This is the top three AoS lists for the Boise Cup O that took place in the USA on the 29th and 30th of July. It involved 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Vampire Lord (140)* – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Necromancer (100)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Belladamma Volga (200)** – Spells: Spirit Gale 1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)*** – General – Command Traits: Spoor Trackers – Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery 1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)*** – Spells: Fading Vigour
BATTLELINE 10 x Dire Wolves (140)** – Doom Wolf 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)***
OTHER 1 x Corpse Cart (80)*** – Corpse Goad – Unholy Lodestone 1 x Corpse Cart (80)*** – Corpse Goad – Unholy Lodestone
Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Army Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)* – Spells: Total Eclipse, Hoarfrost – Aspects of the Champion (Archived): Tunnel Master (Archived) 1 x Scinari Enlightener (170)* – General – Command Traits: Loremaster – Artefacts: Rune of Senthoi – Spells: Protection of Hysh, Speed of Hysh, Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard 1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)** 1 x Ellania and Ellathor (190)** – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Overwhelming Heat 1 x Sevireth (270)**
BATTLELINE 10 x Vanari Bladelords (240) – Bladelord Seneschal 10 x Vanari Bladelords (240) – Bladelord Seneschal 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Total Eclipse, Solar Flare
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70) 1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TERRAIN 1 x Shrine Luminor (0)
OTHER 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120) – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120) – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh
CORE BATTALIONS: *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Stormkeep – Subfaction: Astral Templars – Grand Strategy: Sacred Charge – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Knight-Incantor (120)* – Spells: Lightning Blast, Merciless Blizzard Battlemage (100)* – Spells: Levitate, Rupture – Magic of the Realms: Wildform (Ghur) Knight-Incantor (120)* – Spells: Hoarfrost, Starfall Assassin (80)** Lord-Relictor (150)** – General – Command Traits: High Priest – Prayers: Translocation Knight-Heraldor (100)** – Artefacts of Power: Luckstone
Just to make you all aware, there was an error in the previous data as some of the final games in the BWG: Summer Slaughter had been missed off the stats. This was partly due to a glitch on the BCP app, but mostly due to human error on my part for not thoroughly checking it. Apologies! Thanks to Basil Inferrera for pointing this out to me.
Disclaimer
The data contained inside this article is only Woehammer’s interpretation. There are differing methods and analyses of the data available from Games Workshop and Honest Wargamer, whose methodology differs slightly from our own.
All of these sources should be viewed as a collective whole to allow you to gather a larger picture of the Age of Sigmar meta. The win rates, while accurate for events we have on record so far, are likely to change in the coming weeks and shouldn’t be the single point of reference for a factions strength.
How Win Rates are Calculated
All of our data is pulled from two day single events. We split all draws between the wins and losses of a faction evenly, as we believe this provides a fair reflection of a factions win rate. For example, as a player, you may achieve 2 wins, 2 losses, and a draw at an event. Some sites will only count the wins towards the faction rate, so in this case, 40% (2/5=0.4). Woehammer includes half of the draws, so our result would be 50% (2.5/5=0.5).
We have also included a confidence interval based on the sample size and their results. This interval has a 95% confidence rate. What does this mean? Essentially, we’re 95% sure that the win rate of the faction will fall inside this band at the release of the next battlescroll.
We have decided to include this as each factions win rates can (and will) fluctuate as more and more players post their results. While the faction win rate may be that specified right now, it is more than likely to change in the future. So when looking at a win rate, take into account the number of players who have posted results, as well as the upper and lower limit of that 95% confidence interval. This will give a good indication of the future win rate of that faction.
Event Submission
If you have organised an event that doesn’t appear in our database and has the following minimum requirements to be included:
Two Day Event
Singles Event
Minimum of 8 players
Then why not complete the form attached and send the results to thewoehammer@gmail.com? We’ll include them the next time we produce the stats.
Book of Grudges – A Scribes of War Age of Sigmar GT
Southern Fried Sigmar GT
Boise Cup O AoS GT 2023
Age of Ropecon GT
The Northern Ireland AoD GT
Donkeycon 2023
Ragnarok AoS Ironman
Quest of Champions: Heat 4
Old Town Throwdown: Summer Smash
Notorious GT III
Golden Ticket: Age of Sigmar Event
CCBB2023 – Age of Sigmar Championship
2023 US Goonhammer Open Age of Sigmar GT
Nashcon Age of Sigmar GT 2023
Champion of Black Oil 3
Dwellers Below AoS GT
Threshold Invitational
Straight Edge Wargaming: It’s Andtor not Andor you Stupid Wookie
Slaughter in the Sun GT
BWG: Summer Slaughter GT 2023
Feud on the Fens
Gymhammer
Loremaster #2 La Classique
Fantasianorth Store Championship
Leeds AoS GT
Death and Riches
GTG 2dagars AoS Turnering
Bathurst GT 2023
King in the North! 23
Age of Sigmar Grimnir’s Vengeance Grand Tournament
Blackout VII
Tempest 2023
Gateway Open 2023 Age of Sigmar
Emerald City Open III
Salt Lake Open 2023 – AoS Championship
Goldcon 2023
Faction Win Rates
As we have now included a confidence interval within our data based on the sample size and results, we have now included all factions within the below tables regardless of their player base.
Win Rates
This has been a massive week for Age of Sigmar with no less than 10 tournaments and 454 players records added to the database.
You’ll see in the chart above that each faction shows its current win rate as a % inside a text box. The paler green and yellow segments show the margin of error of that win rate. We predict with 95% confidence that the win rate will be within the paler bars upon the release of the next battlescroll. The size of this segment is determined by the number of tournament entries using that faction, the spread of their win rates at competitions and finally how many weeks are estimated to be left until the next battlescroll update.
There are now only three factions above the 55% win rate marker. Daughters of Khaine have fallen down from their previous position on top to third with 57%.
Sylvaneth (46%) managed to haul themselves ups two percentage points this week out of the sub-45% zone. Cities of Sigmar (37%), Stormcast Eternals (43%), Ironjawz (44%) and Skaven (41%) are all below the acceptable tolerence level, and while the sample sizes for Cities and Ironjawz are low and therefore probably still subject to change going forwards, we can establish that Skaven, Stormcast and Sylvaneth are struggling this edition.
Using out old format of win rate reporting and removing factions with less than 20 results, we have the following table:
Subfaction Results
I often get requested for Subfaction results, so will start posting win rates for those subfactions who have exceeded a player representation of 20.
Player Results by Wins
This graph has at least two purposes. Firstly, it shows the faction popularity by the number of players, and secondly, it breaks down those players’ results in terms of the number of wins they achieve.
Here, we’ve included all the factions that have been played to date, as there is no benefit in removing those with a small sample size.
Soulblight Gravelords and Ossiarch Bonereapers seem to be the most popular factions right now, and with win rates of +55% it’s probably no surprise. They’re closely followed by the other two factions with the newest battletomes, Seraphon and Blades of Khorne.
Faction Popularity
With the recent release of the Seraphon tome, we’re seeing a large number of players jump to the order faction.
But while the Soulblight Gravelords are currently the most popular faction during this Battlescroll season, we’ve seen Blades of Khorne have had a resurgence in July, and this could be partly down to their anti-magic tech for the new GHB.
The full list month-by-month is below:
When looking at the above table, bear in mind that this is the worldwide meta, and region to region or even city to city may differ. So while this gives us a general idea of the meta worldwide it may not be representative of your local meta.
We’re seeing (as always) a massive spike in the player base of the new tomes that have been released and fall off on the older Tomes. This is to be expected really as competitive players jump around following the “Oooo shiny” method of collecting. They’ll likely always be a strong base for Stormcast Eternals, thanks to them appearing in nearly all beginner army sets, as magazine collections and the feature of many stories in Age of Sigmar.
Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from
Out of all the players using that faction (shown in brackets next to the faction name), this graph shows the number achieving a whitewash at a GT with 5 wins from 5. Those achieving 4 wins from 4 after the fourth round and those achieving 3 wins from 3 after the 3rd round. Take into account that those who achieve 5-0 are included in the numbers of 4 wins from 4 and 3 wins from 3. Likewise, those achieving 4 from 4 are included with the 3 from 3 data.
For example in the table above out of the 146 players who attended tournaments using Soulblight Gravelords, 25 of those players were able to go through their first three rounds undefeated (3 wins in 3 games) (Grey bar), 15 of those 25 players were then able to go four wins from four, after four rounds (Orange bar). Out of those 15 players, 12 were able to convert this into 5-0 (Blue bar)
Results Split
This chart tells you which factions are more capable of achieving positive results at tournaments. For Example, taking Soulblight Gravelords again, we can see from this chart that 60.84% (Blue Line) were able to achieve at least three wins at a 5 game tournament. 27.97% of the 143 Soulblight players were able to achieve four wins or more at GT’s (Orange Line). Finally 8.39% of the Soulblight players were able to achieve 5-0 (Grey Line).
Conclusions
If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. Don’t just look at our data either, look at TSN and also GW. Get a big picture, use these sites as sources to make your own informed opinion on the meta. Think about which armies are popular, as you’ll likely face at least one or two of these armies at some point during an event, especially in the earlier rounds.
Look at those factions that are regularly in a tournament winning position and winning GTs, as these are likely to be your opponents in the later rounds. I believe you should look at building a list that is able to cope with playing the following factions at some point in a GT if you’re looking to compete;
Blades of Khorne
Seraphon
Stormcast Eternals
Soulblight Gravelords
Gloomspite Gitz
But also, if you’re playing a local GT with your club, then bear in mind that meta may be completely different to those given in the stats above. All of what is presented here, should be taken with a pinch of salt, but hopefully it gives you some guidance when it comes to list construction, or even army choice if you’re looking to play Age of Sigmar.
This is the top three AoS lists for 2D6 Oslohammer #5 that took place in Norway on the 15th and 16th of July. It involved 22 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
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork 1 x Wurrgog Prophet (170)* – Artefacts: Glowin’ Tattooz – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)** – General – Command Traits: Hulking Brute – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un 1 x Gobsprakk (240)*** 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*** 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)***
BATTLELINE 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)** – Brute Boss – Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha – Jagged Gore-hacka 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)** 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)***
OTHER 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka
This is the top three AoS lists for Grimnir’s Vengeance that took place in the USA on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 13 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
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: Control the Nexus
LEADERS Nagash (900) Arkhan the Black (380)* Mortisan Soulreaper (110)* – General – Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics – Artefacts of Power: Luminscythe – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Nightmare Predator (40) 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
CORE BATTALIONS *Ossiarch Cohort
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: Taker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Make the Land Tremble! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Gatebreaker (500)* – Artefacts: Arcane Tome 1 x Warstomper (450)** 1 x Kraken-Eater (480)** – General – Command Traits: Very Acquisitive – Artefacts: Amulet of Destiny, Glowy Shield of Protectiness 1 x Beast-skewer Killbow (Big Grikk’s Kruleshots) (290)***
BATTLELINE 1 x Mancrusher Gargant (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargant (140)*
OTHER 3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz 1 (Big Grikk’s Kruleshots) (290)*** 3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz 2 (Big Grikk’s Kruleshots) (290)***
CORE BATTALIONS: *Footsloggas **Bosses of the Stomp ***Regiment of Renown
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Allegiance: Skaven – Grand Strategy: None Chosen – Triumphs:
Battleline 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Rusty Blade – 2x Standard Bearers – 2x Standard Bell Ringers 20 x Clanrats (100) – Rusty Blade – 2x Standard Bearers – 2x Standard Bell Ringers 20 x Clanrats (100) – Rusty Blade – 2x Standard Bearers – 2x Standard Bell Ringers 10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)*** – Reinforced x 1 10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)*** – Reinforced x 1 20 x Plague Monks (180)*** – Foetid Blades – Reinforced x 1
Leaders Gordrakk the Fist of Gork (460) Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)* – General – Boss Gore-hacka and Choppa – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Battleline 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Jagged Gore-hackas
The below table shows the current win rates for all the subfactions that have been used up to and including the 13th August 2023.
Subfaction
Used at GT’s
Win Rate
Fangs of Sotek
45
60%
Koatl’s Claw
24
38%
Dracothion’s Tail
10
68%
Thunder Lizard
2
45%
The above is a breakdown of ALL faction lists at GT’s, not just those with 4+ wins
OVERALL WIN RATE: 54%
4+ Lists, Units and Distinct Warscroll Counts
There have been a total of 9 lists that have achieved 4 or more wins at GT’s under the current General’s Handbook. These are broken down by Subfaction below. We have also included the average number of units that appear in each of these high performing subfactions list, and the number of distinct warscrolls.
Subfaction
Lists with 5-0 Results
Lists with 4+ Wins
Average # of Units Per List
Average # of Distinct Warscrolls Per List
Fangs of Sotek
4
6
12
10
Dracothion’s Tail
0
3
13
11
Koatl’s Claw
0
1
7
6
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Average Points Spending by Faction
Subfaction
Ld
BL
Bh
A
O
S
Fangs of Sotek
1060
475
246
–
109
98
Koatl’s Claw
410
1060
500
–
–
–
Dracothion’s Tail
1148
347
180
–
127
137
Ld – Leaders BL – Battleline Bh – Behemoths A – Artillery O – Other S – Spells
The above table shows what each player who achieves 4 or more wins at a GT are spending their points on, on average.
Core Battalion Choices
Subfaction
Battalion Count
Most Common Drop Count
Fangs of Sotek
2
4
Koatl’s Claw
1
2
Dracothion’s Tail
2
5
The average number of battalions that an average list which achieves 4 or more wins is shown in the second column in the table above. The third column shows the most common drop count for a list with 4+ wins from that subfaction.
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Most Commonly Used Warscrolls by Subfaction
Taking our average number of Distinct Warscrolls for each Subfaction shown in the second table on this page, we show which of the Warscrolls in the faction are most commonly used and show them in a list equalling that Distinct Warscroll value.
Once again, the number of times the Warscoll appears in a 4+ winning list is shown in brackets.
The data contained inside this article is only Woehammer’s interpretation. There are differing methods and analyses of the data available from Games Workshop and Honest Wargamer, whose methodology differs slightly from our own.
All of these sources should be viewed as a collective whole to allow you to gather a larger picture of the Age of Sigmar meta. The win rates, while accurate for events we have on record so far, are likely to change in the coming weeks and shouldn’t be the single point of reference for a factions strength.
How Win Rates are Calculated
All of our data is pulled from two day single events. We split all draws between the wins and losses of a faction evenly, as we believe this provides a fair reflection of a factions win rate. For example, as a player, you may achieve 2 wins, 2 losses, and a draw at an event. Some sites will only count the wins towards the faction rate, so in this case, 40% (2/5=0.4). Woehammer includes half of the draws, so our result would be 50% (2.5/5=0.5).
We have also included a confidence interval based on the sample size and their results. This interval has a 95% confidence rate. What does this mean? Essentially, we’re 95% sure that the win rate of the faction will fall inside this band at the release of the next battlescroll.
We have decided to include this as each factions win rates can (and will) fluctuate as more and more players post their results. While the faction win rate may be that specified right now, it is more than likely to change in the future. So when looking at a win rate, take into account the number of players who have posted results, as well as the upper and lower limit of that 95% confidence interval. This will give a good indication of the future win rate of that faction.
Event Submission
If you have organised an event that doesn’t appear in our database and has the following minimum requirements to be included:
Two Day Event
Singles Event
Minimum of 8 players
Then why not complete the form attached and send the results to thewoehammer@gmail.com? We’ll include them the next time we produce the stats.
Book of Grudges – A Scribes of War Age of Sigmar GT
Southern Fried Sigmar GT
Boise Cup O AoS GT 2023
Age of Ropecon GT
The Northern Ireland AoD GT
Donkeycon 2023
Ragnarok AoS Ironman
Quest of Champions: Heat 4
Old Town Throwdown: Summer Smash
Champion of Black Oil 3
Dwellers Below AoS GT
Threshold Invitational
Straight Edge Wargaming: It’s Andtor not Andor you Stupid Wookie
Slaughter in the Sun GT
BWG: Summer Slaughter GT 2023
Feud on the Fens
Gymhammer
Loremaster #2 La Classique
Fantasianorth Store Championship
Leeds AoS GT
Death and Riches
GTG 2dagars AoS Turnering
Bathurst GT 2023
King in the North! 23
Age of Sigmar Grimnir’s Vengeance Grand Tournament
Blackout VII
Faction Win Rates
As we have now included a confidence interval within our data based on the sample size and results, we have now included all factions within the below tables regardless of their player base.
Win Rates
You’ll see in the chart above that each faction shows its current win rate as a % inside a text box. The paler green and yellow segments show the margin of error of that win rate. We predict with 95% confidence that the win rate will be within the paler bars upon the release of the next battlescroll. The size of this segment is determined by the number of tournament entries using that faction, the spread of their win rates at competitions and finally how many weeks are estimated to be left until the next battlescroll update.
There are now only three factions above the 55% win rate marker, with Daughters of Khaine currently the meta leaders with 60%. However, bear in mind that their sample size is relatively small and this could be a few elite players outperforming the faction.
Soulblight Gravelords appear to have stabilised at roughly 58%. They’re joined by Ossiarch Bonereapers (57%).
Sylvaneth (44%), Cities of Sigmar (43%), Stormcast Eternals (40%), Ironjawz (43%) and Skaven (41%) are all below the acceptable tolerence level, and while the sample sizes for Cities and Ironjawz are low and therefore probably still subject to change going forwards, we can establish that Skaven, Stormcast and Sylvaneth are struggling this edition.
This weeks changes:
Faction
Win Rate
Change from Last Week
Daughters of Khaine
60%
+1%
Soulblight Gravelords
58%
–
Ossiarch Bonereapers
57%
+1%
Kharadron Overlords
54%
+1%
Seraphon
54%
-4%
Sons of Behemat
53%
-3%
Big Waaagh!
53%
-4%
Bonesplitterz
53%
–
Disciples of Tzeentch
53%
–
Blades of Khorne
52%
+2%
Hedonites of Slaanesh
52%
+2%
Maggotkin of Nurgle
50%
+1%
Idoneth Deepkin
50%
+1%
Flesh-eater Courts
50%
-3%
Fyreslayers
49%
+2%
Beasts of Chaos
49%
+2%
Ogor Mawtribes
49%
-1%
Lumineth Realm-Lords
47%
–
Gloomspite Gitz
46%
–
Slaves to Darkness
45%
–
Nighthaunt
45%
-4%
Kruleboyz
45%
-4%
Sylvaneth
44%
+1%
Cities of Sigmar
43%
–
Ironjawz
43%
+3%
Skaven
41%
+1%
Stormcast Eternals
40%
-1%
Using out old format of win rate reporting and removing factions with less than 20 results, we have the following table:
Subfaction Results
I often get requested for Subfaction results, so will start posting win rates for those subfactions who have exceeded a player representation of 20.
Player Results by Wins
This graph has at least two purposes. Firstly, it shows the faction popularity by the number of players, and secondly, it breaks down those players’ results in terms of the number of wins they achieve.
Here, we’ve included all the factions that have been played to date, as there is no benefit in removing those with a small sample size.
Soulblight Gravelords and Ossiarch Bonereapers seem to be the most popular factions right now, and with win rates of +55% it’s probably no surprise. They’re closely followed by the other two factions with the newest battletomes, Seraphon and Blades of Khorne.
Faction Popularity
With the recent release of the Seraphon tome, we’re seeing a large number of players jump to the order faction.
But while the Soulblight Gravelords are currently the most popular faction during this Battlescroll season, we’ve seen Blades of Khorne have had a resurgence in July, and this could be partly down to their anti-magic tech for the new GHB.
The full list month-by-month is below:
When looking at the above table, bear in mind that this is the worldwide meta, and region to region or even city to city may differ. So while this gives us a general idea of the meta worldwide it may not be representative of your local meta.
We’re seeing (as always) a massive spike in the player base of the new tomes that have been released and fall off on the older Tomes. This is to be expected really as competitive players jump around following the “Oooo shiny” method of collecting. They’ll likely always be a strong base for Stormcast Eternals, thanks to them appearing in nearly all beginner army sets, as magazine collections and the feature of many stories in Age of Sigmar.
Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from
Out of all the players using that faction (shown in brackets next to the faction name), this graph shows the number achieving a whitewash at a GT with 5 wins from 5. Those achieving 4 wins from 4 after the fourth round and those achieving 3 wins from 3 after the 3rd round. Take into account that those who achieve 5-0 are included in the numbers of 4 wins from 4 and 3 wins from 3. Likewise, those achieving 4 from 4 are included with the 3 from 3 data.
For example in the table above out of the 106 players who attended tournaments using Soulblight Gravelords, 16 of those players were able to go through their first three rounds undefeated (3 wins in 3 games) (Grey bar), 12 of those 16 players were then able to go four wins from four, after four rounds (Orange bar). Out of theose 12 players, 8 were able to convert this into 5-0 (Blue bar)
Results Split
This chart tells you which factions are more capable of achieving positive results at tournaments. For Example, taking Soulblight Gravelords again, we can see from this chart that 54.72% (Blue Line) were able to achieve at least three wins at a 5 game tournament. 28.30% of the 106 Soulblight players were able to achieve four wins or more at GT’s (Orange Line). Finally 7.55% of the Soulblight players were able to achieve 5-0 (Grey Line).
Conclusions
If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. Don’t just look at our data either, look at TSN and also GW. Get a big picture, use these sites as sources to make your own informed opinion on the meta. Think about which armies are popular, as you’ll likely face at least one or two of these armies at some point during an event, especially in the earlier rounds.
Look at those factions that are regularly in a tournament winning position and winning GTs, as these are likely to be your opponents in the later rounds. I believe you should look at building a list that is able to cope with playing the following factions at some point in a GT if you’re looking to compete;
Blades of Khorne
Seraphon
Stormcast Eternals
Soulblight Gravelords
Gloomspite Gitz
But also, if you’re playing a local GT with your club, then bear in mind that meta may be completely different to those given in the stats above. All of what is presented here, should be taken with a pinch of salt, but hopefully it gives you some guidance when it comes to list construction, or even army choice if you’re looking to play Age of Sigmar.
This is the top three AoS lists for Loremaster #2 that took place in Canada on the 26th and 27th of July. It involved 34 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.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Army Subfaction: Gnarlroot – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADER 1 x Drycha Hamadreth (320) – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Regrowth 1 x The Lady of Vines (250)* – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Verdurous Harmony 1 x Warsong Revenant (300)* – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Artefacts: The Vesperal Gem – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Treesong
BATTLELINE 10 x Dryads (100)* 10 x Dryads (100)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
BEHEMOTH 1 x Treelord (230)*
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)
OTHER 6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Vampire Lord (140)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (400)* – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460) – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference – Command Trait: doomed minions – Artefact: Amulet of Screams
UNITS 1 x Corpse Cart (80)* – Balefire Brazier 20 x Grave Guard (300)* – Wight Blades & Crypt Shields 60 x Deadwalker Zombies (360)* 10 x skeletons (100)* 10 x skeletons (100)*
Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin – Army Subfaction: Ionrach – Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Akhelian King (240)* – General – Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury – Bladed Polearm and Falchion – Artefacts: Potion of Hateful Frenzy – Mount Traits: Voidchill Darkness 1 x Isharann Tidecaster (140)* – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Volturnos (250)*
BATTLELINE 3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (170)* – Lochian Prince – Standard Bearer – Musician 3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (170)* – Lochian Prince – Standard Bearer – Musician 6 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (170)* – Standard Bearer – Lochian Prince – Musician 10 x Namarti Thralls (120)* – Icon Bearer 10 x Namarti Thralls (120)* – Icon Bearer
BEHEMOTH 1 x Akhelian Leviadon (430)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch – Change Coven: Guild of Summoners – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)** – Allies Kairos Fateweaver (440)* Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)** – Artefact: Timeslip Pendant – Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (200)** – General – Command Trait: Arcane Sacrifice – Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
UNITS 10 x Chaos Chosen (480)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives
This is the top three AoS lists for Macki Wojny GT3 that took place in Poland on the 4th and 5th of August. It involved 70 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
I found this tournament last minute, so I’m afraid there’s no commentary here, but I couldn’t resist sharing a Kruleboyz list as soon as I could (and one that isn’t Grinnin’ Blades or includes Gobsprakk).
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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LEADERS Archmage Teclis (740)* – General Scinari Cathallar (120)* – Artefacts of Power: Phoenix Stone – Spells: Merciless Blizzard The Light of Eltharion (230)*
BATTLELINE 10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)* – High Warden – Spells: Etheral Blessings 10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)* – High Warden – Spells: Speed of Hysh 5x Vanari Dawnriders (120)* – Standard Bearer – Steedmaster – Spells: Speed of Hysh
BEHEMOTH Alarith Spirit of the Mountain (340)*
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Rune of Petrification (60) 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
TERRAIN 1 x Shrine Luminor (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000 1 drop
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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts – Subfaction: Hollowmourne – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000 DROPS: 1
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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Army Subfaction: Ravagers – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – General – Command Traits: Idolater Lord – Spells: Hoarfrost – Prayers: Heal – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard – Mark of Chaos: Undivided 1 x Infernal Enrapturess (120)*** 1 x Be’lakor (340)** – Spells: Binding Damnation 1 x Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)*** – Daemonic Axe – Trophy Rack – Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
UNITS 9 x The Unmade (80)** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 9 x Spire Tyrants (70)** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 10 x Splintered Fang (100)*** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 20 x Splintered Fang (200)*** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 20 x Splintered Fang (200)*** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 20 x Splintered Fang (200)*** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 10 x Splintered Fang (100)*** – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 6 x Furies (80)** 1 x Cockatrice (120)**
Allegiance: Kruleboyz – Warclan: Big Yellers – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Breaka-Boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180)* – Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)** – General – Command Trait: Supa Sneaky – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)** – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)** – Lore of the Swamp: Nasty Hex
Battleline 9 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (360)** – Reinforced x 2 – Boltboy Boss 9 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (360)** – Reinforced x 2 – Boltboy Boss 3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)** – Boltboy Boss
Units 10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)* – Hobgrot Boss – Sulphuric Scrap-grenades – Scrap Totem Bearer – Noise-maker 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)** – Allies – Moonclan Boss – Bad Moon Icon Bearer – Gong Basher – Stabba – 3x Barbed Net 5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)* – Allies 5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)* – Allies
Awright me ol’ muckers, it’s yer ol’ pal ‘Eadnokka ere wiv an update on da goin’s on in da Mortal Realms. More spefica… spe… spes… mostly abowt our ongoin campaign in Cratonia between all da Grand Alliances.
For dose who need catchin’ up, av’ a gander ‘ere.
It’s been a week of in game campaignin’ in Cratonia an so far, dere’s been four big bust ups. Da spikey Chaos ladz seem to be havin’ a great laugh wiv every battle they’ve had so far goin’ dere way. Dat Raybear bloke ‘as had no less dan three bust ups all in da space of a week! In fact, der ‘avin so much fun, two of dese mad ladz ‘ave started sendin’ sticks between ’em. I don’t get it pershunnally, but each to der own.
Da Order wankers, ‘av suffered a few losses, but den what do you expect from a load of stoopid aelves and dino boyz who’ve got no meat on dere bones?!
Da Dead dudes seem to be wanderin’ all ovva da place lookin’ for fights and den losing da ones dey do pick. At da moment two deadie armies are fightin’ against a load of dose mad corn demon things. While another dead dude is running from some dino dude, and the last dead dude is trying to fight sum trees an those fishy elves….
My boyz in destruction, dey dun gud dis week. Dey stomped on sum of dem Order wankers gud and proper. But some of me ol’ Ironjawz mates got stuck in sum city wiv Order Wankers and Chaos spikey dudes outside. Da Ironjawz did fink dey were dead clever by buildin’ sum extra defences, trouble woz, when the turd ‘it the fan, da Chaos dudes started fightin’ da Order Wankers an’ me ol’ muckers in da city couldn’t get out cos dey only gone an’ accidentally built a wall across da door. Da Ironjawz fellaz were dere for hours tryin’ to knock da door down to get out. Dey were hammerin’ away at it wiv de grots dey were locked up wiv. I mean akshually usin’ da grots to hammer da door. Wen dat didn’t work dey tried frowin’ sum from da walls. Wen dey did get out all da fightin’ woz over and da Nurgle rotty boyz were ready for ’em.
So wotz next ‘Eadnokka I ere’ youse ask?
Well, dere’s still um fightin’ ta go between da Order wankers and da dead boyz, and sum between da dead boyz and the Chaos spikey ladz. Once dat’s over we’ll get to sum more campaignin’!
The data contained inside this article is only Woehammer’s interpretation. There are differing methods and analyses of the data available from Games Workshop and Honest Wargamer, whose methodology differs slightly from our own.
All of these sources should be viewed as a collective whole to allow you to gather a larger picture of the Age of Sigmar meta. The win rates, while accurate for events we have on record so far, are likely to change in the coming weeks and shouldn’t be the single point of reference for a factions strength.
How Win Rates are Calculated
All of our data is pulled from two day single events. We split all draws between the wins and losses of a faction evenly, as we believe this provides a fair reflection of a factions win rate. For example, as a player, you may achieve 2 wins, 2 losses, and a draw at an event. Some sites will only count the wins towards the faction rate, so in this case, 40% (2/5=0.4). Woehammer includes half of the draws, so our result would be 50% (2.5/5=0.5).
We have also included a confidence interval based on the sample size and their results. This interval has a 95% confidence rate. What does this mean? Essentially, we’re 95% sure that the win rate of the faction will fall inside this band at the release of the next battlescroll.
We have decided to include this as each factions win rates can (and will) fluctuate as more and more players post their results. While the faction win rate may be that specified right now, it is more than likely to change in the future. So when looking at a win rate, take into account the number of players who have posted results, as well as the upper and lower limit of that 95% confidence interval. This will give a good indication of the future win rate of that faction.
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Two Day Event
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Minimum of 8 players
Then why not complete the form attached and send the results to thewoehammer@gmail.com? We’ll include them the next time we produce the stats.
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Faction Win Rates
As we have now included a confidence interval within our data based on the sample size and results, we have now included all factions within the below tables regardless of their player base.
Win Rates
You’ll see in the chart above that each faction shows its current win rate as a % inside a text box. The paler green and yellow segments show the margin of error of that win rate. We predict with 95% confidence that the win rate will be within the paler bars upon the release of the next battlescroll. The size of this segment is determined by the number of tournament entries using that faction, the spread of their win rates at competitions and finally how many weeks are estimated to be left until the next battlescroll update.
There are now six factions above the 55% win rate marker, with Daughters of Khaine currently the meta leaders with 59%. However, bear in mind that their sample size is small and this could be a few elite players outperforming the faction. Although two of these are continuing bullies from last time around.
Soulblight Gravelords appear to have stabilised at roughly 58%. These two factions are joined by Seraphon (58%), Big Waaagh! (57%), Ossiarch Bonereapers (56%) and the Sons of Behemat (56%).
Part of me does wonder if we’ll begin to see the Bonereapers fall, as their successful lists all seem to be centred around Katakros, Arkhan, Boneshaper, Immortis Guards and Kavalos Deathriders. I have a feeling once players adjust to this, they’ll begin to work out answers to the Bonereapers and their win rate will fall. Why not take a quick look at last weeks Top Performing Lists breakdown for Bonereapers while you’re at it?
Sylvaneth (43%), Cities of Sigmar (43%), Stormcast Eternals (41%), Ironjawz (40%) and Skaven (40%) are all below the acceptable tolerence level, and while the sample sizes for Cities and Ironjawz are low and therefore probably still subject to change going forwards, we can establish that Skaven, Stormcast and Sylvaneth are struggling this edition.
Using out old format of win rate reporting and removing factions with less than 20 results, we have the following table:
Subfaction Results
I often get requested for Subfaction results, so will start posting win rates for those subfactions who have exceeded a player representation of 20.
Player Results by Wins
This graph has at least two purposes. Firstly, it shows the faction popularity by the number of players, and secondly, it breaks down those players’ results in terms of the number of wins they achieve.
Here, we’ve included all the factions that have been played to date, as there is no benefit in removing those with a small sample size.
Soulblight Gravelords and Ossiarch Bonereapers seem to be the most popular factions right now, and with win rates of 58% it’s probably no surprise. They’re closely followed by the other two factions with the newest battletomes, Seraphon and Blades of Khorne.
Faction Popularity
With the recent release of the Seraphon tome, we’re seeing a large number of players jump to the order faction.
But while the Soulblight Gravelords are currently the most popular faction during this Battlescroll season, we’ve seen Blades of Khorne have had a resurgence in July, and this could be partly down to their anti-magic tech for the new GHB.
The full list month-by-month is below:
When looking at the above table, bear in mind that this is the worldwide meta, and region to region or even city to city may differ. So while this gives us a general idea of the meta worldwide it may not be representative of your local meta.
We’re seeing (as always) a massive spike in the player base of the new tomes that have been released and fall off on the older Tomes. This is to be expected really as competitive players jump around following the “Oooo shiny” method of collecting. They’ll likely always be a strong base for Stormcast Eternals, thanks to them appearing in nearly all beginner army sets, as magazine collections and the feature of many stories in Age of Sigmar.
Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from
Out of all the players using that faction (shown in brackets next to the faction name), this graph shows the number achieving a whitewash at a GT with 5 wins from 5. Those achieving 4 wins from 4 after the fourth round and those achieving 3 wins from 3 after the 3rd round. Take into account that those who achieve 5-0 are included in the numbers of 4 wins from 4 and 3 wins from 3. Likewise, those achieving 4 from 4 are included with the 3 from 3 data.
Results Split
This chart tells you which factions are more capable of achieving positive results at tournaments.
Conclusions
If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. Don’t just look at our data either, look at TSN and also GW. Get a big picture, use these sites as sources to make your own informed opinion on the meta. Think about which armies are popular, as you’ll likely face at least one or two of these armies at some point during an event, especially in the earlier rounds.
Look at those factions that are regularly in a tournament winning position and winning GTs, as these are likely to be your opponents in the later rounds. I believe you should look at building a list that is able to cope with playing the following factions at some point in a GT if you’re looking to compete;
Blades of Khorne
Seraphon
Stormcast Eternals
Soulblight Gravelords
Gloomspite Gitz
But also, if you’re playing a local GT with your club, then bear in mind that meta may be completely different to those given in the stats above. All of what is presented here, should be taken with a pinch of salt, but hopefully it gives you some guidance when it comes to list construction, or even army choice if you’re looking to play Age of Sigmar.