This is the top three AoS lists for the Tempest 2023 that took place in Scotland on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Leaders Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Artefact: Artisan’s Key – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs
Battleline 6 x Immortis Guard (440)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: The Scales Balanced – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Mortisan Soulmason (160)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Mortisan Soulreaper (110)* – Artefact: Luminscythe – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
UNITS 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Blizzard Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)** – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Necromancer (100)** – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Necromancer (100)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Battleline 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Units 1 x Corpse Cart (80)** 20 x Grave Guard (300)** – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1
Stormcast are known for two things. Dragons and Paladins. Today’s article is about both and a super nasty way to get the most out of the combination of the two.
Everyone loves Karazai and Krondys. Beautiful sculpts with compelling lore and super dope abilities, but they have a critical flaw that’s kept them from seeing much competitive play. 18 wounds, even on a 3+ save, is surprisingly easy to kill.
All too often your badass centerpiece model would get blown off the table in a single shooting/hero phase leaving you missing your key hammer. Several top players found an elegant solution to this: Praetors.
Praetors are a bodyguarding unit that sucks wounds away from your heroes, and Krondys/Karazai are indeed stormcast heroes. But even then, Praetors are slow, and your dragons are trying to fly about the battle wreaking havoc. So what are we to do to keep your dragons from being vulnerable once they’ve gone aggressive?
Well here is the really clever bit. By bringing along a lord relictor with translocation, you can teleport up those Praetors to remain in bodyguard range of your dragons.
“But once my dragon charges in those Praetors will be left 9″ out and won’t be up front with my hero!”
There is truth here, but also a really cool interaction.
Krondys and Karazai are on MASSIVE bases. Approximately 6.5 inches across. What this means is that even if your dragon charges into the fight, the back of their base will still be just 2.5″ away from the Praetors, allowing the bodyguards to stay out of the fight (where they might be targeted by opposing attacks leaving your dragon vulnerable) but still keep your dragons alive so they can rip the heart out of the enemy army.
If you’ve been wanting to field those 520 point terrors but haven’t been able to keep them alive, try this strategy out in your next game!
This is the Top Three AoS Lists for the Strom of Magic GT that took place in Preston, England on 13 and 14 August. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament..
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Celestial Vindicators (Scions of the Storm) – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Draconith Defiance – Triumphs: LeadersKnight-Draconis (300) – General – Command Trait: Battle-lust – Artefact: Mirrorshield – Mount Trait: Thunderous Presence Neave Blacktalon (110) Battleline2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Lance 2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Lance 2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s LanceUnits 1 x Stormdrake Guard – Single (170)Behemoth Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400) – AlliesCore Battalions *Bounty Hunters Holy Command: Final Thunderstrike Total: 2000 / 2000 Reinforced Units: 0 / 4 Allies: 400 / 400 Wounds: 80 Drops: 7
Brett: Prime hunters is gone and the dragons have returned. We haven’t seen a lot of Dragon lists at the top yet and they probably aren’t as bad as many people feared but they can be very hard to deal with. The army includes 2 different choices, Neave Blackthorn and Krondspine. Interestingly that just hammers how mobile this army is, Neave can ride the aetheric winds without a mount (remove her from the board and place her back 9″ from the enemy). It makes her a really good choice to take out a small important hero or jump on an uncovered objective. Everything else moves 10″ to 12″.
Army wide Luke went with the Lance on the Drakes, it’s the high damage option on the charge, they are in bounty hunters which will help them in sustained combat. They bring high durability with reasonable damage, their shooting is swingy (but if it hits, it hits), the Lance on the charge is doing 2 or 3 damage but there are only 3 attacks each, 4 on the drake. What they do well though is move fast and destroy smaller (MSU) units. The loss to Giants demonstrates this, they just don’t have the damage to drop a Gargant without a 4 drake unit. Celestial Vindicators really helps by giving exploding 6s in the combat phase.
This includes their best attack (the drake) which is 4 attacks, -2 rend and 2 damage. They want to avoid being tarpitted by big blocks of things like Bladgheist, but otherwise the unit is very durable (9 wounds on a 3+). Across the weekend most of the armies Luke faced could be picked apart down to a lot of low wound models (Dragged into the Tempest). It’s good to see the drakes flying high and Luke is to be congratulated for bringing and interesting variation.
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Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Tribe: Breaker Tribe (Fierce Loathing: Idiots with Flags) – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: No Place for the Weak – Triumphs: Inspire Leaders JOTEK (525)* Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant – General – Command Trait: Louder than Words THE DARK DESTROYER (525)* Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant – Artefact: Vial of Manticore Venom (Universal Artefact) BURGEON (525) Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant Bonded to Incarnate – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon Behemoths THE BASTARD (400) Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur – Allies Endless Spells & Invocations The Burning Head (20) Core Battalions *Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent Total: 1995 / 2000 Reinforced Units: 0 / 4 Allies: 400 / 400 Wounds: 105 Drops: 4
Brett: Winning the head to head clash of Giants with Sean (3rd) but unfortunately losing 2nd round to Nighthaunt, Adam otherwise had a great tournament. Adam took the time to name everything but I’m not sure why he called Krondspine the bastard. That’s normally what opponents call him. Despite the cost of Gargants, the army manages to squeeze in an Endless Spell, the Burning Head. It’s a very cheap source of Mortal wounds potentially a way of dealing with Bastilidons (if Kroak isn’t around). Flaming weapon for an extra damage on the Flail on Burgeon and Manticore Venom for +1 to wound on The Dark Destroyer are solid ways to increase the reliability of their attacks.
Beating Seraphon and Fyreslayers as well as a near mirror match confirms the approach. His single loss was to the ultimate 7th (see below) which combines NH heroes with large battle line units. Those Grimghast are capable of demoting a Incarnate or Gargant (into the grave). This is a really well considered list and plays well into the meta with the one issue around scoring, I discuss that more below.
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Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Tribe: Breaker Tribe (Fierce Loathing: Idiots with Flags) – Grand Strategy: Stomping Order – Triumphs: Inspired Leaders Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (525)* – General – Command Trait: Louder than Words – Artefact: The Great Wrecka Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (525)* – Artefact: Vial of Manticore Venom (Universal Artefact) Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant (490)* Battleline
Behemoths Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (400) – Allies Core Battalions *Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent Additional Enhancements Artefact
Brett: This is the army that brought down both 1st but lost to 2nd finishing 3rd. That’s down to scoring and highlights one of the issues for Gargants in AoS 3.1 – Battle Tactics. Their book ones are average and really depend on the map and the opponent; forcing them to rely on the season Battle Tactics and they are harder to achieve. Complementary trait and artefact on the General granting more attacks and mortal wounds on 6s. Manticore venom (+1 to wound) is a another good call, the Gatebreaker’s Flail has 10 attacks with flat damage 3 on his top profile.
Across the event the army presented a damage check which a lot of the newer style MSU/Bounty Hunter armies fail and did. Sean didn’t score strongly but only lost to a similar list to his down to the Krondspine. The most significant difference was Flaming Weapon on a Gatebreaker. And no Kraken-eater. Great to see the stomping boys back and performing well. It would be interesting to know if these results will affect the local meta.
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Allegiance: Nighthaunt – Procession: Grieving Legion – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance – Triumphs: Inspired Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief (340)* – Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist Krulghast Cruciator (150)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Lore of the Underworlds: Seal of Shyish Reikenor the Grimhailer (190)* – Lore of the Underworlds: Spirit Drain Battleline 30 x Grimghast Reapers (480)* – Reinforced x 2 20 x Chainrasps (220)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Chainrasps (220)* – Reinforced x 1 5 x Hexwraiths (160)* Units 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (105)* Endless Spells & Invocations Chronomantic Cogs (40) Purple Sun of Shyish (70) Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1975 / 2000 Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Brett: Dan’s Nighthaunt (NH) army is a bit different to a lot of the NH armies we are seeing. He’s brought some of the bigger heroes and leaning into them for their special abilities. Still have big blocks of ghosts and the Purple Sun, the procession is unusual. Grieving Legion prevents opponents from retreating. It’s great if you can absorb their attacks and replace lost models but for NH that means Guardian of Souls and Spirit Torment normally. Lady Olynder has a really powerful ability to replace D6 models in every Summonable NH unit but it’s once per game. All of the troop units count.
Acrane tome on Krulghast to increase his utility along with Master of Magic, it’s a good play with an otherwise unbuffed caster but makes Cogs a little redundant. Could Geminids or Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws been better? Reiknor can reliably get the Purple Sun out with the ability to add 3 to casting rolls. Late game that might be less reliable if he’s taken damage. All up 4 casts and good combat potential in the heroes but you don’t really want any of them in combat, particularly early in the battle. Their value is in their abilities, and with 7 wounds and a 4+ save (and either a 4+ or 6+ ward) they are potentially vulnerable to anything with a high number of attacks (since rend isn’t a thing).
The rest of the list includes all of the good things – Grimghast x 30 (89 attacks) and 2 x 20 Chainrasps – playing into Grieving Legion’s ability. Hexwraiths for mobility, objective stealing and screening and Banshees for their spell deny and annoying attacks. A really good army and a slight change, it passed the DPS check (Gargants) only losing to an army with a lot of Magmadroths and a heavy shooting Cities list. The Cities army had some very nasty elements. Good to see something a little different and a solid performance with a 3/2.
Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 4th July and Sunday 10th July 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.
Once again, another quiet week, with only 3 Grand Tournaments.
Kingdom of Skrappa Spill – England/UK 28 Players – Generals Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1
Position
Faction
Subfaction
Result
1st
Cities of Sigmar
Hallowheart
5-0-0
2nd
Daughters of Khaine
Khailebron
4-0-1
3rd
Cities of Sigmar
Hammerhal
4-0-1
4th
Skaven
4-0-1
5th
Maggotkin of Nurgle
3-1-1
6th
Seraphon
Thunder Lizard
3-1-1
7th
Daughters of Khaine
Khailebron
3-0-2
8th
Daughters of Khaine
Hagg Nar
3-0-2
9th
Nighthaunt
3-0-2
Kingdom of Skrappa Spill
Grand Alliance Stats
These stats reflect the last four weeks of GT’s that we’re aware of at Woehammer.
303 players (-182) took part in 12 GT’s (-4) over the last four weeks.
Grand Alliance
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
4+ Wins
Chaos
56.4%
62
20.46%
5
20
Order
51.0%
149
49.17%
4
21
Death
43.8%
50
16.50%
1
6
Destruction
43.8%
42
13.86%
0
3
Chaos continue to lead the way in the win rates, dropping only slightly from 56.7% last week to 56.4% this week. While Order pick up the most number of armies represented and most 4+. Chaos steal the crown this week for most 5-0’s.
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Faction Stats
The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Slaves to Darkness
72.2%
6
1.98%
1
1
Beasts of Chaos
63.1%
13
4.29%
2
0
Nighthaunt
61.3%
17
5.61%
1
0
Blades of Khorne
60.0%
5
1.65%
0
0
Sylvaneth
58.5%
13
4.29%
0
0
Cities of Sigmar
57.1%
17
5.61%
1
1
Seraphon
56.3%
24
7.92%
2
1
Kharadron Overlords
55.0%
6
1.98%
1
1
Big Waaagh!
54.0%
5
1.65%
0
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle
53.8%
21
6.93%
1
2
Bonesplitterz
51.5%
7
2.31%
0
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
50.0%
12
3.96%
0
0
Daughters of Khaine
50.0%
17
5.61%
0
1
Sons of Behemat
50.0%
8
2.64%
0
0
Idoneth Deepkin
47.8%
18
5.94%
0
0
Sons of Behemat
48.5%
21
4.33%
0
1
Skaven
46.7%
6
1.98%
1
0
Legion of the First Prince
46.7%
6
1.98%
0
1
Stormcast Eternals
45.6%
26
8.58%
0
3
Ogor Mawtribes
44.8%
6
1.98%
0
1
Fyreslayers
43.0%
16
5.28%
0
1
Flesh-eater Courts
40.0%
5
1.65%
0
0
Soulblight Gravelords
37.8%
18
5.94%
0
2
Gloomspite Gitz
33.3%
6
1.98%
0
0
Ironjawz
32.8%
7
2.31%
0
2
Ossiarch Bonereapers
27.0%
10
3.30%
0
2
Slaves to Darkness and Blades of Khorne continue their run of good form in experienced hands. While the new battletomes of Nighthaunt and Sylvaneth can also be seen in the +55% area. Daughters of Khaine are smack in the middle with a perfect 50% win rate. While Skaven are beginning to climb.
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Subfactions
All factions listed below have been represented at tournaments by at least 5 players.
Faction
Subfaction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Maggotkin of Nurgle
Drowned Men
69.1%
11
3.63%
1
0
Nighthaunt
Scarlet Doom
67.6%
7
2.31%
0
0
Beasts of Chaos
None
61.4%
7
2.31%
1
0
Cities of Sigmar
Living City
57.1%
7
2.31%
0
0
Seraphon
Thunder Lizard
55.7%
21
6.93%
2
1
Sons of Behemat
Breaker Tribe
53.4%
6
1.98%
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
Hallowed Knights
52.9%
7
2.31%
0
0
Fyreslayers
Lofnir
51.7%
6
1.98%
0
0
Nighthaunt
Emerald Host
48.3%
6
1.98%
0
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
Zaitrec
48.1%
11
3.63%
0
0
Daughters of Khaine
Zainthar Kai
47.1%
7
2.31%
0
1
Legion of the First Prince
46.7%
6
1.98%
0
1
Skaven
46.7%
6
1.98%
1
0
Soulblight Gravelords
Vyrkos Dynasty
43.3%
6
1.98%
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
Hammers of Sigmar
42.3%
15
4.95%
0
3
Soulblight Gravelords
Kastelai Dynasty
38.6%
7
2.31%
0
1
Fyreslayers
Greyfyrd
35.2%
9
2.97%
0
1
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Petrifex Elite
27.5%
8
2.64%
0
1
Drowned Men continue to lead the way with a win rate of 69.1% despite Maggotkin overall only having a win rate of 53.8%. Nighthaunt and Scarlet Doom find themselves near the top now as predicted by Danny some weeks ago. Meanwhile at the bottom of the table Ossiarch Bonereapers/Petrifex Elite are the only subfaction below 30% win rate.
Interestingly Fyreslayers have Lofnir (6 PLayers) with a win rate of 51.7% and the more popular Greyfyrd (9 Players) at 35.2%, are people playing the wrong subfaction?
Next Week
I’ll have graphs. Because nothing says stats like some graphs…..
Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 27th June and Sunday 3rd July 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.
Once again, another quiet week, with only 3 Grand Tournaments. Two of these were run using the new GHB, while the other was just a little event called the World tSports Champions…..
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Grand Tournaments
Ranked from largest to smallest.
From the Ashes – Scotland/UK 22 Players – Generals Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 1
As promised last week, I’ve changed the stats to reflect the last four weeks of GT’s that we’re aware of at Woehammer. Also if you read all the way to the end of the article I have a little surprise for you!
485 players took part in 16 GT’s over the last four weeks.
Grand Alliance
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
4+ Wins
Chaos
56.7%
94
19.38%
6
27
Order
50.7%
218
44.95%
8
34
Death
45.8%
82
16.91%
2
11
Destruction
45.0%
91
18.76%
0
8
Chaos continue to lead the way in the win rates. While Order pick up the most number of armies represented, most 5-0’s and most 4+. When you compare army share to the number of battletomes each Grand Alliance possess you can see that Order are overrepresented, while Chaos are vastly under represented:
Grand Alliance
Battletomes
Battletome %
Actual Rep %
Order
9
37.50%
44.95%
Chaos
7
29.17%
19.38%
Death
4
16.67%
16.91%
Destruction
4
16.67%
18.76%
What can we take away from this? Perhaps that Order factions are more appealing than Chaos? New players gravitate towards Order? The Chaos range needs updated miniatures? Or all of the above?
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Faction Stats
The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Beasts of Chaos
67.1%
14
2.89%
2
0
Legion of the First Prince
61.5%
13
2.68%
0
0
Slaves to Darkness
61.1%
6
1.24%
0
1
Seraphon
59.7%
30
6.19%
5
2
Blades of Khorne
56.7%
6
1.24%
0
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle
56.6%
35
7.22%
3
2
Bonesplitterz
55.4%
10
2.06%
0
0
Cities of Sigmar
54.2%
24
4.95%
2
1
Daughters of Khaine
52.8%
22
4.54%
0
2
Nighthaunt
52.2%
32
6.60%
1
2
Idoneth Deepkin
51.8%
23
4.74%
1
0
Flesh-eater Courts
51.7%
6
1.24%
0
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
51.5%
21
4.33%
0
0
Kharadron Overlords
51.4%
7
1.44%
0
1
Sylvaneth
49.1%
11
2.27%
0
1
Sons of Behemat
48.5%
21
4.33%
0
1
Soulblight Gravelords
47.1%
28
5.77%
1
1
Stormcast Eternals
47.1%
60
12.37%
0
4
Ogor Mawtribes
47.1%
28
2.89%
0
1
Ironjawz
44.7%
16
3.30%
0
1
Kruleboyz
44.3%
11
2.27%
0
1
Hedonites of Slaanesh
44.3%
7
1.44%
0
0
Skaven
43.0%
9
1.86%
1
0
Big Waaagh!
41.3%
8
1.65%
0
0
Fyreslayers
39.5%
20
4.12%
0
2
Gloomspite Gitz
30.9%
11
2.27%
0
1
Ossiarch Bonereapers
28.2%
16
3.30%
0
2
Factions in Bold are those with 3rd Edition Battletomes published before or during this time period
I’ve highlighted all those faction win rates in red which are outside of the parameters that players have stated would make the game roughly balanced (45-55%).
I’m looking at the bottom of the table as I’m writing this, and its hard not to overlook Fyreslayers, Gloomspite Gitz and Ossiarch Bonereapers with win rates of less than 40%! Gloomspite Gitz are getting their new book this year, so hopefully we’ll see that improve. Fyreslayers have been mugged by Games Workshop rules writers, and it just shows how awful that book is. I feel for long term Fyreslayers players…
At the top of the table Beasts of Chaos now currently lead the way with a win rate of 67.1%! They’ve gone from trash tier to S tier in the space of 3 months. Slaves to Darkness are a bit of an anomaly at the top there, and this is primarily driven by a few high level players who vastly our performed the faction this month, much like Anthony Trentanelli did a few weeks ago with Skaven. Maggotkin of Nurgle and Seraphon win rates have both dropped, but its too early to tell why, as the new rules for Seraphon only really came into effect last week.
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Subfaction Stats
Faction
Subfaction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Beasts of Chaos
None
70.0%
5
1.03%
1
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle
Drowned Men
68.0%
20
4.12%
2
0
Legion of the First Prince
61.5%
13
2.68%
0
0
Nighthaunt
Scarlet Doom
60.0%
11
2.27%
0
0
Beasts of Chaos
Gavespawn
60.0%
6
1.24%
0
0
Seraphon
Thunder Lizard
59.6%
28
5.77%
4
2
Bonesplitterz
Drakkfoot
58.3%
6
1.24%
0
0
Cities of Sigmar
Living City
57.7%
13
2.68%
2
0
Ogor Mawtribes
Boulderhead
56.0%
5
1.03%
0
0
Kharadron Overlords
Barak-Zilfin
53.3%
6
1.24%
0
1
Idoneth Deepkin
Mor’Phann
53.3%
6
1.24%
1
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
Zaitrec
52.9%
15
3.09%
0
0
Sons of Behemat
Breaker Tribe
52.8%
15
3.09%
0
0
Idoneth Deepkin
Nautilar
51.3%
8
1.65%
0
0
Ironjawz
Ironsunz
50.0%
6
1.24%
0
1
Daughters of Khaine
Hagg Nar
50.0%
7
1.44%
0
1
Stormcast Eternals
Astral Templars
50.0%
6
1.24%
0
0
Daughters of Khaine
Zainthar Kai
49.2%
12
2.47%
0
1
Stormcast Eternals
Hammers of Sigmar
48.8%
33
6.80%
0
2
Soulblight Gravelords
Vyrkos Dynasty
48.0%
10
2.06%
0
0
Soulblight Gravelords
Kastelai Dynasty
45.5%
11
2.27%
0
1
Stormcast Eternals
Hallowed Knights
44.7%
15
3.09%
0
1
Kruleboyz
Big Yellers
43.4%
8
1.65%
0
1
Skaven
43.0%
9
1.86%
1
0
Fyreslayers
Lofnir
42.9%
7
1.44%
0
1
Hedonites of Slaanesh
Lurid Haze
42.0%
5
1.03%
0
0
Ironjawz
Bloodtoofs
41.7%
10
2.06%
0
0
Nighthaunt
Emerald Host
41.5%
13
2.68%
0
2
Big Waaagh!
41.3%
8
1.65%
0
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle
Befouling Host
40.0%
7
1.44%
1
1
Fyreslayers
Greyfyrd
35.8%
12
2.47%
0
1
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Petrifex Elite
28.8%
15
3.09%
0
2
Gloomspite Gitz
25.0%
8
1.65%
0
1
Factions in Bold are those with 3rd Edition Battletomes published before or during this time period
Maggotkin of Nurgle are a bit of a strange faction. While you have one of the meta leading Subfactions inside the tome with Drowned Men (68.0%, at the bottom of the pack you have Befouling Host (40.0%). It’s not an irregularity either as 7 players have played that subfaction and one claimed 5 wins at an event and another 5 losses. This suggests to me that while Drowned Men is a simple list to play, Befouling Host is completely the opposite and requires good memory and skill from the pilot.
After almost a year of publication now, both Stormcast and Orruk Warclan battletomes are beginning to show a little lag behind the other updated factions (apart from Fyreslayers of course). As the first of the Battletomes perhaps this has played into their stats slightly as the rules writers learn from their mistakes (apart from Fyreslayers of course) when writing the newer tomes.
Scarlet Doom shows that its the faction of choice for a reason in the new Nighthaunt battletome (60.0%) however, its still early days for this battletome and the other factions could be more complicated to pick up and play. However 60.0% win rate for any subfaction is too high and so they may need a future nerf at some point.
Going forwards as the weeks go on, I’ll be keeping an eye out for Grinin’ Blades beginning to get some more play with their updated allegiance abilities after not being placed at all due to all the Kruleboyz players choosing Big Yellers – this will change. I expect to see them nearing the 50% mark and above. Likewise with Skaven, I expect them to begin climbing the rankings as their new rules come into effect.
THE SUPRISE
I said I had a surprise, and here it is!
Woehammer will be doing a player ranking system for the new General’s Handbook based on the Elo system used by Chess.
Who gets ranked?
Everyone who takes part in a two day event using the General’s Handbook: Pitched Battles Season 1 2022-23. Each week I’ll update the scores of the players as they happen and post them in a separate rankings post which will be published every Saturday.
All players will begin with a rating of 1,000 at the beginning of the season, player ratings will be carried over into season 2 and beyond in the future.
I’ve included the current rankings below (there’s only been two GT’s using the new Handbook) which includes everyone at present. However, I will limit this to the top 20 as more players are ranked. The full downloadable player rankings will be available on the site to download next weekend.
Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 20th June and Sunday 26th June 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.
There were only 2 Grand Tournaments last week, a quiet week! But both have 32 players with a nice mix of factions.
64 players took part in 2 GT’s over the last week.
Grand Alliance
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
4+ Wins
Chaos
55.6%
9
14.1%
0
4
Order
53.7%
30
46.9%
2
6
Death
50.0%
10
15.6%
0
1
Death
39.3%
15
23.4%
0
1
Faction Stats
The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Seraphon
80.0%
5
7.9%
2
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
60.0%
5
7.9%
0
0
Soulblight Gravelords
40.0%
5
7.9%
0
0
With very few tournaments this week there’s not enough data to draw reliable win rates from.
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Subfaction Stats
Next week, I’ll have built up four weeks worth of data and at this point I will transition the stats over four weeks rather than a single week. This will helpfully give us more reliable data. At some point I’ll go backwards as well to the start of AoS 3.
Here are the AoS Meta Stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 13th June and Sunday 19th June 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.
There was a total of 3 Grand Tournaments last week, a quiet week! That being said, one of them was the awesome UK tSports Champions, which our very own Declan was invited to take part in. You can read up on his prep here.
286 players took part in 10 GT’s over the last week.
Grand Alliance
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
4+ Wins
Chaos
64.7%
19
21.59%
3
7
Order
49.2%
49
55.68%
0
5
Destruction
43.8%
8
9.09%
0
1
Death
34.2%
12
13.64%
0
0
Faction Stats
The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Maggotkin of Nurgle
66.0%
10
11.36%
1
4
Cities of Sigmar
58.6%
7
7.95%
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
54.0%
10
11.36%
0
3
Idoneth Deepkin
46.0%
5
5.68%
0
0
Seraphon
43.0%
10
11.36%
0
0
Fyrselayers
40.0%
7
7.95%
0
1
Soulblight Gravelords
33.3%
6
6.82%
0
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle top the charts this week in a very small data set. With a win rate of 66.0% Followed closely by Cities of Sigmar with a win rate of 58.6%. Seraphon, Fyreslayers and Soulblight Gravelords all struggling to make that magical 45% mark with Soulblight Gravelords being the only faction below 40%.
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Subfaction Stats
Only Seraphon/Thunder Lizard and Maggotkin of Nurgle/Drowned Men made the requirement for this table (min 5 armies represented). Thunder Lizard managed a win rate of 43% while Drowned Men achieved 72.5%……
On Reddit Warhammer 40k has the Meta Mondays posted by the brilliant u/JCMS85 on r/WarhammerCompetitive. So why can’t we have one for AoS? Well we can….
Here are the stats for all the Grand Tournaments that have taken place between Monday 6th June and Sunday 12th June 2022. These are all the GT’s that I can locate on Tabletop.to or BestCoastPairing, if you know of any others please send me a link and I’ll add them.
There was a total of 10 Grand Tournaments last week, however only 9 had data available to analyse. Valleycon 2022 was a 26 player tournament but no lists were available at the time of publishing these stats.
286 players took part in 10 GT’s over the last week.
Grand Alliance
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
4+ Wins
Chaos
54.5%
56
19.6%
2
13
Order
51.0%
119
41.6%
6
22
Death
46.6%
48
16.8%
1
7
Destruction
46.1%
56
22.0%
0
5
Faction Stats
The below stat show the results for those factions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Win Rate
Armies
% Share of Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Seraphon
66.2%
13
2.27%
3
1
Legion of the First Prince
65.0%
8
1.40%
0
0
Maggotkin of Nurgle
58.6%
21
3.67%
2
0
Idoneth Deepkin
58.5%
11
1.92%
1
0
Soulblight Gravelords
57.7%
13
2.27%
1
0
Cities of Sigmar
57.0%
10
1.75%
2
0
Daughters of Khaine
56.4%
14
2.45%
0
1
Lumineth Realm-Lords
52.1%
10
1.75%
0
0
Ironjawz
50.8%
13
2.27%
0
0
Sons of Behemat
48.5%
14
2.45%
0
1
Ogor Mawtribes
47.2%
11
1.92%
0
0
Nighthaunt
46.7%
21
3.67%
0
2
Stormcast Eternals
45.0%
43
7.52%
0
3
Kruleboyz
44.3%
11
1.92%
0
1
Sylvaneth
40.0%
5
0.87%
0
1
Hedonites of Slaanesh
38.3%
6
1.05%
0
0
Skaventide
37.9%
7
1.22%
0
0
Fyreslayers
34.4%
9
1.57%
0
1
Ossiarch Bonereapers
31.1%
11
1.92%
0
1
Gloomspite Gitz
30.0%
6
1.05%
0
1
Despite Nighthaunt and Daughters of Khaine being released now for a couple of weeks, we still see Seraphon, Legion of the First Prince and Maggotkin of Nurgle topping the win rates. On top of that Seraphon managed to grab three 5-0 results this week.
As a rough guide factions should have win rates of between 45-55% to ensure the game is roughly balance (true balance being impossible). The above shows that 7 factions have exceeded this band (including the new Daughters of Khaine) with Seraphon and Legion of the First Prince have exceeded the 60% win rate barrier. There are also seven factions below this ideal range, including one of the new battletomes for 3rd Edition (Fyreslayers). While Stormcast Eternals have a win rate of 45% we have to bear in mind that this is the most popular faction and is often the ones new players use when first playing Age of Sigmar, so the range of skill of the players inside this faction will vary widely, while many of the other faction will have a dedicated fan base or have tournament players looking for a faction that provides them the best chance at good results.
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Subfaction Stats
The below stat show the results for those subfactions represented by 5 armies or more only.
Faction
Subfaction
Win Rate
Armies
5-0 Wins
0-5 Losses
Seraphon
Thunder Lizard
67.3%
11
2
1
Maggotkin of Nurgle
Drowned Men
65.5%
11
1
0
Legion of the First Prince
65.0%
8
0
0
Lumineth Realm-Lords
Zaitrec
60.9%
5
0
0
Idoneth Deepkin
Nautilar
58.6%
6
0
0
Cities of Sigmar
Living City
58.3%
6
2
0
Nighthaunt
Scarlet Doom
54.3%
7
0
0
Daughters of Khaine
Zainthar Kai
54.3%
7
0
0
Soulblight Gravelords
Vyrkos Dynasty
53.3%
6
0
0
Sons of Behemat
Breaker Tribe
53.1%
10
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
Astral Templars
50.0%
6
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
Hammers of Sigmar
49.1%
23
0
1
Ironjawz
Bloodtoofs
44.2%
9
0
0
Kruleboyz
Big Yellers
43.4%
8
0
1
Hedonites of Slaanesh
Lurid Haze
42.0%
5
0
0
Nighthaunt
Emerald Host
41.5%
13
0
2
Fyreslayers
Greyfyrd
38.6%
7
0
0
Skaventide
37.9%
7
0
0
Stormcast Eternals
Hallowed Knights
35.6%
9
0
1
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Petrifex Elite
32.3%
10
0
1
Gloomspite Gitz
24.0%
5
0
1
The faction stats are pretty much replicated above with Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec joining the +60% club this week. Meanwhile despite Anthony Trentanelli’s heroics with Skaven recently (claiming two GT’s and going 4-1 this week) they still sit below 45% with a miserable 37.9% win rate. Will their new battletome and the Generals Handbook see a change in this though? A new tome can’t come soon enough for Gloomspite Gitz and Ossiarch Bonereapers….
Skybert Turneringen took place in Norway on 14th and 15th May. It involved 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three, 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.
1st Place – Thomas Nyland
Thomas won four out of the five games over the weekend. Along the way he beat Ossiarch Bonereaper/Mortis Praetorians in round 1, Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in round 2, Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in round 3, Ogor Mawtribes/Bouldehead in round 4 before losing against Stormcast Eternals/Celestial Vindicators in Round 5.
Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: Taker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Bundo Whalebiter (490) Gatebreaker (525)* – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome Kraken-Eater (490)* – General – Command Traits: Very Acquisitive – Artefacts of Power: Glowy Lantern, Krakenskin Sandals Warstomper (470)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Bosses of the Stomp
TOTAL POINTS: 1975/2000
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2nd Place – Kristoffer Mallberg
Kristoffer also managed four wins over the two days. Beating Maggotkin of Nurgle/Befouling Host in round 1, losing against Ogor Mawtribes/Boulderhead in round 2. He then recovered from his loss to go on and beat Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in round 3, Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs in round 4, and Cities of Sigmar/Living City in the final round.
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)* – General – Command Trait: Adamantine Scales – Lore of Dark Storms: Sundering Blades Great Bray-Shaman (100)* – Artefact: The Knowing Eye – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: ViciousStranglethorns Great Bray-Shaman (100)* – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Wild Rampage Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (360) – Allies
Battleline 9 x Dragon Ogors (375)** – 9x Draconic War glaives – Reinforced x 2 10 x Ungors (70)* – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (70) – Mauls & Half-Shields
Units 6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc of Beasts of Chaos (360)** – Reinforced x 1 10 x Bestigors (135) 10 x Bestigors (135) 10 x Bestigors (135)
Core Battalions *Warlord **Hunters of the Heartlands
Dagfinn, like the others in the top three, finished the weekend with one loss and four wins. His path saw him Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in round 1, then Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in round 2. He lost against Ogor Mawtribes/Boulderhead in round 3 before going on to beat Maggotkin of Nurgle/Befouling Host in round 4 and then beat 1st placed Thomas in round 5.
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Subfaction: Celestial Vindicators – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Lord-Imperatant (175)* – General – Command Traits: Shock and Awe – Artefacts of Power: Mirrorshield
OTHER Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)* Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (480)** Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)** Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)**
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment **Hunters of the Heartlands
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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4th Place – Anders Tjelle Bjornstade
Anders won three games and lost two. Along the way he beat Stormcast Eternals/Knights Excelsior in round 1,then beat2nd placed Kristoffer Mallberg in round 2,3rd placed Dagfinn in round 3, before losing against 1sr placed Thomas in round 4 and Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in round 5.
Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes – Subfaction: Boulderhead – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Frostlord on Stonehorn (430) – Artefacts of Power: Brand of the Svard Frostlord on Stonehorn (430)* Huskard on Thundertusk (335)** – Blood Vulture – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Destiny – Prayers: Guidance Icebrow Hunter (125)** – General – Command Traits: Lord of Beasts Slaughtermaster (140)** – Spells: Ribcracker Huskard on Thundertusk (335)** – Blood Vulture – Prayers: Heal
