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Top Three AoS Lists for the SoCal Open

November 18, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the SoCal Open that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 37 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Dhom-Hain
– Grand Strategy: Dominion of the Deep Ones
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Isharann Tidecaster (130)*
– General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Battlemage (100)*
– Magic of the Realms: Wildform (Ghur)
Akhelian Thrallmaster (100)**
Eidolon of Mathlann Aspect of the Storm (300)**
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
Akhelian Thrallmaster (100)**

BATTLELINE
Namarti Thralls (220)**
– Icon Bearer
Namarti Thralls (220)**
– Icon Bearer
Namarti Thralls (110)**
– Icon Bearer

BEHEMOTH
Akhelian Leviadon (400)**
– Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

OTHER
Akhelian Allopexes (150)**
– Retarius Net Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (150)**
– Retarius Net Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Peter Holland: A few weeks ago our very own Aaron Newbom won the SoCal Open with a Dhom-Hain list. He wrote an entire tournament breakdown for us of the event and you can read that here.

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)*
1 x The Glottkin (580)**
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Sloppity Bilepiper (120)**
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
1 x Poxbringer (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance

BATTLELINE
20 x Plaguebearers (120)**
10 x Plaguebearers (120)**
10 x Plaguebearers (120)**
10 x Plaguebearers (120)**

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

OTHER
3 x Nurglings (100)*
3 x Nurglings (100)*
6 x Furies (80)*
6 x Furies (80)*
5 x Skabbik’s Plaguepack (140)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1930/2000)

Roland Rivera: At this point in the season, seeing a Glottkin Nurgle list do well isn’t much of a surprise – Nurgle’s favored mortal servants have been on quite the run as of late. However, this list has a couple of interesting twists to it. First among them is the Befouling Host subfaction and the Poxbringer General to give the summoning a bit more oomph. Second is the deep triumph bid – going 70 points under is not a trivial commitment. The reason why this list is doing so is to add a bit of an insurance policy on the Blightkrieg charges, as Bloodthirsty is the only way to get a reroll on them. Last but not least, this list is using its Ally allowance fairly extensively with 2 units of Furies and Skabbik’s Plaguepack, all of which are here to screen and put forward pressure on objectives.

Beyond them, this is very meat-and-potatoes Nurgle – lots of Plaguebearers to dominate the board, a Sloppity Bilepiper to shut off pile-ins, Nurglings to pester enemy deployment and rack up extra Contagion points. But hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I think Alec’s additions give a nice bit of depth to the classic Nurgle Glottkin gameplan, and were probably a real factor in securing the 5-0 finish.

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction: Mortis Praetorians
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Katakros (500)*
1 x Arkhan the Black (380)**
1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)**
– General
– Command Traits: Mighty Archaeossian
– Artefacts: Lode of Saturation
1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)**
– Artefacts: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
30 x Mortek Guard (130)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– 3 x Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
– 3 x Soulcleaver Greatblade
2 x Morghast Archai (220)*
– Spirit Halberd

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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Walter Brock: Today we are looking at a list that went 4-1 with Mortis Praetorians. Praetorians allow a unit to potentially counter charge after an enemy unit has finished a charge. This has many possible applications that lead to incredibly powerful moments to swing the tide of battle. From stopping key enemy charges to denying battle tactics. The praetorians’ counter charge is only limited by the players imagination.
Instead of Spellcasting Savant this player opted for Barren Icescape. This option makes sense since there is no Locus in the list.

We start off with the Katakros and Arkhan double trouble pairing. We have seen this before and will again. These two are a deadly duo that cover each other’s weaknesses and buff each other’s strengths. From Katakros buffing everything up to 11 with his +1 hit and save aura. To Arkhans Spell casting to support the army with buff spells and stop key enemy spells. The synergies between these two are incredibly deadly and I could go on and on about how powerful these two works together if allowed, but we would be here all day.

Next is whats one of the toughest to kill models in the game. A liege Kavalos with the Lode stone Relic and Might Archaeossian command trait. The combination of the two lets the Liege ignore all negative save modifiers and gains +1 to its ward saves. With a command point for a 5+ ward a liege can achieve a 2+ “ethereal” save and a 4+ ward. This combination makes the liege tanky enough to go places that even Katakros and Arkhan Might fear. Top it off with the command ability to give a unit +1 attack and the liege brings a lot to the table for this list.
A boneshaper with Artisans key and Hoarfrost. With katakros, Arkhan and the Boneshaper. This list could potentially bring back 12 Mortek Guard with just the healing abilities alone each OBR hero phase. Hoarfrost on top of all the buffs that the other characters bring can make any unit perform far and above their weight class.

Deathriders are a very powerful all rounder unit. Capable of multiple roles. From screening to protecting the back field or even denying the opponent the ability to move on an objective. They have an answer for almost any situation.

30 Mortek Guard. A giant block of 30 is a threat to behold. With all the buffs added you can easily engage multiple units with these Mortek units, and they can take out multiple units with their one fight. Imagine 30 Mortek. Hitting on 2s and 5s to hit, gain an additional hit. Wounding on 2s at rend 2. Each model has three attacks a piece. That will bring down almost any target they reach. On top of that they have incredible defensive capabilities. Beinh able to potentially ignore negative modifiers due to their command ability. Or all out defense, or a 5+ ward plus the healing mentioned before. This makes Mortek guard incredibly hard to take down.

Lastly is a unit of 2 Archai. This unit’s biggest value is from its no command aura. Being able to stop enemy commands can easily turn the tides of battle. Turning off all out defense and unleash hell. Make it so a unit can’t pass their battle shock. This unit stops the enemies plans dead in their tracks and lets the Bonereapers keep trucking along.

This list ends up as a four drop with a command entourage and a battle regiment. Opting to go for the extra relic. Well done to this player.

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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork (squig +1 atk on charge)
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)**
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (110)***
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand (Loonshrine roll x2)
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet (12” start combat 1 unit -1 save)
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Webspinner Shaman (65)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

Units
24 x Squig Herd (280)***
– Reinforced x 1
24 x Squig Herd (280)***
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (300)**
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)**
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)**
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)**
– Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (170)**

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Battle Regiment

Total: 1975 / 2000

Lodivicus: The Jaws of Mork core trend continues! The currently trending core consists of Skragrott, a Madcap Shaman (with Moonface Mommet and Hoarfrost), a Squigboss, Squig Herd, Boingrot Bounderz, Gobbapalooza and the Bad Moon Loonshrine. The quantity of the battleline units varies a bit from list to list, as we see here. Tad chooses two single reinforced Squig Herd (as opposed to one double reinforced unit) and he cuts back the large Bounderz unit to a single reinforced unit to do so. So rather than rehash the core, as we’ve done in previous commentaries, let’s have a look at what the rest of the points are spent on.

A popular choice, the Webspinner Shaman (on foot) is a 65 point Blizzard wizard with a native 5+ ward. He pairs up with the Madcap Shaman as the two Andtorian Loci of the list and together they unlock the Andtorian Acolyte battalion for (hopefully) more primal dice.

In his version, Tad chose offense over defense by forgoing the more common Sneaky Snufflers in favor of the Kruleboyz troggoth cousin, the Marshcrawla Sloggoth. His 18” aura of +1 hit rolls for attacks made with melee weapons is a huge boon to the output of the list, but in particular the Squig Herd units as they can’t receive commands like All Out Attack.

Congratulations Tad on going 4-1 (only losing in round 5 to the Dhom-Hain Deepkin) and continuing this Gitz trend. It will be interesting to see how the meta adjusts to account for this type of list and if it continues to gather steam.

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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

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/RCF92KDBUK

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Top Three AoS Lists for Halloween Hoedown

November 16, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

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

Endless Spells & Invocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1950 / 2000

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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)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Everblaze Comet (90)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

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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

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/KWE88AAAFL

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Oceanic Championships of Warhammer – Age of Sigmar

November 2, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Oceanic Championships of Warhammer – Age of Sigmar that took place in Australia on the 14th and 15th of October. It was an invitational event with 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 4-game tournament. There were Warhammer 40k and Kill Team events running in parallel.

As an event with less than 20 players we won’t be commenting on the lists.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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

Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)*
Orruk Megaboss (140)*
– Artefact: Destroyer
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)**
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
10 x Orruk Ardboys (220)***
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
5 x Orruk Brutes (140)****
– Jagged Gore-hackas
5 x Orruk Brutes (140)****
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Units
20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)*
6 x Brute Ragerz (200)***
– 3x Chain-Smashas
– 3x Mighty Gore-Hackas
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)**
Maw-grunta Gougers (180)*

Endless Spells and Innvocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

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

Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Blessed Sons
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310)
– General
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
1 x The Glottkin (580)*
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Slopity Bilepiper

BATTLELINE
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
20 x Rotmire Creed (300)*

OTHER
3 x Nurglings

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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

Leaders
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Command Trait: Hulking Brute
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Killa Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)
– Allies

Battleline
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Orruk Brutes (280)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– 02 x Gore Choppas
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000

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Allegiance: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Verminlord Warbringer (380)*
– General
– Command Trait: Devious Adversary
– Artefact: Warpstone Charm
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
Lord Skreech Verminking (370)
Grey Seer (120)**
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Grey Seer (120)**
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Plague Priest (100)*
– Noxious Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
Plague Priest (100)*
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Battleline
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Rusty Blade
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Rusty Blade
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Warp-Grinder (60)*

Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (180)
(Enhancement +2 wounds +1 save unless noted otherwise)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1990 / 2000

Kieren Coates: The list is very heavy on hammers and designed to be played reactively based upon different matchups

It’s been built in conjunction with Mechrat (keegan) and Warpfire Minis (jordan) who have both gone 5-0 and 4-1 respectively as well

40 clanrats provides a protective screen for 1-2 turns and to prevent any alpha plays, waiting for the right opening for the list to attack

Between the 20 plague censors (10 of which may be in reserve for deepstrike), 2 verminlords and hell pits it can easily table armies in 2 turns if a gap is presented

Further the grey seers and priests provide short range mortal bursts between blizzard and great plagues, aided by Skreech’s dreaded 13th spell

All backed by triple masterclan for consistency making the engagement turn surprisingly reliable for a skaven army

However if you wish to sit back and not engage, that’s fine with the list as its grand Strat simply is to keep the support heroes alive, forcing many enemies to have to engage or risk giving away a grand strategy

It’s a list that has a strong variety of options – so be ready for a wild game!

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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

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/6F14NDEQKW

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Six Nations Lists: Six Takeaways

October 25, 2023 Woehammer_Kieron Leave a comment

The Six Nations AoS Teams Tournament is coming up soon, where England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales will compete against each other and the lists have just been released. To give you an overview of the kinds of matchups that will be coming up and what we can learn from the submissions of these national teams, we’ve come up with six takeaways from the lists.

For reference, here’s all the army lists in one handy download (courtesy of AoS 6 Nations, Underworld Gaming and Mediocre Hobbies)

Age of Sigmar – 6 Nations 2023 – Lists & Pairings Download

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Blood for the Blood God…Apart from in Scotland.

Of the Six Nations, all countries took a Khorne variant apart from Scotland, underlining how powerful Khorne are in the current meta with their ability to march across the board and stomp their authority on any game. Prayers are clearly going to be a key part of the Khorne strategy alongside the ubiquitous Murderlust for those out of phase movements. Only one Skarbrand out of the five lists, but lots of Wrathmongers and Flesh Hounds with one Bloodlords list with waves of Bloodletters. Other popular lists included Soulblight Legion of Night with Manfred appearing in three of the four lists; Seraphon Fangs of Sotek with double Ark of Sotek Bastiladon; three King Brodd’s Stomps, with three bigs and three littles and three Disciples of Tzeentch Guild of Summoners lists with 12 Enlightened on Discs.

Give me ALL of the Primal Dice!

While there are lots of battle regiments in the lists as expected, the next most common battalion is Andtorian Acolytes for those extra Primal Dice. In most cases, the lists in question could not fit into a single battle regiment, but rather than going for a second battle regiment, those extra Primals seemed to be worth going to a three drop list minimum. Alongside a high frequency of Merciless Blizzard, the potential for a single hero phase to turn around what should be an easy win to a loss (or vice-versa) is definitely there. Even just being aware of the threat will impact on the opponent’s strategy, which might be enough to get a positive result for your team.

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Fight me, you coward!

We are clearly in a combat-heavy meta at the moment, with the vast majority of lists focusing on winning the battle by fighting in combat as opposed to relying on ranged shooting attacks. Both Daughters of Khaine lists have eschewed the Bow Snakes for the Fighty Snakes; there are no Lumineth Sentinels at the event; even Kharadron Overlords are much more focused on fighting out of a Frigate rather than Thunderers blasting away from range. There are a couple of exceptions, with all of the Idoneth lists having a healthy amount of shooting, with even the Namarti-heavy list having 40 Reavers and the Shark lists having a huge number of attacks that will also explode on 6s. It will be interesting who these will be matched up with because the lack of return shooting from their opponents could really swing the matchup in the fish-elves favour!

OB – Where?

One of the more underrepresented armies of the top echelon recently are Ossiarch Bonereapers, with only two nations choosing to collect the Bone Tithe and both of these being Null Myriad lists. The points increases on Immortis seem to have done the trick as there are only two units at the event, with Deathriders and Mortek picking up the slack. Perhaps this isn’t surprising as only a quarter of the armies at the event are heavy magic-users and the pairings process can potentially avoid a single anti-magic army. Other notable missing armies include Beasts of Chaos, Ogor Mawtribes and Kruleboyz – just kidding! As recently as a few months back, there would be less variation than we have represented, with nineteen of twenty-four battle tomes in attendance, showing how healthy the meta currently is.

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An Age of Heroes.

Across the lists, there is definitely a flavour of what unique heroes can bring to an army, not only narratively, but competitively too. Named characters who will be fighting it out include Gobsprakk, Katakros, Skarbrand, Brokk Grungsson, Kairos Fateweaver, Manfred Von Carstein, The Glottkin, Severith, Morathi and everyone’s (least) favourite angry dwarf, Gotrek. One of my favourite aspects of AoS is how cool it looks on the tabletop to have these centre-piece models battle it out and there will be ample opportunities for epic showdowns across the event with this array of heroes.

Skewl List, bro!

Most of the lists submitted are relatively close to a take-all-comers singles list too, but there are a couple of more skew lists that look really interesting that will cause absolute headaches for whoever gets paired into them. The IDK shark lists come close to this, but they’ve become a bit more mainstream, with several players running this list successfully. What might become more of a meta-list after this event and with the arrival of Belthanos on the scene is Andreas Angermund’s 18 Spiterider and 6 Seeker list. Firstly, respect to Andreas if he is transporting that many models with fragile and awkward wings but then to also give your opponent the dilemma of having these 24 flies be able to pre-game move 12″ before the game even starts…yikes! Another interesting list that could very quickly get across the table and punch you in the mouth is Greg Shelton’s 30 Black Knight list. Black Knights appear in several of the Soulblight lists, but no-one has gone as hard in as Greg has. If all three Black Knight units make a charge, Greg will be rolling 60 dice and expecting at least 20 mortal wounds as his return – scary stuff indeed.

So that’s six takeaways from the Six Nations lists. Best of luck to all competitors at what I’m sure will be a great event. Are there any interesting combos that I’ve missed? Please comment below if I have and let us know which list(s) you think will do the most work!

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Top Three AoS Lists for Crucible 2023

October 25, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Crucible that took place in New Zealand on the 30th and 1st of October. It involved 44 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Nagash (900)*
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
– Spells: Flaming Weapon

BATTLELINE
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (130)*
– Skeleton Champion
– 3 x Standard Bearer
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)

OTHER
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)*
3 x Fell Bats (90)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Danny Wadeson: What we have here is a list that looks simple on the surface of things….and is simple beneath the surface too. It’s Nagash, and a shit load of chaff. Now, utilising Nagash well isn’t that simple, but essentially, he’s King-Magic-Man and likes bringing skellybobs back. You’ve got the Myrnmourn Banshees in there to deny opponent’s magic too, which seems somewhat overkill given Naggy’s +3 to unbinds, but hey, sometimes you really, really want to be the only one on the board flinging spells around. And it clearly works – taking down some tricksy factions, including stuff like IDK, which I’d have thought had the forward pressure necessary to give this list trouble. Would love to have seen some of these games!

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Badsnatchers
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Dankhold Troggboss (210)**
– General
– Command Traits: Loonskin
– Artefacts of Power: Glowy Howzit
Webspinner Shaman (65)***
– Spells: Rupture

BATTLELINE
Fellwater Troggoths (170)**
Rockgut Troggoths (170)**
Rockgut Troggoths (170)**
Moonclan Shootas (120)***
Moonclan Shootas (120)***
Moonclan Stabbas (120)***
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3 Barbed Nets

BEHEMOTH
Aleguzzler Gargant (140)**
Mangler Squigs (260)***

OTHER
Gobbapalooza (170)***
– Spells: Levitate

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Scuttletide (80)
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)

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

TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000

Lodivicus: I have to admit, when I was asked to do the analysis and commentary on this list, I felt like I was getting Punk’d a little bit. It’s VERY off-meta and illustrates the skill of Chris Kennedy and the level of internal balance Gloomspite Gitz currently has. If you’ve been wondering if it’s possible to 5-0 with a Gitz list that contains pretty much at least one of all the different keyword types in the faction, Chris is here to say “Yes!”

For most mixed lists in Gitz, one would expect that King’s Gitz would be the subfaction choice taken most often. But not here! Chris chose Badsnatchers (reroll one of the casting dice if another Badsnatchers Moonclan Wizard is wholly within 9”) with two Fungoid Cave-Shamans and the Gobbapalooza fitting the bill. Completing the Moonclan Grot portion of the list, two units of Moonclan Shootas and a unit of Moonclan Stabbas round out the list to act as screens, objective control, ranged support and increase the wound count of the list.

The Dankhold Troggboss general with his Glowy Howzit (4+ ward until he can no longer resist the urge to eat it) is one of the most durable general choices available in Gitz and pairs well with the Chasing the Moon Grand Strat. He also adds Scuttletide to the list for free with his Loonskin command trait and gives out the mighty +1 attack to Troggoths when being a Shepherd of Destruction. Completing the Troggoth portion of the list is two units of Rockgut Troggoths (durable hammers with throwin’ boulders) and a unit of Fellwater Troggoths (debuffing tech troggs with their terrible stench and noxious vomit).

The Squig component of the list is not met by the more common Squig Herd or Boingrot Bounderz component, but instead, Mangler Squigs takes the place in the list. With its faction specific monstrous rampage, Giant Boing! it can get pretty much anywhere it wants to go and deal pretty effective damage once there.

What would a mixed list be without a Spiderfang component? The Webspinner Shaman is one of the most popular Andtorian Locus choices due to his 65 point price tag and built in 5+ ward. In true off-meta fashion, Chris gave him the Frost spell Rupture instead of the more popular Hoarfrost or Merciless Blizzard. Considering this event happened 2 weeks after the Rupture nerf, I can only assume he expected that he might run into a lot of Incarnate lists and didn’t want to be without his Incarnate de-levelling tool or perhaps was a list submission deadline casualty.

We have all the four major keyword types in Gitz covered, but how could it truly be an all-encompassing mixed Gitz list without bringing an Aleguzzler Gargant to round it out? With his 3d6 charge and Hand of Gork in the list, this monster can reliably be delivered pretty much anywhere he’s needed. Once there, he can do things like the Smash to Rubble monstrous action to opposing faction terrain or act as a monstrous missile.

While I did not personally witness the event (I wish I had), if I had to hazard a guess (which apparently I do), I would bet that Chris’ opponents enjoyed playing against a list that was so off-meta with so many vastly different and fun components even when they lost to it. It’s definitely not the usual Gitz list you’d expect to see at an event. While I wasn’t provided with the exact lists that he ran into, looking at the factions/subfactions of his opponents it appears that he ran into several different archetypes and barrelled his way to a 5-0 finish with this mishmash crew of Gitz. Very impressive!

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Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Subfaction: Dracothion’s Tail
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Slann Starmaster (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Arcane Might
– Artefacts of Power: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spells: Cosmic Crush
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)**
Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Lord Kroak (410)***
– Spells: Comet’s Call

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

BEHEMOTH
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)***
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)***

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Linebreaker

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

I’m a Seraphon player, but there comes a point where you have to just hold up your scaly hands and say ‘it’s the wizard lizard list’. It’s always hard to write commentary on this list archetype because much of the skill comes from what you choose to summon, and where, and how you use it once it’s on the board, which obviously I have no way of knowing.

But for those unfamiliar with the engine in general, here’s how the list works. For every cast, unbind, and dispel, plus for every ‘cosmic node’ (wizards and wizardy shit like the Astrolith), you get a star power point. No, that isn’t the official name. Star power can be used to summon stuff, or do a shit load of MWs to stuff near aforementioned C-nodes. The Slann gets double star power be…wait…hold up…

He didn’t take the double star power command trait!! This is unheard of! He’s taken the ‘can control 3 endless spells and double their range’ trait! That would certainly allow him a lot more leeway in terms of positioning the somewhat fiddly Maelstrom, and allow for one of Kroak’s damage spells to go through the portal instead of Pendulum, which with double-range can much more reliably be cast normally. I can’t believe someone finally didn’t take Lord of Celestial Resonance, what a trailblazer.

There are also two Arks of Sotek because they’re cheap as fuck massive wound sponges with spike mortal potential.

But he didn’t take LoCR!!!

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Munificent Wanderers
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Great Unclean One (430)*
– Doomsday Bell and Bileblade
– Artefacts of Power: The Witherstave
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance
Sloppity Bilepiper (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Tome of a Thousand Poxes
– Spells: Gift of Disease
Rotbringer Sorcerer (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Infernal Conduit
– Spells: Plague Squall
Sloppity Bilepiper (120)**

BATTLELINE
Plaguebearers (240)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
Plaguebearers (120)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
Plaguebearers (240)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper

OTHER
Nurglings (100)*
Nurglings (100)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
Plague Drones (200)**
– Icon Bearer
– Bell Toller
– Plaguebringer

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Vanguard

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: This is perhaps one of the most unexpected Nurgle lists I have seen since the 3rd edition book dropped. It picked one of the least-used subfactions (Munificent Wanderers), and is running some very rarely picked units in the Rotbringer Sorcerer (two of them even more so) and the Great Unclean One. The fact that this list went 3-0 in Day 1 is nothing short of remarkable. Take a bow, John, take a bow.

This list is clearly playing the objective game above all else, as its 50 Plaguebearers are not much to write home about offensively but can be extremely hard to shift when backed up by a Sloppity Bilepiper to prevent pile-ins and a caster using Fleshy Abundance to juice up their Wound count. It also uses Nurglings and Beasts for a bit of mobility, as well as potential pinning maneuvers. Plague Drones can also pitch in as pinners, while dealing enough damage that they have to be respected.

On the matter of Hero support, the Great Unclean One carries the Witherstave, which makes disease points more effective, and the Infernal Conduit command trait juices up the list’s summoning ability. All in all, a surprising list, but a pleasant surprise indeed.

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Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Michigan GT

October 17, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Michigan GT that took place in the US on the 7th and 8th of October. It involved 90 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Army Subfaction: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Tyrant (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Killer Reputation
– Big Name: Brawlerguts , Fateseeker
1 x Tyrant (150)*
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
1 x Slaughtermaster (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Frostlord on Stonehorn (460)**
– Artefacts: The Seat of Alvagr
– Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder
1 x Firebelly (120)**
– Spells: Billowing Ash

BATTLELINE
6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)**
– Bellower
– Crusher
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
4 x Ironguts (240)**
– Gutlord
– Bellower
– Rune Maw Bearer
6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)**
– Crusher
– Bellower
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)

OTHER
1 x Gorgers (80)*
20 x Gnoblars (120)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Well. Well well well. What have we got here? It looks like a well balance, non-skewy Meatfist list without Kragnos! And it’s only gone and gone 5-0!

So let’s try and break down how. The first obvious synergy is the two Brawlerguts Tyrants in Meatfists – what this means in practice is they’re doing charge mortals equal to on 3+s on dice equal to their charge roll. So that’s already a spicy little duo of pot-bellied rockets. The Firebelly is enjoying a bit of a resurgence in this season, mainly because of his Billowing Ash spell, which is a 12″ aura of -1 to hit, which is obviously fantastic and can now more reliably forced through with primals. You’ve also got the typical FloSH because it just represents too much utility and threat projection to leave home without.

Making up the ‘meat’ of the list are 2 units of gluttons and some Ironguts, who all received points drops recently making them much more viable. And with the +1 to charge mortal rolls from their sub-faction, are all looking for 4+ (while they’re over 2 models). The foot lads can be surprisingly slappy, and the Ironguts mean a once per game double-fight activation where necessary to tip the scales.

Rounding out the list and fitting nicely into a 2-drop, are two little bits of fun tech. Gnoblars are perennially fantastic screens who can punish people for getting close with yet more sneaky mortals, and the lone Gorger is an off-board piece for helping score Surround/Destroy or threatening a back objective. They also have the additional tech for turning off battleshock immunity and rally if they’re engaged, which in concert with another charge can potentially be devastating.

All told, the list clearly just works. It’s big, it’s slightly clever, and it’s frankly very honest. Love to see it going 5-0.

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Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Skitterleap, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Death Frenzy
1 x Lord Skreech Verminking (370)**
1 x Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
1 x Verminlord Warbringer (380)**
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts: Warpstone Charm
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Levitate
1 x Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Heal

BATTLELINE
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Clawleader
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Rusty Blade
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Clawleader
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Rusty Blade
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (90)
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (90)

BEHEMOTH
1 x Hell Pit Abomination (180)

OTHER
1 x Warp-Grinder (60)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Keegan Graves: Essentially the list is built around superior combat tricks, counter charging, and threat saturation. I have 5 units that do good damage in melee, and 3 that do ranged mortal wounds from spells and prayers. Then the list is designed around enabling those damage sources.

Three clawsteps ahead is the strongest ability in the skaven battletome, by far. It gives the list so much consistency in movement, and so much flexibility in the combat phase.
The extra pile ins, combined with 3” melee on the verminlords, fight on death, and the consistent charges, allows me to pick good activations to get the best value out of my melee troops, as well as extending my melee threat ranges significantly. This also combos well with the warp grinder, who usually deep-strikes a unit of censers to the battlefield, ready to fish for a 9” charge. With 3 clawsteps I essentially get 3 tries for the 9”, 1 with a prior unit, and the censers themselves with a reroll.

The plague priests and wizards give my army essentially a 13” kill box. Skreechs warscroll spell and the great plagues especially can gun down something with an average of 15 mortal wounds when I focus the two. It helps with dissuading people from charging my lines, as well as clearing space for my units to charge.

The list, simply put, just pumps out damage, everything in the army hits like a ton of bricks, from the verminlords to the hellpit to the censer bearers. The list can snowball very fast and is designed to secure games in the first 2-3 turns, to make up for skaven struggling on the tactic side.

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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Drowned Men
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Overpowering Stench
– Artefact: The Shield of Growths
The Glottkin (580)*
– Lore of Malignance: Blades of Putrefaction

Units
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– 1x Dolorous Tocsin
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– 1x Dolorous Tocsin
20 x Plaguebearers (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Rotmire Creed (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
1 x Pusgoyle Blightlords – Single (120)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1950 / 2000

Roland Rivera: Another week, another Glottkin list with a podium result – seems like that points cut is making quite the impact. The metagame shifting to be more melee-centric doesn’t hurt, either. This list is an interesting spin on using the Glottkin, however, as Drowned Men is usually not the subfaction chosen for that sort of list, as going heavy on Pusgoyle Blightlords typically burns through your points allotment in a hurry. However, with a bit of compromising on his Fly count, Raymond has made it work.

This list has paired The Glottkin with some interesting dance partners, as it features both a reinforced unit of Plaguebearers (useful for pinning opponents in place with big blobs of bodies) and Rotmire Creed (useful for peppering the opponent with shooting). It also features a Lord of Afflictions with Overpowering Stench as a way to shut off commands.

In summary, this list seems to be the result of mashing the two best-performing styles of Nurgle together to see what happens, but the end result seems to be strong enough to perform well.

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Allegiance: Nighthaunt
– Procession: Scarlet Doom
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Krulghast Cruciator (150)
– General
– Command Trait: Terrifying Entity
Guardian of Souls (150)*
– Artefact: Midnight Tome
– Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist
Guardian of Souls (150)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief (270)**
– Lore of the Underworlds: Spirit Drain

Units
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)
Black Coach (270)

Endless Spells & Innvocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Craig Ellis: In terms of support there are 2 GoS with their excellent +1 to wound aura, healing spell & one with Merciless Blizzard (extra primals needed from the acolytes battalion) & Shademist (-1 to be wounded on a unit) on the other making a unit extra hard to kill. This durability is helped with the Krulghast -1 to damage in melee aura. The Generals command trait extends the Aura of Dread trait to 6” away, meaning he’s extending the range of denying Inspiring Prescence, helping with battle tactics and also adding a bit more damage (Lady O’s lifting the veil ability adds +1MW if the enemy is terrified!) Lady O herself provides that once-per-battle bringing back models to every unit in the army to keep stuff around a bit longer, and a 5+ Command Ability deny from 12” away to help deny crucial Redeploys or AoD’s. Her Lifting the Veil is great for sniping foot heroes (don’t roll a 1!). The spirit drain spell she’s been given adds to the anti-horde theme. All of this helps charge up the Black Coach, as the dice ticks up every time a model dies within 12”, meaning he’s going to be getting multiple attempts in the game to unleash the 3d3 MW rocket from the Coach, with its Evocation of Death ability. The Suffocating Gravetide is the cherry on top for those hordes, providing a serious threat to large model count units, as well as being a giant base for controlling enemy movement.
The main weakness is staying in power. If he gets drawn into any attritional lengthy combats, he’s going to lose. Anything getting a successful alpha into this is going to put some serious hurt in, too. Careful deployment is required as there aren’t too many screens unless you count the banshees. It’s will require careful positioning to strike at the right time without being left open to the double turn.

It’s aggressive, has high output, scores well, and doesn’t care about the Nighthaunts main weakness, being its susceptibility to the hit back. Very nice.

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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

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/91qjJsF8WF

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Battle for Exiles

October 16, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Battle for Exiles that took place in Australia on the 7th of October. It involved 19 players vying to be crowned champion in a 4-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Blessed Sons
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310)
– General
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
1 x The Glottkin (580)*
– Spells: Rancid Visitations

BATTLELINE
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
20 x Rotmire Creed (150)*
5 x Putrid Blightkings (230)*

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Roland Rivera: The Glottkin claims another set of victims! The mobility and board control that Blightkrieg provides adds another dimension to many Nurgle lists, and this is no exception. This list features the classic dance partner for the big fella in Orghotts Daemonspew, who packs a punch and is also tough as nails.

However, this list has no shortage of capable units to Blightkrieg with, as Bloab Rotspawned and the 5-man unit of Putrid Blightkings are also decent options. Heck, the 20-man unit of Rotmire Creed will do in a pinch, though they do their best work sitting on an objective and firing away.

Speaking of objectives, the 10-man units of Plaguebearers make for quality objective sitters, as they are cheap units that count for a significant number of models and are not easy to clear, especially later in the game when they can be potentially complemented by a summoned-in Sloppity Bilepiper. All in all, this list leverages the power of the Glottkin well, and as such is a contender.

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

Leaders
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Command Trait: Mighty Waaagh! Leader
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust

Battleline
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Units
6 x Brute Ragerz (200)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Brute Ragerz (200)*
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1940 / 2000

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Katakros (500)*
1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Dark Acolyte
– Artefacts: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Drain Vitality

BATTLELINE
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
6 x Immortis Guard (220)*
6 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)*
10 x Mortek Guard (130)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Soulcleaver Greatblade
– Nadirite Blade

BEHEMOTH
1 x Gothizzar Harvester (160)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Gnarlroot
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired
– Seasons of War: The Burgeoning

LEADERS
The Lady of Vines (250)*
– Spells: Verdant Blessing, Verdurous Harmony
Spirit of Durthu (350)**
– Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius
Arch-Revenant (120)**
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
Branchwych (110)**
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing

BATTLELINE
Dryads (100)*
– Branch Nymph
Dryads (100)*
– Branch Nymph
Tree-Revenants (110)*
– Scion
– Glade Banner Bearer
– Waypipes
– Protector Glaive

OTHER
Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)*
– Huntmaster
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
1 x Prismatic Palisade (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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All the Lists for this Weekend’s Woehammer GT

October 11, 2023 Peter Holland Leave a comment

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Top Three AoS Lists for the King Cheese GT

October 7, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the King Cheese GT that took place in the US on the 23rd and 24th of September. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. Spoiler, Skaven didn’t win.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Be’lakor (340)
The Glottkin (580)*
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
Horticulous Slimux (200)**
– General

BATTLELINE
Plaguebearers (360)*
– Plagueridden
– 3 x Icon Bearer
– 3 x Piper
Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**

OTHER
Nurglings (100)*

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Roland Rivera: It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Glottkin Nurgle list take top spot at a tournament. The units in this list are fresh off the back of receiving some points cuts, which have allowed it to pack in more bodies to great effect.

We’ll start with the 30-man blob of Plaguebearers, which are likely the Glottkin’s most common Blightkrieg partner. Because this list is in Befouling Host with a Daemon General and Horticulous Slimux, it likely racks up the contagion points needed to summon a Sloppity Bilepiper quickly, and that can combine with 30 PBs to form a wall that can anchor enemies in place and let you grind them to dust, or simply outscore them. It also has Horticulous Slimux and a cadre of Beasts of Nurgle to engage on multiple fronts and spread lots of mortal wounds and disease points around. The Glottkin themselves are a versatile presence, capable of providing damage, durability, a mobility boost, or spellcasting support as appropriate.

The controlling bent to this list is also bolstered by the presence of Be’lakor, which can put your opponent’s best unit on ice for an entire turn cycle, and some Nurglings provide a deepstriking annoyance that can help your contagion point generation. This list will likely be playing some long rounds, but there’s just something deeply satisfying about taking your opponent’s options away and watching them flail helplessly as your victory point lead grows to an insurmountable extent.

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Cabalists
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Spite-tongue Curse
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Lord (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Reaperblade and Daemonbound Steel
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore (240)**
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Flaming Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)**
– Wings
– Daemonic Axe
– Spells: Binding Damnation
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown

BATTLELINE
10 x Chaos Knights (220)**
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Lance
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
20 x Chaos Warriors (360)**
– Aspiring Champion
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Ensorcelled Halberd
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
9 x The Unmade (80)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
10 x Chaos Chosen (460)**
– Exalted Champion
– Icon Bearer
– Skull Drummer
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Roland Rivera: In 2nd place, we have Christopher Johnson’s somewhat unusual Cabalists list. It eschews some of the classic staples of the subfaction (such as Varanguard), runs more Heroes than what we’re used to seeing in Slaves to Darkness lists, and forsakes mark versatility to feature Nurgle on all of its reinforced units. The combination of Nurgle Warriors and Nurgle Knights make for a very durable center, and while Nurgle Chosen are slow, they can still be quite potent offensively.

This list features some unusual Hero choices in the Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore and the much-maligned Daemon Prince. A Nurgle Prince with Wings has its uses, though, as he is a fast-moving, durable utility piece that can turn off Wards and make enemy units strike last. The Sorcerer Lord on Manticore also features a potent horde-thinning spell, which can combine with this list’s sheer bulk on objectives to give you the edge in scoring.

The list is rounded out by the usual suspects in a Chaos Lord as a durable General that can cast Blizzard, the mandatory Sorcerer for his potent combat buffs, and some Cultists to pressure objectives. All in all, it’s refreshing to see some nontraditional lists like this doing well, as it indicates that the recent Battlescroll changes have both improved Slaves to Darkness’ overall positioning as well as its internal balance.

Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Subfaction: Null Myriad
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Arkhan the Black (380)
Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Gothizzar Cartouche
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Mortisan Soulreaper (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Katakros (500)**

BATTLELINE
Immortis Guard (220)**
Immortis Guard (220)**
Kavalos Deathriders (190)**
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade

BEHEMOTH
Gothizzar Harvester (160)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Bone-tithe Shrieker (60)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Walter Brock: Hello. We will be looking at my list that went 4-1. With the balance changes to OBR, some things had to change with the points increases and change to Immortis/Stalker healing.

Starting off, we have Null Myriad. It continues to be as powerful as before, blocking powerful spells and letting Bonereapers continue their march forwards. It is important to note that Katakros does not benefit from Null Myriad since he has the Mortis Praetorians keyword.

Overshadow is a different choice from the usual spellcasting savant. We will go more into this later, but where spellcasting savant is a “protect the King” kind of play style. Overshadow lets you be a bit more aggressive with your pieces since you won’t need to be protecting the general all the time.

Going into the units. We start off with the Power Duo of Katakros and Arkhan. We have seen this combination many times before and probably still will. They complement each other very well and keep the rest of the list running at maximum efficiency. From Katakros’s Massive +1 to hit and save aura. Free commands one per turn. A body that hits incredibly hard when near enemy heroes. To Arkhan Having three casts and unbinds with +2 for each. It is an incredibly tough model that is very fast. They each cover each other weaknesses and improve each other strengths. But I could talk about these two all day if allowed, so we are going to move on.

The Ossifector here is the General. Taking diversionary tactics. A powerful 12-inch aura of -3 to charge. Diversionary tactics can make things very difficult for an opponent. Turning 3-inch charges into 6-inch charges alone can make units fail charges that were otherwise guaranteed. For the artifact, the Ossifector has the Cartouche. A 9-inch aura of +1 to wound for friendly Bonereaper unit wholly within range. This will make most units in the Army hit and wound on 2s when combined with Katakros’s Aura. Lastly is blizzard. With the balance update making it so units can not bodyguard the mortal wounds from rolling 1s on the blizzard rolls. Spell casting Savant became less appealing. No one wants to cast Blizzard and then watch the Grandstrat just go poof.

The Reaper was mostly chosen because it was the cheapest option, but it proved to be a very affective piece. Firstly, we took blizzard on the little guy. Two blizzards in the list might seem like overkill, but there’s a purpose. If the first model dies to casting blizzard. We have a second to fall back on. It also hits hard. You can easily get it up to 5 attacks, hitting and wounding on 2s with Katakros and the Ossifector and rend 3 with bludgeon.

Two units of three Immortis as opposed to one large unit of six. With the healing update it became harder to revive several Immortis guard. Splitting the units up allows for potentially reviving more Immortis. These are mostly delegated to bodyguard duty and letting the Heros do most of the work, but they can hit hard when called upon.

A single unit of Deathriders. Fast, can screen, and gives access to an easy battle tactic. These are like a Swiss army knife of units. They have an application for any situation.

The Harvester is the odd one out. No Mortek for it to bring back in the list. It has two purposes here. First is it hits REALLY hard. With bludgeon, The Ossifector and Drain Vitality it can get to an effective Rend 5. Add in hitting and wounding on 2s and Exploding 5s to hit (Empower Nadirite Weapons). Theres not much that can survive the onslaught from this thing. Its also a Monster so it can do all those monstrous actions for added utility. The battle tactic it opens becomes possible very possible once you take all the buffs into account. The second reason we take this. Is to heal extra damage left over on units. The healing Abilities from Katakros and Arkhan can only bring back models when the rest of the unit is at full health. The Harvester helps heal the Deathriders and Immortis models back to full health.

The Shrieker. Honestly in my opinion. Almost every OBR list should use this thing if possible. There are a lot of 5+ wards in the game currently. Reducing a 5+ to a 6+ helps a lot at getting the high-quality attacks Bonereapers have get through. Turning off Inspiring presence and rally can change some matchups drastically.

The Gravetide. This has one purpose and one purpose only. Kill hordes. When combined with the Shrieker this endless spell can be devastating. Rolling over Horde units and killing large chunks of them, while the Shrieker stops Inspiring Presence and make even more flee.

Most of This list fits inside a battle regiment except for Arkhan and the two small foot heros.

The foot Heros sit inside of the Acolytes detachment from the Current GHB. Helping to cast important key spells. Or help stop key spells the opponent wants to get off.

All of this ends up with four separate drops.

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Army Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired
– Seasons of War: The Dwindling

LEADER
1 x Warsong Revenant (300)
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Spells: Treesong, Verdant Blessing
1 x Treelord Ancient (330)
– Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing
1 x Spirit of Durthu (350)
– Artefacts: Greenwood Gladius

BATTLELINE
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (220)
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)

BEHEMOTH
1 x Treelord (230)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)

Danny Wadeson: There’s a sense that Sylvaneth are kinda ‘figured out’ at this point – and y’know, is that such a bad thing? In the words of Radiohead, ‘no alarms and no surprises please’. But what we have here is actually a nice balance that you don’t usually see of two big hero trees and a normal Treelord – who are perennially useful for their anti-pile in tech – and a good solid choice of battleline.

Tree-revs were always good for their teleporty shenanigans and their stonks have only gone up this season due to the battle tactic ‘surround and destroy’. The fact it requires you to pick units that are already on the board makes them perfect for it, given they can then zoom off to a board edge. The following turn they’ll also contribute nicely to ‘intimidate the invaders’. Meanwhile, you have good ol’ Durthu and 6 swords tree-pathing around with the help of Spellswarm Hive putting the pressure on. It’s just a solid, compact and elite list that scores well.

It beat out some decent, tanky, and tricksy opponents, which says a lot about the tools of the list. It’s good to see the tree-peeps hanging on in there this season without any appalling jank.

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Top Three AoS Lists for Invasion AOS 2023

October 7, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Invasion AoS 2023 that took place in the Norway on the 23rd and 24th of September. It involved 58 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. Spoiler, Skaven didn’t win.

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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 Katakros (500)*
1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– Artefacts: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Mortisan Soulmason (160)*
– General
– Command Traits: Dark Acolyte
– Spells: Levitate

BATTLELINE
30 x Mortek Guard (390)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– 3 x Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
– 3 x Soulcleaver Greatblade
6 x Immortis Guard (440)*
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade

BEHEMOTH
1 x Gothizzar Harvester (160)*

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Walter Brock: Null Myriad continues its showing of being the sub faction to stand above the others. Ignoring offensive spells on a 2+ covers a weakness in mortal wounds from offensive spells.

Spellcasting savant Remains a tried-and-true Grand Strat for the Ossiarch legions. Being Reliable Grand Strat with the Immortis protection makes it very difficult for the opponents to stop.

Starting off we have the Big Boss himself. Katakros dials everything up to 11. Giving +1 to save and wound in a massive Aura of 24 inches. Having the chance of bleeding opponents of their Command points and giving a unit -1 to hit all help turn the tide of battle and swing the math in the OBR players favor. On top of all this, Katakros himself when within 3 inches of a hero hits incredibly hard.

The Boneshaper is another unit often seen in Bonereaper lists. Artisans key giving a chance for the Boneshaper to use its healing ability on a 3+. Hoarfrost helps make each unit more consistent. Mortek Guard buffed by hoarfrost become a serious threat.

The soulmason is the general in this list. Because the chair counts as a mount means that the Soulmason can be targeted by ranged attack and the Immortis help protect the Mason from threats. Dark Acolyte Makes the first Ossiarch lore spell cast by the Soulmason unable to be stopped. With the Soulmason knowing every spell on the Ossiarch lore it can reliably get off what critical tool it needs for any situation needed.

A massive unit of 30 Mortek Guard. With the points drop Mortek Guard have become a very efficient unit for their points. Having access to several defensive options from command abilities and receiving the buffs from Katakros can make Mortek very Difficult to remove. With the healing from Katakros and the Boneshaper could potentially return 9 models in each Bonereaper hero phase. Add in the Harvester healing and the Mortek Guard might never go away.

Deathriders are seen everywhere. These have multiple applications. Acting as a screen. Scoring battle tactics. Deathriders act as a Swiss army knife of units. Having an application for almost any situation.

A unit of 6 Immortis guard. Another staple seen in many Bonereaper lists. With the change to healing Immortis/Stalkers, they cannot act as the anvils they were before. Gone are the days of 4 Immortis dying and then watching all 4 come back. Their offensive output remains. Immortis are still great at protecting the General.
Lastly is the harvester. With the points drops the harvester has opened as an option recently. Potentially being able to bring back Mortek Guard. Hitting decently hard and opening a battle tactic. The harvester is a cheap option that does a lot of small things that adds up.

All this fits Inside a battle Regiment as a one drop. All together this list has a lot of options and small things that add up to a mountain of potential. Well done to Ben.

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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
The Glottkin (580)**
– Lore of Malignance: Gift of Disease
Horticulous Slimux (200)*
Poxbringer Herald of Nurgle (130)**
– General
– Command Trait: Nurgling Infestation
– Artefact: The Witherstave
– Lore of Virulence: Fleshy Abundance

Battleline
20 x Plaguebearers (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Plaguebearers (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Nurglings (100)*
1 x Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
1 x Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
1 x Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
1 x Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
1 x Beasts of Nurgle (100)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000

Geir Vedeld: The list has three main focus areas:

1) Summoning: With 3 Gnarlwoods (one extra from sub-faction, one from Slimux) together with the Nurglings deep striking in opponent territory, I have a steady flow of Contagion Points coming my way. I summoned more than 400 points worth of units every game.

2) Denial: Taking up board space, being difficult to kill is main. At some point, the opponent runs out of battle tactics as well, and during the tournament I don’t think I had a game where my opponents managed 5 Battle Tactics

3) Most importantly, the list revolves around Glottkin and his Blightkrieg ability. This is also supported by summoning Sloppity Bilepipers (yes, plural). The only game I was really close to losing was the one where I only summoned one. My first two summons were always Bilepipers, so I could fan out and deny pile-in in a huge bubble.

Countercharge is very strong in this GHB. A lot of battle tactics revolve around making charges. The Glottkin’s ability triggers in the end of the movement phase, making his ability very strong! You have the same dynamic in other factions as well, but combined with no pile-in, it is stronger than the mere countercharge.

The reason for units of Plaguebearers is that they can form a line outside of reach for the opposing unit. Sloppity only stops pile-in for models within 3”, so tagging a unit on a corner with a Beast of Nurgle is not sufficient. Tagging a unit on the corner with a Plaguebearer, leaving the rest of the unit engaged but out of reach on the other hand is much more efficient.

Then the opponent is left with either retreating or standing still. And then you countercharge on the retreating unit afterwards…

Slimux provides rerollable charges for BoN. Meaning that even though you might lose your beast, you will actually stop the movement forward for your opponent, and also stop a devastating high rolled charge killing more than your list can handle.

The list does a fair amount of damage over time, but it is neither mobile nor explosive. So a grind is won over 5 turns, not 2. You need to position yourself correctly at an early stage, because you will not move much further. Therefore the low drop to go first. You both get a Sloppity T1 and a good position.

It is not an S-tier list. There are several ways of playing around the list, and if you know them you should be able to bypass. 3d6 charges from Varanguard, denying summoning T1, retreat and charge from OBR, a large unit of e.g. Blood Warriors locking the army down, etc. Heavy shooting or magic taking out The Glottkin is also a very effective way. He is key to the list.

The list is demanding to play, being purely reactive you need to know your opponent’s armies. But it is also demanding to play against, and you are severely punished for small mistakes on both sides.

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Be’lakor (340)**
– Spells: Daemonic Speed
1 x Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (180)**
– Artefacts: Helm of the Oppressor
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
6 x Varanguard (280)**
– General
– 6 x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne

BATTLELINE
3 x Varanguard (280)**
– 3 x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
5 x Chaos Knights (220)**
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Lance
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Rage
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
9 x The Unmade (80)**

OTHER
6 x Furies (80)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Danny Elvestad: So! When building this list and any list really, I look for efficiency. In this case I wanted to maximize my value from Knights of the empty throne. That means as much mounted as possible. The recent point changes let me hit some other breakpoints in units I could bring within the confines of belakor, varanguards and decent magic control. That combination has a huge damage output, stable unbinds, and a great defensive option from belakor. After that I look into making battletactics as easy as possible. I landed on a few key units that smooth up the battle tactic game quite substantially.

Varanguard general – If I meet heavy shooting, I present them as a forward screen so I can preserve the rest of my army and rally these guys every turn.

Unmade – Cheap screen with an amazing ability to stop redeploy. Gives me better options for 4 battletactics and some flex for overshadow grand strat. (Charge 3 units, Lead into the maelstrom, Surround and destroy and the match to ruin)

Furies – Great cheap unit with the option to retreat instead of fighting in combat. Flying and move 12 makes this huge. Gives me better options for early surround and destroy. Cool trick with bait and trap battle tactic where you start with only 1 unit in combat. Retreat the 1 unit, charge furies, activate them first, and retreat in combat. Along with 2 more charges from other units thats 1 more battle tactic done. They can also cover a huge distance with this trick to steal backward objectives and such.

Chaos Lord on Karkadrak – My favorite addition. He is just a good bang for buck now. Run and charge from kotet, extra attacks from Khorne, with a cool trick of getting 2d3 impact hits and strike first when he charges. He is tanky, does enough damage, flexible for battletactics and he actually makes rolling on the eye of the gods table relevant. Stacking rend on him can be quite fun. Running up and stealing an objective or killing a backline hero makes the Lust for Power battle tactic very easy. Also he is a fast piece to carry 1 of 2 artifacts. Either deny models with 1 or 2 wounds the ability to contest objectives within 6″ of him, or stop inspiring presence within 6″ of him. I chose the last one but I regretted it for the tournament. Both are great.

I usually try to max buff 3 varanguards and ship them into the enemy early to remove screens. Then I push up wait for openings to get the rest into the good stuff. While mentally marking out what units I need to kill to secure my grand strat. Save belakor for t2 or t3 usually after killing what ever got sent in to kill my 3 varanguards.

I put a lot of effort in maintaining buff ranges, unbind ranges, and defensive formations with terrain, behind my initial charge with a throw-away unit. (sorry 3 varanguards) And positioning my smaller units so they are ready to do battletactics into the next turns.

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)**
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
Gobsprakk (240)***
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat

BATTLELINE
Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield
Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha
Orruk Ardboys (80)***

OTHER
Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka

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

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Peter Holland: I normally let the professionals comment on lists, but there was none of them available so you’re stuck with me!

Gobsprakk, a favourite of mine, continues to show his face in both Kruleboyz and Big Waaagh lists on the tournament scene. And for very good reason! The ability to unbind spells on 2D6 and then add a further Primal Dice to increase that unbind score, means that Gobbsprakk absolutely bullies enemy casters with his ‘Mork Sez No!‘ ability. To make it even worse, this list has the potential to shove Gobsprakk into unbind range from the first turn thanks to ‘Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork‘ on the Shaman. It means that easy battle ‘Magical Dominance‘ tactic on turn 1 ifKnut decides to go first, isn’t quite so easy. Otherwise, you’re looking at the army staying back (possibly) while building up Waaagh points before slamming into the hapless opposition.

Then you have the solid Ironjawz core of the army, with Brutes and Gore-Gruntas, a couple of Warchanters to buff them and a Maw-Krusha with Destroyer, we all know what they do.

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