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Top Three AoS Lists for the BOISE CUP AOS 2026!

This is the top three AoS lists for the Boise Cup AOS 2026
that took place in the US between the 25th and 26th of July 2026. It saw 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Hedonites of Slaanesh
Depraved Carnival
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of Extravagance
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Depravity
Battle Tactics Cards: Flanking Firestorm and Siege of Ashes


General’s Regiment
Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh (240)

• General
Blissbarb Seekers (330)

• Reinforced
• Obsession with Control
Lord of Hysteria (120)

-Incensed
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)

• Reinforced
Slickblade Seekers (170)


Regiment 1
Thricefold Discord (180)

• Bashful Visage
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)

• Reinforced
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)

• Reinforced
The Masque (120)


Regiment 2
Shardspeaker of Slaanesh (120)


Faction Terrain
Fane of Slaanesh

Jarod Brown (Rage Babies YouTube): If you play Magic, you’ll know Slaanesh basically feels like that blue player everyone hates. Full-on control. This list leans hard into the Depraved Carnival movement shenanigans, dancing in and out of combat (with some restrictions), dictating engagements, and generally making life miserable for your opponent.

Sigvald is the centerpiece of the army, leading from the front while babysitting the Painbringers. Who on average always gets that first bestowment of Paragon. His job is making sure the scary enemy units get baited out of key weapon abilities like Crit Mortals as the Painbringers lock them down and radiate their Paragon -1 to hit bubble.

The Blissbarbs with Obsession of Control are absolute workhorses. They provide solid ranged harassment all game, but if they end up on an objective, they become a surprisingly stubborn brick with a mountain of wounds and a 5+ ward.

The Lord of Hysteria with Incensed is here to mess with enemy shooting by shrinking threat ranges and serving as another solid frontline piece. Handing out +1 Attack for a turn.

And speaking of Painbringers… three reinforced bricks of them feels downright painful. They’re easily one of the best anvils in the game. (OPTA) Reflecting 1’s back as mortals is huge, and their passive 5+ ward when they don’t charge is incredible. Combine that with a 3+ save and Sigvald stripping away enemy crit effects, and these units become absurdly hard to move.

The 5-man Slickblade unit handles flank duties, objective play, and generally wins most side-table scraps. They’re a great little light hammer that keeps opponents honest.

The Thricefold Discord with Bashful Visage hangs around midfield with Siggy and the Painbringers, making sure spells land, enemy ranges are reduced, rallys stay reliable, and providing a surprisingly respectable combat profile if someone decides to test them.

Then we’ve got the Masque of Slaanesh. She is fast. Like, “why is she over there already?” fast. Between movement phases she can cover ridiculous distances. I got a ton of value out of her tying up artillery and shooting units, dancing around Places of Power, hopping into obscuring terrain, and generally making weaker backline units regret existing.

Last up is the Shardspeaker. Honestly, I never cast her warscroll spell all event, but she was fantastic as a long-range wizard camping Places of Power and pumping out manifestations. That +2 to cast makes her incredibly reliable when you need magical support.

Overall, Flanking Firestorm and Siege of Ashes felt smooth, achievable, and rewarding throughout the event. This list definitely isn’t for the faint of heart. Despite what some people say, it absolutely requires good positioning, careful buff management, and smart trading decisions to get the most out of it.

Boise Cup was an awesome event with some fantastic competition. Hopefully I’ll see some of you there next year!

Slaves to Darkness
Godswrath Warband
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of the Damned
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Malevolence
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Siege of Ashes


General’s Regiment
Be’lakor, the Dark Master (450)

• General
Chaos Chosen (500)

• Reinforced
• The Dread Banner
Darkoath Fellriders (130)

• 1x Marauder Javelin


Regiment 1
Daemon Prince (230)

• Deathmonger
• Darkflame Pendant
• 1x Trophy Rack
• 1x Pledged to Nurgle
Chaos Chosen (510)

• Reinforced
• Brand of Apoplexy – (10) Points
Chaos Lord (100)
Darkoath Marauders (80)


Faction Terrain
Nexus Chaotica

Roland Rivera: The 2026-2027 General’s Handbook has been a big revival for highly elite melee armies, and this list is a great example of it. We have 20 – count ’em, 20 – Chosen to deal eye-watering amounts of damage, and Be’lakor to help ensure they get to deliver it via defensive debuffs and the ability to strike first on your opponent’s turn. The Chaos Lord also contributes by making a Be’lakor and Chosen castle even more threatening to attack head-on. This style of list struggled in the recent past due to being highly elite and lacking in unit count, but the current points combined with the objective layouts make this sort of power fantasy a reality.

Of course, it’s not just the points and the objectives – the seasonal content plays a big role in this list’s success as well. A Nurgle Daemon Prince with the Darkflame Pendant is very difficult for many armies to kill, and the Banner of Apoplexy makes a unit of Chosen deal truly absurd damage when you are at maximum Fury. An unusual thing to note is that Oliver opted for the in-faction manifestation lore, which is rarely used. This likely means he was not casting very many manifestations in his games, as the free generic lores are considered to be better.

The roster is rounded out by some Darkoath: Fellriders bring a bit of shooting chip damage to help you score the first step of the Blazing Onslaught tactic card, as well as screen for your power melee hitters, and Marauders are cheap bodies that can screen and/or stand on objectives as needed. Overall, this list has done a good job of balancing muscle with utility, and the strong result valideates the approach.

Lumineth Realm-lords
Aelementor Guardians (10 Points)
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of the Awakened Realms
Manifestation Lore – Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
Battle Tactic Cards: Burning for Vengeance, Blazing Onslaught


General’s Regiment
Sevireth, Lord of the Seventh Wind (350)

• General
Hurakan Windchargers (180)

• Perfect Footwork – (10) Points
The Light of Eltharion (300)
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)

• Reinforced

Regiment 1
Scinari Enlightener (180)

• Silver Wand
Vanari Auralan Wardens (240)

• Reinforced
Vanari Auralan Wardens (240)

• Reinforced
Ydrilan Riverblades (150)


Faction Terrain
Shrine Luminor

Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for the Mighty Founding – July 2026

This is the top three AoS lists for the Mighty Founding – July 2026 that took place in the UK between the 25th and 26th of July 2026. It saw 27 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Maggotkin of Nurgle
Tallyband of Nurgle
Points: 2000/2000 points
Drops: 3 drops
Battle Tactics: Siege of Ashes / Blazing Onslaught
Spell Lore: Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore: Benedictions of Sickness
Faction Terrain: Feculent Gnarlmaw


General’s Regiment
Rotigus (420)

• General
10x SoA Putrid Blightkings (280)

• Reinforced
10x Plaguebearers (130)
3x Sloven Knights (180)
3x Sloven Knights (180)


Regiment 1
Harbinger of Decay (140)

• Gift of Febrile Frenzy
• The Witherstave


Regiment 2

Shaman Foulhoof (110)
20x Pestigors (280)

• Reinforced
20x Pestigors (280)

• Reinforced

Blades of Khorne
Murderhost
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 4
Wounds: 194
Manifestation Lore – Forbidden Power (20)
Battle Tactic Cards: Burning for Vengeance, Siege of Ashes


General’s Regiment
Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (400)

• General
• Ar’gath, the King of Blades
• Frenzied Taskmaster
Bloodletters (300)

• Reinforced
• Brass Flesh (20)
Bloodletters (300)

• Reinforced
Bloodletters (300)

• Reinforced
Bloodcrushers (130)


Regiment 1
Karanak (110)
Flesh Hounds (100)


Regiment 2
Skulltaker (120)


Faction Terrain
Skull Altar


Regiments of Renown

Brand’s Oathbound (200)
Gunnar Brand
Singri Brand
The Oathsworn Kin

Hedonites of Slaanesh
Depraved Carnival
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Battle Tactics Cards: Burning for Vengeance and Flanking Firestorm


General’s Regiment
Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh (240)

• General
Hellstriders (150)
Slaangor Fiendbloods (290)

• Reinforced
• Obsession with Control
Slaangor Fiendbloods (280)

• Reinforced


Regiment 1
Thricefold Discord (180)

• Bashful Visage
Seekers (130)
The Masque (120)


Regiment 2

Lord of Hysteria (120)

• Incensed
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)

• Reinforced
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)

• Reinforced

Idoneth Deepkin
Isharann Council
Points: 1990/2000 points
Drops: 3 drops
Battle Tactics: Blazing Onslaught / Siege of Ashes
Spell Lore: Lore of the Deeps
Manifestation Lore: Manifestations of the Abyss
Faction Terrain: Gloomtide Shipwreck


General’s Regiment
Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (280)

• General
• Abyssal Dweller
• Armour of the Cythai
Akhelian Leviadon (450)
6x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (340)

• Reinforced
• Ironshell Barnacles (20 pts)
20x Namarti Reavers (220)

• Reinforced
20x Namarti Reavers (220)

• Reinforced


Regiment 1
Isharann Tidecaster (100)
Isharann Soulrender (90)
20x Namarti Thralls (180)

• Reinforced


Regiment 2
Akhelian Thrallmaster (90)

Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for the Fountain City Fight Club

This is the top three AoS lists for the Fountain City Fight Club that took place in the US between the 18th and 19th of July 2026. It saw 29 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Fyreslayers
Scales of Vulcatrix
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 5
Prayer Lore – Vulkyn Gifts
Manifestation Lore – Magmic Invocations
Battle Tactics Cards: Blazing Onslaught and Siege of Ashes

General’s Regiment

Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (320)

• General
Doomseeker (80)
Scourge of Aqshy: Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (330)

• Droth-helm
Scourge of Aqshy: Vulkyn Flameseekers (160)


Regiment 1
Auric Runemaster (160)


Regiment 2

Scourge of Aqshy: Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (340)

• Intense Fyrestream


Regiment 3
Scourge of Aqshy: Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (330)

• Ash-beard


Regiment 4
Auric Runesmiter on Magmadroth (280)


Faction Terrain
Magmic Battleforge

Cities of Sigmar
Stalwart Guardians
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Spells of the Collegiate Arcane
Prayer Lore – Scriptures of Sigmar
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactics Cards: Blazing Onslaught and Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Alchemite Warforger (130)

• General
Freeguild Grenadiers (140)
Freeguild Steelhelms (90)
Freeguild Steelhelms (90)
Ironweld Great Cannon (140)


Regiment 1
Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120)

• The Last Blade of Embergard
Freeguild Cavaliers (300)

• Reinforced
Freeguild Cavaliers (300)

• Reinforced
Fusil-Major on Ogor Warhulk (160)

• Cosmopolitan Leader


Regiment 2

Cannonade Cogfort (530)

• Prototype Arco-Combustor Uninhibitor


Faction Terrain
Dawners Triumph

Seraphon
Sunclaw Starhost
Points: 2000/2000 points
Drops: 3 drops
Battle Tactics: Burning for Vengeance / Siege of Ashes
Spell Lore: Lore of Celestial Manipulation
Manifestation Lore: Morbid Conjuration (20 pts)
Faction Terrain: Realmshaper Engine


General’s Regiment

Slann Starmaster (260)

• General
3x Sunblood Pack (150)

• Bloodrage Pendant
10x Saurus Guard (220)

• Reinforced
10x Saurus Warriors (140)


Regiment 1
Skink Starseer (140)
6x Kroxigor (400)

• Reinforced
– Options: 2x Moonstone Hammer
5x Raptadon Chargers (140)


Regiment 2
SoA Saurus Scar-Veteran on Aggradon (130)

• Beastmaster
6x Aggradon Lancers (400)

• Reinforced

Maggotkin of Nurgle
Tallyband of Nurgle
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 5
Spell Lore – Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore – Lore of Virulence
Manifestation Lore – Morbid Conjuration (20 Points)
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Great Unclean One (380)

• General
• The Witherstave
Sloven Knights (180)


Regiment 1
Lord of Plagues (120)

• Gift of Febrile Frenzy
Rotswords (420)

• Reinforced
• The Weeping Flux (10 points)

Regiment 2
Horticulous Slimux (140)
Beast of Nurgle (100)


Regiment 3
Gutrot Spume (100)
Rotmire Creed (110)


Regiments of Renown

The Exiled One (390)

Skarbrand


Faction Terrain
Feculent Gnarlmaw

Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for the 4th Annual Thunderstrike GT!

This is the top three AoS lists for the 4th Annual Thunderstrike GT! that took place in Canada between the 11th and 12th of 2026. It saw 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Seraphon
Thunderquake Starhost
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 5
Spell Lore – Lore of Primal Jungles
Manifestation Lore – Primal Energy (10 Points)
Battle Tactics Cards: Blazing Onslaught and Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur (230)

• General
• Titanic Slam
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (230)
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (200)
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (200)
Engine of the Gods (150)


Regiment 1
Saurus Scar-Veteran on Carnosaur (200)

• Incandescent Rectrices
• 1 Skystreak Bow


Regiment 2
Skink Oracle on Troglodon (200)

• Beastmaster


Regiment 3
Stegadon Chief (160)

• 1 Skystreak Bow

Regiment 4
Skink Starseer (140)
Hunters of Huanchi with Starstone Bolas (90)


Faction Terrain
Realmshaper Engine

Cities of Sigmar
Stalwart Guardians
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Wounds: 121
Spell Lore – Spells of the Collegiate Arcane
Prayer Lore – Scriptures of Sigmar
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Flanking Firestorm

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General’s Regiment
Dreadlord on Black Dragon (260)

• General
• The Last Blade of Embergard
War Hydra (170)
War Hydra (170)
War Hydra (170)
War Hydra (170)


Regiment 1
Cannonade Cogfort (530)

• Prototype Arco-Combustor Uninhibitor
Freeguild Steelhelms (90)
Freeguild Grenadiers (140)


Regiment 2
Fusil-Major on Ogor Warhulk (160)

• Beloved Leader
Ironweld Great Cannon (140)


Faction Terrain
Dawner’s Triumph

Maggotkin of Nurgle
Tallyband of Nurgle
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore – Lore of Virulence
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactic Cards: Smokescreen
Blazing Onslaught


General’s Regiment
Rotigus (420)

• General
Plaguebearers (260)

• Reinforced
Spoilpox Scrivener, Herald of Nurgle (80)


Regiment 1
Great Unclean One (380)

• Gift of Febrile Frenzy
• The Witherstave
Plague Drones (150)
Plaguebearers (270)

• Reinforced
• The Weeping Flux – (10) Points
Poxbringer, Herald of Nurgle (90)


Regiment 2
Poxbringer, Herald of Nurgle (90)
Plaguebearers (260)

• Reinforced


Faction Terrain
Feculent Gnarlmaw

Raymond Lane (A Skaven Plays): This is a full double cheeked, double fatty control list. 60 plaguebearers with 4 different casters to put -1 to wound on them makes them very hard to chew threw with the additonal -1 to hit for being on an objective. Rotigus giving all the caster a nice +1 to cast and the guo to revive the bearers and drone if ya ever get through them makes this list a nightmare for low damage armies to chew through.

Relying mostly on crit mortals and disease for damage but with Febrile Frenzy and the Poxbringers, they can bring plaguebearers up to 3 attacks a piece, not forgetting the +1 to wound from spoilpox either can make them a decent melee threat.

With the Witherstave and cogs to reduce charge damage and -1 to hit on casters can make it pretty hard to go into the Great Unclean One as well, thats if they can get past the plaguebearers.

Blazing onslaught is a great tactic for Nurgle with Rotigus pinging everything within 18 in the hero phase and disease often cleaning up the end phase damage for us as well. Smokescreens second tactic is a bit hard, but can always throw away a damaged unit or a foot hero when ya really need to score it. All the units in the list are revivable and can bring them back from a tree later on to steal some back points.

Overall a good classic daemon control army, would of loved to see a priest but everything in this list feels necesary for it to function as it is!

8/10, The one and only home for the Spoilpox Scrivener

Ogor Mawtribes
Prophets of the Gulping God
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of Maw-magic
Prayer Lore – Everwinter Prayers
Manifestation Lore – Primal Energy (10 Points)
Battle Tactics Cards: Blazing Onslaught and Siege of Ashes


General’s Regiment
Tyrant (150)

• General
• Touched by the Everwinter
Ironguts (420)

• Reinforced
Ogor Gluttons (440)

• Reinforced

Ogor Gluttons (440)
• Reinforced

Regiment 1
Slaughtermaster (150)
Gorger Mawpack (240)


Regiment 2
Butcher (150)
• Gruesome Trophies

Faction Terrain
Mawpit

Final Tournament Placings

Maggotkin of Nurgle: Tallyband of Nurgle Analysis (100+ Games)

A 55% win rate make the Tallyband of Nurgle look a very strong battle formation. But the WoElo adjusted win rate drops to 47% suggesting a big part of its success is down to the quality of its players rather than the faction itself. An average WoElo of 475.8 is among the highest we’ve seen, with 9 elite players and only 3 rookies, so this is perhaps an army attracting experienced competitors.

The performance breakdown reinforces that. One-third of players are finishing on 4+ wins while only 8% fail to win a game.

Artefacts, Traits and Poxes

Nothing here screams out as a “must take”.

  • The Witherstave is by far the most popular artefact but actually underperforms after WoElo is taken into account (45%).
  • The Carrion Dirge posts an eye-catching 70% win rate, but again, once we take player skill into account we expect an average tournament player would have their success at 47%. But this is appearing on the stronger player lists, rather than the lower ranked WoElo players.
  • Gift of Febrile Frenzy is almost taken universally with 90% of elite players and 82% of developing (400 Elo or less) players taking it.
  • Among the Poxes, The Weeping Flux is the only option to outperform the faction average at 51% adjusted win rate.

Battle Tactics

This is where we can notice some important differences thanks to player skill.

Both Siege of Ashes and Blazing Onslaught have excellent raw win rates at 59%, but both fall to 43% when adjusted, indicating they’re success is down to the elite players choosing them.

At the other end, Legend of the Parch improves up to 50% adjusted win rate despite having a lower raw win rate. This could mean it may be more effective than some players realise.

Common Warscrolls

There appears to be a fairly stable core running through most lists:

  • Feculent Gnarlmaw
  • Plaguebearers
  • Rotigus
  • Rostswords
  • Lord of Plagues

Interestingly though, Plaguebearers and Poxbringer are the only commonly played warscoll that are currently above the faction’s adjusted average. while Putrid Blightkings and Sloven Knights both fall below.

Impactful Warscrolls

At first glance Shaman Foulhoof and Pestigors look incredible at 73% win rate. However both collapse to 37% adjusted win rate as they are primarily taken by elite players.

But the performers after adjustements are made are:

  • Plague Drones at 49%
  • Plaguebearers at 48%
  • Rotigus at 47%

But none of these are vastly above the faction average which possibly reinforces my thoughts that Tallyband’s strength is coming from experience rather than any overpowered warscrolls.

Top Three AoS Lists for Ironweld

This is the top three AoS lists for Ironweld that took place in the US between the 11th and 12th of 2026. It saw 53 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Cities of Sigmar
Zealous Hordes
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Wounds: 152
Spell Lore – Spells of the Collegiate Arcane
Prayer Lore – Scriptures of Sigmar
Manifestation Lore – Krondspine Incarnate
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Tahlia Vedra, Lioness of the Parch (340)

• General
Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120)

• The Last Blade of Embergard
• Beloved Leader
Freeguild Cavaliers (300)

• Reinforced
Freeguild Cavaliers (300)

• Reinforced
Freeguild Fusiliers (240)

• Reinforced


Regiment 1
Alchemite Warforger (130)
Freeguild Grenadiers (140)
Freeguild Steelhelms (90)
Freeguild Steelhelms (90)


Regiment 2
Jorvan Kreel, Heir of the Kraken (120)
Freeguild Gallants (130)


Faction Terrain
Dawner’s Triumph

Fabien Barbusse: Four of the top-performing Cities lists this weekend, two from this event and two from Summer Scourge, shared a very similar foundation. Three of them were built around the same core: Tahlia Vedra, a Cavalier-Marshal, two reinforced units of Cavaliers, an Alchemite Warforger and Steelhelms. Together, these units form an incredibly efficient package that does almost everything the army wants. The Cavaliers are the real stars, combining an excellent statline with *Storm of Steel* to deliver devastating charges, while Steelhelms provide the defensive utility the army otherwise lacks by forcing opponents to fight on your terms. Tahlia, the Marshal and the Warforger all exist to make those Cavaliers even better, layering +1 to hit and wound, additional mortals on the charge and Crit (Mortal) onto an already exceptional unit.

For his remaining points, Dyl opted for reinforced Fusiliers alongside Jorvan Kreel, Grenadiers and Gallants. The Fusiliers provide ranged pressure and a durable screen, while Jorvan’s movement tricks let the infantry be exactly where they’re needed. Combined with several cheap units, the package gives the list excellent flexibility for both primary and battle tactic scoring.

Congratulations to Dyl on another tournament victory.

Slaves to Darkness
Despoilers
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 3
Wounds: 135
Spell Lore – Lore of the Damned
Manifestation Lore – Twilit Sorceries
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)

• General
Chaos Chosen (500)

• Reinforced
• The Dread Banner
Chaos Warriors (Scourge of Aqshy) (400)

• Reinforced


Regiment 1
Daemon Prince (230)

• Trophy Rack
• Pledged to Nurgle
• Rune of Murder
• Deathmonger
Chaos Knights (240)
Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (130)


Regiments of Renown
The Curse-Steel Battery (380)

Faction Terrain
Nexus Chaotica

Roland Rivera: Slaves to Darkness looks poised to make a strong showing this season between the changes in the July Battlescroll and the new additions in Scourge of Aqshy. This list showcases some of those additions in triumphant fashion.

We’ll start with Scourge of Aqshy Chaos Warriors. For a nominal points increase over the standard variety, you get quite a few benefits. A 6+ Ward when you have any amount of Fury combines with the Nurgle pledge to get you a big block of wounds with a 3+ save backed up by a 5+ Ward, which is a formidable nut to crack. On top of that, any additional Fury you gather over the course of the game makes them even better in combat, making them both a worthy running mate to the classic Dread Banner-bearing reinforced Chosen unit, and an excellent choice to shove into the middle of the board to take and hold any central objectives.

Next up is the Daemon Prince. Not only was he the beneficiary of a recent points cut, but the Despoilers Battle Formation was altered into giving him additional utility by enabling him to hand out his pledge at end of turn, thus accelerating the process of getting your units ready for combat. In addition to these changes, Scourge of Aqshy brought him a delightful piece of gear in the Rune of Murder, which combines with the Deathmonger Heroic Trait to make the Prince spit out a truly terrifying amount of offense on a once-per-game basis (12 attacks, with fight twice!). At 10 health, with a 3+ save backed up by a 5+ Ward thanks to the Nurgle pledge, he also boasts an impressive defensive profile. All in all, this Daemon Prince is officially the menace the lore always told us he could be.

Of course, being a potent combat army is only one piece of the puzzle in creating a successful army – being able to reliably score Battle Tactics is crucial. To aid in that endeavor, this list employed the Curse-Steel Battery Regiment of Renown. The shooting damage from the Helsmiths of Hashut artillery pieces make Blazing Onslaught much easier to score, and the pressure from being shot at will force enemy units to face your potent melee infantry blocks. Overall, this list had a strong showing, and I expect it to be an ongoing theme this season.

Neil Addleman: Right out of the gate with a Slaves to Darkness 5-0 in the first week of the new GHB, you love to see it. This list focuses on two powerhouse infantry units with a couple supporting pieces including a regiment of renown.

A Chaos Sorcerer Lord leads a reinforced unit of Chaos Chosen and Scourge of Aqshy Chaos Warriors. Chosen are a tried and true mega-hammer for this army, with their fight twice ability and the ability to gain a 5+ ward from the Sorcerer. While the new seasonal warriors improve with your fury level. First gaining a 6+ ward, then anti-charge, then at seven fury they gain strike first as long as they haven’t charged, making them a great anvil on any center objective. Especially if you mark them Nurgle to turn that 6+ ward into a 5+ one. With objectives being more tightly packed this GHB, marching two powerful bricks down the board is shaping up to be a solid plan.

A Nurgle Marked Daemon Prince leads the second regiment, and he has both the artefact and the heroic trait in this list. With the Nurgle mark he has 10 health on a 3+/5+ so he won’t be dying to random shooting, and can also be protected with Look Out Sir or Obscuring. With the new Despoilers Formation update he can also mark those Warriors Nurgle turn one and allow you to still mark the Chosen or Knights Khorne, helping your pledge economy. But the artefact and heroic trait combo also turn him into a strong secondary threat. The new Rune of Murder once per game allows you to double his attacks (for a mere d3 mortals taken) and Deathmonger lets you once per game fight twice. So you are looking at 12 damage 3 attacks with crit (mortal) two times for a single turn. If you pick your target well he can take an important piece of the table with ease, and he also uses fury dice well with those damage 3 attacks at end of turn.

In his regiment is a Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount paired with 5 Chaos Knights to give the list some speed to hit a flank or a side objective. A tried and true combo that can punch above it’s point cost pretty easily. The speed of these and the Daemon Prince also helps with Burning for Vengeance step one.

To top off the list you have The Curse-Steel Battery Regiment of Renown. This gives you a second cast to the list, as well as two artillery pieces. Not only does this provide ranged pressure to hopefully prevent your opponent from playing too defensively, but it can also shut down commands to stop important redeploys and allow your Chosen to get in and carve their units up. Shooting phase damage also makes Blazing Onslaught step one easier. And they can always high roll and take out a hero monster once in a while.

Overall, this list has multiple hammers on a 3+ save and possible 5+ wards that can brawl in the middle exceptionally well while two cannons fire from the backline to wreck all the opponents plans. And I am sure he enjoyed some thrilling combats with that juiced up Daemon Prince.

Kruleboyz
Kruleboyz Klaw
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 5
Spell Lore – Lore of the Swamp
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Gorkamorka
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance


General’s Regiment
Kragnos, the End of Empires (580)

• General
Man-skewer Boltboyz (200)

• Reinforced


Regiment 1
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (120)

• Swamp Staff


Regiment 2
Swampboss Skumdrekk (150)
Hobgrot Slittaz (140)

• Reinforced
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (130)

• Slippery Skumbag


Regiment 3
Gobsprakk, the Mouth of Mork (240)


Regiments of Renown

Da Hurtlin’ Hogz (430)

Tuskboss on Maw-grunta
Maw-grunta Gougers


Faction Terrain
Skaregob Totem

Connor Irwin: Another strong showing for competitive kruleboyz has some interesting surprises. Let’s break it down.The Klaw formation turns on obscuring out to 12″ for units wholly within 3″ of terrain. Shielding the KB monsters from a lot of shooting hate in some metas. Blazing onslaught and burning for vengeance tactics take advantage of teleporting tricks and monster/wizard smashing tools like kragnos and gobbsprak. I think it’s important to point out what’s missing from this list: gutrippas and monsta-killaz! The faction’s two combat infantry bedrock units for the last…forever? Are taking a turn on the bench and do not seem to have been terribly missed based on the results. Wild!

The generals regiment has kragnos and a reinforced boltboyz unit for a hammer and scalpel combo, while the swampcalla with +1 power from the swamp staff probably sits atop the skaregob totem as long as possible to push out +1 to trick rolls, buffing spells. and maybe his +1 save potion.

Regiment 3 has a newly immerged skumdrekk and 20 hobgrots that (when appropriately buffed) are similar in many ways to gutrippas, but cheaper and with more control and better synergy with their nearby monster-jocky boss. It’s a suddenly popular combo that’s been a matter of discussion all edition and finally getting traction this season. Love to see it. The real dark horse here is the OG Gnashtoof, whose 12″ aura of +1 to hit for KB units (ie kragnos) when contesting uncontrolled objectives at 130 points is well worth the price.

The wizard-hater-in-chief gobsprakk is priced well for his ability to threaten wizards (and especially infantry wizards someone might park on a place of power to farm fury all game), and should be a popular pick this season.

Lastly the ironjawz maw-grunta RoR is out there with kraggy getting into the mix and hopefully handing out fight last on offense and burning rage dice. It’s a strong combo with kraggy’s d6 charge boost aura and opens up the kruleboyz general to pile on damage in multiple engagements both offensively and defensively with dirty trick fight last.

Congrats to Adam for crawling out of the swampy depths of the army WR% rankings with a great performance.

Maggotkin of Nurgle
Tallyband of Nurgle
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 4
Spell Lore – Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore – Benedictions of Sickness
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Siege of Ashes


General’s Regiment
The Glottkin (470)

• General
Pusgoyle Blightlords (380)

• Reinforced
Sloven Knights (180)


Regiment 1
Belga the Cystwitch (130)


Regiment 2
Festus the Leechlord (290)
Plaguebearers (130)


Regiment 3

Lord of Blights (140)

• Overpowering Stench
• The Witherstave
Scourge of Aqshy: Putrid Blightkings (280)

• Reinforced


Faction Terrain
Feculent Gnarlmaw

Final Tournament Placings

Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Stats (July Battlescroll) – 26th July 2026

We’ve updated the method of calculating the Elo ratings into our Age of Sigmar stats, this includes an attempt to reflect both the tournament strength and the faction strength.

All of the results in this article are taken from Best Coast Pairings, , Ecksen, ChampionshipHub, Milarki, Mini Headquarters, Tabletop Herald and Longshanks. They include GT (Two day events) or GT+ (6 or more rounds) only.

For patrons, you’ll be able to download and play with the database as well (which includes all the lists and stats for all the factions).

As always, if you’re struggling to read a chart, you should be able to right click and then either view or download the image.

Tournaments Included (Using December Battlescroll)

EventPlayers1st2nd3rdWC
2026 Vienna Summer Tabletop Major AoS Singles41KBZBoKLRLDoT
4th Annual Thunderstrike GT!32SERCoSMoN
Age of Ropecon GT 202631SYLHoSDoT
Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament – Warhammer Open Tacoma104HoSDoKDoT
Age of the Beast – 2 Day AOS GT16SoBSERSYL
AoS Grimnirs Revenge 2026 GT30SBGLFYRCoS
AoS Summer Scourge Presented by Carolina Reavers33CoSCoSSBGL
Battle of the Bay V21SYLGGSBGL
Boise Cup AOS 2026!22HoSStDLRL
Death by North West GT19DoTCoSFYR
Egide AOS 2000ps Nouveau Manuel14SoBIJZHoH
Feud on the Fens 202656SoBSYLDoT
Fountain City Fight Club29FYRCoSSER
GT WarhaSquigs52DoKBoKNH
Ironweld: Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament53CoSStDKBZ
La Classique d’été28SYLKOSYLSKA
Mannheimer Summer Clash40OBRIJZDoK
Mercia Madness V18KBZSoBHoSMoN
Mighty Founding – July 202626MoNBoKHoS
Oslohammer #1221KBZSKABoK
Palm Springs Classic – Sigmar GT42SERHoSSKA
Realms 1012HoSBoKSERSCE
Siege of York IV22FYROMDoK
Realmgate Warriors: Grotmas in July GT13DoKIJZSER
Southeastern Slaughter, Battles and BBQ11GGStDLRL
Vantastic GT Year 39MoNOMSBGL

SOURCES
Best Coast Pairings
Tabletop Herald
Milarki
Championshub.app
MiniHeadQuarters
Ecksen
Longshanks

GT Win Rates

I’ve added in a colour code to show the rough age of the rules the faction is using.

As always, these are global stats from various sources around the internet.

Factions by Average Elo

I’ve included this one to show the rankings of factions by their average Elo.

Estimated Win Rates if the Player Skill Levels were Equal

What I’m trying to do here is work out what the win rates would be if the skill levels of all the players were the same (Yes, I realise this is nearly impossible to calculateBut I’m playing around here).

How it works is by calculating the average Elo of all the players that have had matches since the July battlescroll dropped. This worked out as 411.1. I then calculated how much difference there was between a factions average Elo shown in our original win rate graph to this overall average. The difference between these two figures was then turned into a percentage difference over/under the 411.1 elo. I then increased or decreased their win rate by this percentage (But this isn’t as simple as deducting or adding the percentage different to the win rate – you have to work out for instance what 4% may be of say 53% and then apply that. For Example – 10% of 40% is 4%)

Win Rates by Release Date

This chart shows the win rates for all the battletomes released within certain periods of time (every 6 months since 4th edition release).

This should show whether Battletomes are generally stronger the later they are released into the edition. As we can see they all fall within the 45-55% win area, though the battletomes released in the last 6 months are a little stronger than the other cohorts.

Battle Formation Win Rates

This chart shows the win rates for Battle Formations that have seen 100 games or more at GT events.

Faction Popularity (Broken Down by Player Elo Rating)

This is perhaps the most interesting chart to me personally. Here you can see the spread of the player skill levels for each faction according to our Elo rating system (updated each week in line with the Age of Sigmar stats).

The dark blue shows the really elite players of 700+ Elo. Interestingly, they don’t seem to give a damn about which faction is performing well in the meta and rely on their own skill (as they should!). Neither to 600-699 rated players. Where we start to see the swell in players possibly chasing the factions with more favourable rules is in players rated less than 600 Elo.

To make it a bit easier to see the effect of higher skilled players, I’ve added the below chart this week which breaks down each factions player base as a percentage.

Elite and Rookie Players by Faction

The blue section shows the percentage of a factions players which have an Elo rating of 500 or greater. While the Orange shows the number of new players to the faction where they have yet to attend a tournament (based on our database history).

The Fabien Chart

Fabien Barbusse is a top player in the AoS scene and a member of the Woehammer Discord who is one of many who points out any mistakes in the charts before we publish them. He stated he felt the most valuable chart would be a version of the one above, which shows the % of 4+ win results in a 5 game event compared to the other results.

% of Players with a Positive GT Result

Ideally you would want 50% of the players having a positive results for a truly balanced game system.

Consecutive Wins

This chart shows firstly the % of players with a negative result from 5 games at GT’s or GT+ in purple for each faction.

Dark blue shows the percentage of players who achieved 5 wins from 5 in the first five rounds of a GT or GT+.

Orange shows the players who achieved four wins from the first four rounds of a GT or GT+ but were unable to achieve the full house and lost their round 5 match.

Green shows the players who achieved three wins from three wins but were unable to win in their fourth round match.

Light blue shows all other players aside from those shown in the first three categories, who were able to achieve a positive result at a GT or GT+ i.e. 3 or more wins.

The above is an aim to show how easy factions are to pilot for players. In this case I’ve narrowed the population down to players with an Elo between 200 and 400. What follows is then the % of those players to win in the first round. This continues, showing what % of players won in round 1 and round 2 in the next column. This continues to show how deep developing players are progressing into tournaments undefeated using that faction.

Bear in mind that although we have no tournament history on record for these players, they may be skilled outside of tournaments before their first recorded instance in the Woehammer database.

Battleplan Win Rates

This one could be useful for TO’s who are looking to run tournaments in the near future. If you’re hoping to curtail a few of the higher powered factions, you could perhaps look to use battleplans where those factions aren’t as dominant.

PlasticCraic mentioned the popularity of Battleplans earlier this week on his discord. So thought I’d include this.

Past Battlescroll Win Rates

Woehammer Database

To download out Age of Sigmar stats database, click on the button below.

For those of you who are counted among our legendary Patreons, you can view the full stats and download the stats database below which now includes warscroll win rates and lists.

You can become a Patreon of Woehammer for as little as £2 a month!

[ppp_patron_only level=1]

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Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Stats (July Battlescroll) – 19th July 2026

We’ve updated the method of calculating the Elo ratings into our Age of Sigmar stats, this includes an attempt to reflect both the tournament strength and the faction strength.

All of the results in this article are taken from Best Coast Pairings, , Ecksen, ChampionshipHub, Milarki, Mini Headquarters, Tabletop Herald and Longshanks. They include GT (Two day events) or GT+ (6 or more rounds) only.

For patrons, you’ll be able to download and play with the database as well (which includes all the lists and stats for all the factions).

As always, if you’re struggling to read a chart, you should be able to right click and then either view or download the image.

Tournaments Included (Using December Battlescroll)

EventPlayers1st2nd3rdWC
2026 Vienna Summer Tabletop Major AoS Singles41KBZBoKLRLDoT
4th Annual Thunderstrike GT!32SERCoSMoN
Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament – Warhammer Open Tacoma104HoSDoKDoT
AoS Grimnirs Revenge 2026 GT30SBGLFYRCoS
AoS Summer Scourge Presented by Carolina Reavers33CoSCoSSBGL
Battle of the Bay V21SYLGGSBGL
Death by North West GT19DoTCoSFYR
Egide AOS 2000ps Nouveau Manuel14SoBIJZHoH
Feud on the Fens 202656SoBSYLDoT
Fountain City Fight Club29FYRCoSSER
Ironweld: Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament53CoSStDKBZ
La Classique d’été28SYLKOSYLSKA
Mannheimer Summer Clash40OBRIJZDoK
Mercia Madness V18KBZSoBHoSMoN
Palm Springs Classic – Sigmar GT42SERHoSSKA
Realms 1012HoSBoKSERSCE
Realmgate Warriors: Grotmas in July GT13DoKIJZSER
Southeastern Slaughter, Battles and BBQ11GGStDLRL
Vantastic GT Year 39MoNOMSBGL

SOURCES
Best Coast Pairings
Tabletop Herald
Milarki
Championshub.app
MiniHeadQuarters
Ecksen
Longshanks

GT Win Rates

I’ve added in a colour code to show the rough age of the rules the faction is using.

As always, these are global stats from various sources around the internet. Er… Kruleboyz?

Factions by Average Elo

I’ve included this one to show the rankings of factions by their average Elo. As mentioned in the last section, Daughters have the highest average Elo of all the factions currently which goes a long way to contributing to that 62% win rate.

Estimated Win Rates if the Player Skill Levels were Equal

What I’m trying to do here is work out what the win rates would be if the skill levels of all the players were the same (Yes, I realise this is nearly impossible to calculateBut I’m playing around here).

How it works is by calculating the average Elo of all the players that have had matches since the July battlescroll dropped. This worked out as 409.1. I then calculated how much difference there was between a factions average Elo shown in our original win rate graph to this overall average. The difference between these two figures was then turned into a percentage difference over/under the 409.1 elo. I then increased or decreased their win rate by this percentage (But this isn’t as simple as deducting or adding the percentage different to the win rate – you have to work out for instance what 4% may be of say 53% and then apply that. For Example – 10% of 40% is 4%)

Win Rates by Release Date

This chart shows the win rates for all the battletomes released within certain periods of time (every 6 months since 4th edition release).

This should show whether Battletomes are generally stronger the later they are released into the edition. As we can see they all fall within the 45-55% win area, though the battletomes released in the last 6 months are a little stronger than the other cohorts.

Battle Formation Win Rates

This chart shows the win rates for Battle Formations that have seen 100 games or more at GT events.

Faction Popularity (Broken Down by Player Elo Rating)

This is perhaps the most interesting chart to me personally. Here you can see the spread of the player skill levels for each faction according to our Elo rating system (updated each week in line with the Age of Sigmar stats).

The dark blue shows the really elite players of 700+ Elo. Interestingly, they don’t seem to give a damn about which faction is performing well in the meta and rely on their own skill (as they should!). Neither to 600-699 rated players. Where we start to see the swell in players possibly chasing the factions with more favourable rules is in players rated less than 600 Elo.

To make it a bit easier to see the effect of higher skilled players, I’ve added the below chart this week which breaks down each factions player base as a percentage.

Elite and Rookie Players by Faction

The blue section shows the percentage of a factions players which have an Elo rating of 500 or greater. While the Orange shows the number of new players to the faction where they have yet to attend a tournament (based on our database history).

The Fabien Chart

Fabien Barbusse is a top player in the AoS scene and a member of the Woehammer Discord who is one of many who points out any mistakes in the charts before we publish them. He stated he felt the most valuable chart would be a version of the one above, which shows the % of 4+ win results in a 5 game event compared to the other results.

% of Players with a Positive GT Result

Ideally you would want 50% of the players having a positive results for a truly balanced game system.

Consecutive Wins

This chart shows firstly the % of players with a negative result from 5 games at GT’s or GT+ in purple for each faction.

Dark blue shows the percentage of players who achieved 5 wins from 5 in the first five rounds of a GT or GT+.

Orange shows the players who achieved four wins from the first four rounds of a GT or GT+ but were unable to achieve the full house and lost their round 5 match.

Green shows the players who achieved three wins from three wins but were unable to win in their fourth round match.

Light blue shows all other players aside from those shown in the first three categories, who were able to achieve a positive result at a GT or GT+ i.e. 3 or more wins.

The above is an aim to show how easy factions are to pilot for players. In this case I’ve narrowed the population down to players with an Elo between 200 and 400. What follows is then the % of those players to win in the first round. This continues, showing what % of players won in round 1 and round 2 in the next column. This continues to show how deep developing players are progressing into tournaments undefeated using that faction.

Bear in mind that although we have no tournament history on record for these players, they may be skilled outside of tournaments before their first recorded instance in the Woehammer database.

Battleplan Win Rates

This one could be useful for TO’s who are looking to run tournaments in the near future. If you’re hoping to curtail a few of the higher powered factions, you could perhaps look to use battleplans where those factions aren’t as dominant.

PlasticCraic mentioned the popularity of Battleplans earlier this week on his discord. So thought I’d include this.

Past Battlescroll Win Rates

Woehammer Database

To download out Age of Sigmar stats database, click on the button below.

For those of you who are counted among our legendary Patreons, you can view the full stats and download the stats database below which now includes warscroll win rates and lists.

You can become a Patreon of Woehammer for as little as £2 a month!

[ppp_patron_only level=1]

[/ppp_patron_only]

Top Three AoS Lists for Mercia Madness V

This is the top three AoS lists for Mercia Madness V that took place in the UK between the 11th and 12th of July 2026. It saw 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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

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

The Top Three AoS Lists

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Grand Alliance Chaos | Hedonites of Slaanesh | Depraved Carnival
General’s Handbook 2026-27
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of Extravagance
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Depravity

Battle Tactics Cards: Burning for Vengeance and Siege of Ashes

General’s Regiment

Glutos Orscollion, Lord of Gluttony (460)
– General
Blissbarb Archers (280)
– Reinforced
Lord of Hubris (110)
Myrmidesh Painbringers (240)
– Reinforced
Symbaresh Twinsouls (240)
– Reinforced
– Obsession with Control

Regiment 1
Lord of Hysteria
(140)
– Dilettante
– Crown of the Ur-Slaanesh
Scourge of Aqshy: Blissbarb Seekers (150)
Slickblade Seekers (340)
– Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Fane of Slaanesh

Maggotkin of Nurgle
Tallyband of Nurgle
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore – Bendictions of Sickness
Manifestation Lore – Primal Energy (10 Points)

Battle Tactic Cards: legend of the patch,

General’s Regiment
Rotigus
(420)
• General
Plaguebearers (260)
• Reinforced

Regiment 1
Great Unclean One
(380)
• Gift of Febrile Frenzy
• Rustfang
Plaguebearers (260)
• Reinforced

Regiment 2
Belga the Cystwitch (
130)
Lord of Plagues (120)
Rotswords (420)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Feculent Gnarlmaw

Final Tournament Placings

You can view the full listings on Milarki

Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Stats (July Battlescroll) – 12th July 2026

We’ve updated the method of calculating the Elo ratings into our Age of Sigmar stats, this includes an attempt to reflect both the tournament strength and the faction strength.

All of the results in this article are taken from Best Coast Pairings, , Ecksen, ChampionshipHub, Milarki, Mini Headquarters, Tabletop Herald and Longshanks. They include GT (Two day events) or GT+ (6 or more rounds) only.

For patrons, you’ll be able to download and play with the database as well (which includes all the lists and stats for all the factions).

As always, if you’re struggling to read a chart, you should be able to right click and then either view or download the image.

Tournaments Included (Using December Battlescroll)

EventPlayers1st2nd3rdWC
2026 Vienna Summer Tabletop Major AoS Singles41KBZBoKLRLDoT
4th Annual Thunderstrike GT!32SERCoSMoN
Death by North West GT19DoTCoSFYR
Ironweld: Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament53CoSStDKBZ
La Classique d’été28SYLKOSYLSKA
Mannheimer Summer Clash40OBRIJZDoK
Mercia Madness V18KBZSoBHoSMoN
Realms 1012HoSBoKSERSCE
Realmgate Warriors: Grotmas in July GT13DoKIJZSER
Vantastic GT Year 39MoNOMSBGL

SOURCES
Best Coast Pairings
Tabletop Herald
Milarki
Championshub.app
MiniHeadQuarters
Ecksen
Longshanks

GT Win Rates

I’ve added in a colour code to show the rough age of the rules the faction is using.

As always, these are global stats from various sources around the internet. Er… Kruleboyz?

Factions by Average Elo

I’ve included this one to show the rankings of factions by their average Elo. As mentioned in the last section, Daughters have the highest average Elo of all the factions currently which goes a long way to contributing to that 62% win rate.

Estimated Win Rates if the Player Skill Levels were Equal

What I’m trying to do here is work out what the win rates would be if the skill levels of all the players were the same (Yes, I realise this is nearly impossible to calculateBut I’m playing around here).

How it works is by calculating the average Elo of all the players that have had matches since the July battlescroll dropped. This worked out as 403.6. I then calculated how much difference there was between a factions average Elo shown in our original win rate graph to this overall average. The difference between these two figures was then turned into a percentage difference over/under the 403.6 elo. I then increased or decreased their win rate by this percentage (But this isn’t as simple as deducting or adding the percentage different to the win rate – you have to work out for instance what 4% may be of say 53% and then apply that. For Example – 10% of 40% is 4%)

Win Rates by Release Date

This is a new one this week, and will be temporary for now until the new GHB is released.

Essentially this shows the win rates for all the battletomes released within certain periods of time (every 6 months since 4th edition release).

This should show whether Battletomes are generally stronger the later they are released into the edition. As we can see they all fall within the 45-55% win area, though the battletomes released in the last 6 months are a little stronger than the other cohorts.

Faction Popularity (Broken Down by Player Elo Rating)

This is perhaps the most interesting chart to me personally. Here you can see the spread of the player skill levels for each faction according to our Elo rating system (updated each week in line with the Age of Sigmar stats).

The dark blue shows the really elite players of 700+ Elo. Interestingly, they don’t seem to give a damn about which faction is performing well in the meta and rely on their own skill (as they should!). Neither to 600-699 rated players. Where we start to see the swell in players possibly chasing the factions with more favourable rules is in players rated less than 600 Elo.

To make it a bit easier to see the effect of higher skilled players, I’ve added the below chart this week which breaks down each factions player base as a percentage.

Elite and Rookie Players by Faction

The blue section shows the percentage of a factions players which have an Elo rating of 500 or greater. While the Orange shows the number of new players to the faction where they have yet to attend a tournament (based on our database history).

The Fabien Chart

Fabien Barbusse is a top player in the AoS scene and a member of the Woehammer Discord who is one of many who points out any mistakes in the charts before we publish them. He stated he felt the most valuable chart would be a version of the one above, which shows the % of 4+ win results in a 5 game event compared to the other results.

% of Players with a Positive GT Result

Ideally you would want 50% of the players having a positive results for a truly balanced game system.

Consecutive Wins

This chart shows firstly the % of players with a negative result from 5 games at GT’s or GT+ in purple for each faction.

Dark blue shows the percentage of players who achieved 5 wins from 5 in the first five rounds of a GT or GT+.

Orange shows the players who achieved four wins from the first four rounds of a GT or GT+ but were unable to achieve the full house and lost their round 5 match.

Green shows the players who achieved three wins from three wins but were unable to win in their fourth round match.

Light blue shows all other players aside from those shown in the first three categories, who were able to achieve a positive result at a GT or GT+ i.e. 3 or more wins.

The above is an aim to show how easy factions are to pilot for players. In this case I’ve narrowed the population down to players with an Elo between 200 and 400. What follows is then the % of those players to win in the first round. This continues, showing what % of players won in round 1 and round 2 in the next column. This continues to show how deep developing players are progressing into tournaments undefeated using that faction.

Bear in mind that although we have no tournament history on record for these players, they may be skilled outside of tournaments before their first recorded instance in the Woehammer database.

Battleplan Win Rates

This one could be useful for TO’s who are looking to run tournaments in the near future. If you’re hoping to curtail a few of the higher powered factions, you could perhaps look to use battleplans where those factions aren’t as dominant.

PlasticCraic mentioned the popularity of Battleplans earlier this week on his discord. So thought I’d include this.

Past Battlescroll Win Rates

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