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Top Three AoS Lists for Sheffield Slaughter 2024

March 8, 2024 Top 3 Lists 1 Comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Sheffield Slaughter 2024 that took place in the UK on the 24th and 25th of February. It saw 94 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game super major tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Magic Made Manifest

LEADERS
Slann Starmaster (310)*
– General
– Command Traits: Arcane Might
– Artefacts of Power: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Comet’s Call, Merciless Blizzard
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Huanchi
Lord Kroak (440)**
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (160)**
Skink Starseer (160)**
– Spells: Cosmic Crush, Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Saurus Guard (140)
– Saurus Guard Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
Saurus Guard (140)
– Saurus Guard Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
Saurus Warriors (360)**
– Saurus Warrior Alpha
– Celestite Club
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x War-drummer

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Carson Whitlock: Interesting Starborne list as a result of the new battlescroll. Here we see Arcane Might being brought over Lord of Celestial resonance, which will allow the Slann to control all 3 of the endless spells in this list at once (at doubled range for extra threat projection). No heavy skink presence in a Fangs of Sotek list, however, which makes the extra redeploys quite expensive if spent on those saurus. Speaking of, we see a massive block of 20 saurus warriors used to gum up objectives for primary scoring/denying. The Slann is also armed with the spacefolder’s stave, presumably to give a more reliable charge to any Raptadon Chargers that are summoned in. Not having Lord of Celestial Resonance (which makes sense with the recent nerf) will certainly affect the amount of chargers this list will be able to summon in, but clearly not enough to prevent Jack from smashing through these 5 games! Well done, Jack.

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

LEADER
1 x The Glottkin (580)
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310)
– Spells: Gift of Disease
1 x Morbidex Twiceborn (300)*
1 x Rotbringer Sorceror (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grandfather’s Blessing
– Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm

BATTLELINE
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
– Plagueridden
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
– Plagueridden
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
– Plagueridden

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Roland Rivera: It’s a strange new world out there for Nurgle players. With the Sloppity Bilepiper’s pile-in denial shenanigans being taken away in the latest Battlescroll, movement denial and control strategies have taken a huge hit, and the devoted of the Plague God have been forced to retool. Fortunately, the book is deep enough to offer other paths to victory, among them the monster-mash strategy you see in this list.

The aim here is to pair The Glottkin’s Blightkrieg ability with punchy Hero Monsters to maximize its offensive impact. The best among those that Nurgle has access to are the Maggoth Lords, which is why all 3 are in this list. Orghotts in particular stands out as the best dance partner for The Glottkin, but don’t sleep on Morbidex or Bloab, as they are also plenty capable. Aside from that, 3 minimum units of Plaguebearers meet Battleline requirements cheaply, screen well, and occupy objectives while the big guys do the brawling. The list also has a small foot Wizard you can stuff in a corner for a high-percentage Grand Strategy bid.

The Blessed Sons subfaction is honestly not having much of an effect here – but that’s OK – this list is inherently potent enough that it doesn’t really need much help. This list is more aggressive than Nurgle lists we were seeing in the past, but I believe it is just as potent, and this result is an example of that.

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Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Great Nation: Alumnia
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Scinari Enlightener (170)*
– General
– Command Trait: Eater of Magic
– Artefact: Rune of Senthoi
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
Scinari Calligrave (110)*
– Lore of Hysh: Protection of Hysh
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Vanari Bannerblade (80)**
Vanari Lord Regent (150)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
The Light of Eltharion (230)***
Ellania and Ellathor, Eclipsian Warsages (190)***
– Lore of Hysh: Protection of Hysh
– Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse

Battleline
15 x Vanari Bladelords (360)**
– Reinforced x 2
15 x Vanari Bladelords (360)**
– Reinforced x 2
5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)***

Units
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)***
– Spell1: Lore of Hysh: Ethereal Blessing
– Spell2: Universal Spell Lore: Levitate

Endless Spells & Invocations
Hyshian Twinstones (30)
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Wizard-Finders of Andtor
***Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1990 / 2000

Jon Anderson: Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to another Lumineth Realm-lords list review. Hailing from my personal favorite nation of Alumnia, we have Philip Springall standing at the pinnacle as the one above all when it comes to standing on circles. Forgoing the low drop count, Philip has brought the Scinari Enlightener, the mean man himself in the Light of Eltharion as well as the Twins and a few other pieces to enable his battalion choices. The inclusion of a redundant Protection of Hysh is something I’m personally a big fan of and offensive spells such as Overwhelming Heat ensures that he will have multiple tools at their disposal to counter any threat.

At the heart of this army are the blocks of Vanari Bladelords, which benefit from the Alumnia subfaction ability as well as serving to be the ideal targets for Greater Power of Hysh from the VLR. As reinforced units, they form a stalwart frontline that can weather the fiercest assaults and simultaneously put the beat down on both elite units and hordes alike. Only having one unit of Vanari Dawnriders is not where I’d want to be, but it seems the meta had devloped in a way to support the single inclusion.

During his event, Philip demonstrated his versatility and adaptability, securing victories against two Orruk Warclans, one Sylvaneth Heartwood list, and a Knights of the Empty Throne S2D list. The only round he didn’t win was a draw against the Ossiarch Bonereapers running Null Myriad which really shows the resilience of the Lumineths spell suite and how offensive their defensive spells can be.

With a well-rounded composition and a keen understanding of his armies strengths, Philip proved to be a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. His trifecta mastery of: spellcasting, combat, and objective play took him to the podium and I couldn’t be prouder of my fellow Alumnian.

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction: Null Myriad
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)*
1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Aura of Sterility
– Artefacts: Gothizzar Cartouche
– Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons
1 x Katakros (500)*

BATTLELINE
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
6 x Immortis Guard (230)*
30 x Mortek Guard (130)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade
– 3 x Soulcleaver Greatblade

BEHEMOTH
1 x Gothizzar Harvester (160)*

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Walter Brock: We’re looking at an OBR list that has done well and changed a bit with the recent balance update to AoS.

Starting out, Null Myriad has changed. Its ability to stop spells has changed from a 2+ to a 4+. This significantly reduces the odds of stopping the opponents’ offensive spells. However, Null Myriad is no longer tied around needing Mortisans and Arkhan. This opens more list building options for people still wanting to go Null Myriad.

We have the normal Savant on Ossifector setup that we’ve seen several times in the past. It is a very powerful combo to protect the Grand strat and support the army.

A liege is the first deviation from the old Null lists we would see since Old Null would want to bring two Mortisans to provide their bubbles. The liege provides much more combat support for your already excellent units.

Katakros with Null Myriad is something we have seen often in the past and will probably continue to see going into the future. While Katakros provides protection and value against most threats. Null Myriad itself protects against spells. It’s important to note that Katakros does not benefit from Null Myriad due to having the Mortis Praetorians keyword.

From there, we see several common units among OBR lists. Deathriders provide a powerful battle tactic and can perform several roles depending on what you need them to do. A Brick of 6 Immortis also provides an easy battle tactic while protecting your grand Strat. 30 Mortek guard are very good at sitting on objectives when backed up by a harvester and the protective buffs the rest of the list provides.

All this fits into a battle regiment to act as a one drop.

Altogether, the list is very well rounded and set up to handle almost anything that will be thrown at it with its defensive buffs and offensive buffs. Well, done to this player.

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/Uz9jRaZXt6

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Top Three AoS Lists for Roslaget 2023

December 20, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Roslaget 2023 that took place in Sweden on the 25th and 26th of November. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As a smaller tournament with fewer than 20 players we won’t be commenting on individual lists.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Blood
– Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Neferata (410)
– Spells: Waste Away
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Soulpike
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480)**
– Deathlance
– Artefacts: Cloak of Mists and Shadows
– Spells: Vile Transference

BATTLELINE
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)**
– Skeleton Champion
– Standard Bearer
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)**
– Standard Bearer
– Skeleton Champion
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)**
– Skeleton Champion
– Standard Bearer

OTHER
5 x Blood Knights (230)**
– Kastellan
– Standard Bearer
5 x Blood Knights (230)**
– Kastellan
– Standard Bearer

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Legion of Blood
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumphs: inspired

Leaders
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480)
– General
– Deathlance
– Command Trait: Doomed Minions
– Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (410)*
– Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (150)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)*
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)*

Units
10 x Blood Knights (460)*
– Reinforced x 1
1 x Corpse Cart (90)*
– lodestone

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

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

LEADER
1 x Isharann Tidecaster (130)*
– General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Artefacts: Brain Barnacles
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Knight-Arcanum (100)*
1 x Akhelian Thrallmaster (100)**
1 x Eidolon of Mathlann Aspect of the Sea (310)**
– Spells: Arcane Corrasion
1 x Lotann (110)**

BATTLELINE
20 x Namarti Thralls (110)**
20 x Namarti Thralls (110)**
10 x Namarti Thralls (110)**

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

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

OTHER
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (150)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (150)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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

LEADER
1 x Great Unclean One (430)*
– General
– Command Traits: Nurgling Infestation
– Bilesword and Bileblade
– Artefacts: The Witherstave
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance
1 x Sloppity Bilepiper (120)*
1 x Lord of Plagues (140)**
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310)**
– Spells: Blades of Putrefaction

BATTLELINE
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
10 x Putrid Blightkings (230)**
– Blightlord
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Sonorous Tocsin Bearer

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

OTHER
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)**
– Dolorous Tocsin

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Roland Rivera: A Nurgle list with a reinforced unit of Putrid Blightkings is certainly something you don’t see every day, but Erik was able to pilot it to a very strong result. While getting all of your models into combat will be tricky due to their 40mm bases and 1″ reach, make no mistake – 41 Wounds on a 4+ save and a 5+ Ward do not go down easy, and thus make for quite the anchor in the middle. The list’s Lord of Plagues can also give them a bit of extra utility in the way of a short-range shooting attack.

These Blightkings are complemented by 2 units of Plaguebearers (which will doubtless be using the Sloppity Bilepiper’s ability to shut down pile-ins to great effect), a unit of Pusgoyle Blightlords as a mobile pinning piece, and the combination of Bloab Rotspawned and a Great Unclean One with the Witherstave as Hero Monster muscle.

While unconventional in its approach, there’s no denying that this list is tough as nails, and the difference in output between Blightkings and the more standard Plaguebearer-heavy lists may catch some of its opponents off guard. Sometimes the element of surprise is all you need.

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Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/NL37A9VU1P

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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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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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Final Tournament Placings

To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Bathurst GT 2023

August 28, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Bathurst GT 2023 that took place in Australia on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 43 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Drowned Men
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Be’lakor (340)*
1 x Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Traits: Overpowering Stench
– Incubatch
– Dolorous Tocsin
– Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm
1 x Gutrot Spume (160)*

BATTLELINE
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– Dolorous Tocsin
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– Dolorous Tocsin
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– Dolorous Tocsin
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
– Dolorous Tocsin

OTHER
20 x Rotmire Creed (300)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Allegiance: Slaanesh
– Host: Pretenders
– Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Lord of Pain (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood
– Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets
Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)*

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

Units
5 x Blissbarb Seekers (210)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460)
– Deathlance
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Vampire Lord (140)*
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Vampire Lord (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts of Power: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Mannfred Von Carstein (380)**
– Spells: Waste Away

BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deathrattle Skeletons (300)**
– Skeleton Champion
– 3 x Standard Bearer
Fell Bats (80)**

OTHER
Grave Guard (300)**
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: Badsnatchers
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
1 x Squigboss (110)*
1 x Big Drogg Fort-kicka (470)*
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)**
– General
– Command Traits: Loon-touched
– Artefacts: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Madcap Shaman (70)**
– Artefacts: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Loonboss (90)***

BATTLELINE
24 x Squig Herd (140)*
40 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)*
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Pokin’ Spear
– 2 x 3 Barbed Nets
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)***
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Stabba
– 3 Barbed Nets

OTHER
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)***
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)***

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Vanguard

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Thomas Oliver – Dice Arcade – Dice Arcade
Maggotkin of Nurgle 527 / 523 / 521 / 526 / 524

02 Terence Voller – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Hedonites of Slaanesh 527 / 521 / 17 / 521 / 527

03 Bob Van emmerik – M.A.W. Tribe – M.A.W. Tribe
Soulblight Gravelords 527 / 13 / 517 / 522 / 523

04 Christian Bugg – TWIN tailed commet – TWIN tailed commet
Kharadron Overlords 528 / 524 / 522 / 514 / 12

05 Anthony Magro
Gloomspite Gitz 520 / 521 / 10 / 524 / 525

06 Craig Anderson
Slaves to Darkness 3 / 521 / 517 / 528 / 523

07Jake Gunning – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammerKharadron Overlords514 / 512 / 522 / 17 / 521

08 Jesse Perkins
Gloomspite Gitz522 / 520 / 516 / 6 / 515

09 Mitch Bugg
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 525 / 526 / 14 / 9 / 527

10 Ben Spinetti
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Urbaz 521 / 525 / 526 / 22 / 3

11 Liam Burnett-Blue – Shadowhammer – Shadowhammer
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 527 / 11 / 523 / 525 / 11

12 Thomas Strachan – Thunder Down Under – Thunder Down Under
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 519 / 526 / 6 / 21 / 523

13 Kyle Liefting
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 523 / 6 / 525 / 524 / 9

14Jonathan Burn – Warhammer Philip – Warhammer PhilipSons of Behemat: Stomper Tribe519 / 17 / 14 / 518 / 518

15 William Beale – Loaded Dice – Loaded Dice
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 513 / 16 / 518 / 522 / 11

16 Sean Tufnell
Fyreslayers 15 / 13 / 523 / 514 / 515

17 Tom Guy
Maggotkin of Nurgle 15 / 521 / 518 / 513 / 9

18 Liam Robinson – Qwuik Maff – Qwuik Maff
Gloomspite Gitz517 / 524 / 8 / 10 / 511

19James Halligan – Western Warriors – Western Warriors
Soulblight Gravelords 17 / 521 / 220 / 12 / 525

20 Nicholas Stanley – Dice Arcade – Dice Arcade
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 218 / 516 / 21 / 524 / 11

21 Thomas Brigden
Daughters of Khaine 21 / 519 / 220 / 0 / 523

22 Ethan Johns – Age of Salt – Age of Salt
Fyreslayers522 / 8 / 5 / 527 / 220

23 Katie Daly
Maggotkin of Nurgle 9 / 518 / 14 / 520 / 220

24 Adam Bajjada – Age of Salt – Age of Salt
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 13 / 12 / 526 / 14 / 526

25 Keith Lawson – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Ymetrica 521 / 9 / 525 / 12 / 18

26 Jacob Strachan – Thunder Down Under AOS – Thunder Down Under AOS
Disciples of Tzeentch 14 / 524 / 521 / 14 / 11

27 Tim Porter – Western Warriors – Western Warriors
Stormcast Eternals: Knights Excelsior 14 / 524 / 7 / 14 / 522

28 Nick Kenny – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Gloomspite Gitz: Glogg’s Megamob 17 / 17 / 522 / 520 / 3

29 John Daly
Blades of Khorne: Bloodlords 3 / 522 / 525 / 12 / 15

30 Shem O’Brien
Skaven 12 / 18 / 10 / 515 / 520

31 Brad Blackmore – Qwuik Maff – Qwuik Maff
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 517 / 12 / 9 / 514 / 9

32 Chris Yates
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 510 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 516

33 James Maybury – G3 Goulburn Gamers Guild – G3 Goulburn Gamers Guild
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 218 / 11 / 16 / 524 / 11

34 Cory Rosser
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 0 / 220 / 516 / 20 / 9

35 Luc Collaros – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Slaves to Darkness 3 / 10 / 6 / 220 / 523

36 James Kennedy – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Nighthaunt: The Emerald Host 528 / 8 / 13 / 10 / 14

37 Stephen Ogilvie
Gloomspite Gitz 14 / 12 / 521 / 20 / 6

38 Jarran Aurisch – Qwuik Maff – Qwuik Maff
Soulblight Gravelords: Kastelai Dynasty12 / 14 / 7 / 525 / 6

39 Arthur Simak
Gloomspite Gitz: Glogg’s Megamob13 / 514 / 9 / 3 / 16

40 Alex Hill – CrutchHammer – CrutchHammer
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 15 / 11 / 13 / 9 / 220

41 Josh Griffiths – The Orange Juicer – The Orange Juicer
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 3 / 1 / 220 / 11 / 11

42 Steven Nuttall – Exiles – Exiles
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night

43 Max Palmer
Soulblight Gravelords

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Top Three AoS Lists for the II CN – II GT de CAT

April 15, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for II CN – II GT de CAT that took place in Spain on the 25th and 26th of March. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Nighthaunt
– Procession: Scarlet Doom
– Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Krulghast Cruciator (150)**
– General
– Command Trait: Ruler of the Spirit Hosts
– Artefact: Lightshard of the Harvest Moon
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Guardian of Souls (150)*
– Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish
Spirit Torment (120)**
Lord Executioner (130)**
– Artefact: Tuskhelm (Galletian Champion)
Veremord’s Shamblers – Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (180)****
– Allies

Battleline
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (360)***
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (360)***
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Spirit Hosts (130)*
10 x Chainrasps (110)*
– Dreadwarden
10 x Chainrasps (110)*
– Dreadwarden

Units
20 x Veremord’s Shamblers – Deadwalker Zombies (0)****
– Allies
2 x Chainghasts (90)*
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (100)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Galletian Veterans
****Regiment of Renown

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 180 / 400
Wounds: 124
Drops: 7

Kel Pigg: A nighthaunt lists takes 5-0, while not an impossible task Nighthaunt have not been doing as well in this season as many originally believed they would so it’s great to see a strong performance.

Marc took a relatively standard Scarlet Doom list taking 40 Bladegheist revenants and having all the nighthaunt aura tech in play, offensives from the guardian of souls and the chainghasts and defensively from the cruxiator and the banshees, giving him the added benefit of being able to shrug off some of the more pesky spells.

Uniquely, though, Marc decided to bring out one of the new regiments of renown. This has been a hotly debated topic in nighthaunt for when this regiment is good, but looking at his list, Marc may be going for more of a counter strike playstyle. The regiment of renown for death gives you access to a corpse cart and some zombies. The corpse cart subtracts 1 from wound rolls within 9 and reduces enemy cast rolls by 1 within 18. But special to the regiment, the corpse cart also reduces the enemy ward and save rolls by 1 within 12 of it. Adding a nice bit of both offensive and defensive tech to a scarlet doom army. The only problem is that the corpse cart only has a movement of 4, meaning it’s needing 4+ runs just to keep up with the base movement of nighthaunt.

That’s why I believe Marc most likely let his opponent hit his line first, absorbed most of the damage with his cavalcade of defensive tech, and then, on his turn, really pushed back hard. His opponent matchup was mostly melee, so they would play into the strengths of this list, and personally, I believe it would be difficult to overcome. But all in all, Marc had an effective list using the new regiment and really showed off it’s potential.

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

LEADER
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
1 x Lord of Plagues (140)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Gift of Disease
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Traits: Overpowering Stench
– Incubatch
– Dolorous Tocsin
– Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm
1 x Be’lakor (355)*
– Ally
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (320)**
– Spells: Magnificent Buboes

BATTLELINE
5 x Putrid Blightkings (250)**
– Blightlord
– Icon Bearer
– Sonorous Tocsin Bearer
5 x Putrid Blightkings (250)**
– Blightlord
– Icon Bearer
– Sonorous Tocsin Bearer
10 x Rotmire Creed (130)**

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

Alice: A very interesting off-shelf model for Nurgle. Very Herohammer friendly, with only 20 infantry models these guys are hoping to win through magical might.

Blightkings are resiliant enough, and Orghotts, the Lord of Afflictions and Lord of plagues can fight alongside them very well. Bloab and the Rotmire Creed offer support from the rear, peppering opponents with debuffs and Disease Points.

Be’lakor is here to do what he always does: Shut down the enemy’s most powerful tool for a turn (possibly two if they get a double) and then scrap with the rest if they can. Even if they fail to do significant damage, pinning down a major threat is reward enough.

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Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Army Subfaction: Hosts Arcanum
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Kairos Fateweaver (440)*
1 x Curseling (180)*
– General
– Command Traits: Cult Demagogue
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Shield of Fate
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Magister (120)*
– Spells: Glimpse the Future
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur

BATTLELINE
10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)*
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Iridescent Horror
– Split and Split Again
10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)*
– Iridescent Horror
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Split and Split Again
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– Kairic Adept
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
– Scroll of the Dark Arts
– Vulcharc
– 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield

BEHEMOTH
1 x Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*
– Allies

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Tome of Eyes (40)
1 x Shards of Valagharr (40)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

So it’s a Krondspine list, Jim, but not as we know it! The changes from the Kaleb inspired lists of previous weeks are that it’s Host Arcanum rather than Guild of Summoners, cutting out the Call for Change battle tactic (summoning a Lord of Change) but allowing for a variety of units to be summoned (probably Horrors still!). It also features a different Endless Spell, with Shards of Valagharr being a useful tech piece to slow the enemy down if they try to go around the Incarnate to get to you.

In terms of other spells, The Curseling has Shield of Fate that they can cast on a double, or two Destiny Dice of the same value, and it can’t be unbound. Combined with the -1 to hit in melee on the Pinks from a Daemon character being in range, a 5+ ward can really increase the survivability of these screens. It might seem a small thing, but keeping those Pinks alive and standing on circles just drains the opponent of points, not only on the primary, but also with battle tactics as well. Add in a Krondspine pinning the enemy in place and you’ve got a recipe for victory.

In terms of opponents, Jordi clearly knows how to pilot his Tzeentch, taking out the Helon Lumineth Realm Lords boogeyman, Teclis and all, on the way to third place. Their only loss was to Marco’s second place list that you will find just above. Nice work, Jordi!

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Army Faction: Beasts of Chaos
– Subfaction: Quakefray
– Grand Strategy: Protect the Herdstone
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Doombull (160)**
– General
– Command Traits: Bestial Cunning
– Artefacts of Power: Slitherwrack Helm
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (115)***
– Spells: Tendrils of Atrophy
Great Bray-Shaman (95)****
– Artefacts of Power: Brayblast Trumpet
– Spells: Tendrils of Atrophy
Great Bray-Shaman (95)****
– Spells: Viletide
Great Bray-Shaman (95)****
– Spells: Viletide

BATTLELINE
Bullgors (390)*
– Warheard Drummer
– Warheard Banner Bearer
– Bloodkine
– Paired Cleaving Axes
Gors (110)*
– Banner Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– Foe-render
– Paired Hacking Blades
Cygor (210)**
– Prayers: Heal
Cygor (210)***
– Prayers: Heal
Gors (110)****
– Banner Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– Foe-render
– Paired Hacking Blades

OTHER
Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)*
– Twistbray
– Icon Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– 2 x Tzaangor Mutant
– Pair of Savage Blades
Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)*
– Twistbray
– Icon Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– 2 x Tzaangor Mutant
– Pairs of Savage Blades

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Wildfire Taurus (70)

TERRAIN
1 x Herdstone (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Galletian Veterans
**Vanguard
***Vanguard
****Warlord. Magnificient: Artefact

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Alice: A powerful mix of hordes and elites. Tzaagors and Gors supported by a whopping a Tzaangor Shaman and a whopping three Great Bray Shaman. Hey at that cheap why not right? The gors hold a solid role as cannon fodder while Tzaangors can do the same, but actually put back a bit of bites

The Cygors and Doombull are the hammer, meant to come in once the enemy has tied themselves up with cheaper chaff. All in all an interesting approach to beasts.

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Top Three Aos Lists for the Warhammer World: Matched Play Event

March 13, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

Tournament that took place in the UK on the 25th and 26th February. It involved 74 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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Warhammer World: Matched Play Event (UK) – 74 Players

Allegiance: Fyreslayers
– Lodge: Greyfyrd
– Mortal Realm: Aqshy
– Grand Strategy: Master of the Forge
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Auric Runefather (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Spirit of Grimnir
– Artefact: Axe of Grimnir
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Battlesmith (150)***
– Artefact: Nulsidian Icon
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Auric Runemaster (130)***
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Auric Runesmiter (120)***
– Runic Iron
– Prayer: Ember Storm

Battleline
15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (450)*
– Poleaxes
– Reinforced x 2
30 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (480)**
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)**
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)***

Endless Spells & Invocations
Runic Fyrewall (40)

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

Additional Enhancements
Aspect of the Champion

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 162
Drops: 10

Peter: We previously mentioned that the flamekeeper charge was in the hero phase. This has been corrected to the combat phase.

Mike Stewart (of Team England fame) is on a personal mission to establish Fyreslayers as a meta-threat, and by Grimnir’s beard, he’s doing it.

There’s a surprising amount of tech and overlapping buffs in effect with this Fyreslayers list. The lynchpin to it all is the double Flamekeepers, who gain the ability to unleash a range of buffs depending on how many units have died nearby. Perhaps the most devastating of these options are a +1 damage effect to a unit, and the ability to make a unit charge in the combat phase – meaning a scary unit of 15 Hearthguard can suddenly threaten you in your OWN turn, which can make positioning/trading well for the opponent a complete nightmare.

To keep up on board control, given FS limited movement options, Mike has opted for a metric tonne of Vulkites. They’re not impressive on their own, but they provide excellent fodder for the Flamekeepers, and with their volume of attacks can still make for a great target for the +1 damage buff – or to just charge something and yoink the objective they thought they’d just taken, with relative impunity. Additionally, with Curse on the Runemaster, if it goes off, then the 30 Vulkites can pretty reliably just nuke something into oblivion with mortals.

Knowing a player of Mike’s calibre, I’m sure there’s all manner of extra sneaky plays baked into his list, but I think that covers the top line – a deceptively fast (with the out of phase charges) list full of ‘surprise hammers’ that creates plenty of ‘damned if you do/don’t’ scenarios for the opponent. Great work!

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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Grinkrak The Great (190)*
Skragrott, The Loonking (160)*
– Lore of the Moonclans: Nikkit!Nikkit!
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (80)**
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (80)**

Battleline
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
36 x Squig Herd (360)**
– Reinforced x 2
36 x Squig Herd (360)**
– Reinforced x 2

Units
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*
6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)*
5 x Gobbapalooza (145)**
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)**

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1975 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 250
Drops: 2

Declan: Well it seems like Squigs are the go-to option from the new Gloomspite Gitz book at the moment and another 5-0 registered. It great that there are so many squig armies already painted or getting painted – good to see the ladz getting their time at the top. Simon has taken a lot of units that recent readers will have seen, but he’s got some new ones as well. The Gobbapalozza makes an appearance, and it is great to see it. The models were always georgous, but apart from some hardcore Gitz Players (looking at Nathan of Honest Wargamer fame), they were rarely used. They are now more streamlined and able to hand out additional rend to shooting units – hence the 2 units of Moonclan Shootas here.

Simon has also taken the new underworld warband which – Grinkrak the Great – who can give models the chance to fight on death. Great for the large units of Cave Squigs in Simon’s army. You’ll need shooting to deal with this, and even so, D3 Cave Squigs will come back for each herder in the unit. But they do run away with no command abilities possible.

It continues to be a great list, but I do worry about the Cave Squig’s chances long-term against shooting armies. Only time will tell as people get more experience playing with and against the new book.

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

LEADER
1 x Be’lakor (355)
1 x Lord of Plagues (140)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Gift of Disease
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Bloab Rotspawned (320)*
– Spells: Blades of Putrefaction
1 x Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Traits: Overpowering Stench
– Incubatch
– Dolorous Tocsin
– Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)**

BATTLELINE
5 x Putrid Blightkings (250)**
– Blightlord
– Icon Bearer
– Sonorous Tocsin Bearer
5 x Putrid Blightkings (250)**
– Blightlord
– Icon Bearer
– Sonorous Tocsin Bearer
10 x Rotmire Creed (130)**

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

Ed: What an interesting and extremely top-heavy list! With only 630pts spent on battleline and a mere 25 models on the board, this list favours an intelligent approach where every piece needs to be played correctly. While 2 Maggoth Lords and 10 blightkings can both take and put out a decent amount of wounds they lack the footprint to reliably hold objectives on their own which means that Marco would be leaning heavily on the techy elements of his list and superior positioning to control the board. With a list like this, it doesn’t do to play cagey and reactively. You need to be aggressive and take decisive, perhaps risky, actions to get the best results.

This list has a lot of ways to inflict extra disease points to help supplement his damage output. If he chooses his battles carefully, Marco has the tools to remove important units from his opponent’s army with surgical precision. But he’d need to be cautious never to leave himself open to reprisal because with only 25 models in your whole army, even minor losses can cause big problems. Be’Lakor can neuter a particularly troublesome threat once per game if the dice are on your side. The Lord of Plagues with Tunnel Master is a troublesome Galletian Champion too – harder to put down than the average foot hero and thus requiring extra investment on the part of an opponent to deny your opportunity for battle tactics.

Surprisingly this list leans kind of heavily on magic. Bloab, Be’lakor and a Lord of Plagues with an Arcane Tome. They all have access to some great spells that really maximize this list’s potential but Nurgle is not a strong competitor in the magic game. Marco may have been lucky that his path to glory didn’t pit him against some of the wizardly boogiemen that are common right now like Tzeentch or Teclis.

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Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Legion: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Liege-Kavalos (160)*
– General
– Command Trait: Mighty Archaeossian
– Artefact: Helm of the Ordained
Mortisan Soulmason (120)*
– Lore of Mortisans: Arcane Command
Mortisan Boneshaper (110)*
– Artefact: Godbone Armour
– Lore of Mortisans: Drain Vitality
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

UNITS
6 x Necropolis Stalkers (340)**
– 2 x Dread Falchions
6 x Necropolis Stalkers (340)**
– 2 x Dread Falchions
10 x Mortek Guard (140)
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
10 x Mortek Guard (140)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)
– Nadirite Blade and Shield

ARTILLERY
Mortek Crawler (200)
Mortek Crawler (200)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Bone-tithe Shrieker (50)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL: 1980/2000

Alice: This season, Ossiarch Bonereapers really have to work with what they have. With only 2 Galetian Champions in the army, neither exactly standouts, they often have to compensate in other ways. The lone boneshaper exists to pick up a few battle tactics, and has a pretty nice horde clearing spell.

The primary lineholders are the mortek guard, with the Deathriders acting as outriders to grab some objectives and score the faction’s unique battletactic. The units really holding the list up are the Necropolis Stalkers, which benefit heavily from the Galetian Vets battalion so both ranks can attack. In precision stance they can hit with 20 Rend -2 Damage 2 attacks from the primary weapon, and 6 Rend -3 Damage 3 attacks from the special Dread Falchions. While fully buffed from the Soulmason they can reroll 1s and get a bonus attack per model from the Liege. Few things can face a fully buffed unit of these alive and live to tell the tale.

The Crawlers round off the list with the only shooting attacks in the army. While the Rend 0 shots can miss often, that 5 damage will absolutely chunk anything it successfully does hit.

Tournament Placing

For the full placings, visit Best Coast Pairings

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Top 3 Lists BCP Megapost 26th February 2023

March 4, 2023 Peter Holland Leave a comment

I thought as Woehammer often struggles to get all the event results out for any given week, it may be a good idea to do one post with all of the lists we intended to cover.

Below, you’ll find all the top three lists this week (that we’re aware of), along with my wildcard choices. We will post individual event results as well, and I will link them to the results below where possible.

Events

Warhammer World: Matched Play Event Top 3 Article: Here
- 1st – Fyreslayers (Greyfyrd)
- 2nd – Gloomspite Gitz (Jaws of Mork)
- 3rd – Maggotkin of Nurgle (Blessed Sons)
- Wildcard – Ossiarch Bonereapers (Petrifex Elite)
Cherokee Open Top 3 Article: Here
- 1st – Gloomspite Gitz (Jaws of Mork)
- 2nd – Stormcast Eternals (Hammers of Sigmar)
- 3rd – Lumineth Realm-Lords (Helon)
- Wildcard – Skaven
Small Town Throwdown: Smoke on the Water Top 3 Article: Here
- 1st – Big Waaagh!
- 2nd – Blades of Khorne (Reapers of Vengeance)
- 3rd – Idoneth Deepkin (Nautilar)
- Wildcard – Slaves to Darkness (Legion of the First Prince)

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Warhammer World: Matched Play Event (UK) – 74 Players

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Cherokee Open (US) – 79 Players

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

LEADER
1 x Squigboss (80)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
– Artefacts: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

BATTLELINE
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)
– Bounder Boss
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)*
– Bounder Boss
36 x Squig Herd (360)**
12 x Squig Herd (120)**

BEHEMOTH
1 x Mangler Squigs (260)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

OTHER
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)

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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Holy Commands: Thunderbolt Volley
– Holy Commands: Call for Aid
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Bastian Carthalos (300)**
1 x Lord-Relictor (150)**
– Prayers: Translocation
1 x Lord-Castellant (160)**
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Thundershock
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
4 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (480)**
5 x Liberators (120)***
– Liberator-Prime
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
– Grandweapon
5 x Liberators (120)***
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
5 x Liberators (120)***
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield

OTHER
3 x Aetherwings (70)*
3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (240)*
– Raptor-Prime
3 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (240)*
– Raptor-Prime

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Galletian Sharpshooters
**Warlord
***Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Archmage Teclis (700)*
1 x Scinari Calligrave (110)*
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
– Aspects of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
1 x Scinari Cathallar (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts: Silver Wand
– Spells: Total Eclipse

BATTLELINE
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
– Windspeaker Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
– Windspeaker Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Protection of Hysh
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– High Warden
– Spells: Etheral Blessings
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– High Warden
– Spells: Solar Flare

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)
1 x Rune of Petrification (60)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Verminlord Deceiver (420)
– Artefacts: Shadow Magnet Trinket
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Verminlord Warbringer (400)*
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts: Warpstone Charm
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Grey Seer (120)**
– Spells: Skitterleap
1 x Grey Seer (120)**
– Spells: Skitterleap
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Thanquol (430)**
– 4 x Warpfire Projectors
– Spells: Skitterleap

BATTLELINE
10 x Night Runners (90)*
– Nightleader
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

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Warp Lightning Vortex (80)
1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)
1 x Lauchon the Soulseeker (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Gnawhole (0)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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Small Town Throwdown: Smoke on the Water (US) – 30 Players

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

LEADERS
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
Skragrott, the Loonking (160)*
Orruk Megaboss (140)**
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Gorkamorka’s War Cry
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
– Spells: Gorkamorka’s War Cry
– Aspects of the Champion: Abhorrant Ghoul King

BATTLELINE
Moonclan Stabbas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3 Barbed Nets
Orruk Ardboys (80)**
Orruk Ardboys (240)***
– Ardboy Boss
– 3 x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– 3 x Waaagh! Drummer
– 6 x Orruk-forged Shield
Orruk Brutes (450)***
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Brutes (150)***
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka

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

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord
***Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000

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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Charge

Leaders
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280)*
– Artefact: Armour of Scorn
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (300)***
– General
– Command Trait: Mage Eater
– Artefact: Skullshard Mantle
Skarbrand (390)
Slaughterpriest (100)*
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
Slaughterpriest (100)**
– Prayer: +1 to hit
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)***
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)***
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)**

Units
9 x The Unmade (80)*

Behemoths
Cygor (210)***

Endless Spells & Invocations
Wrath-Axe (70)
Skulls (50)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Vanguard
***Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Drops: 8

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Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Enclave: Nautilar
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Akhelian King (250)*
– General
– Bladed Polearm
– Command Trait: Unstoppable Fury
– Artefact: Potion of Hateful Frenzy
– Mount Trait: Voidchill Darkness
Lotann, Warden of the Soul Ledgers (110)*
Battlemage (100)*
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
– Allies

Battleline
6 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)**
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)**
Akhelian Leviadon (460)*
– Mount Trait: Ancient

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Galletian Sharpshooters

Total: 1960 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 100 / 400
Wounds: 97
Drops: 4

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Legion of the First Prince
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Centaurion Marshal (145)*
– Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
1 x Eternus, Blade of the First Prince (235)*
1 x Be’lakor (355)***
– Spells: Daemonic Speed

BATTLELINE
24 x Chaos Legionnaires (330)**
6 x Furies (90)**
6 x Furies (90)***

BEHEMOTH
1 x Chaos Warshrine (185)***
– Prayers: Curse
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh

OTHER
1 x Cockatrice (105)*
3 x Gorebeast Chariots (345)***
– Exalted Charioteer
– 3 x Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Top Three AoS Lists for Battle at the Brook

February 23, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Battle at the Book that took place in Australia on the 18th and 19th of February. It involved 55 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Blessed Sons
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Orghotts Daemonspew (320)****
Bloab Rotspawned (320)***
– Lore of Malignance: Blades of Putrefaction
Lord of Blights (150)***
– General
– Command Trait: Grandfather’s Blessing
– Artefact: Nightflyer Cloak (Galletian Champion)
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Plague Priest (100)***
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Battleline
10 x Rotmire Creed (130)*
10 x Rotmire Creed (130)*
10 x Rotmire Creed (130)*
10 x Plague Monks (90)**
– Foetid Blades
– 1x Standard Bearers
– 1x Plague Harbingers
15 x Plague Censer Bearers (270)**
– Reinforced x 2

Units
10 x Ungor Raiders (80)****
3 x Nurglings (100)***
10 x Ungor Raiders (80)****
1 x Chaos Chariot (100)****
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

Core Battalions
*Galletian Sharpshooters
**Galletian Veterans
***Warlord
****Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 148
Drops: 10

Patrick… Patrick – wow… what an off-the-wall selection. There’s stuff in here I didn’t even know could join Nurgle, let alone seen before. The Ungor Raiders with Sharpshooters is a great shout to give a little reach and allow the sniping of characters to continue unabated. Their 6″ move before the game allows them to effortlessly pivot to the role of ‘screens’ if facing a lower drop alpha strike army – and that is likely as Patrick has 10 drops.

Then there’s all the Rotmire Creed units which do…. I don’t know!

Well, who knew… more shooting units in a Nurgle army in a game system where they (GW) can’t balance shooting correctly. These guys also give out disease tokens and then give them within 3″ as well (albeit with a recent Errata which is included above). The Warcry warbands have made some chaos builds different with spamming lots of them, and – whilst I would prefer GW kept them out of the Age of Sigmar game – they never will and if you’ve got access to it, and it’s good, use it!

Well done to Patrick – a great, different army and not one that I’ve seen before.

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Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness
– Damned Legion: Legion of the First Prince
– Grand Strategy: Follow the Path to Glory
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Theddra Skull-Scryer (160)**
– The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– The Lore of the Damned: Chaotic Conduit
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Exalted Hero of Chaos (100)*
– Artefact: The Conqueror’s Crown
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
Exalted Hero of Chaos (100)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided

Battleline
20 x Splintered Fang (200)**
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Reinforced x 1
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided

Units
10 x Chaos Chosen (480)**
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Dread Banner
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Varanguard (580)**
– 2x Ensorcelled Weapon
– 4x Fellspear
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Godsworn Hunt (0)**
10 x Chaos Warhounds (80)*
– Allies

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 80 / 400
Wounds: 135
Drops: 7

This list has some interesting tech – typical of the topsy-turvy (in relation to the American/European meta at least) – but it does still rely on the current standard core: a blob of Chosen, a blob of Varanguard, and a Sorc lord to cast Daemonic power/Conduit for that sweet first turn battle tactic.

Where things deviate is, first and foremost, the list being in Legion – an oft-discussed and rarely seen sub-faction allowing for granular moving around of Marks to fit the board-state. It means giving up the extra casts of Cabalists or the runs/charges of KOTET, but the flexibility it offers is immense.

Continuing the techy picks is the Underworld band of Theddra, who brings a nice (if short range) -1 to wound spell and 10 ablative bodyguard wounds in her Godsworn hunt. Two cheapo Exalted offer GC flexibility and cheap chances at Apotheosis – i.e. rolling on the Eye of the Gods table to become a Daemon Prince, which represents a ‘free’ 80 points if it goes off – or otherwise just ideally stacking decent buffs on a cheap chassis.

A reinforced blob of Splintered Fang brings a large, reliable MW output option and a cheeky 10 chaos warhounds act as a fast, very cheap screen – potentially to keep up with the Varanaguard and act as a buffer.

Overall, a really interesting spin on the current Slaves meta that was able to take down some tough matchups – but interestingly lost to the more standard Cabalists mirror! Either way, big up to Michael for trying (and succeeding!) with something outside the box.

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Allegiance: Nighthaunt
– Procession: Emerald Host
– Grand Strategy: Dismantle the Brave
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Kevin (100)*
Cairn Wraith
Guardian of Souls (150)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Midnight Tome
– Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Krulghast Cruciator (150)*
– Artefact: Pendant of the Fell Wind
Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief (340)**
– Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist
Lord Executioner (130)**
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Spirit Torment (120)**

Battleline
20 x Chainrasps (220)
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Spirit Hosts (130)***
3 x Spirit Hosts (130)***

Units
20 x Dreadscythe Harridans (320)***
– Reinforced x 1
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (100)***

Endless Spells & Invocations
Mortalis Terminexus (80)

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Galletian Veterans

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Artefact

Total: 1970 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 95
Drops: 11

Solid change up to the lists we see for the faction. It almost looks like a pre 3rd Ed battletome. Two units of Spirit Hosts and solid blocks of both Chainrasps and Dreadscythe Harridans to cause problems, but the real meat of the list is the Heroes. That’s not something we’ve been saying about Nighthaunt a lot lately. We have the normal Guardian of Souls, Spirit Torment, and Krulghast to return models to larger units and reduce incoming damage. The Guardian of Souls has been buffed with Fuelled with Ghurish Rage to grant D3 heal and a once per game 3+ ward. I think we will see this a fair bit for the Guardian. They are easily picked up and are crucial. It goes further with auto cast (once per game) for an endless spell and Seal of Shyish (5+ ward).

We aren’t seeing the Cairn Wrath (Kevin) at all, and Lady Olynder is pretty uncommon. Kevin is a bit of a sleeper. His attacks are based on the number of enemy models within 3″. When you are facing Nighthaunt, Soulblight, and Beasts of Chaos, that can be a very nasty surprise. There is nothing wrong with the unit, but Lady Olynder is almost the same cost as 20 Bladegheist (and more than 20 Dreadscythe or Grimghast). What she does do is heal in the hero phase, debuffs, and turns off commands and mortal wounds. There are issues with the reliability of some of these, but if the heroes are clustered around the Chainrasps and Dreadscythes, it can be crucial.

The ranged mortals are a disincentive to getting close (with only 7 wounds she isn’t robust but can hurt in melee). Forcing your opponent to be circumspect can be useful, particularly when your Host talent is to cause D3 mortal wounds to 2 to 4 units every round. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s an average of 10 wounds over 5 rounds. Emerald Host probably isn’t receiving the attention it deserves, but when most armies are 100 to 130 wounds, causing an average of 20 to 40 wounds without risk is pretty important. Even if you assume most games end round 4, that is still an average of 16 wounds. Enough to kill most MSU battleline and a lot of heroes and monsters. And it triggers Murderous Bloodlust (+1 to hit and wound for Dreadscythes).

If you look closely, the whole list has a number of sources of mortal wounds and is really built around making a Murderous Bloodlust trigger, including the Motalis Terminatus. The list looks to outlast and outscore you, and it worked except against Pat’s Maggotkin, another list built to outlast.

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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Bloodsecrator (130)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Bloodstoker (80)**
– General
– Command Trait: Mage Eater
– Artefact: Skullshard Mantle
Bloodstoker (80)*
Skarbrand (390)**
Slaughterpriest (100)*
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)**

Battleline
10 x Bloodreavers (80)*
– Meatripper Axes
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Meatripper Axes
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)**

Units
10 x Wrathmongers (280)**
– Reinforced x 1
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)*
– Allies
9 x The Unmade (80)**
– Allies
6 x Mighty Skullcrushers (320)**
– Ensorcelled Axes
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Wrath-Axe (70)

Faction terrain x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 160 / 400
Wounds: 148
Drops: 2

The polar opposite in terms of lists to the Nighthaunt are the recently popular mortal Blades of Khorne. Blood Tithe points are the key to Blades of Khorne – they gain one for every unit that is destroyed. Keeping a steady flow of points is vital, allowing summoning and the granting of boons. It doesn’t matter whose units die, just that something does. Then you should understand that half of this list is just here to die. The Bloodreavers, Unmade and Corvus Cabal, can do damage in the attack, but they’ll explode when struck back. The Bloodstoker can get them there faster, and the Bloodsecrators grant extra attacks. But they are better with the Wrathmongers (who will give other units more attacks) or the Skullcrushers.

The Skullcrushers are a solid anvil. They hit reasonably hard if supported, but they are a 5 wound, 3+ save unit. On the charge, a block of six causes D3 mortals on impact instead of 1 per model. It’s really important to drop one from as far away as possible. The Slaughter Priest is a source of dispels, blessings, and mortal wounds. He can summon the Wrath-Axe for more ranged mortals. That leaves Skarbrand and Skarr. Skarbrand needs no introduction: reroll charges and appalling amounts of damage to anything, not Nighthaunt. Still, for 390 points, he can die fairly easily. Skarr is a lot of fun. He has 5 attacks minimum but can increase it to the number of enemy models within 3″. He grants fight on death to Wrathmongers (who give him an extra attack), and if he dies, he returns to the battlefield on an 8+ (on 2D6).

And that’s the list, a whole lot of things that want to get to you fast, either to kill you or be killed. Unfortunately, they don’t really play the mission well, relying on beating an opponent to death.

Final Tournament Placings

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Top Six AoS Lists for CanCon 2023

January 29, 2023 Top 3 Lists 3 Comments

This is the top six AoS lists for the CanCon 2023 that took place in Australia on 21st and 22nd of January. It involved 202 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.

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The Top Six AoS Lists

Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos
– Greatfray: Gavespawn
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Protect the herdstone
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)**
– General
– Command Trait: Unravelling Aura
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Dark Storms: Sundering Blades
Great Bray-Shaman (100)**
– Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Wild Rampage
Beastlord (95)**
– Artefact: Mutating Gnarlblade

Units
6 x Dragon Ogors (290)*
– 6x Draconic War glaives
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Gors (70)***
– Gor-Blades & Beastshields
10 x Gors (70)***
– Gor-Blades & Beastshields
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc of Beasts of Chaos (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc of Beasts of Chaos (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Tzaangors of Beasts of Chaos (175)
– 10x Pair of Savage Blade
10 x Tzaangors of Beasts of Chaos (175)
– 10x Pair of Savage Blade
10 x Ungor Raiders (80)**

Endless Spells
Chronomantic Cogs (70)

Core Battalions
*Bounty Hunters
**Warlord
***Expert Conquerors

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 168
Drops: 11

Bests of Chaos (sic) run roughshod over another big tournament. And why shouldn’t they? Unthinking beasts – they’re just following their nature, going with the flow – what fault is it of theirs if no puny tree-man, hungry-man, rat-man, green-man or hungry-man-but-further-away can stand up to them?

Composition wise, we have the core HQ, the usual dragon ogors, but only to the tune of 6 to make space for twelve Enlightened on Discs and 2x 10 Tzaangors. Plus, of course, some of the annoyingly good little chaps who don’t cost enough.

Anyway, the previews have started for their new book, so speculation is rife as to whether they’ll receive the necessary re-writes to corral the herd. I hope they do, because there’s only so many times I can think of new ways to sneak my ‘NERF BoC FOR THE LOVE OF GORS’ agenda into these top 3s.

Nevertheless, taking down any tournament this big deserves praise so well done to Geordie. And to be fair, you don’t see Tzaangors that often, and they’re cool.

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Allegiance: Seraphon
– Constellation: Thunder Lizard
– Grand Strategy: Continuous Expansion
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Slann Starmaster (285)****
– General
– Command Trait: Arcane Might
– Artefact: Fusil of Conflaguration
– Spell: Stellar Tempest
Engine of the Gods (285)***
– Artefact: Incandescent Rectrices
– Mount Trait: Beastmaster
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Skink Starpriest (130)****
– Spell: Hand of Glory
Skink Priest (120)****
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Skink Priest (120)****
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Units
30 x Skinks (225)**
– Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Skinks (75)**
– Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
5 x Saurus Knights (110)*
– Lances
5 x Saurus Knights (110)*
– Lances
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (250)***
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (250)***

Endless Spells
Horrorghast (40)

Core Battalions
*Bounty Hunters
**Expert Conquerors
***Linebreaker
****Command Entourage – Magnificent

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 112
Drops: 11

So Seraphon just got a lot more expensive, and Corey’s list here will be one of the last to enjoy their old ‘bargain’ prices.

In the meantime, it works as we’ve come to expect. Slann as magic powerhouse, Engine of the Gods as a mixed phase utility, well, engine, and a mixture of skink support priests, one of the starry variety.

(Slightly) interestingly, Corey brings so many skinks you’d expect them to be in Fangs of Sotek – but no! We’re in Thunder Lizard still, so one of those two bastiladons can still double fire, stacked with Skink priest buffs. The big skink blob I imagine is meant to capitalise on the durable prayer platform that is the Engine, getting Curse off on a juicy target (on a 3+ while near terrain within their own territory due to their Primeval Domain rule) for the 60 skink shots to fish for some 6s.

We also have 2x 5 knights here, who made a surprise comeback this season as cost-efficient bounty hunters with weight of attacks – but obviously, that’s a tactic going more extinct than the ~~dinosaurs~~ dodo.

Big gratz on the 5-0 with a balanced Seraphon list – shame it’s now about 75 pts more expensive, lacking its most useful battalions, and doesn’t play nicely into the new realm rules. Seraphon could be about to experience a serious lull going into their new book – but that’s fine, they’re cold-blooded, they will have their time in the sun again.

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

Leaders
Bloab Rotspawned (320)**
– Lore of Malignance: Plague Squall
Morbidex Twiceborn (320)***
Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
Lord of Afflictions (230)**
– General
– Command Trait: Overpowering Stench
– Artefact: The Splithorn Helm
Plague Priest (100)**
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Units
10 x Rotmire Creed (125)*
10 x Rotmire Creed (125)*
10 x Rotmire Creed (125)*
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)***
5 x Chaos Chosen (240)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

Core Battalions
*Expert Conquerors
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1985 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 101

I hope everyone enjoyed those Expert Conquerors while they lasted. While not as egregious as Bounty Hunters, I can’t say that I’m sad to see it go. Joel made use of them with a triple Rotmire in the same way that many Nurgle players do. It’s interesting to watch Nurgle over the course of this edition since they evolved from pure fly spam to bringing hero hammer + Rotmire creed.

And what a hero hammer this list is. 5 heroes are in play, with all of them being the classic nurgle combination of decent damage output and great resilience (you could even say they are disgustingly resilient). Joel has also brought along a couple of Slaves to Darkness allies to fill in the gaps that Nurgle armies tend to have. The Corvus Cabal brings some much-needed mobility to grab early objectives and the Chaos Chosen are an excellent vehicle for damage output.

Looking forward, I’m not sure that this list will need much adjustment for the new season. Joel already has a pair of solid Galletian Champions, some excellent potential Bodyguards, and the ability to reliably score three or four battle tactics without sweating too much. Overall, I’m excited to see what changes are made for the next GT.

Congratulations to Joel. He brought a well-crafted list, and played it effectively to achieve a 5-0.

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Allegiance: Seraphon
– Constellation: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Slann Starmaster (285)*
– General
– Command Trait: Arcane Might
– Spell: Stellar Tempest
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spell: Hand of Glory
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (155)*
– Artefact: Serpent God Dagger

Units
30 x Skinks (225)*
– Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Skinks (75)*
– Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (75)*
– Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
2 x Salamander Hunting Pack (280)*
– Reinforced x 1
2 x Salamander Hunting Pack (280)*
– Reinforced x 1
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*
– Allies

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1985 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 92
Drops: 1

Another 5-0 Seraphon list, this time with added Spinedog! Boy, am I glad that’s become a rare occurrence. Of course, it’s still a powerful piece, and on paper, it does make sense for Seraphon, given they lack an otherwise durable bully piece.

Henry has also brought some Salamanders in this particular iteration of the standard Fangs list (buff pieces, loads of skinks), which play really well into the Starborne teleport and provide an excellent dual-phase threat.

All in all it’s clear how this list hurts you – it’s a kind of techy twist on the ‘pin-cushion’ archetype, with excellent objective play in a handy one drop for, most likely, forcing opponents to move up into a much easier charge range of the Spinedog.

Gratz to Henry, and here’s hoping the new Seraphon book makes it less appealing than ever to take the ‘dog!

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Allegiance: Sylvaneth
– Glade: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Arch-Revenant (120)*
Branchwych (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Spellsinger
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deepwood: Verdurous Harmony
Drycha Hamadreth (335)*
– Lore of the Deepwood: Regrowth

Units
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (460)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Scythes (500)*
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
3 x Revenant Seekers (235)*
3 x Aetherwings (65)*

Endless Spells
Spiteswarm Hive (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Season
Season of Blugeoning

Total: 1995 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 112
Drops: 1

Drycha! You love to see it. The evil tree spirit in a mech suit is still a relatively rare sight given her competition in Durthu and Alarielle, but her ability to choose between 10 extra melee or shooting attacks makes her a fast, durable and flexible piece that I don’t think gets enough love.

Gary here has gone heavy with Kurnoh – a reinforced blob of both the shooty and scythy variety (both of which, as always, are backed up by the +1 to wound aura of the Arch-Revanant). Then, just the one unit of teleporty tree revs and a fantastic support unit of Seekers. It’s a nice balanced list with huge reach, two big blobs that will keep regrowing (via Seekers and Verduous Harmony) if you don’t have the ability to take them down fast enough, and the tactical Drycha option.

The fact it could handle such a diverse set of opponents – the magic dominance of Tzeentch, through the ranged punch of Underguts Ogors and even a semi-mirror – en route to the rare Sylvaneth 5-0 is testament to the general and how adaptable the list is. It’s really cool.

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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Hammers of Sigmar (Scions of the Storm)
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
Lord-Relictor (145)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Spell: Thundershock
– Prayer: Translocation

Units
2 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)*
2 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)*
2 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)**
2 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)**
5 x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (200)*
5 x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (200)**

Everblaze Comet (90)
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Holy Command
Holy Command: Thunderbolt Volley

Total: 1995 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 98
Drops: 2

If you follow Stormcast chat on Australian servers, this list might not be a surprise. Why such a skew list and why does it work – first credit to the General, but this is a durable shooting list which doubles down on Mortal Wounds. Each Vexillor can grant a re-roll charge to a unit within 12″. And each Vexillor can be deployed from Azyr (Scions of the Storm). So one play is to use the Vexillors to buff important charges after moving just outside 9″ (no redeploy). Or drop both just beyond 9″, allowing the Tempestors to shoot, then charge. Enormous flexibility and mobility. Backed by Judicators with a double shoot potential. The strength of this list is the extreme difficulty opponents have in stopping or limiting scorring. The Tempestor units with 12 wounds need serious attention to remove. They will tie up big threats turn after turn, unlike the larger units that some of the biggest hitters can remove in a turn.

Then there is the Mortal Wound output, another nice trick, Everblaze Comet to drop a bomb on any castles, with a CV of 6, Master of Magic makes it almost certain to go off when you want it. That with Thundershock to short those charges (leaving a CP for Unleash). And each of the Vexillors has a mini Everblaze. The list is a 2 drop (all of the best SCE lists try for minimum drops) for that small advantage. Scoring wise, this list wasn’t just good at scoring it’s own Battle Tactics but preventing some of the opponents (sometimes a lot of theirs). This list was rated as one of the strongest at Cancon and scored extremely well in the first 3 rounds before falling away in the last 2. Still major victories but not as many “other” points as some of the higher ranked lists. To be expected with the final pairings being into stronger opponents. It’s innovative and effective, and it is fantastic to see SCE from a different angle.

Tournament Placings

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