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Top Three AoS Lists for the Sugar & Dice Annual AoS Tournament

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Sugar & Dice Annual AoS Tournament that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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


LEADER
1 x Lady Olynder (270)
– Spells: Spirit Drain
1 x Guardian of Souls (150)*
– Chill Blade
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Guardian of Souls (150)*
– Chill Blade
– Artefacts: Midnight Tome
– Spells: Shademist
1 x Krulghast Cruciator (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Terrifying Entity
1 x Krulghast Cruciator (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Terrifying Entity


BATTLELINE
10 x Chainrasps (100)
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)**
5 x Hexwraiths (170)**


BEHEMOTH
1 x Black Coach (270)**

– Reaper Scythe

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Mortalis Terminexus (80)

OTHER
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)**


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumph: Inspired


LEADERS
Belladamma Volga (220)*
– Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Vampire Lord (150)*
– Spells: Soulpike
Necromancer (100)*
– Artefacts of Power: Terminus Clock
– Spells: Fading Vigour
Radukar the Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Traits: Hunter’s Snare
Vampire Lord (150)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Torgillius the Chamberlain (180)**
– Artefacts of Power: Standard of the Ulfenwatch
– Spells: Waste Away


BATTLELINE
Deathrattle Skeletons (220)
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Deathrattle Skeletons (220)
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Dire Wolves (150)
– Doom Wolf


OTHER
Grave Guard (160)*
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade
Grave Guard (160)**
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade


CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: None
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs:


LEADERS
Butcher (140)
– Cleaver
– Lore of Gutmagic: Blood Feast
Firebelly (120)
– Lore of the Sun-Eater: Billowing Ash
Slaughtermaster (140)
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Tyrant (150)
– General
– Command Trait: Killer Reputation
– Artefact: Splatter-cleaver


UNITS
8 x Ironguts (480)
4 x Ironguts (240)
4 x Ironguts (240)
6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)**

– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)**
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades


CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Wizard-Finders of Andtor


TOTAL: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Death Frenzy
Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Lord Skreech Verminking (370)**
Plague Priest (100)***

– Prayers: Heal
Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)***
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts of Power: Blade of Corruption
– Prayers: Disease-disease!
Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)***


BATTLELINE
Clanrats (100)
– Clanrat Standard Bearer
– Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
Clanrats (100)
– Clanrat Standard Bearer
– Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
Clanrats (100)
– Clanrat Standard Bearer
– Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade


BEHEMOTH
Hell Pit Abomination (180)**
– Prized Creations: Toughened Sinews
Hell Pit Abomination (180)**
– Prized Creations: Hell Pit Abomination


OTHER
Plague Censer Bearers (90)
Plague Censer Bearers (90)
Skabbik’s Plaguepack (140)***


ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Prismatic Palisade (40)


TERRAIN
1 x Gnawhole (0)


CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Linebreaker
***Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for Crucible 2023

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This is the top three AoS lists for Crucible that took place in New Zealand on the 30th and 1st of October. It involved 44 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: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Nagash (900)*
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
– Spells: Flaming Weapon

BATTLELINE
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (130)*
– Skeleton Champion
– 3 x Standard Bearer
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)

OTHER
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)*
3 x Fell Bats (90)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Danny Wadeson: What we have here is a list that looks simple on the surface of things….and is simple beneath the surface too. It’s Nagash, and a shit load of chaff. Now, utilising Nagash well isn’t that simple, but essentially, he’s King-Magic-Man and likes bringing skellybobs back. You’ve got the Myrnmourn Banshees in there to deny opponent’s magic too, which seems somewhat overkill given Naggy’s +3 to unbinds, but hey, sometimes you really, really want to be the only one on the board flinging spells around. And it clearly works – taking down some tricksy factions, including stuff like IDK, which I’d have thought had the forward pressure necessary to give this list trouble. Would love to have seen some of these games!



Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Badsnatchers
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Dankhold Troggboss (210)**
– General
– Command Traits: Loonskin
– Artefacts of Power: Glowy Howzit
Webspinner Shaman (65)***
– Spells: Rupture

BATTLELINE
Fellwater Troggoths (170)**
Rockgut Troggoths (170)**
Rockgut Troggoths (170)**
Moonclan Shootas (120)***
Moonclan Shootas (120)***
Moonclan Stabbas (120)***
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3 Barbed Nets

BEHEMOTH
Aleguzzler Gargant (140)**
Mangler Squigs (260)***

OTHER
Gobbapalooza (170)***
– Spells: Levitate

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Scuttletide (80)
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)

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

TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000

Lodivicus: I have to admit, when I was asked to do the analysis and commentary on this list, I felt like I was getting Punk’d a little bit. It’s VERY off-meta and illustrates the skill of Chris Kennedy and the level of internal balance Gloomspite Gitz currently has. If you’ve been wondering if it’s possible to 5-0 with a Gitz list that contains pretty much at least one of all the different keyword types in the faction, Chris is here to say “Yes!”

For most mixed lists in Gitz, one would expect that King’s Gitz would be the subfaction choice taken most often. But not here! Chris chose Badsnatchers (reroll one of the casting dice if another Badsnatchers Moonclan Wizard is wholly within 9”) with two Fungoid Cave-Shamans and the Gobbapalooza fitting the bill. Completing the Moonclan Grot portion of the list, two units of Moonclan Shootas and a unit of Moonclan Stabbas round out the list to act as screens, objective control, ranged support and increase the wound count of the list.

The Dankhold Troggboss general with his Glowy Howzit (4+ ward until he can no longer resist the urge to eat it) is one of the most durable general choices available in Gitz and pairs well with the Chasing the Moon Grand Strat. He also adds Scuttletide to the list for free with his Loonskin command trait and gives out the mighty +1 attack to Troggoths when being a Shepherd of Destruction. Completing the Troggoth portion of the list is two units of Rockgut Troggoths (durable hammers with throwin’ boulders) and a unit of Fellwater Troggoths (debuffing tech troggs with their terrible stench and noxious vomit).

The Squig component of the list is not met by the more common Squig Herd or Boingrot Bounderz component, but instead, Mangler Squigs takes the place in the list. With its faction specific monstrous rampage, Giant Boing! it can get pretty much anywhere it wants to go and deal pretty effective damage once there.

What would a mixed list be without a Spiderfang component? The Webspinner Shaman is one of the most popular Andtorian Locus choices due to his 65 point price tag and built in 5+ ward. In true off-meta fashion, Chris gave him the Frost spell Rupture instead of the more popular Hoarfrost or Merciless Blizzard. Considering this event happened 2 weeks after the Rupture nerf, I can only assume he expected that he might run into a lot of Incarnate lists and didn’t want to be without his Incarnate de-levelling tool or perhaps was a list submission deadline casualty.

We have all the four major keyword types in Gitz covered, but how could it truly be an all-encompassing mixed Gitz list without bringing an Aleguzzler Gargant to round it out? With his 3d6 charge and Hand of Gork in the list, this monster can reliably be delivered pretty much anywhere he’s needed. Once there, he can do things like the Smash to Rubble monstrous action to opposing faction terrain or act as a monstrous missile.

While I did not personally witness the event (I wish I had), if I had to hazard a guess (which apparently I do), I would bet that Chris’ opponents enjoyed playing against a list that was so off-meta with so many vastly different and fun components even when they lost to it. It’s definitely not the usual Gitz list you’d expect to see at an event. While I wasn’t provided with the exact lists that he ran into, looking at the factions/subfactions of his opponents it appears that he ran into several different archetypes and barrelled his way to a 5-0 finish with this mishmash crew of Gitz. Very impressive!

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Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Subfaction: Dracothion’s Tail
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Slann Starmaster (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Arcane Might
– Artefacts of Power: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spells: Cosmic Crush
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)**
Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Lord Kroak (410)***
– Spells: Comet’s Call

BATTLELINE
Saurus Guard (140)**
Skinks (90)**
– Moonstone Club and Star-buckler
Skinks (90)**
– Moonstone Club and Star-buckler

BEHEMOTH
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)***
Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)***

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Linebreaker

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

I’m a Seraphon player, but there comes a point where you have to just hold up your scaly hands and say ‘it’s the wizard lizard list’. It’s always hard to write commentary on this list archetype because much of the skill comes from what you choose to summon, and where, and how you use it once it’s on the board, which obviously I have no way of knowing.

But for those unfamiliar with the engine in general, here’s how the list works. For every cast, unbind, and dispel, plus for every ‘cosmic node’ (wizards and wizardy shit like the Astrolith), you get a star power point. No, that isn’t the official name. Star power can be used to summon stuff, or do a shit load of MWs to stuff near aforementioned C-nodes. The Slann gets double star power be…wait…hold up…

He didn’t take the double star power command trait!! This is unheard of! He’s taken the ‘can control 3 endless spells and double their range’ trait! That would certainly allow him a lot more leeway in terms of positioning the somewhat fiddly Maelstrom, and allow for one of Kroak’s damage spells to go through the portal instead of Pendulum, which with double-range can much more reliably be cast normally. I can’t believe someone finally didn’t take Lord of Celestial Resonance, what a trailblazer.

There are also two Arks of Sotek because they’re cheap as fuck massive wound sponges with spike mortal potential.

But he didn’t take LoCR!!!




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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Munificent Wanderers
– Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Great Unclean One (430)*
– Doomsday Bell and Bileblade
– Artefacts of Power: The Witherstave
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance
Sloppity Bilepiper (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Tome of a Thousand Poxes
– Spells: Gift of Disease
Rotbringer Sorcerer (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Infernal Conduit
– Spells: Plague Squall
Sloppity Bilepiper (120)**

BATTLELINE
Plaguebearers (240)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
Plaguebearers (120)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
Plaguebearers (240)
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper

OTHER
Nurglings (100)*
Nurglings (100)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
Plague Drones (200)**
– Icon Bearer
– Bell Toller
– Plaguebringer

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Vanguard

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: This is perhaps one of the most unexpected Nurgle lists I have seen since the 3rd edition book dropped. It picked one of the least-used subfactions (Munificent Wanderers), and is running some very rarely picked units in the Rotbringer Sorcerer (two of them even more so) and the Great Unclean One. The fact that this list went 3-0 in Day 1 is nothing short of remarkable. Take a bow, John, take a bow.

This list is clearly playing the objective game above all else, as its 50 Plaguebearers are not much to write home about offensively but can be extremely hard to shift when backed up by a Sloppity Bilepiper to prevent pile-ins and a caster using Fleshy Abundance to juice up their Wound count. It also uses Nurglings and Beasts for a bit of mobility, as well as potential pinning maneuvers. Plague Drones can also pitch in as pinners, while dealing enough damage that they have to be respected.

On the matter of Hero support, the Great Unclean One carries the Witherstave, which makes disease points more effective, and the Infernal Conduit command trait juices up the list’s summoning ability. All in all, a surprising list, but a pleasant surprise indeed.

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Final Tournament Placings

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https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/O00KjF8dxX

Top Three AoS Lists for the London Grand Tournament

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So there’s probably no better timing for releasing a top three on an event than the day after a load of controversy gets talked about at said event?!

This is the top three AoS lists for the London Grand Tournament that took place in the UK on the 30th and 1st of October. It involved 82 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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Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Webspinner Shaman (65)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Madcap Shaman (70)***
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)*
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (110)**
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand

Battleline
15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)**
– Reinforced x 2
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)*
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)*
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)*
36 x Squig Herd (420)**
– Reinforced x 2

Units
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)**
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Squig Lure

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Andtorian Acolytes

Total: 1955 / 2000

I’ve a 2-for-1 for you today because I’m not very organised, and my head has been filled with GT planning (no excuse!). So I rather stupidly asked both PlasticCraic (thanks again Pete – check out his site if you havent already!) and Phil Marshall to comment on these lists! So you have the benefit of both the players’ point of view and an expert AoS Analysts point of view..

Phil Marshall: Gloomspite Gitz – Jaws of Mork – How did it work?

I decided to go back to my routes and play an aggro combat army. Gitz the moment are super versatile and play lots of scenarios extremely well. With this edition lots of scenarios are fight in the middle and Gitz really lean into that. Yes, they have had their fair share of points increases but the army is still super strong with all the buffs and debuffs within the list. Lets take a note of a few of the key buff pieces, Skraggy knowing the full spell lore and also being able to help dictate battle tactic scoring by being able to manipulate the moon placement. Squig boss with the pre game move and MWs in addition for squigs, honestly its mental how far that unit can move in the turn you commit to this, in addition to this you have the clammy hand command trait to try and get two units out of the shrine. Madcap & Webspinner the combo allows you get acolytes in for hoarfrost, without being able to receive the commands on squigs hoarfrost works as your all out attack as minimum but when you can be hitting on 2s at potentially rend 3 with 150 attacks you really do see the value, the madcap also has moonface mommet to give a unit -1 to their save. Sneaky snufflers, 2+ 5 up ward yes please but oh wait if under the moon and you roll a 5+ you get an extra attack as well; mental. Then my buff piece MVP, these lads are sublime, the -1 to hit aura spell, the no command ability spell stoping redeploy from your none re-rollable charge on the herd, then a static aura of either +1 rend or plus 1 to run and charge. The list is then bolstered out by two units of 5 boingrots to grab objectives, do surround and destroy and clear screens, the real punch comes from the 36 herd and the unit of 15 boingrots.

How did the list play the? Aggressively, but when it needed to be. The way I played the list a lot of the time was as a castle waiting to capitalise on opportunities to explode out of it and ensuring that I was in range of all my auras and buff pieces ready to maximise my next movement phase. Depending on match up would be dependant on what would be used to screen with, if I was concerned about my opponent going first the screen was the two 5 of bounders and the terrain piece (assuming no monsters). Then I would have the hammers sat just off the screen ready to counter charge in my turn and make my opponent second guess about coming in. If I knew I was under no threat top of 1 I would screen with my gobbapalooza and snufflers and leave a squig sized gap as a screen as we all know 25mm is less than an inch so you can move through those gaps. The herd would then be set up in between so that if I wanted to maximise the potential hero phase move I was at no risk of missing out on the buffs from gobbapalooza and the herd at the start of movement. One of the hoarfrost wizards would also be close enough to make sure I can cast hoarfrost. Hoarfrost for me was the main spell I was always trying to cast as it makes the squig herds output substantially better no matter what you roll, I found myself always using it for hit rolls. The herd were always used at the 1st wave to commit and then follow up with the 15 bounders after the herd were now out of the buff ranges. This dual threat is horrible to deal with for your opponent again due to the speed in which your units can get across the table. In my opinion there isn’t a unit in the game that can survive the punch from either of these units when you have the buffs on. In the match ups that were perceived “easier” you can just throw the list at your opponent and its extremely hard for them to deal with, the speed it gets to them, the weight of dice you are throwing combined with the rend and damage made them quite straightforward. In conclusion it’s a super fast aggro army that suits a player that likes to put pressure on your opponent, however, it can play the passive game till you need to push out. It is the complete toolbox of buffs and debuffs that is a real pain to play around for your opponent.

Pete Atkinson: We talk a lot in this game about “skill ceiling”, but less so about “skill floor”. I’d argue that filling your list with Squigs and pushing them forward again and again has an abnormally high floor, in that you could teach a small child to execute and they’d win a lot of games, much like Terrorgheists back in their day. There’s only so badly you can do with a list like this.

All the same, 5-0s with Squigs remain rare, and that’s what separates the Bosses from the Gits. Phil has encountered a broad range of challenges in this event, encompassing high-mobility combat giga-damage (S2D) and Order gunlines with phenomenal straight line speed (Fuethan), as well as highly competitive KO, layered screens in Nighthaunt and ambushing BOC rounding out the opposition¹. Phil managed to react accordingly to opponents that were corner-deployed, well screened or even off the board entirely, and that’s where the skill ceiling part comes in.

In terms of what the list does, it’s really just Squigs 102. I’d argue that Squigs 101 was profiting from the bent Hoppers interaction with Rally (deliberately breaking coherency to get outside of 3″ then Rally back), but since that got swiftly nipped in the bud, these are the standard units you’ve been seeing used in tandem. Gobbapalooza gets you a tough wizard with Recursion which also dishes out -1 rend; Moonface Mommet adds further to the rend jamboree.

Given Phil’s smart use of Squig Lure though (allowing for Squigs to reroll charges when they can’t use CAs at all), I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that he sometimes used the ‘Palooza for the +1 to run and charge ability instead of extra rend. With the Subfaction attacks and Squigboss buffs, the damage is already there, so it’s just the delivery mechanism you need to lock down; and making it impossible to fail a 3″ charge is massive. Those charge consistency bonuses can be the difference between being written about here on Woehammer, and spending the time before your next game pissing and moaning about how your dice fucked you.

Squig Herd in particular love Hoarfrost as a way to fix their 4+ to Hit Roll and it’s notable that Phil has doubled down on that for redundancy, rather than being tempted with Merciless Blizzard. You’re not going to have units camping within 12″ in front of you for protracted combats, because you’ve already Squigged them off the board.

Chuck the Herd forward, merck a bunch of stuff, pop out some Battleshock mortals. Send the Boingrots in next and do the same. Then rezz back your original Squigs (with the Clammy Hand CT to help) and at that point your opponent probably shakes your hand.

I played a tiny handful of games with Squigs myself when the book first dropped and that was enough for me to get bored (I’m talking Early-Third-Edition-Giants-Standing-On-Circles levels of bored), but the fact remains that guiding them to the full 5-0 is an extra level of challenge, and one that very few have proven capable of thus far. If you’re looking for a way to hit consistent rankings points for your local Masters though – or just keen to chase a podium – then I’d suggest you look no further, because this list is as tight as an Allopex’s arse. Everything is geared towards and refined around executing your gameplan, with vigour and consistency. Ruthless.

¹Bear in mind I haven’t seen the full lists Phil played against – but looking at the Factions and Subfactions he encountered, we can have an educated guess.



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

LEADER
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Waste Away
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– Spells: Fading Vigour
1 x Belladamma Volga (220)**
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (140)***
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery

BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves (150)**
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)**
– Doom Wolf
20 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)***
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)***
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)***
60 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)***

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Michael Attali: This was a test for the WCW in Atlanta where I’ll be representing France (as I did during the AoS worlds Team’s Tournament).

So Vyrkos is the best sub faction in my advice (tactic and strategy wise) even though LoN performs more, I have seen that it is more due to the fact that most people don’t know how to play against LoN.

The main part of my army is 120 zombies (60-40-20) seconded by 20 skeletons to be buffed by Gorslav with the Ulfenkarni Phylacteri. The aim of this portion of the army is to take primaries with it’s board presence. and recursion.

Belladamma with 2×10 Wolves, serves as a shield for the zombies during deployment and to click units or far away objectives.
A third pack is set up by Volga to protect herself with the Vyrkos heroic action.
Volga can pin some units with the lycancurse, creating more wolves and more recursion.

The three parts click together perfectly, I usually do all the primaries and secondaries. If you come at me you are pinned by the zombies and showered in debuffs. I can then counter attack with Under the killing Moon + Hoarfrost+ Danse Macabre (and maybe blizzard).

The grand strategy is easy against most armies except, for example, against Benjamin Savva on Nexus collapse, who had low damage input, so I had to put 3 units in reserves (40-20 zombies and 10 Wolves) and never bring them to the table. So, from turn 4, I would be able to bring them on with Gorslav, but you do score the maximum amount of points most of the time

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Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Subfaction: Barak-Urbaz
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Inspired
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Trust To Your Guns
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything, Settle the Grudges
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught

LEADERS
Aether-Khemist (100)*
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Aetheric Navigator (100)*
– Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb
Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok

BATTLELINE
Grundstok Thunderers (480)*
– Gunnery Sergeant
– 3 x Honour Bearer
– 3 x Aethercannon
– 3 x Aetheric Fumigator
– 3 x Decksweeper
– 3 x Grundstok Mortar
Arkanaut Company (90)*
– Company Captain
– Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– Skypike
– Volley Pistol
– Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
Arkanaut Company (90)*
– Company Captain
– Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– Skypike
– Volley Pistol
– Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Ironclad (500)*
– Great Volley Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: The Last Word
– The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship

OTHER
Gotrek Gurnisson (480)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Carl Stokes: Everyone knows I’m a fervent believer in the Gospel of Gotrek, and it’s lists like this that reinforce why he’s just such an incredible asset for KO. One of the major weaknesses of KO as a faction is their inability to reliably handle fast chunky monsters that can catch our boats and survive being shot long enough to make mincemeat of our troops. This is where Gotrek steps in and immediately turns challenging matchups into easy wins.

The rest of the army is also classic and battle-tested. The shooting-themed ironclad full of thunderers and characters with the Admiral-Khemist-Navigator combo designed to automatically unbind a single vital spell once per game while providing some movement shenanigans and consistent unbind attempts is something everyone expects to see when playing KO. Add in 20 arkanauts to screen and hold backfield objectives and there’s the army.

Which brings us to the greatest Old World Dawi to ever wield an axe… Gotrek! When wielded appropriately, he provides an immovable bulwark and melee blender that can reliably remove almost anything in the game. He’s the sort of model you run into the midfield and then just threaten the meat of your opponent’s army every turn. Sure, you may not reliably make a 10” charge, but you only have to do so once and you win the game. Worried something might get into the ironclad? With Gotrek around, nothing is gonna want to be within about 12” of his small but mighty footprint.

Specifically, he provides a way for KO to immediately remove things like Kragnos, Stonehorns, blobs of infantry, blobs of cavalry, blobs of monstrous infantry, etc, etc. People often forget that it’s fairly hard to pile in a blender unit into Gotrek to maximize their attacks into him, which means that units of 6 pigs or necropolis stalkers just simply can’t get enough models in combat to take him out before he minces the squad. And reducing all damage to one BEFORE his 3+ ward means that it’s reeeeeally hard to take him out (plus don’t forget he can Heroic Recovery if need be)!

Just to hammer home how stupid high Gotrek’s output is, I’ve included a little damage table of his average output into various saves:

Except that’s only one activation. And he gets to fight TWICE per combat phase. So yeah, that’s why he’s the Goat..rek.

As for the way this army plays, it’s fairly similar to many other top KO lists. You’ve got the incredibly high output shooting with 4+ rally for the thunderers and ironclad support backed up by ancillary characters designed to get the most out of both the thunderers and the boat. This is the sort of army that will absolutely dominate any low objective battle plan while likely going down early on points when playing multi-objective scenarios. But it rarely matters, since you’re just going to be erasing your opponent with overwhelming firepower and smashing them with Gotrek if they try to threaten your firebase. An incredible list and an excellent result. Well done!




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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Be’lakor (340)*
– Spells: Daemonic Speed
Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (160)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Chaos Lance
– Artefacts of Power: The Conqueror’s Crown

BATTLELINE
Varanguard (560)*
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– 6 x Fellspear
Varanguard (280)*
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– 3 x Fellspear
The Unmade (80)*

OTHER
Chaos Chosen (460)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Exalted Champion
– 2 x Skull Drummer
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Geir Vedeld: What I like the most here is that it has several strong elements. It plays well on Battle Tactics. It has a strong control / alpha element combined with the opportunity to slow play.

The lone Mounted Chaos Lord can flank easily. He would, of course, be better on Karkadrak, but the list is 2000 points on the spot. He supplies the list with the battle tactic Lust for Power, which is otherwise harder to get to. With Conqueror’s Crown, he takes objectives from Chaff. Also, he is difficult to kill for chaff units, making it an investment for the opponent to take him out.

The 3-man unit of Varanguard is an MVP. It can either be sent on a mission alone, killing as many small units as possible before dying. Taking out 200+ points with it at an early stage is often quite important late game and ruins plans and battle tactics on the other side of the table.

The drawback with the Chosen is that it is slow, and the Knights of the Empty Throne sub-faction gives speed and punishes the opponent for making mistakes in positioning, etc. Chosen reduces that opportunity.

The drawback with Varanguard is that they do very little damage if they are tagged (by e.g., Murderlust from Khorne). Without retreat and charge and a corner tag, Varanguard are basically doing very little they are supposed to do.

Roland Rivera: Slaves to Darkness continues its post-Battlescroll ascent with another strong showing. This list pairs the devastating offensive power of Khorne Varanguard with an extra dose of speed by putting them in the Knights of the Empty Thorne subfaction, which enables them to run and charge. On the defensive front, this list runs a reinforced unit of Nurgle Chosen as its solid center that can take a hard punch and give one back. It also features a Sorcerer to hang out near the Chosen, providing Ward saves and Daemonic Power. Lastly, it also adds a dash of board control by featuring Be’lakor and his ability to shut units down for a turn.

Geir has made some interesting choices in support units to set his list apart – he has a rarely-seen unit in the Chaos Lord with Daemonic Mount as a dedicated objective snatcher (thanks to his speed and The Conqueror’s Crown letting him bully 1- and 2-Wound models off objectives) and a unit of Unmade, which project an aura preventing Redeploy and making sure the Varanguard’s devastating charges have a higher chance of hitting home.

All in all, this list clearly plays to the strengths of the Slaves to Darkness force, while featuring some interesting tech that make it quite an interesting read.

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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

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/3KbfYBCNzG

Top Three AoS Lists for AoS Frontier Cup 2023

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This is the top three AoS lists for AoS Frontier Cup 2023 that took place in Slovakia on the 16th and 17th of September. It involved 23 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: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
Lauka Vai (300)**
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)**
– Spells: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost


BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (360)*
Dire Wolves (140)*

– Doom Wolf
Deadwalker Zombies (240)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**


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


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000


Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable


LEADER
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
1 x Slann Starmaster (275)*
– General
– Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance
– Spells: Drain Magic, Comet’s Call
1 x Skink Starseer (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Speed of Huanchi
1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**

– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Celestial Harmony
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Cosmic Crush, Merciless Blizzard


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


BEHEMOTH
1 x Bastiladon with Ark of Sotek (180)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Chronomantic Cogs (50)
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: (1975/2000)

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork, Foot of Gork
Maniak Weirdnob (100)**
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
– Spells: Gorkamorka’s War Cry, Merciless Blizzard
Gobsprakk (240)***
Orruk Warchanter (120)***

– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat


BATTLELINE
Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Ardboy Boss
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield
Orruk Brutes (280)**
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha
– 2 x Gore-choppa
Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Brute Boss
– Gore-choppa
– Brute Choppas
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha
Orruk Ardboys (80)***
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Ardboy Boss
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield
OTHER
Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**

– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka


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

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Warlord (Spell Enhancement)


TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000


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Army Faction: Beasts of Chaos
– Army Subfaction: Darkwalkers
– Grand Strategy: Desecrating Brayherd
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty


LEADER
1 x Beastlord (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Slakefray Reveller
– Artefacts: The Knowing Eye
1 x Great Bray-Shaman (100)*
– Artefacts: Brayblast Trumpet
– Spells: Wild Rampage
1 x Great Bray-Shaman (100)*
– Spells: Wild Rampage


BATTLELINE
10 x Bestigors (200)
– Brayhorn
– Banner Bearer
– Gouge-horn
10 x Ungors (80)
– Brayhorn Blower
– Banner Bearer
– Halfhorn
– Pitted Blade
10 x Ungors (80)
– Brayhorn Blower
– Banner Bearer
– Halfhorn
– Pitted Blade
10 x Gors (110)
– Banner Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– Foe-render
– Hacking Blade and Beastshield
10 x Gors (110)*
– Banner Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– Foe-render
– Hacking Blade and Beastshield


BEHEMOTH
1 x Chaos Gargant (150)
1 x Chaos Gargant (150)


OTHER
6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened (180)
– Aviarch
6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened (180)
– Aviarch
6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened (180)
– Aviarch
6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened (180)
– Aviarch


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)

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Final Tournament Placings

Changes to BCP mean we can’t display the final results like we used to. Instead here is a link to the results on Best Coast Pairings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/FRT75NLLE4

Top Three AoS Lists for the Smite Club Open

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Smite Club Open that took place in the US on the 9th and 10th of September. It involved 35 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.

If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?

Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

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


LEADER
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Vampire Lord (140)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Lauka Vai (300)**
– Spells: Vile Transference
1 x Belladamma Volga (200)**
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)***
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery


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


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


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


TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)


Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Type: Godseekers
– Grand Strategy: Coveted Riches
– Triumph: Inspired


LEADERS
Shardspeaker of Slaanesh (130)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Infernal Enrapturess (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
Sigvald (200)**
The Masque (140)**
Keeper of Secrets (400)**

– Shining Aegis
– Artefacts of Power: Girdle of the Realm-racer
– Spells: Paths of the Dark Prince
Lord of Pain (140)***
– General
– Command Traits: Speed-chaser


BATTLELINE
Blissbarb Archers (160)**
Blissbarb Archers (160)***
Symbaresh Twinsouls (140)***


BEHEMOTH
Chaos Warshrine (180)***
– Prayers: Curse


OTHER
Blissbarb Seekers (210)**

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Wizard-finders of Andtor


TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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


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


BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
Deadwalker Zombies (240)*
Deadwalker Zombies (240)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**


OTHER
Corpse Cart (80)*
– Unholy Lodestone
– Corpse Lash
Corpse Cart (80)**
– Unholy Lodestone
– Corpse Lash


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


TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000


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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
Subfaction: Dhom-Hain
– Grand Strategy: Dominion of the Deep Ones
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Eidolon of Mathlann Aspect of the Sea (310)*
Spells: Steed of Tides
Akhelian Thrallmaster (100)*
Isharann Tidecaster (140)**
General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Artefacts of Power: Rune of the Surging Gloomtide
Spells: Hoarfrost
Battlemage (100)**
– Magic of the Realms: Wildform (Ghur)

BATTLELINE
Namarti Thralls (240)*
Icon Bearer
Namarti Thralls (240)*
Icon Bearer
Namarti Thralls (120)*
Icon Bearer

BEHEMOTH
Akhelian Leviadon (430)*
Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

OTHER
Akhelian Allopexes (150)*
Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (150)*
Retarius Net Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Thomas Guan – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 92 / 88 / 88 / 87 / 89


02 Jeremy Lefebvre – Battleshock Immune – Battleshock Immune
Hosts of Slaanesh: Godseekers Host 92 / 87 / 87 / 24 / 88


03 Colt Hegardt – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 92 / 21 / 88 / 88 / 83


04 Matt Nguyen – Scal United – Scal United
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 91 / 80 / 16 / 88 / 95


05 Kyle Calip – Scal United – Scal United
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 85 / 20 / 88 / 85 / 88


06 Matthew Pashby – Corsairs – Corsairs
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen 64 / 87 / 10 / 85 / 89


07 Aaron Newbom – Scal United – Scal United
Idoneth Deepkin: Dhom-Hain 92 / 85 / 88 / 56 / 26


08 Alec Jerome – Scal United – Scal United
Flesh-eater Courts: Feast Day 92 / 87 / 86 / 56 / 14


09 Jed Spears – A House of Hobbies – A House of Hobbies
Soulblight Gravelords 46 / 88 / 88 / 17 / 86


10 Gregory Brewer – Scal United – Scal United
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 46 / 83 / 13 / 86 / 82


11 Noe Aquino – Scal United – Scal United
Fyreslayers 15 / 87 / 89 / 88 / 27


12 Matt Abbott – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 89 / 21 / 88 / 84 / 21


13 Shane Lambert – Scal United – Scal United
Skaventide: Clan Pestilens 89 / 9 / 84 / 27 / 88


14 Jason Flanzer – Making Saves – Making Saves
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 90 / 19 / 88 / 14 / 85


15 Dave Blandford
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 89 / 21 / 15 / 87 / 83


16 Eric Rollender – Dad Bod Wargaming – Dad Bod Wargaming
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zilfin 21 / 81 / 88 / 85 / 13


17 Cristian Castro
Stormcast Eternals 92 / 64 / 17 / 88 / 22


18 travis revicki – team tucson – team tucson
Gloomspite Gitz 59 / 83 / 24 / 16 / 80


19 Viet Huynh – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 23 / 88 / 87 / 19 / 15


20 Zachary Tipton
Gloomspite Gitz 79 / 24 / 25 / 88 / 16


21 Doug Jankowski – C-Tier Champions – C-Tier Champions
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 18 / 88 / 25 / 17 / 84


22 George Reed – A House of Hobbies – A House of Hobbies
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 27 / 87 / 88 / 23 / 5


23 Eugene Averin – Scal United – Scal United
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 90 / 15 / 16 / 88 / 15


24 Joe Udall
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 11 / 15 / 88 / 88 / 18


25 Joshua Norton – A House of Hobbies – A House of Hobbies
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 12 / 13 / 88 / 85 / 18


26 Fernie Lopez – Blame it on the Dice – Blame it on the Dice
Disciples of Tzeentch: Hosts Arcanum 22 / 83 / 8 / 21 / 81


27 Matthew jones – Scal United – Scal United
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 13 / 86 / 5 / 14 / 66


28 Sean Lyons – team tucson – team tucson
21 / 86 / 16 / 22 / 0


29 Mark Ocampo – team tucson – team tucson
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 14 / 18 / 88 / 16 / 0


30 Erica Scrivner – A House of Hobbies – A House of Hobbies
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 92 / 44 / 5 / 19 / 19


31 Christopher Lieber – Blame it on the Dice – Blame it on the Dice
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 7 / 19 / 12 / 88 / 22


32 Fred Willis
Sylvaneth 15 / 20 / 8 / 88 / 17


33 Devin Rollender – Dad Bod Wargaming – Dad Bod Wargaming
Idoneth Deepkin: Nautilar 8 / 10 / 88 / 11


34 Spencer Garza
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 7 / 11 / 6 / 9 / 81


35 Joel Scrivner – A House of Hobbies – A House of Hobbies
Big WAAAGH! 22 / 4 / 0 / 14 / 11

Top Three AoS Lists for Lords of the Mounds 7

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This is the top three AoS lists for Lords of the Mounds 7 that took place in Sweden on the 2nd and 3rd of September. It involved 40 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.

If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?

Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

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

Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)***
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Command Trait: Hulking Brute
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)**
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

Battleline
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)***
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers

Units
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Endless Spells & Invocations
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1970 / 2000

Aaron Newbom: An interesting monster mash style list revolving around a souped up mawkrusha and pigs with Gobbsprakk shutting down magic.

I’m gonna be honest I normally see a mawkrusha in big waaagh and assume the pilot doesn’t really know BW well. But this man clearly does with a 5-0 and a tough run of it too.

In many ways this is a list that takes bloodtoofs and subtracts some offense, mobility, and tempo in exchange for flexibility and consistency.

With the meta as it is, the burst damage of bloodtoofs doesn’t break a Soulblight armies back, and this list has to control and late game power to finish the job


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

LEADERS
Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spoor Trackers
– Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
Lauka Vai (300)**
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)**
– Spells: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (360)*
Dire Wolves (140)*
– Doom Wolf
Deadwalker Zombies (240)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Deadwalker Zombies (120)**

OTHER
Corpse Cart (80)*
– Corpse Lash
– Unholy Lodestone
Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Goad
– Unholy Lodestone

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

Danny Wadeson: Shambling forward, often standing stubbornly in the way, groaning all the while and liable to keep coming back – no, it’s not me trying to bird-watch while hungover, it’s shit tonnes of Zombies! Competitive Soulblight players just can’t help themselves can they – this is why we can’t have nice things! Or, we can have them, they’ll just cost more very soon…

Basically, if you’re not already aware, Zombie in Vyrkos are bloody annoying to shift. And Vyrkos allows for a once per game heroic action to summon 10 Direwolves too – so we’re talking about a WHOLE lot of bodies on circles here. While supported by double corpse carts, 6s to wound do mortals – that’s likely on top of a bunch more you get each time a zombie you kill rolls a 5+.

Gorslav seals the deal as the premier zombie-buffer, helping them shuffle that bit faster with Spoor Trackers and with the Phylactery to project an aura of 5+++, making them truly frustrating to chew through.

Lauka Vai makes an appearance as a cheeky source of -1 to rend, acting as a cost effective monster and possibly making a 6″ pile in too, to compound the misery of having to run head long into all those grabby hands.

Zombies gonna get nerfed soon, somehow – let’s hope the next Battlescroll doesn’t put them in the ground for good…

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Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty


Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)**
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*

– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Waaagh!
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)***
– Lore of the Weird: Foot of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)***
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un


Battleline
5 x Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– 1x Gore Choppas
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers


Units
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1


Endless Spells & Invocations
Suffocating Gravetide (30)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Command Entourage – Magnificent


Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000


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Allegiance: Khorne
– Slaughterhost: The Skullfiend Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Triumphs are Cheating


LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Command Trait: Firebrand
– Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades
– Prayer: Bloodbind
– Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Bloodsecrator (120)**
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayer: Killer Instinct
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)*


UNITS
10 x Skullreapers (380)*
– Daemonblades
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Reaver Blades
10 x Bloodreavers (80)
– Reaver Blades
5 x Flesh Hounds (100)
6 x Mighty Skullcrushers (420)

– Bloodglaives
5 x Wrathmongers (140)
6 x Furies (80)


INVOCATIONS
Bleeding Icon (50)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Wizard-Finders of Andtor
**Warlord


ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Prayer

TOTAL: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: In 4th place, we have an interesting little Khorne list that is built around the solid brick that is a 6-man unit of Mighty Skullcrushers. 30 Wounds with a 2+ save is a very tough nut for an army that does not have plentiful access to mortal wounds to crack, especially if there’s a Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury nearby to slap -1 to hit on its attackers. While those two pieces anchor down the middle, this list can play some classic hammer & anvil games with the 10-man unit of Skullcrushers, or buy time for the plethora of minimum-sized units in the list to sit on objectives and rack up VPs.

The Hero mix to support this strategy is a Slaughterpriest for more prayers, a Bloodsecrator for a 1/game offensive buff and stronger Rallies for your Bloodbound pieces, and Skarr Bloodwrath as a reusable blocker/source of Blood Tithe. There is also a unit of Wrathmongers to grant extra attacks to any Khorne unit near them. Interestingly, Albin has chosen to g with the Bleeding Icon to shut off Battleshock over the Hexgorger Skulls to further disrupt magic armies, which reinforces the notion that this list wants to play aggressively. This notion is confirmed by the choice of subfaction, which rewards high charge rolls with strike-first.

All in all, this seems like a fun list that forces the issue and make the opponent play reactively to deal with your objective pressure while potentially setting them up for hard counterpunches from its reinforced blobs. Fun and effective – what’s not to like?

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Danny Elvestad – 2d6 – 2d6
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4


02 Tomasz Mucha
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 0


03 Stylianos Mamagkakis – KriegsmotteK – KriegsmotteK
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 4


04 Karl Ejnar – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4


05 Jesper Melander
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4


06 Albin Glaumann
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4


07 Stian Engebretsen – 2d6 – 2d6
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4


08 Benjamin Hyvönen
Flesh-eater Courts: Hollowmourne Grand Court 0 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4


09 Tom Batsford – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Disciples of Tzeentch: Guild of Summoners 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4


10 Stein Gaarder – 2d6 – 2d6
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 4 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 0


11 Kuba Kostrubiec
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Ymetrica 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4


12 Alexis Herbeck – FUSK – FUSK
Stormcast Eternals: Astral Templars 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0


13 Andreas Johansson
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0


14 Jon Borg – FUSK – FUSK
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zilfin 4 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0


15 Geir Vedeld – 2d6 – 2d6
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4


16 Robert Karlsson – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Soulblight Gravelords: Kastelai Dynasty 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 4


17 Njål Kleivkås – 2d6 – 2d6
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 4 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4


18 Edris Ardalan – MCG – MCG
Big WAAAGH! 4 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0


19 Nils Wallberg – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 0 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 4


20 William Carehag – Asylum wargaming – Asylum wargaming 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4


21 Niklas Fällman – FUSK – FUSK
Ogor Mawtribes: Underguts 0 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 0


22 Robert Eveby – Västerås Wargaming – Västerås Wargaming
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 0 / 0 / 4 / 4 / 0


23 Johan Börjesson – AoS Dalarna – AoS Dalarna
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0


24 Anton Sandström – F.U.S.K – F.U.S.K
Blades of Khorne: Flayed 4 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0


25 Lennart ”Lillen” Svensson – Nyköping Wargaming – Nyköping Wargaming
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4


26 Linus Kingfors – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4


27 Thomas Fagerholm
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4


28 Benjamin Flodda – 2d6 – 2d6
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0


29 Nicolai Aapalahti
Gloomspite Gitz 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0


30 Adam Schmidinger – Tabletop Bastards – Tabletop Bastards
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0


31 Johan Hilmersson
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 3


32 Simen Lillehagen – 2d6 – 2d6
Stormcast Eternals 2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 1


33 Jesper Svennebring – Uppsala AoS – Uppsala AoS
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0


34 David Ejnar – Hops & Drops – Hops & Drops
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4


35 David Norenius
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Zaitrec 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0


36 Emmy Bengtsson – Spelfaktoriet – Spelfaktoriet
Daughters of Khaine: Zainthar Kai 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4


37 Fredrik Sulkava – MCG – MCG
Gloomspite Gitz 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0


38 Niklas Jansson – UAOS – UAOS
Sons of Behemat: Stomper Tribe 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0


39 carl sundqvist – Spelfaktoriet – Spelfaktoriet
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0


40 Victor Wennerberg – Uppsala AoS – UAOS
Nighthaunt: The Scarlet Doom 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

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

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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


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


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

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

– Allies


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


Faction Terrain
1x Skull Altar

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment


Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000


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


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


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


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

– Allies


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


Faction Terrain
1x Skull Altar

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment


Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

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

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

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


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

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


BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*

– Doom Wolf
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**


OTHER
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**

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


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)


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


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


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

– Doom Wolf


ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)


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


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


TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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


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


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


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

2000/2000pts


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


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


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


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

2000/2000pts


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


LEADERS
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*

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

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


ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Andtorian Acolytes


TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000


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


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

– Spells: Hoarfrost
Abhorrant Archregent (240)**
– Spells: Deranged Transformation


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


OTHER
Crypt Flayers (180)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes


TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for the Golden Ticket: Age Of Sigmar Event

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Golden Ticket: Age Of Sigmar Event that took place in the UK on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 47 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-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.

If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?

Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

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


LEADERS
Katakros (460)
Mortisan Boneshaper (140)*

– General
– Command Traits: Dark Acolyte
– Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key
– Spells: Drain Vitality
Arkhan the Black (380)*


BATTLELINE
Kavalos Deathriders (360)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
– 2 x Necrophoros
Immortis Guard (440)*
Kavalos Deathriders (180)*

– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

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

LEADERS
Belladamma Volga (200)*
– General
– Command Traits: Driven by Deathstench
– Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
– Spells: Spirit Gale
Necromancer (100)**
– Spells: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (140)**
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Necromancer (100)**
– Spells: Fading Vigour


BATTLELINE
Deadwalker Zombies (360)
Dire Wolves (140)*

– Doom Wolf
Dire Wolves (140)*
– Doom Wolf
Dire Wolves (140)*
– Doom Wolf


OTHER
Corpse Cart (80)
– Corpse Lash
– Balefire Brazier
Grave Guard (300)*
– Seneschal
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Grave Guard (300)*
– Seneschal
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Great Nation: Zaitrec
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Archmage Teclis and Celennar, Spirit of Hysh (740)**
The Light of Eltharion (230)**
Scinari Cathallar (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefact: Phoenix Stone
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
Scinari Calligrave (110)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard

Battleline
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)**
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)**
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh

Units
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh

Endless Spells & Invocations
Rune of Petrification (60)
Umbral Spellportal (80)
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Jon Anderson: Coming from out of nowhere with a haymaker of a list is Nicolas Tassone showing the world why you don’t sleep on the REAL god of magic. Teclis and friends used the Andtorian Acolytes battalion to great effect in Nicolas’ 5-1 finish only dropping to Crematorians in the final round.

With a beautiful endless spell suite, Nicolas was sure to send his opponents care packages from afar courtesy of the Umbral Spellportals and Malevolent Maelstrom. This is what I like to see from Lumineth. No Vanari Sentinels in the list at all.

This is a list with some hair on its chest.


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Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable


LEADER
1 x Slann Starmaster (275)*
– General
– Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance
– Spells: Comet’s Call, Rupture
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**

– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Cosmic Crush
1 x Skink Starseer (150)**
– Spells: Speed of Huanchi, Merciless Blizzard


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


BEHEMOTH
1 x Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)

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


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

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Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for the Salt Lake Open 2023 – AoS Championships

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Salt Lake Open 2023 – AoS Championships that took place in the US on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 34 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Zaitrec
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable


LEADER
1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)*
– Spells: Total Eclipse, Hoarfrost
1 x Scinari Enlightener (170)*
– General
– Command Traits: Loremaster
– Artefacts: Rune of Senthoi
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Hysh, Protection of Hysh
1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)**
1 x Ellania and Ellathor (190)**

– Spells: Etheral Blessings, Overwhelming Heat
1 x Sevireth (270)**


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

ENDLESS SPELL

1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)
1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)


TERRAIN

1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

OTHER

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


CORE BATTALIONS:

*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)


Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine!
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Loon-touched
– Artefacts of Power: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
Grinkrak the Great (220)**
Squigboss (110)***

– Aspects of the Champion (Archived): Tunnel Master (Archived)


BATTLELINE

Boingrot Bounderz (300)**
Boingrot Bounderz (150)**

– Bounder Boss
Moonclan Stabbas (120)**
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– 3 Barbed Nets
– Pokin’ Spear
Squig Herd (280)***
Squig Herd (280)***


BEHEMOTH
Skitterstrand Arachnarok (180)***


OTHER
Gobbapalooza (170)
– Spells: Squig Lure
Grinkrak’s Looncourt (220)


TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Vanguard
***Wizard-finders of Andtor


TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– Spells: Waste Away
1 x Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460)*
– Deathlance
– Spells: Vile Transference
1 x Cado Ezechiar (140)*
– Spells: Spirit Gale
1 x Vampire Lord (140)**
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Radukar the Beast (290)**
– Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery

BATTLELINE
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (100)*
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (100)*
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

OTHER
20 x Grave Guard (300)*
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
1 x Corpse Cart (80)**
– Corpse Lash
– Unholy Lodestone

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Danny Wadeson: So you got the memo that Soulblight (and Vyrkos in particular) are good now right? You may also have heard ‘something something zombie spam’ – but every so often, a trailblazer, a trend-setter, a maverick comes along and says ‘fnah’ to zombie, and ‘hurrah!’ to Deathrattle. Well, two by 10 of them as cheap MSU who can still be annoyingly hard to put down if you under-commit, and he does still have 40 zombs, which is a gentleman’s amount really.

He’s spent the other points on the usual stuff but he has slammed Cado in there, who is still underrated as a versatile hero on a teeny-tiny base. Otherwise, standard stuff of the ‘also 20 graveguard’ variety as they combo so well with Radukar’s ability to give something +1 attack after he’s charged.

And it only lost to Zaitrec LRL of all things! Either way, a pretty balanced Vyrkos list here that proves a) you don’t have to take a gazillion zombies to do well and b) that, actually, SBGL are totally fine and don’t need any more nerfs, at all! If LRL can beat them, nerf them again I reckon!


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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Droning Guard
– Grand Strategy: Tend the Garden
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty


LEADER
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)*
1 x Lord of Afflictions (230)*

– General
– Command Traits: Overpowering Stench
– Dolorous Tocsin
– Artefacts: The Splithorn Helm
1 x Poxbringer (130)*
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance

BATTLELINE
3 x Plague Drones (200)*

– Plaguebringer
– Icon Bearer
– Bell Toller
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)*
3 x Plague Drones (200)*

– Plaguebringer
– Icon Bearer
– Bell Toller
3 x Plague Drones (200)*
– Plaguebringer
– Icon Bearer
– Bell Toller
20 x Plaguebearers (130)*

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

OTHER
3 x Nurglings (100)
1 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (Single) (120)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Jarod Brown – rage babies – rage babies
Lumineth Realm-Lords 526 / 523 / 518 / 525 / 526

02 Russ Tanner – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 524 / 15 / 525 / 527 / 527

03 Aaron Dayley – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 522 / 523 / 522 / 9 / 525

04 Zac Boyd – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Maggotkin of Nurgle 522 / 9 / 516 / 525 / 523

05 Will Reeves – Heroes and Horrors – Heroes and Horrors
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zon 523 / 13 / 526 / 373 / 523

06 Patrick Hudson – Grudgebearers – Grudgebearers
Slaves to Darkness 514 / 523 / 365 / 526 / 6

07 Ryan Burwell – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Slaves to Darkness 360 / 515 / 11 / 524 / 513

08 Nate Josie
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 524 / 15 / 519 / 115 / 516

09 Sean Paul Sigmarsson – Everchosen – Everchosen
Blades of Khorne: Bloodlords 522 / 15 / 520 / 523 / 15

10 Kyle Zmurchyk – Grudgebearers – Grudgebearers
Hedonites of Slaanesh 12 / 21 / 519 / 517 / 525

11 Dustin Chesmer – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Lumineth Realm-Lords: Zaitrec5 20 / 525 / 22 / 521 / 3

12 Gabriel Rivera – NWO – NWO
Daughters of Khaine 524 / 521 / 14 / 7 / 524

13 Jesse Fox
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 10 / 518 / 15 / 519 / 526

14 Cody Case – Body Builders – Body Builders
Ossiarch Bonereapers 519 / 519 / 510 / 6 / 9

15 Zachary Powell – Wasatch Warband – Wasatch Warband
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 8 / 512 / 5 / 523 / 512

16 Brayden Shaw
Stormcast Eternals 12 / 517 / 14 / 523 / 368

17 Benjamin Osguthorpe
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 6 / 518 / 523 / 367 / 15

18Cole Parker – Body Builders – Body BuildersBlades of Khorne: Goretide 518 / 514 / 115 / 13 / 21

19 Andrew Butler – NWO – NWO
Blades of Khorne: Bloodlords527 / 11 / 519 / 9 / 110

20 Jeremy Ott – NWO – NWO
Stormcast Eternals 516 / 14 / 514 / 113 / 0

21 Preston Hunter – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood14 / 12 / 521 / 528 / 9

22 Jeremy Shaw
Stormcast Eternals 520 / 15 / 6 / 15 / 525

23 John Tanner – Gitz & Gutz – Gitz & Gutz
Sylvaneth 12 / 12 / 17 / 519 / 520

24 Ian McAleese – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Kharadron Overlords: Barak-Zon 526 / 523 / 14 / 3 / 12

25 Chandler Esplin – NWO – NWO
Idoneth Deepkin 12 / 15 / 524 / 0 / 522

26 Ted Seabolt – rage babies – rage babies
Gloomspite Gitz: Jaws of Mork 4 / 520 / 4 / 521 / 6

27 Ryan Kenney – NWO – NWO
Ossiarch Bonereapers 114 / 12 / 15 / 7 / 525

28 Cory Patten
Seraphon 14 / 521 / 16 / 17 / 16

29 Connor Davidson – Everchosen – Everchosen
Daughters of Khaine 15 / 524 / 15 / 8 / 16

30 Jeremy Johansen – Crimson Shadows – Crimson Shadows
Blades of Khorne: Skullfiend Tribe 14 / 7 / 518 / 11 / 14

31 Michael Dennis – NWO – NWO
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 14 / 524 / 8 / 7 / 9

32 Hunter Olsen – Sword and fortress – Sword and fortress
Blades of Khorne 6 / 12 / 12 / 9 / 9

33 Matt Gage – Grimnir’s Glory – Grimnir’s Glory
Fyreslayers 7 / 12

34 Johnathan Prose – Everchosen – Everchosen
Skaven 3 / 3

Top Three AoS Lists for the Old Town Throwdown Summer Smash

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Old Town Throwdown Summer Smash that took place in the United States on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 90 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Legion: Null Myriad
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380)
Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)*
Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Diversionary Tactics
– Artefact: Gothizzard Cartouche
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier – Veremord’s Shamblers (190)**
– Allies

Battleline
6 x Immortis Guard (440)*
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)*
– Nadirite Blade and Shield

Units
20 x Deadwalker Zombies – Veremord’s Shamblers (0)**
– Allies

Endless Spells & Invocations
Soulstealer Carrion (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle reg
**Regiment of Renown

Total: 1990 / 2000

Walter Brock: What happens when Bonereapers and Soulblight work together in the same list? You get some spooky synergies. Gavin’s list has an unusual twist in the fact it doesn’t run 7 Bonereapers units to max out their command points, but more on that later. Onto the list.

Starting off we have Null Myriad. We’ve seen this do well quite a bit over the past few months. Being able to stop powerful spells on a 2+. When things like merciless blizzard exists is incredibly powerful. Very important to note. Katakros and the Regiment of renown do not benefit from Null Myriad.

Spellcasting savant has become the go-to choice for Bonereapers at this point. Killing the ossifector next to six Immortis guard is a very tall order.

First we have the powerful Combo of Katakros and Arkhan. Katakros makes everything tougher with his 1+ to save and +1 to hit Aura in a massive 24 in Aura. While also applying crippling affects to the opponent by giving a enemy unit -1 to hit and also potentially making the opposing player lose a command point each turn. Arkhan being a magical powerhouse in death, second only to Nagash himself. With three casts and unbinds at +2 he can compete with the best casters in the game. He basically has the hunger like vampires from soulblight. So he gets healing from doing some damage in combat. They also each come with an incredible healing ability. Leading to a potential total of 18 wounds of healing each Bonereapers hero phase at minimum.

The ossifector is an interesting choice. While it won’t be able to use the main ability on its warscroll due to the unit in the army. The Artifact applys a 9 inch Aura of +1 to wound in melee. Meaning Immortis guard can now be hitting and wounding on 2s. This artifact alongside Katakros makes the list incredibly efficient. Hoarfrost adds more good support of making numbers even better. Diversion tactics creates a powerful -3 charge bubble for enemy units. Potentially denying battle tactics or key enemy charges.

Death riders are seen everywhere these days for OBR. Easy battle tactic. Good screen. Good for almost any job. And with all the buffs the list can provide. Any unit of deathriders could be a deadly threat.

Immortis guard are incredibly tanky being 5 wounds and a 2+ save under Katakros. Arkhan throwing up mystical shield and All out defense will making Immortis almost impossible to take down.

Lastly is the Soulblight Regiment of renown. These act as a normal corpse cart and zombies unit with a few differences. The corpse cart is now a hero. This lets it benefit from the -1 to hit from look out sir, and adds another model that can issue commands (No OBR commands since it isn’t a Bonereapers model). And the big thing is the corpse cart gives off a 12 inch bubble of -1 to ward saves for enemy units within range. The zombies provide a cheapish screen. Something bonereapers don’t normaly have access to.

All of this ends up as a three drop list. Well done to this player.

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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumphs:


Leaders
Belladamma Volga (200)*
– Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Gorslav the Gravekeeper (120)**
– General
-Spore Tracker
– Artifact : Ulfenkarni Phylactery
Necromancer (100)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Torgillius the Chamberlain (150)*
– Lore of the Deathmages: Fading Vigour
Vampire Lord (140)***
– 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)**
40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)*

– Reinforced x 1
10 x Dire Wolves (140)*
Doom wolf


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


Endless Spells & Invocations
Malevolent Maelstrom (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Andtorian Acolytes


Total: 2000 / 2000

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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Worthy Skull
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty


LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades
– Prayers: Bloodbind, Killer Instinct
Zarshia Bittersoul (190)*
Bloodmaster (110)*

– Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood
– Prayers: Unholy Flames, Witchbane Curse
Skarbrand (380)**
Slaughterpriest (110)**

– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Bronzed Flesh
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)**


BATTLELINE
Claws of Karanak (100)*
Flesh Hounds (100)*
Flesh Hounds (100)**


OTHER
Cockatrice (120)
Bloodcrushers (180)
Khagra’s Ravagers (190)


ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
1 x Bleeding Icon (50)


CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: Taran Birk has brought us a spicy morsel of a Khorne list. Most lists of the Blood God’s forces rely on their troops – not this one. Instead, this list has gone for the full 6 Heroes (including the double Warlord battalion), the full 3 Invocations, and mostly kept the troops to the “cheap objective holders” role. Think of it as Khorne’s best Tzeentch impression.

The stars of the show are Skarbrand and the Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury, which will be giving you 3D6″ charges (Skarbrand for himself, the Unfettered Fury Thirster for anyone) and doing the heavy lifting in the damage department. The list also has several Priests (including the Unfettered Fury Thirster itself) to help power out whatever Prayer or Invocation is the most useful at the moment. Skarr Bloodwrath rounds out the Hero lineup as a cheap, recurring space blocker that can also double as a source of Blood Tithe.

Some interesting additions are Khagra’s Ravagers as an Ally (likely for the teleporting objective grabbing threat of Mask of Darkness, and Andtorian Locus-centered Battle Tactics) and a Cockatrice as a deterrent for charging into one of the big guys. Overall, this style of Khorne list seems to be gaining momentum, so don’t be surprised if you see similar lists going forward.

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Army Faction: Fyreslayers
– Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd
– Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge


LEADER
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)*
1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)*
1 x Auric Runefather (120)*
– Artefacts: Axe of Grimnir
1 x Auric Runemaster (130)**

– General
– Command Traits: Avatar of Vulcatrix
– Prayers: Curse
1 x Battlesmith (150)**
– Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon
1 x Grimhold Exile (140)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust


BATTLELINE
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir
– Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
– Karl
– 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir


INVOCATION
1 x Runic Fyrewall (60)


TERRAIN
1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)


OTHER
10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)**
– Karl
– Berzerker Broadaxe
10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)**
– Karl
– Flamestrike Poleaxe
1 x Grimwrath Berzerker (110)**
– Artefacts: Draught of Magmalt Ale


CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Kevin Lathers: Noe has run a very similar list to good effect previously. With some slight tweaks in that list he seems to have improved his standing. Always good to see effective adjustments.

With only a single priest with Wrath of Vulcatrix (to secure the Grand Strat), this list foregoes the usual inclusion of a Runesmiter as well as any Magmadroths. Instead it relies on the Runemaster’s Ember Storm prayer and the new hero’s once per game 6″ bubble of Run + Charge to add any speed it needs. Further, the Grimwrath Berserker can be given Run + Charge as an oath or stick near the Grimhold to soak up the buff and take a different Oath. This makes the list surprisingly quick, albeit only one time.

With all these vulkites and Hearthguard Berserkers, the list can certainly sit on objectives and hold them, relying on the Flamekeeper buffs, Counterstrike, and Fight on Death to hold any charging waves of opponents to very poor trades. And then, if opponents do charge into the lines, the flamekeepers will often maintain their buffs for a counter charge/fight on the next turn with +2 damage on a units weapons; this can be devastating on the Broadaxe berserkers, sending them to 4 damage swings or making a Vulkite Axe unit have 3 damage swings with a ton of attacks.

His matchups were mostly favorable for Fyreslayers — SoB are notoriously a DPS check and that’s an area Fyreslayers seldom struggle with; further the new hero can be quite potent if he can get his once per game nuke on a gargant, rolling 35 to 40 dice for an average of 17 to 20 mortal wounds on a single attack. But managing a draw against Khorne is impressive with a Fyreslayers’ list which relies on auras, which Khorne can mess up with their controls, and shows not only the tankiness of the list but the skill of the pilot. Khorne can control the battlefield in such an exreme way while being tankier, hitting as hard as FS for less cost, and being able to deny the grand strat; so pulling out a draw is quite good.

Overall it’s a solid list piloted by a good player. Falling just shy of a the golden 5-0 but still claiming undefeated is no easy feat with Fyreslayers in the current meta.

Final Tournament Placings

01 Gavin Grigar – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 528 / 525 / 524 / 526 / 520

02 Thomas Guan – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 512 / 517 / 523 / 520 / 522

03 Taran Birk – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 515 / 526 / 522 / 218 / 526

04 Noe Aquino – Scal United – Scal United
Fyreslayers 216 / 519 / 524 / 524 / 521

05 Robbie “Bear” Steinbring – Corsairs – Victorious Secret
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 525 / 524 / 20 / 525 / 523

06 Alec Jerome – Scal United – Scal United
Flesh-eater Courts: Morgaunt Grand Court 16 / 528 / 524 / 521 / 528

07 Tad Baten – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Gloomspite Gitz 15 / 525 / 525 / 526 / 525

08 Matt Nguyen – Scal United – Scal United
Beasts of Chaos: Darkwalkers 525 / 521 / 523 / 520 / 20

09 Benjamin Hosking – Scal United – Scal UnitedSlaves to Darkness: Cabalists 524 / 521 / 527 / 12 / 523

10 Aaron Newbom – Scal United – Scal United
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán 527 / 525 / 3 / 525 / 524

11 ALEXANDER Gonzalez – Corsairs – Corsairs
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 527 / 515 / 515 / 20 / 525

12 Benjamin Schimmoller – Corsairs – Corsairs
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 520 / 523 / 520 / 524 / 14

13 Ryan Inman – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 525 / 12 / 522 / 521 / 520

14 Gregory Brewer – Scal United – Scal United
Big WAAAGH! 0 / 518 / 524 / 526 / 526

15 Mattigan Mason
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 524 / 6 / 524 / 516 / 518

16 Eugene Averin – Scal United – Scal United
Sons of Behemat: Breaker Tribe 524 / 524 / 517 / 218 / 17

17 Colt Hegardt – Harambe’s Heroes – Harambe’s Heroes
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 12 / 527 / 526 / 17 / 524

18 Ryan Muskopf – Wicked Dicey – Wicked Dicey
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 522 / 19 / 12 / 528 / 524

19 Anthony Croupe – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 528 / 525 / 525 / 20 / 6

20 River S.K. – AVALANCHE – AVALANCHE
Slaves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 526 / 17 / 12 / 524 / 525

21 Kurt Roeper – Scal United – Scal United
Daughters of Khaine: Hagg Nar 521 / 21 / 524 / 14 / 523

22Ian McAleese – War Room Gladiators – War Room GladiatorsKharadron Overlords: Barak-Zon526 / 521 / 19 / 528 / 7

23 Kyle Calip – Scal United – Age of Ligmar
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 527 / 13 / 526 / 526 / 9

24 Joshua Lowry – Scal United – Scal United
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 522 / 9 / 523 / 527 / 20

25 Nate Danko – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Gloomspite Gitz: Glogg’s Megamob12 / 522 / 524 / 17 / 521

26 Matthew Barker – Corsairs – Corsairs
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Drowned Men 525 / 525 / 11 / 522 / 11

27 Viet Huynh – Scal United – Scal United
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 524 / 9 / 20 / 517 / 524

28Jesse rodriguez
Skaven 15 / 523 / 527 / 3 / 526

29 Scott Adams – Six Shooters – Six Shooters
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 523 / 12 / 521 / 524 / 12

30 Matt Abbott – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 525 / 17 / 522 / 527 / 0

31 Michael Metcalf – GTGT
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 523 / 525 / 525 / 6 / 9

32 Adam Cooke – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 523 / 6 / 520 / 521 / 18

33 Randy Longoria – Scal United – Scal United
Gloomspite Gitz 14 / 527 / 520 / 6 / 521

34 Frank DeLoach – SquadMarks – SquadMarks
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 3 / 521 / 12 / 526 / 524

35 Matthew Pashby – Corsairs – Corsairs
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen515 / 518 / 12 / 12 / 528

36 Jo Cooper – Gloomspite Geeks – Gloomspite Geeks
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Droning Guard 9 / 13 / 522 / 525 / 516

37 Bill Curry – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Slaves to Darkness 524 / 521 / 15 / 6 / 517

38Christopher Hernandez – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 0 / 526 / 514 / 20 / 522

39 Zach Boerlin – Age of Ligmar – Age of Ligmar
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 0 / 527 / 520 / 520 / 6

40 Dougie Rosado – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 6 / 6 / 519 / 520 / 518

41 Jarrid Blum – Shovel Slaughter System – Shovel Slaughter System
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán 9 / 522 / 6 / 509 / 511

42 Carlos Viscarra – Six Shooters – Six Shooters
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 515 / 218 / 525 / 12 / 12

43 Jeremy Campbell – Brute Squad – Brute SquadS
laves to Darkness: Knights of the Empty Throne 516 / 218 / 12 / 522 / 12

44 Ian Black – Age of Ligmar – Age of Ligmar
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 15 / 521 / 523 / 111

45 Curran Kleen-Brown – Corsairs – Corsairs
Fyreslayers: Greyfyrd 8 / 17 / 519 / 25 / 523

46 Fred Whitney – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 23 / 520 / 14 / 523 / 11

47 Dustin Morgan – GTGT – GTGT
Gloomspite Gitz 522 / 15 / 524 / 9 / 20

48 Gabriel Pacheco – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Ironjawz: Bloodtoofs 10 / 14 / 526 / 523 / 17

49 Eric Hall
Gloomspite Gitz 20 / 14 / 525 / 6 / 521

50 Evan Markham – Scal United – Scal United
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 525 / 526 / 12 / 13 / 9

51Nic Gonzalez – Corsairs – CorsairsSoulblight Gravelords: Avengorii Dynasty520 / 523 / 21 / 9 / 12

52 Trish Celefaze – WarGlamour – Scal United
Hosts of Slaanesh: Pretenders Host 3 / 526 / 17 / 12 / 523

53 Noah Bijelic – Morningside Crusaders – Morningside Crusaders
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw521 / 12 / 18 / 9 / 521

54 Brian’s Brother
Ogor Mawtribes524 / 7 / 8 / 528 / 13

55 Aaron Bressler – Realmgate warriors – Realmgate warriors
Cities of Sigmar: Hallowheart 516 / 9 / 16 / 7 / 527

56 Ian Walker – Corsairs – Corsairs
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 515 / 524 / 9 / 20 / 6

57 Brian Cox – Scal United – Scal United
Beasts of Chaos 522 / 526 / 10 / 6 / 9

58A lan Wesley – AOS East of Pomona – AOS East of Pomona
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Ivory Host 521 / 9 / 9 / 10 / 523

59Melih Kazanc – AML – AML
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 14 / 522 / 15 / 0 / 521

60 Brian Brown – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Blades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 522 / 9 / 6 / 525 / 8

61 Maxwell Henretta – Scal United – Scal United
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 11 / 525 / 521 / 3 / 10

62 Dan Carmody – SCal – SCal
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 17 / 3 / 518 / 9 / 523

63 William Warren – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen1 4 / 519 / 9 / 0 / 526

64 Benjamin Boardman – Scal United – Scal United
Skaven 515 / 10 / 3 / 520 / 14

65 Shane Lambert – Scal United – Scal United
Disciples of Tzeentch: Guild of Summoners 8 / 526 / 525 / 0 / 0

66 Mathew Jones
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Petrifex Elite 525 / 523 / 9

67 Alex Morley
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 9 / 214 / 18 / 214 / 526

68 Megan Prior-Pfeifer – The Hobby Collab – The Hobby Collab
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Blood 16 / 20 / 519 / 365 / 15

69 Justin Lawrence
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 9 / 214 / 6 / 524 / 15

70 John DeSalvo – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Idoneth Deepkin: Fuethán7 / 6 / 9 / 214 / 516

71 Mark Halvorsen – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Sons of Behemat: Taker Tribe 19 / 11 / 16 / 12 / 524

72 Joshua Quest – AVALANCHE – AVALANCHE
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 12 / 6 / 525 / 21 / 17

73 Ian White
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Null Myriad 11 / 15 / 14 / 520 / 9

74 Daniel Ward – Realmgate warriors – Realmgate warriors
Big WAAAGH! 519 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 7

75 roberto Ceja
Seraphon: Koatl’s Claw 12 / 517 / 9 / 8 / 15

76 Christopher McKinley – The Miscasts – The Miscasts
Slaves to Darkness: Hosts of the Everchosen9  / 9 / 11 / 522 / 9

77 Matthew jones – SoCal United – SoCal United
Slaves to Darkness: Cabalists 9 / 9 / 13 / 520 / 7

78 Wayne Kaufman
Soulblight Gravelords: Vyrkos Dynasty 14 / 523 / 15

79 Zach Pfeifer – The Hobby Collab – The Hobby Collab
Gloomspite Gitz 12 / 10 / 7 / 520 / 3

80 Brendan Dominguez
Big WAAAGH! 7 / 525 / 17

81 Greg Lent – Brute Squad – Brute Squad
Stormcast Eternals: Astral Templars 6 / 7 / 512 / 12 / 6

82 Scott Reed
Big WAAAGH! 8 / 9 / 517 / 8

83 Robert Snyder
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 516 / 6 / 10

84 Johnny Medina – War Room Gladiators – War Room Gladiators
Sons of Behemat 1 / 11 / 514

85 Jarrett Zazuetta – Scal United – Scal United
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 0 / 0 / 523

86 Cody Sivertson – War Room Gladiators – War Room GladiatorsB
lades of Khorne: Reapers of Vengeance 216 / 15 / 12

87 Roberto Campos-McDonald – Scal United – Scal United
Sylvaneth: Gnarlroot 20 / 14 / 18 / 20 / 16

88 Jonathan Chamberlin – Warroom Gladiators – Warroom Gladiators
Beasts of Chaos 13 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 12

89 Sarah Livingston
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 3 / 3 / 11 / 12 / 6

90 Grant George – Sigvalds Slammin Slaans – Sigvalds Slammin Slaans
Flesh-eater Courts: Blisterskin Grand Court 9 / 9 / 11