This is the top three AoS lists for the Northern Ireland GT that took place in Northern Ireland on the 5th and 6th of August. It involved 40 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
Mannfred von Carstein
Mortarch of Night (380)
– Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460)*
– Deathlance
– Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Vampire Lord (140)**
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw
– Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Necromancer (100)**
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*
Other
20 x Grave Guard (300)*
– Great Wight Blades
– Reinforced x 1
Endless Spells and Invocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
Core Battalion
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes
Total: 1960 / 2000
Danny Wadeson: First off, let me congratulate Solomon Morrow, not just on 1st place but also on actually kinda having a vampire esque name. Love to see it.
The list is Legion of Night, known primarily for its teleporting, Morbheg Claw wizards who can zip in, nuke a fool with Blizzard (and this one knows all the spells thanks to Shaman of the Chilld Lands) and then TP back out in the opponent’s hero phase – sneaky!
It’s also got Mannfred, who has multiple shenanigans and doesn’t see enough play in his own faction, along with your usual smattering of MSU deadwalkers, the usual VloZD and Graveguard brick, who’re a little more appropriately costed these days but still a fantastic hammer.
Assuming you’ve heard of Soulblight before, there’s not much else to comment on here other than it being quite interesting to see msu zombies. But it has Mannfred in, so I’m happy – I’d love to know how many times he counter-charged with fight first to disrupt the opponent’s plans!
Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS
Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Warlock Engineer (100)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Verminlord Deceiver (400)**
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts of Power: Shadow Magnet Trinket
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Master Moulder (90)**
– Warpstone-tipped Lash
Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
Slynk Skittershank (220)***
BATTLELINE
Plague Censer Bearers (90)
Rat Ogors (280)
– 2 x Warpfire Gun
Clanrats (100)
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
Plague Censer Bearers (90)
Clanrats (100)**
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
ARTILLERY
Warp Lightning Cannon (150)***
Warp Lightning Cannon (150)***
OTHER
Skittershank’s Clawpack (220)
TERRAIN
1 x Gnawhole (0)
1 x Gnawhole (0)
1 x Gnawhole (0)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Grand Battery
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Change Coven: Guild of Summoners
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
Leaders
Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)*
– Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate
Magister on Disc of Tzeentch (160)*
– General
– Command Trait: Arcane Sacrifice
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion
Kairos Fateweaver (440)*
– Lore of Change: Fold Reality
Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc (180)
– Artefact: The Eternal Shroud
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline
10 x Tzaangors (180)*
– 10x Pair of Savage Blade
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– 10x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– 10x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
Other
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (110)*
Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (50)
Daemonic Simulacrum (70)
Tome of Eyes (40)
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Kieran Bailey: Just as I settle in to write the words, “now Tzeentch can use the spell Rupture to make the Incarnate go wild” I look down the rest of the list and realise that there isn’t actually a Krondspine! Atta boy, David!
So what do we actually have. Well, there’s the Guild of Summoners with their easy to score ‘Call for Change’ Battle Tactic (Summon a Lord of Change) that means that the Tzeentch player had an excellent chance of scoring 10 points for Battle Tactics and 3 points for the Grand Strategy, which is an excellent start to any game.
Leading this force there is the still very good Kairos, though overpriced – 25 points more than Kroak? Come on GW?! Along with the Eternal Shroud allowing Fate Dice to come back, Kairos’ one per turn means there should be plenty of ways to tip the odds in his favour.
One place where those odds being tipped could be handy is when sending in the Enlightened on Disc. If you can guarantee a charge and buff up the flying bird-goats with Hoarfrost then they will be able to do a truly epic amount of damage, particularly if their target’s save is reduced by one with the Arcane Sacrifice spell. The Enlightened also prevent command abilities being used in the fight phase, so could be fighting at effectively rend -4.
Another piece of tech that has become more powerful with the change to Cogs is the Tome of Eyes as this gives you the re-rolls back, though only on one caster – probably Kairos. It’s also not a predatory spell, so can get around limitations on casting those.
The only blemish on David’s path to 4-1 was a Khorne matchup that is very difficult for any magic heavy army and, in fact, most armies at the moment. Congrats on an excellent result, David – may many more come in future!
Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Nautilar
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS
Akhelian King (240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury
– Bladed Polearm and Falchion
– Artefacts of Power: Potion of Hateful Frenzy
– Mount Traits: Voidchill Darkness
Eidolon of Mathlann Aspect of the Storm (300)*
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
BATTLELINE
Akhelian Leviadon (430)*
– Mount Traits: AncientAkhelian
Morrsarr Guard (340)*
– Standard Bearer
– Musician
– Lochian Prince
Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (170)*
– Standard Bearer
– Musician
– Lochian Prince
OTHER
Akhelian Allopexes (300)*
– Alpha Allopex
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (150)*
– Retarius Net Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)
CORE BATTALIONS*
Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1930/2000
Final Tournament Placings
| Rank | Player | Win | Draw | Loss |
| 1 | Solomon Morrow Soulblight Gravelords | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Emmet McNickle Skaven | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | David McCarthy Disciples of Tzeentch | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | David kane Soulblight Gravelords | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Stephen Mitchell Slaves to Darkness | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Kristoffer Mallberg Soulblight Gravelords | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kenneth Chambers Blades of Khorne | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | richard flood Seraphon | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | John Twomey Ossiarch Bonereapers | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Jables Pickup Maggotkin of Nurgle | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Colin Cochrane Stormcast Eternals | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Mike O’Brien Sylvaneth | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Brendan Mckernan Idoneth Deepkin | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Aidan Lee Ossiarch Bonereapers | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Adam Colgan Idoneth Deepkin | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Rob Kelly Soulblight Gravelords | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Craig Morrow Gloomspite Gitz | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Adam Threlfall Seraphon | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Chris Nellis Ogor Mawtribes | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Gerard O’Brien Gloomspite Gitz | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Ben Cochrane Seraphon | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Kieran McParland Nighthaunt | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Christopher Gill Seraphon | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Adam Jarman Kruleboyz | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Hayden mc murray Sons of Behemat | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Shane Forde Slaves to Darkness | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Gavin Dorrigan Soulblight Gravelords | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | James Fitzsimons Beasts of Chaos | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Cian Doherty Sylvaneth | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Jonnie Kelly Flesh-Eater Courts | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | rik eddon Lumineth Realm-lords | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | tomas lunney Maggotkin of Nurgle | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | David Sloan Hedonites of Slaanesh | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Brendan McKernan Ossiarch Bonereapers | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Gary Mullen Sylvaneth | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | John Foster Disciples of Tzeentch | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Adam Fox Maggotkin of Nurgle | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | John Dorrian Skaven | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | James Cassidy Gloomspite Gitz | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40 | Martin Laughlin Skaven | 0 | 0 | 5 |
