Overall, disregarding the unknown lists (lists which didn’t specify which subfaction they were) Goretide appears to be the most successful subfaction at GTs with a win rate of 68%, while in RTT & Casual settings Reapers of Vengeance appears to have the run of the tables with a win rate 57%. Both however shake out at 58% across the formats. However, the Skullfiend Tribe also joins them in exceeding the 55% win rate bracket.
Reapers of Vengeance are by far the most popular faction at both formats of the game, followed by Bloodlords.
Here we can see how the subfaction players generally perform at GTs. The grey bar shows how many players achieve 0 to 2 wins at a GT, if this is less than 50%, then that faction has a positive win rate, as shown in the yellow bar (those players who achieve 3 or more wins), the blue segment shows those who achieve 4 or more wins, and finally the green segment shows the percentage of players who go on to win all 5 games.
This chart can show a lack of balance via results, if all factions were perfectly balanced (along with player skills) then the opposing bars (i.e. 5-0 and 0-5, 3-2 and 2-3).
FACTION MATCHUPS
Note that these stats are across all game formats.
Matching their win rate performance, the matchups against the various factions is leant more towards the favourable side, with only a few risky factions that do well against Khorne.
ROUND PERFORMANCE
Starting with the first round and all the way until the last, all rounds fall in favour of Khorne players. The reduced win rate in later rounds is possibly reflective of coming up against more skilled players.
WARSCROLL PERFORMANCE
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This chart shows the win rates of lists which include the warscroll (in Blue) compared to those that don’t (in Orange). It also shows their appearances in lists in grey.
WARSCROLLS NOT USED
Aspiring Deathbringer
Scyla Anfingrimm
Garrek’s Reavers
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This is the top three AoS lists for the Tournament Trials Of Andtor that took place in Ireland on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 4-game tournament.
With the tournament having 20 players or less we won’t be providing a detailed breakdown of the lists.
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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz – Subfaction: Trugg’s Troggherd – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Trugg (320) – General – Command Traits: Ceaseless Growth Dankhold Troggboss (210)* – General – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome Dankhold Troggboss (210)**
Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
LEADERS Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310) – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300) – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood Skarbrand (380)* Skarr Bloodwrath (110)* Slaughterpriest (110)* – General – Command Traits: High-priest of Khorne – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
TERRAIN 1 x Skull Altar (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Roland Rivera: While at first glance this seems like an increasingly standard Bloodthirster-heavy Reapers of Vengeance list, look again – this one has some interesting choices made for its complementary units. First among those is the decision to make one of its support foot Heroes the General. This was likely done to maximize the benefit of the Skull Altar’s ability to reroll prayers for the Priest standing in it, as High Priest of Khorne means that the General will be able to chant 2 prayers per Hero phase.
Another interesting choice is the decision to bring not 1, but 2 Skull Cannons for ranged support. While those Cannons won’t be blowing up monsters or ripping chunks out of units, they are a source of chip damage that combines with other sources of chip damage in this army (the Slaughterpriest’s Blood Boil prayer, for example) to take down screens or soften up more expensive units before you crash in.
Last but not least, this build features a fun artefact on the Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster in the Halo of Blood, which lets him strike first and drag either one of his big buddies into combat immediately. This could wreak havoc with your opponents in melee. All in all, a solid list, as reflected by the result.
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Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Subfaction: Grundstok Expeditionary Force – Grand Strategy: Acceptable Profit Margin – Triumph: Inspired
This is the top three AoS lists for the The Leicester AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of December. It saw 15 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because there are less than 20 players we won’t be commenting on the individual lists.
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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts – Subfaction: Hollowmourne – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)* – Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet – Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite – Spells: Spectral Host Varghulf Courtier (160)* Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – General – Command Traits: Grave Robber – Artefacts of Power: The Dermal Robe – Spells: Hoarfrost Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Spells: Deranged Transformation
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Befouling Host – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS The Glottkin (580) – Spells: Gift of Disease Bloab Rotspawned (310) – Spells: Plague Squall Morbidex Twiceborn (290) Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150) – Wings – Daemonic Axe Horticulous Slimux (200)* Spoilpox Scrivener (100)* – General – Command Trait – Eye of the blizzard – – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Spire Tyrants (70)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Roland Rivera: While we’ve all seen our fair share of Glottkin lists at AoS tournament podiums this season, this one has made some very interesting choices to support the core of Glottkin + Maggoth Lords for him to control the middle with. One such choice is Horticulous Slimux and the Befouling Host subfaction, which effectively maximizes the ability of this list to summon reinforcements. Slimux’s utility is further bolstered by the choice of Beasts of Nurgle for Battleline.
Another interesting choice is the inclusion of a Spoilpox Scrivener (a unit that buffs Plaguebearers) with no Plaguebearers in the main list. This is likely because the list intends to summon Plaguebearers in if it needs them, and because opting for the Scrivener over some of the more expensive Heroes allows the list to squeeze in an extra unit in the form of Spire Tyrants.
Rounding things out is a Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince, which was considered a poor choice at higher points totals, but now profiles as interesting anti-Ward tech, which lets this list drop the hammer in the mirror match. All in all, it’s an interesting spin on a list that has proven to be effective this season.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300) – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310) – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bloodbind Skarbrand (380)* Bloodmaster (110)* – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Killer Instinct Be’lakor (340)**
OTHER Ogroid Theridons (150)** – Thorakon – Banner Bearer – Charge-caller – Goroan Great Axe
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Roland Rivera: Khorne Bloodthirster spam has been a popular build of late, and adding Be’lakor to the mix for an extra bit of control has had good results as well. While this list had a weaker result than we typically see at 3-2, it only lost to the 1st and 2nd place finishers, so it had a pretty good showing overall.
The mix of Bloodthirsters skews toward damage and ease of chaining combat activations in Skarbrand, the Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage, and the Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster. These are supported by a couple of Priests to make sure you take full advantage of Khorne’s excellent prayer lore, and the seemingly-ubiquitous chaff choice round things out.
I would be remiss, however, to not point out a very interesting tech piece in Ogroid Theridons. Khorne is deep on tricks, but lighter on raw damage compared to some of the other melee armies in the game, and Theridons provide a potent dose of raw damage if you can deliver them into the right combats. I like some of the decisions made in this list, and I think it’s a very interesting spin on Khorne Bloodthirster spam.
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450) – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Smelly ’Un 1 x Gordrakk (460)* 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Killa Beat 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)** – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
BATTLELINE 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)*** – Brute Boss – Gore-choppa – Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha – Jagged Gore-hacka 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)*** – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – Gore-choppa – Boss Choppa
Roland Rivera: Now here’s an Ironjawz list you don’t see every week. This list has forsaken the typical strategy of going heavy on Gore-Gruntas in order to do some Herohammer and include both Gordrakk and a Maw-krusha, along with a full complement of Warchanters for all of its hammers.
Another interesting utility tech piece is the Weirdnob Shaman, which offers the prospect of teleportation in Da Big Great Hand of Gork. This can either benefit your main hammers, or the 5-man units of Brutes. Those Brutes may seem like Battleline filler (which they kind of are), but they can be quite punchy if you run them into the right target.
While this list is a bit of a glass cannon in that it’s light on bodies and has middling saves and no mortal wound protection, it is extremely potent on offense, and as such cannot be taken lightly.
This is the top three AoS lists for Ragnarok Rumble that took place in the UK on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because this tournament is a bit smaller, with less then 20 players, we won’t be commenting on the individual lists.
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Allegiance: Fyreslayers – Lodge: Greyfyrd – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Master of the Forge – Triumphs:
Battleline 5 x Auric Hearthguard (120)* 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)***** 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)*****
Units Grimwrath Berzerker (110)*** Grimwrath Berzerker (110)**** Doomseeker (80)***** – Artefact: Draught of Magmalt Ale Doomseeker (80)** Doomseeker (80)** Doomseeker (80)*** Doomseeker (80)****
OTHER Ogroid Theridons (150)** – Thorakon – Banner Bearer – Charge-caller – Goroan Great Axe
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Roland Rivera: The big boys are back in town! This is another strong result for the Bloodthirster-heavy Reapers of Vengeance lists, featuring another Daemonic centerpiece in Be’lakor. While not as potent a fighter as the likes of Skarbrand or a Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage, Be’lakor adds tactical depth by giving the Khorne player access to spellcasting as well as a once-per-game shutdown ability which can buy you precious time for your big Daemons to do the necessary damage.
As is to be expected from a list investing so heavily in its big centerpiece, this army is rather light on troops, with only the bare minimum of chaff units needed to satisfy Battleline requirements present. An interesting choice was the inclusion of Ogroid Theridons as a Coalition unit from Slaves to Darkness. While they feature a weak save and aren’t the fastest, they offer hitting power that is likely difficult for the Khorne roster to match, and so they make for a good secondary combatant to clean up any messes your big Daemons get into.
All in all, this list is walking on a razor’s edge in terms of the bodies on the table, but the power of a bunch of flying Daemons will likely see you through.
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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x King Brodd (520) 1 x Gatebreaker (500) – General – Command Traits: Big Eater – Artefacts: Amulet of Destiny 1 x Gatebreaker (500)* – Nullstone Adornments: Polished Nullstone Pebble
BATTLELINE 1 x Mancrusher Gargant (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargant (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargant (140)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)
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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
LEADER 1 x Lord-Castellant (160)* 1 x Knight-Zephyros (100)** – General – Command Traits: Master of Magic – Artefacts: Arcane Tome 1 x Lord-Relictor (130)** – Prayers: Translocation 1 x Knight-Zephyros (100)** – Artefacts: Luckstone
BATTLELINE 2 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)* 2 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)* 5 x Vindictors (110)*
OTHER 4 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Stormdrake-Prime – Drakerider’s Lance 3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)*
This is the top three AoS lists for Smash To Rubble II that took place in Serbia on the 3rd and 4th of November. It saw 23 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Spells: Choking Mist Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (120)** – General – Command Traits: Supa Sneaky – Artefacts of Power: Mork’s Eye Pebble – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un Orruk Warchanter (120)*** – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat Wurrgog Prophet (170)*** – Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz – Spells: Hoarfrost Swampboss Skumdrekk (280)***
BATTLELINE Gutrippaz (450)** – Gutrippa Drummer – Gutrippa Boss – Wicked Stikka – 2 x Gutrippa Hornblower – 3 x Gutrippa Banner Bearer Orruk Brutes (140)** – Brute Boss – Gore-choppa – Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha – Jagged Gore-hacka Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*** – Scrap Totem Bearer – Noise-maker – Hobgrot Boss
OTHER Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Brute Ragerz (200)** – 6 x Chain-smasha Ironskull’s Boyz (80)**
Big Waaagh again here, but with some nice little tweaks to the usual Pig and Brute heavy core!
Firstly, and this makes my heart sing, we have a Gnashtoof, with Mork’s Eye Pebble for some early shooting resistance (a 5+++ ward bubble against ranged attacks) which definitely helps to mitigate one of the obvious counters to the techy but relatively fragile army. There’s also the named Sludgeraker, who has the usual Kboyz synergy with the triple Gutrippa blob, which functions as a giant objective holder or mid-board roadblock that can also throw out a tonne of MWs.
Running around behind the phalanx of skare-shields are a cheeky reinforced Ragerz unit – who’re quickly becoming popular as a small-footprint missile, and for good reason.
A really interesting spin on BWaagh that managed to deal with the tankiness of Koatl’s Claw (those Gutrippaz MWs would come in handy there), the meta-darlings Khorne and a heavy hitting varanaguard list – impressive!
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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Damned Legion: Knights of the Empty Throne – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – Mark of Chaos: Undivided – Artifact: Chaos Familiar – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Varanguard (560)* – General – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 6 x Fellspear Be’lakor (340)* – The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed
BATTLELINE Chaos Knights (220)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Doom Knight – Hornblower – Standard Bearer – Cursed Lance Varanguard (280)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 3 x Fellspear Chaos Knights (440)* – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Doom Knight – Cursed Lance – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000
Roland Rivera: Be’lakor has become a popular inclusion in Empty Throne lists of late in order to give that style of list a bit more spellcasting muscle as well as tactical depth, and this list is the latest example of how that approach can be successful. It enables this list to go light on chaff (not a Cultist unit as far as the eye can see), and instead focus on running a daunting lineup of cavalry hammers that can run through virtually any opponent.
While the list’s clear all-star is the 6 Khorne Fellspear Varanguard, the 10-man Nurgle Knights make for an anvil with a ton of punch, and the unreinforced Knights and Varanguard units make for useful complementary hammers that can swing key combats. Last but not least, the Chaos Sorcerer is also here to provide potent buffs to make it all run smoothly. As with other lists in this style, we see a deep triumph bid to have a strong chance at an on-demand charge reroll in Bloodthirsty.
The potency in this list lies in its reliability: it has picked a specialty and honed it to a razor’s edge, and is thus very good at executing its gameplan to devastating effect.
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Gittish Horde: King’s Gitz – Grand Strategy: Chasing the moon – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Skragrott, The Loonking (230) ** Loonboss (90) * – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand Madcap Shaman (70) ** – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450) ** – Reinforced x 2 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150) ** 40 x Moonclan Stabbas (240) * – Reinforced x 1
Units 5 x Gobbapalooza (170) ** – Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance 6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140) * 5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90) ** 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (340) ** – Reinforced x 1
Lodivicus: Whew! It feels like it’s been a while since we’ve seen much other than variations of the Jaws of Mork core lists placing. Here we have a Da King’s Gitz ‘soup’ list, which really is a bit of a welcome change for me to write about. I can’t completely escape the parallels to those lists, though, as it does contain most of the core we’ve seen in those builds at the moment. Skragrott, a Madcap Shaman with Moonface Mommet and Hoarfrost, Gobbapalooza, Sneaky Snufflers, Boingrot Bounderz and the Bad Moon Loonshrine. But I’ll take what I can get!
Let’s start with the subfaction choice, Da King’s Gitz. This simply allows us to reroll the dice roll when using the Bad Moon Loonshrine’s Moonclan Lairs ability. However, when combined with the Loonboss’ Clammy Hand command trait, it means you can make two Moonclan Lair rolls, both with rerolls. That’s potential for some pretty reliable recursion coming out of the shrine!
The Loonboss adds ‘mortals on 6s to wound in addition’ whenever he issues the All-out Attack command to a friendly Moonclan unit. I suspect he is primarily here to follow around the Stabbas and to contribute to their output (especially in conjunction with Hoarfrost) but could also buff any of the other Moonclan units in the list.
The forty Stabbas act as objective controllers (contesting an objective within 9” while they have twenty or more models) and still can have respectable output when fully buffed up (with Hoarfrost, All-out Attack from the Loonboss, Moonface Mommet on the target, and an extra attack from Sporesplatta Fanatics). With a lucky Looncap Mushrooms roll (from the Sneaky Snufflers), you could get them yet another attack each in addition to a 5+ ward.
Sporesplatta Fanatics with their pregame move and Spore Cloud ability make excellent screens for a fairly low price tag. It’s common to use them as a screen in early turns and then return half of them from the Loonshrine when they die to offer extra attacks later with their Puffshroom Frenzy ability.
Six Rockgut Troggoths are another hammer (along with Bounderz) and offer more durability (decent saves, decent wounds, and native 5+ wards) to the list as well. They benefit a lot from the +1 attack buffs that are present in the list.
Congratulations, Oleg, on battling back to a 3rd place finish after dropping a game to Daughters of Khaine in round 1. It’s really nice to see a Gitz ‘soup’ list doing so well.
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Allegiance: Blades of Khorne – Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: The Blood Legions March
Leaders Bloodsecrator (120)* as Private Leonard “Gomer Pyle” – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust Dromm (180)* as Sergeant “Cowboy” Evans – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Unholy Flames Slaughterpriest (110)* as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman – General – Command Traits: High-priest of Khorne – Bloodbathed Axe – Artefacts of Power: The Crimson Plate – Prayers: Bronzed Flesh, Killer Instinct Valkia the Bloody (140)** as Sergeant “Animal Mother” Bloodmaster (110)** as Sergeant J. T. “Joker” Davis – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bloodbind, Witchbane Curse Skulltaker (120)** as Corporal “Eightball”
Battlelines 8 x Claws of Karanak (100) 8 x Claws of Karanak (100) 10 x Bloodreavers (80) – Meatripper Axes (everyone)* 10 x Bloodreavers (80)** 10 x Bloodreavers (80) 10 x Bloodreavers (80) 10 x Bloodreavers (80) 10 x Bloodreavers (80)
Units Karanak (140) as Private First Class “Rafterman” 5x Wrathmongers (140) Gorechosen of Dromm (180) 6x Furies (80)
Endless Spells and Innvocations 1 x Wrath-Axe (70) 1 x Bleeding Icon (50) 1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
Core Battalions *Warlord **Warlord
Total: 1990 / 2000
Roland Rivera: Most Reapers of Vengeance lists go heavy on Daemons, especially Bloodthirsters, to take advantage of the bonus to hit for Daemons against Heroes, but here we have a list opting for the road less traveled (in fact, I’m not sure why they chose Reapers at all). Of all the units in the army, only the Bloodmaster, Skulltaker, and Karanak are Daemons!
Instead, this is opting for the increasingly-popular approach to Khorne lists, which is to flood the board with expendable units (Bloodreavers and Claws of Karanak, in this case). You usually see that paired with some big hitters to win key combats (such as Skullreapers), but this list has opted to handle it by committee, running tons of Priests with the full complement of Invocations to maximize the utility of the Hero phase. The Bloodmaster and Skulltaker can also serve as Hero assassins once the battle has been joined, as lone Heroes can find it easy to slip past screens and they are decently punchy for their points. They can easily take out a Hero that has been softened up by the Invocations, for example.
Even by the techy standards of Khorne, this feels like a finesse list that is difficult to pilot well, but Sergei seems to have been up to the task, as I find a 3-1-1 result from a list that does not have a clearly identifiable hammer to be fairly impressive.
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This is the top three AoS lists for the TTB OPEN 2023 that took place in Norway on the 28th and 29th of October. It saw 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness – Damned Legion: Knights of the Empty Throne – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)* – The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed Exalted Hero of Chaos (90)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Mark of Chaos: Undivided Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – Mark of Chaos: Undivided – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 6 x Varanguard (560)* – 6x Fellspear – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Reinforced x 1 3 x Varanguard (280)* – 3x Fellspear – Mark of Chaos: Khorne 3 x Varanguard (280)* – 3x Fellspear – Mark of Chaos: Khorne 9 x The Unmade (80)* – Mark of Chaos: Undivided 5 x Chaos Knights (220)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Rage
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1970 / 2000
Roland Rivera: A classic ABC (Always Be Charging) Slaves to Darkness list, this list leverages the power and consistency of Khorne Fellspear Varanguard to the max by running a bunch of them (12, to be exact) in Knights of the Empty Throne, where they all get to run and charge. Complement them with a bit of control in Be’lakor, a caster with Daemonic Speed to make their threat range even bigger, some Unmade to make sure people can’t Redeploy away from your charges, some Knights as a Swiss army knife/cleanup crew, and just dare your opponents to stop you (most of them can’t).
There was a somewhat interesting choice made in the supporting Heroes, however. Instead of spending every last one of his 2000 points, Geir Vedeld (a Slaves to Darkness pilot with proven bona fides) decided to suit an Exalted Hero up with an Arcane Tome and instead angle for a triumph bid. An interesting choice that I can see the logic behind (this build lives and dies by making its charges), and I’d be interested to know how often it resulted in a critical charge reroll. Overall, if you’re looking to build a fast, aggressive, and effective Slaves to Darkness list, here’s your blueprint.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Army Subfaction: Petrifex Elite – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Liege-Kavalos (180) – Artefacts: Arcane Tome 1 x Katakros (500) 1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120) – General – Command Traits: Dark Acolyte – Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons
OTHER 4 x Morghast Archai (220) – Spirit Halberd 2 x Morghast Archai (220) – Spirit Halberd
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
Walter Brock: We’re looking at an OBR list that went 4-1. Choosing Petrifex Elite to make The Immortis Guard and Morghasts harder to kill in combat. Spellcasting Savant is the go-to Grandstrat having so much synergy with Immortis guard.
The liege Kavalos with Arcane shield provides an extra cast to put up arcane shield so the Ossifector can put up Nadirite weapons. The liege also provides extra attacks making any unit hit harder. Altogether a power army multiplier.
Katakros is the big man providing all the value. Giving everything +1 to hit and +1 to save makes all units run at maximum efficiency. Combo with the other buffs that the list can provide, and a simple 10-person unit could even kill gods.
The Ossifector is the Glue that holds everything together. The Grand Strat is tied to this thing. It buffs Morghasts with extra rend. Has a 9-inch bubble of +1 to wound and Dark Acolyte to get a battle tactic very easily. Everything that this little guy gives is pure gas, but if it somehow dies. A lot of good things go away.
A unit of 5 Deathriders is a standard seen in most lists. Providing a battle tactic and being a fast uni. Deathriders can do many things from being a screen to clogging up the key piece of the opponent. The imagination is the limit of what Deathriders can do.
A unit of 10 Mortek guard. Act as easy filler to reach 3 battlelines. Can be a cheap screen or act as a unit to block off back line deep strikes. While not the most stellar inclusion for the list. They can provide a lot of unspoken support for the list that nothing else really wants to do.
Three Immortis guard Unlock an easy battle tactic for OBR and help protect the Ossifector so getting the Grandstrat is more likely.
The two units of Morghasts are the stars of the show. These units provide large amounts of Damage. Are incredibly fast and shut down commands. Whatever these guys get into will usually die. Katakros buffing their ability to hit. The Ossifector buffing the Rend and wound rolls, and Empower Weapons going onto a unit plus the extra attacks from the liege makes a unit of Morghasts able to take down almost any unit in the game.
This list is very good at getting its buffs reliably and dealing large amounts of damage while being difficult to kill thanks to Petrifex Elite and Katakros. A very well-rounded list. Well done to this player.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310) Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310) – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades Skarbrand (380) Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300)* – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood – Prayers: Killer Instinct Bloodmaster (110)* – Prayers: Bronzed Flesh Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice – Nullstone Adornments: Polished Nullstone Pebble
Roland Rivera: The big boys are back in town! This is another instance of a Khorne player pushing all their chips into the center of the table with the 4-Bloodthirster build, and this pilot was in quite a gambling mood, as he chose to roll with 2 Bloodthirsters of Insensate Rage, whose damage can be inconsistent but has huge spike potential. Those two slot machines were paired with Skarbrand’s steady output and a Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster to tie the room together via activation tricks to make combat sequencing easier.
As you’d imagine for a list with 4 300+ point models, everything else in the list reolves around supporting the big guys. Flesh Hounds and Bloodreavers pressure objectives and can be cashed in for Blood Tithe in a pinch, and a couple of Priests will sit in the back line and provide buffs (or perhaps a bit of direct damage in the form of Blood Boil). Overall, this list is highly specialized, but the thing it does is good enough to be a strong choice in an all-comers tournament.
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Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Army Subfaction: Barak-Urbaz – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumphs: Inspired – Stick To The Code (Amendments): Trust To Your Guns – Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything, Settle the Grudges – Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught
LEADER 1 x Arkanaut Admiral (140)* – General – Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok 1 x Aetheric Navigator (100)* – Artefacts: Voidstone Orb 1 x Aether-Khemist (100)* – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
BATTLELINE 10 x Grundstok Thunderers (160)* – Gunnery Sergeant – 2 x Honour Bearer – 2 x Grundstok Mortar – 2 x Aethercannon – 2 x Aetheric Fumigator – 2 x Decksweeper 10 x Arkanaut Company (90)* – Company Captain – Light Skyhook and Gun Butt – Skypike – Volley Pistol – Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt 10 x Arkanaut Company (90)* – Company Captain – Light Skyhook and Gun Butt – Skypike – Volley Pistol – Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt 1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Sky Cannon
BEHEMOTH 1 x Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Great Sky Cannon – Great Endrinworks: The Last Word – The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship
OTHER 1 x Gotrek Gurnisson (480)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
Carl Stokes: Another day, another KO list featuring everyone’s Old World remnant! This Gotrek list takes a slightly different approach than many others in that, rather than take one large thunderer block, it takes a slightly smaller one in order to afford a gunhauler.
I’ve already made it abundantly clear why I think Gotrek is an incredible addition to KO armies in previous write-ups so won’t wax poetic on this one, but safe to say that I think he patches a lot of the intrinsic weaknesses of KO while allowing the army to retain their core identity as a mobile firebase.
The usual cadre of characters provides support/disruption while 20 arkanauts screen in the early game before transitioning to objective holders in the mid/late game. A single gunhauler provides another way to score battle tactics and threaten little wizards while being juuuust tough enough to pin targets in place for Gotrek. The gunhauler is another excellent way to hunt down those pesky Andtorian Loci that can cause KO all sorts of problems.
But as usual, the backbone of the list lies in the 10 thunderers and Ironclad that ferries them around. The thunderers are a very tough unit that’s extremely prickly at close range and can be juiced to ridiculous levels by the characters. Generally, the classic approach to this list is to take the single unit of 15 but as the meta shifts towards more anti-shooting, the decision here was made to prioritize mobility to improve the matchup into lists that have a strong anti-shooting presence.
Will that be the case moving forward? Nobody can tell for sure, but the ability of KO to quickly adapt to a changing metagame by drawing on their ally pool and the various different skyports while still being able to easily achieve their many battle tactics is one of the many things that makes them a top-tier army.
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Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for Halloween Hoedown that took place in the UK on the 28th and 29th of October. It saw 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because the tournament has 20 or less players we won’t be commenting on the lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Tribe: King Brodd’s Stomp – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Kraknos, Gargant-Eater Mega-Kraken (520)* King Brodd – General – Command Trait: Big Eater Old Man Pete, Summoner of the Beast (500) Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) The Last Stand of the “SS Kraken-Slayer” (480) Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant
Battleline Creeping Tentacle (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargants Creeping Tentacle (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargants Creeping Tentacle (140)* 1 x Mancrusher Gargants
Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Army Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Be’lakor (340) 1 x Skarbrand (380) 1 x Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Unholy Flames, Killer Instinct 1 x Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Killer Instinct, Blood Sacrifice 1 x Realmgore Ritualist (110)* – Prayers: Bronzed Flesh, Blood Sacrifice
BATTLELINE 5 x Flesh Hounds (100) – Gore Hound – Burning Roar 5 x Flesh Hounds (100) 8 x Claws of Karanak (100) 10 x Bloodreavers (80) – Blood Chieftain – Icon Bearer – Hornblower – Reaver Blades 10 x Bloodreavers (80)* – Blood Chieftain – Icon Bearer – Hornblower – Reaver Blades
ARTILLERY 1 x Skull Cannon (140)
INVOCATION 1 x Wrath-Axe (70) 1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
Roland Rivera: Most Khorne lists are fairly controlling and playing to the board, but this one goes a step further than most with the inclusion of Be’lakor. While he costs quite a few points, he also adds a lot of depth to Khorne’s control toolbox, and provides access to spellcasting, which is yet another layer of buffs you can stack on your units.
In this list’s case, the units receiving the buffs will mostly be the Bloodthirsters that are accompanying Be’lakor, with the Unfettered Rage Thirster providing utility and defense and Skarbrand providing raw offensive punch. Beyond that, this list has lots of cheap bodies used to pressure objectives and generate Blood Tithe, a couple of Priests to chant prayers and Invocations with, and a Skull Cannon to thin down screens or finish off wounded units with.
While this list doesn’t quite have the number of boots on the ground that a typical Khorne list does, it more than makes up for it with its expanded control toolbox and ability to concentrate force exactly where you want it. Not an easy list to play, but very potent if you can master it.
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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Blessed Sons – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Rotbringer Sorcerer (120)* – General – Command Trait: Grandfather’s Blessing (punts the wheel forward) – Artefact: Muttergrub (also knows gift of disease, and gets a +1 when he casts it) – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard The Glottkin (580)* – Lore of Malignance: Rancid Visitations (big meany horde clearer) Bloab Rotspawned (310) – Lore of Malignance: Blades of Putrefaction (Disease points on 5+) Orghotts Daemonspew (320) (free cp to mortal unit each turn) Morbidex Twiceborn (290) (heals half rounding up end of each battleshock phase)
Battleline 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* 10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1980 / 2000
Roland Rivera: This list is going heavy on the Hero Monsters – not only does it have the Glottkin, but it also has all 3 Unique Maggoth Lords, which make for very potent dance partners when you active your Blightkrieg ability. Orghotts has the best raw numbers, Bloab brings utility via spellcasting buffs and ebuffs, and Morbidex is a tough fighter that is virtually immune to chip damage.
As these units take up most of the list, you’re mostly limited to pairing them with Plaguebearers to meet minimum Battleline, but having cheap, durable bodies is a perfect complement to elite Hero Monsters. Throw in a mortal Rotbringer Sorcerer for a bit of magical support and the ability to manipulate the Wheel of Corruption, and it’s clear to see that this list is trying to set up combat scenarios with power units in which you have every advantage going for you.
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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Knights Excelsior (Scions of the Storm) – Grand Strategy: – Triumphs:
Leaders Lord-Imperatant (140)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Knight-Vexillor (120)* – Meteoric Standard Knight-Vexillor (120)* – Meteoric Standard Knight-Vexillor (120)** – Meteoric Standard Knight-Vexillor (120)** – Meteoric Standard
Battleline 3 x Annihilators (150)* 3 x Annihilators (150)* 3 x Annihilators (150)* 3 x Annihilators (150)* 3 x Annihilators (150)** 6 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (400)** – Reinforced x 1
Units 3 x Aetherwings (70)** 3 x Aetherwings (70)**
This is the top three AoS lists for the Palladium Games Age of Sigmar GT that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: the scales balanced – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (500) Arkhan the Black (380)* Mortisan Soulmason (160)* – General – Command Traits: Eye of the Blizzard – Artefacts of Power: Lode of Saturation – Spells: Levitate
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Soulstealer Carrion (40)
CORE BATTALIONS *Ossiarch Cohort
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
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Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Starborne – Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Slann Starmaster (290)* – General – Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Artefacts: Spacefolder’s Stave – Spells: Hoarfrost, Drain Magic 1 x Skink Starseer (150)* – Spells: Speed of Huanchi, Merciless Blizzard 1 x Skink Starseer (150)* – Spells: Cosmic Crush, Merciless Blizzard 1 x Lord Kroak (410)** – Spells: Stellar Tempest, Comet’s Call 1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)** 1 x Skink Starpriest (130)** – Spells: Celestial Harmony, Merciless Blizzard
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) – Skink Alpha – Moonstone Club and Star-buckler 5 x Saurus Guard (140) 5 x Saurus Guard (140)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TERRAIN 1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)
OTHER 5 x Hunters of Huanchi with Starstone Bolas (80)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Army Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330) 1 x Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300) – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts: Halo of Blood – Prayers: Bloodbind 1 x Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300) 1 x Bloodsecrator (120)* 1 x Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310)* 1 x Realmgore Ritualist (110)* – Prayers: Killer Instinct – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Roland Rivera: 4, count ’em, 4 Bloodthirsters! It’s been a while since we saw a Khorne list go this deep on the big guys do well. Interestingly, Marcus chose to double up on the Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster, likely to set up combat scenarios in which you can attack with all 4 Bloodthirsters in the span of 2 combat activations. The Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury offers a potent debuff as well as
The rest of the army is very much geared around catering to the Bloodthirsters, by either enhancing their strengths or minimizing their weaknesses. Bloodreavers, Claws of Karanak, and Flesh Hounds are all cheap units that can provide bodies on objectives, or be sacrificed to generate Blood Tithe. On the support Hero front, the Bloodsecrator and the Realmgore Ritualist can provide potent once-per-game buffs to ensure your Bloodthirsters prevail in key combats.
This sort of list is a very all-in way to play Khorne, but if you can manage the inherent risks well, it’s a very powerful (and cool) way to play the army.
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Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Indomitable
BATTLELINE Stormfiends (930)* – 3 x Windlaunchers and Clubbing Blows – 3 x Ratling Cannons and Clubbing Blows – 3 x Doomflayer Gauntlets and Warpstone-laced Armour Stormfiends (620)* – 2 x Shock Gauntlets and Warpstone-laced Armour – 2 x Ratling Cannons and Clubbing Blows – 2 x Windlaunchers and Clubbing Blows Clanrats (100)* – Clawleader – Rusty Blade – 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer – 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
OTHER Warp-Grinder (60)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000
Kieren Coates: With skaven having such a varied book there’s so many ways to build a list – sometimes you build a varied list able to counter and flex to your needs, but sometimes you know what the mission is, and the mission is to kill your enemy at all costs
Clan skryre is the shooting clan of skaven, and with 15 stormfiends this army can do exactly that. With a warp grinder it can take one unit in reserve to deepstrike, leaving the other set on table ready to receive more more warp power and either move or gnawhole up the board
Not many lists can survive 3 turns of high output shooting, but if it gets a strong double turn and isn’t pinned back into place, get ready for some sparks – I hope you brought some chaff to screen then out!
Sadly the list is very slightly illegal as gryph feather charm is no longer a legal GC artifact – however I don’t feel this would have changed the game much, as amulet of destiny can be taken changing the 5+ ward to a 6+ ward, effectively giving the warlock 1-2 less wounds.
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Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for the Age of Sigmar GT: US Open Tampa that took place in the US on the 14th and 15th of October. It saw 78 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. There were Warhammer 40k and Kill Team events running in parallel.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Army Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Arkhan the Black (380)* 1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120)* – General – Command Traits: Aura of Sterlity – Artefacts: Gothizzar Cartouche – Spells: Reinforce Constructs 1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)*
BATTLELINE 4 x Morghast Archai (220)* – Spirit Halberd 4 x Morghast Archai (220)* – Spirit Halberd 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)* – Mortek Hekatos – Necrophoros – Nadirite Blade 3 x Immortis Guard (220)*
TERRAIN 1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)
Walter Brock: Today we’re looking at an aggressive list that went 5-0. Starting off we have the normal Null Myriad selection to stop opponents’ offensive spells.
Grandstrat we have Spellcasting Savant. Another standard in OBR list construction is due to how well the units fit together. This Grandstrat forced the opponent to come deal with the OBR if they want to stop it. Most of what we see is what would be considered part of a standard OBR list. Arkhan, one unit of Immortis Guard, Deathriders and an Ossifector, and maybe a unit of 2 Morghasts. That’s where the Similarities end. Taking a more unique approach from the Slower grinding style of OBR lists. Instead of using the katakros + Arkhan double trouble style list. This player has opted to instead include a unit of 4 more Morghasts. Adding up to two units of 4 Morghasts. There is also the inclusion of a Liege Kavalos. Letting one of the Morghast units receive extra attacks.
From what we can see from this list. The Morghasts are the star of the show. Moving “13” inchesd for a command point makes them much faster than the standard hammer that we usually see in Immortis guard. They also turn off Command abilities to units within “3” inches. Meaning no unleash hell against these Hard-hitting Heralds of Nagash. If they roll an 8+ to charge they can also fight first. Meaning that if either unit gets an 8 or higher then both units can unleash all their damage without fear of losing models. Lastly Morghasts have a 5+ ward while wholly within “12” inches of a Hero. Arkhan and the Liege are fast enough to keep up with the Morghasts so this Aura will be up pretty much all game.
So, we know Morghasts are fast, hit hard, and have some great utility attached to them due to turning off Commands, but what makes them work? Well, that’s all the buffs we can attach to them and what the rest of the Characters add onto them. Starting with the Ossifector. His unique buff can give a unit of Morghasts and extra point of Rend. That make them Rend 3 now. The Ossifector spell can let if target two units so both units are reaching rend 3. The Ossifector also has a “9” inch Aura of +1 to wound, Making the Morghasts wound on 2s now. The buffs from the Ossifecter alone are scary, but we can go even higher.
The Liege as described before can give one of the Morghast units an additional +1 attack. Bringing one unit to 4 attacks each.
Arkhans casting helps even more with bringing the damage over the top. Empowering Nadirite weapons causes the hit roles to explode on 5s instead of 6s. Drain Vitality will reduce the target enemy units save rolls by 1. Bringing the Morghasts basically to Rend 4. Not much is getting a save against that. Lastly are the commands you can issue to Morghasts. All out attack will let them hit on 2s or you can use Bludgeon and give the Morghasts an extra Point of rend on their attacks. Essentially making them an effective rend 5 if everything described above is up and running. This makes Morghasts one of the single hardest hitting units in the game and that can kill almost anything apart from Models with rules that Limit how much damage they can do. This whole list sits as a one drop so this list will be deciding who will be going first more often than not.
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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine – Temple: Khailebron – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Melusai Ironscale (120)* – General – Command Trait: Zealous Orator – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Morathi-Khaine (350)* The Shadow Queen (350)*
Battleline 15 x Blood Stalkers (540)* – Reinforced x 2 10 x Blood Sisters (300)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Witch Aelves (110)* – Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers
Units 5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)* 5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)*
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1970 / 2000
Danny Wadeson: DoK don’t have the widest selection when it comes to list building, but being able to force Mindrazor through with primals has certainly given the faction a chilly shot in the tail nevertheless. Khailebron is the ‘sneaky’ sub-faction, allowing for regular teleporting which, obviously, is pretty useful for snagging objectives and battle-tactics, with obvious ‘Surround/Destroy’ and ‘Intimidate Invaders’ synergies.
Beyond that, the list is pretty cookie-cutter, with Morathi and the bow sneks backed up by a cadre of stab sneks, with 2x Khinerai for auto-scoring one of their Tome battle tactics and then generally being fantastic fast scoring pieces from then onwards. It’s also Gavin Grigar, which helps!
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Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Tribe: King Brodd’s Stomp – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders King Brodd (520) Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500) Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500) – General – Command Trait: Big Eater Warstomper Mega-Gargant (450) – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
Total: 1970 / 2000
Once again, we’re lucky to be joined by Pete Atkinson of Plastic Craic fame! Everyone knows he loves him some Gargants, so who better to comment on King Brodd’s Stomp, than him?
BANG! Brodd’s Stomp rampaging to a 5-0, and hats off to Christopher Schelling for being the first to achieve it with an Army of Renown (that I’ve seen, anyway).
As a quick recap of what the army does, it survives: Brodd has 40 Wounds on a 5++ ward as long as he has a buddy nearby, and the CT which you’ll always take heals Mega Gargants in a bubble around the bearer each time they fight.
Every list starts with Brodd and two Gate-Breakers, for some scary output on top of that solid foundation, so 75% of your units and 50% of your Enhancements are self-selecting; but if that sounds like it puts the army on rails, don’t worry because:
Armies of Renown are a walled garden by design, and you can still explore more freely with the subfactions in the main Battletomes; and
There’s quite a bit of nuance in the 4th unit slot and your artefact choice
If you’re taking a 4th Mega ahead of 3x Solo Babies, at that point it comes down to a Beast-Smasher or (Christopher’s choice here) a Warstomper to come in at 1970 points. I reckon he’s bang on the money, because the Triumph bid has a sneaky double benefit in Sons of Behemat armies: the +1 to wound is matched by extra juice from denying your opponent their Battleshock Triumph (remembering you also deny IP via your Terror ability). Watching your opponent’s shoulders slump when they lose half an elite unit to Battleshock is a high you’ll be chasing for the rest of your days.
Then you’ve got the choice between the Arcane Tome (which was taken here) for the Unbind and access to Mystic Shield or the Amulet of Protection, which also gets you a Nullstone artefact.
My own preference is the latter, because you can troll the shit out of your opponents with a 5++ ward on Broddley, a 6+ Ward from the Amulet, a 4+ Magic ignore from the Nullstone and maybe a 6+ ward on your 4th Mega via King Brodd chanting Bless. 4 Megas, 4 Ignores. There ya go, deal with that ya bastard.
The hidden benefit of the Arcane Tome option is that it makes your opponent work for the Slaughter of Sorcery Grand Strat, which is an increasingly popular choice for amies without a good one in their book, and which would have been a home run in Christopher’s final game here vs Khorne for example. I actually think I prefer it ahead of the Overshadow that Christopher has gone with here, although I’m sure that will have him and his 5-0 crying all the way to the trophy cabinet.
The army scores Battle Tactics well, and it contests primary objectives really well. Its combat is spikey as hell, but that’s ok – you’re not in a rush to table your opponent, they’re the ones that are on the clock while you just passively wrack up VPs. And because your army hunts in packs, you’ll usually have a second or third bite at the cherry when your 500-point combat unit outputs literally 0 damage, which every Gargant player can confirm does happen.
What beats it? For all the fun new interactions with chucking terrain, the army is back to being a DPS test at the end of the day. I’d be confident that I could start knocking Megas over quickly enough with my Ironjawz for example, but Squigs or STD could do just as good a job. I personally got my arse handed to me by BOC when I was recently running a similar list, too: another army with infinite damage anywhere they want it, but in this case with the added bullshit of yanking units out of Ward and Healing range.
So well done Christopher, a great list and a great result. For all the sooking about Sons of Behemat they look absolutely epic on the table, and as someone who’s played against them loads, I’ve got no dramas at all with them coming back into the meta. Bring it on.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Army Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: ‘Bring Me A Worthy Skull’ – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Be’lakor (340) 1 x Skarbrand (380) 1 x Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310)* – Artefacts: Ar’gath, the King of Blades 1 x Slaughterpriest (110)* – Hackblade and Wrath-hammer – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice 1 x Slaughterpriest (110)* – Hackblade and Wrath-hammer – Prayers: Killer Instinct 1 x Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300)** – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts: Halo of Blood – Prayers: Killer Instinct
Patrick German: Jonathan has opted for one of the few Wizards that can be included in a Khorne army. Be’Lakor makes a great tech piece due to Dark master, and the addition of Mystic Shield goes a long way to improve a Bloodthirster’s 4+ save. He also opted to include three bloodthirsters (counting Skarbrand) and is banking most of his damage output on the Rage-thirster and Skarbrand, both of which can be reliable damage dealers. The Halo of Blood on the Wrath of Khorne thirster provides the Rage-thirster with fight first, in a roundabout way, and Ar’gath is a great inclusion to block any wards that might prevent his mortal wounds from going through. It would be a near-guaranteed death sentence for whatever unit those three decided to team up against.
For all other purposes, Jonathan looks like he’s banking on summoning some infantry in for objective holding a damage. The bloodreavers are great for summoning tithe points, but their defensive profile and speed can leave something to be desired. The Flesh hounds are better for scoring battle tactics, and they’re slightly more durable than the Reavers, but they still die quickly to any dedicated assault.
All-in-all, Jonathan has combined excellent damage potential with reliable ways of scoring battle tactics, and his excellent piloting achieved a 4-1.
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Final Tournament Placings
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This is the top three AoS lists for the Ragnarok : Autumn 2023 AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 28th and 29th of October. It saw 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts – Subfaction: Hollowmourne – Grand Strategy: overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)* – General – Command Traits: Grave Robber – Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet – Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite – Spells: Spectral Host Varghulf Courtier (160)* Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Artefacts of Power: The Dermal Robe – Spells: Hoarfrost Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Spells: Deranged Transformation BATTLELINE Crypt Ghouls (80) Crypt Horrors (330)* Crypt Horrors (330)*
TERRAIN 1 x Charnel Throne (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Andtorian Acolytes
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Bloodmaster (110)* – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bronzed Flesh Bloodsecrator (120)* – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon Bloodmaster (110)** – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood – Prayers: Killer Instinct
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired – Call for Aid
LEADER 1 x Lord-Arcanum on Gryph-Charger (170)* – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Spells: Thundershock 1 x Lord-Relictor (130)* – Prayers: Translocation 1 x Lord-Celestant on Dracoth (170)* – Stormstrike Glaive – Artefacts: Luckstone – Mount Traits: Celestial Instincts
BATTLELINE 4 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (210)* 4 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (210)* 5 x Sequitors (110)* 2 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)*
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Everblaze Comet (90)
OTHER 3 x Evocators on Celestial Dracolines (240)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
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Army Faction: Fyreslayers – Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd – Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Auric Runemaster (130) – Artefacts: Volatile Brazier – Prayers: Heal 1 x Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (360)* – General – Command Traits: Blood of the Berzerker – Artefacts: Master Rune of Unbreakable Resolve – Mount Traits: Coal-heart Ancient 1 x Battlesmith (160)* – Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon 1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)* – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon 1 x Auric Runeson (80)** – Ancestral War-axe – Artefacts: Axe of Grimnir
BATTLELINE 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)* – Karl – Hornblower of Grimnir – Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield 15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (480)** – Karl – Berzerker Broadaxe 15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (480)** – Karl – Berzerker Broadaxe
INVOCATION 1 x Molten Infernoth (50)
TERRAIN 1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Warlord **Wizard-finders of Andtor
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
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Final Tournament Placings
For the complete results please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairing:
