This is the top three AoS lists for Tetsworth’s War And Treachery that took place in the UK on the 28th and 29th of October. It saw 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because the tournament has 20 or less players we won’t be commenting on the lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Scinari Enlightener (170)* – General – Command Traits: Loremaster – Artefacts of Power: Rune of Senthoi- Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Overwhelming Heat, Protection of Hysh, Speed of Hysh Scinari Cathallar (120)* – Spells: Hoarfrost, Total Eclipse Ellania and Ellathor (190)** – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Overwhelming Heat The Light of Eltharion (230)** Sevireth (270)** Knight-Venator (140)***
BATTLELINE Vanari Dawnriders (120) – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Solar Flare, Total Eclipse Vanari Bladelords (240)*** – Bladelord Seneschal Vanari Bladelords (240)*** – Bladelord Seneschal
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30) 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TERRAIN 1 x Shrine Luminor (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord ***Wizard-finders of Andtor
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Glutos Orscollion (480)* – Spells: Born of Damnation 1 x Contorted Epitome (230)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Artefacts: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Lord of Pain (140)*
BATTLELINE 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)* 5 x Seekers (140)*
OTHER 5 x Blissbarb Seekers (220) 5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)* 5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Vengorian Lord (300)* – Artefacts: Shard of Night – Spells: Vile Transference 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)** – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Necromancer (100)** – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Vampire Lord (150)** – General – Command Traits: Unbending Will – Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE 3 x Fell Bats (90) 3 x Fell Bats (90) 3 x Fell Bats (90) 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (300)**
BEHEMOTH 1 x Terrorgheist (240)* 1 x Terrorgheist (240)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Linebreaker **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Chaos Lord on Manticore (240)* – General – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Command Traits: Death Dealer – Chaos Runeshield – Daemon Blade – Artefacts of Power: Helm of the Oppressor Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (180)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
BATTLELINE Varanguard (560)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 6 x Fellspear Chaos Knights (440)* – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Doom Knight – Hornblower – Cursed Lance – 2 x Standard Bearer – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon Varanguard (560)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 6 x Fellspear
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Roland Rivera: At first look, this looks like your bog standard Empty Throne list – lots of Varanguard for hammering things off the table, an anvil of Knights up the middle to pin the opponent down and do some damage in the process, and Heroes to support those two units. However, this one has a very spicy curveball in that it’s not running any magic, which is a typical staple of Slaves to Darkness. Instead, this list is suiting up with a rarely-seen Hero Monster in a Chaos Lord on Manticore, which brings something most of these lists lack – a durable source of Roar.
Speaking of that Manticore Lord, the pilot made some choices inclined towards its staying power in combat by marking it Nurgle, choosing the Daemon Blade (for mortal wound output in melee) and Chaos Runeshield (for a 3+ save and a 5+ Ward v. mortal wounds), and giving it Death Dealer for a once-per-game boost in output. I personally question giving that to the Manticore Lord over the Karkadrak Lord (which is a naturally punchier unit, made even more so by being marked Khorne over Nurgle), but I’m sure there was a reason behind this decision.
All in all, this is an interesting twist on a classic Slaves to Darkness list. I’m not sure it’s a better approach that using magic to buff your units up, but it certainly stands out more on the tabletop.
This is the top three AoS lists for Wappler Harvest Gathering that took place in Austria on the 30th and 1st of October. It involved 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords – Great Nation: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
Leaders Scinari Enlightener (170)* – General – Command Trait: Loremaster – Artefact: Rune of Senthoi – Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh – Lore of Hysh: Protection of Hysh – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Scinari Calligrave (110)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Rupture – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Ellania and Ellathor, Eclipsian Warsages (190)** – Lore of Hysh: Ethereal Blessing – Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse Scinari Cathallar (120)** – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard – Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse Sevireth, Lord of the Seventh Wind (270)** The Light of Eltharion (230)***
Battleline 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – Lore of Hysh: Ethereal Blessing – Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist 15 x Vanari Bladelords (360)*** – Reinforced x 2 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)*** – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh – Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*** – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh – Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
Jon Anderson: News from the realms of order, light, and all things pointy eared.
Andreas Schwarz has proven that sometimes you don’t need a god to show everyone what you’re made of. Going undefeated this past weekend with Zaitrec Lumineth, we have a fantastic mix of support pieces, threats, and utility all bundled into one neat 2000 points on the nose. Triumphs are for chumps. Utilizing the Spellcasting Savant Grand Strategy is unquestionably the best option in a GT setting, and by ensuring their survival with the 10 bladelords, I would wager Andreas likely never felt much pressure on his caster corps.
By taking the Warlord bonus for an extra spell, all of his Wizards (as well as Wizard units) become very knowledgable little elves, and their toolbox evolves from something you’d carry in your hand, to something you roll around in a shop. Nearly every spell available to him is in the list somewhere, and the power of that can not be overstated. The Enlightener packing enough spells for a whole classroom while also having the ability to double tap the Lore of Hysh means you have a spectacular option as general, and the Rune of Senthloi is a nice change of pace!
As if summoned out of the desert itself, a wild Sevireth has appeared! Mobile, annoying, smashes faction terrain? Sounds like a winner in my book.
The three endless spells are a choice I myself am quite a fan of. This ensures you have redundancy for the battle tactic as well as producing needed projection for damage down field. I personally would have taken a Lifeswarm, but that’s because I’m a coward.
Great list, and congratulations to Andreas on the undefeated finish.
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Alegiance: Khorne – Slaughterhost: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)* – Artefact: Halo of Blood – Prayer: Killer Instinct – Prayer: Unholy Flames Bloodsecrator (120)* – Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – General – Command Trait: Firebrand – Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades – Prayer: Bloodbind – Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)** – Prayer: Witchbane Curse – Prayer: Bronzed Flesh Skulltaker (120)** Slaughterpriest (110)** – Hackblade and Wrath-Hammer – Prayer: Blood Sacrifice – Prayer: Killer Instinct
Battleline 20 x Bloodletters (360) – Reinforced x 1 10 x Flesh Hounds (200) – Reinforced x 1 5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
Units 9 x The Unmade (80) – Mark of Chaos: Undivided 9 x Untamed Beasts (80)* – Mark of Chaos: Undivided 9 x Untamed Beasts (80)** – Mark of Chaos: Undivided Karanak (140)
Endless Spells & Invocations Bleeding Icon (50)
Core Battalions *Warlord **Warlord
Additional Enhancements Prayer Artefact
Terrain Skull Altar
Total: 1990 / 2000
Patrick German: We’ve once again broken away from the standard Khorne list to see a top performer with some interesting choices. We’ve discussed the Bloodmaster, Bloodthirster General, Bloodsecrator, and Bloodletters at length. They’ll perform in this list as well as they ever do, so long as Benedict plays the movement phase well (which he obviously did with his 2nd place finish).
What I would rather focus on is the addition of three Warcry warbands that we haven’t seen in top spots since the days when Slaves to Darkness was dominating the top three lists. Benedict has clearly answered the question that many of us on the Woehammer Discord regularly ask: what do you do to score turn 1?
The trouble with the current GHB is that turn one is often extremely difficult to score for some armies. Khorne’s battle tactics generally require you to kill a unit in special conditions, or finish the turn with a large number of units in combat. This really leaves two options for scoring turn one, either Intimidate the Invaders or Surround and Destroy. The first is deceptively difficult, since it defines territory instead of deployment zone, meaning some missions are requiring 11″+ of movement, which Khorne cannot reliably do. Surround and destroy however…
Enter the Untamed Beasts. For 80 points you get a 6″ pre-game move. It doesn’t matter what they can or can’t do past that point, because you are taking them for the 6″ pre-game move. The ability to quickly get out of your deployment zone and within 6″ of a board edge is scoring those battle tactics early, and if you can also manage to get your units on an objective or two, even better. The inclusion of these units should immediately make your opponent question whether to force you to take the first turn, since you can so easily start the game on a leg up.
Past that inclusion, he has the Unmade to shut of enemy commands, Karanak to help boost up the Flesh Hounds (and making summoning more effective), and Skulltaker to knock the heads off of enemy heroes to score some bonus Blood Tithe.
All around a great list that dips into some less-popular units. Congratulations on the 2nd spot, Benedict!
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
Leaders Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (400) – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord (150)* – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480)* – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference
Battleline 10 x Dire Wolves (150)* 3 x Fell Bats (90)* 3 x Fell Bats (90)*
Units 20 x Grave Guard (320)* – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1 20 x Grave Guard (320)* – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Danny Wadeson: Here, we have a fairly standard Manny list, but with my personal favourite chaff combo of 2x 3 Fell Bats. Their speed, ability to trade up (damage 2 and bonus attacks if they kill stuff, plus vampiric healing and 3 wounds a model) just means they’re wonderfully useful in a variety of situations – and in msu format, when they return from the dead, you’re getting 2/3 models back which is wonderful ROI.
The flex points in this list are spent on a 2nd brick of Graveguard, which makes sense because even after their points hike, they still slap like mad and play wonderfully into the army’s recursion abilities. Combined with the counter charge and the potential to be buffed by two sources (Manny killing a model with Gheistvor and the foot vamp), a double brick probably feels fairly overwhelming for most armies.
On that note, I can’t say I can instantly guess why it struggled with a Zaitrec list without seeing it. I suppose the weakness of a list like this in theory is that Graveguard rely on volume of attacks, but if you have ways to reach out and decimate them from range, they’re much less of a threat, and the vlozd is the only piece with traditional threat projection. Either way, LoN is loads of fun, and it’s nice to see a bit of experimentation within the sub-faction. Plus, it’s probably a good sign it can be beaten!
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine! – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Grinkrak The Great (220)** Skragrott, The Loonking (230)** Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (110)** – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand Madcap Shaman (70)* – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Battleline 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)* 36 x Squig Herd (420)** – Reinforced x 2 24 x Squig Herd (280)** – Reinforced x 1
Units 5 x Gobbapalooza (170)** – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork 6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)** 6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)** 1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (170)*
Lodivicus: Sometimes there is a recipe that just works despite various tweaks over a period of time. This list is a current GHB version of the type of army list that was very popular a couple of battlescrolls ago. Pretty much every unit in the list has had its points increased (some twice) since the release of the battletome, yet Tristan illustrates here that it can still perform at a pretty high level and still works.
In some games, you’ll be more cautious and wait for an opening. In others you’ll play aggressive right from turn one. The premise, regardless of timing, is pretty much the same.
Take one unit of Squig Herd, season it with all the buffs, and fling it across the board at your opponent. Next turn, do it again with the other Squig Herd. If the opponent manages to kill a Squig Herd, you pop another half sized unit out of the Bad Moon Loonshrine and get back in line to do it again. Send wave after wave of spiced up meatballs at an opponent until victory is yours.
So what are the main buffs, spells and abilities that spice up the list?
Need more rend? The Madcap Shaman’s Moonface Mommet and Gobbapalooza’s Nasty Poisons have your back.
Mortal wounds? Squigboss with Gnasha-squig’s Yellow Lurka, Skragrott’s Fangz of the Bad Moon, and the Madcap Shaman’s Merciless Blizzard come through.
Fight on death? Grinkrak the Great can ‘I Dub Thee…’ Moonclan (which includes Squigs) units.
+1 hit in melee? The troggoth ally, the Marshcrawla Sloggoth, brings his Krew Drummer to help mitigate that Squig Herd can’t receive commands.
And that’s not all, the list is still loaded with other less commonly used or situational abilities, spells and buffs too. While it may not be your grandmother’s jambalaya, packed with all of the previous ingredients from times past, it’s still plenty spicy and loaded with meatballs. It just works!
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Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for Fantasia Fanatic XLIV AoS that took place in Sweden on the 14th and 15th of October. 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: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (400)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord (150)** – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480)* – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Shard of Night – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon King Morlak Velmorn (220)**
Battleline 10 x Dire Wolves (150)* 3 x Fell Bats (90)* 10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
Units 20 x Grave Guard (320)* – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1 4 x The Sons of Velmorn (0)*
Danny Wadeson: Soulblight continue to prove a menace post-September battlescroll – mind you, every army should be capable of winning, and when the general is Ronya, well – can you really complain? Legion of Night bring some fantastically sneaky shenanigans to bear, mainly thanks to the heroic action to teleport a vampire, along with a unit being able to counter-charge. Once you add Manny’s ability to charge in the movement phase instead of redeploying, it can be a massive headache for the opponent to move around without having their intentions stymied by an angry beatstick.
But what I love is the inclusion of Velmorn and his Grave… Sons of Velmorn, for that sweet anti-pile in tech, albeit at a high price point it seems to me. Combined with the ever-present threat of 20 traditional Graveguard (RE-RELEASE THEM BASED ON THE VELMORN SCULPTS YOU COWARDS), you have some serious movement/pile-in denial backed a brutal hammer, especially with the foot vampire around. Dire wolves and bats provide the ever-reliable fast chaff scoring, while Gravetide allows for some horde clearing and potentially a sneaky, big base bonus screen.
Ramon Silva: Beating out two Starborne lists along the way must have been a particular highlight – big up Ronya ‘Death Queen’ Andersson!
Royna, a. Well-known Warhammer five round winner, has done it again at {name of gt}, with an impressively low body count land grabbing legions of night list.
“Zombies?” she don’t need no stinking “zombies” Within this four-drop list are many tools to control where the fight happens.
-A cunning counter charge that doesn’t age
-A heroic action teleport so Manfred can railroad a lane and then warscroll teleport out next turn.
-Velmorn with a 3+ save are some Tanky bones. They don’t fall down like other cardboard cutout death rattlers do.
-and the Gravetide endless spell has a huge base size perfect for zoning.
Besides that, The battleline is lean but very mobile.
20 Grave guard is one of the best hammers in the game and can be buffed with horror frost, reliably because the morbeg claw artifact gives the Vlord on foot +3 to cast.
The additional artifact on VloZD nullifies rend from shooting so it can sit back and double up the body count ww12 around them with their command trait.
But when needed they can cast blazing weapon and saddle up for some real damage.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Bloodlords – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Bloodsecrator (120)* – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bloodbind, Bronzed Flesh Slaughterpriest (110)* – Hackblade and Wrath-hammer – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Killer Instinct Herald of Khorne on Blood Throne (160)** – Prayers: Killer Instinct, Unholy Flames
Roland Rivera: In a somewhat unusual twist for a Khorne Bloodlords list, this one features a mix between Bloodletters and Bloodcrushers (expected), Khorne mortal units (unexpected), and Allies (even more unexpected). However, the balance of their capabilities is likely effective enough that this list succeeded despite not maximizing the benefit of its chosen subfaction.
The conventional pillars of many Khorne lists are here: a big blob of Bloodletters to give and take damage with, a Bloodcrusher unit as a tough, recursive pinner, a Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury as a versatile Hero Monster, a Bloodsecrator for an on-demand offensive bonus, chaff units like Flesh Hounds and Claws of Karanak to pressure objectives and generate Blood Tithe upon death, and a Herald of Khorne on Blood Throne to help with Bloodletter recursion. Where the differences start to emerge are the inclusion of Furies and the Unmade, which provide some utility tools that are somewhat uncommon in Khorne (fast flying chaff and an anti-Rally/Redeploy aura, respectively). A 10-man unit of Skullreapers is another notable deviation from the norm, but these provide a useful Rally target for the Bloodsecrator while requiring relatively little support to generate consistent damage output.
Because of its high unit count and Khorne’s mobility tricks, this list will be excellent at covering the battlefield and funneling opponents into fights of its choosing, and the Khorne buff lineup is potent enough to allow its hammers to do enough damage to key units. This profiles as a challenging list to pilot, but an even more challenging one to face.
Battleline 5 x Liberators (100)* – Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield – 1x Grandweapons 5 x Liberators (100)* – Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield – 1x Grandweapons 5 x Vindictors (110)* 5 x Vindictors (110)* 5 x Vindictors (110)*
Units 1 x Stormstrike Chariot (150)*** 6 x Questor Soulsworn (230)*** 4 x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (420)*** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Vanguard-Hunters (100)*** – Boltstorm Pistols and Shock Handaxes 5 x Vanguard-Hunters (100)*** – Boltstorm Pistols and Shock Handaxes
Additional Enhancements Holy Command: Call for Aid
Total: 2000 / 2000
Craig Ellis: Described by the player who ran this as a ‘Stand on Circles’ list, this is going to be very strong on the primary with the aim of creating blocks of frustrating, hard to kill units and winning the war of attrition. As a Stormkeep, this gives the ability of Redeemers (Liberators, Vindictors) to count as 3 on objectives (only in own territory until turn 3) meaning the level of scoring is going to be consistent throughout the game. Hallowed Knights allows the use of Gardus Steelsoul, who has a 5+ ward aura, adding to the general tankiness on offer here & giving all Redeemers Fight on Death on a 4+. The addition of spells such as Celestial Blades (+1 to Wound), Hoarfrost (buffing weapons) & Azyrite Halo (Save rolls of 6 deal a MW back) plus the Shield of Civilization (d3 MW’s when being charged into) Stormkeep ability means the enemy is going to take some damage when trying to drag these guys off objectives too. Tempestors and Questors provide the threat as well as the ability to score several battle tactics. Vanguard Hunters provides a guaranteed Surround & Destroy battle tactic as well as popping up to snag unguarded objectives. The Knight Relictor with translocation provides the ability to teleport units on a 3+ when required, with Luckstone giving an OPB re-roll if it is really needed. The Grand Strategy (Overshadow; destroy all enemy battleline with at least 1 friendly alive) leans into the aim of the list, keeping as much battleline as possible alive. The Holy Command Call for Aid will bring a unit of Redeemers back OPB adding to the staying power of the army. Looks like some decent match-ups with 4 wins until the final game where he lost to SBGL. It’s probably a tricky match up for this list as it is much stronger on the primary.
Ramon Silva: Shiny silver armor, crackling lightning and chants of “only the faithfu” must be one thing? Zombies right?… Just kidding but in all seriousness, Stormcast Hallowed Knights are part of the first Legions of Light and Alexis piloted them to an impressive 4-1.
One of the initial books of 3.0, SCE benefits are.. rotting, but being poster boys they regularly get gud warscrolls. Which makes most lists feel like a bag of tricks with some juicy heros and troops.
Gardus in HK give a 5+ ward ww 12. Knight “nope” incantor with an auto unbind A priest for “lord, please, get me the f out of here” : translocate And tempestors for solid ranged damage
This castle style list hands out +1 to wound and armor reflecting mw’s to tanky troops that can also fight on death. Taking Stormkeep means troops count as extra bodies on objectives but they all start on the board. They don’t stay there though as Questor soulsworn have a built in boogie, and the vanguard hunters have a board edge warscroll teleport.
Another point to note is that there is not much shooting at all so this list gets what it needs to get done in positioning and melee. It plays very well into the primary, or objective scoring, and has the additional troops to provide options for the secondary, battle tactics.
The path to 3rd was hard fought, as everything besides ironjaws is fairly newer. KO shooting can nullify the fight on death stormhost ability. Where-as the last three matches were against other melee army’s that just have more in book tricks. Which again makes the sparse shooting even more impressive.
Congrats!
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Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Starborne – Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Continuous Expansion – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Lord Kroak (410)* Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)* – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spells: Cosmic Crush, Merciless Blizzard Skink Starseer (150)** – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Rupture Slann Starmaster (290)** – General – Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Spells: Comet’s Call, Merciless Blizzard
BATTLELINE Skinks (90) – Skink Alpha – Moonstone Club and Star-buckler Skinks (90) – Skink Alpha – Moonstone Club and Star-buckler Saurus Guard (140)*
BEHEMOTH Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180) Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Horrorghast (60) 1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50) 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
TERRAIN 1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Andtorian Acolytes
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Danny Wadeson: It’s Starborne, with the flex points spent on not one, but two Arks of Sotek, because they’re fantastic wound sponges capable of surprising spike damage. Everything else is the same as usual! Sorry, I’m not going to explain how the entire list works again – but if you really don’t know, it’s basically ‘get summoning points and summon stuff’. As I have no idea what units Abbe summoned, it’s hard to talk about strategy other than to say, I like the double Arks of Sotek because that would make for a helluva screen!
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Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for the Smite Club Open that took place in Scotland on the 9th and 10th of September. It involved 58 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: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs:
Leaders Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Necromancer (100)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Vampire Lord (140)* – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Vampire Lord (140)*** – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*** – Reinforced x 1 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*** – Reinforced x 1 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 10 x Dire Wolves (140)** 3 x Fell Bats (80)** 3 x Fell Bats (80)**
Units 1 x Corpse Cart (80)*** 1 x Corpse Cart (80)***
This is the top three AoS lists for the Sydney GT that took place in Australia on the 9th and 10th of September. It involved 103 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. One of the premier events in Australia run by AoS Coach, there is a lot more at the event than just the games. Take a look at the players pack which is a great example of how to create a fantastic event.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Seraphon – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Lord Kroak Lord-Emperor Palpatine (410)*** Skink Starseer Cad Bane (150)*** – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard – Spell: Speed of Huanchi Skink Starseer Greedo (150)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard – Spell: Cosmic Crush Slann Starmaster Grogu (275)* – General – Command Trait: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Artefact: Spacefolder’s Stave – Spell: Drain Magic – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Saurus Astrolith Bearer Empire Standard Bearer (140)*** Gotrek Gurnisson Anakin SkyWalker (480)** – Allies
BATTLELINE 10 x Skinks Ewoks (90)** – Moonstone Clubs & Star bucklers 10 x Skinks Ewoks (90)** – Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs 5 x Saurus Guard (140)***
CORE BATTALIONS *Andtorian Acolytes **Wizard-Finders of Andtor ***Warlord
ENHANCEMENTS Spell
Total: 1985 / 2000
“Hi List Enthusiast,
Post event it was identified that Gotrek was not eligible to be placed in the GHB23 Wizard Finders battalion due to being unique. This unique ruling has unfortunately has been missed by us TOs, the public when all lists were unlocked, and the five 5 opponents over the weekend. It was not raised as a complaint until post-event.
I’ve reviewed the list in full and it does have both the right units to interchange that makes this list legal, and it’s impacts were minimum at best when you review his opponent match ups and kill list. Game 4 was IDK and Game 5 against OBR which did not impact his most critical games. Gotrek’s kill list over the event was Avalanor, 10 Stoneguard, 20 Deathrattle Skeletons, Incarnate of Ghur, Arkhelian Allopex, and 6 Immortis Guard.
Reviewing 120 lists is no easy feat, and based on all the information above, we will keep the victories as it stands. It’s a shame we didn’t catch it earlier and we will review how we can improve our processes including an extension from the current list submission window to allow additional time for TO & peer review.
– Anthony | SGT TO”
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: The Danse Macabre – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Queen blizzard wizard. (140)* Vampire Lord – General – Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale – Bonded to the Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur Vlado lezechiar (140)* Vampire Lord – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale My boy (380)** Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
UNITS Carrion corps (300)** 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons Meat (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies Nat, Cat and Pat (80)** 3 x Fell Bats Krell’s Black Guard (300)** 20 x Grave Guard – Great Wight Blades
BEHEMOTHS Bones (480)** Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur – Allies – Bonded to the General, Vampire Lord, (Queen Blizzard Wizard)
This is the top three AoS lists for Notorious GT III that took place in New Zealand on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 37 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: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: N/A
Leaders Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)* – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Vampire Lord (140)* – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: The Bait – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (300)* – Reinforced x 2 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 3 x Fell Bats (80)
Units 5 x Black Knights (130)* 20 x Grave Guard (300)* – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1 5 x Black Knights (130)*
Behemoths Mortis Engine (210)*
Endless Spells & Invocations Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine – Temple: Hagg Nar – Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Melusai Ironscale (120)* – General – Command Trait: Zealous Orator – Artefact: Crown of Woe Morathi-Khaine (350)* The Shadow Queen (350)*
Battleline 15 x Blood Sisters (450)* – Reinforced x 2 10 x Witch Aelves (110)* – Pairs of Sacrificial Knives 10 x Witch Aelves (110)* – Pairs of Sacrificial Knives
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)* – Allies
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1970 / 2000
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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch – Change Coven: Guild of Summoners – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs:
Leaders Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (200)* – General – Command Trait: Cult Demagogue – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost – Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate Magister (140)* – Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Changecaster, Herald of Tzeentch (150)* – Artefact: The Eternal Shroud – Lore of Primal Frost: Rupture – Lore of Change: Bolt of Tzeentch Tzaangor Shaman (130)** – Lore of Fate: Glimpse of Future – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Battleline 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)** – 7x Pair of Cursed Blades – 3x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)** – 7x Pair of Cursed Blades – 3x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)** – 7x Pair of Cursed Blades – 3x Cursed Glaives 20 x Tzaangors (360)** – 20x Pair of Savage Blade – Reinforced x 1
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)** – Allies
This is the top three AoS lists for the Bristol Big Brawl Summer GT that took place in the UK on the 25th and 26th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Mortal Realm: Shyish – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead(900)* Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Necromancer (100)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Grand Strategy: Corrupt Arcane Nexus – Triumph: Bloodthirsty – Subfaction: Befouling Host
LEADERS Bloab Rotspawned (330) – Spells: Gift of Disease Orghotts Daemonspew (320) The Glottkin (600) – Spells: Magnificent Buboes Morbidex Twiceborn (300)* Lord of Blights (140)* – General – Command Traits: Grandfather’s Blessing – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
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)*
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
This is the top three AoS lists for the Tempest 2023 that took place in Scotland on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Leaders Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Artefact: Artisan’s Key – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs
Battleline 6 x Immortis Guard (440)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: The Scales Balanced – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Mortisan Soulmason (160)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Mortisan Soulreaper (110)* – Artefact: Luminscythe – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
UNITS 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Blizzard Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)** – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Necromancer (100)** – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Necromancer (100)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Battleline 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Units 1 x Corpse Cart (80)** 20 x Grave Guard (300)** – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1
