This is the top three AoS lists for the Neapolis GT that took place in Italy on the 1st and 2nd of April. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Subfaction: Boulderhead
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS
Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Voice of the Avalanche
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
Slaughtermaster (140)*
– Spells: Molten Entrails
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Blood Vulture
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Blood Vulture
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Blood Vulture
Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist
ARTILLERY
Ironblaster (200)*
OTHER
Frost Sabres (80)*
TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000
Losing only to the shootier version of Ogors, Vincenzo has brought a tried and tested archetype to bear here – lots of bloody great big cows. It’s nothing we’ve not seen before but it has perennial appeal and value – 4 big bodies that are surprisingly fast, count for 10 each on objectives, are durable thanks to their in-built 5+ ward and do a whole bunch of mortals on the charge just works.
Tech wise, the general has Voice of the Avalanche, enabling him to issue a command to a unit anywhere on the board, which is helpful when you’re this low on bodies, and the Arcane Tome with Flaming weapon (which doesn’t work after the FAQ) to ensure he hits not just hard, but really fuckin’ hard. The Slaughtermaster acts as the token GC, with the only spell you should take in this kind of list – Molten Entrails – to further buff the Stonehorn damage.
The ‘compromise’ to this being just woops-all-cows is a unit of Mournfang, who’re just excellent fast all rounders with great tech to avoid unleash hell safely, an ironblaster for some ranged screen clearing or sniping units it would be a waste to commit a stonehorn to, and some cheeky snowcats for being cheap objective grabbers.
It’s a fun list honestly, and it does the business – so long as you’re careful with your positioning and timing. Well done Vinny!
Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER
1 x Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*
– Artefacts: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Squigboss (80)**
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (160)**
BATTLELINE
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)*
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Stabba
– 3 Barbed Nets
36 x Squig Herd (360)**
10 x Squig Hoppers (180)**
– Squig Hopper Boss
30 x Squig Hoppers (540)**
– Squig Hopper Boss
TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)
OTHER
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (110)**
5 x Gobbapalooza (145)**
– Spells: Squig Lure
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)
I think we’ve all seen multiples of this list now. Like a vicious Cream of Mushroom soup, all those Squigs like to be up in your face munching through the opponents troops as soon as they can. Even when you do destroy them, they can be bought back at half strength on a 4+ so that you have to do it all over again… They’re harder to counter, which is why we keep seeing this list, or at least versions of it with slight variations.
We’ve got top fun-guy, Skragrott, and even with the recent points hike in the Battlecroll he’s pretty much going to be a go-to for Gitz players still. Then of course we’ve the Marshacrawla which appears in more Gitz lists than it does Kruleboyz lists (as a percentage, because us Kruleboyz players are a rare breed nowadays).
Army Faction: Sons of Behemat
– Army Type: Stomper Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Make the Land Tremble!
– Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER
1 x Kraken-Eater (490)*
– Artefacts: Amulet of Destiny
1 x Warstomper (450)*
– General
– Command Traits: Monstrously Tough
– Artefacts: Club of the First Oak
1 x Warstomper (450)**
– Artefacts: Glowy Shield of Protectiness
1 x Warstomper (450)**
BATTLELINE
1 x Mancrusher Gargant (150)
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
**Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
Sons still standing tall, their popularity has dropped, but they are still effective. It’s one of the gatekeeper factions, and if you can’t terminate a Gargant, a turn your list is going to struggle. As an army, it lends itself to beautiful conversions and painting. On the table, it’s just mean.
Luca has gone with the 4 big gargants, the Kraken-Eater, and 3 x Warstompers, leaving points for a Mancrusher manoeuvre unit. The Kraken-Eater is likely out front (enjoying the small but important ward) while the General has the expected Monstrously Tough and the less common Club of the First Oak. Only available in Stomper Tribe, and why this list isn’t Taker tribe, the club heals a wound a round and (more importantly) a 5+ ward. He’s a massive tank with 120 effective wounds – your best bet is to ignore him and target everything else to begin with. The Glowy Shield of Protectiness is complicated:
It’s a very tanky list that was very effective. Luca beat 2nd place and only lost in the final round to the winner. That would have been an interesting match-up, Stonehorn on Gargant. The superior mobility and the ironblaster were probably the difference between the 2 giants of the scene.
Army Faction: Daughters of Khaine
– Subfaction: Khailebron
– Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots
– Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS
The Shadow Queen (700)*
Morathi-Khaine (700)*
Melusai Ironscale (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Zealous Orator
– Artefacts of Power: Crown of Woe
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
BATTLELINE
Witch Aelves (120)*
– Hag
– Sciansá and Bladed Buckler
– 2 x Death Pennant Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Blood Sisters (300)*
– Gorgai
Blood Stalkers (540)*
– Krone
OTHER
Khinerai Heartrenders (100)*
Khinerai Heartrenders (100)*
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Since the price hikes on Morathi and the Stab sneks, DoK have (rightly) fallen in line a bit, but that doesn’t mean they can’t do the business still. Although interestingly, this list has opted for the teleporting shenanigans of Khailebron in order – I presume – to take more advantage of the triple reinforced bow sneks, both enabling them to bug out of a scary situation or set up a favourable sniping position.
It’s standard fare from there, with double Khinerai for battle tactic auto-scoring and good objective harassment from there, and a min squad of Witches to round out the battleline and – rather pleasingly – take the list to 2k on the dot.
The key to DoK is trading, timing, and using Morathi as a pin piece, so I can see why this list’s only loss was to the retreat-and-charge madness of Nighthaunt. Otherwise, it probably very much enjoyed the squishiness of double Ironjawz, but that’s not taking anything away from Stefano, who achieved a great result. Now, let’s hope for some new DoK units soon so their players have any kind of reason to mix things up even more.
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