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Top Three AoS Lists for the Nova Open Age of Sigmar GT

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Nova Open Age of Sigmar GT that took place in the UK on the 1st and 3rd of September. It involved 165 players vying to be crowned champion in a 8-game tournament. After the 5th round players were split into 8 pods for the final 3 rounds. Players could choose to play either 5 or 8 rounds.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead (900)*
Vampire Lord (140)*
– Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Vampire Lord (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Unbending Will
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
6 x Fell Bats (160)*
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Fell Bats (80)*

Units
1 x Corpse Cart (80)*
– Unholy Lodestone

Endless Spells & Invocations
Umbral Spellportal (80)
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Kruleboyz
– Army Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Krump ’Em All!

LEADER
1 x Swampboss Skumdrekk (280)
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Choking Mist
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Sneaky Miasma
1 x Killaboss on Corpse-rippa Vulcha (200)**
– General
– Command Traits: Supa Sneaky
– Artefacts: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Traits: Weird ’Un
1 x Gobsprakk (240)***

BATTLELINE
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**
10 x Gutrippaz (150)***
– Wicked Stikka
10 x Gutrippaz (150)***
– Wicked Stikka

ARTILLERY
1 x Beast-skewer Killbow (80)***

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Legion: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: N/A

Leaders
Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)*
Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Diversionary Tactics
– Artefact: Artisan’s Key
– Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs
Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Soul Release

Battleline
6 x Immortis Guard (440)*
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)*
– 1x Dread Falchions
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield

Units
2 x Morghast Archai (220)*
– Spirit Halberds
2 x Morghast Harbingers (220)*
– Spirit Halberds

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Walter Brock: Today we are looking at a tough cookie of a list.  Running Petrifex Elite instead of the common Null Myriad we are used to seeing this season lately. This sub faction will allow the already tough units to be even harder to take out.

Spell casting savant works well with the Immortis guard. Making it very difficult to Deny the OBR grand strat.

Katakros alongside with Petrifex turns the toughness up to 11. Giving everything +1 to save and reducing enemy wound rolls by 1 in melee makes it very hard for things to go down.

The Boneshaper helps reinforce the hard to kill aspect of this list. Artisans key bringing back stalkers and Immortis guard is very efficient. That already nearly impossible to kill model just came back. Diversionary tactics reducing enemy charges by 3 within 12 can cause some charges to fail, deny battle tactics and make things difficult for the opponent all together. Reinforce constructs helps provide some protection from mortal wounds. One of the few sources of damage that can take out these tough units reliably.

The Ossifector is mostly here to buff the Morghasts.  The primary buff going on them will be the +1 rend. A strong support piece to keep things going.

6 Immortis Guard are seen a lot. That’s because they are very good at what they do, not dying and bodyguarding your characters that are reviving the Immortis guard.  With a once per game fight twice Immortis Guard have very respectable damage. 

Deathriders are the Heros of Bonereaper lists.  These can do pretty much anything. From screening to doing a simple battle tactic. This player opted for a single unit of Deathriders to open the battle tactic option mostly. The real meat and potatoes of the list is in the tough elite infantry and Morghasts.

A unit of 3 stalkers is interesting.  A small, fast unit that can take out key targets or run around harassing the opponents’ sides. They aren’t as survivable as Immortis guard but gain speed and hit harder in return. A very strong unit for any situation.

lastly is the two Morghast units.  Archai get a 5+ ward while wholly within 12 of a hero and Harbingers get the option to deep strike from off the board.  Putting both units in adds for some powerful tactical flexibility.  Both units when they roll and 8 or higher on the charge get fight first.  Letting the list pile on more damage before the main threat of a unit has even attacked.  The main strength of these guys is their ability to turn off commands within 3.  This ability can throw a wrench in an opponent’s plan and help swing things in favor for the Bone Reapers play.

All this fits into a Battle regiment.  A powerful list that is incredibly hard to kill the models, and lots of tactical flexibility.  Well done to this player.


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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
– Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Spectral Host
Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)*
Varghulf Courtier (160)*
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Deranged Transformation, Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Crypt Horrors (330)
Crypt Horrors (330)
Crypt Ghouls (80)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Leo Rautonen – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 14 / 19 / 19 / 16 / 15 / 11 / 13 / 14

02 Jacob Brandon – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Kruleboyz: Grinnin’ Blades
19 / 16 / 12 / 12 / 15 / 15 / 4 / 16

03 Dean Bilz – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 16 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 15 / 12 / 16 / 6

04 Anthony Lawrence
Hedonites of Slaanesh 19 / 8 / 18 / 13 / 18 / 13 / 7 / 13

05 Gavin Grigar – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 16 / 17 / 12 / 14 / 15 / 8 / 17 / 7

06 Anthony Trentanelli – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Flesh-eater Courts: Hollowmourne Grand Court 19 / 20 / 14 / 15 / 7 / 9 / 7 / 12

07 Kaleb Walters – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Disciples of Tzeentch: Guild of Summoners 19 / 18 / 14 / 17 / 13 / 7 / 13 / 4

08 Jiwan noah Singh
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 19 / 16 / 19 / 15 / 12 / 5 / 3 / 8

09 Thomas Guan
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 13 / 15 / 8 / 18 / 20 / 13 / 17 / 12

10 Rye Anderson – TILT – TILT
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 16 / 18 / 8 / 17 / 11 / 7 / 17 / 13

11 Mathew Davies
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 19 / 15 / 6 / 17 / 17 / 14 / 14 / 8

12 Nicholas Walters – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 19 / 18 / 18 / 15 / 5 / 18 / 3 / 12

13 Owen Jackson – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 19 / 20 / 13 / 8 / 15 / 8 / 6 / 15

14 Thomas Ling – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 5 / 15 / 19 / 14 / 16 / 12 / 6 / 8

15 Oliver Dempsey – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Daughters of Khaine: Hagg Nar 7 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 13 / 2 / 14 / 7

16 Aaron Newbom – Scal United – Scal United
Kruleboyz: Big Yellers 15 / 19 / 20 / 3 / 17 / 6

17 Evan Markham – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 17 / 17 / 7 / 12 / 12 / 15 / 12 / 15

18 Rick Ferreira – TILT – TILT
Ossiarch Bonereapers 14 / 13 / 16 / 7 / 15 / 14 / 8 / 15

19 Adam Craig
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 6 / 15 / 16 / 15 / 13 / 13 / 14 / 5

20 Dale Ervin
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 19 / 14 / 13 / 5 / 16 / 5 / 12 / 14

21 Darrick Simon – Peace through Dakka – Peace through Dakka
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 16 / 14 / 6 / 16 / 14 / 7 / 8 / 15

22 Myrcella Helv – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Daughters of Khaine: Khailebron 16 / 4 / 13 / 14 / 16 / 15 / 6 / 6

23 Jeremy Hauck – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Ogor Mawtribes 15 / 18 / 17 / 4 / 14 / 5 / 16 / 5

24 Christopher Schelling – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 16 / 14 / 19 / 12 / 5 / 6 / 4 / 5

25 Barton Kennelly – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Blades of Khorne: Goretide 16 / 15 / 12 / 5 / 14 / 14 / 14 / 12

26 Chai Tzola – NYC Warhammer – NYC Warhammer
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 14 / 12 / 14 / 13 / 5 / 13 / 8 / 15

27 Matt Nguyen – Scal United – Scal United
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 17 / 12 / 11 / 13 / 5 / 14 / 12 / 8

28 Frederick Schmidt – Georgia Warband – Georgia Warband
Sylvaneth: Harvestboon 13 / 2 / 18 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 6 / 16

29 Michael Sabetti – BeautyHammer – BeautyHammer
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 16 / 0 / 14 / 17 / 13 / 8 / 15 / 5

30 Stephen Mazzeo – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 10 / 7 / 16 / 13 / 13 / 6 / 15

31 Nik Grimnir – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 13 / 12 / 1 / 17 / 18 / 7 / 5 / 4

32 Jake DiBattista – Max Value – Max Value
Beasts of Chaos 5 / 17 / 13 / 15 / 12

33 David Klamm – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 8 / 14 / 17 / 7 / 16 / 12 / 12 / 13

34 Ryan Byrne – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 17 / 14 / 8 / 14 / 8 / 8 / 12 / 17

35 Michael Rausch – highground gaming – highground gaming
Ossiarch Bonereapers 16 / 19 / 17 / 5 / 3 / 17 / 5 / 15

36 Christopher Gosselin – Warphammer – Warphammer
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 8 / 16 / 5 / 18 / 18 / 13 / 15 / 7

37 Jean-François Normand – Bourrins Pingouins – Bourrins Pingouins
Daughters of Khaine: Hagg Nar 13 / 6 / 17 / 7 / 20 / 8 / 15 / 5

38 Rob Proscia
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 10 / 13 / 12 / 6 / 13 / 3 / 8 / 14

39 Logan Fendt – Wicked Dicey – Wicked Dicey
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 18 / 17 / 3 / 8 / 15 / 12 / 8 / 3

40 Tom Long – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 3 / 15 / 18 / 17 / 7 / 7 / 5 / 6

41 Harry Isaksson – Bridge Trolls – Bridge Trolls
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Filthbringers 16 / 14 / 8 / 13 / 7 / 16 / 14 / 12

42 Carl Ong – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Sylvaneth: Oakenbrow 13 / 19 / 12 / 6 / 5 / 16 / 6 / 12

43 Grant Gerstner – High Tide – High Tide
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 4 / 8 / 17 / 15 / 12 / 8 / 15 / 8

44 Christopher Hernandez – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 13 / 20 / 5 / 12 / 7 / 12

45 Zach Pfeifer – The Hobby Collab – The Hobby Collab
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 19 / 8 / 12 / 15 / 4 / 12

46 Charles Wilson – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Gloomspite Gitz 13 / 3 / 20 / 7 / 14 / 8

47 Kyle Calip – Scal United – Scal United
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 6 / 16 / 19 / 13 / 2 / 4

48 Nicholas Carpenito – NYC Warhammer – NYC Warhammer
Skaven 8 / 7 / 15 / 13 / 16

49 Victor Szafranski – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Mhornar 9 / 12 / 12 / 15 / 6 / 13 / 15 / 15

50 Philip Schifano – Dice Like Ice – Dice Like Ice
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 15 / 14 / 4 / 6 / 12 / 7 / 17 / 15

51 Gregory Brewer – Scal United – Scal United
Big WAAAGH! 17 / 17 / 0 / 12 / 7 / 13 / 16 / 5

52 Joshua Rogers
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 16 / 12 / 7 / 6 / 11 / 11 / 5 / 14

53 Richard Blankenship
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 12 / 12 / 13 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 15

54 Jon Anderson – Georgia Warband – Georgia Warband
Idoneth Deepkin: Nautilar 19 / 5 / 1 / 13 / 14 / 12 / 4 / 5

55 Nick Jackson
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 13 / 4 / 3 / 15 / 17 / 8 / 3 / 6

56 Joe Shoemaker – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Big WAAAGH! 18 / 4 / 4 / 14 / 12 / 7

57 Adam Packard – Guys and Dolls – Guys and Dolls
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 12 / 14 / 7 / 12 / 4 / 13 / 14 / 11

58 Mark Male
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 17 / 13 / 12 / 3 / 6 / 13 / 15 / 9

59 Mathias Bar – BeautyHammer – BeautyHammer
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 10 / 12 / 14 / 5 / 5 / 12 / 5 / 14

60 Jack Politis – Always Strikes Last – Always Strikes Last
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 16 / 1 / 5 / 12 / 15 / 7 / 19 / 6

61 Brenden Aston
Nighthaunt: The Emerald Host 15 / 2 / 13 / 3 / 18 / 8 / 1 / 12

62 David Phillips – Virginia Age of Sigmar – Virginia Age of Sigmar
Fyreslayers: Lofnir 4 / 6 / 14 / 13 / 13 / 13

63 Blaine Woodward – Team Bug Chungus – Team Bug Chungus
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 7 / 8 / 18 / 8 / 13 / 7 / 6 / 8

64 Corey Chen-Mckay – Pennsyltuckies – Pennsyltuckies
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 13 / 3 / 12 / 15 / 0

65 Alex Hamilton – Peace through Dakka – Peace through Dakka Sylvaneth: Heartwood 12 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 16 / 14 / 14 / 11

66 Josh Koehler
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Nar 12 / 6 / 18 / 6 / 4 / 14 / 8 / 15

67 Sergio Ortiz – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 16 / 12 / 4 / 8 / 8 / 12 / 12 / 9

68 Joe Krier – Icey Dice – Icey Dice
Disciples of Tzeentch: Hosts Arcanum 4 / 14 / 15 / 8 / 6 / 10 / 17 / 5

69 Matthew Foster
Sylvaneth: Oakenbrow 16 / 8 / 13 / 6 / 7 / 10 / 6 / 13

70 Ellis Bialowas – Ossiarch Fartreapers – Ossiarch Fartreapers
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 8 / 12 / 6 / 18 / 6 / 8 / 3 / 7

71 Calvin Poe – TILT – TILT
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 3 / 7 / 8 / 17 / 15 / 6

72 Basil Inferrera – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 8 / 5 / 20 / 13 / 5

73 Jared Bialowas
Ossiarch Bonereapers 13 / 8 / 9 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 18 / 8

74 Scott McCoy – River City Storm – River City Storm
Nighthaunt: The Scarlet Doom 4 / 3 / 0 / 19 / 12 / 5 / 17 / 12

75 William Symanowski – Swiggity Swooty – Swiggity Swooty
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 15 / 0 / 3 / 2 / 12 / 17 / 3 / 13

76 Matt Taylor
Gloomspite Gitz 5 / 15 / 4 / 7 / 15 / 8 / 10 / 15

77 Scott Dielman – TILT – TILT
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 11 / 3 / 18 / 7 / 6 / 15 / 2

78 Daniel Goldfarb – Terran Battle Friends – Terran Battle Friends
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 13 / 7 / 6 / 14 / 5 / 17

79 Aaron Schmidt – Nerd Lodge/Wisko Kings – Nerd Lodge/Wisko Kings
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Filthbringers 3 / 11 / 13 / 4 / 7 / 3 / 10 / 7

80 Dave Fatkin
Sylvaneth: Oakenbrow 4 / 7 / 18 / 14 / 3

81 Noah Tankin – Of Dice and Men – Of Dice and Men
Beasts of Chaos: Allherd 7 / 14 / 9 / 7 / 8 / 16 / 16 / 13

82 Matthew Soaper – Of Dice and Men – Of Dice and Men
Skaven 4 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 12 / 8 / 14 / 17

83 Nicholas Moffatt – Swiggity Swooty – Swiggity Swooty
Sons of Behemat: Taker Tribe 4 / 9 / 6 / 16 / 4 / 16 / 15 / 7

84 Tory Smith – 9th Realm Gamers – 9th Realm Gamers
Skaven 3 / 2 / 12 / 7 / 5 / 12 / 5 / 16

85 Adam Foster
Beasts of Chaos: Allherd 2 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 7 / 15

86 Thomas Perez – Cunning Commanders – Cunning Commanders
Sons of Behemat 4 / 5 / 7 / 12 / 6 / 15 / 4 / 3

87 Lucas Cochran
Ironjawz 3 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 16 / 5 / 13

88 Frank Becker
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 4 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 6 / 4

89 Adrian Ybarra – TILT – TILT
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 8 / 13 / 10 / 15 / 15

90 Alex Cosgrove – Of Dice and Men – Of Dice and Men
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 19 / 20 / 6 / 17 / 9

91 Blake Peterson – TILT – TILT
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 7 / 19 / 17 / 7 / 13

92 Ricky O’Steen
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 7 / 19 / 16 / 5 / 14

93 Graham Wrenn
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 15 / 15 / 9 / 8 / 12

94 Nicholas True – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 19 / 6 / 13 / 13 / 7

95 Isaiah Ramczyk – Wisko Kings – Wisko Kings
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 19 / 2 / 5 / 18 / 14

96 Walter Brock – Georgia Warband – Georgia Warband
Ossiarch Bonereapers 6 / 13 / 7 / 16 / 15

97 Adam Lindsey – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 19 / 5 / 14 / 3 / 16

98 William Harris – TILT – TILT
Disciples of Tzeentch: Eternal Conflagration 14 / 8 / 15 / 14 / 5

99 Mike Bartlett
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 17 / 12 / 16 / 8 / 3

100 Joshua Bradford – Blue Rune Gaming – Blue Rune Gaming
Stormcast Eternals 5 / 17 / 16 / 13 / 4

101 John Baecker – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Kruleboyz: Grinnin’ Blades 18 / 16 / 3 / 3 / 15

102 Jonathon Corbiere
Stormcast Eternals: Hallowed Knights 12 / 6 / 14 / 13 / 8

103 Jonnathan Cepello
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen 6 / 19 / 2 / 13 / 13

104 Jason Acosta – WA – WA
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 15 / 1 / 14 / 16 / 6

105 Alice Lirette – Goonhammer – Goonhammer
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 15 / 12 / 8 / 3 / 13

106 john rose – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 12 / 3 / 11 / 7 / 13

107 Tom Crowley
Cities of Sigmar 1 / 12 / 2 / 16 / 14

108 Brandon Phillips – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Blades of Khorne: Bloodlords 13 / 0 / 13 / 16 / 2

109 Jason Straub
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 17 / 8 / 10 / 14 / 7

110 Austin Benson
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 8 / 6 / 16 / 10 / 15

111 Brian Young – Filthy Casuals – Filthy Casuals
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Blessed Sons 10 / 8 / 11 / 5 / 16

112 Mark Reid – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 19 / 5 / 6 / 16 / 7

113 Mike Atkins
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 7 / 19 / 5 / 14 / 8

114 Charlie Bonta
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 5 / 7 / 20 / 6 / 14

115 Cody Diaz – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Blades of Khorne: Flayed 7 / 18 / 15 / 6 / 6

116 David Ragland – Team Big Chungus – Team Big Chungus
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Zaitrec 6 / 13 / 8 / 15 / 8

117 Tim Horwath – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 15 / 8 / 4 / 6 / 16

118 Alex Austin – Of Dice and Men – Of Dice and Men
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 5 / 6 / 16 / 16 / 6

119 Scott Dornbush
Idoneth Deepkin: Mor’phann 12 / 6 / 7 / 15 / 8

120 Todd Wiatt – Virginia Age of Sigmar – Virginia Age of Sigmar
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 7 / 15 / 7 / 5 / 13

121 frank balloqui – WA – WA
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 12 / 6 / 6 / 13 / 9

122 Josh Kale – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 8 / 13 / 17 / 5 / 2

123 Chris Werter – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Blades of Khorne: Goretide 4 / 18 / 12 / 4 / 7

124 ALEX VAVRECK
Sons of Behemat: Stomper Tribe 4 / 8 / 12 / 6 / 14

125 Oscar Lars
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Urbaz 7 / 14 / 3 / 17 / 2

126 Zane May – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 7 / 13 / 15 / 4 / 4

127 Michael Poitras – Table-It! Gaming – Table-It! Gaming
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 8 / 1 / 17 / 4 / 12

128 Joseph Espinoza – TILT – TILT
Seraphon: Dracothion’s Tail 16 / 1 / 5 / 7 / 12

129 Chris Gorski
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Zaitrec 13 / 8 / 6 / 2 / 12

130 Rico Saner
Big WAAAGH! 7 / 5 / 11 / 4 / 14

131 Bob Pizzano – Wicked Dicey – Wicked Dicey
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 7 / 12 / 7 / 14

132 Bill Keeler – TILT – TILT
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 14 / 14 / 2 / 3 / 5

133 Patrick Shifflett – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 16 / 1 / 15 / 2 / 4

134 David Espinosa – WA – WA
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 14 / 12 / 1 / 5 / 5

135 jon price
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 12 / 12 / 1 / 3 / 7

136 Jordan Goldfarb
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 16 / 2 / 2 / 14 / 0

137 Charles Fiandaca
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 5 / 3 / 9 / 10 / 16

138 Chad Griffith – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Nighthaunt: The Emerald Host 15 / 8 / 10 / 6 / 4

139 Nick Rau
Stormcast Eternals: Astral Templars 13 / 5 / 10 / 5

140 Jonathan Lovett
Fyreslayers: Greyfyrd 6 / 8 / 6 / 15 / 5

141 Joshua Okoniewski – Bottom Table Bullies – Bottom Table Bullies
Sylvaneth 15 / 8 / 2 / 7 / 8

142 Logan Young – Filthy Casuals – Filthy Casuals
Blades of Khorne: Flayed 4 / 12 / 8 / 6 / 7

143 Anthony Arias – TILT – TILT
Ogor Mawtribes: Thunderbellies 5 / 5 / 16 / 5 / 6

144 Phillip Kohrmann
Idoneth Deepkin 2 / 17 / 7 / 3 / 8

145 David Dill
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 7 / 15 / 8 / 6

146 Andrew Hoffmann – TILT – TILT
Nighthaunt: The Emerald Host 7 / 3 / 13 / 6 / 6

147 Adam Schank – TILT – TILT
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 4 / 7 / 3 / 8 / 13

148 Alex Shaffer
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 13 / 6 / 4 / 4 / 7

149 Theresa Wagner – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 3 / 19 / 8 / 4

150 Rowen Bialowas – Ossiarch Fartreapers – Ossiarch Fartreapers
Stormcast Eternals 5 / 18 / 1 / 5 / 4

151 Josh Hankin
Big WAAAGH! 8 / 15 / 8 / 0

152 Hunter Massie
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Nar 3 / 4 / 4 / 12 / 8

153 Joshua Sites – Pennsyltuckies – Pennsyltuckies
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 4 / 1 / 3 / 18 / 5

154 Ryan Lavoie – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Stormcast Eternals 16 / 6 / 7

155 Zach Rochner
Blades of Khorne: Bloodlords 5 / 5 / 13 / 2

156 Sean Seyer
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 12 / 8 / 0

157 Kevin Long
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 4 / 1 / 14

158 Travis Bowling
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 17 / 0 / 2

159 Corry Wiggins
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 3 / 13 / 3

160 David Morgan
Beasts of Chaos: Allherd 7 / 2 / 7 / 1 / 7

161 Tadhg Webber
Blades of Khorne: Flayed 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 8

162 Ron Bowling
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 4 / 5 / 8 / 0

163 Travis Weyforth – CCG – CCG
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 4 / 8 / 4

164 Kenn Hogentogler – Knights of The Pond – Knights of The Pond
Slaves to Darkness 2 / 6 / 5

165 Jason Sanders – Georgia Warband – Georgia Warband
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zon 4 / 7

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Nashcon Age of Sigmar GT 2023

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This is the top three AoS lists the Nashcon Age of Sigmar GT 2023 that took place in the US on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 104 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. This is a two list tournament, players choose which one to run at the table.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

List 1:
Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bloodbind
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)*
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
Skarbrand (380)**
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)**
– Artefact: Halo of Blood
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Theddra Skull-Scryer (160)**
– Allies

Battleline
20 x Bloodletters (360)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Reaver Blades
8 x Claws of Karanak (100)**

Units
3 x Magore’s Fiends (140)**
5 x Godsworn Hunt (160)**
– Allies

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

Faction Terrain
1x Skull Altar

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

List 2:
Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bloodbind
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)*
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*
Skarbrand (380)**
Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)**
– Artefact: Halo of Blood
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Theddra Skull-Scryer (160)**
– Allies

Battleline
20 x Bloodletters (360)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
– Reaver Blades
8 x Claws of Karanak (100)**

Units
3 x Magore’s Fiends (140)**
5 x Godsworn Hunt (160)**
– Allies

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

Faction Terrain
1x Skull Altar

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

Roland Rivera: Despite this tournament being in a 2-list format, our winner seems to has thumbed his nose at that notion, as both of his lists are exactly the same! He has gone for the Hero-heavy Khorne approach which seems to be gaining momentum of late, as he has maxed out his Hero selections.

The list is anchored by Skarbrand and the Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury, which are a vital source of mobility in the form of 3D6″ charges (Skarbrand for himself, the Unfettered Fury Thirster for anyone) and doing most of the damage. The list also packs several Priests (including the Unfettered Fury Thirster itself) to help power out whatever Prayer or Invocation is the most useful at the moment (and this list has a pretty deep selection). An interesting addition is Theddra Skull-Scryer as an Ally (likely for Andtorian Locus-centered Battle Tactics). Skarr Bloodwrath rounds out the Hero lineup as a cheap, recurring space blocker that can also double as a source of Blood Tithe.

These Heroes have some troop support in the form of a blob of Bloodletters and Magore’s Fiends, but they will mostly be asked to do the heavy lifting in combat, on both offense and defense. Overall, this style of Khorne list seems to be gaining momentum this season, so don’t be surprised if you see similar lists going forward.

Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Belladamma Volga (200)*
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Vampire Lord (140)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)**
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)**
– Spells: Fading Vigour

BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*
– Doom Wolf
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**

OTHER
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone
6 x Fell Bats (80)**
3 x Vyrkos Blood-born (90)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)*
– Spells: Fading Vigour
1 x Belladamma Volga (200)*
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)**
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
1 x Vampire Lord (140)***
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Necromancer (100)***
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
10 x Dire Wolves (140)**
– Doom Wolf

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

OTHER
1 x Corpse Cart (80)*
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone

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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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

LEADERS
Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Overpowering Stench
– Artefact: The Shield of Growths
The Glottkin (600)*
– Lore of Malignance: Rancid Visitations
Poxbringer Herald of Nurgle (130)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

UNITS
4 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (480)*
– 2 x Dolorous Tocsin
10 x Plaguebearers (130)*
10 x Plaguebearers (130)*
2 x Beasts of Nurgle (200)*
3 x Nurglings (100)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

2000/2000pts

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

LEADERS
Lord of Afflictions (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Overpowering Stench
– Artefact: The Shield of Growths
The Glottkin (600)*
– Lore of Malignance: Gift of Disease
Poxbringer Herald of Nurgle (130)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

UNITS
4 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (480)*
– 2 x Dolorous Tocsin
10 x Plaguebearers (130)*
10 x Plaguebearers (130)*
2 x Beasts of Nurgle (200)*
3 x Nurglings (100)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

2000/2000pts


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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Spectral Host
Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)*
Varghulf Courtier (160)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Deranged Transformation, Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Crypt Horrors (330)
Crypt Horrors (330)
Crypt Ghouls (80)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
– Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)*
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Deranged Transformation

BATTLELINE
Crypt Horrors (330)*
Crypt Horrors (330)*
Crypt Ghouls (80)*

OTHER
Crypt Flayers (180)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for Macki Wojny GT3

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This is the top three AoS lists for Macki Wojny GT3 that took place in Poland on the 4th and 5th of August. It involved 70 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

I found this tournament last minute, so I’m afraid there’s no commentary here, but I couldn’t resist sharing a Kruleboyz list as soon as I could (and one that isn’t Grinnin’ Blades or includes Gobsprakk).

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Subfaction: Ymetrica
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Archmage Teclis (740)*
– General
Scinari Cathallar (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Phoenix Stone
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
The Light of Eltharion (230)*

BATTLELINE
10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– High Warden
– Spells: Etheral Blessings
10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– High Warden
– Spells: Speed of Hysh
5x Vanari Dawnriders (120)*
– Standard Bearer
– Steedmaster
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

BEHEMOTH
Alarith Spirit of the Mountain (340)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Rune of Petrification (60)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)

TERRAIN
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Nagash (900)*
Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet

BATTLELINE
Crypt Horrors (330)*
– Crypt Haunter
Crypt Horrors (330)*
– Crypt Haunter
Crypt Ghouls (80)*
– Crypt Ghast

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
DROPS: 1

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Ravagers
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Idolater Lord
– Spells: Hoarfrost
– Prayers: Heal
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
1 x Infernal Enrapturess (120)***
1 x Be’lakor (340)**
– Spells: Binding Damnation
1 x Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)***
– Daemonic Axe
– Trophy Rack
– Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

UNITS
9 x The Unmade (80)**
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
9 x Spire Tyrants (70)**
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Splintered Fang (100)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
20 x Splintered Fang (200)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
20 x Splintered Fang (200)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
20 x Splintered Fang (200)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Splintered Fang (100)***
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
6 x Furies (80)**
1 x Cockatrice (120)**

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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Allegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Big Yellers
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Breaka-Boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180)*
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– Lore of the Swamp: Nasty Hex

Battleline
9 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (360)**
– Reinforced x 2
– Boltboy Boss
9 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (360)**
– Reinforced x 2
– Boltboy Boss
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
– Boltboy Boss

Units
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*
– Hobgrot Boss
– Sulphuric Scrap-grenades
– Scrap Totem Bearer
– Noise-maker
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)**
– Allies
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3x Barbed Net
5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)*
– Allies
5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)*
– Allies

Artillery
Beast-skewer Killbow (80)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 300 / 400
Wounds: 125
Drops: 2

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Top Three AoS Lists for Blood And Thunder GT

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This is the top three AoS lists for Blood And Thunder GT that took place in Canada on the 8th and 9th of July. It involved 19 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Flesh-eater Courts
– Grand Court: Hollowmourne
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours!
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– Artefact: The Dermal Robe
– Lore of Madness: Deranged Transformation
Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)*
– Lore of Madness: Spectral Host
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Zombie Dragon (430)*
– Artefact: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Trait: Razor-clawed
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Crypt Ghast Courtier (70)**
Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)**
Varghulf Courtier (160)**
– General
– Command Trait: Grave Robber
– Artefact: The Bilious Decanter

Battleline
9 x Crypt Horrors (330)***
– Reinforced x 2
9 x Crypt Horrors (330)***
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)*
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**

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

Total: 2000 / 2000

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

LEADERS
Contorted Epitome (190)
– General
– Command Traits: Strength of Godhood
– Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets
– Spells: Born of Damnation
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Be’lakor (355)

BATTLELINE
Blissbarb Archers (300)
– High Tempter
Blissbarb Archers (300)
– High Tempter
Blissbarb Archers (150)
– High Tempter

OTHER
Blissbarb Seekers (200)
– High Tempter
Slickblade Seekers (200)
– Hunter-Seeker
Slickblade Seekers (200)
– Hunter-Seeker

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

TERRAIN
1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1945/2000

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses

LEADERS
Wight King (135)*
– General
– Command Traits: Unbending Will
Mannfred Von Carstein (390)**
– Spells: Prison of Grief, Waste Away
Necromancer (90)**
– Artefacts of Power: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Fading Vigour, Waste Away
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Vampire Lord (130)**
– Spells: Soulpike, Spirit Gale

BATTLELINE
Grave Guard (280)*
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Grave Guard (280)*
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Deathrattle Skeletons (170)*
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Deathrattle Skeletons (170)*
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer

BEHEMOTH
Mortis Engine (230)*

OTHER
Corpse Cart (70)*
– Unholy Lodestone
– Corpse Goad

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: 1945/2000

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Meatfist
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Tyrant (150)*
– General
– Command Trait: Killer Reputation
– Artefact: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)*
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder

Battleline
6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)*
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
4 x Ironguts (270)*
4 x Ironguts (270)*
4 x Ironguts (270)*
4 x Ironguts (270)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1940 / 2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for Dazmaul Wargaming

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament that took place in the UK on the 18th and 19th of March. It involved 29 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Lineage: Vyrkos Dynasty
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: Vampiric Conquerors
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
1 x Necromancer (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Pack Alpha
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deathmages: Decrepify
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Radukar the Beast (310)*
1 x Vampire Lord (140)*
– Lore of the Vampires: Amethystine Pinions

Battleline
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (80)*
20 x Grave Guard (280)*
– Great Wight Blades
– Reinforced x 1

Behemoths
Zombie Dragon (270)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

I can’t in good faith make any more jokes about Soulblight rising back up, so I’ll just jump right into it.

What we’ve got here is a Vyrkos list that gleefully flips off the last season and screams ‘RIP BOUNTY HUNTERS’ while pushing 120 zombies up the board and, presumably, cackling gleefully. They’re all backed up by the usual buff pieces allowing them to get extra attack (Radukar, if he makes a charge) and fight twice (Necromancer, with danse macabre) – and remember they do MWs on 6s to hit and bring back models killed as zombies on a 2+. So it’s not like they can’t spike a few rolls and do a surprise bunch of mortals to whatever tries to chew through them or pull from the front and rally back up.

On top of that, they’re backed up by a Corpse Cart, which projects a -1 to wound aura, making those zombos even more infuriating to kill, and the pretty standard 20 Graveguard – who also make an excellent target for the hero buffs – who always have and still absolutely slap. A newly bargain-priced Zombie Dragon provides access to monstrous rampages and some nice targeted damage, while fitting neatly into the battle regiment!

5 wins for Soulblight at the moment is a great result, and it seems like loads and loads of meat is well and truly back on the menu, boys (and girls).

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Grave Robber
– Artefacts: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Spectral Host
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– Artefacts: The Dermal Robe
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)*
– Spells: Blood Feast
1 x Varghulf Courtier (160)*

BATTLELINE
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
6 x Crypt Horrors (220)**
6 x Crypt Horrors (220)**

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Having just called a list with 9 x Flayers “the list” we’ve got one of the best variations. I say that because I played against a version of this a lot. 2 Dragons and 2 blocks of Crypt Horrors is a smart way to play the faction. It gives you more threats to push an opponent. You still have the ability to bring 9 x Crypt Flayers/Horrors (Flayers are probably better) on through summoning. You might have to do it earlier if the Terrorgheist are in combat though.

Still no Cogs, taking the risk that a spell will fail, and only one of the Crypt Horror units will have all of the buffs. The 6 strong units are a risk as well, against a Rend -2 attack even with a 5+ ward (and only one should have it), it’s only 36 effective wounds. A block of fulminators can overcome that on the charge easily. Still, they have fight twice near one of the Dragons on top of rerolls to hit. And additional attacks – they are very nasty threat.

Tunnel Master on the Archregent is surprisingly useful. He can grab an unattended objective easily and then summon friends. But just as easily, it lets him stay within range of either the dragons or Crypt Horrors. Lots of mobility and stacks of board control, it’s a very effective way to control your opponents’ scoring opportunities and really terrify them.

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

LEADERS
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)**
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
1 x Squigboss (80)**
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
1 x Squigboss (80)**
1 x Grinkrak the Great (190)***
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)***
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– 3 Barbed Nets
20 x Moonclan Shootas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– 3 Barbed Nets
36 x Squig Herd (360)***
36 x Squig Herd (360)***

OTHER
1 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (190)*
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)**
1 x Gobbapalooza (145)***
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)***

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Galletian Sharpshooters
**Warlord
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1975/2000

Our latest boogey man (for all of a month and then more demons arrived this week). Simon was keen to see a horde on the table and took over 100 models. Beyond that, though there is so much going on, it’s hard to know where to start. We’ve got a couple of sources of Hand of Gork (for teleports), and Grinkrak’s Looncourt can teleport themselves (if you don’t want the bodyguard). Fungoid Cave Shaman as General? Not sure I’ve seen that before, he’s a sneaky Tunnel Master as well, not sure you’d want to use that too early but he has a nasty Mortal Wound spell with a range of only 6″.

Squigboss’s for both Squigg units, of course, Skragrott (is he mandatory, certainly see him a lot) and a Sloggoth for monster action. The point, of course, is the heroes buff the Squiga (or Shootas), and you let loose the Squig’s. Individually, it’s not really an issue. The 30 Squiggs (and 6 herders) in each of the Squigg herds can hit, from the charge, 120 times. And if you kill some on the crack back, they do a mortal as they flee. With a 3 for bravery, there is a lot of fleeing. Their version of rally is once a game (2+ from each Squigherd) and kills the squiherd but unless you can clear the unit in a turn (difficult) you’ve probably got 2 turns of this from each unit.

That’s the name of the game for the squig build. Wear your opponent down in rounds 1 through 3 and then crack back. With the heroes handing out ‘shrooms granting wards or bonuses to the Shoota (only target) and the Sloggoth giving +1 to hit the Shootas start to be an issue. Sloggoth’s affect is an aura and will apply in any phase – charging the Shootas will be painful. Goes first, winds the squiggs up and unleashes them into your key units. Goes 2nd, hold the squiggs back at let’s the Shootas blunt your attack. If you try to hide, then the Shootas can even be teleported to punish you. If you injure them but don’t clear the unit, it can be rallied 3 times. If you do kill it, there is a 50% chance of them returning via the moon shrine.

I’ve only scratched the surface, but despite weak looking warscrolls, this is a very competitive army. 140+ wounds that can have multiple models or units returned is bad. Their overwhelming you with buckets of dice, which is worse. It’s probably a bit cheap with a lot of sources of mortal wounds. It’s an army that you have to try to outlast or watch them run away with things in the turn 4 and 5. Losing to Flesh Eater courts probably reflects the amount of damage even 3 Crypt Flayers (or 6 Crypt Horrors) can do with buffs and fight twice. They can kill anything in this list in a turn. Otherwise, more elite armies will struggle.

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

Leaders
1 x Gordrakk the Fist of Gork (500)*
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
1 x Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (260)**
1 x Orruk Megaboss (140)**
– General
– Command Trait: Skilled Leader
– Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion)
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist

Battleline
10 x Orruk Brutes (300)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Orruk Brutes (150)***
– Pair of Brute Choppas
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)***
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**

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

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

Tom & I spent much of late 2021 and 2022 battling each other for top Ironjawz and top Big Waaagh in the UK… and whilst he always beat me, my fun run last year got me the Big Waaagh title…! Woot. Since then Big Waaagh has suffered with the new General’s Handbooks and it’s great to see Tom bucking the trend with a 4-1 result (and top table game 5 match.

Tom’s taken a mostly traditional Big Waagh list with Ironjawz as the base, but he’s gone with Gordrakk and Gobsprakk. Two big flying models in the era of Gallatian Champions is a brave decision but it does allow Tom to stop spells with Gobsprakk and kill characters with Gordrakk.

It’s a great call to bring a model that can cause mortal wounds to Galatian Champions and has the reach to get them. Being able to avoid shooting doesn’t help when a Maw Krusha gets within 1″.

The rest of the army is standard Big Waaagh… but I like all the pieces and it’s made me consider actually painting my Gobsprakk – so a great double result. Well done Tom!

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Flesh-eater Courts – Faction Review (Jul-Nov ’22)

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

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

Flesh-eater Courts

Region Comparison – Popularity

Flesh-eater Courts saw their highest popularity in Oceania with 3.7% of players choosing the faction for tournament play, while at the opposite end of the world the uptake was only 1.8% in Europe.

Region Comparison – Win Rates

The win rates across all the regions were fairly solid at around 50%. However, the only exception was Scandinavia where this dipped to 35.0%

North America was the location of the Flesh-eater Courts only 5-0 result.

Subfaction Analysis

SubfactionPlayersWin Rate
Hollowmourne754.29%
Gristlegore1350.77%
Feast Day3247.20%
Morgaunt1246.67%
Blisterskin2943.45%
None/Unknown952.27%
Faction Total10447.60%

Although Hollowmourne appears to have the most successful win rate, they were by far not the most popular faction, with the majority of players choosing between Feast Day and Blosterskin as their go to.

Top 10 Flesh-eater Courts Players

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

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Top Three AoS Lists for Quest of Champions – Heat 4

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Peter: We’re always looking for fresh bl… I mean writers to join our team and expand our range of content. Patrick is trying his hand at a top three lists before he moves on to writing about the content he loves….. Horus Heresy.

This is the Top Three AoS lists for Quest of Champions Heat 4 that took place in the Sanctuary Gaming Centre and Coffee Shop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK on August 6th and 7th. Quest of Champions is run by Warrior Lodge in Nottingham, UK. There was a total of 38 players competing in this five-round heat, the top twelve of which will be invited back for a grand final later this year.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Nighthaunt
– Army Subfaction: Scarlet Doom
– Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight
– Triumphs:

LEADER
Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead (955)
Spirit Torment (115)
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome

BATTLELINE
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (175)

OTHER
2 x Chainghasts (95)

ENDLESS SPELLS
Chronomatic Cogs (40)
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1975/2000)

Patrick: One of the best parts of Age of Sigmar is seeing huge, god-tier centerpiece models not only regularly used on tables, but seeing those units perform to their points cost. Between the upgrades the Nighthaunt saw in their recent book, including their excellent spell lore, I imagine that we will begin to see Nagash show up in more Death lists as time goes on. Andrew’s list shows Nagash supporting (or being supported by) a big killy block of ghosts.

Nagash can produce an almost offensive number of spells in the Hero phase, and the re-roll from the Cogs makes those casts unlikely to be turned off by an early phase miscast. On top of that, Nagash is pulling double-duty by keeping the units of Bladegheists alive and closer to full strength throughout the fight.

Speaking of Bladegheists: there are 40 of them present in this list, including one reinforced unit. The buffs they can receive from the Chainghasts and Spirit Torment can turn them into a force to be reckoned with, and Andrew used them to great effect in this tournament. The units can be used both as mobile screens, protecting Nagash from incoming enemies, or as a melee threat while supported by the Spirit Torment and Chainghasts. The Scarlet Doom spirit host allows for the large unit of Bladegheists to reliably put out mortal wounds, leaning into one of the more common winning strategies in the current meta.

The Purple Sun makes an appearance in this list, as it does in most lists featuring wizards, and the forward push from the Arcane Tome wielding Spirit Torment allows for the Sun to be placed in a favorable position early in the game, rather than casting it and presenting opportunities for the opponent to dispel it as it works its way up the table 8” at a time.

This is also the only list featured today that uses a grand strategy other than No Place for the Weak. Fright or Flight seems to be leaning more towards a conservative defensive approach, relying on preventing enemies from contesting objectives rather than outright killing the opponent. Overall, a straightforward list, but one that saw Andrew win four of his games with a draw in the fourth round.

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
Knights of the Empty Throne Varanguard x 6 (560)
– General
– Daemonforged Blade and Warpsteel Shield
– Command Trait: Inescapable Doom
– Artefact: Grasping Plate
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
Knights of the Empty Throne Varanguard x 6 (560)
– Daemonforged Blade and Warpsteel Shield
– Artefact: Corrupted Nullstone
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (135)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
– Spell: Mask of Darkness
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (135)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
– Spell: Mask of Darkness

BATTLELINE
8 x Iron Golems (75)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
8 x Iron Golems (75)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
8 x Iron Golems (75)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
8 x Iron Golems (75)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch

OTHER
Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)

BEHEMOTH
Chaos Warshrine (215)
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
– Prayer: Heal

CORE BATTALIONS
Battle Regiment
Command Entourage – Magnificent

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL POINTS: (2000 / 2000)

Patrick: What’s the best way to keep the Purple Sun from wiping your 500+ point leader on an unlucky roll? Have your 500+ point leader be a six-man squad of Varanguard! Or two of those units in Toby’s case. Toby is taking advantage of one of the stranger aspects of Knights of the Empty Throne, in that your leaders don’t need to be a single model, bringing a total of 12 Varanguard spread across two reinforced units. Both units carry Warpsteel Shields, providing them some resistance to spells and endless spells, and both have been improved through artefacts and command traits, allowing the two units to buff the defenses of nearby units, keep enemies locked in combat, and automatically dispel one spell. The leaders are rounded out through a pair of Sorcerer Lords, which can use Mask of Darkness to sling any given unit in the army to the other side of the board, allowing a unit of Iron Golems to catch a distant objective or place a 6-man unit of heroic Varanguard behind enemy lines.

The army wide Tzeentch mark and Chaos Warshrine give a clear image of how badly Toby doesn’t want his opponents to successfully cast, and when they do manage to get a spell off, he wants to make sure that it doesn’t hit as hard as his opponents expects. A Mindstealer is there to supplement the martial abilities of the already-proficient Varanguard, helping ensure that they can get the most out of the combat phase by delaying an opponent’s turn to fight.

The use of a Battle Regiment that doesn’t include all units in the army makes for an interesting addition, potentially preventing Toby’s priority but allowing him to deploy more reactively to his opponents. Those units may have been better placed in a battalion providing more utility benefits, such as an Expert Conquerors or Bounty Hunters battalion. Ultimately Toby drove this army to a top spot with the Battle Regiment, so it clearly worked. We can talk at length about the magic-heaviness of the current meta, but seeing a list that turns that around to focus on magical defense rather than output shows that there are hard counters present to arcane lists. The fact that Toby took this list to a 4/1 victory and 2nd place overall, with only a single loss to a Thunder Lizard list, shows that sometimes martial might makes right.

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Army Type: Seraphon
– Army Subfaction: Thunder Lizard
– Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
Lord Kroak (430)
– Spell: Stellar Tempest
Engine of the Gods (265)
– General
– Command Trait: Prime Warbeast
– Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Mount Trait: Beastmaster
– Spell: Hand of Glory
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)
– Artefact: Fusil of Conflagration
Skink Priest (90)
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

BATTLELINE
5 x Saurus Guard (115)
5 x Saurus Knights (110)
5 x Saurus Knights (110)

OTHER
5 x Chameleon Skinks (115)

BEHEMOTH
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (250)
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (250)

ENDLESS SPELL
Chronomantic Cogs (40)
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
Bounty Hunters
Linebreaker
Warlord

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL POINTS: (1985/2000)

Patrick: Ah, Kroaknado, how we miss thee. In such a magic and mortal wound heavy meta, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Lord Kroak remains such a strong presence in high-ranking Seraphon lists, going 4/1 with a second-round loss to Hallowed Knights. Tom takes advantage of Kroak’s 4 casting attempts, a stock +2 to casting, unbind, and dispelling rolls, and the ability to unbind spells cast anywhere on the map, Kroak is an arcane powerhouse. While this list does not take advantage of the ability to measure line-of-sight from skink wizards or Oracles, it does include some Saurus Guard to help beef up Kroak’s already impressive defenses. It’s a shame that the Balewind Vortex is no longer available, otherwise we could see Tom run the true insanity of 2nd edition Kroak.

A pair of Bastiladons are near constants in Thunder Lizard lists. Their tremendous defense and high-quality shooting always impress and taking two allows Tom to take advantage of Thunder Lizards command ability throughout the fight, leading the pair to push out an average of 18 wounds at their top bracket with more against Chaos armies or with the use of All-out Attack, enough to potentially wipe some reinforced squads of Galletian Veterans off a nearby objective.

The list includes a trio of utility heroes largely meant to improve the defenses and recover from heavy losses throughout the battle. A pair of non-reinforced Saurus Warriors act as excellent mobile screens to block the progress of enemy melee units. There is also a small cadre of Chameleon Skinks, which are an excellent harassing unit, and surprisingly durable when taking advantage of their “Perfect Mimicry” ability. While unreliable, the mortal wounds that can be caused by their dart pipes will always be appreciated when the dice are in Tom’s favor.

Two of the top three placing armies at this event included the Chronomantic Cogs and Purple Sun. These endless spells are highly effective at their current points cost, and the added boost the Cogs provide to any magic-heavy army cannot be understated. The Purple Sun remains ever-present in the meta and will probably be here to stay until the next General’s Handbook gets released.

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Army Type: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak

LEADER
Abhorrent Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (445)
– Artefacts: Corpsefane Gauntlet
– Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
Abhorrent Archregent (245)
– Spell: Spectral Host
Crypt Infernal Courtier (130)
– General
– Command Trait: Grave Robber
Varghulf Courtier (160)

BATTLELINE
10 x Crypt Ghouls (85)
9 x Crypt Horrors (330)
9 x Crypt Flayers (540)

ENDLESS SPELL
Chronomantic Cogs (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
Battle Regiment

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL POINTS: (1975/2000)

Patrick: Hero-hammer is a thing of beauty and dropping half of your army’s cost on fitting four different rotting corpses into the leader slot of your roster is an excellent place to start. Thomas took an uncommon FEC list to the top ten, going 4/1 with a loss in the second round to a Scarlet Doom Nighthaunt list (I suppose Nagash is allowed to have a favorite child for the moment).

Thomas is using Hollowmourne to its full effect by taking two double-reinforced units of Crypt Horrors, with the right support from the Archregent the damage potential of these units can quickly build from fearsome to terrifying. The ability for the Terrorgheist to keep up with the extra speed provided to one unit by Deranged Transformation makes sure to keep the unit in the aura of hit roll re-rolls. The summons from both Abhorrent units can also help supplement the army’s relatively low model count by bringing large blocks of Crypt Ghouls to the field (up to 40 between the two).

The Crypt Infernal Courtier’s high Movement characteristic and artefact make it an excellent hero hunter. The Varghulf pulls its weight both by being a support hero for the Ghouls and Horrors, but also by being a melee threat by itself.

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