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Top Three AoS Lists for the War In The Heartlands – Act 3

January 2, 2024 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the War In The Heartlands – Act 3 that took place in the UK on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 100 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

With a very large field of players in. a five round competition four players achieved five wins and no losses (5/0/0). I’ve included all of those lists instead of just the top 3.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Corrupt Arcane Nexus
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Great Unclean One (430)
– General
– Command Traits: Nurgling Infestation – Doomsday Bell and Plague Flail
– Artefacts: The Witherstave
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance
1 x The Glottkin (580)
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
1 x Morbidex Twiceborn (290)*

BATTLELINE
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
10 x Plaguebearers (120)*
– Plagueridden
– Icon Bearer
– Piper

TERRAIN
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Fresh (for Nurgle!) from being part of England’s victorious 6 Nations team, Max brought his beautifully painted and very pus-filled army to take out War in the Heartlands. And what a difference a few points changes make! The Garden of Nurgle has gone through a bit of a feculent regrowth recently with points drops to a couple of the big chaps and the little chaps, meaning that Max’s list is 80 points cheaper than it would have been before the recent battle scroll update allowing to squeeze even more into the list. In addition, with the double-Gnarlmaw and Befouling Host combo, Max is certainly summoning something in, from a Beast of Nurgle, more Plaguebearers or even a Great Unclean One.

Another great option for Max to bring in is Sloppity Bilepiper who is able to use his Jolly Gutpipes to play such classics as My Love Is Like a Ripe, Ripe Fart that prevents pile-in moves. With the four big Nurgle heroes doing most of the lifting in this list, preventing enemies from getting their maximum number of attacks by piling in while being at their own maximum efficiency is a real force-divider for the opponent.

Of the big boys, Orghotts is probably the most straightforward, but is still an absolute beatstick, with 5 damage 3 and 7 damage 2 attacks with a D6 damage shooting attack thrown in there too. He also comes with a free CP per turn if you want that D6 damage attack to be hitting and wounding on 2s.

Next up is Morbidex Twiceborn, who can bring back Nurgling bases, but what he mainly brings to the party is that at the end of the battleshock phase (so the opponent’s too) he heals half his wounds, rounding up. So get him down to 1 wound in your combat phase to see that go up to 7 wounds, then heal D3 in the opponent’s hero phase followed by a few more at the end of the next battleshock phase. If you can’t kill him in one go, don’t bother, but easier said than done on a 3+ save and 12 wounds on a 5+ ward.

The Great Unclean One is one of the Loci of Fecundity, which means that Nurgle models heal D3 within 14″ of one of these Loci instead of just the 1 wound, helping Morbidex to be the irritant that he is. It also has its own Monstrous Action to do 4 mortals on a 2+ when at top bracket and is no slouch in combat either, especially with all the Nurglings doing a tonne of attacks that can spread disease, which will then proc on a 3+ because of the Witherstave.

The second Locus of Fecundity is The Glottkin on a truly monstrous 27ish wounds, after factoring in the 5+ ward, is a two cast wizard and has one of the coolest named warscroll abilities in Sigmar called Blightkrieg when The Glottkin and another unit can make a charge at the end of the enemy movement phase. Anyone who has faced Khorne knows exactly how powerful this is and being able to give this lump of pustulant flesh any free movement while also stomping something at the other end is fantastic.

Plaguebearers are also in the list and, while they won’t kill much, they are absolutely non-trivial kills themselves as they have 2 wounds, a 5+ ward, can go up to 3 wounds a model with a spell and can return models on a battleshock roll of a 1, which can be enough to tip an objective in Max’s favour…something that I discovered in our Round 5 game, costing me 2 points as the extra Plaguebearer dropped me from Hold 1, Hold 2, Hold More to just Hold 1.

So what did I learn about how the list plays? It is a very tough list and when piloted by someone with Max’s skill expression, a couple of breaks need to go your way to have a shot. There are aspects of a DPS-check army (i.e. can you do enough damage to it before it kills you) that has some similarities with Gargants, but with the extra mechanic of 5+ wards, summoning, the healing and having some really cheap battlelines being able to grab objectives, it’s one of the top armies at the moment. But it was a really fun game and Max is a true gentleman and a worthy winner of the event.

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Army Faction: Seraphon
– Army Type: Starborne
– Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Skink Oracle on Troglodon (270)
– Artefacts of Power: Sacred Stegadon Helm
– Spells: Cosmic Crush
Skink Starseer (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Speed of Huanchi
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Lord Kroak (410)**
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)**

BATTLELINE
Saurus Guard (140)**
Raptadon Chargers (300)**
– Raptadon Charger Alpha
– 2 x Hornblower
– 2 x Icon Bearer
Saurus Warriors (360)**
– Saurus Warrior Alpha
– Celestite Club
– 2 x War-drummer
– 2 x Icon Bearer

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Fuethán
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Isharann Tidecaster (130)*
– General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Artefacts of Power: Rune of the Surging Gloomtide
– Spells: Steed of Tides
Lotann (110)**

BATTLELINE
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades

BEHEMOTH
Akhelian Leviadon (400)*
– Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Akhelian Allopexes are costed as units of 3 but shown as singles. There are 3 units of 3 with each unit costing 450pt.

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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Fuethán
– Grand Strategy: Akhelian Pursuit
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Lotann (110)*
Isharann Tidecaster (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Artefacts of Power: Rune of the Surging Gloomtide
– Spells: Steed of Tides

BATTLELINE
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades
Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher, Barbed Hooks and Blades

BEHEMOTH
Akhelian Leviadon (400)**
– Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Akhelian Allopexes are costed as units of 3 but shown as singles. There are 3 units of 3 with each unit costing 450pt.

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant

LEADERS
Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– General
– Command Traits: Eye of the Blizzard
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Gobsprakk (240)**
Orruk Megaboss (140)**
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
Swampboss Skumdrekk (280)***

BATTLELINE
Gutrippaz (150)***
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Drummer
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka
Orruk Brutes (280)***
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Choppa
– 2 x Gore-choppa
Hobgrot Slittaz (80)***
– Scrap Totem Bearer
– Noise-maker
– Hobgrot Boss

OTHER
Brute Ragerz (200)***
– 6 x Mighty Gore-hacka
Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)***
– Boltboy Boss

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent
***Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

After doing reasonably well with Kruleboyz and Tzeentch, but never cracking that 4-1 wall, I was really chuffed to finally be able to get there at Heartlands in such a great field of opponents. The new Orruk battle tactics have definitely helped Big Waaagh recently and the list is build with these in mind. Sneak Up is a great early or late battle tactics for putting all Kruleboyz units within 3″ of a terrain feature; Dat’s Our Turf Now! just needs two Ironjawz units within 6″ of the centre; the general is a Kruleboyz general, opening up Take Dat You Suckas! for doing 10 wounds and not taking 10 in return; Wait For It, Ladz just needs 30 Waaagh points. If you can do all of these very doable tactics and then get one more from the GHB, often Intimidate the Invaders or Magical Dominance, then you practically have to be tabled not to score 5 battle tactics.

With the general being the Swampcalla to access Take Dat You Suckas!, it made sense to also make him the focus of the Grand Strategy too as the other common option, Waaagh, needs him or a battleline unit to also not only be alive, but in your opponent’s territory too. On a turn-by-turn basis, he’s mostly there to buff the boltboyz, but by putting Merciless Blizzard on him too means that I have a 12″ exclusion zone around him and the Wurrgog has his own 12″ no-go zone too. Speaking of the Wurrgog, he did win me game two by staring off Alarielle the bottom of turn 5, but don’t sleep on his warscroll spell either. It is a ‘roll the number of dice in the unit spell’ but, if cast on a 10+ (and Primals can modify), it does mortals on 4s at 24″ away. That spell took out 18 Blissbarbs of 30 in one hero phase and gives him a bit of extra utility.

Speaking of Primals, I wanted to maximise my number of these so had the Andtorian Acolytes battalion and the Command Ability to get an extra one in my hero phase on a 5+. While sometimes these missed, there were several hero phases when I had 5 Primal Dice ready to go, either for my own casting or for Gobsprakk to do his thing and cause D6 mortals to wizards. Though he didn’t actually take out any wizards at this event, the threat was always there and, with the number of Primal Dice I often had, many opponents just skipped casting magic.

Other honourable mentions go to the Megaboss on Foot with the Destroyer artifact, who has the fight-on-death ability to make him a real thorn in any opponent’s side for the bargain price of 140pts. It allows you to attack elsewhere first, knowing that the Megaboss will definitely get to attack and, if the Megaboss somehow survives, then, unless your opponent shoots him off or kills him with magic (but see Gobsprakk above), he’s going to get to hit again. The other big winner from this list is the point when you hit 20 Waaagh points and have +1 to hit and +1 to wound. Having this on your whole army is spectacularly good, making the output really consistent AND allowing you to use CP for All Out Defense while not reducing the damage.

All my opponents were absolutely fantastic to play, with nailbiting moments in every game and Mark and Liam run a fantastic event with Cameos this year from the Cookie Monster, Admiral Adama and Hodor encouraging us to hold the objectives! If you get a chance, grab a ticket and I’ll hopefully see you next year!

Final Tournament Placings

To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/OjuGotVRnm

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Top Three AoS Lists for Broken Ranks Q4 Illinois

January 1, 2024 Brett & Peter 1 Comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Broken Ranks Q4 Illinois that took place in the US on the 16th and 17th of December. It saw 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp
Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x King Brodd (520)
1 x Gatebreaker (500)
– General
– Command Traits: Big Eater
– Artefacts: Lucky Shiny Hat
1 x Warstomper (450)
– Nullstone Adornments: Polished Nullstone Pebble
1 x Warstomper (450)

TOTAL POINTS: (1920/2000)

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Army Subfaction: Zaitrec
Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Scinari Enlightener (170)*
– Artefacts: Rune of Senthoi
– Spells: Speed of Hysh, Protection of Hysh
1 x Alarith Stonemage (130)*
– Spells: Crippling Vertigo, Merciless Blizzard
1 x Vanari Lord Regent (150)
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Spells: Protection of Hysh, Flaming Weapon
1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)
– Spells: Total Eclipse, Hoarfrost
1 x Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (210)

BATTLELINE
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)
– High Warden
– Spells: Solar Flare, Overwhelming Heat
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)
– High Warden
– Spells: Solar Flare, Overwhelming Heat
10 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (160)
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Etheral Blessings, Total Eclipse
10 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (160)
– High Sentinel
– Spells: Etheral Blessings, Total Eclipse

BEHEMOTH
1 x Alarith Spirit of the Mountain (340)

TERRAIN
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

OTHER
10 x Vanari Bladelords (240)
– Bladelord Seneschal

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
Command Entourage
Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
Subfaction: Null Myriad

LEADERS
Arkhan the Black (380)
Katakros (500)
Mortisan Boneshaper (140)
General
Command Traits: Aura of Sterility
Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key
Spells: Hoarfrost
Mortisan Soulreaper (110)
Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
Kavalos Deathriders (190)
Mortek Hekatos
Necrophoros
Nadirite Blade
Kavalos Deathriders (190)
Mortek Hekatos
Necrophoros
Nadirite Blade
Mortek Guard (260)
Mortek Hekatos
Nadirite Blade
2 x Necrophoros
2 x Soulcleaver Greatblade
Immortis Guard (220)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Beasts of Chaos
– Subfaction: Quakefray
– Grand Strategy: Flanking Warherd

LEADERS
Doombull (180)*
– General
– Command Traits: Bestial Cunning
– Artefacts of Power: Slitherwrack Helm
Great Bray-Shaman (100)*
– Artefacts of Power: Brayblast Trumpet
– Spells: Vicious Stranglethorns
Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (120)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
Cygor (210)
– Prayer: Curse
Cygor (210)
– Prayer: Heal
Bullgors (630)
– Cleaving Axe and Bullshield
Ungors (80)
– Gnarled Shortspear
Ghorgon (240)*

BEHEMOTH
Chaos Gargant (150)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Wildfire Taurus (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/AV4Y245QJB

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Lost Legion GT

December 31, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Lost Legion GT that took place in Australia on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 41 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Subfaction: Barak-Urbaz
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Inspired
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Always Take What You Are Owed
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything, Settle the Grudges
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught

LEADERS
Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok
– Artefacts of Power: Celestium Burst-grenade
Aether-Khemist (100)*
Knight-Incantor (120)*

BATTLELINE
Arkanaut Company (180)*
– Company Captain
– Aetherflare Pistol
– 2 x Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– 2 x Skypike
– 2 x Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
Arkanaut Company (180)*
– Company Captain
– Aetherflare Pistol
– 2 x Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– 2 x Skypike
– 2 x Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
Grundstok Gunhauler (170)*
– Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Coalbeard’s Collapsible Compartments
Grundstok Thunderers (480)*
– Gunnery Sergeant
– 3 x Honour Bearer
– 3 x Grundstok Mortar
– 3 x Aethercannon
– 3 x Aetheric Fumigator
– 3 x Decksweeper

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Ironclad (500)*
– Great Sky Cannon
– The Admiral’s Flagship

OTHER
Endrinriggers (120)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Corrupt Arcane Nexus
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
Bloab Rotspawned (310)
– Spells: Rancid Visitations
The Glottkin (580)*
– Spells: Magnificent Buboes
Sloppity Bilepiper (120)**
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
Poxbringer (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Fleshy Abundance

BATTLELINE
Plaguebearers (120)*
Plaguebearers (120)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
Beasts of Nurgle (100)*

OTHER
Nurglings (100)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: The Glottkin continues his relentless march over the Mortal Realms, as this is yet another podium result for Nurgle’s favorite triplets in the Befouling Host subfaction for an extra jolt of summoning power. This list has a deep lineup of dance partners for the Glottkin – if you’re looking to lock something down, send in some Plaguebearers within the Sloppity Bilepiper aura to make them unable to pile in. If you’re looking to take them out, send in one of the Maggoth Lords and start swinging.

Another great perk to Befouling Host is getting Beasts of Nurgle as Battleline. These guys fill out your Battleline on the cheap, and also make for an efficient screen/disruption piece. This list also doubles down on the cheap disruption department with the inclusion of a unit of Nurglings, which help you generate contagion points and force your opponent to screen them out.

While many players are doubtless aware of this list’s gameplan by now, knowing is only half the battle, and stopping these servants of the Plague God from owning the middle of the board is easier said than done.

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Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
– Tribe: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumphs:

Leaders
King Brodd (520)
Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500)
– General
– Command Trait: Big Eater
– Artefact: Amulet of Destiny (Universal Artefact)
Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500)
Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant (480)
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Verminlord Warbringer (380)
– General
– Command Trait: Devious Adversary
– Artefact: Warpstone Charm
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
Lord Skreech Verminking (370)**
Grey Seer (120)*
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Grey Seer (120)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
Plague Priest (100)**
– Noxious Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
Plague Priest (100)**
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Battleline
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Rusty Blade
20 x Clanrats (100)
– Rusty Blade
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Warp-Grinder (60)**

Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (180)

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 1990 / 2000

Kieren Coates: The list is a classic skaven list that was built by myself, Jordan (warpfire minis), and Keegan (mechrat) – it’s well balanced with a variety of threats

Between two verminlords, 20 PCB’s, hell pit, blizzard and great plagues it can deliver an incredible amount of damage when required – just make sure to not get hit in the good stuff before you can hit your opponent

For matchups, my first round sadly, my opponent had a medical complication the previous evening and was unable to attend.

Round 2 was into Jeremy’s SBGL with heavy recursion and wolves focus, in which a double turn from two verminlords and a hell pit was able to tear right through the centre to reach the soft heroes which underpin the army

My loss to nurgle was to a glottkin slopidy counter melle list from Lazlo – it has been a while since I’ve played into this variant, and mistakes were made.

As a tip for this matchup, it’s very good at pinning your models into place and preventing piles to get most of your models into range – with this in mind in a counter intuitive manner it’s best to lead the charge in with your buffed up verminlords, and have your hell pit and PCB’s waiting in the back for the next turn after the fight has been engaged

The reason for this is if he is able to countercharge into your clanrats, he can place one model just at 2.9 inches from your hammers, combined with slopidy heavily reducing their damage.

However if this is done to the verminlords, with their 3 inch scythe they can still very easily murder what they are put into, rather than only being able to hit with 2-3 PCB’s and being locked out for the game

Lazlo was a great opponent who went on to get 2nd place, only losing to Nathan’s KO in the final round as his list was not designed to fight mass ranged, and I was glad to see him reaching the podium for a strong run.

Round 4 was Jordan’s mixed KotET with a varanguard and belakhor focus, which was an incredibly tight game with myself being pushed down early, I managed to get one sneaky play of censors with death frenzy through a gnawhole to charge the knights, only to double pile around into the varanguard with death frenzies to keep them in check. realising the only way out was a double turn on 3-4 to wipe the board. Playing under the assumption of it being my only out, I hit the double, which sealed the game

My final game was against Tristan and his Ironjaws where I was forced to go first, and set up my defensive lines (death frenzy, dreaded frenzy, mystic shield, flaming weapon) and scored while sitting as far back as possible

On his turn one, he cleared all my clanrats and left my army exposed

Having won priority, I chose to give it to him despite being exposed as I knew as a true ironjaws player, he would be full sending it – however this was a mistake as he should have moved backwards and waited for my defensive buffs to clear

With everything engaged, he chose to fight first with Mawkrusha with destroyer into verminlord warbringer with mystic shield, finest hour, and all-out defence. Sadly for him, he didn’t kill the verminlord, which was essential as it prevented smashing and bashing, which let my plague censors now hit into his pigs and kill all 6 of them.

The other Mawkrusha and pigs killed my hell pit and some less essential pieces, but it now left them exposed on my turn for blizzard, great plagues, frenzies censors and verminlords to clean up – resulting in a bloodbath that effectively called the game

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Top Eight AoS Lists for the Age of Sigmar World Championships of Warhammer – The Champs Bracket

December 30, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top eight AoS lists for the Age of Sigmar World Championships of Warhammer Part 2 – The Champs Bracket that took place in the US on the 18th and 19th of November.

This is the second article covering the World Championship, covering only the top eight who played in a knock out style tournament over two days, each of the eight players knocked out if they lost twice.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Zaitrec
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Scinari Calligrave (110)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts: Phoenix Stone
– Spells: Speed of Hysh
1 x Archmage Teclis (740)**
1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)**

BATTLELINE
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)**
– High Warden
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)**
– Bladelord Seneschal
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Steedmaster
– Standard Bearer
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50)
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

OTHER
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Steedmaster
– Standard Bearer
– Spells: Speed of Hysh
5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)**
– Steedmaster
– Standard Bearer
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)
– General
– Command Traits: Diabolical Schemer
– Spells: Skitterleap, Death Frenzy
1 x Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)*
– Artefacts: Skavenbrew
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Death Frenzy
1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)**
– Spells: Levitate, Death Frenzy
1 x Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Disease-disease!
1 x Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)**

BATTLELINE
20 x Clanrats (100)*
– Clanrat Standard Bearer
– Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
20 x Clanrats (100)*
– Clanrat Standard Bearer
– Clanrat Bell-ringer
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
15 x Plague Censer Bearers (270)*
15 x Plague Censer Bearers (270)*

OTHER
5 x Skabbik’s Plaguepack (0)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Soulscream Bridge (80)

TERRAIN
1 x Gnawhole (0)
1 x Gnawhole (0)
1 x Gnawhole (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent – Spell Enhancement

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: King’s Gitz
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine!
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)*
Madcap Shaman (70)**
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)**
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)**

Units
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)*
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)*
5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)**
5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)**

Faction Terrain
1x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000

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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Legion of Night
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Mannfred Von Carstein (400)*
– Spells: Waste Away
Vampire Lord (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Unbending Will
– Artefacts of Power: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Necromancer (100)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
King Morlak Velmorn (220)***
Lauka Vai (300)***

BATTLELINE
Fell Bats (90)*
Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
Fell Bats (90)*
Deathrattle Skeletons (110)***

OTHER
Grave Guard (320)*
– Seneschal
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
The Sons of Velmorn (220)***

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

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

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction: Crematorians
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant

LEADER
1 x Arkhan the Black (380)*
1 x Katakros (500)**
1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)**
– Artefacts: Helm of Tyranny
1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120)**
– General
– Command Traits: Show of Superiority
– Artefacts: Gothizzar Cartouche
– Spells: Drain Vitality

BATTLELINE
6 x Immortis Guard (440)*
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Army Subfaction: Null Myriad
– Triumphs: Inspired
– Grand Strat: Spellcasting Savant

LEADER
1 x Arkhan the Black (380)*
1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics
– Artefacts: Gothizzar Cartouche
– Spells: Reinforce Constructs
1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)*

BATTLELINE
4 x Morghast Archai (220)*
– Spirit Halberd
5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)*
– Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade
4 x Morghast Archai (220)*
– Spirit Halberd
3 x Immortis Guard (220)*

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Subfaction: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Firebelly (120)*
– Spells: Billowing Ash
Frostlord on Stonehorn (460)*
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder
Slaughtermaster (140)*
– General
– Command Traits: Gastromancer
– Spells: Hoarfrost

BATTLELINE
Ogor Gluttons (240)*
– Crusher
– Bellower
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
Ironguts (240)*
– Gutlord
– Bellower
– Rune Maw Bearer
Ironguts (240)*
– Gutlord
– Bellower
– Rune Maw Bearer
Ogor Gluttons (240)*
– Crusher
– Bellower
– Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar
– Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades

ARTILLERY
Ironblaster (200)*

OTHER
Gnoblars (120)*
– Groinbiter

TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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

LEADERS
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Touched by the Waaagh!
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)***
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat

BATTLELINE
Orruk Brutes (280)**
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– Boss Choppa
– 2 x Gore-choppa
Orruk Brutes (280)**
– Brute Boss
– Boss Choppa
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– 2 x Gore-choppa
Gutrippaz (150)***
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Boss
– Gutrippa Hornblower
– Wicked Stikka

OTHER
Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Ironjawz Fist
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Gloomspite Gitz Faction Breakdown – December 2023

December 29, 2023 Aida Paul Leave a comment

SUBFACTIONS

Overall, Badsnatchers appears to be the most successful subfaction at GTs with a win rate of 55%, while at the RTT setting, the Glogg’s Megamob appear to be having the stronger run with 59%. Glogg’s, Badsnatchers, and Grimscuttle (only 10 tournament entries) all appear to be the strongest Gitz Subfactions with win rates over 50%. While Trugg’s Troggherd is truly suffering with a combined win rate of only 42%.

Jaws of Mork, while having a win rate of 48%, appear to be the most popular subfaction.

Here we can see that King’s Gitz are the faction with the highest percentage of players who achieve 4+ wins in a GT setting, but also they have the highest positive win ratio (amber and green combined).

Looking at it from an RTT perspective, Glogg’s Megamob replaced the King’s Gitz with the highest % of players going to an RTT and achieving a positive result.

This chart can show a lack of balance via results, if all factions were perfectly balanced (along with player skills) then the opposing bars (i.e. 5-0 and 0-5, 3-2 and 2-3) would be even.

The real difference appears at the 1-4 results point, with a huge 22% finishing with these results compared to an expected 16% if AoS was perfectly balanced.

FACTION MATCHUPS

Note that these stats are across all game formats.

While they have a win rate of 49% overall, interestingly, the number of green matchups are very limited for Gloomspite Gitz, with only Kruleboyz being a favourable matchup for them. Meanwhile, at the other end of the table, there are 3 red matchups (less than 40% win rate) and a further 7 orange matchups (40-44%).

ROUND PERFORMANCE

Gloomspite rounds are all within the 45-55% win bracket with the first three rounds, perhaps leaning towards their opponents.

WARSCROLL PERFORMANCE

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This chart shows the win rates of lists which include the warscroll (in Blue) compared to those that don’t (in Orange). It also shows their appearances in lists in grey.

WARSCROLLS NOT USED

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Top Three AoS Lists for Straight Edge Wargaming Birthday Bash

December 29, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Straight Edge Wargaming Birthday Bash that took place in Sweden on the 16th and 17th of December. It saw 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

As a smaller tournament with less than 20 players we won’t be providing comments on individual lists.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
– Tribe: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Grand Strategy: Beastmaster
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500)
Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (500)
– General
– Command Trait: Big Eater
– Artefact: Lucky Shiny Hat
King Brodd (520)*

Units
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (140)*
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (140)*
1 x Mancrusher Gargants (140)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1940 / 2000

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Allegiance: Kruleboyz
– Warclan: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Killaboss on Corpse-Rippa Vulcha (200)*
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Swampboss Skumdrekk (280)**
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of the Swamp: Nasty Hex
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– Lore of the Swamp: Sneaky Miasma
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)**
– Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist

Battleline
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)*

Units
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Aethervoid Pendulum (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Enclave: Fuethan
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Isharann Tidecaster (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Teachings of the Turscoll
– Artefact: Brain Barnacles
– Spell:Metamorphosis
Lotann, Warden of the Soul Ledgers (110)**

Battleline
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)**
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)**
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)**
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)**
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)*
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)*
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)*
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)*
1 x Bloodthirsty Shiver Akhelian Allopex (150)*

Behemoths
Akhelian Leviadon (400)*
– Mount Trait: Reverberating Carapace

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000

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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Grinkrak The Great (220)**
Skragrott, The Loonking (230)*
Webspinner Shaman (65)*
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand
– Artefact: Nibbla’s ‘Itty Ring
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)*
– Reinforced x 2
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)*
20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)*

Units
5 x Gobbapalooza (170)*
– Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)**
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)**
10 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (220)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (220)**
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1955 / 2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Quest Of Champions Finals

December 28, 2023 Top 3 Lists Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for the Quest Of Champions Finals that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of December. It saw 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Army Subfaction: Fuethán
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Lotann (110)*
1 x Isharann Tidecaster (130)**
– General
– Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll
– Artefacts: Rune of the Surging Gloomtide
– Spells: Steed of Tides

BATTLELINE
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)*
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (Bloodthirsty Shiver) (450)**
– Razorshell Harpoon Launcher
– Barbed Hooks and Blades

BEHEMOTH
1 x Akhelian Leviadon (400)**
– Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace

TERRAIN
1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Seasons of War: The Dwindling

LEADERS
Arch-Revenant (120)*
Warsong Revenant (300)*
– General
– Command Traits: Warsinger
– Artefacts of Power: Seed of Rebirth
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Verdant Blessing
Belthanos (360)*

BATTLELINE
Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)*
– Huntmaster
Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (460)*
– Huntmaster
Tree-Revenants (110)*
– Scion
– Glade Banner Bearer
– Waypipes

OTHER
Gossamid Archers (210)*
– Flitwing Scion

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Goretide
– Grand Strategy: Reap the Blood Tithe
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Bloodmaster (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades
– Prayers: Bloodbind, Bronzed Flesh
Bloodsecrator (120)**
Korghos Khul (160)***
Slaughterpriest (110)***
– General
– Command Traits: High-priest of Khorne
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Killer Instinct
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Realmgore Ritualist (110)***
– Prayers: Curse, Unholy Flames
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Bloodreavers (80)*
– Meatripper Axe
Untamed Beasts (80)*
Bloodreavers (80)*
– Meatripper Axe
Blood Warriors (380)**
– Goreaxe and Gorefist
– 2 x Goreglaive

OTHER
Wrathmongers (280)**
Wrathmongers (280)**
Furies (80)***

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: I have long felt that The Goretide was one of the more under-appreciated Khorne subfactions, and the results are starting to back up that feeling, as it has made a few podiums of late. This list has some fun inclusion in Korghos Khul himself, a reinforced unit of Blood Warriors (a rarity in this post-Galletian Veterans world, as they only have 1″ reach), and perhaps the spiciest choice of hammer in 2 reinforced units of Wrathmongers (!).

While it may be odd to see what is generally considered to be a support unit in the hammer role like this, a quick peek at their profile shows there is some merit to the choice. 4 attack per model at 3+/3+/-1/1 base is no joke when combined with Khorne’s plethora of buffs (as an example, this list can provide +1 to hit and +1 Rend with relative ease). While they unfortunately do not get to benefit from each other’s +1 Attacks buff, they are cheap in the points department, and Rally well when combined with the Bloodsecrator.

Last but not least, this list also has a couple of interesting Ally picks in Untamed Beasts and Furies. Both of them make their way up the board quickly, and Furies in particular can force the opponent’s hand in activation order if they want to be rid of them. The innovation potential in Khorne seemingly knows no bounds, and here is yet another example of it.

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

Leaders
Frostlord on Stonehorn (460)*
– General
– Artefact: The Seat of Alvagr
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
– Prayer: Keening Gale
Slaughtermaster (140)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

Battleline
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
– Culling Clubs and Hackers with Ironfists
Stonehorn Beastriders (330)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Stonehorn Beastriders (330)*
– Weapon: Blood Vulture

Units
20 x Gnoblars (120)*
4 x Ironguts (240)*

Artillery
Ironblaster (200)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000

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Top Three AoS Lists for Bloody Christmas

December 27, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Bloody Christmas that took place in China on the 16th and 17th of December. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

We won’t be commenting on individual lists because there were less than 20 players.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms

LEADERS
Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)
– Spells: Death Frenzy, Skitterleap
Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)
– Artefacts of Power: The Fumigatous
– Prayers: Curse
Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)*
– Spells: Death Frenzy, Skitterleap
Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)*
Grey Seer (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Plague Priest (100)**
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!

BATTLELINE
Clanrats (100)*
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
Clanrats (100)**
– Clawleader
– Rusty Blade
– 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
– 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
Plague Censer Bearers (270)**

BEHEMOTH
Hell Pit Abomination (180)**

OTHER
Warp-Grinder (60)
Warpfire Thrower (70)
Warpfire Thrower (70)
Skabbik’s Plaguepack (140)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Warp Lightning Vortex (80)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Wizard-finders of Andtor

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Boggy B: Here is an in-depth perspective on the list that went 5-0. The idea behind this list is simple, play the game in each phase. The list was created so that it had play in each phase and could counter the opponents in each phase. My methodology when playing Skaven is simple, if I am not playing in each phase, I am already losing. Skaven is a fun army, but at the same time, if it is played as only one of the archetypes, it can’t do well in a tournament. This list has bandwagoned on the last battle scroll change to the Skaven chariots. It has 2 bells and a furnace, which are the staple of the list. Clanrats used to be the thing that tanks and screens, but now they still screen off more important units at the same time, I have used them on the flanks to get the primaries. I have only taken one unit of Censer Bearers as it showed that buffing them up (especially with Death Frenzy) and leaving them within command range makes them a death bomb you can send next to the enemy and see how they deal with it. At the same time, the rest of the army is free to finish battle tactics and zone out the map.

Having 3 priests unlocks an easy round-one battle tactic (Creschendo of the Diseased Choir) and allows me to use Magical Dominance later on if I have to use it. Having 3 Masterclan heroes opens up the Always 3 Clawsteps Ahead. This proved crucial in the first round when I had to face Nagash, where the other player made a mistake and left Nagash without a screen, and my whole army charged 12 from the first charge. Later, he was able to gain points with mere attrition of returning models, but by then, I had already collected enough points and secured a win.

The second round was against DoK, and it showed the struggle DoK has now, not enough bodies. I cast the Vortex 3 times during the battle and took out 6 wounds from Morathi with it. That is why it shows that even though the Blizzard was FAQd, the Vortex is still a strong weapon that Skaven has access to.

The third round was the toughest one as Khorne has as many tricks as Skaven. Especially the Khorne Spawn list. I lost my general recklessly to the Endless spell, but the Censer Bearer bomb was able to kill the Secrator in return with Death Frenzy, not a bad trade. The Secrator didn’t use his once-per-battle ability. The turning point was the Bell that summoned a Warbringer in round 4. This ensured that I would stop Khorne’s Grand Strategy. On top of that, the Warbringer finished the last battle tactic, which made a 5-point swing.

The fourth round was overshadowed by the sheer melee output that the Censer Bearers can do. They killed 13 Varanguard as well as Belakor. Buffed-up Censer Bearers are a true force to be reckoned with.

The last round was a showcase of how the list has mobility, and against Big Waaagh, they showed how using the Gnawholes properly can stop the enemy from collecting primaries. True MVPs of this round were Clanrats who were sitting on the flanks and collected points by their sheer numbers.

In conclusion, the list shows a lot of potential in playing all of the factions if played properly. The secret techs you should try out are the Warp Grinder, Skabbik, and his Plaguepack, as well as Warpfire Throwers. Go and check out their warscrolls. You’ll see why.

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Seasons of War: The Dwindling

LEADERS
Belthanos (360)
Spirit of Durthu (350)*
– Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius
Arch-Revenant (120)**
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
Branchwych (110)**
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Spells: Treesong, Verdant Blessing
Drycha Hamadreth (320)**
– Spells: Verdant Blessing, Verdurous Harmony

BATTLELINE
Dryads (100)*
– Branch Nymph
Dryads (100)*
– Branch Nymph
Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Scythes (500)**
– Huntmaster

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Gary Chen: It’s been a while since Sylvaneth stayed at a relatively low rate in the AOS tournament. Perhaps because it is a barely zero tolerance of ‘making a mistake’ army.

As long as I see Belthanos Aka ‘Thanos’, I can see the light in it. It has damage output, toughness, speed, and the most important thing for Sylvaneth: buff for speed. With run and charge aura, even Scyther Kurnoth can move 11 and charge.

Then the prototype list comes to me: four hammers, with 2 of them, can teleport and charge. How can your opponent react?

After some test games, Durthu, Kurnoth Scyther, Belthanos, and Drycha turn into my four cores without any hesitation. Belthanos is the engine and potential shield. 3+ plus mystic shield plus their finest hour makes it 1+ tough anvil. Durthu can teleport himself and hit hard. Scythes are tough and stable output sources. Drycha can give multi-dimensional attacks with potential mortal wounds.

Other parts of this list are easy to pick, Branwych wizard, Archrev bringing Arcane Tome, and two units of Dryads as chaff units and endless spell spiteswarm bring this list to 2000pts. I pick the season of dwindling over burgeoning cause Sylvaneth’s spell is important, but my build’s caster is not good enough.

After the tourney, I am okay with the result, this build has heaps of potential, but needs a little bit of luck when you cast and also needs the operator’s delicate maneuver, just like all other Sylvaneth lists, when you make mistakes, it probably will cost you the game.

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired
– Seasons of War: The Burgeoning

LEADERS
Belthanos (360)
Drycha Hamadreth (320)
– Spells: Verdant Blessing, Verdurous Harmony
Spirit of Durthu (350)*
– General
– Command Traits: Warsinger
– Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius
Arch-Revenant (120)**

BATTLELINE
Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)*
– Huntmaster
Tree-Revenants (110)*
Dryads (100)**

OTHER
Spite-Revenants (160)*
– Shadestalker

TERRAIN
1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Vanguard

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

Nikola Jankovic: This list was completely experimental and unusual for my style of play. The main idea was to try out the new model and create a fully combative list. Except Drycha is trying to bring back models, no spells whatsoever. Since coherence now works with 6 models, swords on Kurnoth Hunters were an obvious choice for me. Other players prefer having scythes for rend, but with more attacks on swords, potential of mortal wounds, and now a possibility of 6 of them attacking at once was too good not to try. With their subfaction and Arch Revenant nearby, 2+ 2+ for 25 (31) attacks sounds scary. With Warsinger on Durthu and run and charge aura from Belthanos, Hunters with Swords move 14” and then charge or to go even further, Drycha moves 18” and charges, or just keep her on her 12” move (Warsinger), shoot and then charge. One thing that surprised many players was my unit of 10 Spite Revenants. While nobody expected much from them, with 2+ to hit from Heartwood and 2+ to wound from Drycha, they get too many attacks on 2+ 2+ with potential for mortal wounds. To explain how scary that can be, 6 of them took 9 wounds from Be’lakor in one combat phase (with a bit of luck). In some games, they took out 2-4 units before they got killed (IF they got killed).

Considering that I didn’t play in a very long time and that the games I lost were with 1 or 2 points difference (even with bunch of horrible rolls), I would say this list is quite competitive and has great potential with some practice. With so many heavy hitting units and good save, it will be hard for opponents to pick who to attack first since the other unit is definitely killing something.

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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Skullfiend Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery

LEADERS
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh, Killer Instinct
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Skarbrand (380)*
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Unholy Flames
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades
– Prayers: Bloodbind, Killer Instinct
Bloodsecrator (120)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust

BATTLELINE
Skullreapers (380)**
Claws of Karanak (100)**
Blood Warriors (190)**
– Blood Champion
– Icon Bearer
– Paired Goreaxes
– Goreglaive
The Unmade (80)**
Untamed Beasts (80)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)

TERRAIN
1 x Skull Altar (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Command Entourage
– Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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Final Tournament Placings

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Top Three AoS Lists for Renegade Open 2023

December 26, 2023 Brett & Peter Leave a comment

This is the top three AoS lists for Renegade Open 2023 took place in the US on the 18th and 19th of November. It saw 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Sylvaneth
– Army Subfaction: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
– Seasons of War: The Burgeoning

LEADER
1 x Alarielle the Everqueen (820)*
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
1 x Arch-Revenant (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Warsinger
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Verdant Blessing

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

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Vengeful Skullroot (50)

OTHER
5 x Gossamid Archers (210)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Great Nation: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Scinari Cathallar (120)**
– General
– Command Trait: Loremaster
– Artefact: Silver Wand
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
– Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse, Speed of Hysh
Hurakan Windmage (120)**
– Lore of the Winds: Transporting Vortex
Sevireth, Lord of the Seventh Wind (270)*
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (210)*
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (210)*

Battleline
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (140)*
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (140)*
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (320)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (320)*
– Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Andtorian Acolytes

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Dankhold Troggboss (210)*
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts: Glowy Howzit
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
1 x Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefacts: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

BATTLELINE
20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)
20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*

OTHER
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)
5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)
10 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1950/2000)

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– Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Scions of the Storm
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Ionus Cryptborn (400)*
– General
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Incantor (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Mirrorshield
– Spells: Celestial Blades

BATTLELINE
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance
Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Stormdrake-Prime
– Drakerider’s Lance

OTHER
Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)*
Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (230)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Brett Martin: A while between drinks for Stormcast, the new battle tactics are seeing them move closer to the top again. There is nothing fancy to this list, with the new Ionus Cryptborn leading a return to the dragon list.

Ionus is the centre of this list and as long as he is active this army is going to be punishing. With a constant stream of chip mortals, strong melee and solid anti horde abilitys (including preventing Rally and Inspired Presence) he is very strong in the recursion meta. Translocation is a Stormcast staple but not as straight forward here. The battleline doens’t need to teleport and you would normally want the ranged as far from melee as possible.

The play here is to use Ionus a bit like a screen and weaken when they approach using the Stormdrake to score and punish. Little wonder that the Sylvaneth proved too much with a better teleport meaning they could strike and fade. Otherwise the Vanguard Raptors snipe out heroes limiting buffs and exposing units to the Stormdrake. Combined with the mobility of the army this is a very strong scoring list. But it does live on the razor’s edge – the one loss was big preventing a podium in this case.

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Final Tournament Placings

To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/G4021035U5

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Blades of Khorne – Warscroll Datacards

December 24, 2023 Patrick German Leave a comment

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.