This is the top three AoS lists for the TMagical Dominance Saigon Warhammer Age of Sigmar GT 2023/2 that took place in Vietnam on the 3rd and 4th of November. It saw 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Flesh-eater Courts
– Grand Court: Blisterskin
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– General
– Command Trait: Hellish Orator
– Lore of Madness: Deranged Transformation
Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– Lore of Madness: Spectral Host
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)**
– Artefact: Eye of Hysh
– Mount Trait: Gruesome Bite
– Lore of Madness: Blood Feast
Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)**
– Lore of Primal Frost: Rupture

UNITS
3 x Crypt Flayers (180)**
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
3 x Crypt Flayers (180)**

BEHEMOTHS
Royal Terrorgheist (260)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Cadaverous Barricade (20)

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL: 1980/2000

Hanna Leppänen: This list is an interesting one! Blisterskin is not the most typical subfaction, but it gives +2″ move to all Blisterskin units and a teleport CA for flying units. The Hero section of this list looks rather typical with double Archreagents providing 2 casts each and summons. Goose King aka Aborrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist providing a good mobile hammer (especially when buffed up) and Foot King for that +1 A spell and 10 Ghouls summon. Spellcasting Savant is a good GS, especially with Flayers, who I think are playing a major role in this list, transporting the heroes and being super mobile.

Overall, this list is a neat take on how FEC can be super control heavy (this was earlier this year seen particularly in Morgaunt lists). Lots of movement, movement shenanigans, screens, and zoning pieces prevent armies from getting where they want to go, with a huge threat of Goose King and Terrorgheist looming around (possibly teleporting with Blisterskin CA).

The list plays vastly different to the typical “99” horrors lists seen around. It doesn’t hit hard apart from the terrorgheists, but it provides a lot of hard to counter, mobile pieces that can screen the Terrorgheist and bully the back lines. Flayers can carry the non-flying heroes surprisingly far when needed, and while they’re definitely in the short end of the recent changes FEC got in Dawnbringers, they can do work, especially against the squishier targets. The 2 Terrorgheists do the heavy lifting of this list, while summons and fast flayers outmanouver and threaten out of position units.

This all being said, this kind of list requires very good positioning to function well, so very well done to Trung for getting his 5-0 with the list!

Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Continuous Expansion
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Slann Starmaster (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Comet’s Call
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Cosmic Crush
1 x Skink Starpriest (130)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Huanchi

BATTLELINE
10 x Skinks (90)
– Skink Alpha
– Boltspitter
– Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler
10 x Skinks (90)
– Skink Alpha
– Boltspitter
– Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler
10 x Saurus Warriors (180)
– Saurus Warrior Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
– Celestite Spear
5 x Saurus Guard (140)**
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
– Saurus Guard Alpha

BEHEMOTH
1 x Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

OTHER
5 x Hunters of Huanchi with Starstone Bolas (80)
– Hornblower
– Huanchi’s Claw
– Chameleon Skink Alpha

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Aaaah, Starborne. Last time I commented on a Starborne list, I just made a glib limerick. And I can’t exactly top that. So this time, I’m just going to speculate idly on what could be done in terms of internal balance to mix things up a little.

Firstly, kill ‘Lord of Celestial Resonance’. Just straight up delete it from the book. It’s so far and away the most competitive pick of Command Traits as to render the rest meaningless. Sure, there was that one no-Slann list at War in the Heartlands that just happened to go 5-0, and he’s a complete legend, but of course the rest of us mere mortals want double the star power for just playing the game. Delete that command trait and we’d see some experimentation with the others – plus, as a result, the Slann’s points could probably drop a little which would also make him much more viable in Coalesced lists.

Next, re-write the Dracothian’s Tale sub-faction rules. As it stands it’s fairly pointless as I see it – the army gives you teleporting, you want stuff on the board for generating star power and screening your Star Power Generators – and there’s even a handy artifact (which this list hasn’t even bothered to take) for bringing stuff in outside of 7″ as opposed to 9″. So what does Draco Tail actually offer? Change it to something like – I don’t know, it buffs Chotecs and Terradons, or makes monsters a bit better somehow so that it can function as the ‘wizard lizards with fighty friends’ playstyle.

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

LEADERS
Liege-Kavalos (180)
– General
– Command Traits: Mighty Archaeossian
– Artefacts of Power: Lode of Saturation
Katakros (500)*
Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*
– Spells: Reinforce Constructs
Mortisan Soulmason (160)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
Mortek Guard (260)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
– 2 x Necrophoros
– 2 x Soulcleaver Greatblade
Mortek Guard (260)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
– 2 x Necrophoros
– 2 x Soulcleaver Greatblade

BEHEMOTH
Gothizzar Harvester (160)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Bone-tithe Shrieker (60)
1 x Soulstealer Carrion (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Ossiarch Cohort

TOTAL POINTS: 1950/2000

Roland Rivera: An interesting note about the Ossiarch Bonereapers 3rd edition tome is that the first list to earn 5-0 honors used the Crematorians subfaction. Clarificatory changes to the timing of the Gothizzar Harvester’s ability (which made it markedly worse) resulted in it falling out of favor, but recent points cuts to the Harvester and to Mortek Guard have made it an appealing option once again.

This list features an interesting General choice in the Liege-Kavalos, which has been kitted out to be an immovable object with the combination of Mighty Archaeossian (which gives it a 3+ ethereal save) and Lode of Saturation (which gives it a base 5+ Ward). Because this list is Mortek Guard-centric, a Soulmason is a strong choice thanks to the Soul-Guide spell. These choices join a Boneshaper and Katakros, which are common inclusions in most OBR lists.

As for the troops themselves, this list features 2 units of 20 Morteks that it will seek to get into combat, as well as 5 Kavalos Deathriders as an efficient skirmisher unit. Lastly, a Harvester provides a potent source of secondary healing for the Mortek as well as a cheap, decently hitty Monster to Roar into combat with.

Last but not least, the list includes some endless spells in the Bone-Tithe Shrieker (to combat wards) and the Soulstealer Carrion (to combat cheap objective grabbers). You don’t often see these spells in OBR lists with how tight their points situation currently is, but the pilot here clearly felt that they were needed, and who am I to argue?

Lumineth Realm-Lords
Great Nation: Zaitrec
Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
Triumph: Indomitable
Army Points: 1970

Leaders
Enlightener (170)*
– General
– Command Trait: Loremaster
– Artefact: Rune of Senthoi
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Hysh, Protection of Hysh
Cathallar (120)*
– Spells: Total Eclipse, Hoarfrost
Sevireth (270)**
Calligrave (110)**
– Spells: Etheral Blessing, Overwhelming heat
The Light of Eltharion (230)**
Bannerblade (80)***

Battleline
10 x Vanari Bladelords (120)***
– Bladelord Seneschal
10 x Vanari Bladelords (120)***
– Bladelord Seneschal
10 x Wardens (150)**
– High Warden
– Spells: Total Eclipse, Solare Flare
5 x Dawnriders (120)
– Steedmaster
– Standard Bearer
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh

Other
5 x Dawnriders (120)
– Steedmaster
– Standard Bearer
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh

Endless Spells
– Hyshian Twinstones (30)
– Gravetide (30)
– Quick Silver Swords (60)

Terrain
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

Battalions:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Wizard-finders of andtor

So we’ll be honest, we’re not too sure how this list works and didn’t want to give duff information. If you think you know how it works, why don’t you let us know in the commbelow?

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/BHTP5CA9M6