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Top Three AoS Lists for Age Of Sigmar Grand Tournament @XPG

This is the top three AoS lists for the Age Of Sigmar Grand Tournament @XPG that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 25 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Goretide
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Skarbrand (380)*
Bloodsecrator (120)*
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Lord of Khorne on Juggernaut (170)*
– General
– Command Traits: Diabolical Purpose
– Artefacts of Power: Gorecleaver
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Hackblade and Wrath-hammer
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh
Slaughterpriest (110)**Y
– Hackblade and Wrath-hammer
– Prayers: Killer Instinct
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades

BATTLELINE
Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Reaver Blades
Mighty Skullcrushers (210)**
– Skullhunter
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Ensorcelled Axe
Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Reaver Blades
Blood Warriors (190)**
– Blood Champion
– Icon Bearer
– Goreglaive
– Goreaxe and Gorefist
Mighty Skullcrushers (210)**
– Skullhunter
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Ensorcelled Axe

CORE BATTALIONS
*Command Entourage
– Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: The big winner of this tournament is a somewhat unusual Khorne list. You don’t often see Khorne players go heavy MSU (Multiple Small Units or Minimum-Sized Units, depending on who you ask) with their troops, nor opting for the Goretide and its bonus to wound for units trying to take over opposing objectives, but clearly it paid dividends here.

A big part of why I believe those decisions paid off is that this list is very committed to taking the fight to the enemy. Skarbrand is a one-man wrecking crew that can charge 3D6″, the Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury moves fast and gives you a second shot of 3D6″ charging on any unit you want, and the list is committed to the heavy cavalry approach with 2 units of Mighty Skullcrushers and a Lord of Khorne on Juggernaut, all of which have a base 2+ save (!). Furthermore, it has a Slaughterpriest with Killer Instinct for even more movement potential. These elements can combine to pin opponents in their deployment zone early with very tough units, making it very difficult for them to capture enough objectives to win.

All that speed is complemented by the usual Khorne support pieces – Bloodreavers for cheap Blood Tithe, Blood Warriors to hold the middle, a Bloodsecrator for quality Rallies and an on-demand offensive buff, and the aforementioned Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury’s -1 to hit aura. This list is coming at you hard and heavy, and most opponents will not be prepared to push it back fast enough to win.

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Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Slann Starmaster (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance
– Artefacts: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Comet’s Call, Hoarfrost
1 x Skink Starseer (150)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Cosmic Crush
1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)**
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Huanchi

BATTLELINE
10 x Skinks (90)
– Skink Alpha
– Moonstone Club and Star-buckler
10 x Skinks (90)
– Skink Alpha
– Moonstone Club and Star-buckler
10 x Skinks (90)
– Moonstone Club and Star-buckler
10 x Saurus Guard (140)**

BEHEMOTH
1 x Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

There once was a frog from space
He cast so many spells – with grace!
Then he summoned some lizzies
They kept people busy
While the mortals kept coming at pace.

There once was a magical Toad
Surrounded by Cosmic Nodes
His gang, they were skinks
And his plan had no chinks
But some nerfs are probably owed…

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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired
– call for aid and final thunderstrike

LEADER
1 x Knight-Vexillor (120)*
General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Meteoric Standard
Artefacts: Arcane Tome
1 x Knight-Vexillor (120)*
Meteoric Standard
1 x Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
1 x Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard

BATTLELINE
5 x Liberators (100)*
Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
5 x Liberators (100)**
Liberator-Prime
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
– Grandweapon
5 x Liberators (100)**
Liberator-Prime
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
– Grandweapon

OTHER
3 x Annihilators (150)**
Annihilator-Prime
3 x Annihilators (150)**
Annihilator-Prime
3 x Annihilators (150)***
Annihilator-Prime
3 x Annihilators (150)***
Annihilator-Prime
1 x Stormstrike Chariot (150)***
Stormstrike Axe and Tempestuous Spear
1 x Stormstrike Chariot (150)***
Stormstrike Axe and Tempestuous Spear
1 x Stormstrike Chariot (150)***
Stormstrike Axe and Tempestuous Spear
1 x Stormstrike Chariot (150)***
Stormstrike Axe and Tempestuous Spear

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Battle Regiment
***Redemption Brotherhood

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Ramon Silva: Here in Sunny Southern California, In and Out, answers the question of; if you have one thing that is really good (Like a burger, bun and cheese) Why not have four of them?

This tasty 4-1 victory by Rueben Parker with golden boys is a straightforward 4x4x4 of charging, scioning, and comet calling mortal wounds.

How now? Hammertown? The first part of 4 is the Heros- 4 vexillors, banner bearers, that do, D3 mws to a 6in AOE bubble, 24 inches from them. One of them seasoned with the popular artifact/command trait, arcane tome/MoM- Common staple due to primal dice and battle tactics.

After are the annihilators. With a 3+ chance to do D3 mortals to anything within 10 inches of where they drop down from the sky..
And just like the chariots, when the annihilators charge, they do mw’s based off the charge roll.

If that isn’t enough MWs, Don’t worry, the liberators also have a chance on a four-up to do D3 against enemies on objectives at the end of the combat phase.

Looking at the lineup of opponent’s Rueben had to face, it seems like the trees were vegan, there was a double helping of bacon, and undead that just didn’t have enough stomach.

The only thing that could finish the meal was a mummified amphibian. Which kind of makes sense because they like to serve extra helpings of mw frog legs, that they can just summon from stardust.

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

LEADERS
Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Stormcaller
Aetheric Navigator (100)*
– Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb
Endrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Brokk Grungsson (220)**

BATTLELINE
Endrinriggers (360)*
– Mizzenmaster
Arkanaut Company (90)*
Endrinriggers (240)**
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (120)**
– Mizzenmaster

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

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

Carl Stokes: Here we have a fresh take on the usual “shoot n’ scoot” approach to KO. This list takes Zon, meaning that the balloon boys are gonna be +1 to hit and wound on the charge. And boy is it easy for this list to charge. You’ve got the anti-mobility cast of characters, with an Admiral and Navigator kitted out to reduce opponent’s movement or increasing their own, depending on the roll. Then you throw in 2 frigates packed with the balloon boys that can fly high and end up exactly where they need to be. And finally, the Endrinmaster and Brokk are equipped with balloons of their own and can pretty easily keep pace with the boats (if not embarked themselves.

For shooting, this list packs slightly less firepower than the usual ironclad plus thunderer combo, but you’re still looking at an absolutely outrageous amount of firepower from a slightly close range and two heavy sky cannons for long range plinking before the lads get stuck in. Brokk has a sneaky amount of firepower on his own and can be a nasty surprise for opponents who are expecting a few shots at 3/3/-1/1.

In combat, this list is an excellent example of a glass hammer. It hits like a freight train and dies if things survive to hit it back. That being said, it’s very hard to pin down and extremely hard to cripple before they get to your lines. The embarked endrinriggers/endrinmaster can heal the boats that they’re in to make sure it’s in peak condition before crashing into enemy lines with drills a-whirrin.

Some interesting flex picks in an already slightly off-meta list include the stormcaller command trait to maximize movement control, which is especially important to this build. Otherwise, this list clearly surprised the opposition, with multiple wins against traditionally fast armies (nighthaunt and Big Waagh), although the one loss to SBG isn’t unexpected. That’s a very challenging matchup for a KO list that relies on surgical short range strikes and may not have the easiest time dealing with the sheer recursion/teleporting tricks of SBG.

Overall an excellent list piloted masterfully that really highlights the possibility of the KO book and hopefully spurs on some innovation amongst other players!

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Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Irish Grand Tournament

This is the top three AoS lists for the Irish Grand Tournament that took place in Ireland on the 16th and 17th of September. It involved 23 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Winterleaf
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Seasons of War: The Dwindling


LEADERS
Alarielle the Everqueen (820)
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
Branchwych (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Artefacts of Power: Seed of Rebirth
– Spells: The Dwellers Below, Verdant Blessing
The Lady of Vines (250)*
– Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing


BATTLELINE
Dryads (100)*
Tree-Revenants (110)*
Tree-Revenants (110)*


BEHEMOTH
Treelord (230)
Treelord (230)*


ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000


Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine!
– Triumph: Indomitable x2


LEADERS
Squigboss (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
Skragrott, the Loonking (230)**
Madcap Shaman (70)**

– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
Webspinner Shaman (65)**
– Spells: Sneaky Distraction


BATTLELINE
Squig Herd (420)*
Squig Herd (420)*
Squig Hoppers (190)*
Moonclan Stabbas (120)**

– 3 Barbed Nets
– Pokin’ Spear


OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (170)*
Sneaky Snufflers (140)*


TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: 1935/2000

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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Goretide
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs:

LEADERS
Realmgore Ritualist (110)*
– General
– Command Trait: High-priest of Khorne
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
– Prayer: Unholy flames
Realmgore Ritualist (110)*
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Bloodsecrator (120)*
– Artefact: Banner of Blood
Valkia the Bloody (140)**
Korghos Khul (160)


UNITS
20 x Blood Warriors (380)**
– Goreaxes
– 2x Goreglaives
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
10 x Wrathmongers (280)**

– Reinforced x 1
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
Wrath-Axe (70)


CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Wizard-Finders of Andtor


ENDLESS SPELLS & INNVOCATIONS
Prayer

Total: 1990 / 2000


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

LEADERS
Glutos Orscollion (480)*
– General
– Spells: Paths of the Dark Prince
Infernal Enrapturess (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Threnody Voicebox
The Masque (150)**


BATTLELINE
Seekers (140)*
– Banner Bearer
– Seeker Hornblower
– Heartseeker
Blissbarb Archers (170)*
– High Tempter
Seekers (140)**
– Seeker Hornblower
– Banner Bearer
– Heartseeker


OTHER
Slickblade Seekers (220)*
– Hunter-Seeker
Fiends (360)*
– Blissbringer
Slickblade Seekers (220)**
– Hunter-Seeker


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for King In The North! 23

This is the top three AoS lists for King In The North! 23 that took place in Norway on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 20 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

Allegiance: Slaanesh
– Host: Pretenders
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Indomitable


Leaders
Contorted Epitome (210)*
– General
– Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood
– Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh (200)*
Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)*

– Allies


Battleline
22 x Blissbarb Archers (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
22 x Blissbarb Archers (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
11 x Blissbarb Archers (160)*


Units
5 x Slickblade Seekers (210)*
5 x Blissbarb Seekers (210)*
Fane of Slaanesh(0)


Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000

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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Legion of Blood
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs: Inspired


Leaders
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460)
– General
– Deathlance
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460)**
– Deathlance
– Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Vampire Lord (140)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Necromancer (100)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard


Battleline
10 x Dire Wolves (140)**
10 x Dire Wolves (140)**
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (300)**

– Reinforced x 2

Units
10 x Grave Guard (150)**
– Great Wight Blades
3 x Fell Bats (80)**


Endless Spells & Invocations
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment


Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Goretide
– Grand Strategy: overshadow
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty


Leaders
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– General
– Command Trait: High-priest of Khorne
– Artefact: The Crimson Plate
– Prayer: Unholy Flames
-Prayer:Blood sacrifice *
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Korghos Khul (160)*
Bloodsecrator (120)*
Bloodstoker (90)*


Battleline
10 x Blood Warriors (190)*
– Goreaxes
– 1x Goreglaives
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Meatripper Axes


Units
5 x Skullreapers (190)*
– Goreslick Blades
5 x Skullreapers (190)
– Goreslick Blades
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
5 x Wrathmongers (140)


Core Battalions
*Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Prayer

Total: 1980 / 2000


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llegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable


Leaders
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Lore of the Swamp: Sneaky Miasma
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– Lore of the Swamp: Merciless Blizzard Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)*
Murknob with Belcha-banna (70)*

– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)


Battleline
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*


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


Behemoths
Skitterstrand Arachnarok (180)*
– Allies


Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment


Total: 1970 / 2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for Sydney Salt Smash II

This is the top three AoS lists for Sydney Salt Smash II that took place in Australia on the 1st and 2nd of July. It involved 18 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: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Skragrott, The Loonking (210)*
Loonboss (85)**
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand
Grinkrak The Great (190)**
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (100)**
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
36 x Squig Herd (390)**
– Reinforced x 2
40 x Moonclan Shootas (250)**
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Squig Hoppers (360)**
– Reinforced x 1

Units
5 x Gobbapalooza (160)**
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)*
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1965 / 2000

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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Type: Pretenders
– Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire
– Triumph: Inspired


LEADERS
Contorted Epitome (190)*
– Spells: Born of Damnation
Keeper of Secrets (400)*
– General
– Command Traits: Strength of Godhood
– Shining Aegis
– Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Lord of Pain (135)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master


BATTLELINE
Blissbarb Archers (300)*
Blissbarb Archers (150)*
Blissbarb Archers (150)*


OTHER
Blissbarb Seekers (200)*
Slickblade Seekers (400)*


ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Mesmerising Mirror (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000

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Allegiance: Khorne
Slaughterhost: The Goretide
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Unholy Flames
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
Slaughterpriest (110)**
Prayer: Killer Instinct
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Realmgore Ritualist (100)**
Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
– Prayer: Bloodbind
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Skarbrand (380)*

Battleline
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
Meatripper Axes
10 x Blood Warriors (190)*
– Goreaxes
– 1x Goreglaives

Units
6 x Mighty Skullcrushers (400)*
Bloodglaives
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Garrek’s Reavers (70)*
1 x Cockatrice (105)**
1 x Cockatrice (105)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Bleeding Icon (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Prayer

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 134
Drops: 6

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Allegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Allegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Big Yellers
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs:


Leaders
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)*
– Artefact: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist
Murknob with Belcha-banna (80)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (130)
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)


Battleline
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)
10 x Gutrippaz (150)***
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)***
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)***


Units
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)


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


Total: 2000 / 2000

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Hedonites of Slaanesh – Faction Review (Jul-Nov ’22)

With the release of the Battlescroll: Galletian Reinforcements I’ve been able to go back through the data from the release of the General’s Handbook and tidy everything up. In doing so, I though it may be cool to give you a run-down of how each faction performed under the current General’s Handbook until the Battlescroll took effect.

The data used for analysing these results was taken from 110 Grand Tournaments between 3rd July 2022 and 6th November 2022.

Hedonites of Slaanesh

Region Comparison – Popularity

Hedonites of Slaanesh saw their highest popularity in Scandinvia with 2.3% of players choosing the faction for tournament play, while in the UK & Ireland the uptake was only 1.1%.

Region Comparison – Win Rates

North America saw their highest win rate with just over 50%, while players in Oceania could only manage 31.6%.

North America was the location of the Hedonites of Slaanesh only 5-0 result piloted by Anthony Trentanelli.

Subfaction Analysis

SubfactionPlayersWin Rate
Lurid Haze3450.61%
Godseekers Host1242.50%
Faultless Blades542.31%
Scarlet Cavalcade140.00%
Pretenders Host520.00%
None/Unknown954.44%
Faction Total6646.47%

Lurid Haze was the only subfaction in which players ended the first half of the season with a win rate inside the 45-55% bracket.

Top 10 Hedonites of Slaanesh Players

You may notice that some players have a better World/Nation ranking than players above them in this table. This is due to players playing with multiple factions. These players have been ranked on their top 4 Hedonites of Slaanesh results only.

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Blades of Khorne – Faction Review (Jul-Nov ’22)

With the release of the Battlescroll: Galletian Reinforcements I’ve been able to go back through the data from the release of the General’s Handbook and tidy everything up. In doing so, I though it may be cool to give you a run-down of how each faction performed under the current General’s Handbook until the Battlescroll took effect.

The data used for analysing these results was taken from 110 Grand Tournaments between 3rd July 2022 and 6th November 2022.

Beasts of Chaos

Region Comparison – Popularity

Blades of Khorne saw their highest popularity in Oceania with 4.9% of players choosing the faction for tournament play, while at the opposite end of the world the uptake was only 1.3% in Scandinavia.

Region Comparison – Win Rates

Their popularity in Oceania transferred to their regional win rates as well with 52.5%. While players in Europe could only manage 37.3%.

Scandinavia was the location of the Blades of Khorne only 5-0 result piloted by Eirik Hilbom.

Subfaction Analysis

SubfactionPlayersWin Rate
Goretide1052.00%
Baleful Lords651.67%
Reapers of Vengeance7350.56%
Bloodlords250.00%
Flayed230.00%
None/Unknown827.50%
Faction Total10148.49%

Although Goretide appears to have the most successful win rate, they were by far not the most popular faction, with the vast majority of players choosing Reapers of Vengeance as their go to.

Top 10 Blades of Khorne Players

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Top Three AoS Lists for Summer on the Coast AoS GT

This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Summer on the Coast AoS GT that took place in Washington, USA on 9th and 10th July. It involved 37 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Top Three AoS Lists - 1st Place, Maggotkin of Nurgle

Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs (Literally!)
– Triumphs: Inspired

Kharadron Code
– Artycle: Master The Skies
– Amendment: Always Take What You Are Owed
– Footnote: There’s No Trading With Some People

Leaders
Aether-Khemist (90)*
General
– Command Trait: Collector
– Artefact: Spell in a Bottle
Aetheric Navigator (85)*
Arkanaut Admiral (125)*
Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)

Battleline
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns

Units
1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (155)*
Main Gun: Drill Cannon
1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (155)*
Main Gun: Drill Cannon

Behemoths
Arkanaut Frigate (250)
Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
Arkanaut Frigate (250)
Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
Arkanaut Ironclad (490)*
Main Gun: Great Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Zonbarcorp ‘Dealbreaker’ Battle Ram

Endless Spells & Invocations
The Burning Head (20)
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1960 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 112
Drops: 3

Brett: Great to see a top 3 with 2 of our weaker factions here and a larger event taken out by Kharadron Overlords (KO), a great counter meta move. 3 small heroes, 3 mandatory battleline (KO only has the one available) and 5 fast moving gunships hailing from Barak-Zilfin, this could be a 2nd edition list. Except it is very new list that is playing hard into the new season and the improved Endless Spells. One drop, can choose who is going first, and Spell in a Bottle guarantees that Purple sun is coming out when you want it to. That reduces saves by -1 one in the face of an army with a lot of ranged attacks most of which are Rend -1 or -2. That’s if it doesn’t eat something important. That immediately makes saves of 4 or 5 (or worse) likely on key units. For key armies like DoK that leaves them with no saves on almost all of their non hero units. The Burning Head and second wizard is pretty clever as well, casting value of 6 makes it easy to bring out dealing consistent mortal wounds. It also makes it hard to concentrate force or close with the KO boats, one of their biggest weaknesses. Does KO offer a way to mitigate DoK Blood Sister lists as happened here in Round 4? Either way a really amazing effort going 5/0 with KO.

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

LEADER
1 x Hag Queen on Cauldron of Blood (270)*
Artefacts: Crown of Woe
– Prayers: Blessing of Khaine
1 x Melusai Ironscale (115)*
General
– Command Traits: Zealous Orator
1 x Bloodwrack Shrine (200)**
Spells: Miniature

BATTLELINE
10 x Blood Stalkers (360)**
15 x Blood Sisters (420)**
10 x Blood Sisters (280)**

INVOCATION
1 x Heart of Fury (45)

OTHER
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (95)*
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (95)*
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (95)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1975/2000)

Brett: Another solid showing for Daughters of Khaine (DoK) here with one of the alternate builds eschewing Morathi to put more units on the board. Only losing in the 4th round to the eventual winner we see some of the depth of the new book. However not having the Shadow Queen may have let the KO dominate a bit too much as they can stand off and shoot anything in this list. Lots of mobility with the Khinerai and a lot of board control, at least at the mid board, with the Blood Stalkers to screen the Blood Sisters. A good all round list that, with only a little bit of luck could be expected to go 4/1 or even 5/0 consistently as we are accustomed to.

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Top Three AoS Lists - 3rd place, Legion of the First Prince

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
Army Subfaction: Goretide
– Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
Bloodsecrator (125)*
Artefacts: Banner of Rage
Bloodstoker (80)*
Lord of Khorne on Juggernaut (140)*
General
– Command Traits: Hew the Foe
– Artefacts: Thronebreaker’s Torc
Slaughterpriest (100)**
Bloodbathed Axe
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Prayers: Killing Frenzy
Slaughterpriest (100)**
Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh
Slaughterpriest (100)**
Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice

BATTLELINE
2 x Mighty Skullcrushers (495)***
Skullhunter
– 3 x Standard Bearer
– 3 x Hornblower
– Bloodglaive
1 x Mighty Skullcrushers (330)***
Skullhunter
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
– Bloodglaive
Mighty Skullcrushers (165)***
Skullhunter
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Bloodglaive
Bloodreavers (80)*
Chieftain
– Hornblower
– Icon Bearer
– Meatripper Axe
Bloodreavers (80)**
Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Meatripper Axe

ENDLESS SPELL
Prismatic Palisade (40)

TERRAIN
Skull Altar (0)

OTHER
Wrathmongers (145)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Warlord
*** Bounty hunters

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Brett: The second major surprise with another 2nd edition book on the podium, here we see the return of Blades of Khorne. Not a common sight but possibly a sign of the impact of the new season as well with all of the Skullkrushers being in Bounty Hunters (+1 damage to Galletian Veteran units). This mobile list, it reads more like an Ironjawz list really, that avoids the issues with Greater Demons entirely (Blood thirsters are built to disappoint). 3 priests give a lot of spell denial attempts and Khorne has natural resistance helping a lot in the current Meta. However on top of that look at the buffs that all of these small heroes are handing out. Depending on placement the Skullkrushers have access to additional attack, rerolls, mortal wound output, +1 to save, +1 to hit rolls and reroll wound rolls of 1. The trick is staying near the Slaughterpriests with their very slow 4″ of movement. The Arcane Tome is interesting, Khorne have no access to spells but including the Arcane Tome gives access to Universal Spell Lore. It could also give an additional deny (I need to check the FAQ). At least it’s pretty clear what this list is going to try to do, the only question is whether it’s in round 1, 2 or 3 that they charge. I have to take points off for no Bloodletters though.

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14th Place, Blades of Khorne

Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
Army Type: Invaders
– Army Subfaction: The Lurid Haze
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
Sigvald (205)*
General
Bladebringer, Herald on Seeker Chariot (185)*
General
– Spells: Hysterical Frenzy
The Contorted Epitome (245)*
General
– Command Traits: Feverish Anticipation
– Artefacts: Oil of Exultation
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur

BATTLELINE
1 x Blissbarb Archers (280)*
High Tempter
1 x Blissbarb Archers (280)*
High Tempter
Blissbarb Archers (140)*
High Tempter

BEHEMOTH
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)*

ENDLESS SPELL
The Burning Head (20)
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

TERRAIN
Fane of Slaanesh (0)

OTHER
Centigors (85)
Centigors (85)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

Brett: Yet another 2nd edition book (albeit with recent improvements) and another list that only lost to the eventual winner. A very strong performance that focuses on the heroes doing the work. And the Purple Sun. And the Incarnate. The Blissbarb are a great unit but both expensive and short ranged making them a bit vulnerable here. The Centigors provide cheap screening and objective grabbers which you’d be happy to trade. Flaming weapon on the Contorted Epitome gives the option to apply 9 D2 attacks on a cast of 4. That’s on top of offering reroll run rolls with 12″ to improve mobility. Sigvald and the Herald aren’t slouches in combat either. Another tight list making maximum use of the recent White Dwarf glow up for the faction. A well deserved result for a clever list.

Final Tournament Placings