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Top Three AoS Lists for Donkeycon 2023

This is the top three AoS lists for Donkeycon that took place in New Zealand on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 10 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.

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: Slaves to Darkness
Army Subfaction: Cabalists
– Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Artefacts: Infernal Puppet
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Hoarfrost, Warp Reality
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
Spells: Rupture, Warp Reality, Merciless Blizzard
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
1 x Chaos Lord on Manticore (240)**
Chaos Lance
– Daemon Blade
– Spells: Daemonic Speed
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Theddra Skull-Scryer (160)**
Spells: Daemonic Speed, Chaotic Conduit
1 x Chaos Lord (110)**
Reaperblade and Daemonbound Steel
– Spells: Mystic Shield
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (200)***
– General
– Command Traits: Idolater Lord
– Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit
– Prayers: Curse
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

BATTLELINE
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)
Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)***
Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)***
Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)***
Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Warriors (200)***
Hornblower
– Standard Bearer
– Aspiring Champion
– Murderous Weapon
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Warriors (200)***
Aspiring Champion
– Hornblower
– Standard Bearer
– Murderous Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
9 x Untamed Beasts (80)***
Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Splintered Fang (100)***
Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Splintered Fang (100)***
Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Lauchon the Soulseeker (50)

OTHER
5 x Godsworn Hunt (160)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Chaos Warband – Unified

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Seraphon
Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Realmshaper Guardians
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Skink Starseer (150)*
Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Skink Starseer (150)*
Spells: Speed of Huanchi
1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
Spells: Stellar Tempest
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)**
1 x Slann Starmaster (275)**
General
Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance
Artefacts: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Skink Oracle on Troglodon (270)***
Spells: Cosmic Crush

BATTLELINE
5 x Saurus Guard (140)**
Saurus Guard Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
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 Raptadon Chargers (150)***
Raptadon Charger Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1965/2000)

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Army Faction: Daughters of Khaine
Army Subfaction: Khailebron
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Melusai Ironscale (120)*
General
– Command Traits: Zealous Orator
– Artefacts: Crown of Woe
1 x Morathi-Khaine (700)*
1 x The Shadow Queen (700)*

BATTLELINE
9 x Khainite Shadowstalkers (140)*
10 x Blood Sisters (150)*
Gorgai
15 x Blood Stalkers (180)*
Krone

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

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
Subfaction: Barak-Zon
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Indomitable
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught

LEADERS
Arkanaut Admiral (140)**
General
– Command Traits: A Scholar and an Arkanaut
– Artefacts of Power: Masterwrought Armour
Aether-Khemist (100)**
Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Aetheric Navigator (100)**
Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb

BATTLELINE
Arkanaut Company (90)*
Arkanaut Company (90)*
Skywardens (390)**

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Frigate (300)*
Heavy Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Arkanaut Frigate
– The Admiral’s Flagship: Arkanaut Frigate
Arkanaut Frigate (300)*
Heavy Sky Cannon

OTHER
Grundstok Gunhauler (170)
– Sky Cannon
Grundstok Thunderers (320)
Honour Bearer
– Gunnery Sergeant
– Aetheric Fumigator
– 2 x Grundstok Mortar
– 2 x Aethercannon
– 2 x Decksweeper

CORE BATTALIONS
*Attack Squadron
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 27th August 2023

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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.

Data Overview

Tournaments Included:

  • Renegades of the Realm
  • The London Open
  • Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament: US Open Tacoma
  • 2D6 Oslohammer #5
  • GT de AoS de Shyish a Ghryan
  • Midwest Meltdown
  • FLG Outlaw GT
  • 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
  • Smash to Rubble
  • Whitburn Wipeout GT
  • Northern Wastes GT
  • 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
  • Big Bristol Brawl Summer GT
  • Thunderstrike GT

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.

Cities of Sigmar (37%), Stormcast Eternals (43%), Ironjawz (44%) and Skaven (42%) 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 1451players who attended tournaments using Soulblight Gravelords, 27 of those players were able to go through their first three rounds undefeated (3 wins in 3 games) (Grey bar), 16 of those 27 players were then able to go four wins from four, after four rounds (Orange bar). Out of those 16 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 60.93% (Blue Line) were able to achieve at least three wins at a 5 game tournament. 27.81% of the 151 Soulblight players were able to achieve four wins or more at GT’s (Orange Line). Finally 7.95% 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
  • Ossiarch Bonereapers

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.

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Top Three AoS Lists for the 2023 Goonhammer Open

This is the top three AoS lists for the Goonhammer Open that took place in the USA on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 15 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.

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: Null Myriad
– Grand Strategy: The Scales Balanced
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Mortisan Soulmason (160)
Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Arkhan the Black (380)*
Liege-Kavalos (180)*
General
– Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics
Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
Morghast Archai (220)*
Spirit Halberd
Mortek Guard (300)*
Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Spear
– 2 x Necrophoros
– 2 x Soulcleaver Greatblade

OTHER
Immortis Guard (220)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Nightmare Predator (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Follow the Path to Glory

LEADERS
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Artefacts of Power: Chaos Familiar
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit

BATTLELINE
Corvus Cabal (80)*
Corvus Cabal (80)*
Varanguard (580)*
General
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– 6 x Fellspear
Varanguard (580)*
Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– 6 x Fellspear
Chaos Knights (440)*
Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Lance
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
Army Type: Ironjawz
– Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)
Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)
Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)*
General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*

BATTLELINE
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*
Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*
Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
10 x Orruk Brutes (140)*
Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– 2 x Gore-choppa

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
Subfaction: Filthbringers
– Grand Strategy: Control the Nexus

LEADERS
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)*
Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Rupture
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)*
Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)*
Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Rancid Visitations
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)**
General
– Command Traits: Eye of the Blizzard
– Artefacts of Power: The Splithorn Helm
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Rancid Visitations
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)**
Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Rancid Visitations
Rotbringer Sorcerer (Rot Coven) (360)**
Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
Plaguebearers (260)
Plagueridden
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Piper
Plaguebearers (130)
Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
Plaguebearers (260)**
Plagueridden
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Piper

BEHEMOTH
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 136
Drops: 10

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Boise Cup O

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.

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: 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


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

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Feast Day
– Grand Strategy: spellcasting savant
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty


LEADERS
Abhorrant Archregent
(240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: The Dermal Robe
– Spells: Deranged Transformation

Varghulf Courtier (160)*
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Spectral Host

Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)**

BATTLELINE
Crypt Ghouls
(80)*
Crypt Ghouls (80)**
Crypt Ghouls (80)**

OTHER
Crypt Horrors
(220)*
Crypt Horrors (220)*
Crypt Flayers (360)*

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne
(0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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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

BATTLELINE
Vanguard-Hunters
(100)***
– Hunter-Prime
– Astral Compass

Vanguard-Hunters (100)***
– Hunter-Prime
– Astral Compass

Liberators (110)***
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield


OTHER
Shadow Warriors (120)**
– Shadow Walker
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (420)***
Evocators on Celestial Dracolines (480)***
– 4 x Grandstave

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Redemption Brotherhood

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 20th August 2023 – New GHB

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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.

Data Overview

Tournaments Included:

  • Renegades of the Realm
  • The London Open
  • Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament: US Open Tacoma
  • 2D6 Oslohammer #5
  • GT de AoS de Shyish a Ghryan
  • Midwest Meltdown
  • FLG Outlaw GT
  • 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.

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Top Three AoS Lists for 2D6 Oslohammer #5

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.

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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


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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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


LEADER
1 x Curseling
(200)*
– Artefacts: Secret-eater
– Spells: Shield of Fate, Arcane Suggestion

1 x Kairos Fateweaver (440)*
– Spells: Bolt of Tzeentch, Unchecked Mutation
1 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Magister (140)**
– General
– Command Traits: Arcane Sacrifice
– Spells: Arcane Suggestion, Bolt of Tzeentch


BATTLELINE
10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink)
(260)**
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Iridescent Horror
– Split and Split Again

10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (260)**
– Iridescent Horror
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Split and Split Again

9 x Untamed Beasts (80)**
20 x Splintered Fang (200)**
10 x Tzaangors (180)**
– Twistbray
– Icon Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– 2 x Tzaangor Mutant
– Pair of Savage Blades


ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Tome of Eyes
(40)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Control the Nexus
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty


LEADER
1 x Necromancer
(100)*
– Spells: Fading Vigour, Hoarfrost
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– Spells: Levitate, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (380)**
– Spells: Waste Away, Fading Vigour
1 x Vampire Lord (140)**
– Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Spirit Gale, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)**
– General
– Command Traits: The Bait

BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves
(140)
– Doom Wolf
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (300)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom
(30)

OTHER
10 x Black Knights
(260)
10 x Black Knights (260)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Skragrott, the Loonking
(230)*
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

Dankhold Troggboss (210)**
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts of Power: Glowy Howzit


BATTLELINE
Rockgut Troggoths
(340)*
Rockgut Troggoths (340)*
Fellwater Troggoths (170)*
Rockgut Troggoths (340)*

OTHER
Sporesplatta Fanatics
(90)*
Dankhold Troggoths (190)**

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine
(0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Troggherd Heavies

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for Grimnir’s Vengeance GT

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.

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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

BATTLELINE
Mortek Guard (150)*
Mortek Guard (150)*
Kavalos Deathriders (180)*

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:

Leaders
Verminlord Warbringer (380)*
General
– Command Trait: Devious Adversary
– Artefact: Warpstone Charm
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
Plague Priest (100)*
Noxious Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
Plague Priest (100)*
Noxious Prayers: Filth-filth!
Plague Priest (100)***
Noxious Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
Grey Seer (120)**
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Grey Seer (120)**
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

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

Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (200)

Endless Spells & Invocations
Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Vanguard

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 172
Drops: 13


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Allegiance: Ironjawz
Warclan: Bloodtoofs
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs:

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

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 125
Drops: 2

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Final Tournament Placings

Seraphon: Top Performing Lists Breakdown 13th August 2023

The following is a breakdown of all lists that have achieved four wins or greater at GT’s we are aware of.

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Current Win Rates

The below table shows the current win rates for all the subfactions that have been used up to and including the 13th August 2023.

SubfactionUsed at GT’sWin Rate
Fangs of Sotek4560%
Koatl’s Claw2438%
Dracothion’s Tail1068%
Thunder Lizard245%
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.

SubfactionLists with 5-0 ResultsLists with 4+ WinsAverage # of Units Per ListAverage # of Distinct Warscrolls Per List
Fangs of Sotek461210
Dracothion’s Tail031311
Koatl’s Claw0176
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Average Points Spending by Faction

SubfactionLdBLBhAOS
Fangs of Sotek106047524610998
Koatl’s Claw4101060500
Dracothion’s Tail1148347180127137
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

SubfactionBattalion CountMost Common Drop Count
Fangs of Sotek24
Koatl’s Claw12
Dracothion’s Tail25

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.

Fangs of Sotek (10 Lists)
10x Skinks (16)
5x Saurus Guard (11)
Lord Kroak (10)
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (10)
Slann Starmaster (10)
Skink Starseer (9)
Malevolent Maelstrom (8)
5x Raptadon Chargers (5)
Suffocating Gravetide (4)
Krondspine, Incarnate of Ghur (4)
Dracothion’s Tail (3 Lists)
10x Skinks (5)
5x Saurus Guard (4)
Lord Kroak (3)
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (3)
Slann Starmaster (3)
Malevolent Maelstrom (3)
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (3)
Skink Oracle on Troglodon (2)
Aethervoid Pendulum (2)
Skink Starseer (2)
5x Raptadon Chargers (2)
Koatl’s Claw (1 List)
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (2)
Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur (1)
Skink Starseer (1)
20x Saurus Warriors (1)
6x Aggradon Lancers (1)
9x Kroxigor (1)
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Top 3 Lists Articles Featuring Seraphon

Straight Edge Wargaming: It’s Andtor not Andor you Stupid Wookie (SWE)
The London Open (UK)
Champion of Black Oil 3 (CZ)
Renegade of the Realms (UK)
The Leeds AoS GT (UK)
Fantasianorth Store Championship (SWE)

AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 13th August 2023 – New GHB

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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.

Data Overview

Tournaments Included:

  • Renegades of the Realm
  • The London Open
  • Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament: US Open Tacoma
  • 2D6 Oslohammer #5
  • GT de AoS de Shyish a Ghryan
  • Midwest Meltdown
  • FLG Outlaw GT
  • 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:

FactionWin RateChange from Last Week
Daughters of Khaine60%+1%
Soulblight Gravelords58%
Ossiarch Bonereapers57%+1%
Kharadron Overlords54%+1%
Seraphon54%-4%
Sons of Behemat53%-3%
Big Waaagh!53%-4%
Bonesplitterz53%
Disciples of Tzeentch53%
Blades of Khorne52%+2%
Hedonites of Slaanesh52%+2%
Maggotkin of Nurgle50%+1%
Idoneth Deepkin50%+1%
Flesh-eater Courts50%-3%
Fyreslayers49%+2%
Beasts of Chaos49%+2%
Ogor Mawtribes49%-1%
Lumineth Realm-Lords47%
Gloomspite Gitz46%
Slaves to Darkness45%
Nighthaunt45%-4%
Kruleboyz45%-4%
Sylvaneth44%+1%
Cities of Sigmar43%
Ironjawz43%+3%
Skaven41%+1%
Stormcast Eternals40%-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.

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Top Three AoS Lists for Loremaster #2

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.

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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)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL: 1980/2000

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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

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Spell

TOTAL: 1990/2000

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