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Top Three AoS Lists for War Under the Mountain

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This is the top three AoS lists for War Under the Mountain that took place in Australia on the 25th and 26th of March. It involved 19 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.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Sky Port: Barak Zon
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumphs: Inspired

Kharadron Code
– Artycle: Honour Is Everything
– Amendment: Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Footnote: There’s No Reward Without Risk

Leaders
Arkanaut Admiral (125)*
– General
– Command Trait: Stormcaller
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
Aetheric Navigator (85)**
– Artefact: Voidstone Orb

Battleline
6 x Skywardens (260)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Skywardens (260)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Skywardens (260)*
– Reinforced x 1

Other Units
1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (170)**
– Main Gun: Sky Cannon
– Gunhauler Modifications: Coalbeard’s Collapsible Compartments
3 x Endrinriggers (120)**
3 x Endrinriggers (120)*

Behemoths
Arkanaut Frigate (300)*
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
Arkanaut Frigate (300)**
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 99
Drops: 2

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Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness
– Damned Legion: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– The Lore of the Damned: Chaotic Conduit
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha

Battleline
6 x Varanguard (580)*
– 6x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Varanguard (580)*
– 6x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Varanguard (580)*
– 6x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1955 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 105
Drops: 1

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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Zainthar Kai
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Hag Queen (120)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
– Prayers of Khainite Cult: Crimson Rejuvenation
Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (320)
– Allies
Slaughter Queen on Cauldron of Blood (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Zealous Orator
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Shadows: Mindrazor
– Prayers of Khainite Cult: Sacrament of Blood

Battleline
15 x Blood Sisters (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Blood Stalkers (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Blood Sisters (150)*

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

Endless Spells & Invocations
Heart of Fury (50)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1950 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3/4
Allies: 320 / 400
Wounds: 100
Drops: 2

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Allegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Grinnin’ Blades
– Mortal Realm: Hysh
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (260)*
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)
– Artefact: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Trait: Mean ‘Un
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Eye-biter Ash
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of the Swamp: Nasty Hex
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist
Murknob with Belcha-banna (80)***
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
20 x Gutrippaz (300)***
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
20 x Hobgrot Slittaz (160)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**

Units
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Reinforced x 1

Artillery
Beast-skewer Killbow (100)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Galletian Sharpshooters
***Galletian Command

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 163
Drops: 12

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Warhammer 40k Datasheet Changes

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One of the major announcements for 40k’s Tenth Edition was the changes to the datasheets and the production of data cards with all the unit information included. One of my favourite parts of Age of Sigmar, and other similar games, is having as much information on the table top in front of you as possible, so you don’t have to constantly look at apps and books. So this is a very welcome addition!

Let’s take a closer look at what is included on the cards:

The unit stats appear to stay mostly the same in regards to Movement, Toughness, Save, and Wounds. Leadership is still present, but there is talk of a new way of applying Battleshock, which will be revealed in the coming weeks. What we know so far is that it will be included in the command phase and will affect how the unit acts rather than killing models.

There is also a brand new stat included, which is listed as “OC”. According to the FAQ article, on the Warhammer Community site, this stands for Objective Control and is ‘a measure of how good a unit is at holding a contested objective’. Now, will this be a measure per model? As a unit of 20 termagants could have an OC score of up to 40 if they sit around an objective (to be fair, not much else will get on the objective if that is the case!). We shall see!

Interestingly, the Strength, Ballistic and Weapons Skills and the Attacks characteristics have been moved to the specific weapons instead of being in the unit stats. I imagine this is to remove the weapon modifiers and instead have the given characteristic in the weapon information. For example – a marine with a thunder hammer currently has a WS of 3+, and the hammer’s weapon abilities state “Subtract 1 from the attack’s hit roll”. I can see this instead of just saying WS 4+ on the weapons stat line. This can also apply with weapons like the Astartes Chainsword (+1 attack) and the Power Sword (+1 strength). I personally welcome having these modifiers included in the stat line as it will be easier to apply stat changes to help balance weapon profiles.

I have also noticed that there doesn’t appear to be a space for specific weapon abilities outside of the keywords listed alongside the weapon name. This must mean they are going to make full use of their new “Universal Special Rules” application to simplify this. I am intrigued to see more on these moving forward!

The abilities section is also useful as having all the unit abilities listed for reference will make it much easier to remember everything that is going on.

Apparently, a lot of the abilties and stratagems are going to become reactive. The example given on the Termagant card, “Skulking Horror”, appears to be a good example of this as it allows you to move the termagants, once per turn, up to D6 inches away from an approaching enemy.

I like this approach as it will make you feel a lot less helpless when you see that a mistake you made, or perhaps an advance roll that didn’t quite get you enough movement, is about to cause you a lot of pain. This particular rule also requires some thought on your opponents side. Let’s say those Termagants are not quite on an objective, your opponent moving a unit within 9” of them could give you the extra few inches to take control and gain some valuable victory points in your next command phase (assuming scoring works the same way).

The last section is the Key Words, split into unit and faction specific. This appears to work in the same way as the current edition.

I, personally, am quietly hopeful that these changes will make the game much more playable with less time flicking through books and less of a heavy reliance on remembering all these stats. My only concern is the frequency at which GW amend rules with FAQs, will it make those shiny datasheet cards you purchased obsolete quickly (I am thinking of the existing datacard packs and how often the wording is changed). There are ways around this such as FAQ sticker packs that could allow you to stick the new wording or stat line over the existing printed card but I see this as being more of a third party item than something GW will produce. But we shall see!

Let me know your thoughts, are you excited for this, cautiously optimistic or do you have a slight feeling of dread for these changes?

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Top Three AoS Lists for Dazmaul Wargaming

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament that took place in the UK on the 18th and 19th of March. It involved 29 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Lineage: Vyrkos Dynasty
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: Vampiric Conquerors
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
1 x Necromancer (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Pack Alpha
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deathmages: Decrepify
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Radukar the Beast (310)*
1 x Vampire Lord (140)*
– Lore of the Vampires: Amethystine Pinions

Battleline
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (80)*
20 x Grave Guard (280)*
– Great Wight Blades
– Reinforced x 1

Behemoths
Zombie Dragon (270)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

I can’t in good faith make any more jokes about Soulblight rising back up, so I’ll just jump right into it.

What we’ve got here is a Vyrkos list that gleefully flips off the last season and screams ‘RIP BOUNTY HUNTERS’ while pushing 120 zombies up the board and, presumably, cackling gleefully. They’re all backed up by the usual buff pieces allowing them to get extra attack (Radukar, if he makes a charge) and fight twice (Necromancer, with danse macabre) – and remember they do MWs on 6s to hit and bring back models killed as zombies on a 2+. So it’s not like they can’t spike a few rolls and do a surprise bunch of mortals to whatever tries to chew through them or pull from the front and rally back up.

On top of that, they’re backed up by a Corpse Cart, which projects a -1 to wound aura, making those zombos even more infuriating to kill, and the pretty standard 20 Graveguard – who also make an excellent target for the hero buffs – who always have and still absolutely slap. A newly bargain-priced Zombie Dragon provides access to monstrous rampages and some nice targeted damage, while fitting neatly into the battle regiment!

5 wins for Soulblight at the moment is a great result, and it seems like loads and loads of meat is well and truly back on the menu, boys (and girls).

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
– Artefacts: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Spectral Host
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– Artefacts: The Dermal Robe
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)*
– Spells: Blood Feast
1 x Varghulf Courtier (160)*

BATTLELINE
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
6 x Crypt Horrors (220)**
6 x Crypt Horrors (220)**

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Having just called a list with 9 x Flayers “the list” we’ve got one of the best variations. I say that because I played against a version of this a lot. 2 Dragons and 2 blocks of Crypt Horrors is a smart way to play the faction. It gives you more threats to push an opponent. You still have the ability to bring 9 x Crypt Flayers/Horrors (Flayers are probably better) on through summoning. You might have to do it earlier if the Terrorgheist are in combat though.

Still no Cogs, taking the risk that a spell will fail, and only one of the Crypt Horror units will have all of the buffs. The 6 strong units are a risk as well, against a Rend -2 attack even with a 5+ ward (and only one should have it), it’s only 36 effective wounds. A block of fulminators can overcome that on the charge easily. Still, they have fight twice near one of the Dragons on top of rerolls to hit. And additional attacks – they are very nasty threat.

Tunnel Master on the Archregent is surprisingly useful. He can grab an unattended objective easily and then summon friends. But just as easily, it lets him stay within range of either the dragons or Crypt Horrors. Lots of mobility and stacks of board control, it’s a very effective way to control your opponents’ scoring opportunities and really terrify them.

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)**
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
1 x Squigboss (80)**
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
1 x Squigboss (80)**
1 x Grinkrak the Great (190)***
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)***
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– 3 Barbed Nets
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– 3 Barbed Nets
36 x Squig Herd (360)***
36 x Squig Herd (360)***

OTHER
1 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (190)*
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)**
1 x Gobbapalooza (145)***
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)***

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Galletian Sharpshooters
**Warlord
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1975/2000

Our latest boogey man (for all of a month and then more demons arrived this week). Simon was keen to see a horde on the table and took over 100 models. Beyond that, though there is so much going on, it’s hard to know where to start. We’ve got a couple of sources of Hand of Gork (for teleports), and Grinkrak’s Looncourt can teleport themselves (if you don’t want the bodyguard). Fungoid Cave Shaman as General? Not sure I’ve seen that before, he’s a sneaky Tunnel Master as well, not sure you’d want to use that too early but he has a nasty Mortal Wound spell with a range of only 6″.

Squigboss’s for both Squigg units, of course, Skragrott (is he mandatory, certainly see him a lot) and a Sloggoth for monster action. The point, of course, is the heroes buff the Squiga (or Shootas), and you let loose the Squig’s. Individually, it’s not really an issue. The 30 Squiggs (and 6 herders) in each of the Squigg herds can hit, from the charge, 120 times. And if you kill some on the crack back, they do a mortal as they flee. With a 3 for bravery, there is a lot of fleeing. Their version of rally is once a game (2+ from each Squigherd) and kills the squiherd but unless you can clear the unit in a turn (difficult) you’ve probably got 2 turns of this from each unit.

That’s the name of the game for the squig build. Wear your opponent down in rounds 1 through 3 and then crack back. With the heroes handing out ‘shrooms granting wards or bonuses to the Shoota (only target) and the Sloggoth giving +1 to hit the Shootas start to be an issue. Sloggoth’s affect is an aura and will apply in any phase – charging the Shootas will be painful. Goes first, winds the squiggs up and unleashes them into your key units. Goes 2nd, hold the squiggs back at let’s the Shootas blunt your attack. If you try to hide, then the Shootas can even be teleported to punish you. If you injure them but don’t clear the unit, it can be rallied 3 times. If you do kill it, there is a 50% chance of them returning via the moon shrine.

I’ve only scratched the surface, but despite weak looking warscrolls, this is a very competitive army. 140+ wounds that can have multiple models or units returned is bad. Their overwhelming you with buckets of dice, which is worse. It’s probably a bit cheap with a lot of sources of mortal wounds. It’s an army that you have to try to outlast or watch them run away with things in the turn 4 and 5. Losing to Flesh Eater courts probably reflects the amount of damage even 3 Crypt Flayers (or 6 Crypt Horrors) can do with buffs and fight twice. They can kill anything in this list in a turn. Otherwise, more elite armies will struggle.

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Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs:

Leaders
1 x Gordrakk the Fist of Gork (500)*
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
1 x Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (260)**
1 x Orruk Megaboss (140)**
– General
– Command Trait: Skilled Leader
– Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion)
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist

Battleline
10 x Orruk Brutes (300)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Orruk Brutes (150)***
– Pair of Brute Choppas
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)***
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Warlord
***Galletian Veterans

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

Tom & I spent much of late 2021 and 2022 battling each other for top Ironjawz and top Big Waaagh in the UK… and whilst he always beat me, my fun run last year got me the Big Waaagh title…! Woot. Since then Big Waaagh has suffered with the new General’s Handbooks and it’s great to see Tom bucking the trend with a 4-1 result (and top table game 5 match.

Tom’s taken a mostly traditional Big Waagh list with Ironjawz as the base, but he’s gone with Gordrakk and Gobsprakk. Two big flying models in the era of Gallatian Champions is a brave decision but it does allow Tom to stop spells with Gobsprakk and kill characters with Gordrakk.

It’s a great call to bring a model that can cause mortal wounds to Galatian Champions and has the reach to get them. Being able to avoid shooting doesn’t help when a Maw Krusha gets within 1″.

The rest of the army is standard Big Waaagh… but I like all the pieces and it’s made me consider actually painting my Gobsprakk – so a great double result. Well done Tom!

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This Week’s Age of Sigmar Releases

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Battletome: Blades of Khorne

UK Afiliate: Element Games £32.50 £27.62

Battletome: Hedonites of Slaanesh

UK Afiliate: Element Games £32.50 £27.62

Vanguard: Blades of Khorne

UK Afiliate: Element Games £85.00 £72.25

Vanguard: Hedonites of Slaanesh

UK Afiliate: Element Games £85.00 £72.25

Blades of Khorne: Realmgore Ritualist

UK Afiliate: Element Games £22.50 £19.12

Hedonites of Slaanesh: Lord of Hubris

UK Afiliate: Element Games £22.50 £19.12

Warscroll Cards: Blades of Khorne

UK Afiliate: Element Games £22.00 £18.70

Warscroll Cards: Hedonites of Slaanesh

UK Afiliate: Element Games £22.00 £18.70

Blades of Khorne Dice

UK Afiliate: Element Games £25.00 £21.25

Hedonites of Slaanesh Dice

UK Afiliate: Element Games £25.00 £21.25

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AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 19th March 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.

Event Submission TemplateDownload

Data Overview

Tournaments Included:

  • GT Wargame Garrison Madrid
  • AoS Ironman
  • Østjysk Mesterskab I terningehøjdekast
  • Rise of the Champions
  • Quest of Champions – Heat 1
  • Bloodshed in the Shires
  • CaptainCon
  • Columbus Brewhammer
  • DaBoyz Golden Sprue GT
  • War of the Ospreys
  • Realm of Geddon
  • Gods of War 3
  • Great South Waaagh
  • War of the Spider God
  • Midwest Bash 2 AoS GT
  • Aos Alliance Open Masters
  • Battle at the Brook
  • Sheffield Slaughter
  • The Lone Star Grand Tournament
  • Battle of Copenhagen
  • Sydney Salt Smash
  • Wardolly Weekend
  • Spring GT
  • A Gathering of Might
  • Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Matched Play Event
  • Cherokee Open
  • Small Town Throwdoen: Smoke on the Water
  • AOSFF Solo 2022-2023 Finale
  • Norsehammer Open
  • G&T GT
  • Sigmar’s Spice Rack
  • Golden Potato
  • Realmgate Rampage II
  • Brewdog AoS GT
  • Midtcon GT
  • Southampton GT
  • Silverstream Smackdown
  • War in the North 3
  • Straight Edge Wargaming
  • Guts & Glory AoS Club Tournament
  • Sparkle Party Deathmatch VIII
  • Rocky Mountain Open
  • Rumble in the Rockies
  • March Mayhem
  • Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament 2023
  • Stockholm Slaughter 9: Miniluntan

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.

Our first takeaway is that at the present win rates, Big Waaagh and Lumineth Real-Lords both have current win rates of over 55%. However, bear in mind that the player base for Big Waaagh is extremely small at just 16 players. This could mean that those players who are dedicated to a faction in this way are more knowledgeable about the tricks to get the most out of their models. On top of that, factions with a large sample size such as Stormcast Eternals or Slaves to Darkness will have players with varying skill levels playing them, as a result this can drag down their win rate compared to a faction with a smaller sample size.

If you wish to view our traditional win rate chart without the margin of confidence:

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.

For once Stormcast have been knocked off their perch as the most popular faction, with Slaves to Darkness now taking the top spot.

Faction Popularity

Looking further into this, let’s compare some of these factions current popularity to their past results.

I’ve chosen seven factions, all of which have been affected by either new Battletomes or rules changes in some way over the last few months.

Ogor Mawtribes saw a large jump in their player base from December onwards as the players started seeing the potential of their new battletome.

We can also see straight away the effect of the Slaves to Darkness new Battletone in January/February with time. Their share of the player base jumped from roughly 2.5% in the previous months to well over 5% in January onwards. With 9.4% of all the players in February choosing Slaves to Darkness. Likewise, we see a drop in the percentage of Seraphon, Sons of Behemat, and Idoneth Deepkin players for the same time periods.

With the recent release of the Gloomspite Gitz tome, we’re also seeing a large number of players jump to the revamped destruction faction.

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.

Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from 3

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.

We can see here that the graph is sorted left to right by the number of 5-0s. Lumineth Realm-Lords have achieved the most with 6 players going 5-0. When looking at this graph, bear in mind the player base size shown in brackets.

Results Split

This chart tells you which factions are more capable of achieving positive results at tournaments. Here we can see for example that the new Gloomspite Gitz have 61% of their players achieving 3 or more wins at a 5 game tournament, while at the other end of the table only 31% of Ironjawz players are achieving a positive result at GT’s.

Conclusions

If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. 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;

  • Slaves to Darkness
  • Stormcast Eternals
  • Sylvaneth
  • Ogor Mawtribes
  • Gloomspite Gitz
  • Lumineth Realm-Lords

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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Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Cinematic

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With all the excitement around the new edition of 40k coming soon I thought I would do a bit of a sift of the glorious cinematic they released and try to find any little glimmers of what kind of models to expect in the new box. As we know from the last editions release they do like to tease us with small details.

This is all obviously speculation and entirely my own opinion as to what we may have seen. Please feel free to point out my errors or anything I missed. I am hoping to start conversations about the game I love!

So let us delve into the grim darkness and see what we find.

Let’s start with the Tyranids and, with what is likely the most obvious, the screamer-killer.

Now we already have a screamer-killer variant of the existing carnifex model, from 2005, but this looks more like the old-school 1992 version to me, with less of a hunchback and less armour around the head. We also see the bio-plasmic scream in action, so it seems unlikely to be anything else. Perhaps a new dedicated model influenced by the original?

We have already had the new termagant model revealed, so we know that is coming. The last little tidbit I spotted for Tyranids was in this image…

Now, bear with my (hopeful) flight of fancy here but this coupled with a few more still looks like a possible Lictor? It is being displayed as a stealthy-boi with two giant appendages so…maybe? The existing model is from 2005, and in dire need of a refresh, so it is not beyond belief. There is also another image that helps add evidence to this.

Okay, so that last one is as clear as mud, like any good conspiracy photo, but when you watch those few frames, the bioform that grabs the apothecary and slings it around like a dog with a chew-toy very much resembles a Lictor. Again, this may be hope driving me to find connections that don’t exist but you never know…

Moving onto the marines, things are a little clearer here.

Yep, that’s another Redemptor Dreadnaught variant called the Gunslinger. I think that just about covers all the vairants the original Dreadnaught kit could built (ranged, hybrid and close combat) so should we start the retirement party now?

Not much else on new models here.. oh wait, there was something.

..

Terminators are back! Well, they never really left but they have a new sculpt. I am hoping the assault terminators will not be far behind (love me a thunder hammer and storm shield!) but at least we know the reliable old guard are not going anywhere. Including a new Terminator Librarian (who looks badass!)

I also spied some possible new weapon options for Primaris marines…

I believe that Reiver is holding a combi-flamer? And is that a Primaris Intercessor with a flamer? (Don’t roast me too hard if it’s not an intercessor, power armour variants were never my strong point!) I don’t think I have seen those weapons on any existing models so perhaps they are teasing at new weapons for these kits?

Let me know if you have seen anything different? Or if I missed anything entirely, or am living in a fantasy land. As always, this is for the fun of speculation and discussion!

See you in the grim dark!

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New AoS Campaign Book Incoming

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Adepticon gave us a lot of new reveals this week for Age of Sigmar. New Seraphon range, a first glance at the new Cities of Sigmar range and some new heroes for Soulblight and Bonereapers.

But, what you may not have noticed is Games Workshop basically announced an entirely new as yet to be revealed book. What am I talking about? Take a look at this image:

You probably all saw this during the announcement. But let’s have a look at the current factions without 3rd Edition Tomes;

  • Blades of Khorne
  • Hedonites of Slaanesh
  • Ossiarch Bonereapers
  • Soulblight Gravelords
  • Seraphon
  • Flesh-eater Courts
  • Cities of Sigmar

7 factions, right? The trouble is that the picture above has 6 revealed factions and 2 unannounced books. One of those could be Flesh-eater Courts, so that accounts for the full AoS faction listing as it stands now. But what’s the eighth?

In all liklihood, as pointed out in the comments below and on our Discord, this book will likely be a Season of War book. In the same vein as Thondia last year. Rob, of Honest Wargamer fame claims it will also include a new Spider Incarnate as well. Could it include the long talked about update to Path to Glory as well?

If it was a faction, and I was a betting man….

Yup, I think we’ll see Chaos Dwarfs Duardin return to AoS. I say return, as Forgeworld produced a whole range for the diminutive dudes only to pull them back in 2020.

But, its just a guess. What do you think the mystery 8th book holds? Let us know in the comments below.

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Top Three AoS Lists for Stockholm Slaughter 9

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This is the top three AoS lists for Stockholm Slaughter 9 took place in Sweden on the 18th and 19th of March. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Fyreslayers
– Lodge: Vostarg
– Grand Strategy: Master of the Forge
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Auric Runefather (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Fury of the Fyreslayers
Auric Runemaster (130)***
– Artefact: Volatile Brazier
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Battlesmith (150)
– Artefact: Nulsidian Icon
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Auric Runesmiter (120)
– Forge Key
– Prayer: Ember Storm

UNITS
15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (450)*
– Poleaxes
30 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (480)**
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)**
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Molten Infernoth (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Galletian Command
**Galletian Veterans
***Command Entourage – Magnificent

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL: 1990/2000

Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Cabalists
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)**
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Daemonic Speed
Exalted Hero of Chaos (100)**
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Rune-etched Blade and Chaos Runeshield
– Spells: Binding Damnation
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (195)**
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Command Traits: Not to be Denied
– Daemonic Axe
– Wings
– Artefacts of Power: Helm of the Oppressor
– Spells: Daemonic Speed

BATTLELINE
Corvus Cabal (80)*
Corvus Cabal (80)*
Chaos Knights (460)**
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Flail
– Ensorcelled banner: The Eroding Icon

OTHER
Chaos Chosen (480)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Exalted Champion
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Skull Drummer
– Ensorcelled banner: The Banner of Screaming Flesh
Ogroid Theridons (380)**
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Thorakon
– Goroan Great Axe
– 2 x Banner Bearer
– 2 x Charge-caller

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Soulscream Bridge (80)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Galletian Veterans
**Warlord (Extra Ensorcelled Banner)

TOTAL POINTS: 1975/2000

Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Zainthar Kai
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Slaughter Queen on Cauldron of Blood (300)
– General
– Command Trait: Zealous Orator
– Artefact: Crown of Woe
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Morathi-Khaine (350)*
The Shadow Queen (350)*

Battleline
15 x Blood Stalkers (540)*
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers

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

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 91
Drops: 2

Allegiance: Ironjawz
– Warclan: Bloodtoofs
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Orruk Megaboss (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion)
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Killa Beat

Battleline
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
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
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
5 x Spider Riders (90)*
5 x Spider Riders (90)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Ironjawz Fist
***Ironjawz Fist

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 169

Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for Wardolly Weekend

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This is the top three AoS lists for Wardolly Weekend that took place in Australia on the 18th and 19th of March. It involved 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.

If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?

Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Hallowed Knights (Scions of the Storm)
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (330)
Gardus Steel Soul (170)*
Lord-Castellant (160)**
– Artefact: Mirrorshield
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Lord-Relictor (150)*
– General
– Command Trait: High Priest
– Prayer: Translocation
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Yndrasta, The Celestial Spear (280)*

Battleline
5 x Liberators (120)**
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
5 x Vindictors (130)*
10 x Sequitors (240)**
– 5x Stormsmite Greatmaces
– Reinforced x 1

Units
5 x Retributors (210)**
5 x Retributors (210)***

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans
***Galletian Command

Additional Enhancements
Aspect of the Champion

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 106
Drops: 10

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Lineage: Kastelai Dynasty
– Grand Strategy:
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Vengorian Lord (280)
– General
– Command Trait: Rousing Commander
– Artefact: Fragment of the Keep
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Prince Vhordrai (460)
– Lore of the Vampires: Amethystine Pinions
Radukar the Beast (310)
Vampire Lord (140)
– Lore of the Vampires: Amethystine Pinions
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
10 x Blood Knights (400)
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Blood Knights (200)
5 x Blood Knights (200)

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 101
Drops: 7

Allegiance: Ironjawz
– Warclan: Ironsunz
– Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours!
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Megaboss (140)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)**
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)**
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon

Battleline
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Brutes (150)*
– Pair of Brute Choppas
– 1x Gore Choppas

Units
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Pig-iron Choppas
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent

Total: 1960 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 120
Drops: 4

Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
– Tribe: Stomper Tribe
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Make the Land Tremble
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADERS
King Brodd (550)*
Warstomper Mega-Gargant (450)*
– General
– Command Trait: Monstrously Tough
– Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon

UNITS
3 x Mancrusher Mob (450)
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (150)**
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (150)**
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (150)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Bosses of the Stomp – Unified
**Footsloggas – Unified

TOTAL: 1970/2000

Final Tournament Placings

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Adepticon AoS Champs 2023 Top Eight Pick

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I did this for LVO, and got a massive 2 out of the 8 correct! Let’s see if I can do any better for Adepticon!

1st Place – Nicholas Walters

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
418.51.593%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
BWG: Summer SlaughterIronjaws3-1-1
Nova OpenIronjaws5-0-0
Las Vegas Open 2023Ironjaws5-0-0
March MayhemIronjaws5-0-0

2nd – Kaleb Walters

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
314193%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
BWG: Summer SlaughterDisciples of Tzeentch4-0-1
Nova OpenDisciples of Tzeentch5-0-0
Las Vegas Open 2023Disciples of Tzeentch5-0-0

3rd – Jon Anderson

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
9351078%
EventFactionResult
Armed Forces Day 5Lumineth Realm-Lords4-0-1
Nashcon GT 2022Lumineth Realm-Lords4-0-1
Epic Level ShowdownIdoneth Deepkin4-0-1
Michigan GTIdoneth Deepkin4-0-1
US Open ChicagoLumineth Realm-Lords4-0-1
Everwinter GTLumineth Realm-Lords4-0-1
Las Vegas Open 2023Lumineth Realm-Lords3-0-2
Columbus Brewhammer ’23Lumineth Realm-Lords5-0-0
Cherokee OpenLumineth Realm-Lords3-0-2

4th – Mrigank Jha

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
627390%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
Gateway Open 2022Stormcast Eternals5-0-0
US Open ChicagoStormcast Eternals4-0-1
US Open Kansas CityStormcast Eternals4-0-1
Las Vegas Open 2023Stormcast Eternals4-0-1
Midwest Bash 2Fyreslayers5-0-0
Guts & Glory Club TournamentOssiarch Bonereapers5-0-0

5th – Matt Robisch

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
2100100%

Previous Results

EventFactionResult
Hammerfest 2022Sylvaneth5-0-0
The Slambo GTSylvaneth5-0-0

6th – Dean Bilz

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
310377%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
Midwest MakeupSeraphon1-0-2
US Open ChicagoSeraphon5-0-0
Las Vegas Open 2023Seraphon4-0-1

7th – Joe Krier

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
726.58.576%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
BWG: Summer SlaughterBeasts of Chaos3-1-1
Flying Monkey Con 2022Lumineth Realm-Lords4-0-1
US Open ChicagoStormcast Eternals3-0-2
US Open Kansas CityDisciples of Tzeentch4-0-1
Renegade OpenDisciples of Tzeentch5-0-0
Las Vegas Open 2023Disciples of Tzeentch3-0-2
Guts & Glory Club TournamentDisciples of Tzeentch4-0-1

8th – Barton Kennelly

EventsWinsLossesWin Rate
726974%

Previous Results:

EventFactionResult
Southern Fried OpenCities of Sigmar4-0-1
Nashcon GTCities of Sigmar4-0-1
Michigan GTCities of Sigmar4-0-1
US Open ChicagoCities of Sigmar5-0-0
DaBoyz GT 2022Cities of Sigmar2-0-3
Las Vegas Open 2023Cities of Sigmar4-0-1
Cherokee OpenDaughters of Khaine3-0-2