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Top Three AoS Lists for the Thunderstrike GT – (Pre-Sept Battlescroll)

This is the top three AoS lists for the Thunderstrike GT that took place in Canada on the 25th and 26th of August. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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


LEADERS
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Gobsprakk (240)**
Orruk Warchanter (120)**

– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)***
– General
– Command Traits: Hulking Brute
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un


BATTLELINE
Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– Ardboy Boss
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Waaagh! Drummer
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield
Orruk Ardboys (80)***
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Ardboy Boss
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield
Orruk Brutes (280)***
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Choppa
– 2 x Gore-choppa


OTHER
Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)***
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

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


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000


Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
Army Type: Kruleboyz
– Subfaction: Big Yellers
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Killaboss with Stab-Grot (90)*
Boss-hacka and Rusting Flail
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)*
General
– Command Traits: Egomaniak
– Artefacts of Power: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Traits: Smelly ’Un
Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)**
Spells: Choking Mist
Rabble-Rowza (100)**

BATTLELINE
Gutrippaz (450)*
Gutrippa Hornblower
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka
– 2 x Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– 2 x Gutrippa Drummer
Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*
– Boltboy Boss
Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**
Scrap Totem Bearer
– Noise-maker
– Hobgrot Boss

ARTILLERY
Beast-skewer Killbow (80)*
Beast-skewer Killbow (80)**

OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (170)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Kruleboyz
– Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180)
Gobsprakk (240)

Killaboss with Stab-Grot (90)*
– Boss‑hacka and Skareshield
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Choking Mist
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Traits: Supa Sneaky
– Mount Traits: Smelly ’Un


BATTLELINE
Gutrippaz (300)**
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Drummer
– Gutrippa Hornblower
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka
Gutrippaz (300)**
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Drummer
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka
Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**
– Scrap Totem Bearer
– Noise-maker
– Hobgrot Boss


ARTILLERY
Beast-skewer Killbow (80)**

OTHER
Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Boltboy Boss

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000


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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable


Leaders
Dankhold Troggboss (210)***
– General
– Command Trait: Loonskin
– Artefact: Glowy Howzit
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (110)**
– Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Madcap Shaman (70)**
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Lore of Primal Frost: Rupture
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)*


Battleline
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (340)*
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*
3 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*


Units
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)*
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Spell2: Lore of the Moonclans: Nikkit!Nikkit!
2 x Dankhold Troggoths (380)***
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)*


Endless Spells & Invocations
Scuttletide (80)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes
***Troggherd Heavies


Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1990 / 2000

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Final Tournament Placings

01 Dom Elson – Energy city gaming – Energy city gaming
Big WAAAGH! 28 / 30 / 26 / 27 / 21


02 Mike Bourgouin – Battered Bison – Battered Bison
Kruleboyz: Big Yellers2 0 / 31 / 24 / 26 / 25


03 Thurston Hillman – Competitively Narrative – Competitively NarrativeKruleboyz:
Grinnin’ Blades 18 / 28 / 26 / 28 / 20


04 Dave Bonselaar – Battered Bison – Battered Bison
Skaven 28 / 7 / 26 / 16 / 23


05 Derek Ali – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Soulblight Gravelords: Legion of Night 21 / 29 / 26 / 20 / 17


06 Bud Kehler – Tough Crowd – Tough Crowd
Gloomspite Gitz: Glogg’s Megamob 28 / 20 / 23 / 16 / 23


07 Kendell Joiner – Itty Bitty Kitty Committee – Itty Bitty Kitty Committee
Bonesplitterz: Icebone 18 / 9 / 26 / 24 / 23


08 Kale Pinkos
Stormcast Eternals: Hammers of Sigmar 28 / 19 / 15 / 24 / 13


09 Mac Peters
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 28 / 11 / 9 / 24 / 19


10 Kyle Bobiwash
Ogor Mawtribes: Meatfist 26 / 10 / 26 / 4 / 18


11 James Haagsman – Energy city gaming – Energy city gaming
Sylvaneth: Heartwood 28 / 29 / 22 / 17 / 17


12 Bryce Hildahl – Energy city gaming – Energy city gaming
Seraphon: Fangs of Sotek 9 / 24 / 23 / 16 / 13


13 Curtis McGillivray – Energy City Gaming – Energy City Gaming
Ogor Mawtribes: Boulderhead 14 / 16 / 28 / 5 / 18


14 Brayden Wrubleski – Energy city gaming – Energy city gaming
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortis Praetorians 17 / 28 / 23 / 21 / 18


15 Fed Hiebert – Itty Bitty Kitty Committee – Itty Bitty Kitty Committee
Idoneth Deepkin: Ionrach 11 / 24 / 18 / 25 / 18


16 Jason Mangelsen
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Befouling Host 5 / 24 / 11 / 20 / 22


17 Braiden DeBruyne
Beasts of Chaos 17 / 8 / 18 / 21 / 14


18 Timothy Schweigert
Stormcast Eternals: Knights Excelsior 11 / 24 / 13 / 16 / 19

Top Three AoS Lists for The Icebreaker GT 2023

This is the top three AoS lists for the The Icebreaker GT by Renegade Gaming that took place in the USA on the 15th and 16th of April. It involved 39 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Verminlord Deceiver (420)*
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts: Shadow Magnet Trinket
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Slynk Skittershank (220)*
1 x Deathmaster (140)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Deathmaster (140)**
1 x Deathmaster (140)**
1 x Deathmaster (140)**

BATTLELINE
5 x Gutter Runners (100)**
5 x Gutter Runners (100)**
5 x Gutter Runners (100)**
5 x Gutter Runners (100)**

OTHER
5 x Gutter Runners (100)*
5 x Gutter Runners (100)*
4 x Skittershank’s Clawpack (220)*
5 x Gutter Runners (100)*
5 x Gutter Runners (100)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Kieren Coates:This is the skaven list you get to point to when someone tries to tell you that clan eshin isn’t viable, the deathmaster is the worst warscroll in the book and mono-clan skavens is no longer viable

You now finally get to show them that you can indeed go 5-0 with your favourite ninja rats, but you might just need to be positioning like a madman to do so

With triple clan eshin the army gets board wide +1 to hit and wound in melle against heroes, and everything but your deceiver and 4 assasins can start off the board – sadly assasins can’t hide in gutter runners for whatever reason, GW fix this now!

Gutter runners have surprising mortal output at 3 shots per model with 6’s doing mortals, leading to a higher output per point than sentinels – and with 40 of them you’re looking at 120 shots with an average of 20 mortals per turn – before accounting for the extra 9 average mortals from assasins or slynk shooting in addition

Combine that with deepstrike and MSU positioning to clog the board and you’ve got a mean alpha to block the opponent in while slynk and the deceiver can surgically remove key pieces with a 6 inch deepstrike or teleport respectively

It takes a madman to pilot most skaven lists, and it takes one especially insane to run full eshin – well done on the 5-0 and for showing the naysayers everywhere just how viable off meta skaven builds can be.

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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Glogg’s Megamob
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADERS
Dankhold Troggboss (200)*
– General
– Command Trait: Loonskin
– Artefact: Glowy Howzit
Skragrott, The Loonking (210)*
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
60 x Moonclan Shootas (375)**
– Reinforced x 2
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)***
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (160)**
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (160)**
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)***
– Reinforced x 1

UNITS
10 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (220)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (130)***

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Loonskin Malevolent Moon (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Galletian Sharpshooters
***Galletian Veterans

Total: 1990 / 2000

I’m going to start by saying I’m happy I wasn’t facing this from across the table. The core is the Troggoths, of course, regenerating as soon as they’ve fought (Glogg’s Megamob). You need to carefully manage your activations, but each turn 2 units will regenerate each turn before you can hit them. After the Troggoths, your eye is drawn to the Shootas – 120 attacks, only half will hit, but even with low quality attacks, you are probably rolling against 20 wounds. Into a 3+ save that’s still an average of 7 wounds. They threaten any GC, and you can’t hide your GCs ( Galletian Sharpshooters).

The smart play is to remove them of course, from Turn 3, they are a serious threat to damaged units. With a 4+ l that’s a tall ask, 50% of everything you kill is going to return (on average) up to a maximum of 10. That means without very serious effort, they will be a problem for 2 or 3 turns at a minimum. Their probably hiding some Loonsmashas as well making charging and combat no sure thing. The Stabbas can control an objective from 9″ away unless you weaken them. And both Skragrott and the Fungoid have teleport to drop them somewhere annoying.

An annoying, sticky list with the ability to be everywhere you aren’t as well as out stay and out score you. No surprise it’s gone 5/0/0, it’s a little more of a surprise that the Skaven outscored him but both lists are just good at the game. They play the missions really well without needing to destroy the opponent.

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Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Sky Port: Barak Nar
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumphs: Inspired

KHARADRON CODE
– Artycle: Settle The Grudges
– Amendment: Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Footnote: There’s No Reward Without Risk

LEADERS
Runelord (100)*
– Allies
Arkanaut Admiral (125)**
– General
– Command Trait: Stormcaller
– Artefact: Celestium Burst-grenade
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
Endrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)
Brokk Grungsson Lord-Magnate of Barak-Nar (220)*
Aetheric Navigator (85)*
– Artefact: Voidstone Orb

BATTLELINE
6 x Endrinriggers (240)***
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Grundstok Thunderers (270)***
– 2x Aetheric Fumigators
– 2x Decksweepers
– 2x Aethercannons
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Arkanaut Company (100)***
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
10 x Arkanaut Company (100)*
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns

BEHEMOTHS
Flagship (300)**
– Arkanaut Frigate
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
– Frigate Regittings: Magnificent Omniscope
Arkanaut Frigate (300)**
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Linebreaker
***Galletian Sharpshooters

Total: 1930 / 2000

We’re lucky in that we have developed a number of relationships with top players around the globe. Some names that comment on here fairly regularly, such as Kieren Coates, Joshua Bennett, Kel Pigg, and Kevin Lathers, to name but a few. Jeremy Veysseire can now be added to this select crowd, and for those who are unaware, Jeremy has his own YouTube channel where he breaks down tactics in Age of Sigmar. Go subscribe!


Jeremy Veysseire: Hello everyone, thanks for Woehammer for letting me break down this KO army for you all. Let’s jump right into it. This Barak-Nar packs a mixture of punch and shooting, some core highlights:


• 4 Rolls of a 4+ for extra CP during their turn. (KO can be CP hungry)
• +1 to Wound (Melee and Shooting) against 1 enemy unit for the entire game
• 2D6 Run on 1 Unit a turn.
• Once per game 3D6 Charge.
• +1 Attack to all Barak-Nar units in combat within 12” of Brokk if he charges. (Massive buff to the Endrinriggers)
• Runelord is granting you an additional unbind at +2 and Blessing a unit for 6+ ward.
• Rerolling Navigator Reading the Winds (Stormcaller, Huge Value!)
• Once per game, Autounbind (Voidstone)
• Oncer per game on a 2+ remove Wards from an enemy unit during that shooting phase (Celestium Burst-Grenades)
• 70-point deficit for a near guarantee of +1 to Wound Triumph and prevent Indomitable Gitz builds.

Now, with those core concepts explained, let’s go over some overall packages. You have 1 Melee Frigate and 1 Shootey Frigate; the melee frigate is built around the 14” movement frigate (Magnificent Omniscope) with the Endrinriggers (no special weapons for more melee), Brokk, the Endrinmaster and the Admiral since the Boat is the Flagship thus the Admiral can give that boat a free CA per turn. The Shooty Frigate is built around the 10 Sharpshooting Thunderers and the Navigator as a great support platform to the melee one as it can effectively assist in clearing screens or pressuring heroes that provide some form of force multiplier. With the Celestium Burst-Grenade in the pack pocket, you can really have an effective take down turn of a specific target, especially with the +1 to Wound Artycle. One of the biggest highlights in this list is that while there are only 2 frigates, Brokk’s shooting profile is basically another frigate worth, so that melee frigate is very multiphase functional. There is a lot of magic defence between the Runelord, the Navigator, and the Voidstone, helping that KO power shut down key powers. The Runelord provides another low risk GC for some of the GHB battle tactics and provides a potential 6+ ward on a frigate early in the game. The Arkanaut make great screens and deckchair backfield units while able to move forward as the Frigate clear pressure upfront.

Thomas had an interesting path to 3rd place with a loss starting against Corey Anderson’s STD Host of the Everchosen with Be’Lakor, Eternus and Chosens. My guess is that perhaps Be’Lakor’s once per game shutdown mechanic was able to shut down the Thunderers long enough while the Cockatrice were able to debuff the Endrinriggers hitting on 6’s. He even perhaps suffered a double turn from his opponent since he had the choice of turn order. His second round opponent was a classic Hallowed knights list with a mixture of Dragons and some shooting piloted by Colin Jarrell, it honestly looked like an ideal list for Thomas to face as the majority of the SCE army has a hard time to set tempo against his superior shooting and melee. His third round opponent was a Kruelboyz list with Kragnos piloted by Isaac Kangas, and I can only imagine that this game was like shooting fish in a barrel (no offiense to Isaac). His round 4 opponent was a Hedonites army packed with Heroes, Slickblade Seekers and some Blissbard Archer piloted by Hugh Cunningham, I am curious to know how the game went personally but looking at the unit selection and not knowing the mission, either Hugh ran out of pressure early in the game or couldn’t catch the boats as they were raining death from above since it would appear very hard for that specific hedonite build to generate depravity in that match up to counter some of the teeth of that KO list. His final round opponent was an Ogor Boulderhead build piloted by Logan Wendt with 4 Stonehorns (1 Frostlord, 1 Huskard, 2 Normal) and 3 packs of Mournfang. I can only imagine that the removal of the Stornehorn and halving movement speed to various units made it easy for Thomas to control the tempo of the game early on. It would take a serious gungho approach by Logan to oversaturate his shooting targets and bank for a double to catch the boats.Ov

erall Thomas had a 4-1 record with a very good all comers KO list that plays multiple phases of the game. Congrats to him, and I wish the best of luck for the next event!

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (200)*
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Warp Reality
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Warp Reality
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
Chaos Knights (440)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Flail
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
Varanguard (580)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– 6 x Ensorcelled Weapon
Varanguard (580)*
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– 6 x Fellspear

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

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

Loyal readers of this column may be starting to notice certain trends with successful Slaves lists. At this point to be frank, we should probably rename them ‘Slaves to Varanguard’. But what’s a competitive player to do when faced with a super efficient cavalry unit that can fight twice and be battleline in a sub-faction that allows them to run and charge?

I mean, literally the only unusual pick here is the Geminids, a cute little ploy to turn off commands to stop those pesky redeploys and whatnot while the Varanguard bear down on them.

Solutions to list variety? I don’t think Varanguard need or deserve a nerf – they’re already expensive and fairly vulnerable to any decent amount of attacks with any kind of rend – soon as they lose a few models, and their own low volume of attacks starts to tell. I think the rest of the book just needs a better reason to be taken to be honest, but with the warscrolls and lack of synergies the way they are, I’m not sure pure points adjustments will do the job…

Either way, well done to Daniel here for wins over some super strong factions!

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Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for Cake or Death

This is the top three AoS lists for the Cake of Death tournament that took place in Vancouver, Canada on the 8th and 9th of April. It involved 32 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.

Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Army Subfaction: Eternal Conflagration
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny


LEADER 1 x Magister (120)*
– Spells: Shield of Fate
– Tunnel Master
1 x Kairos Fateweaver (440)* 1 x Fluxmaster (170)*
– General
– Command Traits: Daemonspark
– Artefacts: The Eternal Shroud
– Spells: Unchecked Mutation


BATTLELINE 10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)*
– Iridescent Horror
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Split and Split Again
10 x Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)*
– Iridescent Horror
– Pink Horror Icon Bearer
– Pink Horror Hornblower
– Split and Split Again
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– Kairic Adept
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
– Scroll of the Dark Arts
– Vulcharc
– 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield
9 x Untamed Beasts (90)*

ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Burning Sigil Of Tzeentch (60) 1 x Daemonic Simulacrum (70) 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

OTHER 6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (360)*

CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

So the last hurrah of Tzeentch before the Battlescroll update (which would actually knock this list up to 2030 points) and a refreshing list without a Krondspine!

While not being as summoning heavy as some Tzeentch lists have been recently, this list can still reliably have 10-15 fate points turn 1, just enough to throw some annoying Blue Horrors in the way and keeping them away from the juicier Pinks and/or wizards behind. The Untamed Beasts are handy to get that screen up early doors with their pre-game move. Kairos is lurking behind those screens, ready to throw out a fairly easy 10 – 15 mortal wounds.

The Enlightened are also lurking, with a potentially guaranteed 28″ move/charge with two Destiny Dice 6s. As a one-drop, Matt could more than likely give the turn away at the start of the game, guaranteeing that the Enlightened get the +1 to wound bonus for taking the bottom of the turn.

Add in some flexible Endless Spell support: Sigil to turn would-be chargers into spawn, keeping the enemy at arms’ length; Simulacrum to ruin any wizard’s day; Jaws to eat up Galletian Champions with their low movement, and you’ve got a great all-comers list that can take on and beat anything (even Gitz twice!)! Congratulations, Matt – can’t wait to see what you have cooking up for Tzeentch post Battlescroll.

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable


LEADERS
Dankhold Troggboss (200)*
– General
– Command Traits: Loonskin
– Artefacts of Power: Glowy Howzit
Skragrott, the Loonking (160)**
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Madcap Shaman (70)**
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master


BATTLELINE
Rockgut Troggoths (320)
Fellwater Troggoths
(320)**
Rockgut Troggoths
(320)**
Fellwater Troggoths
(160)**

OTHER
Dankhold Troggoths
(180)*
Gobbapalooza
(145)**
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Sneaky Snufflers
(110)**

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Troggherd Heavies
**Battle Regiment


TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000

Alice: A real bruiser list and a nice departure from the usual squig spam in Gitz as of late. The Troggs are naturally the focus of this this list, and everything is build around supporting them. The General, a Dankhold Trogboss sits at the core of the Troggoth hordes granting +1 to Attack when using All Out Attack on one of the (many) Troggoth units. Their Loonskin command trait is a free faction endless spell which is definitel a nice perk. The Trogboss is decent in combat as well, with their artefact giving them a 4+ Ward.

Supporting them is Skragrott who is just in general one of the best Wizards in the game, and the Madcap Shaman to fill a cheap Galetian Champion and a good debuff piece with Itchy Nuisance to put Strike-Last on the opponent.

Rounding things off is the Sneaky Snufflers to grant a trogg unit a 5+ ward or +1 attack, and the Gobbapalooza to teleport the very slow Troggs where they need to go, in addition to a repertoire of buffs and debuffs to hand out.

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Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Sky Port: Barak Nar
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumphs: Inspired


KHARADRON CODE
– Artycle: Settle The Grudges
– Amendment: Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Footnote: There’s No Reward Without Risk


LEADERS
Aetheric Navigator
(85) *
– Artefact: Voidstone Orb
Arkanaut Admiral
(125) *
– General
– Command Trait: Stormcaller
– Artefact: Celestium Burst-grenade

Brokk Grungsson Lord-Magnate of Barak-Nar
(220) *
Endrinmaster with Endrinharness
(90) **
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha

BATTLELINE
10 x Arkanaut Company
(100) ***
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns

10 x Arkanaut Company
(100) ***
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns

9 x Endrinriggers
(360) **
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Grundstok Thunderers
(270) ***
– 2x Aetheric Fumigators
– 2x Decksweepers
– 2x Aethercannons
– 2x Grundstok Mortars
– Reinforced x 1


BEHEMOTHS
Arkanaut Frigate
(300)
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
– Frigate Regittings: Magnificent Omniscope

Arkanaut Frigate
(300)
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
– Admiral’s Flagship


CORE BATTALIONS
* Command Entourage – Magnificent
** Galletian Command
*** Galletian Sharpshooters


Total: 1950 / 2000

Alice: The Kharadron Overlords book is still working itself through its paces, which is an exciting time to see people try different things. Navigators are a solid auto include with their ability to half movement. The Admiral is essentially a free CP each turn with its free command to one of the Frigates, and between him and Brokk the list is rewarded whether it causes the ships to run and shoot or stay in place and shoot better. The Endrinmaster is a cheap support GC that can keep the ships maintained and kicking.

The rest of the list functions as you might expect. The Arkanauts are cheap workhorse infantry that are great at holding points, while Endrinriggers and Thunderers can shoot extremely well. The Arkanauts and Thunderers in the Sharpshooters can snipe out any pesky Galetian Champions to deny battle tactics while the Endrinriggers in Galetian Command can work as a team with the Endrinmaster.

The two ships function as both shooting and support, carting all these units around. While a lack of Ironclad is noticeable, the Frigate can bring solid firepower to bear and allow more room for more infantry to hold objectives.

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– Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Ironjawz
– Subfaction: Ironsunz
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!


LEADERS
Orruk Megaboss (140)
– General
– Command Traits: Hulking Brute
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm

Kragnos (720)
Orruk Megaboss (140)*
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

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

BATTLELINE
Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– Ardboy Boss
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield

Orruk Ardboys (80)**
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Ardboy Boss
– 2 x Orruk-forged Shield

Orruk Brutes (300)**
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha
– 2 x Gore-choppa

Orruk Brutes (150)***
– Brute Boss
– Brute Choppas
– Gore-choppa
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha

Orruk Brutes (150)***
– Brute Boss
– Brute Choppas
– Gore-choppa
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha


CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Ironjawz Fist
***Ironjawz Fist

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Created with Warhammer Age of Sigmar: The App

Brett: With the death of Bounty Hunters the Brutes have returned in a lot of lists. Pretty straight forward with 20 Brutes, MSU ardboyz for screening and objective holds, 2 megabosses and Kragnos. That’s right it’s Ironsunz with Kraggy – ready for 3d6 charges at the end of your charge phase? Potentially 2 units with the Megabosses issuing commands. Hulking Brute and Gryph-feather charm is a great combo, encourages you to charge (mostly in support of Kragnos) but you should survive the clap back. Destroyer and Tunnel Master is fun to.

The rarely seen Killa beat on a warchanter and the even rarer double IronJawz Fist battalion (free all out attack/defence). This army is all about the smash. Unfortunately Tzeetch cares not for the smash and Ogres smash hard. Any shootin’ or magic and this army is going to struggle (not that Meatfist has much shooting). 3 from 5 is a solid showing with Ironjawz and an example of what a move away from the Pigs brings. In the end though 4+ saves, Bravery 6 and a 1 damage weapon are starting to a look a little dated for an elite army.

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Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists for Spring Rumpus GT

This is the top three AoS lists for the Spring Rumpus GT that took place in the USA on the 25th and 26th of April. It involved 17 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Archmage Teclis (700)*
1 x Scinari Cathallar (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts: Silver Wand
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
-Fueled By Ghurish Rage

BATTLELINE
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
High Warden
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
High Sentinel
– Spells: Speed of Hysh
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
High Sentinel
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

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

LEADER
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)***
– Spells: Nikkit! Nikkit!
1 x Squigboss (80)***
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Loonboss (85)***
General
– Command Traits: Fight Another Day
– Artefacts: Tuskhelm
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage

BATTLELINE
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)*
– Bounder Boss
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (140)*
24 x Squig Herd (240)**
60 x Moonclan Stabbas (375)**
3 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– 3 x Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3 x 3 Barbed Nets
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (140)***

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

OTHER
5 x Gobbapalooza (145)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Galletian Veterans
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine!
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Dankhold Troggboss (200)*
– General
– Command Traits: Loonskin
– Artefacts of Power: Speaky-skull Fetish
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)**
– Artefacts of Power: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Skragrott, the Loonking (160)**
Webspinner Shaman (65)**
Spells: Curse of da Spider God
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
Fellwater Troggoths (160)**
Rockgut Troggoths (320)***
Rockgut Troggoths (320)***
Rockgut Troggoths (320)***

OTHER
Dankhold Troggoths (360)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Malevolent Moon (0 – Loonskin)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Troggherd Heavies
**Warlord
***Galletian Sharpshooters

TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000

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Allegiance: Nighthaunt
Procession: Quicksilver Dead
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Awlrach the Drowner (170)**
Guardian of Souls (150)**
General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish
Krulghast Cruciator (150)**
Spirit Torment (120)*
Artefact: Pendant of the Fell Wind
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
30 x Chainrasps (330)***
Reinforced x 2
20 x Dreadscythe Harridans (320)***
Reinforced x 1
10 x Dreadscythe Harridans (160)***

Units
2 x Chainghasts (90)*
1 x Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (80)*

Behemoths
Black Coach (290)*

Endless Spells & Invocations
Purple Sun of Shyish (90)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Galletian Veterans

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1950 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 105
Drops: 7

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Final Tournament Placings

Gloomspite Gitz – Faction Review (Jul-Nov ’22)

With the release of the Battlescroll: Galletian Reinforcements I’ve been able to go back through the data from the release of the General’s Handbook and tidy everything up. In doing so, I though it may be cool to give you a run-down of how each faction performed under the current General’s Handbook until the Battlescroll took effect.

The data used for analysing these results was taken from 110 Grand Tournaments between 3rd July 2022 and 6th November 2022.

Gloomspite Gitz

Region Comparison – Popularity

Everyone’s favourite faction saw their highest popularity in North America with 3.5% of players choosing the faction for tournament play, while in Oceania, the uptake was only 0.8%.

Region Comparison – Win Rates

The one player that played them in Oceania managed to wrangle three wins from them, giving them a win rate of 60%. In Scandinavia this dropped as low as 24.4%.

No 5-0 results for the Gitz, the best they could manage were some 4-1’s in N. America and the UK & Ireland.

Subfaction Analysis

SubfactionPlayersWin Rate
Glogg’s Megamob1541.33%
Jaws of Mork1037.00%
Grimscuttle140.00%
None/Unknown8636.74%
Faction Total11237.41%

Most players chose to play without a subfaction. But out of those who chose one, Glogg’s Megamob was the most populat and successful at 41.3%.

Top 10 Gloomspite Gitz Players

You may notice that some players have a better World/Nation ranking than players above them in this table. This is due to players playing with multiple factions. These players have been ranked on their top 4 Gloomspite Gitz results only.

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AoS Meta Stats (w/e 10th July 2022)

Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 4th July and Sunday 10th July 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.

Once again, another quiet week, with only 3 Grand Tournaments.

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Grand Tournaments

Ranked from largest to smallest.

South Coast Series July – England/UK
40 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stSlaves to DarknessHost of the Everchosen5-0-0
2ndNighthauntScarlet Doom4-0-1
3rdSylvanethHeartwood4-0-1
4thSylvanethGnarlroot4-0-1
5thSeraphonFangs of Sotek4-0-1
6thIdoneth DeepkinFuethan4-0-1
7thMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men4-0-1
8thBonesplitterzDrakkfoot3-1-1
9thNighthaunt Emerald Host3-0-2
10thDaughters of KhaineZainthar Kai3-0-2
South Coast Series July

Summer on the Coast AoS GT – Washington/USA
37 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stKharadron OverlordsBarak-Zilfin5-0-0
2ndDaughters of KhaineHagg Nar4-0-1
3rdBlades of KhorneGoretide4-0-1
4thHedonites of SlaaneshLurid Haze4-0-1
5thSlaves to DarknessHost of the Everchosen4-0-1
6thNighthaunt Scarlet Doom4-0-1
7thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-0-2
8thSons of BehematBreaker Tribe3-0-2
9thSylvanethHeartwood3-0-2
10thSylvanethGnarlroot3-0-2
Summer on the Coast AoS GT

Kingdom of Skrappa Spill – England/UK
28 PlayersGenerals Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stCities of SigmarHallowheart5-0-0
2ndDaughters of KhaineKhailebron4-0-1
3rdCities of SigmarHammerhal4-0-1
4thSkaven4-0-1
5thMaggotkin of Nurgle3-1-1
6thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-1-1
7thDaughters of KhaineKhailebron3-0-2
8thDaughters of KhaineHagg Nar3-0-2
9thNighthaunt 3-0-2
Kingdom of Skrappa Spill

Grand Alliance Stats

These stats reflect the last four weeks of GT’s that we’re aware of at Woehammer.

303 players (-182) took part in 12 GT’s (-4) over the last four weeks.

Grand AllianceWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins4+ Wins
Chaos56.4%6220.46%520
Order51.0%14949.17%421
Death43.8%5016.50%16
Destruction43.8%4213.86%03

Chaos continue to lead the way in the win rates, dropping only slightly from 56.7% last week to 56.4% this week. While Order pick up the most number of armies represented and most 4+. Chaos steal the crown this week for most 5-0’s.

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Faction Stats

The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.

FactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Slaves to Darkness72.2%61.98%11
Beasts of Chaos63.1%134.29%20
Nighthaunt61.3%175.61%10
Blades of Khorne60.0%51.65%00
Sylvaneth58.5%134.29%00
Cities of Sigmar57.1%175.61%11
Seraphon56.3%247.92%21
Kharadron Overlords55.0%61.98%11
Big Waaagh!54.0%51.65%00
Maggotkin of Nurgle53.8%216.93%12
Bonesplitterz51.5%72.31%00
Lumineth Realm-Lords50.0%123.96%00
Daughters of Khaine50.0%175.61%01
Sons of Behemat50.0%82.64%00
Idoneth Deepkin47.8%185.94%00
Sons of Behemat48.5%214.33%01
Skaven46.7%61.98%10
Legion of the First Prince46.7%61.98%01
Stormcast Eternals45.6%268.58%03
Ogor Mawtribes44.8%61.98%01
Fyreslayers43.0%165.28%01
Flesh-eater Courts40.0%51.65%00
Soulblight Gravelords37.8%185.94%02
Gloomspite Gitz33.3%61.98%00
Ironjawz32.8%72.31%02
Ossiarch Bonereapers27.0%103.30%02

Slaves to Darkness and Blades of Khorne continue their run of good form in experienced hands. While the new battletomes of Nighthaunt and Sylvaneth can also be seen in the +55% area. Daughters of Khaine are smack in the middle with a perfect 50% win rate. While Skaven are beginning to climb.

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Subfactions

All factions listed below have been represented at tournaments by at least 5 players.

FactionSubfactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Maggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men69.1%113.63%10
NighthauntScarlet Doom67.6%72.31%00
Beasts of ChaosNone61.4%72.31%10
Cities of SigmarLiving City57.1%72.31%00
SeraphonThunder Lizard55.7%216.93%21
Sons of BehematBreaker Tribe53.4%61.98%00
Stormcast EternalsHallowed Knights52.9%72.31%00
FyreslayersLofnir51.7%61.98%00
NighthauntEmerald Host48.3%61.98%00
Lumineth Realm-LordsZaitrec48.1%113.63%00
Daughters of KhaineZainthar Kai47.1%72.31%01
Legion of the First Prince46.7%61.98%01
Skaven46.7%61.98%10
Soulblight GravelordsVyrkos Dynasty43.3%61.98%00
Stormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar42.3%154.95%03
Soulblight GravelordsKastelai Dynasty38.6%72.31%01
FyreslayersGreyfyrd35.2%92.97%01
Ossiarch BonereapersPetrifex Elite27.5%82.64%01

Drowned Men continue to lead the way with a win rate of 69.1% despite Maggotkin overall only having a win rate of 53.8%. Nighthaunt and Scarlet Doom find themselves near the top now as predicted by Danny some weeks ago. Meanwhile at the bottom of the table Ossiarch Bonereapers/Petrifex Elite are the only subfaction below 30% win rate.

Interestingly Fyreslayers have Lofnir (6 PLayers) with a win rate of 51.7% and the more popular Greyfyrd (9 Players) at 35.2%, are people playing the wrong subfaction?

Next Week

I’ll have graphs. Because nothing says stats like some graphs…..

AoS Meta Stats (w/e 3rd July 2022)

Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 27th June and Sunday 3rd July 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.

Once again, another quiet week, with only 3 Grand Tournaments. Two of these were run using the new GHB, while the other was just a little event called the World tSports Champions…..

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Grand Tournaments

Ranked from largest to smallest.

From the Ashes – Scotland/UK
22 PlayersGenerals Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stSkaven5-0-0
2ndNighthauntScarlet Doom4-0-1
3rdIdoneth DeepkinMor’Phann4-0-1
4thBonesplitterzDrakkfoot4-0-1
5thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-0-2
6thDaughters of Khaine Zainthar Kai3-0-2
7thSylvanethHeartwood3-0-2
8thBeasts of Chaos3-0-2
9thSoulblight GravelordsKastelai Dynasty3-0-2
10thSons of BehematBreaker Tribe2-1-2
From the Ashes 2022

World tSports Champions – England/UK
16 PlayersGenerals Handbook 2021-22

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stNighthauntGrieving Legion5-0-0
2ndIdoneth DeepkinIonrach3-0-2
3rdBeasts of ChaosAllherd4-0-1
4thIdoneth DeepkinFuethan3-0-2
5thSlaves to DarknessHost of the Everchosen4-0-1
6thMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men3-0-2
7thCities of SigmarHallowheart2-0-3
8thBonesplitterzDrakkfoot2-0-3
9thLegion of the First Prince 1-0-4
10thStormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar2-0-3
World tSports Champions

Coliseum of Sigmar Carnage GT – Florida/USA
9 PlayersGenerals Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stLumineth Realm-LordsZaitrec3-0-1
2ndNighthauntEmerald Host4-0-1
3rdStormcast EternalsHallowed Knights3-1-1
4thLegion of the First Prince3-1-1
5thIdoneth DeepkinNautilar2-0-3
6thStormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar2-0-3
7thSlaves to DarknessHost of the Everchosen0-0-2
8thSons of BehematBreaker Tribe2-0-3
9thDaughters of Khaine Zainthar Kai0-0-4
Coliseum of Sigmar Carnage GT

Grand Alliance Stats

As promised last week, I’ve changed the stats to reflect the last four weeks of GT’s that we’re aware of at Woehammer. Also if you read all the way to the end of the article I have a little surprise for you!

485 players took part in 16 GT’s over the last four weeks.

Grand AllianceWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins4+ Wins
Chaos56.7%9419.38%627
Order50.7%21844.95%834
Death45.8%8216.91%211
Destruction45.0%9118.76%08

Chaos continue to lead the way in the win rates. While Order pick up the most number of armies represented, most 5-0’s and most 4+. When you compare army share to the number of battletomes each Grand Alliance possess you can see that Order are overrepresented, while Chaos are vastly under represented:

Grand AllianceBattletomesBattletome %Actual Rep %
Order937.50%44.95%
Chaos729.17%19.38%
Death416.67%16.91%
Destruction416.67%18.76%

What can we take away from this? Perhaps that Order factions are more appealing than Chaos? New players gravitate towards Order? The Chaos range needs updated miniatures? Or all of the above?

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Faction Stats

The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.

FactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Beasts of Chaos67.1%142.89%20
Legion of the First Prince 61.5%132.68%00
Slaves to Darkness61.1%61.24%01
Seraphon59.7%306.19%52
Blades of Khorne56.7%61.24%00
Maggotkin of Nurgle56.6%357.22%32
Bonesplitterz55.4%102.06%00
Cities of Sigmar54.2%244.95%21
Daughters of Khaine52.8%224.54%02
Nighthaunt52.2%326.60%12
Idoneth Deepkin51.8%234.74%10
Flesh-eater Courts51.7%61.24%00
Lumineth Realm-Lords51.5%214.33%00
Kharadron Overlords51.4%71.44%01
Sylvaneth49.1%112.27%01
Sons of Behemat48.5%214.33%01
Soulblight Gravelords47.1%285.77%11
Stormcast Eternals47.1%6012.37%04
Ogor Mawtribes47.1%282.89%01
Ironjawz44.7%163.30%01
Kruleboyz44.3%112.27%01
Hedonites of Slaanesh44.3%71.44%00
Skaven43.0%91.86%10
Big Waaagh!41.3%81.65%00
Fyreslayers39.5%204.12%02
Gloomspite Gitz30.9%112.27%01
Ossiarch Bonereapers28.2%163.30%02
Factions in Bold are those with 3rd Edition Battletomes published before or during this time period

I’ve highlighted all those faction win rates in red which are outside of the parameters that players have stated would make the game roughly balanced (45-55%).

I’m looking at the bottom of the table as I’m writing this, and its hard not to overlook Fyreslayers, Gloomspite Gitz and Ossiarch Bonereapers with win rates of less than 40%! Gloomspite Gitz are getting their new book this year, so hopefully we’ll see that improve. Fyreslayers have been mugged by Games Workshop rules writers, and it just shows how awful that book is. I feel for long term Fyreslayers players…

At the top of the table Beasts of Chaos now currently lead the way with a win rate of 67.1%! They’ve gone from trash tier to S tier in the space of 3 months. Slaves to Darkness are a bit of an anomaly at the top there, and this is primarily driven by a few high level players who vastly our performed the faction this month, much like Anthony Trentanelli did a few weeks ago with Skaven. Maggotkin of Nurgle and Seraphon win rates have both dropped, but its too early to tell why, as the new rules for Seraphon only really came into effect last week.

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Subfaction Stats

FactionSubfactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Beasts of ChaosNone70.0%51.03%10
Maggotkin of Nurgle Drowned Men68.0%204.12%20
Legion of the First Prince61.5%132.68%00
NighthauntScarlet Doom60.0%112.27%00
Beasts of ChaosGavespawn60.0%61.24%00
SeraphonThunder Lizard59.6%285.77%42
BonesplitterzDrakkfoot58.3%61.24%00
Cities of SigmarLiving City57.7%132.68%20
Ogor MawtribesBoulderhead56.0%51.03%00
Kharadron OverlordsBarak-Zilfin53.3%61.24%01
Idoneth DeepkinMor’Phann53.3%61.24%10
Lumineth Realm-LordsZaitrec52.9%153.09%00
Sons of BehematBreaker Tribe52.8%153.09%00
Idoneth DeepkinNautilar51.3%81.65%00
IronjawzIronsunz50.0%61.24%01
Daughters of KhaineHagg Nar50.0%71.44%01
Stormcast EternalsAstral Templars50.0%61.24%00
Daughters of KhaineZainthar Kai49.2%122.47%01
Stormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar48.8%336.80%02
Soulblight GravelordsVyrkos Dynasty48.0%102.06%00
Soulblight GravelordsKastelai Dynasty45.5%112.27%01
Stormcast EternalsHallowed Knights44.7%153.09%01
KruleboyzBig Yellers43.4%81.65%01
Skaven43.0%91.86%10
FyreslayersLofnir42.9%71.44%01
Hedonites of SlaaneshLurid Haze42.0%51.03%00
IronjawzBloodtoofs41.7%102.06%00
NighthauntEmerald Host41.5%132.68%02
Big Waaagh!41.3%81.65%00
Maggotkin of NurgleBefouling Host40.0%71.44%11
FyreslayersGreyfyrd35.8%122.47%01
Ossiarch BonereapersPetrifex Elite28.8%153.09%02
Gloomspite Gitz25.0%81.65%01
Factions in Bold are those with 3rd Edition Battletomes published before or during this time period

Maggotkin of Nurgle are a bit of a strange faction. While you have one of the meta leading Subfactions inside the tome with Drowned Men (68.0%, at the bottom of the pack you have Befouling Host (40.0%). It’s not an irregularity either as 7 players have played that subfaction and one claimed 5 wins at an event and another 5 losses. This suggests to me that while Drowned Men is a simple list to play, Befouling Host is completely the opposite and requires good memory and skill from the pilot.

After almost a year of publication now, both Stormcast and Orruk Warclan battletomes are beginning to show a little lag behind the other updated factions (apart from Fyreslayers of course). As the first of the Battletomes perhaps this has played into their stats slightly as the rules writers learn from their mistakes (apart from Fyreslayers of course) when writing the newer tomes.

Scarlet Doom shows that its the faction of choice for a reason in the new Nighthaunt battletome (60.0%) however, its still early days for this battletome and the other factions could be more complicated to pick up and play. However 60.0% win rate for any subfaction is too high and so they may need a future nerf at some point.

Going forwards as the weeks go on, I’ll be keeping an eye out for Grinin’ Blades beginning to get some more play with their updated allegiance abilities after not being placed at all due to all the Kruleboyz players choosing Big Yellers – this will change. I expect to see them nearing the 50% mark and above. Likewise with Skaven, I expect them to begin climbing the rankings as their new rules come into effect.

THE SUPRISE

I said I had a surprise, and here it is!

Woehammer will be doing a player ranking system for the new General’s Handbook based on the Elo system used by Chess.

Who gets ranked?

Everyone who takes part in a two day event using the General’s Handbook: Pitched Battles Season 1 2022-23. Each week I’ll update the scores of the players as they happen and post them in a separate rankings post which will be published every Saturday.

All players will begin with a rating of 1,000 at the beginning of the season, player ratings will be carried over into season 2 and beyond in the future.

I’ve included the current rankings below (there’s only been two GT’s using the new Handbook) which includes everyone at present. However, I will limit this to the top 20 as more players are ranked. The full downloadable player rankings will be available on the site to download next weekend.

PlayerCountryRegionRating
John BScotlandEurope1,049.4
David JackScotlandEurope1,031.2
Leigh MartinScotlandEurope1,030.3
Zachary ShinnUSANorth America1,029.7
Nathan WatsonScotlandEurope1,029.4
Jonathon RobertsUSANorth America1,020.0
Daniel GomezUSANorth America1,019.2
Cara NewbyScotlandEurope1,010.6
Richard McQuarrieScotlandEurope1,010.3
Karl RohrUSANorth America1,010.0
Alastair MaxwellScotlandEurope1,010.0
Reece FraserScotlandEurope1,010.0
Jamie McHughScotlandEurope1,010.0
Ryan PothecaryScotlandEurope1,010.0
Ian (Yes, just Ian)ScotlandEurope1,009.7
Aaron Burns LeesScotlandEurope1,009.4
Allan GeorgeScotlandEurope1,000.3
Douglas KlemUSANorth America1,000.0
Frank KellyScotlandEurope999.1
Scott SempleScotlandEurope999.1
Alasdair RobertsonScotlandEurope990.0
Michael SmithUSANorth America989.4
James HobsonScotlandEurope988.3
Michael PetersonUSANorth America980.3
Lewis MitchellScotlandEurope971.2
Grant FraserScotlandEurope968.9
Andrew DowlingUSANorth America961.7
AoS Player Rankings on 3rd July 2022

Top Three AoS Lists for From the Ashes 2022

This is the Top Three AoS Lists for From the Ashes that took place in West Lothian, Scotland on 2nd and 3rd July. It involved 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Top Three AoS Lists - 1st Place, Maggotkin of Nurgle

Army Faction: Skaven
Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours.

LEADER
Arch-Warlock (155)*
General
– Command Traits: Deranged Inventor
– Artefacts: Esoteric Warp Resonator
– Spells: More-more-more Warp Power!
Thanquol (415)*
Spells: Skitterleap

BATTLELINE
1 x Stormfiends (640)*
2 x Windlaunchers and Clubbing Blows
– 2 x Ratling Cannons and Clubbing Blows
– 2 x Doomflayer Gauntlets and Warpstone-laced Armour
Clanrats: Rusty Blade + Command (100)*
Clanrats: Rusty Blade + Command (100)**
Clanrats: Rusty Blade + Command (100)**

ARTILLERY
Warp Lightning Cannon (150)*

ENDLESS SPELL
Lauchon the Soulseeker (30)
The Burning Head (20)

TERRAIN
Gnawhole (0)

OTHER
Warpfire Thrower (70)*
Warp-Grinder (65)*
1 x Skryre Acolytes (150)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Expert Conquerors

Drops :3
TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

Brett: Immediately showing the impact of the new tome we have Skaven not only back on the top table but taking the tourney. Wins over both DoK and Thunderlizard suggest a shift in the meta is possible as well. Not really a horde list, the clanrats are screening some heavy hitting units while still offering a lot of wounds for anything to work through. The Stormfiends offer both shooting and some heavy melee, particularly good through the mid to late game (once you’ve stomped the rats). The real innovation is the combination of Thanquol with Lauchon the Soulseeker. This increases his threat range to 18″, allowing him to really threaten key units with a 14 wound monster since Lauchon has changed to allow the Wizard to move in the following movement phase. Yes, he can cast the spell, move it, take a mortal wound, then move into range to both shoot and charge. Nice knowing you. The Warp-grinder and Gnawhole offer a lot of mobility to an otherwise slow list. Not an easy list to play well but a very hard list to counter.

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Top Three AoS Lists - 2nd Place, Fyreslayers

Allegiance: Nighthaunt
Procession: Scarlet Doom
– Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Guardian of Souls (150)**
General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Midnight Tome
– Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish
Spirit Torment (115)**
Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King (210)
Krulghast Cruciator (150)**
Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist

Battleline
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)*
Reinforced x 1
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)*
Reinforced x 1
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (350)*
Reinforced x 1
10 x Chainrasps (110)***
3 x Spirit Hosts (125)***

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (40)

Core Battalions
*Bounty Hunters
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Expert Conquerors

Total: 1950 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 102
Drops: 9

Brett: Another resurgent faction in Nighthaunt demonstrating some more of the depth of the new battletome. Scarlet Doom is getting a lot of play now and with a list like this it’s potentially adding 5 to 6 mortals every time the Bladegheist charge. That’s on top of the extra attack and, as bounty hunters, +1 damage for their weapons when attacking Galletian Veteran units. That is 60, 2 damage attacks on the charge. The heroes are a typical combination with 2 returning models every turn and Krulghast for his warscroll ability to reduce incoming damage from terrified units as well as shademist. Kurdoss is a bit more unusual but he is a strong melee hero if a bit fragile but the Spirit Hosts are there to lay off some of the incoming damage as well. The triumph is a bit unusual, battleshock isn’t really an issue with Nighthaunt.

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Top Three AoS Lists - 3rd place, Legion of the First Prince

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
Enclave: Mor’Phann
– Mortal Realm: Shyish
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Isharann Soulrender (120)*
General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deeps: Steed of Tides
Isharann Soulrender (120)*

Battleline
10 x Namarti Thralls (130)*
10 x Namarti Thralls (130)*
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
Reinforced x 1
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
Reinforced x 1
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
Reinforced x 1

Behemoths
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400)*
Allies

Endless Spells & Invocations
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 400 / 400
Wounds: 90
Drops: 1

Brett: This list is a very clever use of the new book, and really is more like a Daughters of Kaine list without Morathi. A stupendous amount of short range shooting (each of the Reaver units is delivering 41 shots) with thin screens and the Incarnate for your opponent to focus on. Each Soulrender is returning between 4 and 6 models each turn. That is through the course of the game they can return 680 to 1020 points combined. The Purple Sun is good again and a great way to force movement from your opponent as well as prevent them focusing too much since it threatens anything it can pass over. Combining this amount of shooting with the Tides would make this a very difficult army to tackle and from round 2 onwards an extremely damaging one.

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14th Place, Blades of Khorne

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180)
Dankhold Troggboss (240)***
General
– Command Traits: Shepherd of Idiotic Destruction
– Artefacts of Power: Aetherquartz
– Studded Hide
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)***
Spells: Itchy Nuisance
Madcap Shamans (80)***
Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Levitate

BATTLELINE
Fellwater Troggoths (155)**
Fellwater Troggoths (155)**
Rockgut Troggoths (290)*
Rockgut Troggoths (290)*
Rockgut Troggoths (290)*

OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)***

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Bounty Hunters
**Expert Conquerors
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000
DROPS: 9

Brett: Good to see the big Troggoths here with his little friends. Did you ever want to be the Stone Troll from Harry Potter or the Black Trolls from Lord of the Rings? This is your list. Slow moving the Troggoths strengths lay in making you come to them and being able to heal damage. They can play take and hold missions very well and hit back hard. They do struggle where there is a lot of shooting and would also suffer if terrified and changed by the Nighthaunt being a low model count army. Good to see them here with some very interesting synergies from Krulboyz Troggoth units. An awesome interesting list for a tournament that would offer something different for many players.

Final Tournament Placings

AoS Meta Stats (w/e 26th June 2022)

Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 20th June and Sunday 26th June 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.

There were only 2 Grand Tournaments last week, a quiet week! But both have 32 players with a nice mix of factions.

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Grand Tournaments

Ranked from largest to smallest.

Giga-Con: Age of Sigmar Teams Event – Georgia/USA
32 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stSeraphon Thunder Lizard5-0-0
2ndBeasts of Chaos4-1-0
3rdBeasts of Chaos4-0-1
4thOgor MawtribesBoulderhead4-0-1
5thLumineth Realm-Lords Zaitrec4-0-1
6thHedonites of Slaanesh Godseekers Host4-0-1
7thCities of SigmarLiving City 4-0-1
8thNighthaunt Scarlet Doom4-0-1
9thStormcast EternalsHallowed Knights3-1-1
10thBig Waaagh!3-1-1
Giga-Con: Age of Sigmar Teams Event

Ironweld Open GT – Massachusetts/USA
32 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stSeraphonThunder Lizard 5-0-0
2ndSeraphon Thunder Lizard 4-0-1
3rdLegion of the First Prince4-0-1
4thSeraphonThunder Lizard 4-0-1
5thBonesplitterz Drakkfoot 3-1-1
6thLumineth Realm-Lords Zaitrec 3-1-1
7thDaughters of KhaineHagg Nar3-0-2
8thDaughters of KhaineZainthar Kai 3-0-2
9thStormcast EternalsHallowed Knights 3-0-2
10thSoulblight Gravelords Vyrkos Dynasty 3-0-2
Ironweld Open GT
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Grand Alliance Stats

64 players took part in 2 GT’s over the last week.

Grand AllianceWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins4+ Wins
Chaos55.6%914.1%04
Order53.7%3046.9%26
Death50.0%1015.6%01
Death39.3%1523.4%01

Faction Stats

The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.

FactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Seraphon 80.0%57.9%20
Lumineth Realm-Lords 60.0%57.9%00
Soulblight Gravelords 40.0%57.9%00

With very few tournaments this week there’s not enough data to draw reliable win rates from.

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Subfaction Stats

Next week, I’ll have built up four weeks worth of data and at this point I will transition the stats over four weeks rather than a single week. This will helpfully give us more reliable data. At some point I’ll go backwards as well to the start of AoS 3.

AoS Meta Stats (w/e 19th June 2022)

Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 13th June and Sunday 19th June 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.

There was a total of 3 Grand Tournaments last week, a quiet week! That being said, one of them was the awesome UK tSports Champions, which our very own Declan was invited to take part in. You can read up on his prep here.

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Grand Tournaments

Ranked from largest to smallest.

Pyrehammer 2022 – Wielkopolskie/Poland
40 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stSons of BehematBreaker Tribe4-0-1
2ndStormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar4-0-1
3rdBeasts of Chaos5-0-0
4thSylvaneth4-0-1
5thMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men4-0-1
6thLumineth Realm-LordsSyar3-1-1
7thKharadron OverlordsBarak-Zilfin3-1-1
8thMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men3-0-2
9thStormcast EternalsHallowed Knights4-0-1
10thMaggotkin of NurlgeDrowned Men3-1-1
Pyrehammer AoS GT

Rise of the Everchosen – Emilia Romagna/Italy
32 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men5-0-0
2ndMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men4-1-0
3rdSlaves to DarknessKnights of the Empty Throne4-1-0
4thStormcast EternalsHammers of Sigmar4-0-1
5thFyreslayersLofnir4-0-1
6thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-0-2
7thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-0-2
8thSons of BehematStomper Tribe3-0-2
9thStormcast EternalsKnights Excelsior3-0-2
10thCities of SigmarLiving City3-0-2
Rise of the Everchosen AoS GT

UK tSports Champions – England/UK
16 Players

PositionFactionSubfactionResult
1stBeasts of ChaosAllherd5-0-0
2ndMaggotkin of NurgleDrowned Men4-0-1
3rdMaggotkin of NurgleDroning Guard3-0-2
4thFyreslayersLofnir3-0-2
5thCities of SigmarTempest’s Eye3-1-1
6thIdoneth DeepkinMor’Phann2-0-3
7thSeraphonThunder Lizard3-0-2
8thNighthauntEmerald Host2-0-3
9thNighthauntScarlet Doom3-0-2
10thCities of SigmarHallowheart3-0-2
UK tSports Champions AoS GT
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Grand Alliance Stats

286 players took part in 10 GT’s over the last week.

Grand AllianceWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins4+ Wins
Chaos64.7%1921.59%37
Order49.2%4955.68%05
Destruction43.8%89.09%01
Death34.2%1213.64%00

Faction Stats

The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.

FactionWin RateArmies% Share of Armies5-0 Wins0-5 Losses
Maggotkin of Nurgle66.0%1011.36%14
Cities of Sigmar58.6%77.95%00
Stormcast Eternals54.0%1011.36%03
Idoneth Deepkin46.0%55.68%00
Seraphon43.0%1011.36%00
Fyrselayers40.0%77.95%01
Soulblight Gravelords33.3%66.82%00

Maggotkin of Nurgle top the charts this week in a very small data set. With a win rate of 66.0% Followed closely by Cities of Sigmar with a win rate of 58.6%. Seraphon, Fyreslayers and Soulblight Gravelords all struggling to make that magical 45% mark with Soulblight Gravelords being the only faction below 40%.

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Subfaction Stats

Only Seraphon/Thunder Lizard and Maggotkin of Nurgle/Drowned Men made the requirement for this table (min 5 armies represented). Thunder Lizard managed a win rate of 43% while Drowned Men achieved 72.5%……