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Top Three AoS Lists for the VIC GT 2024

April 17, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for the VIC GT 2024 that took place in Australia on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 44 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (240)
– Artefacts: Skavenbrew
– Spells: Skitterleap, Death Frenzy
1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Diabolical Schemer
– Spells: Levitate, Death Frenzy
1 x Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
1 x Grey Seer (110)***
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)***
– Prayers: Disease-disease!
1 x Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)***
– Prayers: Filth-filth!

BATTLELINE
20 x Clanrats (100)*
– Rusty Blade
20 x Clanrats (100)*
– Rusty Blade
15 x Plague Censer Bearers (300)**
15 x Plague Censer Bearers (300)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Soulscream Bridge (80)

OTHER
5 x Skabbik’s Plaguepack (140)***

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Wizard-finders of Andtor
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Kieren Coates: Now this is my own list so i can provide a bit more insight into this one!

However, variants of this list have been floating around for some time, especially since it ran second place at the GW open in Atlanta – however I was personally destroyed by one of the OG’s of bells in the current meta, Stuart the iron gutsman in a skaven mirror months prior.

With the list facing a 120 point nerf in the recent battlescroll, changes were needed to be made and the most optimal change was reducing one bell down to a seer, but honestly… i think its better

By taking a seer instead, it gives access to both blizzard and hoarfrost which are incredibly pivotal spells, with hoarfrost greatly assisting in two of my wins (Big Waaagh and gargants), and now with the new wizard finders having a 3rd small hero means you have access to warlord, and then using the priest to provide wizard finders to the 30 censors for that critical 5+ spell block.

The concept of the list is simple – with 6 masterclan/pestilence heroes unless the enemy fights you, you have your grand strategy by default. Combined with simple tactics you can very easily score 28 points.

Now, that means if the enemy can do the same, it comes down to who can control the primaries for those critical turns – not only does this list have the bodies to outmuscle most lists, but skabbick’s prayer to automatically take an objective if his squad is on it is brutal in control matchups, game changingly so in some cases.

Sit in the most optimal zone of the board, force the enemy to have to take the risk into you, and if they are unable to piece through the screaming bells, furnaces and clanrats then expect them to be cleared by the powerhouse that is 2×15 censors.

on the charge with prayer, all out attack and skabbicks pack within 18″ its 75 attacks, 2’s, 2’s, rend 1 damage 2

For context thats 70 damage into a 4+ save enemy – thats without adding in hoarfrost, skavenbrew, or death frenzy to further fight again when your models die

Be aware however the list isnt without weakness – if your PCB’s die early by not protecting them, or they are shot down from a distance you will be left with all bodies and no teeth. Against ranged lists you must use smart positioning, soulscream bridge and gnawholes to close the gap and get into threat range while controlling the board with the remaining bodies

While the list has been nerfed by 120 points, it still certainly has its punch and can beat down on most melle armies, but be afraid of the ranged powerhouses that can take out your hammers before they get a chance to engage.

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Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
– Tribe: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
King Brodd (520)
– General
– Command Trait: Big Eater
Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500)
– Artefact: Amulet of Destiny (Universal Artefact)
Warstomper Mega-Gargant (440)*
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

Battleline
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (130)*
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (130)*
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (130)*
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (130)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000

Peter: I’ve been lucky enough to know the PlasticCraic team for a while now. So when Joel popped up in the listing, we decided to do something a little different for his list review!

Peter: Thanks for agreeing to do this! We don’t often see Sons topping the tables of events these days. What is it that separates your list from other Sons lists that gave you that little extra zing?

Joel: Funnily enough, the list i took seems to be ‘the’ brodds stomp list getting around at the moment, and I’d be wrong to take the credit for coming up with it. It does play vastly different to a regular sons list. Their biggest flaw was ironically survivability. Megas have been used as the yard stick for damage output since they were released, and in brodds stomp you kind of fix that flaw by getting a 5+ ward on brodds 40 wounds. The extra zing would have to be the kings stomp, which is the brodds stomp specific monstrous action. I used this pretty aggressively to tie up units and snipe out heroes. Throwing terrain is cool and all, but this one takes the cake for me.

Peter: Your only loss came to Kieren and his ratties. Was this just a weight of numbers issue that caused the issue for your megas? Not discounting that Kieren is probably the top Skaven player.

Joel: Kieren had a dream turn 1, applying every buff to 15 plague sensor bearers, including a -3 rend hoarfrost. I didn’t zone out the bridge properly, and he got into my guts, wiping out the warstomper and a mancrusher with a 12″ charge. Safe to say, the 20 attacks a model (sarcasm) comfortably lifted them with ease. Skaven can be a really tough matchup for sons, between the debuffs from the bells and weight of dice from stupidly cheap 2 wound rats. Full credit to Kieren, though. VICGT was his first 5-0, and he deserved the win. I doubt I’m the only one to say that I’m glad to see the back of PCBs leading into 4th!

Peter: So are there any changes you’d make to the lost following VICGT? Or are you looking to have fun with it all for the lame duck period?

Joel: There’s a good chance I’ll be playing sons again for fatal4play, which is a 4-player teams event in June. And after VICGT, I’ll most likely swap out the gatebreaker for a krakeneater. Hitting on 4+s really sucks, and I used the pulverising strike ability more than I’d like to admit. The krakeneater adds some objective kicking, which is always handy, especially when in brodds you dont want to spread out too much and lose the 5+ ward. Krakens do less damage, but atleast they hit on 3+s base and are another good choice to hurl terrain with as you get more milage out of an all out attack, given they come with a decent shooting profile already.

Peter: Thanks Joel!

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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Ionrach
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Akhelian King (220)*
– General
– Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury
– Bladed Polearm and Falchion
– Artefacts of Power: Potion of Hateful Frenzy
– Mount Traits: Voidchill Darkness
Lotann (110)*
Isharann Soulscryer (140)*
– Prayers: Curse
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust

BATTLELINE
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
Namarti Reavers (160)*
Namarti Reavers (160)*

BEHEMOTH
Akhelian Leviadon (400)*
– Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

OTHER
Akhelian Allopexes (150)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness
– Damned Legion: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)*
– The Lore of the Damned: Binding Damnation
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefact: Chaos Familiar
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed

Battleline
5 x Chaos Knights (220)*
-4x Cursed Lance
-plague Flail
-standard bearer
-hornblower
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
9 x The Unmade (80)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
9 x Untamed Beasts (80)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
6 x Varanguard (560)*
– 6x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Varanguard (560)*
– 3x Fellspear
– 3x Daemonforged Blade
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1960 / 2000

Final Tournament Placings

Rank	Player Faction	Win	Draw	Loss	BP
1	Kieren Coates Skaven	5	0	0	50
2	Joel McGrath Sons of Behemat	4	0	1	40
3	Joel Graham Idoneth Deepkin	4	0	1	40
4	Jordan Maus Slaves to Darkness	4	0	1	39
5	David Sulava Gloomspite Gitz	4	0	1	39
6	Laslo Nedanovski Flesh-Eater Courts	4	0	1	38
7	Sam Morgan Soulblight Gravelords	4	0	1	38
8	Nathan Thompson Kharadron Overlords	4	0	1	38
9	Tyson Gleeson Blades of Khorne	4	0	1	35
10	Zak Rockman Orruk Warclans	3	0	2	30
11	Alexander Krohn Kharadron Overlords	3	0	2	29
12	Zenith Mills-Shorter Flesh-Eater Courts	3	0	2	28
13	Peter Atkinson Gloomspite Gitz	3	0	2	28
14	James Hallam Kharadron Overlords	3	0	2	28
15	Daniel Bonaci Ogor Mawtribes	3	0	2	27
16	Daniel Trotter Kruleboyz	3	0	2	27
17	Lachlan Jago Kharadron Overlords	3	0	2	26
18	Ethan Moon Nighthaunt	3	0	2	26
19	Josh Clark Skaven	3	0	2	26
20	Will Walters Sons of Behemat	3	0	2	26
21	Jeremy Page Seraphon	2	0	3	19
22	Jason Brown Flesh-Eater Courts	2	0	3	19
23	Jarrad Coots Ogor Mawtribes	2	0	3	18
24	Andrew Frankhuisen Blades of Khorne	2	0	3	18
25	Jared Haggard Stormcast Eternals	2	0	3	18
26	Nicholas Zambo Ironjawz	2	0	3	18
27	James Anderson Daughters of Khaine	2	0	3	16
28	Dave Cunning Sylvaneth	2	0	3	16
29	Jason Spedding Hedonites of Slaanesh	2	0	3	16
30	Tristan Smith Ironjawz	2	0	3	16
31	Steve Woolgar Ossiarch Bonereapers	2	0	3	15
32	Jason tipping Flesh-Eater Courts	2	0	3	15
33	Justin Clark Flesh-Eater Courts	2	0	3	14
34	Gene Mills Gloomspite Gitz	1	0	4	9
35	Aaron McHours Beasts of Chaos	1	0	2	9
36	John Fazakerley Ogor Mawtribes	1	0	4	8
37	Jayden Andrea Ogor Mawtribes	1	0	4	8
38	Corey Beilharz Flesh-Eater Courts	1	0	4	7
39	Luke Ingram Ironjawz	1	0	4	7
40	Jai Portelli Sylvaneth	1	0	4	6
41	Anthony Quilty Soulblight Gravelords	0	1	0	5
42	Sam Sims Blades of Khorne	0	1	0	5
43	Adam Kotis Kruleboyz	0	0	1	0
44	Brad Klimpsch Flesh-Eater Courts	0	0	5	0

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Wheat City Open 2024

April 13, 2024 Top 3 Lists 1 Comment

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This is the top three AoS lists forthe Wheat City Open 2024that took place in Canada on the 2nd and 3rd of March. It saw 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery

LEADERS
Bloodsecrator (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Banner of Blood
Skarbrand (380)*
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh, Killer Instinct
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood
– Prayers: Heal, Killer Instinct
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Hackblade and Wrath-hammer
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Bronzed Flesh
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)**

BATTLELINE
Blood Warriors (380)*
– Blood Champion
– Goreaxe and Gorefist
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Goreglaive
Flesh Hounds (100)**
Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Meatripper Axe

OTHER
Furies (80)
Furies (80)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)

TERRAIN
1 x Skull Altar (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: A Mortal-heavy Reapers of Vengeance list is not exactly a common sight, but such is the power of its effect of providing bonus Blood Tithe for slain enemy Heroes that you can make it work. The Hero lineup features most of the big hits: a Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury with Firebrand as a powerhouse to build your center around, Skarbrand as a steady and mostly independent hammer, multiple Priests to leverage the excellent prayer scripture and invocations, and Skarr Bloodwrath as a reusable source of Blood Tithe.

The troops themselves feature a mix of native Khorne troops and Allies from Slaves to Darkness: the reinforced blob of Blood Warriors will take and hold the middle, whereas the Flesh Hounds and Bloodreavers serve as cheap screens that can generate Blood Tithe on death. The Furies can also serve that role, but provide additional mobility to help pressure faraway objectives.

Khorne continues to be in a strong position, and this list is a good example of why this is the case: the combination of durability, reliability, and mobility makes it a powerful army in the hands of a skilled player.

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh! (Battleline or General in enemy territory at end of game)
– Triumph: Indomitable (pass battleshock)

LEADERS
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork (teleport)
Wurrgog Prophet (170)* (Zap Daddy with the slot machine eye lasers)
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz (4+ ward)
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)**
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer (+3 damage once per game)
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un (once per game hero phase move)
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat (d3 heal)
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat (3d6 charge)
Gobsprakk (240)*** (once per game 3d6 unbind and deals d3 or d6 on every successful unbind)
– General

BATTLELINE
Orruk Brutes (280)** (+1 to hit models with 4+ wounds. Models with 1 wounds can’t contest within 3″)
– Brute Boss
– Boss Choppa
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Brute Boss
– Boss Choppa
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Gutrippaz (150)*** (-1 to hit from non Hero, non monsters)
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Hornblower
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka

OTHER
Brute Ragerz (200)** (run and charge)
– 6 x Mighty Gore-hacka

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: It’s not often that you see a Maw-krusha in Big Waaagh lists, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t potent. Its combination of speed and hitting power can be a daunting complement to the board presence and magical power typical of Big Waaagh armies.

Alongside the big guy is an interesting combination of Ironjawz threats – Brute Ragerz pack a lot of punch on the cheap, and Brutes bring both damage and the ability to bully smaller models off objectives. Alongside them is a unit of Gutrippaz that acts as a screen that can also take down weaker units, and a fairly typical Hero lineup of Gobsprakk, a Wurrgog Prophet, a Weirdnob Shaman with Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork, and a couple of Warchanters to lay down Violent Fury on the Ironjawz.

Because the Maw-krusha is not often seen in Big Waaagh, your opponents may not be prepared for it, and that kind of curveball can be a very useful tool.

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses

LEADER
1 x Belladamma Volga (220)
– Spells: Soulpike
1 x Ivya Volga (135)
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– General
– Command Traits: Eater of Magic
– Artefacts: Seed of Rebirth
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– Spells: Soulpike

BATTLELINE
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)
– Skeleton Champion
– Standard Bearer
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)
10 x Dire Wolves (150)
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)
– Doom Wolf

OTHER
10 x Black Knights (130)
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
3 x Fell Bats (90)
3 x Vargheists (140)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: (1985/2000)

Roland Rivera: While this list is in Vyrkos, and has some of the Vyrkos mainstays in Zombies and Belladamma, it has a very interesting mix of units. Vyrkos is normally all about the Deadwalkers, but this list has a big blob of 30 Skeletons (!), as well as 10 Black Knights (!!) and some Vargheists (!!!). The surprises don’t end there, as even Ivya Volga makes an appearance.

The gameplan, however, is the same as it typically is for Vyrkos – drown your opponent in bodies, and pick them back up when they die. The Black Knights offer you a bit of a counterpunch angle with the mortal wounds on the charge, and the Vargheists can threaten backfields with their flight speed and deepstrike ability.

Overall, this is a bit of an unusual list, but unusual doesn’t always mean bad, as its results demonstrate.

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Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar
– Army Subfaction: Greywater Fastness
– Grand Strategy: Banners Held High
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Freeguild Marshal and Relic Envoy (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Ballistics
– Duelling Pistols and Silvered Shortsword
1 x Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120)**
– Artefacts: Sigmarite Warhammer
1 x Fusil-Major on Ogor Warhulk (130)***
– Artefacts: Mastro Vivetti’s Magnificent Macroscope
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100)***
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100)***
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
10 x Freeguild Steelhelms (100)*
– Sergeant-at-Arms
– Steelhelm Herald
– Battle Priest
10 x Freeguild Steelhelms (100)*
– Sergeant-at-Arms
– Battle Priest
– Steelhelm Herald
20 x Freeguild Fusiliers (340)*
– Fusil-Sergeant
– 2 x Fusilier Herald
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade|
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade

ARTILLERY
1 x Ironweld Great Cannon (140)*

OTHER
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (200)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: (1960/2000)

Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for Silverstream Smackdown 2024 – Royal Rumble

April 12, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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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

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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

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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.

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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)

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/WHCF65H4CF

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Top Three AoS Lists for the III GT Talavera AoS

April 11, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for the III GT Talavera AoS that took place in Spain on the 9th and 10th of March. It saw 295 players in 60 teams vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. This is the largest teams tournament I’ve ever seen, however we’ll only be showing the individual placings.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Daughters of Khaine
– Army Subfaction: Hagg Nar
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Morathi-Khaine (680)*
1 x The Shadow Queen (680)*
1 x Melusai Ironscale (120)* – General
– Command Traits: Zealous Orator – Artefacts: Crown of Woe

BATTLELINE
15 x Blood Sisters (450)* – Gorgai
5 x Blood Sisters (150)* – Gorgai
10 x Blood Stalkers (360)* – Krone

OTHER
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)* – Shryke
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)* – Shryke

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1960/2000)

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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Inspired
– Holly command: Steadfast March

LEADER
1 x Ionus Cryptborn (400)*
– General
– Prayers: Translocation
1 x Lord-Castellant (160)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome

BATTLELINE
4 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Warblade
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Warblade

OTHER
3 x Aetherwings (70)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Type: Invaders
– Grand Strategy: Glutton for Depravity
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Keeper of Secrets (380)*
– Living Whip
– Spells: Lash of Slaanesh
Shardspeaker of Slaanesh (130)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Keeper of Secrets (380)**
– Living Whip
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Lord of Hubris (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Hurler of Obscenities
– Artefacts of Power: Icon of Infinite Excess
Syll’Esske (200)**
– Spells: Lash of Slaanesh

BATTLELINE
Daemonettes (110)*
– Daemonette Banner Bearer
– Daemonette Icon Bearer
– Daemonette Hornblower
– Allurer
Daemonettes (110)*
– Allurer
– Daemonette Banner Bearer
– Daemonette Icon Bearer
– Daemonette Hornblower
Symbaresh Twinsouls (140)**
– Egopomp
Symbaresh Twinsouls (140)**
– Egopomp
The Unmade (80)**

OTHER
Furies (80)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Dreadful Visage (60)
1 x Chronomantic Cogs (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Celefaze: This is one of the most unique Slaanesh lists I’ve ever seen reach a podium placing, and makes expert use of our debuff capabilities and the offensive jank hidden in oft-forgotten Invaders subfaction. The party starts with two units of symbaresh twinsouls that apply -1 to melee attack characteristics to units within 3″, and 2 keepers of secrets with living whips that can each bring that down by a further -1 to a unit within 6″. To make sure all those newly upgraded 2″ reach hordes are kept humble the list then turns it up to 11 with the Lash of Slaanesh spell, capable of applying an uncapped melee attacks penalty (to a minimum of 1) to an unlucky unit within 12″. As if that weren’t excessive enough, the lord of hubris can step in to ensure a unit can only attack him in combat with however many attacks they happen to have left at that point. Offensively this force is deceptively deadly too, with a possible 2 instances of the Hurler of Obscenities command trait (applying +1 to hit and -1 to save for an enemy unit in 6″) thanks to the Escalating Havoc heroic action, and a turn of army-wide +1 to melee attacks from the Icon of Infinite Excess. Bolstered by the Slaaneshi power-couple of Syll’Esske’s conditional +1 to hit and wound, this can make for a brutal offensive push at a key moment. Some additional utility is found in allies and endless spells, with the unmade pinning enemies in place and furies for scoring shenanigans, while the Dreadful Visage provides a rare, almost nostalgic source of strike-last. Juancho deserves praise for not only brewing this strange beast of a list, but piloting it to an undefeated 3rd place.

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Defend the Throne
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
Abhorrant Gorewarden (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Varghulf Courtier (160)**
– General
– Command Traits: Cruel Taskmaster
– Artefacts of Power: Charnel Vestments
– Prayers: Charnel Conviction
Crypt Infernal Courtier (140)***

BATTLELINE
Crypt Ghouls (320)**
– Crypt Ghast
Crypt Horrors (130)***
– Crypt Haunter
Crypt Horrors (130)***
– Crypt Haunter

OTHER
Crypt Flayers (320)**
– Crypt Infernal
Morbheg Knights (150)***
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower
Morbheg Knights (150)***
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Chalice of Ushoran (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Wizard-finders of Andtor
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Hanna Leppänen: This is a fun list! It’s a Hollowmourne list (+1 dmg for knights on charge), but the main attraction here is the 6 Flayers and the Infernal Courtier.

The list plays rather standard 2 Archreagents and a Gravewarden as the Abhorrants, but does have a nice pick of Varghulf Courtier as the general, with Cruel Taskmaster for maximum muster potential for the killiest Courtier hero. Hoarfrost is the single best spell for FEC due to problems being often lack of rend and hit debuffs. Deranged transformation is of course the best spell in the FEC lore.

Otherwise the list plays around 40 Ghouls and Chalice for tarpitting, 2 x 3 Crypt Horrors for battleline and 2 x 3 Morbhegs for battle tactics and great mobility. Two units of MSU Morbhegs seem to be pretty stable part of FEC lists atm.

Crypt Flayers ww 9″ get +1 damage to their shooting attacks if a Crypt Infernal kills a model with a shooting attack. With a unit of 6 that’s 24 4+/3(2)+ rend 2 dmg 2 shots , which can also give you a battle tactic. They also get damage 2 when they charge due to Hollowmourne trait. Crypt Flayers are often overlooked due to pure stats comparison to horrors, but they are a good flex pick that can carry characters and have really good threat range.

Hollowmourne lists love to fight, and frankly, they need to for NDP generation. This list gives up a bit of the raw power of Horrors for more finesse of Flayers/Morbhegs and tarpitting of the Ghouls.

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/MMBLQHRVH6

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Top Three AoS Lists for Rocky Mountain Open AoS Championship

April 6, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Rocky Mountain Open AoS Championship that took place in the US on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 75 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Fyreslayers
– Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd
– Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Auric Runemaster (130)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master Priest
– Artefacts: Volatile Brazier
– Prayers: Curse
1 x Auric Runesmiter (110)*
– Forge Key
– Prayers: Ember Storm
1 x Battlesmith (140)*
– Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
1 x Auric Runefather (110)**
– Artefacts: Axe of Grimnir

BATTLELINE
20 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)**
– Karl
– 4 x Hornblower of Grimnir
– Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield
5 x Auric Hearthguard (110)**
– Karl
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)***
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)***
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir

INVOCATION
1 x Zharrgron Flame-spitter (40)
1 x Molten Infernoth (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)

OTHER
10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (150)*
– Karl
– Flamestrike Poleaxe
9 x Vulkyn Flameseekers (140)*
1 x Doomseeker (70)***
– Artefacts: Draught of Magmalt Ale

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Warlord
***Wizard-finders of Andtor

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Kevin Lathers: This an interesting list in that it makes use of a lot of different Fyreslayer units all together. Functionally it may perform similar to some Vostarg Vulkite-heavy lists but allows for a couple different board control strategies.

To that end, this list will be effecting heavy board control. Vulkites and Hearthguard Berserkers have a lot of wounds on them to burn through, and Shield Vulkites are 40 wounds under a 6+/5+ (with battlesmith) ward that can be rallied on a 4+ and feed the flamekeepers when they die. There’s just a lot of stuff for enemies to have to deal with this.

Furthering this board control is the ability for the Hearthguard Berserker group to split off with the Runefather — with possibly the Doomseeker and Flameseekers (for an extra hero and anti-monstrous actions) — to create one small castle while the Vulkites, Battlesmith, and Flamekeepers create another small castle. This list can split push if need be. That’s very dangerous because opponents can often break one castle, but two? That’s another thing entirely.

On top of this, dealing with these castles, and their high model count, not only causes other stuff to get stronger (via flamekeeper), but leaves opponents open to heavy mortal wound output from the infernoth, flamespitter, and the poleaxe berserkers. It’s notable that flameseekers benefit as well from flamekeepers as Vulkites do, as well.

As a treat, the Auric Hearthguard add a nice little bit of shooting as well as movement reduction on select units which is always good and can even be backbreaking occasionally. Dropping a units move by 2″ can sometimes be a difference maker in an opponent’s plans.

Functionally this list becomes a buzzsaw that can push onto objectives, be hard to remove, and punish opponents for even trying to do it.

Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction:
Mortis Praetorians
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
-Triumphs
Inspired

LEADER
1 x Katakros (500)
1 x Arkhan the Black (380)*
1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics
– Artefacts: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
6 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)*
3 x Immortis Guard (230)*
3 x Immortis Guard (230)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Bone-tithe Shrieker (60)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: Halo of Blood
– Prayer: Unholy Flames
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
Skarbrand (380)
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)
– Axe
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust

Battleline
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)

Units
6 x Furies (80)*

Artillery
Skull Cannon (140)

Endless Spells & Invocations
Bleeding Icon (50)
Hexgorger Skulls (50)

Core Battalions
*Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Subfaction: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Tyrant (150)*
– Artefacts of Power: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Tyrant (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Battle-lust
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Slaughtermaster (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Leadbelchers (150)*
– Thunderfist
Leadbelchers (150)*
– Thunderfist
Leadbelchers (150)*
Leadbelchers (150)**
– Thunderfist
Ogor Gluttons (240)**
– Crusher
– Bellower
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
Ogor Gluttons (240)**
– Crusher
– Bellower
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
Ironguts (240)**
– Bellower
– Rune Maw Bearer
– Gutlord

OTHER
Gnoblars (120)*
– Groinbiter
Gnoblars (120)*
– Groinbiter

TERRAIN
1 x Mawpit (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Final Tournament Placings

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

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Top Three AoS Lists for Goonhammer Open UK

April 4, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for Goonhammer Open UK that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd 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

Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Subfaction: Barak-Zon
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): There’s No Reward Without Risk

LEADERS
Arkanaut Admiral (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Stormcaller
Aetheric Navigator (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb
Endrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Endrinriggers (130)*
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (130)*
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (260)**
– Mizzenmaster

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Frigate (310)*
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship
Arkanaut Frigate (310)**
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Prudency Chutes

OTHER
Gotrek Gurnisson (480)**

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Legion of the First Prince
– Grand Strategy: Follow the Path to Glory
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Be’lakor (340)*
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Warp Reality
Eternus, Blade of the First Prince (180)*
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)**
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Warp Reality
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)**
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Warp Reality
Exalted Hero of Chaos (90)**
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Rune-etched Blade and Chaos Runeshield
– Artefacts of Power: The Conqueror’s Crown

BATTLELINE
Chaos Warriors (360)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Aspiring Champion
– Ensorcelled Halberd
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
Chaos Knights (220)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Lance
Furies (80)*

OTHER
Chaos Chosen (460)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Exalted Champion
– Icon Bearer
– Skull Drummer
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Dread Banner

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

Roland Rivera: Legion of the First Prince is one of the less common Slaves to Darkness subfactions, but one of the most fun ways to leverage its ability to put the Mark of your choice on any Undivided unit is to have a big blob of Chosen. That lets them tap into Slaanesh when they need extra speed via the run & charge command, Nurgle when they’re in a protracted combat, or Khorne when you’ve set up a juicy charge for them. All the while, they have the potential for upgrades via Eye of the Gods rolls, as Legion lets you keep Undivided alongside your second Mark.

The Chosen are surrounded by a mix of the usual suspects and some spicier picks. Be’lakor, 2 Sorcerer Lords, a unit of Furies, and a brick of 20 Nurgle Warriors with the Eroding Icon don’t need much of an introduction, but you don’t often see Knights with the Undivided mark (likely a backup target for the Mark-swapping ability in case the Chosen go down or don’t need it). Eternus is also an interesting addition, likely here due to his synergy with Furies (bonus CP) and to a lesser extent with Be’lakor (makes his revive ability more likely).

Overall, this list managed to successfully walk the line between doing fun things and powerful things, and rewarded its pilot with a strong finish.

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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat
– Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
King Brodd (520)
Gatebreaker (500)
– General
– Command Traits: Big Eater
– Artefacts of Power: Lucky Shiny Hat
Warstomper (440)
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Peter Holland: The legend that is Pete Atkinson joins us once more for a guest commentary. Check out his own blog, the awesome PlasticCraic.

Pete Atkinson: I’m putting this one right up there with The Sixth Sense and “No, I am your father“¹: Mancrusher Gargants are suddenly having a moment on top tables, and that is a plot twist I did not see coming.

Brodd’s Stomp always starts with Broddley himself – it actually doesn’t have to, interestingly enough, but it kinda does. Getting your 40 wound giga-chad with a 5++ ward is serious business and a big part of why we’re even doing this.

The other big thing is picking up terrain – ideally faction terrain – and bouncing it off your opponent’s head. If that stuff ever gets old, it hasn’t yet. So the next thing I’m putting in every Stomp list is a Gatebreaker, because that terrain-chuck thing is a shooting attack, so you’re getting extra juice out of any All Out Attack used in the shooting phase – this combos really nicely with that rend -3 damage 4 rock if you can ever hit the 2+ wound roll on one dice (you can’t. I’m telling you now. It’s a thing). Plus Gatebreakers are just really good.

Laura’s GB is loaded up with the circle-healing CT and the 5+ mortal ward artefact for extra DPS funtimes, with Nullstone going on the 3^rd Mega for the Unbinds. History shows that the Icon has won out amongst the Nullstone artefacts, and fair enough too. Bear in mind that you can put Bless on this fella with Brodd’s prayers, and you can have some kind of ward on all three Megas, which is pretty sweet.

I ran through the merits of Mancrushers vs a 4^th Mega at some length when Brodd’s Stomp first came out, and noting that this was old points (so you can fit a little more in the army now), the list I cooked up came out very similar to what Laura is running here:

Competitive Listbuilding in Brodd’s Stomp

So I won’t repeat the whole thing again, but the key points are that the babies give Brodd a cheap bodyguard to switch on his ward, and they give you higher quality of life for battle tactics (e.g. dumping a couple of cheap-ish models on board edges for Surround and Destroy).

Speaking of which, quality of life for this army on secondaries is high….very high. Your AOR tactics include such difficult challenges as “getting onto objectives”, and now the Nullstone gives you another freebie, albeit there’s only so many objectives you can actually take back when you tend to dominate Primaries. I rate Laura’s choice of Slaughter of Sorcery – with no wizards of her own she’s halfway there, the shooting can add up (it’s not that hard to get within 12″ for this army) and if you face popular armies like Khorne or KO, it’s a straight-up gimme.

One thing that counts against you is the release and popularity of FEC. Morbheg Knights and Crypto Bros are just a couple more hyper-aggressive combat units stepping into a meta already stuffed with things like Squigs and the laughably broken Plague Censer Bearers. There are units out there that will smoke Brodd without blinking, so forget about hitting Prios – the biggest element of luck I’d want on my side to steer this army to a podium is a favourable draw. Let the KO do you a favour and light up the glass hammer trading armies, and there’s not much that can stand in your path. Damn this makes me want to play the army.

¹Look it up, buttercup: https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/empire-strikes-back-i-am/

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Defend the Throne
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Abhorrant Gorewarden (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Marrowscroll Herald (100)***
– General
– Command Traits: Cruel Taskmaster
– Artefacts: Charnel Vestments
– Prayers: Charnel Conviction

BATTLELINE
9 x Crypt Horrors (130)***
– Crypt Haunter
40 x Crypt Ghouls (160)***
– Crypt Ghast
20 x Crypt Ghouls (160)***

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Chalice of Ushoran (50)

OTHER
3 x Morbheg Knights (150)**
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower
3 x Morbheg Knights (150)**
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower
20 x Royal Beastflayers (110)***

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Noel Fundora: This list has the great bones of any good FeC list. 20 Royal Beastflayers with the chalice will ensure that you have an anvil that can sit on a point and not give in. Paired with the passive recursion of the Archregents, those Beastflayers and their multi-wound models are not going anywhere. It also features a brick of 40 ghouls that can also take great advatage of the chalice, while packing a nice punch of a multitude of attacks.

The premier hammer of the list being a 9-block of Horrors will shift most targets, especially with the list being in Hollowmourne for that extra damage on the charge. The number one difficulty for this list will be high save targets, which I am sure were featured in the KO and STD lists that it was defeated by at this event. This can be somewhat mitigated by that ever important Hoarfrost and a cheeky teleporting blizzard from the Gorewarden.
The inclusion of 2×3 Morbhegs will help with easy turn 1 Surround and Destroy as well as offer some dangerously quick hero hunters. The Cruel Taskmaster General will ensure that if that block of Horrors is not eliminated in one foul swoop, it is going to stand back up as dangerous as before. The inclusion of the Acolyte Battalion is key because every spell this list has access to (warscroll and lore) plays a key role in achieving its goals.

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/YHE01RNA53

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Top Three AoS Lists for Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament 2024

March 30, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament 2024 that took place in the UK on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 36 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)*
– Spells: Prison of Grief
1 x Vampire Lord (150)**
– Artefacts of Power: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Necromancer (100)**
– General
– Command Traits: Unbending Will
– Spells: Waste Away
1 x King Morlak Velmorn (230)***

BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
20 x Deathrattle Skeletons (220)***
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer

OTHER
4 x The Sons of Velmorn (230)***
20 x Grave Guard (320)***
– Seneschal
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
5 x Black Knights (130)***
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
5 x Black Knights (130)***
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon

LEADER
1 x Webspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (240)
– Spells: Sneaky Distraction
1 x Dankhold Troggboss (210)*
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts: Glowy Howzit
1 x Webspinner Shaman (70)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)*
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*

BEHEMOTH
1 x Arachnarok Spider with Spiderfang Warparty (200)
1 x Arachnarok Spider with Spiderfang Warparty (200)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Expand the Kingdom

LEADER
1 x Ushoran (460)
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
1 x Grand Justice Gormayne (140)
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Crypt Infernal Courtier (140)**
– General
– Command Traits: Cruel Taskmaster
– Artefacts: Charnel Vestments
– Prayers: Charnel Conviction

BATTLELINE
20 x Crypt Ghouls (160)
– Crypt Ghast
9 x Crypt Horrors (390)**
– Crypt Haunter
9 x Crypt Horrors (390)**
– Crypt Haunter

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Cadaverous Barricade (20)

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Wizard-finders of Andtor

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar
– Army Subfaction: Excelsis
– Grand Strategy: Banners Held High

LEADER
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100) *
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Battlemage (100) *
– Spells: Pall of Doom
– Arcane Trinkets: Realmstone Orb
1 x Battlemage (100) *
– Spells: Pha’s Protection
– Arcane Trinkets: Ancient Grimoire
1 x Freeguild Marshal on Griffon (270) * *
– General
– Command Traits: Grizzled Veteran
– Freeguild Lance
– Artefacts: Sigmarite Warhammer
1 x Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120) * *
1 x Pontifex Zenestra (180) * *

BATTLELINE
10 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (200) * *

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/504DOEIYj7

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Top Three AoS Lists for The South Coast AoS Singles

March 29, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for The South Coast AoS Singles that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of March. It saw 21 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Boulderhead
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Queen Divine (400)
Huskard on Stonehorn
– Blood Vulture
– Mount Trait: Metalcruncher
– Prayer: Keening Gale
Rishi (150)*
Tyrant
– Artefact: Splatter-cleaver
– Big Name: Deathcheater
Big Chungus (460)*
Frostlord on Stonehorn
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Everwinter
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
– Prayer: Pulverising Hailstorm
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust

Battleline

Behemoths
The TERF Eater (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Netflix Comedy Special (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Lesbian Bed Death (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Roland Rivera: Hazel’s Ogors are back, and it’s like they never left. The name of the game is simple – play as many Stonehorns as you can afford to stuff into a list, and let their combination of durability, speed, damage, and capture power carry you to victory. The Tyrant is a fun complement to the big things, as it carries a source of AoE healing in the Splatter-Cleaver.

An interesting decision made by Hazel here is to not play any casters and instead opt for the Nullstone enhancement. I suspect this decision was spurred by the new Battle Tactic for the Nullstone enhancement bearer introduced in the latest Battlescroll. Otherwise, I think putting Arcane Tome on the Frostlord on Stonehorn would have been a very attractive option.

Hazel is perhaps one of the best Ogor players in the UK (if not the world), and she has showcased her skills once again with this list.

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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Hammers of Sigmar (Scions)
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Knight-Incantor (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Eater of Magic
– Artefact: Mirrorshield
– Spell: Celestial Blades
Karazai, The Scarred (510)*
Ionus Cryptborn, Warden of Lost Souls (400)***
– Prayer: Divine Light
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Relictor (90)**
– Prayer: Bless Weapons
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
The Light of Eltharion (230)*
– Allies

Battleline
5 x Vanquishers (100)***
5 x Vanquishers (100)***
2 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)*

Units
6 x Questor Soulsworn (210)**

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Wizard-Finders of Andtor
***Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Prayer
Holy Command: Call for Aid

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (110)***
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spell: Levitate
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork

Battleline
10 x Orruk Ardboys (200)**
– Ardboy choppas
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
10 x Orruk Ardboys (200)**
– Ardboy choppas
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
10 x Gutrippaz (150)***

Units
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas- Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Behemoths
2x Maw-grunta Gougers (320)
– reinforced x1

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Ironjawz Fist
***Warlord

Total: 1990 / 2000

Roland Rivera: The Big Waaagh list that took 3rd at this tournament is an interesting one – while the likes of a Wurrgog Prophet, Warchanters, and a Weirdnob Shaman are pretty standard fare for this army, this list has a few interesting picks that merit further discussion.

The first is the Killaboss on Gnashtoof – the recipient of yet another price cut (this unit was 200 points when 3rd edition launched!), GW is practically begging Orruk players to field it; its stats are very efficient by virtue of how cheap it is. Part of his job in this army is to be a Kruleboyz General to open up the gimme Battle Tactic that is Take Dat, Ya Suckers!, and the other part is to babysit the unit of Gutrippaz that is screening for their heavier-hitting Ironjawz cousins. Next is the reinforced unit of Maw-Grunta Gougers – this is so rarely seen, I had forgotten the unit could be reinforced until I saw this list. Ardboys, fresh off a much-needed points cut, are beginning to see more consistent play. Last but not least, Big Waaagh players rarely play more than 6 Gore-Gruntas, but Sebastian decided that wasn’t enough Pig for him, so he packed 3 more.

While some of the choices made in listbuilding were definitely unorthodox, there’s no arguing with the results. This list did very well, demonstrating the depth of the Orruk Warclans unit lineup and the power of the Big Waaagh! allegiance abilities.

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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Ionrach
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Akhelian King (220)*
– General
– Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury
– Bladed Polearm and Falchion
– Artefacts of Power: Potion of Hateful Frenzy
– Mount Traits: Savage Ferocity
Volturnos (230)*
Isharann Soulrender (100)*
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
– Nullstone Adornments: Polished Nullstone Pebble

BATTLELINE
Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (160)*
– Lochian Prince
– Musician
– Standard Bearer
Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (160)*
– Lochian Prince
– Musician
– Standard Bearer
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
– Lochian Prince
– 2 x Musician
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
– Lochian Prince
– 2 x Musician
– 2 x Standard Bearer

BEHEMOTH
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/D9BHD2A2XM

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Top Three AoS Lists for the War In the North

March 27, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for theWar In the North that took place in Australia on the 9th and 10th of March. It saw 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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Top Three AoS Lists for XPG Age Of Sigmar GT

March 21, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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This is the top three AoS lists for XPG Age Of Sigmar GT that took place in Canada on the 9th and 10th of March. It saw 30 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired
– Seasons of War: The Dwindling

LEADERS
Spirit of Durthu (350)
– Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius
Drycha Hamadreth (300)
– Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing
Belthanos (360)
Warsong Revenant (270)
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Spells: Treesong, Verdant Blessing

BATTLELINE
Dryads (100)
Dryads (100)
Tree-Revenants (110)
Namarti Reavers (160)
Namarti Reavers (160)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)

TOTAL POINTS: 1950/2000

A…K: A very interesting list from Jordan that makes great use of Belthanos’ force multiplying capabilities by going down the multi-hammer archetype. Durthu and belthanos are an excellent tag team, 11″ of movement + charge on a high damage platform like durthu is nothing to sniff at. The list also sports Drycha, who’s impressively self-sufficient and perfectly capable of bullying smaller units/sniping characters with her deadly ranged flitterflies. She is also able to remain self-sufficient with Regrowth and the threat of a deadly unleash hell.

The warsong rev general, fresh off its points cut, provides one of the best savant bids out there whilst opening up the board with Verdant blessings and spiteswarm hive charges all from the safety of your deployment zone.

Finally, and most intriguingly, the Namarti Reaver allies are a wonderful little tech piece. Sylvaneth often struggle to reliably deal damage with large portions of their army with the focus on strike and fading key pieces. The namarti are able to alleviate some of this burden by opening up additional avenues of consistent damage at up to 26″ range, helping to strip screens, provide chip damabe and bait All out defence in conjunction with Drycha’s shooting. They are a steal at just 320 points for the lot while not relying on an arch revenant in the same way that Kurnoth bows in a similar role might.
The list also wields 45 ablative wounds spread across 5 units, which grants it an uncharacteristic level of board presence for a Sylvaneth army.

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Allegiance: Flesh-eater Courts
– Grand Court: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Abhorrant Archregent (150)**
– General
– Command Trait: Feverish Scholar
– Lore of Madness: Deranged Transformation
Abhorrant Archregent (150)**
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Marrowscroll Herald (100)***
Marrowscroll Herald (100)*
– Artefact: Charnel Vestments
– Prayer: Charnel Conviction

Battleline
3 x Crypt Horrors (130)***
3 x Crypt Horrors (130)***
3 x Crypt Horrors (130)***

Units
20 x Royal Beastflayers (220)***
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Royal Beastflayers (220)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Crypt Flayers (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Morbheg Knights (300)***
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chalice of Ushoran (50)

Core Battalions
*Wizard Finders
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Jake: This is a list that I’ve played frankly too many times at this point, and was designed to strike the right balance between objective control and power projection. With half my reinforcement points in Serfs and half in Knights, the core gameplay pattern is fairly simple: sit behind a massive wall of Serfs to score primary; jump over said wall with flying Knights to counterpunch and do battle tactics. Get charged and then charge – peak Warhammer!

Of course, this is aided by the extreme efficiency of the Royal Beastflayer blocks, who have outgrown their utility role of only suppressing Monsters and are pound-for-pound the best tarpit in the book. Their interaction with Chalice of Ushoran and the Archregent’s Countless Servants (as a unit with multi-wound models that nonetheless count as 1 wound) offers them eye-watering recursion potential. Many lists simply don’t have the raw damage required to cleanly remove them, and it’s always a tragedy when that happens – the five or so remaining models quickly balloon back to their full 20, choking out the objectives. There are plenty of tricks you can do with Beastflayers due to their unique footprint and the fact that all the damage comes from 6 models, so I find they are a joy to play with on the table.

I’ve opted to use a 6-block of Morbheg knights as my primary damage delivery system, as they are fairly buff agnostic, fast, and offer a source of mortals. Previous versions of the list used a second block of Morbhegs, but I have made the call to switch them for Flayers. This decision has aged well: Flayers open up a bespoke battle tactic, make numerous other battle tactics easier, allow you to move your Feeding Frenzy aura far upfield, and do significant damage in shooting, often drawing out a crucial All-Out Defense. I round out my list with two copies of the best Abhorrant and the best Courtier, respectively. Because my recursion is mostly passive or from the chalice, I am freed up to skip Cruel Taskmaster and make an Abhorrant my General, securing access to the very reliable Spellcasting Savant.

Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Army Subfaction: Guild of Summoners
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Curseling (200)*
– General
– Command Traits: Cult Demagogue
– Spells: Shield of Fate, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Changecaster (140)*
– Artefacts: The Eternal Shroud
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Be’lakor (340)**
1 x Magister on Disc of Tzeentch (150)**
– Spells: Arcane Suggestion, Glimpse the Future
1 x Tzaangor Shaman (130)**
– Spells: Arcane Suggestion, Glimpse the Future

BATTLELINE
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)
– Kairic Adept
– Pair of Cursed Blades
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)
– Kairic Adept
– Pair of Cursed Blades
10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (260)**
– Iridescent Horror
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Split and Split Again

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Tome of Eyes (40)

OTHER
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (180)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Kieron Bailey: A good 4-1 outcome with a variation on what a lot of Tzeentch lists are turning to (including mine!) which is buffing spells with a combat threat to back it up. Most chosen spells are focused on buffing your own units so it totally cuts out any spell ignores from Khorne or Null Myriad. In addition, with Cult Demagogue, the Curseling can auto-cast any of its spells using a pair of Destiny Dice that have the same number and it cannot be unbound. This can guarantee a Blizzard goes off or a Shield of Fate to make the Enlightened Hammer piece a bit more survivable. Usually this might only happen once a game, but with the Eternal Shroud potentially regenerating Destiny Dice, it might be a few times across the game that this trick can be pulled off.

While potentially being able to generate 9 Fate Points to summon a Lord of Change in their first hero phase, it’s probably easier to go for Magical Dominance with the Curseling as with 9 Destiny Dice, you’ll have a couple of doubles. Then turn 2 is when Big Bird appears followed by one or two other Tzeentch battle tactics and then a nice, straightforward Intimidate the Invaders with the Grand Strategy as the icing on the cake.

What the Tzeentch player needs is time for all of this to come together and the Pink Horrors partly do this (though 50 wounds on a mostly 6+ save isn’t as good as it was at the start of 3rd) but Belakor is the trump card here, allowing a key unit to be shut down for one or maybe two turns, possibly preventing a battle tactic and presenting chaos with the victory.

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Allegiance: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Grey Seer (110)*
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefact: Skavenbrew
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
Grey Seer on Screaming Bell (240)**
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
Lord Skreech Verminking (370)*
Master Moulder (80)*

Battleline
20 x Clanrats (100)**
– Rusty Blade
– 1x Standard Bearers
– 1x Standard Bell Ringers
20 x Clanrats (100)**
– Rusty Blade
– 1x Standard Bearers
– 1x Standard Bell Ringers
4 x Rat Ogors (260)*
– Reinforced x 1
4 x Rat Ogors (260)*
– Reinforced x 1

Units
5 x Plague Censer Bearers (100)*
5 x Plague Censer Bearers (100)*

Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (180)*

Endless Spells & Invocations
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000

Kieren Coates: Ridge has come through with a real mixed bag of skaven, focused on lots of bodies across the board and playing for points.

Starting off with the first choice is shaman of the chilled lands on the grey seer, enabling spellcasting savant as the grand strategy to score it if the grey seer is alive. With a 3+ bodyguard on the seer, -1 to be hit at range and melle next to clanrats, and the ability to scurry away this little caster is harder to kill than his warscroll may suggest.

However, it’s not a simple option, as with 8 rat ogors in the list, the loss of consistency from Hordemaster on the Master Moulder is sorely missed, however Ridge has opted for the stronger grand strategy which is respectable in a control style list.

With 8 rat ogors, 10 censors, a hell pit, skreech and jaws it has enough damage to clear most lists which dont respect its output, while having plenty of wounds and recursion to clog up the board for a long fight.

Well done on the 4-1!

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