This is the top three AoS lists for Bash by the Billabong 3 that took place in Australia on the 8th and 9th of July. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)* – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (390)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord (130)* – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference – Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)**
Battleline 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** 3 x Fell Bats (85)**
Units 16 x Askurgan Trueblades (360)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Black Knights (220)** – Reinforced x 1
OTHER Garrek’s Reavers (70) Skullreapers (380) – Skullseeker – 2 x Icon Bearer
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
TERRAIN 1 x Skull Altar (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Galletian Veterans **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Kastelai – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Prince Vhordrai (470)* – Spells: Vile Transference Vengorian Lord (280)** – General – Command Traits: Undead Bladelord – Artefacts of Power: Fragment of the Keep – Spells: Flaming Weapon Necromancer (90)** – Spells: Waste Away – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE Blood Knights (460)* – Kastellan – Templar Lance – 2 x Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion Deathrattle Skeletons (170)** – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer Dire Wolves (130)** – Doom Wolf Dire Wolves (130)** – Doom Wolf
OTHER Askurgan Trueblades (180)* – Curseblood – Askurgan Exemplar – Elongated Claws and Slavering Maw – Paired Askurgan Blades
Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: Breaker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours – Triumph: Inspired – Fierce Loathings: Idiots with Flags
LEADERS Kraken-Eater (490) Gatebreaker (520)* – General – Command Traits: Monstrously Tough – Artefacts of Power: Glowy Shield of Protectiness Gatebreaker (520)* – Artefacts of Power: The Great Wrecka
BATTLELINE Mancrusher Mob (450)
CORE BATTALIONS *Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
This is the top three AoS lists for Store Championship på Spelfaktoriet that took place in Sweden on the 1st and 2nd of July. It involved 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Inspired – Drops: 11
LEADER 1 x Vampire Lord (130)* – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (390)*** – Spells: Waste Away – General in addition 1 x Wight King (135)*** – General – Command Traits: Unbending Will – Aspects of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha 1 x Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)***
BATTLELINE 20 x Grave Guard (280)* – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (230)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (115)** 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons (170)** – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer 3 x Fell Bats (85)**
OTHER 10 x Black Knights (220)*** – Hellknight – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower 1 x Corpse Cart (70)*** – Corpse Lash – Unholy Lodestone
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Darkwalkers – Grand Strategy: Protect the Herdstone – Triumphs:
Leaders Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (355)* – Allies Doombull (180)* – General – Command Trait: Bestial Cunning – Artefact: Brayblast Trumpet – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Great Bray-Shaman (95)*
Battleline 9 x Bullgors (630)* – Great Axes – Reinforced x 2 10 x Ungors (80)* – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungor Raiders (115)*
Units 6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (430)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Ungor Raiders (115)*
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440) – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Doomed Minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440) – Deathlance – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Vengorian Lord (280) – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390)* – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Battleline 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons (170)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
This is the top three AoS lists for No Holds Barred that took place in Australia on the 10th and 11th of June. It involved 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch – Subfaction: Guild of Summoners – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Kairos Fateweaver (440)* Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)* – General – Command Traits: Arcane Sacrifice – Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm – Spells: Arcane Suggestion Curseling (200)* – Spells: Shield of Fate – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)* – Iridescent Horror – Pink Horror Icon Bearer – Pink Horror Hornblower – Split and Split Again Kairic Acolytes (120)* – Kairic Adept – Scroll of the Dark Arts – Vulcharc – Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield Kairic Acolytes (120)* – Kairic Adept – Scroll of the Dark Arts – Vulcharc – Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)* – Iridescent Horror – Pink Horror Icon Bearer – Pink Horror Hornblower – Split and Split Again Kairic Acolytes (120)* – Kairic Adept – Scroll of the Dark Arts – Vulcharc – Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield
OTHER Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (180)
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80) 1 x Tome of Eyes (40) 1 x The Burning Head (30)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust For Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440) – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Doomed Minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – Deathlance – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390) – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Necromancer (90)* – Lore of the Deathmages: Fading Vigour – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
UNITS 16 x Askurgan Trueblades (360)** – Reinforced x 1
CORE BATTALION *Battle Regiment **Battle Regiment
TOTAL: 1975 / 2000
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork – Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine! – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER Grinkrak The Great (190)** Madcap Shaman (70)* – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (100)** – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (100)** – Tunnel master
BATTLELINE 10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)* 36 x Squig Herd (390)* – Reinforced x 2 24 x Squig Herd (260)* – Reinforced x 1
UNITS 5 x Gobbapalooza (160) – Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork 6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)** 6 x Sneaky Snufflers (130) 1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)* – Allies
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment **Warlord
TOTAL: 1955 / 2000
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Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Allherd – Grand Strategy: Protect the Herdstone – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (115)* – General – Command Trait: Bestial Cunning – Artefact: Brayblast Trumpet – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Wild Rampage Doombull (180)* – Artefact: Slitherwrack Helm – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Great Bray-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Tendrils of Atrophy
BATTLELINE 10 x Ungor Raiders (115)*** 10 x Ungor Raiders (115)*** 10 x Ungors (80)*** – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (80) – Mauls & Half-Shields
UNITS 6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (430)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Bullgors (420)** – Axes & Bullshields – Reinforced x 1 10 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)** 10 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)**
This is the top three AoS lists for Summer Of Sigmar 2 AOS GT that took place in the US on the 10th and 11th of June. It involved 44 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Godseekers – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Lord of Pain (135)** – General – Command Traits: Speed-chaser – Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Infernal Enrapturess (120)** – Artefacts of Power: Threnody Voicebox Keeper of Secrets (400)** – Shining Aegis – Artefacts of Power: Girdle of the Realm-racer – Spells: Paths of the Dark Prince Sigvald (205)*** The Masque (140)*** Lord of Pain (135)*** – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Joshua Bennett: Good evening, first off I want to congratulate you on your 5-0. You took a slightly different approach with your list than what we are use to seeing. The first big thing is that you went with God Seekers, what was the idea behind that.?
Jeremy Lefebvre: God seekers has enchants I can take at every level that are useful. Command trait that I can use a counter punch. 2 really good artifacts, the gridle for a pile in flying keeper. ( which makes them both aggressive and defense) and the voice box, which can be used to counter a melee heavy army on their big charge then the Extra movement is nice, to get things in a little better spot if needed. The charge reroll reduces the chance of getting screwed on bad charge rolls. one of the games, I failed 4 charges on the first roll ( a 3, 2, 4 and another 3) all of the reroll charges were successful
Josh: There is a lot of debate to whether the Keeper of Secrets is worth her points obviously you feel she is. What is her role in your list?
Jeremy: She didn’t go on a killing rampage, in most of the game she killed very little. but was fat enough to get in the way and grind stuff down. The double fight was very good in the list. It helps give an extra punch to get more DP. I used it with Siggy most of the time, but not all. As it lets him fight first, then fight again right after that (strike first, cancelling out the strike last) the keeper never died, which has to say something. She has served as anvil and pin piece, she often goes to hunt little foot heroes to stomp on.
Joshua: 5-0 aside that is very impressive.
Jeremy: Thanks, it is a fun list, and can be hard to pilot. a lot of the game is in the deployment and how to move it. It’s built to have counters to most types of armies, dunno if you saw when I broke that down in the Team America chat.
Josh: I love the fact that you did not mass include the archers in this list, its great to see other things being used.
Jeremy: Thanks, I feel you want some shooting, the archers are squishy, so requires a different game plan, that is not board control. I don’t find mass archers not fun to play, or play against. Mass archers list have hard counters, and I try to build my list so there is no hard counter, and I can hang in any game
Josh: I love it thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me about this amazing list and good luck with it of your next adventure!
Jeremy: It was a pleasure, looking forward to reading your write up on the list and event.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away Vampire Lord (130)* – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)* Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Flaming Weapon
BATTLELINE Black Knights (220)* – Hellknight – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Black Knights (220)* – Hellknight – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Black Knights (110)** – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight Black Knights (110)** – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight Black Knights (110)** – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight Black Knights (110)** – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight
Roland Rivera: Here we have an interesting variant of the typical Legion of Blood Soulblight list. It has the usual power-pinning elements to hold the line in Neferata and a Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon, both of which can present a 3+ ethereal save, followed by a Ward.
These are surrounded by lots of fast-moving Black Knights, which are fast bodies you can use to occupy space and capture objectives, but are also pretty potent on the charge. This charge potency is amplified by a Wight King on Skeletal Steed, which emits a bubble of rerolling charges and makes their impact hits better. The 10-man units operate more as a hammer and likely stick close to the Wight King, whereas the 5-man units are more expendable.
Last but not least, a Tunnel Master Vampire Lord can achieve some cheeky Battle Tactics by teleporting onto an objective, and is a source of chip damage by casting Spirit Gale. Overall, this is a fast-moving, hard-hitting list that has some staying power thanks to its tough Hero Monsters, and it’s easy to see why it did well, only drawing against the virtual mirror match.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)* Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference Vampire Lord (130)** – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE Black Knights (110)* – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight Black Knights (110)* – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Hellknight Deathrattle Skeletons (170)** – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer Deadwalker Zombies (115)**
OTHER Corpse Cart (70)* – Corpse Goad Grave Guard (280)** – Seneschal – Great Wight Blade – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower
Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin – Subfaction: Nautilar – Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Akhelian King (250)* – General – Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury – Bladed Polearm and Falchion – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome – Mount Traits: Voidchill Darkness Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (320)* Black Ark Fleetmaster (70)*
BATTLELINE Akhelian Leviadon (460)* Namarti Reavers (170)* Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (360)* – Lochian Prince – Standard Bearer – Musician
OTHER Akhelian Allopexes (170)* – Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades Akhelian Allopexes (170)* – Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
TERRAIN 1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000
Aaron Newbom: My Idoneth list is designed to be a mobile castle. Combining the turtles +1 to save aura, the Phoenix’s -1 to wound aura, and the kings -1 to hit aura creates a massive debuff zone if you manage to make contact with me. But unlike traditional castles, I am also incredibly mobile.
Leveraging the full force of your army to crack my walls and storm the keep becomes an impossibility (except on realmstone cache 👀) and my ability to explode outwards for heavy burst damage punishes any attempt to do so that fails.
The sharks and fleetmaster exist to allow me to make small plays without breaking up the castle and the score early points.
The Phoenix is amazing in this list because unlike normal armies, your opponent MUST shoot it. And no one wants to shoot the low damage 3+/4+ save unit, resulting in almost no chip damage ever coming through.
This is the top three AoS lists for Cryptic Cabin that took place in the UK on the 3rd and 4th of June. It involved 8 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Army Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Survivor’s Instinct – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Scinari Enlightener (170)* – General – Command Traits: Loremaster – Artefacts: Silver Wand – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh, Total Eclipse, Protection of Hysh – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master 1 x Scinari Loreseeker (160)* – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Flaming Weapon 1 x Alarith Stonemage (130)* – Spells: Living Fissure, Unbreakable Stoicism 1 x The Light of Eltharion (240)**
BATTLELINE 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Speed of Hysh 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Speed of Hysh 20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (320)** – High Sentinel – Spells: Speed of Hysh, Protection of Hysh
ARTILLERY 1 x Vanari Starshard Ballistas (130)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Rune of Petrification (60) 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70) 1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30)
OTHER 5 x Vanari Bladelords (130)** 10 x Alarith Stoneguard (260)** – Truestone Seneschal – Paired Stratum Hammers – Stone Mallet
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood
LEADERS Neferata (390)* Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Tailored Downfall – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Flaming Weapon Vampire Lord (130)** – Spells: Vile Transference Vampire Lord (130)** – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Screams – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (170)* Deathrattle Skeletons (170)* Black Knights (110)*
Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes – Subfaction: Thunderbellies – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
Leaders Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)* – General – Command Traits: Touched by the Everwinter – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome – Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder – Prayers: Heal Bloodpelt Hunter (140)* Firebelly (130)* – Spells: Billowing Ash – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
This is the top three AoS lists for the Bugeater AoS GT that took place in the USA on the 3rd and 4th of June. It involved 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Verminlord Warbringer (400)* – General – Command Traits: Devious Adversary – Artefacts: Warpstone Charm – Spells: Flaming Weapon 1 x Warlock Bombardier (110)* – Artefacts: Vial of the Fulminator – Spells: More-more-more Warp Power! – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master 1 x Grey Seer (120)* – Spells: Levitate 1 x Thanquol (430)** – 4 x Warpfire Projectors – Spells: Skitterleap 1 x Grey Seer (120)*** – Spells: Death Frenzy
BATTLELINE 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 20 x Clanrats (100)*** – Clawleader – 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer – 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer – Rusty Blade
BEHEMOTH 1 x Doomwheel (160)** 1 x Doomwheel (160)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Lauchon the Soulseeker (50) 1 x Warp Lightning Vortex (80) 1 x Quicksilver Swords (60)
Keegan Graves: My list is focused around target priority and taking out key pieces while scoring big early to help force early wins. This is very important in a meta of armies with very strong late games, like Khorne, SBGL, and OBR.
It’s hard to talk about my list without addressing the elephant in the room, so I will mention the doomwheels first. I love aggressive play and throwing units at my opponents to cause carnage, so I decided to give doomwheels a try. They give Skaven access to high speeds and incredible flexibility. They move 4d6” and can have that movement doubled by the Vial of the Fulminator artefact, so I would usually have one doomwheel consistently move 28” per turn. Their shooting, while low rend, can do quite a lot of damage. Usually enough to kill a chaff screen or an artillery piece. Altogether, It is a unit that your opponent does not want to commit to killing, but it will get value very quickly if left alive.
Other than the doomwheels, my list is very heavy on multiple sources of armor piercing damage, and I have 9 spell casts spread across 4 casters. Skaven is such a fragile army, so it is very important to have as many sources of damage as possible so we can keep the fight going for longer. Endless spells really help with this. I chose the Warp Lightning Vortex, which is a large and difficult to remove spell that stops running and does a lot of mortal wounds and Quicksilver Swords because it does mortal wounds that bypass wards. Thanquol and the Warbringer are my two hero monsters that do the majority of the heavy lifting. They make an excellent pair as the warbringer has rend 3, with the warpstone charm artefact, and wrecks high armor targets, while Thanquol’s shooting attack reliably kills 1 to 2 wound hoards. As an added bonus, both are very fast and have 5+ wards for extra reliability and durability.
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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Droning Guard – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Lord of Blights (150)* – General – Command Trait: Overpowering Stench – Artefact: The Shield of Growths – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Orghotts Daemonspew (320)* Bloab Rotspawned (320)** – Lore of Malignance: Gift of Disease
Units 10 x Plaguebearers (150)* 10 x Plaguebearers (150)* 3 x Plague Drones (200)** 3 x Plague Drones (200)** 3 x Nurglings (100)* 10 x Rotmire Creed (130)** 10 x Rotmire Creed (130)** 10 x Rotmire Creed (130)**
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Vampire Lord (130) – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)* – General – Command Traits: Master of Magic – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference Wight King (135)* Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)*
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (170)* – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer Deadwalker Zombies (230)* Black Knights (220)* – Hellknight – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower
OTHER Grave Guard (280)* – Seneschal – Wight Blade and Crypt Shield – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Blood Knights (230)* – Kastellan – Standard Bearer – Templar Lance
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000
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Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness – Damned Legion: Legion of the First Prince – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Archaon the Everchosen (860)* – The Lore of the Damned: Binding Damnation Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (355)** – The Lore of the Damned: Ruinous Vigour Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion) – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch – The Lore of the Damned: Chaotic Conduit – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battleline 10 x Chaos Warriors (210)** – Hand Weapon & Shield – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon 9 x Corvus Cabal (80)* 9 x Corvus Cabal (80)*
Travis Boysen: So the basic idea with my Archaon/Be’Lakor list is to use the Eye of Sheerian to try and force a double turn. That makes sure Be’Lakor gets full use of his Dark Master ability. Also, being in Legion of the First Prince, let’s me mark Be’Lakor to whatever I need. It was usually Nurgle, though, to help him be tanky.
The Blissbarb Seekers were a late add but paid off greatly as both Archaon and Be’Lakor love having essentially -3 rend for most of their attacks.
Quicksilver Swords were also a great choice when I played against Nurgle and Celestant Prime.
This is the top three AoS lists for Ironweld that took place in the USA on the 27th and 28th of May. It involved 57 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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As a group, we’re finding it increasingly difficult to find the time to write commentary on the tournaments as they crop up. You may have seen this through a few days where there isn’t an article posted at all.
To combat this, the decision has been made to publish the top three without comments. Where possible, writers will then revisit in the future to add comments if they feel its necessary.
I’m sorry that this is the route we’ve had to take. The only other option in the shirt term would have been to stop producing top 3 articles, but we really didn’t want to do that.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Slaanesh – Host: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Glutton for Depravity – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Contorted Epitome (190)*** – General – Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood – Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Shardspeaker of Slaanesh (125)*** – Lore of the Magnificent: Born of Damnation – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master The Masque (140)***
Battleline 22 x Blissbarb Archers (300)* – Reinforced x 1 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 10 x Daemonettes (125)**
Units 10 x Myrmidesh Painbringers (290)** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Blissbarb Seekers (200)*** 5 x Slickblade Seekers (200) 1 x Cockatrice (105) 10 x Ungors (80)* – Shortspears & Half-Shields 6 x Furies (90)**
Another win for Slaanesh, leaning heavily on the depravity generation of Blissbarb but with a lot of different parts from the Heroes to the units themselves. Pretenders again with Glutton for Depravity as the Grand Strategy. That means that if you can control the depravity generation, they won’t summon – but the list is designed to push hard and generate a lot of DP quickly. Starting with the heroes, the Contorted Epitome is built as a GC slayer, turning off your melee and increasing its damage. Nothing too unusual. The Shardspeaker is generating extra DP but is also built to take an objective and battle tactic if the opportunity is there. The Masque is unique and has a very aggressive ploy if you are willing to gamble on going first. With 12 drops, I think Anthony was planning to be given first turn most times.
Both kinds of Seekers for objective control, harassing units, and if pushed screens. The Painbringer are the obvious Euphoric Killers targets. After that, though, the list departs from the normal. The Cockatrice lost the Monster keyword but is still a very mobile annoying piece to deal with. Damage 2 attacks and 8 wounds make it a problem to kill even without Rend. The Furies have a similar role, or you could think of them like Heartrenders. Very quick units for Battle Tactics, screens, and generally annoying. The draw did Anthony no favours, but the varied list had a lot of answers. It may look unusual, but everything has a roll in the list.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away Vampire Lord (130)* – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (255)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer
OTHER Fell Bats (85)* Blood Knights (460)* – Standard Bearer – Kastellan – Templar Lance Corpse Cart (70)* – Unholy Lodestone – Corpse Lash
Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Emerald Host – Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Reikenor the Grimhailer (190)* – Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist Krulghast Cruciator (150)* – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Knight of Shrouds on Ethereal Steed (150)* – General – Command Trait: Spiteful Spirit – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
Battleline 10 x Hexwraiths (360)* – Reinforced x 1 5 x Hexwraiths (180)* 5 x Hexwraiths (180)* 5 x Hexwraiths (180)* 5 x Hexwraiths (180)*
Units 10 x Craventhrone Guard (180)** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Craventhrone Guard (90)** 5 x Craventhrone Guard (90)**
Endless Spells & Invocations Lauchon the Soulseeker (50)
Ghost cavalry attacks. Following the latest releases and battlescroll, Nighthaunt has fallen back into the pack. It’s no surprise that Nate is back with an unusual list. It plays into the current meta well with significant shooting (short range but ignores cover and lines of sight) and small mobile unit. It’s a complete 180 from the Bladegheist or Harridan lists. This list is outscoring you more than destroying you. Still, Reikenor or the Knight of Shrouds are capable in combat. And can take advantage of Lauchon (combat spell casters).
Bouncing off Stormcast, their natural enemy, the army dominated most of the current threats, including Gravelords and Khorne. I don’t think it’s a list that just anyone can use, but it’s an interesting option. With Emerald’s Host constant mortal wounds and their frequent small attacks, it can wear down or bog down key units. Mobility is key, or if you are the opponent, trying to stop the Hexwraith scattering. Concentrating on the Craventhrone may be a bit of a trap even with their shooting. With only a 12″ range, you can play around them
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Kastelai – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Prince Vhordrai (470)* – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Vampire Lord (130)* – General – Command Trait: Swift and Deadly – Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion) – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Lord Executioner (130)* – Allies
Battleline 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (115)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (115)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (115)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (115)*
Units 3 x Fell Bats (85)* 16 x Askurgan Trueblades (360)** – Reinforced x 1 16 x Askurgan Trueblades (360)** – Reinforced x 1
This is the top three AoS lists for the Birmingham AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 27th and 28th of May. It involved 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Lineage: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust For Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390)* – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440) – Deathlance – Lore of the Vampires: Flaming Weapon – General: Doomed minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mist and Shadows Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares (300) – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Crypt Ghast Courtier (70)* – Allies
Battleline 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
Units 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Reinforced x 1 1 x Corpse Cart with Unholy Lodestone (70)*
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs:
Leaders Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390)* – Lore of the Vampires: Soulpike Vampire Lord (130)* – General – Command Trait: Doomed Minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (230)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
Other 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Grave Guard (140)* – Great Wight Blades
Behemoth Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)* – Allies
Leaders Lord of Pain (135)** – General – Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood – Artefact: Breathtaker – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Contorted Epitome (190)** – Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Lore of the Magnificent: Phantasmagoria Lord of Hubris (135)**
Battleline 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 5 x Symbaresh Twinsouls (140)*** 9 x The Unmade (80)*** – Allies 9 x Untamed Beasts (90)*** – Allies 9 x Untamed Beasts (90)*** – Allies
Units 5 x Slickblade Seekers (200) 5 x Slickblade Seekers (200) 5 x Blissbarb Seekers (200)**
This is the top three AoS lists for the HWP Bloody Beach GT that took place in the USA on the 20th and 21st of May. It involved 31 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Subfaction: Barak-Zilfin – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumph: Inspired
Kharadron Code – Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste – Stick To The Code (Artycles): Master the Skies – Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught
LEADERS Arkanaut Admiral (125)* – General – Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok – Artefacts of Power: Celestium Burst-grenade – Aspects of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha Aetheric Navigator (85)** – Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb Codewright (90)** Aether-Khemist (80)**
BATTLELINE Grundstok Thunderers (405)* – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Honour Bearer – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper Arkanaut Frigate (300)* – Heavy Sky Cannon Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Sky Cannon – Great Endrinworks: Zorbacorp Debtsetter spar torpedo Grundstok Gunhauler
BEHEMOTH Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Great Volley Cannon – Great Endrinworks: The Last Word – The Admiral’s Flagship: Arkanaut Ironclad
OTHER Endrinriggers (120)* – Mizzenmaster Endrinriggers (120)* – Mizzenmaster
We have a mystery writer this week adding their comments for the Kharadron Overlords.
Mystery Writer: Currently a lot of KO lists tend to fall into either a melee focused, or a shooting heavy alpha strike archetype such as the feared “thunderbridge” list, that usually would bring 25 rend stacking Grundstock thunderers, that would essentially alpha strike turn one and blow your army to smithereens. Due to this It’s absolutely refreshing to see a super well thought out list that doesn’t put all its ather gold into one basket , but instead brings a lot of mobility, mortal wound output, one of each boat, some heavy shooting supported by some utility and melee options, as well as some very fun potential tricks!
As with most KO lists it is really worth looking at the “Sticking to the code” choices first, as it provides good insight into what the list might try to accomplish in the first couple of turns. For Artycles, we very often see the +1 wound vs a unit or the +4 rally (or both at once), however, this list has opted for the extra 2” movement on the boats! This coupled with the 2D6 run, and a boat being able to receive 2 commands in the same phase (meaning we can run a boat 2D6 and issue run and charge from the admiral) the Navigator hero phase move shenanigans, the humble Gunhauler could move up to 38” from deployment, for the most insane bombing run (as it can drop bombs on units it flies over), and still make a charge move for a potential 50” threat range and thats without the 3D6 charge! The list also has a handy Codewright, which I assume will try to swap to the 3D6 charge once the Gunhauler and the frigate ran up and down the board a few times to confuse the enemy!
KO have some incredible artefact choices, so picking them is fairly difficult as you might be giving up something potentially game-changing. We have a handy “Command encourage” battalion to help make the choice a bit challenging. Matthew has chosen to go with the “Celestium burst grenade”, which is a fairly standard choice as it turns off wardsaves for a unit, making them even more vulnerable to the incredible shooting of KO, along with a voidstone orb, for a potential game changing auto unbind. The command trait “Ex-grundstock” makes our Thunderers battleline, meaning we can double reinforce them to a huge 15 man stack that can receive a couple extra rend on their weapons, along with a potential +1 wound from inspired, making them incredibly scary.
The subfaction choice is also worth noting. Barak-Zilfn has become a fairly popular subfaction as of late, as it makes the Frigate battleline, making a one drop very achievable while also making the minimum 3 battleline requirement incredibly easy. However, the subfaction also provides 2 great endrinworks, which also provides some fun options. The ironclad received “The Last Word Arkanaut Ironclad”, giving it a free shooting action with one of its guns when charged, which along with “unleash hell” from the thunderers on board and the supremacy mine, makes the Ironclad incredibly resilient to charges. The other upgrade went to the Gunhauler, which, in the charge phase, gives it the ability to roll dice equal to the charge roll, and for each 4+, it inflicts a mortal wound. This could be combined with the 3D6 charge roll, for some very spiky damage output, meaning this speedy boat can go around the entire board (with its insane 56” threat range) , lifting screens off and/or stealing side objectives.
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine! – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Dankhold Troggboss (200)** – General – Command Trait: Loonskin Skragrott, The Loonking (210)* Webspinner Shaman (65)* – Lore of the Spiderfang: Sneaky Distraction – Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox Madcap Shaman (70)* – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
Battleline 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)* 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)* 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1
Gitz is a great book if internal balance is your thing. There are some many viable factions, Troggoths builds are maybe the most common, but you still see people mixing up Leaders and the Battlelines. Curtis has done that here, going down the Troggoth line but adding in a Webspinner Shaman and running Stabbas (shooters would be the usual pick). The Webspinner is a cheap caster who can just give himself run and charge on a 4+ (on 2D6) as well as counting as 10 models on objectives. Look for him to be holding an out of the way objective.
The Stabbas are about objective control (they control an objective within 9″ if there are more than 20 models). This list can spread to cover a lot of objectives easily. It forces the opponent to make choices they probably don’t want to make – chase the Stabbas for easy clearance or pin down the Rockgut Troggoths? If you let the Troggoths (especially the Dankholds) roam, they’ll cost you, but the Stabbas are pontentially worth as much as a battle tactic each round.
Otherwise, the list is fairly standard, Skragrott, because you really have to even at 200pts. Madcap for possible teleport and CP along with the Dankhold to buff the Rockgut and cause havoc. Only Blades of Khorne created issues. Their output, if the dice run hot is epic, all others succumbed to the goblin tide.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Vampire Lord (130)* – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master 1 x Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer
OTHER 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Kastellan – 2 x Standard Bearer – Templar Lance 20 x Grave Guard (280)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade
I commented recently that we’ll be seeing a fair few variations on the Legion of Blood archetype – and here we are! Skip ahead if you’ve heard this one before…
It’s Neffie – who I think even after the FAQ ‘nerfs’ (I mean, did anyone really think they were going to remain that way?) is still a fantastic tactical pick – and tanky as all fuck VloZD (thanks to being ethereal from Cloak of Mists) – msu Deathrattle battleline tax and the two usual hammers, a brick of Blood Knights and a brick of Graveguard.
The way it works on the table is just a big push forward with a bunch of stuff almost no opponent will be able to easily deal with, thanks to Neffie’s -1 to hit aura, great healing potential on all the vamps, Deathrattle popping up on objectives all over the shop, and ethereal (with the FAQ, no longer ‘unrendable’) Blood Knights as the vanguard. It’s simple, tanky, and very effective.
Interestingly it lost only to Khorne, who I imagine have the sheer MW output in a demon list (which it will be given it’s Reapers of Vengeance) to cut through those ethereal saves and kill stuff off before it can heal back all the damage – but that says a lot about what you might want to bring to counter Legion of Blood lists!
Either way, congrats to Whitney for being two of the big bad meta threats along the way to a podium finish.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Ivory Host – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (440) Mortisan Boneshaper (120) – Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Mortisan Soulmason (160) – General – Command Traits: Show of Superiority – Spells: Reinforce Constructs Mortisan Boneshaper (120) – Spells: Drain Vitality
Plenty of Mortek Guard and Deathriders backed by the typical heroes as part of an Ivory Host. Exploding 6s is always fun. Deathriders for mobility and pressure on objectives with a tough castle at the heart. With 2 Boneshapers and Katakros, the reinforced Mortek Guard will be very tough (impossible) to shift for most opponents. Add a potential fight last (from the crawler), and combat armies are in a world of hurt, especially if a guard unit gets both Nadirite Weapons and Soul Guide (+1 to wound). A wide, slow, and very tough castle to stake out the centre of the table and small units of Deathriders to snipe units or objectives. Tunnel master and Empower Nadirite Weapons on the same Boneshaper is interesting, probably signalling a late game Tunnel Master for either a Battle Tactic or to take an objective away from their opponent.
The list did struggle to score. Taking objectives isn’t easy with 4″ of movement, that’s why we have Deathriders. The combination of toughness and damage output worked well against the mostly melee opponents with the list dominating everything from Idoneth to Blades of Khorne). Unfortunately KOs shooting and mobility were too much to overcome, KO will probably remain a counter to OBR with their improved combat on top of their strong shooting and mobility (yes, I know it isn’t what it was).
This is the top three AoS lists for Shirecon 2023 that took place in the Sydney, Australia on the 29th and 30th of April. It involved 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away Vampire Lord (130)* – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Screams – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Cado Ezechiar (135)* – Spells: Soulpike Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion
OTHER 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 Fell Bats (85)**
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000
I’m going to be writing a lot of similar commentaries aren’t I?
It’s Legion of Blood, with Neferata, the usual ethereal VloZd – and msu deathrattle.
However, the list differs a little from the archetype by doubling down on the Graveguard blobs, with a foot vampire to support them. He’s also packing the fantastic Amulet of Screams for threatening wizards with mortals every time they cast to shore up the Soulblight weakness to magic in general.
Cado also makes an appearance, which is nice to see – he’s still a really solid little indie operator with a lot of tactical flexibility, and even though he loses out on faction synergy, he’s still a great tech piece.
I imagine the new Bonereapers were the biggest threat to Qifan’s campaign, but they couldn’t stop Neffie’s roll, and so we enshrine another SBGL 5-0 in the books, and add another tick to the GW ‘nerf column’…
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– Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Petrifex Elite – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (440)* Mortisan Boneshaper (120)* – General – Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Drain Vitality – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Liege-Kavalos (180)*
Roland Rivera: Ossiarch Bonereapers have roared onto the scene since the release of their 3rd edition Battletome, and this Petrifex Elite list showcases some of the major reasons behind their success, which are potent elite troops, tons and tons of buffs, and more mobility than what you’d expect from looking at the Move stat on their warscrolls. A note that has to be provided coming in is that this tournament used the Petrifex Elite subfaction ability that was printed on the Ossiarch Bonereapers Battletome, which reduced incoming damage against units with the Hekatos keyword by 1, to a minimum of 1 (it has since been changed by FAQ to be -1 to wound those units in melee). This ability made its elite units very durable against most means of attack, and combined with the healing afforded by Katakros and the Mortisan Boneshaper to make this a very resilient list.
Speaking of Katakros, he is the engine that makes this list go. His Supreme Lord of the Bonereaper Legions command (which hands out +1 to hit and +1 to save in a huge bubble) is a fantastic force multiplier, and he has several other abilities to go with it and can contribute in combat in a pinch (though note that the Supreme Lord of the Bonereaper Legions cannot be issued if Katakros is in combat). The Mortisan Boneshaper does his part by being a Drain Vitality/Mystic Shield caddy that can also do a bit of healing and carries around the Diversionary Tactics command trait for -3 to opposing charges within 12″ of it. The Liege-Kavalos is quick, durable, and can issue Endless Duty for +1 Attacks.
This list also boasts a pretty impressive troop lineup to soak up all these buffs. Immortis Guard are a great grindhouse unit that can both hit hard and take a hit, Necropolis Stalkers are punchy and sneaky-fast thanks to Relentless Advance for +3″ move and Hunt and Kill for run & charge, and the Morghasts are fast fliers that can shut off command abilities. Last but certainly not least, the Kavalos Deathriders are a versatile tech unit that has speed, good durability, and can contribute some damage with their impact hits on the charge.
All in all, while this list is a bit thin on bodies compared to some other armies (something that likely was a factor in its loss to Soulblight), it’s generally good enough at fighting to make up for it.
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– Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Glutton for Depravity – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Contorted Epitome (190)* – Spells: Born of Damnation Keeper of Secrets (400)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Shining Aegis – Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Phantasmagoria Lord of Pain (135)* – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
OTHER Blissbarb Seekers (200)* Slickblade Seekers (400)*
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Mesmerising Mirror (60)
TERRAIN 1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000
Flexibility and speed like all Hedonites lists. Everything fits in a Battle Regiment to give initiative control. The Grand Strategy is to have 36 Depravity Points (DP) at the end of the battle, and the list is designed to deliver. 3 Blissbarb Archers (1 reinforced) and a reinforced Slickblade Seeker unit will create a lot of DP opportunities through temptations and euphoric killers. The Keeper of Secrets can amp up the Slickblade, granting improved rend and damage to himself. Assuming Phantasmorgoria is on the right enemy unit, it can keep the Slickblade from getting clapped as well. And if this isn’t generating enough DP, the Contorted Epitome is better than 60% chance to generate 3 more a turn. Mesmerising Mirror adds to this feast of DP as well.
The list still has 2 Galletian Champions (Epitome and Lord of Pain). The Lord of Pain has the mobility through Tunnel Master. Park him on a remote objective if the centre is won and support him with the Blissbarb Seekers to use his buff to create a really annoying nest, especially late game. Everything in this list is focused on generating DP or survival (for the Keeper), making it very likely that from Turn 2 on the whole list is doing mortals on 6s and has a 5+ ward. That was enough to stop almost everything except new Bonereapers in their tracks. A tough list to face, so much of this list is mutually supporting but also expendable.
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– Allegiance: Big Waaagh! – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs:
LEADERS Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Orruk Megaboss (140)** – Artefact: Destroyer – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)** – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Wurrgog Prophet (170)** – Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz – Lore of the Savage Beast: Gorkamorka’s War Cry – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
BATTLELINE 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)** – 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers 10 x Orruk Brutes (300)*** – Jagged Gore-hackas – 2x Gore Choppas – Reinforced x 1 5 x Orruk Brutes (150)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas – 1x Gore Choppas
UNITS 4 x Ironskull’s Boyz (80)**** 6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Jagged Gore-hackas 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas
ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS Artefact Aspect of the Champion
Austin is a long-time Ork player who pushed Ironjawz and Big Waagh into the top 10 and onto the podium consistently. Big Waagh seems to be the way to go for Orks right now. This is an Ironjawz heavy list adapted for the latest Battlescroll. No Warchanta with an Arcane Tome for Hand of Gork here. The Shaman has been brought along. But made general so he can take Master of Magic to get around the Ork casting problem. 6 Leaders is a bit more than a lot of lists, but Big Waagh lives and dies by the Waagh points. A Warchanta and Wurrgog are worth 3 every round. Add in Get ’em beat to increase the chances of a successful charge an another Waagh point.
All of them have a role, though. The Megaboss is the GC everyone loves to hate. With Tunnelmaster and Destroyer, he can act independently to take an objective or clean up an objective for a BT. He works well with Brutes and is a source of free command. The Swampcaller is there for the Boltboyz, either making it hard to shoot them or hand off a poison. And then there is the Wurrgog. The build on the Wurrgog is fun, fights last is always great but the Glowing Tatts (+2 to ward rolls) and Fuelled by Ghurish rage – just when you think it’s dead, it’s back for another round of staring.
Other than that, a couple of expendable units of Boyz for screens or late game objective control. The Brutes are the real powerhouses in the list with the Boltboyz for solid backing. Gore-gruntas for early capture and Waagh points. The only real weakness in the list is Jagged Gore-Hackas. 2 rend is nice, but 1 damage means that the output is very low. Into units like Nurgle marked Knights, they really struggle. They also weaken as the game goes on which which Chaos armies don’t, at least if they have summoning. A very accessible, positive list and one to keep an eye on.
