On May 11th & 12th we will be running our third Woehammer GT. Nestled in the heart of England, 5 minutes drive from the M1, we’re within a couple of hours drive of London and an hour from Birmingham.
We have run two fantastic events so far with great prizes up for grabs, including a Golden Ticket to the World Championships of Warhammer in the USA for the winner.
Interested in joining us? Head over to the Woehammer AoS III GT page and buy your ticket now. On that page you’ll also find the event pack detailing everything you need for the event.
This is the top three AoS lists for the Scottish Lasters 2023 that took place in Scotland on the 20th and 21st of January. It saw 28 players vying to be crowned champion over 5 rounds.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
– Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar – Subfaction: Hallowheart – Grand Strategy: Banners Held High – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Alchemite Warforger (110)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Alchemite Warforger (110)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Fusil-Major on Ogor Warhulk (150)** – Artefacts of Power: Mastro Vivetti’s Magnificent Macroscope Pontifex Zenestra (180)** Steam Tank Commander (270)** – General – Command Traits: Master of Ballistics
Allegiance: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)** – General – Lore of the Swamp: Da Black Pit – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Wurrgog Prophet (170)* – Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz – Universal Spell Lore: Levitate – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork – Lore of the Weird: Foot of Gork Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Battleline 10 x Orruk Brutes (280)*** – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)** 10 x Gutrippaz (150)** Units 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas 6 x Brute Ragerz (200)*** – Reinforced x 1 Core Battalions *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord ***Ironjawz Fist ****Ironjawz Fist Additional Enhancements Spell
Total: 1960 / 2000
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Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Control the Nexus – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Verminlord Warbringer (380)* – General – Command Traits: Devious Adversary – Artefacts: Warpstone Charm – Spells: Flaming Weapon, Levitate 1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)** – Spells: Skitterleap, Levitate 1 x Warlock Engineer (100)*** – Spells: Rupture, Hoarfrost 1 x Arch-Warlock (150)*** – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Warp Lightning Shield 1 x Thanquol (430)*** – 2 x Warpfire Braziers – 2 x Warpfire Projectors – Spells: Skitterleap, Death Frenzy
BATTLELINE 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Clanrat Bell-ringer – Clanrat Standard Bearer – Clawleader – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Clanrat Bell-ringer – Clawleader – Clanrat Standard Bearer – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)** – Clawleader – Clanrat Standard Bearer – Clanrat Bell-ringer – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)** – Clawleader – 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer – 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer – Rusty Blade
ARTILLERY 1 x Warp Lightning Cannon (140)* 1 x Warp Lightning Cannon (140)**
This is the top three AoS lists for Top Three AoS Lists for the Nottingham AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 13th and 14th of January. It saw 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220) – Spells: Death Frenzy, Flaming Weapon Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220) – General – Command Traits: Diabolical Schemer – Spells: Death Frenzy, Skitterleap Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)* – Artefacts of Power: Skavenbrew – Spells: Death Frenzy, Levitate Plague Priest (100)** – Prayers: Disease-disease! Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)** – Prayers: Rabid-rabid! Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)**
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Lawix Nyte, Great Necromancer of Hallost (100)* – General – Command Traits: Unbending Will – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Ozul Draken, Cursed Fallen of Hallost (150)* – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)** – Spells: Waste Away
BATTLELINE 3 x Fell Bats (90) 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)** 10 x Dire Wolves (150)** – Doom Wolf 3 x Fell Bats (90)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
OTHER 20 x Grave Guard (160)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade 20 x Grave Guard (160)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade
Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness – Damned Legion: Legion of the First Prince – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)* – The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Chaos Familiar – Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard The Masque (150)* – Allies
Battleline 6 x Furies (80)* 6 x Furies (80)* 6 x Furies (80)*
Units 6 x Varanguard (560)* – 6x Fellspear – Mark of Chaos: Undivided – Reinforced x 1 10 x Chaos Chosen (460)* – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon – Reinforced x 1 1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (100)
This is the top three AoS lists for Big Bristol Brawl Winter GT that took place in the UK on the 6th and 7th of January. It saw 39 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Note: With the Battlescroll release just around the corner, I’ve made the decision to suspend comments on these lists as they’ll all likely change in points and become invalid soon.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Mortis Praetorians – Mortal Realm: Shyish – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380)* Liege-Kavalos (180)* Mortisan Ossifector (120)* – General – Command Trait: Aura of Sterility – Artefact: Gothizzard Cartouche – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs
Battleline 4 x Morghast Archai (440)* – Spirit Swords – Reinforced x 1 4 x Morghast Archai (440)* – Spirit Swords – Reinforced x 1 3 x Immortis Guard (220)* 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1970 / 2000
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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz – Army Subfaction: King’s Gitz – Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon – Triumphs: Indomitable LEADER 1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)* – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Madcap Shaman (70)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Dankhold Troggboss (210)** – General – Command Traits: Alpha Trogg – Artefacts: Glowy Howzit 1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)** – Spells: Nikkit! Nikkit!
BATTLELINE 3 x Rockgut Troggoths (170) 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (340)** 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (340)** 3 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)** 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)** 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)**
Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Army Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
LEADER 1 x Ionus Cryptborn (400) 1 x Archmage Teclis (740)* 1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)* – General – Command Traits: Eye of the Blizzard – Artefacts: Phoenix Stone – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)*
BATTLELINE 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)* – High Warden – Spells: Overwhelming Heat 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)* – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Speed of Hysh 5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)* – Bladelord Seneschal
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80) 1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Anvils of the Heldenhammer (Scions of the Storm) – Mortal Realm: Shyish – Grand Strategy: Pillars of Victory – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (330)** Knight-Arcanum (100)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Luckstone – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Knight-Incantor (120)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Gotrek Gurnisson (480)** – Allies
Battleline 5 x Sequitors (110)*** 5 x Sequitors (110)*** 5 x Sequitors (110)***
Units 6 x Castigators (180)** – Reinforced x 1 6 x Castigators (180)** – Reinforced x 1 6 x Castigators (180)** – Reinforced x 1 3 x Castigators (90)**
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Montreal Grand Tournament that took place in Montreal, Canada on 17th and 18th of September. It involved 47 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Seraphon – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: The Astromatrix – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Slann Starmaster (265)* – General – Command Trait: Arcane Might – Artefact: Serpent God Dagger – Spell: Celestial Equilibrium – Spell: Stellar Tempest Stegadon with Skink Chief (305)** – Artefact: Cloak of Feathers – Weapon: Skystreak Bow – Mount Trait: Starborne Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)** Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spell: Hand of Glory – Spell: Extend Astomatrix Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spell: Hand of Glory – Spell: Extend Astomatrix Skink Priest (90)** – Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Battleline 30 x Skinks (225)**** – Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs – Reinforced x 2 30 x Skinks (225)**** – Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs – Reinforced x 2 10 x Skinks (75)*** – Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (75)*** – Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 5 x Saurus Knights (110)** – Blades
Units 5 x Chameleon Skinks (115)*
Endless Spells & Invocations Purple Sun of Shyish (70) Horrorghast (40)
Declan: Danick went 5-0 here, with an interesting Seraphon list (interesting because no Bastiladons). That said it still has all the usual tricks. A good spell caster, 30 skinks to buff up, and get killing (and then another 30 so he can throw them away). If you’ve never seen a fully buffed up Skink unit you don’t know what you’re missing. As a Gitz player its demoralising but everything goes on them!
The purple Sun before the FAQ is an obvious call and no reason Danick shouldn’t take it. The Fangs of Sotek also gives the skinks a 50/50 parting shot (fire and flee), leaving the enemy flailing against thin air before they fire again. I’ve fought similar and it is vicious.
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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Drowned Men – Mortal Realm: Ghyran – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs:
Leaders Festus the Leechlord (150)** – Lore of Malignance: Rancid Visitations Lord of Afflictions (210)** – General – Command Trait: Overpowering Stench – Artefact: The Splithorn Helm Lord of Blights (150)**
Battleline 4 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (440)* – 2x Dolorous Tocsin – Reinforced x 1 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1x Dolorous Tocsin 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (220)* – 1x Dolorous Tocsin 10 x Putrid Blightkings (500)** – Reinforced x 1
Declan: Also going 5-0 this is the often seen Pusgoyle Blightlord List. It’s very difficult to kill, has amazingly fast movement, and if you do catch a Pusgoyle on fly… it strikes back with a vengeance. Meanwhile the disease markers you aquire slowly bring down support heros, and just when you feel you’ve got a chance Christian can summon whatever he needs. You need mortal wounds, at range, and lots of luck to beat this. There’s a reason Nurgle have been top of tournaments (and a popular army) since the book was released.
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Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Krulghast Cruciator (150)** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish Guardian of Souls (150)* – Artefact: Midnight Tome – Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist Spirit Torment (115)* Spirit Torment (115)*
Battleline 20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)**** – Reinforced x 1 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)*** 5 x Hexwraiths (160)** 5 x Hexwraiths (160)** 3 x Spirit Hosts (125)***
Units 10 x Dreadscythe Harridans (160)**** 10 x Dreadscythe Harridans (160)**** 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (105)*
Endless Spells & Invocations Purple Sun of Shyish (70)
Declan: Another good book, and another good army. Vincent-Pierre has brought the Purple Sun as well (surprise, surprise), and numerous ghosts. He has taken 30 Bladegheists so clearly has the patience of a saint (or bought them assembled), but once on the table top they are monsters. When they charge these guys can stack additional rend, so you’ll see characters charging in to clip units and doing untold damage. I’m still having nightmares of Kragnos being on 6+ armour save before the rend on the warscrolls took affect. It’s vicious, and has so far survived a FAQ – I’ll be amazed (although not surprised) if the stacking survives past Christmas.
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance – Triumphs: Indomitable (Wounds)
Leaders Loonboss (75)* – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Moonclans: The Great Green Spite Madcap Shaman (80) – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
Battleline 20 x Shootas (140)* – 3x Barbed Nets – 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers 40 x Shootas (280)* – 6x Barbed Nets – 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers – 1x Badmoon Icon Bearers – Reinforced x 1 60 x Stabbas (450)* – Pokin Spears & Moon Shields – 9x Barbed Nets – 1x Moonclan Flag Bearers – 2x Badmoon Icon Bearers – Reinforced x 2
Units 5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (130)* 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (105)*
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)* – Allies
Declan: Peter knew I was coming back to writing Top Three Lists, and has picked a classic… Raphael has brought Gloomspite Gitz to a full tournament and gone 3-2… what a hero! Okay, he has brought an Incarnate, but a 2019 book with no White Dwarf article needs you to think outside the book. With three wizards, three Endless Spells and no Hand of Gork (heresy) this is a sit and shoot list… with 60 shootas (5+/5+/-/1 … what a profile). The damage at range must have been enough, but I’m really impressed that Raphael managed to complete enough Battle Tactics to win 3 games – especially with his general being a simple Loonboss.
The UK tSports Champions 2022 was an inaugural event organised by the wonderful people at Honest Wargamer and TSportsNetwork. It took place in Nottingham, UK on 18th and 19th June. It involved 16 players from around the UK, vying to be crowned the champion of champions in a 5 game tournament.
Tournament Format
The format is a little different to your usual GT, in that players are seeded into groups on day 1, and then play each other person in their group once. Depending on where they finished in their group would determine which ‘final’ route they would be on the next day. (I.e. group winners could finished 1st-4th), runners up in the group would be playing for 5th-8th, and so on).
Our very own Declan is ranked high enough in the UK rankings, and as a result was invited to the event. He chose to play with his Big Waaagh! Which you can read about here.
As a result, I’ve invited Declan to discuss the armies in this article as who better but the man who took part! (Declan – cheers Peter; it was a great event!)
Before I jump into the Top Three, I just wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server, where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
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The Top Three AoS Lists from the UK tSports Champions 2022
Dan’s List, courtesy of Ziggy and TSportsNetwork
Declan – I’ve managed to avoid Dan this tournament season, mostly by virtue of not being good enough to compete with him. He has played a lot of different armies to qualify (see above on the left), but following the White Dwarf Article on Beasts of Chaos he has returned to an army he likes playing… and who can blame him with rend improving throughout the game.
In fact this is where this army excels – The incarnate can’t be killed easily, so can take turns 1-3 and the army takes over turn 3-5. And the army is Tzaangors… lots of them. They are the ‘close combat’ ones, and can dish out huge damage especially with their ability Guided by the Past which allows the whole unit to reroll hits and wounds if an enemy unit has already attacked in combat. So if Dan is in combat with weaker units he can let the enemy fight first, or if he’s charged! Then retreat & rally!
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Courtesy of Ziggy & TSports Network
Declan: An army that regular readers of Woehammer will have seen come to the fore from Toby. He qualified with another variety of armies and represented Team England at AoS (as did Dan & Ritchie).
As Dan did he has also brought an Incarnate to survive, add punch, kill monsters and eat Endless Spells. Toby only lost to Dan in the final, and he’s been smashing the tournament scene all season. I was fortunate enough to play him at the start of the season and he (like all the 16 in the final) is a great player and great fun to play against.
The Nurgle are great because they can’t really be debuffed – large number of damage one attacks with minimal rend, but backed up by mortal wounds via disease markers. This is a great army, can do battle tactics in its sleep, and is a great counter to Seraphon Thunder Lizards (because of damage 1) who are at the top of the rankings with Nurgle.
Great result for Toby in his first full season at AoS.
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Courtesy of Ziggy & T Sports Network
Declan: I was fortunate to play Ritchie in a very tight game (only 3 VPs in it), when I grabbed the win. But he qualified top of the group by beating the 2 Seraphon lists in Group 1. This was no easy feat though, and with the pressure on game 2, Ritchie beat Mike Stewart – the number one ranked player in the World! It really does show the importance of not letting an early defeat put you off your game.
Like his fellow top three players, Ritchie is in Team England and qualified for the Top 16 by playing a large variety of armies. He has the same core as Toby with Blightlords, at least one Lord of Affliction and an Incarnate. His optional choices include another monster (Bloab) allowing him to grap additional battle tactic points from making a 3rd unit into a monster, or a second for Savage Spearhead. Making full use of GHB21 and the season of the monsters.
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Courtesy of Ziggy & T-Sports Network
Declan – Peter has chosen the last of the top qualifiers and Alex did very well with a Magmadroth inspired army, only falling at the Nurgle wall of flesh that was Toby & Ritchie. Fyreslayers are good, survivable and the Magmadroths can dish out damage, take damage and use their runes to do exactly what they need to do, when the need to do it.
Being able to put 3 Magmadroths in Hunters of the Heartland is a great touch in GHB21 and obviously this is not repeatable in GHB22, but the army will definitely have play in the new edition. Fyreslayers are here to stay and I’m sure Alex will have a great season for GHB22 as well.
Declan – A huge thank you to Ziggy for running the event, and Rob for hosting. It was amazing and a great end to an incredible season for me! Top marks, and all games were played at a top level, with all players having fun as well.
Full Tournament Results
Thanks to T-Sports Network for the great graphics. Why not visit them on their Twitch channel and watch some of the games back. There is a small charge to join, but for that you get to see the top players playing competitive Age of Sigmar. It is the end of the season, but there’s lots here to learn that’ll help any player in GHB22.
Rise of the Everchosen took place in Emgilia-Romagna on 18th and 19th June. It involved 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three, 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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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Army Subfaction: Drowned Men – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER Bloab Rotspawned (300) – Spells: Rancid Visitations Lord of Afflictions (210)* – General – Command Traits: Overpowering Stench – Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm Orghotts Daemonspew (300)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment **Hunters of the Heartlands
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Declan: Ah Nurgle… the new hotness and it’s easy to see why (it may not be; I had it explained to me over the weekend). I have now played a similar list and this is just great into the meta. Large numbers of low damage attacks means Seraphon Thunder Lizard don’t benefit from their allegiance and any debuffs (-1 attack etc…) have no benefit either.
Added to that they are lightning quick with a pre-game move and the Overpowering Stench stops command abilities being used nearby. So no all-out-defense or inspiring presence. It’s a great army which we are seeing a lot of at the moment.
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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Army Subfaction: Drowned Men – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER Lord of Afflictions (210)* – General – Command Traits: Overpowering Stench – Dolorous Tocsin – Incubatch – Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm Lord of Afflictions (210)*
Declan: I should have looked ahead. Sorry; but there’s not a lot different here – just more of the same because the same is good. When a player spends 1,540 points on one warscroll it may show a problem… but not for GW model selling.
There’s no criticism of the players though – it’s a good army and gives a good shot at 4-1s and 5-0s. If that’s your aim why wouldn’t you want to take one of the best armies available?
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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Army Type: Knights of the Empty Throne – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Varanguard (560)* – General – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch – Command Traits: Inescapable Doom – Daemonforged Blade and Warpsteel Shield – Artefacts of Power: Grasping Plate Varanguard (560)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch – Daemonforged Blade and Warpsteel Shield Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore (270)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch – Spells: Mask of Darkness
BATTLELINE Iron Golems (75)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch Iron Golems (75)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch Untamed Beasts (70)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch Untamed Beasts (70)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch Iron Golems (75)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
BEHEMOTH Chaos Warshrine (215)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch – Prayers: Heal
CORE BATTALIONS – *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000
Declan: Ah Varanguard – hard as nails; hit like freight trains and are leaders so they can do great work into some of the missions as well. It’s great to see StD doing well though – this is not a net-list that is smashing up the tournament scene and a 4-1-0 result is impressive.
The Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore is often substituted by a Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Foot, but the Manticore allows him to keep up with the Varanguard – and ensure the army hits like a freight train – all at the same time.
The Battleline choices are also cheap as chips (as a Gitz player I would kill for Battleline this cheap) and they are not bad. Great addition for screening so Manuelle can chose who goes first or second with his 1 drop.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Army Type: Baleful Lords – Grand Strategy: Beastmaster – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Bloodsecrator (125)* Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (295)* – General – Command Trait: Thirst for Carnage – Artefact: Black Brass Crown Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280) Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280) Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280) Skarbrand (380)
BATTLELINE 10 Blood Reavers (80)* 10 Blood Reavers (80)* 10 Blood Reavers (80)* 1 Slaves to Darkness Chaos Spawn (55)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne 1 Slaves to Darkness Chaos Spawn (55)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Declan: Ah Khorne… a fighting force in a game of fighting – they’ll be smashing up the tables right. Unfortunately not – GW struggle with making Khorne good enough that they can reliably kill but not so that they win everything… and they’ve got the balance wrong so often.
The Bloodthirsters are only 280 points so are really throw away models (a Mangler Squig Loonboss is 290) so don’t expect too much from them – in this force is Skarbrand who does the work. 6″ pile in; and fighting well if he didn’t fight in the last battleround. Unfortunately most people know this now and either kill or avoid him – poor chap!
Sunshine Coast Open took place in England, UK on 11th and 12th June. It involved 74 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three, 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.
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.
Declan: To say Seraphon have done well in AoS3 is an understatement of the year. Chris has not taken Thunder Lizard, but has gone for magic. In order to compensate for the slightly reduction in survivability there’s an Incarnate! I don’t know how many of these we’ll see but they are nigh on impossible to kill in one turn (there are a few ‘instant kill’ abilities that can do it). It’ll be interesting how many Incarnate’s we’ll see given their high price point.
If I do play one soon I’ll be able to add some additional comments!! Well done to Chris – Seraphon may be the best army out there (or perhaps second), but to take them to a 5-0 still requires a high level of skill.
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Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Krulghast Cruciator (150)* – General – Command Trait: Cloaked in Shadow Guardian of Souls (150)* – Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish Spirit Torment (115)* – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist
Battleline 30 x Bladegheist Revenants (525)* – Reinforced x 2 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)* 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)* 6 x Spirit Hosts (250)* – Reinforced x 1
Matt rocks up undefeated with what must be the new Nighthaunt… how do I know – he’s got the Black Coach and is taking Nighthaunt! From one player in the UK with the Coach to three in one list at the Champions event this weekend, things have certainly changed for the ghostly bois!
No crossbow lads for Matt despite GW trying to flog them; but he has gone Bladegheists instead – and loads of them. They must be good to have gone 4-1-0 and the debuffs to opponents will be helping to keep them alive.
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Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin – Enclave: Ionrach – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: None
Leaders Lotann, Warden of the Soul Ledgers (115)* Akhelian Thrallmaster (110)** Akhelian King (250)* – General – Bladed Polearm – Command Trait: Unstoppable Fury – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Mount Trait: Voidchill Darkness – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Battleline 3 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (195)* 3 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (195)* 20 x Namarti Reavers (340)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Namarti Reavers (170)** 10 x Namarti Reavers (170)** 10 x Namarti Thralls (130)** 10 x Namarti Thralls (130)** 3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (195)*
Faction Terrain Gloomtide Shipwreck
Total Points: 2,000
Declan Hazel has taken another of the new army releases, and like my recent comments there are reavers and thralls… lots of them! The reavers are the shooty ones, and although they have shorter range than the LRL Sentinels, they do move — and quick! — so expect them to grab some objectives whilst shooting you off the board.
It’s good to see different armies emerging since the release of the new book, but I would much prefer to see better internal balance (like Seraphon), than the famine & feast of the last two IDK books. Great work by Hazel!
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Option: Glogg’s Megamob – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Dankhold Troggboss – Trev (240)* – General – Command Trait: Shepard of Idiotic Destruction – Artefact: Aetherquartz-studded Hide Fungoid Cave-Shaman – Freddie the Fungoid (95)** – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork Madcap Shaman – Madcap Max (80)** – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance Breaka-Boss on Mirebrute Troggoth – Mr Marvin Brute (180)* – Allies
Battleline 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (290)*** – Reinforced x 1 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (290)*** – Reinforced x 1 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (155)*** 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (155)**
Units 5 x Spider Riders (100)* 3 x Rippa’s Snarlfangs (70)* 1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth – Drummer Dave (150)*
Behemoths Aleguzzler Gargant – Gary (165)*
Endless Spells & Invocations The Burning Head – Steve the Swamp Trogg (20)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment **Warlord ***Hunters of the Heartlands
Declan – Peter has clearly listened to my comments about his last secret pick and gone down the list somewhat. And I’m surprised he only had to get to 10th to get a Gitz list. Dominic managed the holy grail of 2 draws… a result that’s probably rarer than a straight 5-0; and all with Troggs. As Stuart Hodges (Trogg) will tell us – Troggs are the best and Dominic has proven this with a Trogg list whose only allies are the Marshcrawler and MireBrute. This means it’s all Troggs, all the time.
To cement my opinion of Dominic being a genius amongst Troggs, he’s also got an Aleguzzler, Rippas & Spider Riders. Remember the Aleguzzler falls over on any double to charge (welcome back to AoS1… which everyone thought dead!) and Spider Riders with poison arrows in the fluff — but none anywhere near the army. I think the lads leave them at home to prevent friendly fire. Great list, and a frankly superb result. Well done Dominic — and more of these please Peter!
Smash & Bash GT took place in Texas, USA on 4th and 5th June. It involved 40 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three, 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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Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Coalesced – Army Subfaction: Thunder Lizard – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER Bobby the Engine of the Gods (265)** – General – Command Traits: Prime Warbeast – Artefacts: Incandescent Rectrices – Mount Traits: Beastmaster – Prayers: Curse Lord Kroak (430)*** – Spells: Stellar Tempest Saurus Astrolith Bearer (150)*** – Artefacts: Fusil of Conflagration Celestant-Prime (325)***
Declan: Well, I may have been away for a bit whilst real life, and a short holiday interfered but it’s good to see that Seraphon haven’t taken a break from winning tournaments! I don’t know if this is a homage to AOS England’s Ark of Sotek list, but regardless it is a good list. The Bastiladons are not quite as killy as the beam versions, but they are still as survivable against most armies, and with them acting together the battle tactics get a lot of additional points – for minimal risk. They are also not on the Priority target list!
So if they are the unkillable units, what kills? Well Kroak obviously – he can dish out a load of damage via his spells and the Saurus Guard can keep him alive – if you’re going to kill them concentrate everything you have… or alternatively ignore him and hope he can’t kill your army in 5 turns — unfortunately if he rolls well he can.
I’m impressed at the double win against Bonereapers in the last 2 games though – lots of difficult to kill models on both sides… I can only assume Thomas go to the objectives first – the Battle Regiment would have helped with this. Well done to Thomas on that mythical 5-0!
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Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar – City: Tempest’s Eye – Mortal Realm: Aqshy – Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Baba Bugman’s Haulercanum Celestial Hurricanum with Celestial Battlemage (280)* – General – Command Trait: Hawk-eyed – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of Eagles: Strike of Eagles Aetheric Navigator (95)*
Battleline 5 x Freeguild Pistoliers (105)* 5 x Freeguild Pistoliers (105)* 5 x Freeguild Pistoliers (105)* 10 x Ironbreakers (115)**
Units 4 x Stormdrake Guard (680)** PRIORITY TARGET – Drakerider’s Lance – Reinforced x 1
Behemoths Arkanaut Ironclad (490)* – Main Gun: Great Volley Cannon
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment **Hunters of the Heartlands
Randal is a member of our Discord chat, he kindly shared a picture of his army before the event.
Declan: Randall has taken the Stormcast list (really – just ignore the Cities of Sigmar keyword lies!) with his 4 dragons. They technically give away additional points when they die… but not much in the game is killing them. He has then gone with a surprising addition of Kharadron Overlords although the Ironclad is another difficult model to destroy… just remember it’s not a monster — weird!
Finally, he’s rounded it off with Pistoliers which may not be great individually, but if you have 15 of them that’s a lot of shots coming at you. It’s an army where target priority is difficult especially given it’s incredible speed. A more than respectable 4-1 and a great example of the power move known as the ‘submarine’. (Losing game 1, then winning the next 4!!)
Leaders Nilgurok, the epicurean of the eight points, bane of Behemat, the feast day fiend, magma muncha, fish flayer, gobbler of ghosts and ghiests, the boil bashing bastard, mushroom muncher, snake snacker, boat basher, the sorrow of Storms, the pillager of the Pompus, bone breaking bully, the Skarbrand Smasher, the breaker of the Fatemaker, the brutalist of the brutal, savagest of the savage, Cruelst of the cruel, the Kroaker of Kroak, Allariels Annihilation, 13 time rat eating champion, the crab claw cracker, veteran maneater, Grand overtyrant of the Stones eye, and Gammod, spawn of Akuma (430)** Frostlord on Stonehorn – General – Command Trait: Nice Drop of the Red Stuff! – Artefact: Splatter-cleaver – Mount Trait: Metalcruncher Slaughtermaster (140)** – Artefact: Shrunken Priest Head – Bloodgullet 2nd Spell: Blood Feast – Lore of Gutmagic: Ribcracker Butcher (135)** – Tenderiser – Bloodgullet 2nd Spell: Molten Entrails – Lore of Gutmagic: Greasy Deluge
Battleline 6 x Ogor Gluttons (250)** – Pairs of Clubs or Blades 6 x Ogor Gluttons (250)* – Pairs of Clubs or Blades Stonehorn Beastriders (320)* – Weapon: Blood Vulture
Units 8 x Ironguts (470)* – Reinforced x 1
Core Battalions *Hunters of the Heartlands **Warlord
Declan: Gluttons keep popping up in USA winning lists, but they never seem to get off the ground in the UK meta… so I don’t really know how they work. I think this list is reasonably clear though… it charges, does mortal wounds, and then does loads of damage.
Losing only to Big Waaagh, Jacob hasn’t worried about a slightly higher drop, has gone full narrative on his Frostlord’s name and will fill the board with this list. The Gluttons are not bad as a unit and if they’re holding an objective can’t be ignored – or dealt with by a weak unit. You’ll need to shoot them, or charge and strike first – but as his opponent you’ll probably want to kill the Stonehorns first – target saturation at it’s best!
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Allegiance: Kruleboyz – Warclan: Big Yellers – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (280) – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Killaboss with Stab-grot (110)* – Artefact: Mork’s Eye Pebble – Boss Hacka and Skareshield Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (105)* – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Sneedrek Chuckkem’ on Copey the Sludgeraker Beast (Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast) (315)* – General – Command Trait: Egomaniak – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Mount Trait: Smelly ‘Un – Lore of the Swamp: Sneaky Miasma
Battleline 20 x Gutrippaz (360)** – Reinforced x 1 – Wicked Stikkaz 20 x Gutrippaz (360)** – Reinforced x 1 – Wicked Stikkaz 9 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (360)** – Reinforced x 2
Units 10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*
Core Battalions *Warlord **Hunters of the Heartlands
Declan: Peter does like his Kruleboyz lists, so it’s no surprise to see this picked. What is a surprise is the 40 Gutrippaz and Killa-Boss on foot. The Gutrippaz are not bad… but just a little too expensive. They can still hurt if they strike first, whilst the Killa-Boss on foot is a cheap way to get Mork’s Eye Pebble. This is a great addition to the list with so many shooting armies in the game. 5+ ward means a significant increase in survivability… if only for one turn.
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But against shooting armies, the 1 turn of surviving is often all you need before the 40 Gutrippaz start making a mess. Gobsprakk ensures that enemy wizards feel some threat if a spell is dispelled and whilst he won’t beat a MawKrusha he is a cheap and quick way to grab a poorly defended objective. Hopefully there will be a points reduction for Kruleboyz in the new GHB and the ‘horde’ changes will help them.
