This is the top three AoS lists for the Midtcon GT that took place in Denmark on the 4th and 5th of March. It involved 20 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: The Day is Ours!
– Triumphs: Inspired
– Burgeoning
Leaders
Warsong Revenant (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Spellsinger
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deepwood: Treesong
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Treelord Ancient (330)*
– Lore of the Deepwood: Regrowth
Spirit of Durthu (350)**
– Artefact: Greenwood Gladius
Knight-Zephyros (100)**
– Allies
Battlemage (100)**
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Allies
Battleline
Treelord (230)*
Treelord (230)*
Treelord (230)*
Endless Spells & Invocations
Spiteswarm Hive (40)
Chronomantic Cogs (70)
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 200 / 400
Wounds: 87
Drops: 4
Sylvaneth are really putting their roots down recently – and the nice thing is it’s still with a variety of lists – it seems like a great season for them, which is allowing people to flex their list building muscles with them and still do well.
Sune here has gone big tree heavy – with two hero trees and a full complement of treelord battleline. Durthi with the Gladius just absolutely slaps, and when such a threat is backed up by an Ancient (for a source of auto-forest at the start of the game) and a Warsong Rev for nasty casting through said forest (usually) – it’s a hell of a pincer movement.
Making full use of some allied tech, not only has Sune employed the now fairly standard Ghurish battlemage for the additional charge bonus, but he’s also rocking a Zephyros, who is just an absolute bargain basement GC who can also teleport.
Overall, I can see the root to victory for this list just being so many hyper-mobile scoring threats backed up by a killer Durthu that it’s overwhelming trying to keep up. Gratz to Sune on the evil tree 5-0.
Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness
– Damned Legion: Host of the Everchosen
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (355)*
– The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed
Battleline
5 x Chaos Knights (230)*
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
10 x Chaos Knights (460)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
– Reinforced x 1
15 x Chaos Chosen (720)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Screaming Flesh
– Reinforced x 2
Endless Spells & Invocations
Soulscream Bridge (80)
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
Total: 1965 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 109
Drops: 1
A rare HOTE list! Often overlooked in favour of Cabalists casting shenanigans or the battleline and run/charge of KOTET, a HOTE list really wants something to take advantage of that 5+ rally – aaaand 15 Chosen might just be the unit to do it!
Interestingly, Jon has Marked the Chosen as Slaanesh – *outside* of Legion, meaning he’s committing to their native -1 rend being enough, combined with their weight of attacks, to act as the list’s main hammer. HOTE offers a free second banner – so as well as the ubiquitous Eroding Icon on the pinning unit of Knights, he’s taken the Slaanesh banner on the Chosen for an additional attack on the charge – quite possibly relying on the mortal fishing to deal with more heavily armoured targets.
I suppose Be’lakor – whiffy and unreliable as he’s likely to be – does offer the option of locking down the Chosen’s natural predator for a turn or two, allowing them to clean everything else up – although I do struggle to see the logic of not even being able to roll on the EotG table with such a heavy investment of a unit – still, it worked out, and congrats to Jon for a great result!
Allegiance: Fyreslayers
– Lodge: Vostarg
– Grand Strategy: Master of the Forge
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
Battlesmith (150)**
– Artefact: Nulsidian Icon
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battlesmith (150)**
– Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha
Auric Runesmiter (120)***
– General
– Runic Iron
– Command Trait: Master Priest
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Auric Runesmiter (120)***
– Runic Iron
– Artefact: Volatile Brazier
– Prayer: Ember Storm
Auric Runesmiter (120)***
– Runic Iron
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (330)**
– Allies
Battleline
20 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
Endless Spells & Invocations
Molten Infernoth (40)
Core Battalions
*Galletian Veterans
**Command Entourage – Magnificent
***Command Entourage – Magnificent
Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Aspect of the Champion
Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 330 / 400
Wounds: 153
Drops: 9
Kevin Lathers: Now we see how far someone can skew a Fyreslayer list. Gustav has decided to deal with Fyreslayer’s innate slowness by just being able to deepstrike nearly the entire army. This list also lacks the usual Flamekeepers which accompany Vulkite Berserkers in nearly all Vostarg lists.
Between the Celestant-Prime, who can not only deepstrike but guarantee a charge, and three Runesmiters, Gustav can deepstrike all but two units in the list. Vulkites further benefit from this with their built-in +1 to charge rolls, thus making it an 8 on the roll to make a charge out of deepstrike. Twenty of them in GV is quite potent as well, even without the usual Flamekeepers.
I’m not certain how Gustav played things, but it seems the typical action would be to deepstrike two units of Vulkites and a battlesmith, along with the Celestant, leaving another brick with a battlesmith on the field; or deepstrike all three Vulkites and use Tunnel Master to bring a smith closer. In both cases this ends up performing almost like a pseudo-Beasts of Chaos list, only with a lot more wounds on the field and the ability to fight on death.
Once your opponent is boxed-in by warded up blocks of Vulkites and their big-daddy Celestant, holding objectives should be easy enough for the remaining group. It also retains the option of just sitting on an objective with the battlesmiths and making the opponent have to move the vulkites off in order to score anything, which can be daunting with 40 wounds under a 5+/6+ ward and the ability to rally on 4+’s.
Anything that can punch its way out of this is going to prove formidable and without Flamekeepers the Vulkites lose their incredibly hard punch-back ability, fighting on death more than once, and their combat phase charging. Further, having two battlesmiths eats up a lot of points that could move toward other heroes or more Vulkites. This list is sacrificing a lot for its strategy. This may have resulted in the two losses to both Ogors and Big Waagh who, depending on their build, should have no trouble weathering the storm and fighting their way out.
Still, it’s an interesting list with a great performance. Definitely an interesting way to take Fyreslayers.
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Hallowheart
– Grand Strategy: Mighty Beachhead
– Triumphs: N/A
Leaders
Battlemage of Ghur (100)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– 1st Hallowheart Lore Spell: Ignite Weapons
– 2nd Hallowheart Lore Spell: Sear Wounds
Battlemage of Hysh (100)*
– City Role: General’s Adjutant
– 1st Hallowheart Lore Spell: Crystal Aegis
– 2nd Hallowheart Lore Spell: Warding Brand
Runelord (100)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel master
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
– 1st Hallowheart Lore Spell: Ignite Weapons
– 2nd Hallowheart Lore Spell: Warding Brand
Battleline
30 x Freeguild Crossbowmen (300)*
– 1 x Marksman
– 3 x Standard Bearer
– 3 x Piper
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Freeguild Guard (80)*
– Swords and Shields
– 1 x Sergeant
– 1 x Standard Bearer
– 1 x Drummer
10 x Flagellants (80)*
– City Role: Honoured Retinue
– 1 x Prophet
Units
4 x Stormdrake Guard (680)*
– 1 x Drakerider’s Lance (Stormdrake-Prime)
– 3 x Drakerider’s Warblade
– Reinforced x 1
Gotrek Gurnisson (480)*
– Allies
Endless Spells & Invocations
Soulscream Bridge (80)
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 109
Drops: 1
With a new book almost here, Adam has proven there is still life in one of the oldest, and probably never the strongest battletomes. In the end, it’s a pretty conventional approach, drawing on really mobile Stormcast allies (Dragons, of course). 3 very magical and small heroes leave a lot of room for a real hero, and Gotrek, at his current 480 points, fits well. Hallowheart really helps the wizards. Each gets an extra spell. That means 2 instances of +1 to wound (Ignite), a heal (Sear Wounds), 4+ ward (Warding Brand), and a mortal wound ward. Soulscream gives a useful teleport if required, and everything is in a Battle Regiment to give options for the initial priority.
The army is really planning to castle. The heroes are effectively buff machines, mostly for the Crossbowman. The Flagellants and Guard are there to screen, and Gotrek can prowl around, ready to pounce on anything that trys to deal with them. They can stand and deliver (with 2 shots each) at 24″ with a fantastic unleash hell. There is still the option to Wildform Gotrek and send him through the Soulscream bridge to harrass something important. And all the while, the Drakes are there to cap and harrass your enemy. With Breathe and Lance, they are very dangerous and hard to manage. Adam lost to fire and fade (Sylvaneth), who really make you go to them, a weakness. And a faction that out castles castles, Fyreslayers. 6th is a very respectable result for cities.
Final Tournament Placings
