect positions). So Best Painted will be from a shortlist nominated by Peter & me, and Sports will be one vote per player at the end of game 5. This will reduce admin at tournament end and we’re slightly concerned with the number of partially filled in forms!
Sun 09:30 Declan: We’ve had some drop outs over night and so Sean Ditchfield has won best Nighthaunt having won the mirror yesterday. We still have 13 tables though and it’s all to play for. Join us for updates throughout the day
Sun 08:00 Declan: We’re awake (well I am), and just getting ready for another day of gaming at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry. It’s been a great first day with very few rules queries and all the players finishing each round on time. With the KO being beaten by Soulblight Gravelords and Big Waaagh sneaking past Slaanesh with the Battle Tactic Wait for It Ladz in game 3 the result is really open to any of the top four.
Tom – Big Waagh
Christian – Soulblight Gravelords
Ash – Sylvaneth
Daniel W – Beasts of Chaos
It’s great to have four different armies in the top four at this stage, but all could change on day two. We welcome the players back at 9am (BST) with the first game at 9:30am. Hope you can join us for some more updates throughout the day.
Sat 19:15 Declan: That brings our coverage for the day to an end. The Round 4 draw is available in BCP. Good luck to our players tomorrow where 4 are vying for the 4-0 and 3 players are trying to avoid the 0-4. Wish them all luck and follow your armies tomorrow when we return for gaming at 9:30am BST.
Sat 17:45 – 18:00 Peter & Declan: and more….
Table 15: Thomas (25) bt Daniel (13)
Table 4: Daniel (26) bt James (18)
Table 3: Ash (23) bt Ben (13)
Table 5: Daniel (31) bt Sean (13)
Table 9: Mira (28) bt Phil (13)
Table 14: Ben (20) bt Christian (12)
Table 11: Baz (18) bt Peter (17)
Table 2: Christian (23) bt Owen (4)
Table 13: Tom (25) bt Joshua (9)
Table 1: Tom (26) bt Rob (25) — nailbaiting!
Sat 17:33 Peter: Results are starting to flow in.
Table 6: Marc (28) bt Ben (17)
Table 8: Sam (28) bt Matthew (21)
Table 10: Paul (30) bt Toby (9)
Table 13: Tom (25) bt Joshua (9)
Sat 14:00 Declan: We have our first result. After his bruising encounter with Kharadron Overlords in game 1, Baz is back on track with a victory against Daniel’s Slaves to Darkness.
Sat 13:55 Declan: Sorry for the short delay in next update… but I’ve been wandering around looking at all the lovely armies on display. Some great hobby out there.
Sat 13:00 Peter: Here’s some pictures of the beautiful armies that we have here at the tournament.
Sat 12:45 Declan: and… we’re back from lunch although all the players have started early to get ahead of the game. The draw is up on BCP for those following along and with 15 winners and 15 runners-up from the first round there’s still lots to play for.
Sat 12:10 Declan: That’s all the results in with all tables finishing on time; and the players tucking into lunch! We’ll be back at 12:45 for the start of round 2.
Sat 12:00 Peter: That’s it, round one is over and (more importantly) lunch is served!
Table 4: Michael (20) bt Christian (18)
Table 6: Ben (23) bt Sean (21)
Table 8: Daniel (21) bt Adam (17)
Table 11: Toby (17) bt Thomas (14)
Table 12: Daniel (23) bt Marc (14)
Table 15: Sam (25) bt Jake (19)
Sat 11:50 Declan: Results coming in thick and fast now!
Table 7 Christian (24) bt Paul (16)
Table 10 Peter (22) bt Tom (16)
Table 13 Garry (24) bt Ben (18)
Table 2 Tom (28) bt Mira (10)
Table 9 James (28) bt Ben (16)
Table 5 Rob (24) bt Matthew (14)
Sat 11:38 Peter: Why not see what the guys are fighting over? We’ve a narrative element running through this weekends games, as those taking part can track the story of their general as they search for the lost City of Treveglos. Why no take a look here yourself?
Sat 11:30 Declan: As we draw near the end of the round, we have a big result from Table 14. Baz’s Ravening Jaws rolled a ‘1’ turn 1 and failed to do any mortal wounds to Owen’s Khemist and the LRL got a taste of lead… and it turns out Lead > Arrows this time.
Sat 11:10 Declan: And our second result hot on the heals… Table 3 saw Ironjawz (Rogue Idols) charge into the Slyvaneth – but Slyvaneth came out on top despite Durthu deciding not to fight (failed all charges)
Sat 11:04 Peter: We’ve had our first result in, and it’s from the top table. Phil Nunn and his Stormcast saw off the threat of Daniel Tadman and his Slaves to Darkness 24-8.
Sat 10:20 Declan: Best in Faction trophies show the best our game has to offer and we were able to congratulate some heroes at the start of game 1 for their Best in Faction successes:
Big Waaagh! – Tom Bell
Blades of Khorne – Michael Maher
Fyreslayers – Jake Wright
Gloomspite Gitz – Ben Smith
Idoneth Deepkin – Ben Adlem
Ironjawz – Joshua Boxall
Kharadron Overlords – Owen Jackson
Skaven – Marc Brookes
Stormcast Eternals – Phil Nunn
Soulblight Gravelords – Christian Moore
Congratulations to them all for beating the stiff opposition to raise to the top of their factions!
Sat 10:10 Declan: The Loonshrine have fallen; having been awarded Best in Faction (Gloomspite) Ben has led the glory go to his Troggherd and the Loonshrine was battered by the Beasts of Chaos. Well done to James on Table 9
Sat 09:40 Declan: And they’re off… all players are here and Peter’s been talking some photos
Sat 09:30 Declan: Safety messages done, 0930 arrived and so the games begin… and as with any tournament there’s a car that’s late so 3 games haven’t quite started yet! Hopefully they’ll get here soon.
Sat 09:00 Peter: With everything in place late yesterday, I think we’ll all set to go this weekend. No doubt there’ll be some issues, but we’ll be able to get around anything now, I’m sure of it. The round one draw took place yesterday, and we already have two of the better-known players matched up on table 14. Baz with Lumineth, against Owen and his Kharadron. We’ll keep you updated on the score throughout the 1st round.
Declan: Do you know what you were doing back in the days of Summer 2021; well Peter and I were talking about posting a few blog items about Warhammer. Peter had a website – Woehammer.com – which he was using for bits and pieces and would occasionally provide some YouTube coverage. And I – being my usual self – couldn’t bring myself to restart a website, but had some ideas for articles I wanted to run.
So we launched with much no fanfare in 2021, we launched in July 2021 with articles on Path to Glory Troggoths and Kruleboyz. We followed up in August with Peter’s first look at the Combat patrols – Adeptus Sororitas – and my look at news! (Mainly Warhammer+ being launched)
Things were slow in 2021, but then Peter published the first of the ‘Top Three’ series and we started getting more readers, followers and likes. I followed this up with Chris Tomlin’s Blackout event in December ’21 and it was clear we had a popular series.
Peter: How times change! Those first few months I remember being over the moon when we were receiving over a hundred views a day. My first few articles were all about aspects I was interested in, the History of Games Workshop and an entire series on A Life in Wargames where I focused on one individual who had made a contribution to our hobby.
As Declan says, December was a massive turning point, the Top Three’s you know and love started to become more regular although it wouldn’t be until April that they took on the form you see now on an almost daily basis.
2022
Declan: Roll on 2022 and things have got a little crazy, with each month breaking expectations of where we would finish. We’ve now (as of Sunday 20th November) passed 1,000,000 views for the year. An achievement we would never have thought possible — thank you too all our readers.
Woehammer Views, thank you all!
We’ve added commentary to the Top Three’s to try to explain how the armies work – or to admit it when we don’t! We have seen Seraphon rule the roost at the beginning of the year, and then Beasts accelerate with the White Dwarf release and then Maggotkin of Nurgle take over the world with Flies. It’s been a lot of fun!
Stats, Stats, Stats
Declan: Peter has even taken the data and details from the Top Three and started to generate Player stats and ranking details which are proving popular with our readers. His unique take on the ranking with players getting more points for over-performing with lower tier armies is trying to encourage players to take different armies. Remember not everyone can go 5-0 at a tournament!
Not Just Top Three Articles
Declan: We don’t just do Top Three Articles either, Woehammer is packed with insight into warscrolls (like Rippas!), armies (like Peter’s superb Ork article), book reviews (including Dominion), and even the odd ‘off the wall’ article; the latest being a superb piece by Edmund – ‘How to Leak…’
Peter: More recently as well, we’ve started our new series of ‘General Speaking’ where we interview top players around the world on their thought process around list building and tournament approach.
Patreon
Declan: Some of our loyal readers take loyalty and kindness one step further and contribute via our Patreon. Whilst we know not everyone can do this, we really appreciate the support from the Patreon gang. It’s especially fun to hear from them on article ideas, which we shamelessly steal and use for our own nefarious purposes. Thank you to them all.
If you would like to join them and support the website in this way, then you can do so on the link below.
A Team of Writers
Declan: As we continue to grow we’ve copied stolen an idea from Goonhammer and got some more writers on board. This allows us to ensure a regular output but also to keep up the quality of the content. So thank you to Peter (CEO Woe), me (Declan), Brett, Danny, Ethan, Patrick, Dave, Edmund, Kieron, Xander, Matt, Lehann, Aron, David, & Tom. We’ve even got some new writers coming on board soon – so look out for the new voices.
There’s also a large group behind us that give us ideas for articles, play games with us, or join us for chats on Discord & WhatsApp.
What’s Next
Declan: As we finish 2022, we are looking forward to 2023 and there’ll be more of the same for our readers to enjoy, but expect more new writers, return of some of the writers not heard from often and Peter trying to keep us all going – it’s worse than herding cats.
Personally, I’ve got less time for tournaments in 2023 but more time for articles and other hobby so expect more from me as well including Hobby Updates, our own Woehammer take on news, and looks at non-Games Workshop games and other systems.
Peter: I’ve tonnes of idea on my mind that I want to get around to seeing through. Those on our Discord will know of my Warscroll Stat cards showing the average damage output of various units and their resilience. I’m also considering adding a narrative element to the reporting of the top three stats. I’ve also one or two ideas forming for our readers to join in to reduce their pile of shame next potential year.
Also, we’re running our first ever GT event next year at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry on the weekend of the 13th and 14th May. If you want to join us why not jump on Eventbrite and book your ticket? The marvellous Dice and Ducks YouTubers will also be there covering the games live.
Giveaway
Peter: As a thank you to everyone, we’re also giving away one Vanguard or Combat Patrol of the winners choice. To enter, all you need to do is join our Discord and post in the Giveaway channel which Vanguard or Combat Patrol box you would like to receive as a prize. The draw will be carried out on Friday.
Thank you!
All that’s left is to say thank you for joining us on the ride so far, let us know if there’s anything you want to see, or see more of. And finally if you want to support the site you can sign-up on Patreon, or shop via our Element Games affiliate link this Christmas period. Happy 2022 everyone!
That’s all for now – see you at the next milestone!
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Fantasia Fanatic XLII Tournament that took place in Sweden on the 1st and 2nd October. It involved 38 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?
Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.
The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Allherd – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs:
Leaders Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)** – General – Command Trait: Dominator – Artefact: Tanglehorn Familiars Great Bray-Shaman (100)** – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Viletide Tzaangor Shaman of Beasts of Chaos (135)** – Artefact: Blade of the Desecrator – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Tendrils of Atrophy
Battleline 6 x Dragon Ogors (250)** – 6x Draconic War glaives – Reinforced x 1 10 x Ungors (65) – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (65)*** – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (65)*** – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (65)*** – Mauls & Half-Shields
Units 20 x Tzaangors of Beasts of Chaos (350)* – 8x Savage Greatblade – 12x Savage Blade & Arcanite Shield – Reinforced x 1 6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc of Beasts of Chaos (360)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc of Beasts of Chaos (360)* – Reinforced x 1
Declan: As we do more and more Top Three lists for AoS, two things are starting to happen. We see similar armies and we start to see the same names… and Ronya is one of those names. Ronya has gone for a Tzaangor based Beasts of Chaos army, but this works in the same way as most Beats of Chaos armies. There’s massive rend from the Herdstone, and summoning from the Dragon Ogre Shaggoth hurting himself (and then healing). It’s been a great army since the White Dwarf update and remains good.
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Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leader Guardian of Souls (150)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish – Bonded to Krondspine Krulghast Cruciator (150)*
Battleline Spirit Torment (115)* 20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)** – Reinforced x 1 20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Hexwraiths (160)* 3 x Spirit Hosts (125)* 10 x Grimghast Reapers (160)**
Behemoth Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)* – Allies
Declan: Let’s be fair, Nighthaunt are good – they give debuffs on the charge (after retreating), and if you don’t kill whole units they come back – very quickly. And what would make them better? Anders has the answer with a Krondspire Incarnate. Yet another model in the army that is difficult to kill (in fact he is impossible), the Incarnate also discourages opponents using their Endless Spells – a double benefit.
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Allegiance: Sylvaneth – Glade: Gnarlroot – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Alarielle the Everqueen (840)** Warsong Revenant (305)** – General – Command Trait: Spellsinger – Artefact: The Vesperal Gem – Lore of the Deepwood: Treesong Spirit of Durthu (370) – Artefact: Greenwood Gladius Arch-Revenant (120)**
Battleline 10 x Dryads (100)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
Endless Spells and Invocations Spiteswarm Hive (40)
Declan: Marcus was 4-0 going into the final game and lost to Ronya… not bad at all and thoroughly earning the third place. This Slyvaneth army is different to others I have seen, in that Alarielle is making an appearance. At 840 points Marcus did well to get value out of them and I have to be honest I’m not 100% sure how he did it. Sure Alarielle is good, but she’s also a point sink. I imagine there was a lot of teleporting through trees, charging and teleporting back (either with Durthu or Alarielle); but Marcus did well to concentrate on the Battle Tactics and grabbing the wins.
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Allegiance: Bonesplitterz – Warclan: Drakkfoot – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Wurrgog Prophet (150)* – Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz – Universal Spell Lore: Levitate Wurrgog Prophet (150)* – Artefact: Mork’s Boney Bitz – Lore of the Savage Beast: Glowy Green Tusks Wardokk (80)* – Lore of the Savage Beast: Gorkamorka’s War Cry Savage Big Boss (65)**** – General – Command Trait: Great Hunter
Battleline 10 x Savage Orruks (165)** – Chompas 10 x Savage Orruks (165)** – Chompas 10 x Savage Orruk Morboys (155)***
Units 5 x Savage Boarboy Maniaks (145)*** 5 x Savage Boarboy Maniaks (145)*** 2 x Savage Big Stabbas (80)* 2 x Savage Big Stabbas (80)**** 2 x Savage Big Stabbas (80)**** 2 x Savage Big Stabbas (80)****
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)**** – Allies
Declan: Another 4-1 but this time it’s Bonesplitters. They have definitely overcome the initial doubters after the release of the Orruk Warclans book where some thought it was the third army behind Kruleboyz…! Bonesplitters are now fighting it out with Big Waaagh for 2nd place.
2 Wurgogg Prophets put up 12″ range bubbles that you have to brave to enter and the Krondspire Incarnate puts out even a larger one! Sure the Incarnate makes this army, but it’s available for everyone and helping even the top armies so no reason Bonesplitterz can’t benefit.
The thing that helps this army in the meta is Drakkfoot:
Games Workshop and Wahapedia
Ward rolls are common in the top armies – Nurgle and Nighthaunt spring to mind. And turning them off can make a big difference. However as is always the way with theory, Dennis avoided them all – oh well! He did very well to beat what was in front of him for a 4-1.
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Warhammer World: Matched Play Event that took place in Nottingham, UK on 24th and 25th September. It involved 72 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?
Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.
The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Drowned Men – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Lord of Afflictions (210)* – General – Command Trait: Overpowering Stench – Artefact: The Splithorn Helm Orghotts Daemonspew (300)* Bloab Rotspawned (300) – Lore of Malignance: Gift of Disease
UNITS 10 x Putrid Blightkings (500)** 5 x Putrid Blightkings (250)** 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1 x Dolorous Tocsin 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1 x Dolorous Tocsin
Declan: Maggotkin of Nurgle are appearing at the top of many a tournament at the moment with Blightkings and Pusslords distributed as wished. Marco’s list has two of the special characters – Daemonspew and Rotspawned. This gives him a little punch and a little range, but must also help in the mirror match; as Marco beat Nurgle at the beginning and the end of the tournament.
Finishing 1st with 5-0 is always a good result and particularly special at Warhammer World!!
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Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Gavespawn – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Beastlord (95)* – Artefact: Mutating Gnarlblade Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)* – Lore of Dark Storms: Hailstorm Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)** – General – Command Trait: Unravelling Aura – Lore of Dark Storms: Sundering Blades Great Bray-Shaman (100)** – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Savage Dominion
Battleline 6 x Dragon Ogors (250)*** – 3x Paired Ancient Weapons – 3x Draconic War glaives – Reinforced x 1 6 x Dragon Ogors (250)*** – 3x Paired Ancient Weapons – 3x Draconic War glaives – Reinforced x 1 10 x Ungors (65)**** – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (65)**** – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (65)**** – Mauls & Half-Shields
Units 20 x Bestigors (250)*** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Centigors (85)* 5 x Centigors (85)** 1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)*
Declan: Well Beasts have well and truly made it, with some of the top players in the UK taking them and doing well with them… and Freddie is doing very well with them as well. He got his last win on the top table but was just pipped to the post by Marco.
Freddie’s version of the Beasts of Chaos army has a bit of everything… and lots of Dragon Ogres. Whilst they don’t hit too hard with the Paired Ancient Weapons (no rend), they have volumes of attacks over a relatively small area. The mix with the War Glaives (2″ reach) likely allows Freddie to get a few more of them into combat as they are on large bases. Being in Bounty Hunters doubles the damage against Galatian Veterans as well so be careful what you send against them.
From Games Workshop & Wahapedia
If you’ve not seen the Beasts of Chaos in your local area their other trick is summoning – with the Dragon Ogre Shaggoth taking damage from the herdstone and then healing most of it back – the summoning racks up quickly and just when you’ve started to make progress more appear. This makes the Beasts of Chaos army difficult to shift and with 194 wounds and summoning it’s a true DPS (Damage per Second) check. You need to do the damage!
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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Knight-Draconis (300)* – General – Command Traits: Heroic Stature – Artefacts of Power: Mirrorshield – Mount Traits: Celestial Instincts Knight-Judicator with Gryph-hounds (205)*
OTHER Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (240)* Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (240)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment **Bounty Hunters
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Declan: They may have lost the first game, and the Stormdrake Guard scroll may have been rewritten (and again), but they are no longer giving away extra points and so they are back on top! The dragons are doing +1 damage to Galatian Veterans with incredible moving and mortal wounds at range (no +1 damage on these!), and the Liberators provide a single GV unit in case it’s needed for scenarios or Battle Tactics.
This is quick… I mean really quick! And anything that might survive gets shot off. Eagle eyed readers will notice that the teleport has gone, but the Vanguards are in smaller units to give some flexibility, so it’s not really needed.
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Kruleboyz – Army Subfaction: Skulbugz
LEADER 1 x Gobsprakk (280) 1 x Killaboss on Corpse-rippa Vulcha (240) – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un – Spells: Flaming Weapon 1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (105) – General – Command Traits: Supa Sneaky – Spells: Choking Mist 1 x Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180) 1 x Kragnos (720)
BATTLELINE 10 x Gutrippaz (180)* – Gutrippa Hornblower – Gutrippa Banner Bearer – Gutrippa Boss – Wicked Stikka 10 x Gutrippaz (180)* – Gutrippa Hornblower – Gutrippa Banner Bearer – Gutrippa Boss – Wicked Stikka 10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x The Burning Head (20)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Bounty Hunters
TOTAL POINTS: (1985/2000)
Declan: Well Kruleboyz are bottom of the pile with Gitz, making Eddie’s 4-1 a great achievement — and done without an Incarnate. Take A Bow! This is all about the characters and Kragnos charging monsters off the board… take it off!
Games Workshop & Wahapedia
Whilst Kraggy is doing his thing, Gobsprakk is scaring (or killing) enemy casters and the Mirebrute & Vulcha are charging alongside Kraggy. Of course a double turn might be the end of this army, but Eddie must have had a few against him to still get 4-1 — that doesn’t happen by accident with this list. A great wildcard.
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Montreal Grand Tournament that took place in Montreal, Canada on 17th and 18th of September. It involved 47 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Seraphon – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: The Astromatrix – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Slann Starmaster (265)* – General – Command Trait: Arcane Might – Artefact: Serpent God Dagger – Spell: Celestial Equilibrium – Spell: Stellar Tempest Stegadon with Skink Chief (305)** – Artefact: Cloak of Feathers – Weapon: Skystreak Bow – Mount Trait: Starborne Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)** Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spell: Hand of Glory – Spell: Extend Astomatrix Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spell: Hand of Glory – Spell: Extend Astomatrix Skink Priest (90)** – Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Battleline 30 x Skinks (225)**** – Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs – Reinforced x 2 30 x Skinks (225)**** – Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs – Reinforced x 2 10 x Skinks (75)*** – Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (75)*** – Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 5 x Saurus Knights (110)** – Blades
Units 5 x Chameleon Skinks (115)*
Endless Spells & Invocations Purple Sun of Shyish (70) Horrorghast (40)
Declan: Danick went 5-0 here, with an interesting Seraphon list (interesting because no Bastiladons). That said it still has all the usual tricks. A good spell caster, 30 skinks to buff up, and get killing (and then another 30 so he can throw them away). If you’ve never seen a fully buffed up Skink unit you don’t know what you’re missing. As a Gitz player its demoralising but everything goes on them!
The purple Sun before the FAQ is an obvious call and no reason Danick shouldn’t take it. The Fangs of Sotek also gives the skinks a 50/50 parting shot (fire and flee), leaving the enemy flailing against thin air before they fire again. I’ve fought similar and it is vicious.
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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Drowned Men – Mortal Realm: Ghyran – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs:
Leaders Festus the Leechlord (150)** – Lore of Malignance: Rancid Visitations Lord of Afflictions (210)** – General – Command Trait: Overpowering Stench – Artefact: The Splithorn Helm Lord of Blights (150)**
Battleline 4 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (440)* – 2x Dolorous Tocsin – Reinforced x 1 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1x Dolorous Tocsin 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1x Dolorous Tocsin 10 x Putrid Blightkings (500)** – Reinforced x 1
Declan: Also going 5-0 this is the often seen Pusgoyle Blightlord List. It’s very difficult to kill, has amazingly fast movement, and if you do catch a Pusgoyle on fly… it strikes back with a vengeance. Meanwhile the disease markers you aquire slowly bring down support heros, and just when you feel you’ve got a chance Christian can summon whatever he needs. You need mortal wounds, at range, and lots of luck to beat this. There’s a reason Nurgle have been top of tournaments (and a popular army) since the book was released.
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Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Krulghast Cruciator (150)** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish Guardian of Souls (150)* – Artefact: Midnight Tome – Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist Spirit Torment (115)* Spirit Torment (115)*
Battleline 20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)**** – Reinforced x 1 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)*** 5 x Hexwraiths (160)** 5 x Hexwraiths (160)** 3 x Spirit Hosts (125)***
Units 10 x Dreadscythe Harridans (160)**** 10 x Dreadscythe Harridans (160)**** 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (105)*
Endless Spells & Invocations Purple Sun of Shyish (70)
Declan: Another good book, and another good army. Vincent-Pierre has brought the Purple Sun as well (surprise, surprise), and numerous ghosts. He has taken 30 Bladegheists so clearly has the patience of a saint (or bought them assembled), but once on the table top they are monsters. When they charge these guys can stack additional rend, so you’ll see characters charging in to clip units and doing untold damage. I’m still having nightmares of Kragnos being on 6+ armour save before the rend on the warscrolls took affect. It’s vicious, and has so far survived a FAQ – I’ll be amazed (although not surprised) if the stacking survives past Christmas.
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance – Triumphs: Indomitable (Wounds)
Leaders Loonboss (75)* – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite Madcap Shaman (80) – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
Battleline 20 x Shootas (140)* – 3x Barbed Nets – 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers 40 x Shootas (280)* – 6x Barbed Nets – 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers – 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers – Reinforced x 1 60 x Stabbas (450)* – Pokin Spears & Moon Shields – 9x Barbed Nets – 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers – 2x Badmoon Icon Bearers – Reinforced x 2
Units 5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (130)* 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (105)*
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)* – Allies
Declan: Peter knew I was coming back to writing Top Three Lists, and has picked a classic… Raphael has brought Gloomspite Gitz to a full tournament and gone 3-2… what a hero! Okay, he has brought an Incarnate, but a 2019 book with no White Dwarf article needs you to think outside the book. With three wizards, three Endless Spells and no Hand of Gork (heresy) this is a sit and shoot list… with 60 shootas (5+/5+/-/1 … what a profile). The damage at range must have been enough, but I’m really impressed that Raphael managed to complete enough Battle Tactics to win 3 games – especially with his general being a simple Loonboss.
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for World tSports Champions that took place in Nottingham, USA on 2nd and 3rd July. It involved 16 players from the world over, vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
This tournament was organised by the fantastic guys at Honest Wargamer.
Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Declan: Ronya qualified for the World Tsports Event by using Nighthaunt – exclusively – getting incredible results with what was considered to be a weaker army. So during Worlds she took the same army… but with a new book!
I watched the final of Ronya against Mike and she played very well, with the Nighthaunt now being great in the hands of an expert. I have played against the new book once, and it is very good. If you don’t kill whole units, they quickly come back, can retreat and charge and give debuffs on the charge – including -1 to hit, -1 save, and strike last. If you are charged by multiple units these really stack up quickly.
Nighthaunt still have their ward save as well, so if these spike you can fail to kill them… over attack and charge with everything!
Congratulations to Ronya, it was great watching her play with an army she’s used all year. I wonder if she’ll stick with them into GHB22 or take the opportunity to try something new.
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Declan: Mike finished the season as the top ranked player with all 6 of his qualifying results coming as Seraphon with 4 5-0s! But for Worlds he’s pivoted effortless to IdK and did exceptionally well to qualify despite losing his first game in the group. Qualifying on tie-break for the top 4 bracket, he then beat Beasts before being beaten by Ronya’s Nighthaunt.
Mike has gone for a Battle Regiment to get 1 drop and chose who goes first or second, allowing him to set-up for a double turn or get an alpha-strike in. His army has a bit of everything including some shooting, striking first in the third turn, and an Akhelian King who is 40 points cheaper than a Loonboss on Mangler Squig — wow… what value!
IdK are not easy to play with as they are glass cannons, but they are very strong cannons – be careful of charging in turn 3! Well done to Mike as well, top ranked player in GHB21 and 2nd at Worlds. What a year for him.
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Declan: Ah Beasts of Chaos – a perfect example of what can happen to a low ranked army if it gets a good white dwarf article / update. And Beasts did! Massive rend, good summoning, and lots and lots of Dragon Ogres! I watched Ole’s game against the Thunder Lizards on the Saturday and it was great to see how he dealt with the Seraphon – swamping the objectives and summoning Chimeras to finish people off.
Ole is a player who switches armies around, and it is no surprise to see him doing well with a different army!
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Declan: 4-1 at the Worlds. Well done to Phil with Slaves to Darkness. Sure it is Archaon in a Host of the Everchosen list. Varanguard are great support units for Archaon, but it is the big guy who does the heavy lifting here. Able to auto-kill other models into his sword, fight twice, and with immense movement. I have managed to kill him before, but my normal approach is to ignore him — not an easy method.
It’s great to see variety at the Worlds and one of the main characters of Age of Sigmar making an appearance.
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Ironweld GT that took place in Massachusetts, USA on 25th and 26th June. It involved 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Coalesced – Subfaction: Thunder Lizard – Grand Strategy: Beast Master
LEADERS Engine of the Gods (265)** – General – Command Traits: Prime Warbeast – Artefacts of Power: Incandescent Rectrices – Mount Traits: Beastmaster – Prayers: Heal Saurus Astrolith Bearer (150)*** – Artefacts of Power: Fusil of Conflagration Lord Kroak (430)*** Celestant-Prime (325)***
BATTLELINE Skinks (75)** – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter and Moonstone Club Skinks (75)** – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter and Moonstone Club Saurus Guard (115)*** – Saurus Guard Alpha – Stardrake Icon Bearer – Wardrummer
BEHEMOTH Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (165)* Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (165)* Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (165)*
Declan – Seraphon have been good throughout GHB21 and they end here also on top. There’s loads you can do with the list and that is why they remain on top. Normally people take the Solar Engines but Michael has taken 3 Ark of Soteks. These have some advantages over the Solar Engines – they are cheaper, don’t give up additional Hunt points, and they are great into the mirror. Lots of attacks, with mortal wounds and damage 1 mean a Thunder Lizard list has minimal impact on this.
Added to this Kroak throws out a tonne of mortal wound magic to be able to take down support characters at range with ease. There’s no surprise this list came out on top with all it’s tools!
Declan – a totally different type of Thunder Lizard army goes to show the strength in depth to the book. This relies on the Bastiladons shooting at range, and buffing the 30 skinks with 4 or 5 buffs (most automatic) and rending through an opponent at range.
If your opponent is lucky enough to reach you, the Bastiladons provide excellent blockers of space with their 1+ armour save. Unless you bring mortal wounds this a monster list to defeat. I tend to go for the big unit of Skinks, but you need to charge a sacrificial unit first to make them use unleash hell. That said I’ve always struggled against this list, and I imagine others do as well.
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Army Faction: Legion of the First Prince – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER Be’lakor (360) – Spells: The Master’s Command Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280) – General – Command Traits: Ruinous Aura – Artefacts: Armour of the Pact – Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur Kairos Fateweaver (435)* – Spells: The Master’s Command
Declan – the Incarnate! Emma has brought a monstrous beast in the Incarnate, backing up a Legion of the First Prince list which has all the tech. If you’ve not seen it before it is very difficult to play against due to all the moving parts. It also does surprisingly little damage – although the Incarnate will change this.
This army wins by stopping opponents getting objectives and battle tactics with Belakor turning off one unit for a turn and Kairos to change a dice roll. If you think you’re running 6″ to get that objective, you’re probably not. This means it’s difficult to reliably score points against it whilst it racks them up. Nothing in GHB22 suggests this won’t work just as well.
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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Army Subfaction: Zaitrec
LEADER Archmage Teclis (740) – General Scinari Loreseeker (170) – Spells: Lambent Light, Solar Flare
BATTLELINE Vanari Auralan Wardens (145) – High Warden – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Total Eclipse Vanari Auralan Wardens (145) – High Warden – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh 2 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (510) – High Sentinel – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Lambent Light
ENDLESS SPELL Purple Sun of Shyish (70) Rune of Petrification (75)
OTHER Vanari Dawnriders (140)
TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)
Declan – LRL and the first Purple Sun of Shyish we’ve seen. And boy… is it a monster.
Games Workshop – GHB22
Whilst it’s difficult to cast the LRL shouldn’t have too much trouble, and they you’re looking at a huge area that big monsters can’t go into and – even they risk it – they’ll be at -1 save. An extra pip of rend is worth it’s weight in gold.
The rest of the army is based around Teclis who can auto-cast spells (look a Purple Sun!) and 20 Sentinels for some long range non-LOS shooting with mortal wounds and re-rolling thrown in for good measure.
I’ve fought Teclis before, and the answer I think is to charge en-masse and kill everything that isn’t Teclis – oh… and don’t roll a 1!
We’ve been discussing at Woehammer how we can bring even more lists for you to look at! So someone (Declan) had the clever idea of doing tournament Previews where we focus on lists form a specific faction each week! This week we’ll mostly be talking about Stormcast Eternals! (Fast Show anyone?)
Declan – So firstly a confession – I have played against Stormcast extensively under GHB21, but I haven’t read GHB22 yet as I had a tournament last weekend. But hopefully I can add some insight!
List 1 – David Hernandez – Open DKHM Verano (GHB 22)
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Hallowed Knights (Stormkeep) – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak – Triumphs: Inspired
Battleline 10 x Liberators (230)* – Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield – 2x Grandweapons – Reinforced x 1 10 x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (400) – Reinforced x 1 5 x Liberators (115)** – Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield – 1x Grandweapons
Units 10 x Protectors (450)* – 4x Starsoul Maces – Reinforced x 1 2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Lance
Declan – This list has a little bit of everything, and it’ll no doubt be able to deal with anything that can be thrown at it. Translocation (teleport) is insanely good with High Priest (re-roll prayer), allowing for great manoeuvrability and coverage of the board.
The Stormdrake Guard (Dragons) are always good with high movement, mortal wound shooting, and a decent close combat attack, all wrapped in a 3+ armour save. That all said I think that the power in this comes from the deceptively good units of 10; Liberators (cheap points per wound, good save), Judicators (24″, 3+/3+/-1/1), and Protectors (3/3+/3+/-1/1). The volume of damage 1 attacks is great in the current meta with Thunder Lizards (-1 damage) still being popular. I’m not sure how to deal with all the 4+ armour saves, and then adding Gardus into the mix! A great list with so many tools.
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List 2 – Pete Brizio – Worlds tSports Champions Event (GHB 21)
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Hammers of Sigmar – Grand Strategy: – Triumphs:
Leaders Lord-Relictor (145)* – General – Command Trait: High Priest – Artefact: Mirrorshield – Prayer: Translocation Lord Commander Bastian Carthalos (300)*
Battleline 5 x Liberators (115)* – Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield – 1x Grandweapons 5 x Vindictors (130)* 5 x Vindictors (130)*
Units 6 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)* – Reinforced x 1 4 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Warblade – Reinforced x 1
Declan – Pete is playing in GHB21 at the Champions (Worlds) event and he’s brought everything we’ve spoken about and written about before. Longstrikes with teleport will take off most important units before you’ve had a chance to play with them, whilst the Stormdrake Guard are in your face doing damage and pinning into your deployment.
The Liberators & Vindictors are useful little objective holders, and Bastian is hard as nails. The only thing that may cause Pete trouble is a low wound count, but it’s all wrapped up in 3+ and 4+ armour saves; this was a good army throughout GHB21 and will continue to be a popular choice.
Good luck to Pete and his fellow competitors this weekend at the T-Sports Arena.
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List 3 – Deinok Xavi – Open DKHM Verano
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Subfaction: Knights Excelsior – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Lord-Arcanum (155)* – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome – Spells: Celestial Blades Lord-Relictor (145)* – General – Command Traits: High Priest – Artefacts of Power: Mirrorshield – Prayers: Translocation Battlemage (100)*
OTHER Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)* – Raptor-Prime
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (60)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Expert Conquerors
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Declan – Deinok’s gone for a combination of the 2 lists above with a High Priest and Longstrike Crossbows, but no Stormdrake Guards. The Longstrikes are not alone though and have brought the Protectors and Retributors (2/3+/3+/-1/2). These two large units pack a hell of a punch, and with the heroes providing teleport and celestial blades, they can be where needed, and wounding on 2s.
Wahapedia & Games Workshop
The true genius of this list is the new Gnashing Jaws being taken, leaning into the new GHB22 and what may turn out to be the age of the Endless spell!
Games Workshop – GHB22
Lots of mortal wounds on a 2+ against anything with with a low move characteristic. This is a massive step up to the previous version which only caused mortal wounds on a 6+. Tempted to take it myself.
The UK tSports Champions 2022 was an inaugural event organised by the wonderful people at Honest Wargamer and TSportsNetwork. It took place in Nottingham, UK on 18th and 19th June. It involved 16 players from around the UK, vying to be crowned the champion of champions in a 5 game tournament.
Tournament Format
The format is a little different to your usual GT, in that players are seeded into groups on day 1, and then play each other person in their group once. Depending on where they finished in their group would determine which ‘final’ route they would be on the next day. (I.e. group winners could finished 1st-4th), runners up in the group would be playing for 5th-8th, and so on).
Our very own Declan is ranked high enough in the UK rankings, and as a result was invited to the event. He chose to play with his Big Waaagh! Which you can read about here.
As a result, I’ve invited Declan to discuss the armies in this article as who better but the man who took part! (Declan – cheers Peter; it was a great event!)
Before I jump into the Top Three, I just wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server, where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.
The Top Three AoS Lists from the UK tSports Champions 2022
Dan’s List, courtesy of Ziggy and TSportsNetwork
Declan – I’ve managed to avoid Dan this tournament season, mostly by virtue of not being good enough to compete with him. He has played a lot of different armies to qualify (see above on the left), but following the White Dwarf Article on Beasts of Chaos he has returned to an army he likes playing… and who can blame him with rend improving throughout the game.
In fact this is where this army excels – The incarnate can’t be killed easily, so can take turns 1-3 and the army takes over turn 3-5. And the army is Tzaangors… lots of them. They are the ‘close combat’ ones, and can dish out huge damage especially with their ability Guided by the Past which allows the whole unit to reroll hits and wounds if an enemy unit has already attacked in combat. So if Dan is in combat with weaker units he can let the enemy fight first, or if he’s charged! Then retreat & rally!
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Courtesy of Ziggy & TSports Network
Declan: An army that regular readers of Woehammer will have seen come to the fore from Toby. He qualified with another variety of armies and represented Team England at AoS (as did Dan & Ritchie).
As Dan did he has also brought an Incarnate to survive, add punch, kill monsters and eat Endless Spells. Toby only lost to Dan in the final, and he’s been smashing the tournament scene all season. I was fortunate enough to play him at the start of the season and he (like all the 16 in the final) is a great player and great fun to play against.
The Nurgle are great because they can’t really be debuffed – large number of damage one attacks with minimal rend, but backed up by mortal wounds via disease markers. This is a great army, can do battle tactics in its sleep, and is a great counter to Seraphon Thunder Lizards (because of damage 1) who are at the top of the rankings with Nurgle.
Great result for Toby in his first full season at AoS.
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Courtesy of Ziggy & T Sports Network
Declan: I was fortunate to play Ritchie in a very tight game (only 3 VPs in it), when I grabbed the win. But he qualified top of the group by beating the 2 Seraphon lists in Group 1. This was no easy feat though, and with the pressure on game 2, Ritchie beat Mike Stewart – the number one ranked player in the World! It really does show the importance of not letting an early defeat put you off your game.
Like his fellow top three players, Ritchie is in Team England and qualified for the Top 16 by playing a large variety of armies. He has the same core as Toby with Blightlords, at least one Lord of Affliction and an Incarnate. His optional choices include another monster (Bloab) allowing him to grap additional battle tactic points from making a 3rd unit into a monster, or a second for Savage Spearhead. Making full use of GHB21 and the season of the monsters.
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Courtesy of Ziggy & T-Sports Network
Declan – Peter has chosen the last of the top qualifiers and Alex did very well with a Magmadroth inspired army, only falling at the Nurgle wall of flesh that was Toby & Ritchie. Fyreslayers are good, survivable and the Magmadroths can dish out damage, take damage and use their runes to do exactly what they need to do, when the need to do it.
Being able to put 3 Magmadroths in Hunters of the Heartland is a great touch in GHB21 and obviously this is not repeatable in GHB22, but the army will definitely have play in the new edition. Fyreslayers are here to stay and I’m sure Alex will have a great season for GHB22 as well.
Declan – A huge thank you to Ziggy for running the event, and Rob for hosting. It was amazing and a great end to an incredible season for me! Top marks, and all games were played at a top level, with all players having fun as well.
Full Tournament Results
Thanks to T-Sports Network for the great graphics. Why not visit them on their Twitch channel and watch some of the games back. There is a small charge to join, but for that you get to see the top players playing competitive Age of Sigmar. It is the end of the season, but there’s lots here to learn that’ll help any player in GHB22.
