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Top Three AoS Lists for Colonial Carnage

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This is the top three AoS lists for Colonial Carnagethat took place in the USA on the 18th and 19th of February. It involved 45 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Squigboss (80)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)*
– Spells: Itchy Nuisance
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
– Artefacts: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

BATTLELINE
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)
– Bounder Boss
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)*
– Bounder Boss
36 x Squig Herd (360)**
12 x Squig Herd (120)**

BEHEMOTH
1 x Mangler Squigs (260)

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

OTHER
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)

Three years of an old book with Gloomspite Gitz mostly being seen as a wild-card entry in the top threes… mainly because Peter wanted to give me something to write about… and then a second 5-0 in as many weeks. So, it’s definitely an improvement so far.

Dale has gone with Squigs for his main force with Bounders providing some great Spears of damage and the Squig Herd doing mortals when they run away, and the herders can get them back. The lack of command abilities on them worries me, however, a little as people get used to the army… especially with shooting.

The buff pieces all have a place as well, with Squigs getting free moves, the moon doing as required, and 5+ward on one unit. It definitely requires some memory to keep all the moving parts in your head.

A 5-0 is impressive regardless of army and so we’ll done to Dale.

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Army Faction: Beasts of Chaos
– Army Subfaction: Gavespawn
– Grand Strategy: Desecrating Brayherd
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Beastlord (145)*
– General
– Command Traits: Bestial Cunning
– Artefacts: Slitherwrack Helm
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
1 x Great Bray-Shaman (95)***
– Spells: Wild Rampage
1 x Great Bray-Shaman (95)***
– Spells: Tendrils of Atrophy
1 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (115)***
– Artefacts: Brayblast Trumpet
– Spells: Tendrils of Atrophy

BATTLELINE
3 x Morghurite Chaos Spawn (Gibbering Congregation) (230)
20 x Bestigors (440)**
10 x Gors (110)**
– Paired Hacking Blades
10 x Gors (110)**
– Paired Hacking Blades
10 x Gors (110)**
– Paired Hacking Blades
10 x Ungors (80)***
– Pitted Blade

OTHER
1 x Cockatrice (105)
1 x Cockatrice (105)
6 x Beasts of Chaos Slaangor Fiendbloods (260)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Galletian Command
**Galletian Veterans
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Peter: We have updated this comment since initial publication. Ungors were initially referred to as ‘Hammers’, and this has been changed to Bestigors. A predicted text typo of ‘Tendrils of Apathy’ has been corrected to ‘Tendrils of Atrophy’. Finally, the reference to +2 to casting per game has been corrected to +3.

We all make the occasional mistake. Please remember our writers comment on a lot of factions and may not know each inside-out!

The Gor stampede emerges! This list takes a very interesting tact with the enemy in order to try and shut down and isolate enemy units to substantially blunt their output. With the Beastial Cunning trait, you can bring in a key unit within 7″ instead of 9, guaranteeing the charge. First, the Chaos Spawn charge in to reduce enemy unit attacks by 1, and since they can move separately, you can either spread them out or focus them on one unit as needed.

Bestigors, Cockatrice and Slaangors all function as hammers, with Bray-Shaman boosting them with Wild Rampage for exploding 6s to hit, and the other Bray-Shaman and Tzaangor Shaman casting Tendrils of Atrophy (with +3 once per game if you really need to get it off) to increase the damage. Even if the opponent survives this onslaught, they will still have to deal with the -1 to attacks from the Chaos Spawn, and are likely fighting last due to the Gors Gor Stampede ability and the General’s Slitherwrack Helm meaning any counter attack will likely bounce right off of you.

A clever and precise use of debuffs before charging in with the hammer makes this list very difficult to deal with in melee by all but the most hardy of targets.

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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Army Subfaction: Knights Excelsior
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Holy Commands Enhancement: Steadfast March

LEADER
1 x Lord-Castellant (160)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Celestial Blades
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Lord-Relictor (150)*
– Prayers: Translocation
1 x Lord-Arcanum on Gryph-Charger (170)*
– Mount Traits: Scintillating Trail
– Spells: Azyrite Halo

BATTLELINE
5 x Retributors (210)*
– Retributor-Prime
5 x Retributors (210)*
– Retributor-Prime
5 x Retributors (210)*
– Retributor-Prime

OTHER
4 x Stormdrake Guard (680)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Warblade

3 x Vanguard-Palladors (200)*
– Pallador-Prime
– Boltstorm Pistol and Shock Handaxe

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

After the craziness that was Salt Smash, normal(ish) service returns. Still with Palladors as an action unit (everyone has some), with the points drop and ranged weapons on top of their movement, they are a great alternative to Draconiths. And dragons. A nice big block of 4. Beyond the Palladors JB threw in a Lord Arcanum on Gryphcharger (a personal favourite). He has his own built-in teleport and is both a decent caster and an ok combat character. He can keep up with and be covered by the Palladors and, in turn, cover for them with both his Cycle of the Storm (once per turn ignore a fatal wound) and Healing light. An effective way to deal with the 4+ save on the Palladors is a very efficient way to pick up remote objectives.

Conventional Lord Castellant (with celestial blades) and Lord Relictor. Celestial Blades can either be placed on the Dragons or a handy Retributor unit. Hitting on a 2+ is always welcome. Running 3 MSU Retributors as battleline reflects the points drops (they were 235) and some of their tricks. They lack the 2 up save of Protectors but with a Lord-Castellant that can be dealt with. They are slow, Steadfast March will help push them onto the middle or an objective out of deployment. They can be held in reserve and dropped via Scions. Most importantly, they are a solid 15 wounds with -2 rend and 16 attacks. That makes them harder to kill than an MSU Annihilator with Grandhammer while having more attacks, making them more reliable. Your opponent will have to make a serious effort to remove them, and if even one is left alive, the strike back is likely to have serious consequences.

A very well crafted SCE list taking advantage of the recent points drops to make it more competitive. Losing to the new Gitz is probably not unexpected. They can build strength as they go, which is a weakness of SCE, as key pieces go down their scoring options shrink fast.

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos Dynasty
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Radukar the Beast (310)
Vampire Lord (140)*
– Spells: Amethystine Pinions, Invigorating Aura
– Aspects of the Champion: Butcher
Belladamma Volga (200)*
– Spells: Invigorating Aura, Soulpike
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (420)*
– General
– Command Traits: Kin of the Wolf
– Deathlance
– Artefacts of Power: Sangsyron
– Mount Traits: Foetid Miasma
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Invigorating Aura

BATTLELINE
Dire Wolves (130)*
Deathrattle Skeletons (80)*
Dire Wolves (130)*

OTHER
Grave Guard (280)*
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Grave Guard (280)*
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Seneschal
– Great Wight Blade

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

Soulblight two seasons ago was a different vibe. That was when zombie blobs shambled care free and nigh on unkillable Blood Knights trampled dreams. Soulblight now, post points hike and during a season that rewards having good GCs – exactly the thing Soulblight don’t have – are a different matter, so it’s cause for celebration when a list cracks the top 10.

William has opted for a Vyrkos hero-hammer here, with Radukar and Balladamma following on the bone-tails of a VLoZD. It’s a techy combo – Belladamma can be bodyguarded by the Dire Wolves and set up an exploding 6s aura, while Radukar can summon additional wolves and, so long as he makes a charge, put out a +1 attacks aura, making for a pretty potent set of overlapping buffs. It can be tricky to set up but I imagine the plan was to run a kind of hero-castle, setting up the Zombie Dragon – or one of the two big blobs of Grave Guard, who are still a super value unit – as super-buffed up hammers at the centre of the auras.

It’s hard to pin point exactly why Soulblight just don’t quite have the tools to reach the top tables atm, but I suspect this is about as good a list as they can field at the moment! Kudos to William for the 3-2.

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Top Three AoS Lists for Sydney Salt Smash

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Sydney Salt Smash that took place in Australia on the 18th and 19th of February. It involved 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Astral Templars (Scions of the Storm)
– Mortal Realm: Ghyran
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Lord-Veritant (140)**
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Spell: Thundershock
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Zephyros (100)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (330)*
Lord-Arcanum on Tauralon (250)**
– Mount Trait: Celestial Instincts
– Spell: Starfall

Units
3 x Vanguard-Palladors (200)*
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
3 x Vanguard-Palladors (200)**
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
3 x Vanguard-Palladors (200)**
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
6 x Vanguard-Palladors (400)**
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Gryph-Hounds (90)*
6 x Gryph-Hounds (90)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Holy Command: Steadfast March

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 132
Drops: 2

Stormcast are in a tricky place. They have loads and loads of warscrolls, but many of them are sub-optimal. Whilst Games Workshop tries to correct this by tweaking points up and down, the good warscrolls remain good, and the bad remain bad… and so the ‘good warscroll spam’ armies come to the fore. The good news is that there are different versions of them, so you’ll not necessarily play the same one, but the bad news is that it is a lot of repeated Warscrolls.

That’s no criticism of Sean, who has taken this formula and got 5-0 from it. Sure I am going to criticise him for beating up Gloomspite Gitz (booo!) but in all seriousness he’s done very well with an army of Paladors (very quick, some shooting and reasonable combat effectiveness as well).

The Gryph hounds sync in well here with Warning Cry, which allows units to shoot at deep strikers and summoned units. Effectively giving Sean some free shots against enemy units for limited outlay. If you make it through the shooting, you’ll then have to face a deep-striking unit of Sean’s own – the still great Celestant Prime. It’s good to see him representing the book he comes from!

A really thematic list that is likely to give any opponent pause (or just annoy them). Palladors have been overlooked for most of this edition (and 2nd) for a reason. But they are also 5 wound models with 12″ move and a built-in teleport. They are built for scoring, at least when there are this many backed by the Celestant Prime and the Lord Arcanum for the +1 to hit rolls for the closest Pallador. A well thought out dynamic list.

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Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Meteoric Standard
Knight-Vexillor (120)**
– Meteoric Standard
Lord-Relictor (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Thundershock
– Prayers: Translocation
Knight-Heraldor (100)**
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)*
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)*
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)**
Dracothian Guard Tempestors (220)**

OTHER
Shadow Warriors (120)*
– Shadow Walker
Castigators (90)*
– Castigator-Prime
The Farstriders (90)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Everblaze Comet (90)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Back from his Cancon insanity with fewer Vexillors and even more Tempestors. I admire his patience building and painting that them (the armour and arms take a while to eliminate gaps). There are plenty of tricks still, a Knight Heraldor (not often seen or even owned), Shadow Warriors, Castigators, and The Farstriders. All led by a Lord Relictor (with Translocate and Thundershock) who brings Master of Magic to hopefully get Everblaze Comet off. Essentially, this list is trying to deal with SCE mobility issues and damage output in the face of new more serious threats.

Scions of the Storm allows half of the units to be held in reserve and arrive in any turn, which prevents first turn shooting, removing a lot of important pieces. In this case, as a 2 drop army so Yangxue is probably deciding who has first turn, toss up whether to keep it or play for the early double. Everyone should know the Vexillor’s trick now. It’s not OP, but it is a 24″ version of the Stormdrake’s shooting attack with an area of effect. It’s once per game, so deciding when to use it is critical, but they remain a solid Galletian Champion for scoring once they are down, just not very mobile. The Knight Herald is here mostly as a quiet scoring piece with his Tunnel Master but can punish units near terrain, chip damage really but good into some armies that like to lurk near terrain. Of the units – Tempestors have been a very common choice in place of Fulminators lately.

Shadow Warriors duplicate the abilities of Scions of the Storm units on their own warscroll. They don’t count as a coalition force, though, because this is a Scions of the Storm army. Farstriders can teleport, and the Castigators are another cheap screen with Unleash Hell potential that can also be teleported by the Relictor. Very good at picking off any objectives that aren’t well covered. So movement is covered, and output, especially in the first turn or 2, is really good. Hit hard early and then outlast them. Unless the opponent is a horde army or has strong heals, this will probably work. Or Trolls, trolls (Troggoths) are probably a counter. They’re damn scary now

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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Chasing The Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Dankhold Troggboss (200)**
– General
– Command Trait: Loonskin
– Artefact: Speaky-skull Fetish
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– Artefact: Leering Gitshield
– Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
Mollog (130)*

Battleline
9 x Rockgut Troggoths (480)***
– Reinforced x 2
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)***
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Rockgut Troggoths (160)*
6 x Fellwater Troggoths (320)***
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Dankhold Troggoths (180)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Loonskin Malevolent Moon (0)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Troggherd Heavies
***Galletian Sharpshooters

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Artefact

Total: 1970 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 136
Drops: 9

On the same weekend as Sheffield Slaughter, Ben has guided a Trogg army (Gloomspite Gitz) to a spectacular 4-1. Not bad for an army that was languishing at the bottom of the rankings before the new book. It’s still too early to tell if the book will be above the magical 45%-55% level, but it definitely feels like it should be able to stay away from the mid-thirties it was in during the last incarnation.

The Troggs that Ben has taken also shows the advantage of giving people choices with battalions. Sure, there is only one in the Gitz book, but it is an innovative way of getting people to take Dankhold Troggoths… a great model, but before now, a very weak scroll. The increased regeneration helps here as well, but it comes with a free artefact as well, which is well worth considering for only 180 points. Treat him as a throw-away spear unit and hammer something to death. Just remember he doesn’t come back through the shrine at the end of the turn.

But the Rockguts and Fellwaters do, and with healing now automatic and every hero phase, you’ll need to kill units outright – not an easy thing for the 9 Rockguts.

It’s a great army, and it looks good on the board too – don’t be suckered in by the lack of bodies… these guys will hang around and stick on objectives. My only concern for them would be the mirror into a Squig list, but Ben fought one of those in game 5 and came out on top, so maybe this list can compete long-term.

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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Zainthar Kai
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Hag Queen (120)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (320)
– Allies
Slaughter Queen on Cauldron of Blood (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Zealous Orator
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
-Lore of Shadows: Mindrazor

Battleline
15 x Blood Sisters (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Blood Stalkers (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Blood Sisters (150)*

Units
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)*
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)*

Endless Spells & Invocations
Heart of Fury (50)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1950 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 320 / 400
Wounds: 100
Drops: 2

It’s always nice to see a Norathi list! Since her price hike, I think they make more sense than ever. Even though it will always be scary not taking the big momma, once you spread those points over more synergistic bodies, you can end up with a surprising amount of redundancy and board control.

And that’s _kinda_ what Liam has gone for here – by replacing the 700 pt Morathi with a Frostheart Phoenix – which is a durable, fast monster at less than half the points, and a newly-bargain priced Slaughter Queen on Cauldron. Between these two pieces, Liam brings to bear overlapping auras of -1 to wound and +1 to save, which, combined with -1 damage from the Heart of Fury, go a long way to making the fragile Daughters able to take a serious punch.

Beyond that, it’s the usual block of 15 stab sneks, but he’s also brought 10 bows – which I think are pointed for the double shoot but still offer decent ranged output – and the usual double khinerai for amazing scoring options.

A really nice balanced list that cleaned up some strong meta opponents, losing only to what is quickly becoming the clearly-over-tuned Gloomspite book!

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Top Three AoS Lists for Sheffield Slaughter

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Sheffield Slaughter that took place in the UK on the 21st and 22nd of February. It involved 98 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: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours
– Triumph: Indomitable x2

LEADERS
Skragrott, the Loonking (160)*
Squigboss (80)*
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master

BATTLELINE
Boingrot Bounderz (420)
– Bounder Boss
Squig Hoppers (540)
– Squig Hopper Boss
Squig Hoppers (180)
Moonclan Stabbas (125)**
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Moonclan Boss
– 3 Barbed Nets
– Stabba
Moonclan Shootas (125)**
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Moonclan Boss
– 3 Barbed Nets

OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)
Sneaky Snufflers (110)**

CORE BATTALIONS
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Galletian Sharpshooters

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

It’s amazing what a new book can do, and Dan Bradshaw has pivoted from Beasts of Chaos to Gloomspite Gitz following their (near-) simultaneous release. Guess we know which one he thinks is better in the current meta. A lot of the army will be familiar with those who played Gitz through the dark times of the last 3 years, and indeed much of the ‘tech’ that is used has been hardened on the crucible of defeat throughout that time.

Dan has no doubt benefitted from his knowledge of the game and the other armies, but it’s still good to see Gitz doing well with an immediate 5-0 out of the gate. Some of this is going to be ‘what does that do’ as people get used to the new army. Other Gitz players did not perform so well, with long term Trogg player – Stuart – going 1-1-3 (but close in all 5!)

So how does it work, and how do you beat it? Well I may leave the 2nd question for a few weeks yet (got to have some time under the light of the moon), but Dan has gone for a toolkit of toys. Skragrott is much improved, and much cheaper – gaining the Warmaster trait and so being able to play with the moon. The Squigboss gives out helpful bonuses and makes Boingrot Bounders battleline (allowing Dan to take 15 of them). The final character is the Madcap with the two stalwarts of Hand of Gork and Moonface Mommet. Both of which are back and both of which are still as good as ever (dare I say essential).

There’s some support in the Marshcrawler and Snufflers both of which buff the other units. The stabbas and shootas are for objective control (within 9″!) and the hitting power comes from Hoppers and Boingrots. Now they have consistent movement (10″+D6 and 7″+D6″) respectively, can run and charge under the moon and cause mortal wounds… plus the squigs can do some real damage. In the previous book I was very happy if my hoppers moved 10″ as (with run) this was normally enough for a maximum attempt at mortal wounds. Now there’s limited risk and the 10″+D6 is much more generous than I expected.

It’s a great start, but we’ll see if this is a ‘flash in the pan’ or a genuine 5-0 consistent battletome. Only time will tell, but well done to Dan for a really good start.

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Allegiance: Fyreslayers
– Lodge: Vostarg
– Grand Strategy: Master of the Forge
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Auric Runefather (120)**
– General
– Command Trait: Spirit of Grimnir
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Auric Flamekeeper (90)***
Auric Runesmiter (120)
– Forge Key
– Prayer: Ember Storm
Auric Runemaster (130)
– Artefact: Volatile Brazier
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Battlesmith (150)***
– Artefact: Nulsidian Icon

Battleline
30 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (480)*
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)*
15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (450)**
– Poleaxes
– Reinforced x 2

Endless Spells & Invocations
Molten Infernoth (40)

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

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 162
Drops: 10

Kevin: With Bounty Hunters out and foot heroes in, there’s a resurgence in non-Magmadroth Fyreslayers. This list abandons the ‘droths entirely for an all-foot list. Its plethora of GCs means it has a solid footing in this season’s tactics.

Andrew’s running Vostarg, the sub-faction for buffing Vulkites, and his six heroes rounding out the leaders are the usual suspects for any Vostarg list, excepting the foot-father. No Fyreslayer can leave home without a Nulsidian Icon Battlesmith for the 4+ spell ignore, and double flamekeeper is basically a must-have for any Vostarg list. Flamekeepers allowing out of phase charging – the combat phase in this case – is absurdly powerful, as is adding damage to the high amount of attacks Vulkites enjoy. The runefather can further pump up those attacks once per game.

In a bit of an oddity for Vostarg, Andrew has added 15x Hearthguard to support his Runefather. This not only gives him some bodyguards, but also some objective holding power that can hit back hard. Those poleaxes’ mortal wounds can rack up fast. Further, with ember storm (prayer to run and charge) and Tunnel Master, the Hearthguard can speed ahead and have the runefather simply teleport to them without fear of them losing their ward or him losing his bodyguard. Tunnel Master can also allow the runefather to position perfectly to share his once-per-game buff with the vulkites. The hearthguard can also be pumped up or charged by the flamekeepers if need be.

The Vulkites do what Vulkites do in any Vostarg list: die while doing damage, pump the flamekeepers, then punch back absurdly hard – either by running and charging or combat-phase-charging. The 30x Vulkite unit will receive buffs excellently as well as Rally’s from the Battlesmith. 30 charging Vulkites with the runefathers and flamekeepers can output, theoretically, 121 attacks of 3 damage (especially with GV battalion allowing them to fight through each other). Those high attack numbers certainly spell trouble for his Nighthaunt opponent. There’s nothing quite as sweet as charging that into an opponent in their combat phase and then activating strike first to wipe out a unit before it gets off its activation. The two units of ten Vulkites can either be deepstriked by the Runesmiter or stay on the field to act as screens, food for the flamekeepers, or objective holders.

The infernoth accomplishes the beautiful Grand Strategy of keeping an invocation on the field while also chasing around Galletian Champions. It can also be used as a poor-man’s fyrewall in some cases, particularly against large bases like Archaon or Mawkrushas.

This list results in the classic Fyreslayer playstyle: a wave of naked dudes with axes that just can’t be removed from objectives. They trade incredibly well with anyone willing to try to remove them in the combat phase, making that route a daunting task. At the same time, shooting is hampered by a 4+ rally under a 6+ ward (5+ ward, occasionally) from the Battlesmith who can not be shot.

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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Change Coven: Guild of Summoners
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (180)*
– General
– Command Trait: Cult Demagogue
– Lore of Fate: Treacherous Bond
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion
Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc (170)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Lore of Change: Bolt of Tzeentch
Magister (120)**
– Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
The Blue Scribes (160)**
Fatemaster (140)**
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion

Battleline
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
10 x Tzaangors (180)*
– 10x Pair of Savage Blade
10 x Tzaangors (180)*
– 10x Pair of Savage Blade
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– 10x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Purple Sun of Shyish (90)
Umbral Spellportal (80)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 97
Drops: 4

With more chickens than a KFC basket, we have another Guild of Summoners list doing extremely well this weekend. While Kaleb called in the support of a Krondspine to give him time to get those Lords of Change on the board, Stephen goes the more traditional (and pink) tarpit of Horrors to slow his enemy down. Another big change to several other Guild of Summoners lists is that it doesn’t start with a LoC/Kairos on the board at the beginning, allowing more Arcanite casters to be taken instead. This is key, as one way of shutting down a Guild of Summoners list is to kill the mortal characters who the Lords of Change must be summoned through. With three such characters, it’s going to be hard to do that to Stephen’s list.

Once the summoning does get going, the shooty Lord of Change is great here as it’s up to 12 shots, hitting on 3s, wounding on 3s (or 2s if the Fatemaster is nearby), rend -1 BUT if you’re shooting at something in Purple Sun range (helpfully auto-cast by The Blue Scribes) now you’re at rend -2. Have the Curseling use a pair of Destiny Dice to make Arcane Suggestion’s armour debuff be unable to be unbound, suddenly those shots are up to rend -3.

Tzaangors being surrounded by wizards is also a great pick as they’re be doing mortal wounds on 4+ at range, rolling a number of equal to the number of wizards within range, so probably at least 5 dice T1, increasing as the game goes on. Twice. The last troops choice is Kairics, probably there for cheap screening, but get their warscroll spell off and shoot them at the Purple Sunned/Arcane Suggested unit and that’s another 10 rend -3 shots going down range.

All in all, a great take on Guild of Summoners, throwing in a couple of Galletian Champions for battle tactics and being able to quite easily access 4/5 of the Tzeentch specific ones.

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Allegiance: Flesh-eater Courts
– Grand Court: Blisterskin
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Abhorrant Archregent (240)*
– Lore of Madness: Deranged Transformation
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)*
– Lore of Madness: Spectral Host
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)*
– General
– Command Trait: Hellish Orator
– Artefact: Eye of Hysh
– Mount Trait: Gruesome Bite
– Lore of Madness: Bonestorm
Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Zombie Dragon (430)
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon

Battleline
9 x Crypt Flayers (540)**
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)**
10 x Crypt Ghouls (80)*

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 97
Drops: 7

Discord user: gualtikhan: This list utilizes the full summoning power from the fec Heroes to maximize the number of summons it brings to the table. This adds some mass with which to take the board and pin the opponent off of the objectives. This helps counter the faction’s natural lack of durability as well.

There are some really good spells, mainly a couple of really strong unit buffs (+d3 attacks, +1 attack, 5+ ward, reroll to wound, +1dmg) but fec typically lacks the reliability to cast those often enough. In particular, this list relies on spectral host, combined by the +2 movement of the subfaction, to give the two dragons and the flayers an huge threat range.

Crypt flayers’ ranged attack has big variance but against the right unit can definitely pack a punch. I’m a bit surprised to see arcane tome for an extra unreliable cast instead of the more often taken garland, for -2 bravery, increasing both the efficiency of the scream attacks and the bravery damage.

The aforementioned buffs to damage output synergize really well with the fec command ability to fight twice, allowing one buffed unit to pack some serious damage, and also helping to burst open some bunkers against imperfectly deployed armies.

The teleport is great as it helps with scoring battle tactics and objectives greatly in this edition, and it can be used also to let the flayers scream the right unit at the right time.

All in all this is the best attempt l’ve seen at running Fec, which is a subfaction that is having an hard time right now, having several key units with poor durability and a weakness to alpha strikes, since killing the heroes would prevent their summoning.

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Ogor Mawtribes Datacards

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Reading the Datacards

Each Datacard has three distinct sections; Charge Chance, Resilience and Average Damage Output.

Charge Chance

This graph shows the move and charge distances each unit can achieve and shows the chance of them achieving this distance as a percentage.

Resilience

This table shows how much damage would be required on average to destroy the unit. This is split into the various rend types most commonly found in Age of Sigmar. For example, the unit shown in the image above would need 18 damage from -2 rend weapons for the enemy to have a chance at destroying it.

This can be cross-referenced with another units average damage output to see what kind of damage they’ll do to it.

Average Damage Output

This simply shows how much damage on average the unit is expected to inflict after saves against the various save types. If there are multiple load-out choices, then these are shown separately, as is any missile damage.

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Alliance Open Masters GT

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This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Allaince Open Masters GT that took place in the Netherlands on the 11th and 12th of February. It involved 52 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Sylvaneth
– Glade: Oakenbrow
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired
– Season: the Burgeoning (6+ ward)

Leaders
Arch-Revenant (120)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Spirit of Durthu (350)**
– Artefact: Greenwood Gladius
Treelord Ancient (330)*
– Lore of the Deepwood: Regrowth
Warsong Revenant (300)**
– General
– Command Trait: Spellsinger
– Lore of the Deepwood: Treesong
Battlemage (100)**
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
– Allies

Battleline
10 x Dryads (100)*
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
Treelord (230)**
Treelord (230)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Spiteswarm Hive (40)

Faction Terrain
Awakened Wyldwood

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 100 / 400
Wounds: 94
Drops: 2

Return of the Ents, a list that is seeing widespread use and success right now. Essentially, this list swaps Kurnoth for Tree Lords giving in 4 mini Gargants. In addition to high-quality attacks, they have a 6+ ward and serve in Oakenbrow, meaning they take twice as long to degrade. Combined with Strike and Fade, it can be very hard to take down a Treelord. Doubly for Durthu. With the Battlemage granting +2 to charge and Spiteswarm Hive, which gives either offensive or defensive buffs, there is a strong chance of 2 Treelords charging either 6 or 7″. Very high probability. This list can also drop back and protect the home objective using the Tree-revenants and Dryads or push out and punish exposed units. The Tree-revenants can snipe out objectives easily as well.

Tricky to play well with the overlapping buffs and the need to position Overgrown wildwoods carefully Sylvaneth are a deceptively powerful army. Their commanding spells, strong mortal wound play, and damaging units make them tough opponents if they are allowed to dictate the flow of play. The ability to use woods to travel makes it very difficult to focus fire (not to mention fire and fade). That’s a standout with this particular list. It’s been crafted very tightly to maximise the flexibility of the Treelords and hinge the off the devastation of the Warsong Revenant. The Arch Revenant with Stubborn as a Rhinox is fantastic, 12″ move and counts as 10 models on an objective but it can only be opposed by a Galletian Champion (the mount word is not on it’s warscroll). Down on wounds to a lot of lists, it outscored and out fought off all comers.

Congratulations to Mitchell, a fantastic win in the face of stiff competition.

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Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Great Nation: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Archmage Teclis and Celennar, Spirit of Hysh (700)*
– General
Scinari Cathallar (110)*
– Artefact: Silver Wand
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1
– Champion with the bird

Units
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Umbral Spellportal (80)
The Burning Head (30)
Rune of Petrification (60)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Terrain
Shrine Luminor

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 91
Drops: 1

Lumineth are back on their bullshit. After a brief period out of the sun as they grappled with Sentinels losing the ability to shoot you without line of sight, Helon lists are back with a vengeance. Turns out that you have to leave your shelter eventually – whereupon many, many sentinels with each unit able to cast Power of Hysh and do MWs on 5s in melee as well as at range will make you wish you’d stayed at home.

Then there’s Teclis, who doesn’t deign to roll dice to cast his spells, nor to dispel yours. Throw in a couple of fast shooty Windchargers and the Rune of Petrification to slow you down while you eat even more MWs and you have the new and improved recipe for elf cheese.

Look – I know it sounds like I’m hating on Lumineth. I’m not. It’s just that James Workshop seems to have a fundamental difficulty understanding how to make this army competitive without relying on two warscrolls, one of which doesn’t even have to roll dice.

Congrats to Paul for beating the mirror match to take the big W!

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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Hagg Nar
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
The Shadow Queen (350)*
Morathi-Khaine (350)*
Melusai Ironscale (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Zealous Orator
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Shadows: Mindrazor
– Aspect: Tunnel Master
– Bonded

Battleline
15 x Blood Sisters (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Pairs of Sacrificial Knives
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Pairs of Sacrificial Knives

Behemoths
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*
– Allies

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 74
Drops: 1

Morathi and the Spinedog – two timed-unkillable models to pin you down while a giant blob of stab sneks slithers up behind for a 12-ish MW coup de grace. There’s really not much more I can say about this list, other than it’s interesting that it lost to Sylvaneth – which I imagine had the ranged output to whittle things down along with the mobility to avoid being utterly pinned.

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Meatfist
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Take whats theirs
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Tyrant (150)*
– General
– Command Trait: Killer Reputation
– Artefact: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
– Big Name: Fateseeker
Tyrant (150)**
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
– Tunnelmaster

Battleline
6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)*
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)*
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)*
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)*
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
4 x Ironguts (270)*
4 x Ironguts (270)**

Units
3 x Icefall Yhetees (120)**

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 156
Drops: 2

Lots of hungry big lads and not an Ironblaster in sight – you love to see it! Luckily, we love to hear about it from the man himself too.

Dennis says this:

The strength of a Meatfist list lies in trading – and this list trades extremely well into melee armies. Every unit (apart from the Yhetees) can kill other hammer units – and most lists have like 2- 3 hammers, so its totally fine if they come in and kill 6 gluttons because it will always be a bad trade for them.

The second strength of this list lies in impact mortals [Ogors roll dice equal to the charge roll and do MWs on 6s, but with +1 to the roll from the sub-faction, and another +1 for units with 3 or more models].

The biggest problem for most melee armies is screens, and this list just absolutely wrecks screens in the charge phase just by charging. Most games I did between 40-60 mortal wounds just by charging. The yhetees are probably the most important part of my list (which sounds strange) because of their eligibility to fight and pile in within 6″. So what I did in most games was tag an enemy unit on the side, make sure you end the pile in 2,9 inch away from the unit. That way it was only possible for my opponent to get one model in, maybe two. Usually they weren’t able to kill the yhetees so they are stuck in combat for one whole turn.Which buys me time to put pressure elsewhere. Yhetees are imo the best techy unit in the ogor book, never leave home without 3 or 6! Downsides about this list, shooting armies and armies which can prevent me from charging (My game 4 was vs. DoK + Khrondspine) are really hard to beat…

Thanks, Dennis, for the insights and big props for bringing such an off-meta list. Not only that – but for beating Lumineth, two Tzeentch lists, and a shooty Ogor list!

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Top Three AoS Lists for DaBoyz Golden Sprue GT

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This is the Top Three AoS Lists for DaBoyz Golden Sprue GT that took place in the USA on the 4th and 5th of February. It involved 28 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: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs

LEADERS
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (130)*
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Levitate
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
– Spells: Gorkamorka’s War Cry
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (180)**
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un

BATTLELINE
Orruk Ardboys (80)*
– Gorkamorka Glyph Bearer
– Waaagh! Drummer
– Ardboy Boss
– 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
– Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– 2 x Gore-choppa

OTHER
Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)***
– Boltboy Boss

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Soulsnare Shackles (40)
1 x The Burning Head (30)

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

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Big Waagh, you love to see it! Rumblings of their increased effectiveness in this new season – given their access to some excellent GCs – seem to have been on the money!

Ross has stuck with a fairly traditional core HQ of the double Warchanter (great in general but also give Big waagh points for existing), double Wurrgog ‘laser eyes’ prophets, the Mirebrute and the now probably undercosted Gnashtoof.

MSU Ardboyz are usually crucial in Big Waagh as cheap screens you can overlap in engagements for more Waagh point generation – and they’re backed up by a reinforced unit of Brutes who, while never tanky, are certainly less vulnerable with bounty hunters gone.

A token unit of gore gruntas as ‘fast’ flankers and one reinforced unit of Boltboyz for savage unleash hell potential and some good ranged MW projection round things out, with Soulsnare shackles proving an interesting tech pick to ensure the Waaghers get to charge on their terms – it’s cheap, so why not?

Overall, a great result for a struggling army – taking a W against super tanky armies like Bonereapers and Nurgle show the MW output in this formation can really shore up the weaknesses of a mono-Orruk list. Gratz to Ross!

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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat
– Army Type: Stomper Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Make the Land Tremble!
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Warstomper (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Eager for the Fight
– Artefacts: Amberbone Totem
1 x Warstomper (450)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Gatebreaker (520)**
– Artefacts: Glowy Shield of Protectiness
1 x King Brodd (550)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
**Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Sons are in an interesting place in the new season. They’ve always played a very different game from the rest of AoS’s armies, and the lack of Galletian Champions can prove difficult given the new GHB’s battle tactics largely relying on their presence and function in your list.

And yet here is Tyler, bringing in a 4-0-1 and taking second place at DaBoyz. His list is a fairly standard Sons list, choosing to bring the generally more competitive 4 Mega-gargants and leaving Mancrushers at home. His choice to pile Eager for the Fight and the Amberstone totem on his Warstomper General means that he is one fast giant. Getting an average run distance of 13.5″ at top bracket, followed by an average 10.5″ run means that Tyler doesn’t have to worry too much about mobility. If all else fails, a poorly placed enemy hero could mean that Tyler’s gargant is in their backlines on turn one. The other Warstomper is equipped with the fan-favorite Arcane Tome and Flaming Weapon combo, allowing Tyler to ramp up the damage output of the gargant by setting his feet on fire prior to stomping on the puny enemies.

The other half of the list is a Gatebreaker with the Glowy shield, providing a bit more tankiness to a unit that wants to make sure the enemy’s terrain doesn’t last long. The long trek to the back corner of the board takes a while, but the look on your opponent’s face when their Herdstone gets destroyed is pretty great. King Brodd also makes an appearance, bringing out the biggest priest in town to pray over his giant friends and buff their movement, rend, or health to keep the gargants stomping and smashing as long as possible.

Congrats to Tyler on his win, and I hope there will be plenty of other Gargants players to prove the doubters wrong.

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Allegiance: Sylvaneth
– Glade: Heartwood
– Mortal Realm: Ghyran
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Arch-Revenant (120)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Warsong Revenant (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Spellsinger
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deepwood: Verdurous Harmony
Treelord Ancient (330)*
– Lore of the Deepwood: Regrowth

Battleline
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*
3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*

Behemoths
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*
– Allies

Endless Spells & Invocations
Horrorghast (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 77
Drops: 1

This list isn’t hard to parse – it’s a pin-and-cushion Sylvaneth variant.

Warsong rev is the MW output, hanging back with Spellsinger allowing him to pop his MW bomb spell out of a forward tree – hence the Ancient, for throwing it out there with his once per battle ability pretty much anywhere on the board. Meanwhile, Spinedog pins you down while 6 Kurnoth rain arrows from 30″ into you, and Tree-revs teleport around scoring. That’s it. That’s the tweet list.

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Subfaction: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Arkhan the Black (340)*
Mortisan Soulmason (120)*
– Spells: Arcane Command
Mortisan Boneshaper (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Lode of Saturation
– Spells: Drain Vitality
Mortisan Soulreaper (100)**
– General
– Command Traits: Mighty Archaeossian
– Artefacts of Power: Godbone Armour
– Spells: Arcane Command
– Aspects of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox

BATTLELINE
Necropolis Stalkers (510)***
– 3 x Dread Falchions
Mortek Guard (280)***
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
Immortis Guard (150)*
Necropolis Stalkers (340)**
– 2 x Dread Falchions

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Bone-tithe Shrieker (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Galletian Command
***Galletian Veterans

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Everyone’s favourite animated crypt with more arthritis than a Ulysses convention in 8th we have OBR. One of the oldest books (yes, yes, FEC and Cities we know) with some completely out of place mechanics (Discipline points), they are still very durable and can hit hard. All three of the Mortisan, unusual, but giving heals, reroll 1s to hit and potentially mortal wounds. Other than the guard, everything is reinforced to maximise the impact of the buffs. And a token Immortis Guard for a cheeky bodyguard. The list is built to allow a risky play for an objective with Stubborn as a Rhinox on the General who has Stalkers in the Galletian Command battalion to open the possibility of fight twice (the Stalkers straight after the Soulmason). This is also 16 units on an objective, forcing you to commit something decent to remove them.

What’s interesting is that the list either got max points or lost. I suspect priority may have been partly to blame. With time to get their buffs up, this list would be very nasty. Consistently dropping important pieces becomes a lot more difficult. And the counter punch is terrible. Bone-tithe Shrieker is an excellent example. If they get it off, it’s preventing Rally/Inspiring presence, making any wounds problematic. And it grants +1 to hit, making losses more likely. That on the double reinforced Stalkers with Precision Aspect – 9 attacks on 3s & 3s with -3 Rend and 3 damage each, 30 attacks (Galletian Veterans for additional reach) 2s & 3s with -2 Rend and 2 damage. You really want to get into this unit first. Awesome effort with the army, his loses were to 1st and 4th, making this list very competitive in this field.

Final Tournament Placings

Age of Sigmar, Army Lists, Astral Templars, Bloodtoofs, Destruction, Fantasy, Games Workshop, Helon, Ironjawz, Lumineth Realm-Lords, Oakenbrow, Order, Orruk Warclans, Stormcast Eternals, Sylvaneth, The Woehammer Crew, Top three lists, Tournaments

Top Three AoS Lists for Columbus Brewhammer

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Columbus Brewhammer GT that took place in the USA on the 4th and 5th of February. It involved 39 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Jon Anderson (Aka Poro):

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

LEADERS
Archmage Teclis (700)*
– General
– Spells: Healing Zephyr
Scinari Cathallar (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Silver Wand
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
Hurakan Windmage (120)*
– Spells: Transporting Vortex
– Aspects of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox

BATTLELINE
Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
– Windspeaker Seneschal
Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– High Warden
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Etheral Blessings

OTHER
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)
1 x Shards of Valagharr (40)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

We’ve another commentator join us recently, who has slipped under the radar. Jon joined us at the backend of 2022. So much so that when I sent a message on our writers WhatsApp asking who wanted to comment on the Lumineth list, Jon had to remind us all it was his list.

So, in his own words, here’s how Jon played his list.

Jon Anderson: News from the Realms!

With LVO behind us and a new GHB season in full swing, I decided to venture out into the wilds. A barren place, a forgotten place, a place with no hope where even the whisper of superior college football conferences will send the locals into a fuss. That’s right, I went to Ohio.

I was in Columbus, to be exact, and participated in the second annual Brewhammer event. This year, I was not stymied by two 12″ charges in Round 5, though, and I was able to go 5-0 and win the event for the “good” guys.

Today, I want to go over a quick list analysis of my Lumineth Realm-Lords, which went undefeated at the GT. My path to victory took down Sylvaneth, Ironjawz, Nighthaunt, the Flesh-eater Courts, and finally more Sylvaneth.

Starting things off with the list was my decision to field the Great Nation of Helon which gave me bonus shots with the Sentinels. Very nasty. Many arrows.

Some deviance from the path has been detected! I went with the Grand Strategy “Take Their Toys”, which works out well when the plan was to table the opponent every round.

One drop. Uno. Ein. Ichi. The Sith Castle wants to determine who goes first and none of the bonuses from other battalions are worth taking. Why take a Warlord battalion when I’m going to forget I even have a relic
to begin with? The Cathallar had the silver wand which enabled her to cast an additional spell. Guess what I didn’t do all weekend? You guessed it! Read my scrolls.

I put Teclis as the general because the tournament DID NOT allow book tactics and/or Grand Strategies. Because of this, I needed to have access to This One’s Mine in a pinch. I never needed it, but the option was there. Cool list, have you heard? Nothing crazy at battleline; one pack of Wardens and two reinforced squads of Sentinels meant I just wanted to use the Roos as board control and move blockers.

In regards to the Windchargers, I’m rapidly becoming a bigger fan of them. I don’t think you spam them, they’re not the rock you build your church on, but they’re a great support piece and at 130 points you
unlock 3/3 battleline very quickly. I’d recommend naming the Roos: Jack, John, Luke, Jacob, and Steve.

Oh yeah, endless spells. Shards of Valagar giving half move but also removing the ability to teleport a unit was what won me the Sylvaneth game. Great endless spell, super cheap, buy high, sell low. Diamond hands.

Fun tournament, with fun people. I am looking forward to going back next year.

I’m happy to talk shop on Discord or Twitter. My Discord handle is Poro#4444 and my Twitter is @33r2d2

Best Overall: Jeff Campbell Crowley
Best General: Jon Anderson
Best Order: Austin Thimesch
Best Destruction: “Megaboss” Mike Westendorf
Best Death: Jake Myers
Best Sport: Everyone, because you should all strive to be the best sports you can be.

Until next time,
Darth Poro

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Army Subfaction: Oakenbrow
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Drycha Hamadreth (320)
– Spells: Verdurous Harmony
1 x Spirit of Durthu (350)
1 x Treelord Ancient (330)*
– General
– Command Traits: Gnarled Warrior
– Artefacts: The Vesperal Gem
– Spells: Regrowth
1 x Arch-Revenant (120)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
1 x Arch-Revenant (120)*

BATTLELINE
1 x Treelord (230)*
1 x Treelord (230)*
1 x Treelord (230)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Sylvaneth are settling into their gro(o)ve recently, and what’s great is that we’re starting to see a variety of builds do well.

Jeff here has gone against the grain and clinched a big 4-1 (losing only to the current…well, perennial boogeyelf) with an Oakenbrow treelord list! The sub-faction of choice for the big tree lover makes them battleline and helps them fight in top bracket – leaning into it therefore makes utter sense, hence the combo of Durthu, an Ancient, and 3 Treelords, backed up by the auto-take Spiteswarm hive for +3 to movement AND charges (not bad is it?).

We also see two Arch-revs here – most likely for scoring plays due to them being durable (when they select the 4+ ward option – and when wouldn’t they) and highly mobile GCs.

The increasingly popular mixed-phase output of Drycha rounds things out while fitting neatly into a battle reg – because the Treelords become troops in the sub-faction – making for a thematic and clearly powerful list. It’s great to see that Big Tree as an archetype is viable, and this is one of the first examples I’ve seen – so kudos to Jeff for staying true to his roots!

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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Astral Templars (Scions of the Storm)
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Knight-Vexillor (120)*
– Pennant of the Stormbringer
– Aspect of the Champion:
Tunnel Master
Knight-Draconis (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Thunderous Presence
– Spell: Celestial Blades
Battlemage (100)*
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Allies

Battleline
5 x Liberators (120)*
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
– 1x champion Grandweapon
5 x Liberators (120)*
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
– 1x champion Grandweapon
4 x Stormdrake Guard (680)*
– 2x Drakerider’s Lance
– Champion lance
– 2x swords
– Reinforced x 1
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*

Units
10 x Protectors (440)*
– Reinforced x 1
– Champion

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 100 / 400
Wounds: 118
Drops: 1

We’re back with Stormcast, who remain one of the most consistent factions throughout 3rd Edition so far. Dragons help. Lots of things we are used to, block of Storm Drakes in Scions of the Storm to get the drop on the opponent. No Lord Imperatant so no 7″ charges from off the board, but there is a clever use of the Vexillor. His banner gives a once a game teleport for a unit. Combine that with the Battlemage, and you could drop the Protectors somewhere with a 7″ charge (9″ with +2″ movement). A great way to move away from the almost autoinclude Relictor. Astral Templars ignore monstrous rampages, which are mostly for the drakes. They will be able to carry out a rampage and ignore the same from anything big. With both the Knight Draconis and Storm Drake, that’s potentially a big help.

This is a very mobile list with the Tree Revenants (Musician granting teleport), the Vexillor (Tunnel Master), and his Pendant. It might just be me but I like the idea of Galletian Command combined with the Vexillor’s Pendant, Wild form and Tunnel Master to throw the Protectors and Vexillor across the board to take advantage of Strike at the Opening.

This is a really bad idea, that’s a lot of rolls you need to go your way and you couldn’t rely on it. But. Anyway, the list did what it does, holding back lines with Liberators and giving freedom to the hammers (Protectors and Drakes). There is a nice balance of abilities to improve the Protectors’ mobility. And it worked, mostly anyway. Nicholas scored well in every round except against the Sylvaneth list with 6 Treelords (3 Lords and 3 Characters). Ents anyone? Ents are tough, and these fight and fade. It is very hard to counter with so few bodies.

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Allegiance: Ironjawz
– Warclan: Bloodtoofs
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable, Indomitable

Leaders
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat

Battleline
10 x Orruk Brutes (300)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– 2x Gore Choppas
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Units
3 x Rippa’s Snarlfangs (70)*
– Allies

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Ironjawz Fist
***Ironjawz Fist

Additional Enhancements
Triumph

Total: 1940 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 70 / 400
Wounds: 141
Drops: 8

A cool variation on the Bloodtoofs list with 15 pigs and a Mawcrusha but 10 Brutes and Rippa’s Snarlfangs. More of a harassing unit that are only a little faster than the pigs, though. Their most useful trait, though, is only costing 70pts and finishing that Warlord battalion. Still, getting somewhere fast can be useful, and something that is small and not that threaten might go under the radar. The Brutes are a seriously powerful unit. Now that Bounty Hunters has gone, their issue is speed. Double Ironjaw’s fist is an interesting concept. With Might Destroyers, you could give All Out Attack to all of the Pigs and the Brutes in the same turn. Twice. For 2 CP each time.

Interesting concept, it failed in the face of overwhelming shooting (Lumineth) and a lower score in the 5th round (more shooting) but performed well throughout. It says as much about the power of consistent shooting into melee armies as much as anything. Bouncing back from the 2nd round loss to take 6th with a very solid 4-1 is a great result.

Final Tournament Placings

Age of Sigmar, Army Lists, Chaos, Daughters of Khaine, Despoilers, Destruction, Disciples of Tzeentch, Fantasy, Games Workshop, Hosts Arcanum, Khailebron, Meatfist, Ogor Mawtribes, Order, Peter & Brett, Slaves to Darkness, Top three lists, Tournaments

Top Three AoS Lists for Realm of Geddon 2023

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This is the Top Three AoS Lists for Realm of Geddon 2023 that took place on the 4th and 5th February. It involved 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As a reminder, as this tournament has less than 20 players, there won’t be any comments from the Woehammer guys here. This frees up their time for the bugger tournament write ups.

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: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Change Coven: Hosts Arcanum
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Kairos Fateweaver (440)**
Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (180)**
– General
– Command Trait: Cult Demagogue
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Fatemaster (140)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate
Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc (170)**
– Lore of Change: Fold Reality
Great Bray-Shaman (100)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist

Battleline
10 x Tzaangors (180)**
10 x Tzaangors (180)**
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (110)**
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*

Units
3 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc (180)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Daemonic Simulacrum (70)
Quicksilver Swords (60)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 107
Drops: 2

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Butcher (140)***
– General
– Cleaver
– Command Trait: Gastromancer
– Artefact: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Lore of Gutmagic: Blood Feast
Butcher (140)*
– Cleaver
– Lore of Gutmagic: Blubbergrub Stench
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master

Battleline
4 x Ironguts (270)***
4 x Ironguts (270)
4 x Leadbelchers (170)**
4 x Leadbelchers (170)**
4 x Leadbelchers (170)**

Artillery
Ironblaster (200)*
Ironblaster (200)*
Ironblaster (200)*

Core Battalions
*Grand Battery
**Galletian Sharpshooters
***Galletian Command

Total: 1930 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 121
Drops: 10

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Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness
– Damned Legion: Despoilers
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (220)*
– General
– Command Trait: Idolator Lord
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Prayer: Heal
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– The Lore of the Damned: Chaotic Conduit
Exalted Hero of Chaos (100)***
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (195)*
– Axe
– Wings
– Command Trait: Bolstered by Chaos
– Artefact: Helm of Many Eyes
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

Battleline
5 x Chaos Knights (230)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
5 x Chaos Knights (230)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)**
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
10 x Splintered Fang (100)**
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
10 x Splintered Fang (100)**
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
10 x Ungors (65)**
– Mauls & Half-Shields

Units
10 x Chaos Chosen (480)***
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Screaming Flesh
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Soulscream Bridge (80)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Galletian Veterans
***Galletian Command

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 129
Drops: 11

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Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Khailebron
– Mortal Realm: Ulgu
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Melusai Ironscale (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Zealous Orator
– Artefact: Crown of Woe
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Morathi-Khaine (350)*
The Shadow Queen (350)*

Battleline
15 x Blood Stalkers (540)**
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Blood Sisters (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers

Units
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)**
5 x Khinerai Heartrenders (100)**

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Galletian Sharpshooters

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 94
Drops: 4

Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for Quest of Champions – Heat 1

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This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Quest of Champions (Heat 1) that took place in the UK on the 4th and 5th February. It involved 30 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: Ogor Mawtribes
– Army Subfaction: Underguts
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Icebrow Hunter (120) 1
– General
– Command Traits: Voice of the Avalanche
– Aspect: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Slaughtermaster (140) 2
– Artefacts: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Spells: Blubbergrub Stench
1 x Bloodpelt Hunter (140) 3
1 x Bloodpelt Hunter (140) 3

BATTLELINE
2 x Frost Sabres (80)
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)**
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist

ARTILLERY
1 x Ironblaster (200)*
1 x Ironblaster (200)**
1 x Ironblaster (200)***

OTHER
20 x Gnoblars (120)***
20 x Gnoblars (120)***

CORE BATTALIONS:
1 Battle Regiment
2 Battle Regiment
3 Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Did you think Ogors were just Ironblasters and giant cows at ramming speed? Think again! Rory here leans heavily into the new season’s Galletian Champ rule by taking four of them – and Ogors happen to have an excellent selection to choose from.

In this instance, Rory starts with an Icebrow hunter – relatively unremarkable save for the fact they make Frost Sabres battleline as a General, and can also deepstrike along with one said unit of chill-cats. So already you can see the scoring potential – now add in two Bloodpelt hunters who are relatively slappy, invisible while in cover and can move at the end of an opponent’s movement phase (if 9″ away) – starting to feel insecure about your objectives?

Rory also opts to spread the meat-by-square inch between three msu Mournfang rather than packing it into one large Frosthorn, no doubt further aiding with the scoring heavy and board control game plan.

I mean, yes, sure, there are also three ironblasters and 40 Gnoblars – but the rest of the list is a really cool, Seasonal spin that shows off the Ogors’ diverse hero roster and really plays a balanced game of AoS – as evinced by taking down a motley crew en route to the 5-0: Slaves; Tzeentch; Ogors and Sylvaneth, all of whom ask very different questions, to which this list had all the answers!

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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Change Coven: Hosts Arcanum
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Kairos Fateweaver (440)*
Gaunt Summoner of Tzeentch (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Daemonspark
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Fluxmaster, Herald of Tzeentch on Disc (170)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist

Battleline
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
– 7x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (110)*

Units
6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc (360)*
– Reinforced x 1
9 x Corvus Cabal (80)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided

Endless Spells & Invocations
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Daemonic Simulacrum (70)
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 87
Drops: 1

On to the second place list now and the one that pushed Rory, the eventual winner, the hardest, missing out on a 5-0 by only one battle tactic. Speaking to Sam after the event, it was the “Cast 3” tactic that just let him down with another book tactic being available and probably the easier option. While we’re talking about matchups, Sam also had an epic battle against Peter and his 9 (yes 9!) Revenant Seekers, so clearly Sam knows his Tzeentch!

Onto the list itself, Sam went for a one-drop list for this event and doesn’t plan to go back to more drops any time soon! The ability (most of the time) to make your opponent take the first turn and potentially come within range of those spells is excellent and, even if your opponent retains priority into turn 2 they have a really difficult choice: give it away and take Kairos bombarding you with spells into oblivion OR allow opponent to take advantage of the ‘going second’ battleplan bonuses.

Speaking of bonuses to going second, one of the MVPs of the list are the Enlightened on Discs. Lots of attacks with all of the profiles and with a couple of buffs on them and debuffs on opponent, they’re not going away any time soon. With the help of Destiny Dice, they could have a guaranteed 28″ threat range (move 16″ + 12″ charge) to reach out and wipe out whatever it touches. Combo that move with a double turn and you’ve got a unit that can take out two of your opponent’s key pieces and still be hanging around causing mayhem.

In terms of spells, Sam is a little limited in numbers, but Kairos knows all of the Lore of Change and the Gaunt Summoner (a Galletian Champion, by the way) knows all of the Lore of Fate. Combined with the Fluxmaster generating those Fate Points with his spell, it’s not unreasonable to be able to put 10 Blue Horrors down every turn.

Overall, a fab list that has given me a lot to think about in terms of how I build my own Tzeentch list (featured twice in the ‘L’ column of this rundown!) and one that I’m sure Sam will have a tonne of success with in the future.

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Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Boulderhead
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)*
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Everwinter – Keening Gale
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Slaughtermaster (140)*
– Lore of Gutmagic: Molten Entrails
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Tyrant (150)*
– Big Name: Deathcheater

Battleline
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Culling Clubs and Hackers with Ironfists
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture

Units
4 x Ironguts (270)*

Artillery
Ironblaster (200)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 95
Drops: 1

A little more of a traditional Ogor list here from Peter – with a big ol’ Frostlord, your top tier value Tyrant, and two large-and-in-charge Stonehorn Beastriders. It’s a pin and pressure list, the likes of which many of you will be familiar with by now – with one Ironblaster for a little sniping and lots of mortals on the charge.

One unit of Ironguts stomp along for the ride to double-fight and mince whatever is stupid enough to let them catch up to them. A good, honest, hungry list that avoids spamming anything but is still more than capable of just boxing you in and scoring you out!

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Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Hallowheart
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Battlemage (100)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Warding Brand
– City Role: General’s Adjutant
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Lore of Whitefire: Ignite Weapons
Luminark of Hysh with White Battlemage (270)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Sear Wounds
– Lore of Whitefire: Warding Brand
Nomad Prince (110)**
– General
– Command Trait: Veteran of the Blazing Crusade
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Ignite Weapons
– Lore of Whitefire: Warding Brand
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha

Battleline
5 x Sisters of the Thorn (130)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Crystal Aegis
– Lore of Whitefire: Sear Wounds
5 x Sisters of the Thorn (130)*
– Hallowheart 2nd Spell: Crystal Aegis
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
20 x Eternal Guard (240)**
– City Role: Honoured Retinue (Must be 5-20 models)
– Reinforced x 1

Units
6 x Vanguard-Palladors (400)*
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Demigryph Knights (170)*
– Lance and Sword
6 x Vanguard-Palladors (400)*
– Boltstorm Pistols and Starstrike Javelins
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
The Burning Head (30)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Galletian Command

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 133
Drops: 3

For the wildcard list at this event we have Freddie Leggett’s Cities of Sigmar list, variations of which he has been playing with great success over the last few months. Freddie not only specialises in being an absolute top bloke and lovely guy (David Wymer and I were fighting over who would get to ‘grudge’ Freddie round 1 – David got round 1; I got round 5) but also in taking units that most generals wouldn’t take and making them work.

The joke at the event was that it was the Eternal Guard who were the linchpin of the army, especially with the new Galletian battalion, it’s really the Palladors that make this list tick with the help of the Hallowheart wizards.

With the combination of spells Freddie has at his disposal, the unit of 6 can redeploy instead of move anywhere on the battlefield with Ride the Winds Aetheric at which point they can open up with their shooting attacks that all have +1 to wound. They can then attempt a 9″ charge, which is actually a 7″ charge thanks to the Battlemage of Ghur. The +1 to wound buff also helps in the fight phase and with All out Attack, this means that they’re all hitting and wounding on 2s. When they are hit back, they can have a -1 to hit from the Luminarch, have a bonus to their save with Mystic Shield and All out Defence (3+, ignoring rend -1) and, if the opponent does wound the Palladors, another spell turns them into little fluffy Magmadroths and bounce mortal wounds back on 4s. If a Sisters of the Thorn unit is nearby, they can boost the spell ignore for Hallowheart up to a 4+ to mean that not even magic can reliably clear them (I have personal experience of that).

But it’s okay. They did some damage and it took more resources than you’d like to take care of them, but they’ve been lifted now. Then Freddie sends in the second unit of 6!

Well done, Freddie, for a fab list, a great 4-1 and a huge congratulations on being named Captain of the UN Worlds Team. Fingers crossed the stars align to have you lead the team, maybe even with 12 Palladors along for the Ride Aetheric.

Final Tournament Placings

Age of Sigmar, Army Lists, Barak Zilfin, Death, Destruction, Fantasy, Games Workshop, Helon, Kharadron Overlords, Legion of Night, Lumineth Realm-Lords, Meatfist, Ogor Mawtribes, Order, Peter Holland, Soulblight Gravelords, Top three lists, Tournaments

Top Three AoS Lists for CaptainCon 2023

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This is the top three AoS lists for CaptainCon that took place in the USA on the 4th and 5th of February. It involved 17 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As mentioned earlier this week, this tournament has less than 20 players. Therefore, we won’t add any comments onto this past, and I’ll save our commentators’ brain power for the bigger events.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Army Subfaction: Barak-Zilfin
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Endrinmaster with Endrinharness (80)
1 x Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit (160)*
– Artefacts: Staff of Ocular Optimisation
1 x Aether-Khemist (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Collector
– Artefacts: Spell in a Bottle
1 x Aetheric Navigator (100)**
– Artefacts: Svaregg-Stein ‘Illuminator’ Flarepistol

BATTLELINE
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)**
– Company Captain
– Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– Skypike
– Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
– Volley Pistol
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)**
– Company Captain
– Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– Skypike
– Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
– Volley Pistol
1 x Arkanaut Frigate (240)**
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Malefic Skymines

BEHEMOTH
1 x Arkanaut Ironclad (490)**
– Great Volley Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: The Last Word

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Purple Sun of Shyish (90)

OTHER
10 x Grundstok Thunderers (260)*
– Honour Bearer
– Gunnery Sergeant
– Grundstok Mortar
– Double-barrelled Aethershot Rifle
– Gun Butt and Drillbill
– 2 x Aethercannon
– 2 x Aetheric Fumigator
– 2 x Decksweeper
1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (160)**
– Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Zonbarcorp ‘Debtsettler’ Spar Torpedo

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Archmage Teclis (700)*
– General
1 x Scinari Cathallar (110)*
– Artefacts: Silver Wand
– Spells: Total Eclipse
– Aspects of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
1 x Scinari Loreseeker (160)*
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat

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

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Rune of Petrification (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

OTHER
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Subfaction: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours!
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Kragnos (720)
Tyrant (150)*
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Tyrant (150)*
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Tyrant (150)*
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Tyrant (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Killer Reputation
– Big Name: Deathcheater , Brawlerguts

BATTLELINE
Leadbelchers (170)**
– Thunderfist
Leadbelchers (170)**
– Thunderfist
Leadbelchers (170)**
– Thunderfist

OTHER
Gnoblars (120)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Lauchon the Soulseeker (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Necromancer (130)*
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Fading Vigour, Invigorating Aura
Vampire Lord (140)*
– Spells: Amethystine Pinions, Invigorating Aura
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Wight King (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Above Suspicion
Mannfred Von Carstein (400)**
– Spells: Invigorating Aura, Overwhelming Dread

BATTLELINE
Grave Guard (280)*
– Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
– Great Wight Blade
Grave Guard (140)*
– Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
Dire Wolves (130)*
Grave Guard (140)**
– Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade

OTHER
Black Knights (100)*
Myrmourn Banshees (100)**
Blood Knights (200)**
Fell Bats (70)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Chronomantic Cogs (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Final Tournament Placings