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Top Three AoS Lists for Goonhammer Open UK 

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This is the top three AoS lists for Goonhammer Open UK  that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of March. It saw 16 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-Zon
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): There’s No Reward Without Risk

LEADERS
Arkanaut Admiral (150)*
– General
– Command Traits: Stormcaller
Aetheric Navigator (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb
Endrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)**
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Endrinriggers (130)*
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (130)*
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (260)**
– Mizzenmaster

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Frigate (310)*
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship
Arkanaut Frigate (310)**
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Prudency Chutes

OTHER
Gotrek Gurnisson (480)**

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Legion of the First Prince
– Grand Strategy: Follow the Path to Glory
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Be’lakor (340)*
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Warp Reality
Eternus, Blade of the First Prince (180)*
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)**
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Warp Reality
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)**
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Warp Reality
Exalted Hero of Chaos (90)**
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Rune-etched Blade and Chaos Runeshield
– Artefacts of Power: The Conqueror’s Crown

BATTLELINE
Chaos Warriors (360)*
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Aspiring Champion
– Ensorcelled Halberd
– 2 x Standard Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
Chaos Knights (220)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Doom Knight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Cursed Lance
Furies (80)*

OTHER
Chaos Chosen (460)*
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Exalted Champion
– Icon Bearer
– Skull Drummer
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Dread Banner

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000

Roland Rivera: Legion of the First Prince is one of the less common Slaves to Darkness subfactions, but one of the most fun ways to leverage its ability to put the Mark of your choice on any Undivided unit is to have a big blob of Chosen. That lets them tap into Slaanesh when they need extra speed via the run & charge command, Nurgle when they’re in a protracted combat, or Khorne when you’ve set up a juicy charge for them. All the while, they have the potential for upgrades via Eye of the Gods rolls, as Legion lets you keep Undivided alongside your second Mark.

The Chosen are surrounded by a mix of the usual suspects and some spicier picks. Be’lakor, 2 Sorcerer Lords, a unit of Furies, and a brick of 20 Nurgle Warriors with the Eroding Icon don’t need much of an introduction, but you don’t often see Knights with the Undivided mark (likely a backup target for the Mark-swapping ability in case the Chosen go down or don’t need it). Eternus is also an interesting addition, likely here due to his synergy with Furies (bonus CP) and to a lesser extent with Be’lakor (makes his revive ability more likely).

Overall, this list managed to successfully walk the line between doing fun things and powerful things, and rewarded its pilot with a strong finish.

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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat
– Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
King Brodd (520)
Gatebreaker (500)
– General
– Command Traits: Big Eater
– Artefacts of Power: Lucky Shiny Hat
Warstomper (440)
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)
Mancrusher Gargant (130)

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Peter Holland: The legend that is Pete Atkinson joins us once more for a guest commentary. Check out his own blog, the awesome PlasticCraic.

Pete Atkinson: I’m putting this one right up there with The Sixth Sense and “No, I am your father“¹: Mancrusher Gargants are suddenly having a moment on top tables, and that is a plot twist I did not see coming.

Brodd’s Stomp always starts with Broddley himself – it actually doesn’t have to, interestingly enough, but it kinda does.  Getting your 40 wound giga-chad with a 5++ ward is serious business and a big part of why we’re even doing this.

The other big thing is picking up terrain – ideally faction terrain – and bouncing it off your opponent’s head.  If that stuff ever gets old, it hasn’t yet.  So the next thing I’m putting in every Stomp list is a Gatebreaker, because that terrain-chuck thing is a shooting attack, so you’re getting extra juice out of any All Out Attack used in the shooting phase – this combos really nicely with that rend -3 damage 4 rock if you can ever hit the 2+ wound roll on one dice (you can’t.  I’m telling you now.  It’s a thing).  Plus Gatebreakers are just really good.

Laura’s GB is loaded up with the circle-healing CT and the 5+ mortal ward artefact for extra DPS funtimes, with Nullstone going on the 3rd Mega for the Unbinds.  History shows that the Icon has won out amongst the Nullstone artefacts, and fair enough too.  Bear in mind that you can put Bless on this fella with Brodd’s prayers, and you can have some kind of ward on all three Megas, which is pretty sweet.

I ran through the merits of Mancrushers vs a 4th Mega at some length when Brodd’s Stomp first came out, and noting that this was old points (so you can fit a little more in the army now), the list I cooked up came out very similar to what Laura is running here:

Competitive Listbuilding in Brodd’s Stomp

So I won’t repeat the whole thing again, but the key points are that the babies give Brodd a cheap bodyguard to switch on his ward, and they give you higher quality of life for battle tactics (e.g. dumping a couple of cheap-ish models on board edges for Surround and Destroy).

Speaking of which, quality of life for this army on secondaries is high….very high.  Your AOR tactics include such difficult challenges as “getting onto objectives”, and now the Nullstone gives you another freebie, albeit there’s only so many objectives you can actually take back when you tend to dominate Primaries.  I rate Laura’s choice of Slaughter of Sorcery – with no wizards of her own she’s halfway there, the shooting can add up (it’s not that hard to get within 12″ for this army) and if you face popular armies like Khorne or KO, it’s a straight-up gimme.  

One thing that counts against you is the release and popularity of FEC.  Morbheg Knights and Crypto Bros are just a couple more hyper-aggressive combat units stepping into a meta already stuffed with things like Squigs and the laughably broken Plague Censer Bearers.  There are units out there that will smoke Brodd without blinking, so forget about hitting Prios – the biggest element of luck I’d want on my side to steer this army to a podium is a favourable draw.  Let the KO do you a favour and light up the glass hammer trading armies, and there’s not much that can stand in your path.  Damn this makes me want to play the army.

¹Look it up, buttercup: https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/empire-strikes-back-i-am/

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Defend the Throne
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Abhorrant Gorewarden (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Marrowscroll Herald (100)***
– General
– Command Traits: Cruel Taskmaster
– Artefacts: Charnel Vestments
– Prayers: Charnel Conviction

BATTLELINE
9 x Crypt Horrors (130)***
– Crypt Haunter
40 x Crypt Ghouls (160)***
– Crypt Ghast
20 x Crypt Ghouls (160)***

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Chalice of Ushoran (50)

OTHER
3 x Morbheg Knights (150)**
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower
3 x Morbheg Knights (150)**
– Standard Bearer
– Champion of Morbheg
– Hornblower
20 x Royal Beastflayers (110)***

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Noel Fundora: This list has the great bones of any good FeC list. 20 Royal Beastflayers with the chalice will ensure that you have an anvil that can sit on a point and not give in. Paired with the passive recursion of the Archregents, those Beastflayers and their multi-wound models are not going anywhere. It also features a brick of 40 ghouls that can also take great advatage of the chalice, while packing a nice punch of a multitude of attacks.

The premier hammer of the list being a 9-block of Horrors will shift most targets, especially with the list being in Hollowmourne for that extra damage on the charge. The number one difficulty for this list will be high save targets, which I am sure were featured in the KO and STD lists that it was defeated by at this event. This can be somewhat mitigated by that ever important Hoarfrost and a cheeky teleporting blizzard from the Gorewarden.
The inclusion of 2×3 Morbhegs will help with easy turn 1 Surround and Destroy as well as offer some dangerously quick hero hunters. The Cruel Taskmaster General will ensure that if that block of Horrors is not eliminated in one foul swoop, it is going to stand back up as dangerous as before. The inclusion of the Acolyte Battalion is key because every spell this list has access to (warscroll and lore) plays a key role in achieving its goals.

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/YHE01RNA53

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Battle To End Alzheimers 2024 AoS GT

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This is the top three AoS lists for the Battle To End Alzheimers 2024 AoS GT that took place in the US on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 60 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Kruleboyz
– Army Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades
– Grand Strategy: Krump ’Em All!

LEADER
1 x Gobsprakk (240)*
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)*
– Spells: Sneaky Miasma
1 x Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Traits: Supa Sneaky
– Artefacts: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Traits: Smelly ’Un
1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)**
– Spells: Choking Mist

BATTLELINE
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
– Wicked Stikka
10 x Gutrippaz (150)*
– Wicked Stikka
10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)**

OTHER
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)**
4 x Daggok’s Stab-ladz (70)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Army Subfaction: Alumnia
– Grand Strategy: Control the Nexus
– Triumphs: Indomitable

LEADER
1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts: Silver Wand
– Spells: Ethereal Blessing
1 x Scinari Calligrave (110)*
– Spells: Protection of Hysh
1 x Scinari Enlightener (170)*
– Artefacts: Rune of Senthoi
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
1 x Vanari Lord Regent (150)**
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)**
1 x Ellania and Ellathor (190)**
– Spells: Protection of Hysh

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

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Rune of Petrification (60)
1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30)

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

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Subfaction: Host of the Everchosen
– Grand Strategy: Follow the Path to Glory
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Archaon (820)
– Spells: Chaotic Conduit, Warp Reality
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)
– General
– Mark of Chaos: Undivided
– Command Traits: Arch-sorcerer
– Artefacts of Power: Chaos Familiar
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Warp Reality
Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (180)
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh

BATTLELINE
Chaos Warriors (180)
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Aspiring Champion
– Murderous Weapon
Chaos Knights (220)
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Doom Knight
– Cursed Lance
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Rage
Chaos Chosen (460)
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Icon Bearer
– Skull Drummer
– Exalted Champion
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Banner of Screaming Flesh

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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

LEADER
1 x Belthanos (360)*
1 x Arch-Revenant (120)*
1 x Warsong Revenant (270)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spellsinger
– Artefacts: The Vesperal Gem
– Spells: Verdurous Harmony, Verdant Blessing

BATTLELINE
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (220)*
– Huntmaster

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Gladewyrm (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)

OTHER
5 x Gossamid Archers (210)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/44CB4KCP3J

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Adepticon AoS Champs 2024

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This is the top three AoS lists for Adepticon AoS Champs 2024 that took place in US on the 21st and 22nd of March. It saw 168 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Type: Pretenders
– Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Keeper of Secrets (380)*
– General
– Command Traits: Strength of Godhood
– Shining Aegis
– Artefacts: The Crown of Dark Secrets
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
1 x Contorted Epitome (230)*
– Spells: Born of Damnation

BATTLELINE
10 x Daemonettes (110)
11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)*
11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)*

OTHER
6 x Fiends (180)*
5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)*
6 x Fiends (180)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Ironjawz
– Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat
1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)**
– General
– Command Traits: Hulking Brute
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts: Destroyer
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)**

BATTLELINE
10 x Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Brute Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
– 2 x Gore-choppa
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)***
– Gore-grunta Boss
– Jagged Gore-hacka

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

TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)

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– Army Faction: Sons of Behemat
– Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Gatebreaker (500)
– Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Destiny
King Brodd (520)
– General
– Command Traits: Big Eater
Gatebreaker (500)
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon
Warstomper (440)

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

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

LEADERS
Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
Loonboss (90)**
– General
– Command Traits: Fight Another Day
Madcap Shaman (70)**
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
Boingrot Bounderz (320)*
Boingrot Bounderz (320)*
Moonclan Stabbas (240)**
– Moonclan Boss
– Stabba
– 2 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– 2 x Gong Basher
– 2 x 3 Barbed Nets
Moonclan Stabbas (240)**
– Moonclan Boss
– Stabba
– 2 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– 2 x Gong Basher
– 2 x 3 Barbed Nets

OTHER
Gobbapalooza (180)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Sneaky Snufflers (150)*
Sneaky Snufflers (150)*

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/7GCUFKBPVT

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Top Three AoS Lists for The Ides of March Age of Sigmar GT

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This is the top three AoS lists for The Ides of March Age of Sigmar GT that took place in the US on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades
– Prayers: Killer Instinct
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh
Exalted Deathbringer (80)*
– Impaling Spear
– Artefacts of Power: Gorecleaver
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Hackblade and Wrath-hammer
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Valkia the Bloody (140)**
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310)**
– Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood

BATTLELINE
Bloodletters (360)
– Bloodreaper
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Blood Warriors (190)*
– Icon Bearer
– Blood Champion
– Goreaxe and Gorefist
– Goreglaive
Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Reaver Blades

OTHER
Furies (80)
Wrathmongers (140)

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

TERRAIN
1 x Skull Altar (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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

LEADERS
Skink Starseer (160)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Huanchi
Lord Kroak (440)**
Slann Starmaster (310)**
– General
– Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefacts of Power: Spacefolder’s Stave
– Spells: Comet’s Call, Drain Magic
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (160)**

BATTLELINE
Saurus Warriors (180)
– Saurus Warrior Alpha
– Icon Bearer
– War-drummer
– Celestite Club
Raptadon Chargers (300)
– Raptadon Charger Alpha
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Hornblower
Saurus Guard (140)**
– Saurus Guard Alpha
– War-drummer
– Icon Bearer

OTHER
Ripperdactyl Riders (100)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
1 x Quicksilver Swords (50)

TERRAIN
1 x Starborne Realmshaper Engine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

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

Leaders
Grey Seer (110)**
– Skitterleap
– Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Skavenbrew
– General
Grey Seer on Screaming Bell (240)
– Death Frenzy
Grey Seer on Screaming Bell (240)
– Death Frenzy
Plague Priest on Plague Furnace (270)*
– Rabid-rabid!
– Curse
Plague Priest on Plague Furnace (270)**
– Disease-disease!
– Curse
Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)**
– Rabid-rabid!
– Filth-filth!

Battleline
20 Clanrats (100)*
– Rusty Blades
– 2x Musician
– 2x Standard Bearers
20 Clanrats (100)*
– Rusty Blades
– 2x Musician
– 2x Standard Bearers
40 Clanrats (200)*
– Rusty Blades
– Reinforced
– 4x Musician
– 4x Standard Bearers
Plague Censer Bearers (100)*
20 Plague Monks (180)*
– Pair of Foetid Blades

Units
Skabbik’s Plaguepack**

Endless Spell and Invocations
Endless Spell: Malevolent Maelstrom (50)

Core Battalions
*Core Battalion: Battle Regiment
– Clanrats[3]
– Clanrats[1]
– Plague Censer Bearers
– Plague Monks
– Plague Priest on Plague Furnace[1]
– Clanrats[2]
**Core Battalion: Warlord
– Grey Seer
– Plague Priest on Plague Furnace[2]
– Skabbik Plagueseeker
– Skabbik’s Plaguepack
– Extra Enhancement: Prayer Scriptures

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Ironjawz
– Warclan: Bloodtoofs
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)*
– General
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Command Trait: Hulking Brute
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Smelly ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)**
– Warbeat: Killa Beat
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)**
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork

Battleline
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Orruk Brutes (280)*
– Jagged Gore-hackas
– 2x Gore Choppas
– Reinforced x 1

Units
6 x Brute Ragerz (200)*
– Brute Krusha
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 1940 / 2000

Final Tournament Placings

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AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 24th March 2024 – Battlescroll: Nullstone Cache

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Disclaimer

The data contained inside this article is only Woehammer’s interpretation. There are differing methods and analyses of the data available from Games Workshop and Honest Wargamer, whose methodology differs slightly from our own.

All of these sources should be viewed as a collective whole to allow you to gather a larger picture of the Age of Sigmar meta. The win rates, while accurate for events we have on record so far, are likely to change in the coming weeks and shouldn’t be the single point of reference for a factions strength.

How Win Rates are Calculated

All of our data for GTs are pulled from Best Coast Pairings, Stats & Ladders, and Ecksen for two day, 2000 point single events. Everything else we draw data on is shown in the RTT/Casual data. GT and RTT data are shown together in the combined data. We split all draws between the wins and losses of a faction evenly, as we believe this provides a fair reflection of a factions win rate. For example, as a player, you may achieve 2 wins, 2 losses, and a draw at an event. Some sites will only count the wins towards the faction rate, so in this case, 40% (2/5=0.4). Woehammer includes half of the draws, so our result would be 50% (2.5/5=0.5).

While the faction win rate may state one figure, it is more than likely to have evolved during the course of the Battlescroll as players find hidden gems within their battletomes. These are then copied by other players or answers found to these by others.

Faction Win Rates

The above chart shows the combined data (all events) currently hosted on Best Coast Pairings, Stats & Ladders, and Ecksen. This chart would be the most similar in data to Games Workshops’ own metawatch articles.

The value in brackets shows the number of matches featuring that faction (excluding mirror matches) the data is based on.

The above chart shows the same information for single player, 2000 point, 5 or more round events. This would be considered the more competitive view, with players often doing their utmost to optimise lists for these events.

The above shows the results for events that aren’t classified as a GT. So this would include RTTs, doubles, teams, and everything else in between.

Win Rates

I thought it may be interesting to also view the win rates by month during the battlescroll. This allows us to see the effect of new Ironjawz or the like on their particular faction. Or it may show whether armies with high win rates are being adapted to by their opposition.

Subfaction and Army of Renown Win Rates

No subfaction data yet, as the sample sizes are too small.

Player Results by Wins

This graph has at least two purposes. Firstly, it shows the faction popularity by the number of players, and secondly, it breaks down those players’ results in terms of the number of wins they achieve.

Faction Popularity

The full list month-by-month is below:

When looking at the above table, bear in mind that this is the worldwide meta, and region to region or even city to city may differ. So while this gives us a general idea of the meta it may not be representative of your local meta.

We’re seeing (as always) a massive spike in the player base of the new tomes that have been released and fall off on the older Tomes. This is to be expected really as competitive players jump around following the “Oooo shiny” method of collecting. They’ll likely always be a strong base for Stormcast Eternals, thanks to them appearing in nearly all beginner army sets, as magazine collections and the feature of many stories in Age of Sigmar.

Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from

Out of all the players using that faction (shown in brackets next to the faction name), this graph shows the number achieving a whitewash at a GT with 5 wins from 5. Those achieving 4 wins from 4 after the fourth round and those achieving 3 wins from 3 after the 3rd round. Take into account that those who achieve 5-0 are included in the numbers of 4 wins from 4 and 3 wins from 3. Likewise, those achieving 4 from 4 are included with the 3 from 3 data.

We’ve also shown the percentage of players managing to achieve more wins than losses at a GT event.

Players with 4+ Wins

The above has been sorted to show the number of players achieving 4 or more wins with their faction.

Faction Pairings

The above shows the win rate for factions against the others currently in the game. Reading this chart, you’ll need to view it as the vertical column (green) against the horizontal row and then cross reference these.

Battleplans

We’ve gathered data on Battleplans where players have informed us of which were used at events.

The above shows how many events each battleplan was used in. This, therefore, shows how popular battleplans are with TOs.

The above chart shows each factions win rate on the relevant battleplan. This can be useful for some TOs if the wish to give a leading faction or a popular faction at their event a challenge.

Conclusions

If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. Don’t just look at our data either, look at TSN and also GW. Get a big picture, use these sites as sources to make your own informed opinion on the meta. Think about which armies are popular, as you’ll likely face at least one or two of these armies at some point during an event, especially in the earlier rounds.

Look at those factions that are regularly in a tournament winning position and winning GTs, as these are likely to be your opponents in the later rounds. I believe you should look at building a list that is able to cope with playing the following factions at some point in a GT if you’re looking to compete;

  • Blades of Khorne
  • Stormcast Eternals
  • Kharadron Overlords
  • Soulblight Gravelords
  • Hedonites of Slaanesh
  • Nighthaunt(!?)

But also, if you’re playing a local GT with your club, then bear in mind that meta may be completely different to those given in the stats above. All of what is presented here, should be taken with a pinch of salt, but hopefully it gives you some guidance when it comes to list construction, or even army choice if you’re looking to play Age of Sigmar.

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Top Three AoS Lists for Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament 2024

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This is the top three AoS lists for Dazmaul Wargaming Tournament 2024 that took place in the UK on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 36 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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

LEADERS
1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)*
– Spells: Prison of Grief
1 x Vampire Lord (150)**
– Artefacts of Power: Morbheg’s Claw
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Necromancer (100)**
– General
– Command Traits: Unbending Will
– Spells: Waste Away
1 x King Morlak Velmorn (230)***

BATTLELINE
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)*
– Doom Wolf
20 x Deathrattle Skeletons (220)***
– Skeleton Champion
– 2 x Standard Bearer

OTHER
4 x The Sons of Velmorn (230)***
20 x Grave Guard (320)***
– Seneschal
– Hornblower
– Great Wight Blade
– 2 x Standard Bearer
5 x Black Knights (130)***
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
5 x Black Knights (130)***
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower

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

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Army Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon

LEADER
1 x Webspinner Shaman on Arachnarok Spider (240)
– Spells: Sneaky Distraction
1 x Dankhold Troggboss (210)*
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts: Glowy Howzit
1 x Webspinner Shaman (70)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)*
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (170)*

BEHEMOTH
1 x Arachnarok Spider with Spiderfang Warparty (200)
1 x Arachnarok Spider with Spiderfang Warparty (200)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts
– Army Subfaction: Hollowmourne
– Grand Strategy: Expand the Kingdom

LEADER
1 x Ushoran (460)
– Spells: Deranged Transformation
1 x Grand Justice Gormayne (140)
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Abhorrant Archregent (150)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Crypt Infernal Courtier (140)**
– General
– Command Traits: Cruel Taskmaster
– Artefacts: Charnel Vestments
– Prayers: Charnel Conviction

BATTLELINE
20 x Crypt Ghouls (160)
– Crypt Ghast
9 x Crypt Horrors (390)**
– Crypt Haunter
9 x Crypt Horrors (390)**
– Crypt Haunter

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Cadaverous Barricade (20)

TERRAIN
1 x Charnel Throne (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Wizard-finders of Andtor

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

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Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar
– Army Subfaction: Excelsis
– Grand Strategy: Banners Held High

LEADER
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100) *
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Battlemage (100) *
– Spells: Pall of Doom
– Arcane Trinkets: Realmstone Orb
1 x Battlemage (100) *
– Spells: Pha’s Protection
– Arcane Trinkets: Ancient Grimoire
1 x Freeguild Marshal on Griffon (270) * *
– General
– Command Traits: Grizzled Veteran
– Freeguild Lance
– Artefacts: Sigmarite Warhammer
1 x Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120) * *
1 x Pontifex Zenestra (180) * *

BATTLELINE
10 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180) * *

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (200) * *

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/504DOEIYj7

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Top Three AoS Lists for The South Coast AoS Singles

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This is the top three AoS lists for The South Coast AoS Singles  that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of March. It saw 21 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Boulderhead
– Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Queen Divine (400)
Huskard on Stonehorn
– Blood Vulture
– Mount Trait: Metalcruncher
– Prayer: Keening Gale
Rishi (150)*
Tyrant
– Artefact: Splatter-cleaver
– Big Name: Deathcheater
Big Chungus (460)*
Frostlord on Stonehorn
– General
– Command Trait: Touched by the Everwinter
– Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
– Prayer: Pulverising Hailstorm
– Nullstone Adornment: Pouch of Nulldust

Battleline

Behemoths
The TERF Eater (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Netflix Comedy Special (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture
Lesbian Bed Death (330)*
Stonehorn Beastriders
– Weapon: Blood Vulture

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

Roland Rivera: Hazel’s Ogors are back, and it’s like they never left. The name of the game is simple – play as many Stonehorns as you can afford to stuff into a list, and let their combination of durability, speed, damage, and capture power carry you to victory. The Tyrant is a fun complement to the big things, as it carries a source of AoE healing in the Splatter-Cleaver.

An interesting decision made by Hazel here is to not play any casters and instead opt for the Nullstone enhancement. I suspect this decision was spurred by the new Battle Tactic for the Nullstone enhancement bearer introduced in the latest Battlescroll. Otherwise, I think putting Arcane Tome on the Frostlord on Stonehorn would have been a very attractive option.

Hazel is perhaps one of the best Ogor players in the UK (if not the world), and she has showcased her skills once again with this list.

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Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Hammers of Sigmar (Scions)
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Knight-Incantor (120)*
– General
– Command Trait: Eater of Magic
– Artefact: Mirrorshield
– Spell: Celestial Blades
Karazai, The Scarred (510)*
Ionus Cryptborn, Warden of Lost Souls (400)***
– Prayer: Divine Light
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Relictor (90)**
– Prayer: Bless Weapons
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
The Light of Eltharion (230)*
– Allies

Battleline
5 x Vanquishers (100)***
5 x Vanquishers (100)***
2 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (240)*

Units
6 x Questor Soulsworn (210)**

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Wizard-Finders of Andtor
***Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Prayer
Holy Command: Call for Aid

Total: 2000 / 2000

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Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (110)***
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Mork’s Eye Pebble
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Wurrgog Prophet (170)*
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Spell: Levitate
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork

Battleline
10 x Orruk Ardboys (200)**
– Ardboy choppas
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
10 x Orruk Ardboys (200)**
– Ardboy choppas
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers
10 x Gutrippaz (150)***

Units
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas- Reinforced x 1
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-hackas

Behemoths
2x Maw-grunta Gougers (320)
– reinforced x1

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Ironjawz Fist
***Warlord

Total: 1990 / 2000

Roland Rivera: The Big Waaagh list that took 3rd at this tournament is an interesting one – while the likes of a Wurrgog Prophet, Warchanters, and a Weirdnob Shaman are pretty standard fare for this army, this list has a few interesting picks that merit further discussion.

The first is the Killaboss on Gnashtoof – the recipient of yet another price cut (this unit was 200 points when 3rd edition launched!), GW is practically begging Orruk players to field it; its stats are very efficient by virtue of how cheap it is. Part of his job in this army is to be a Kruleboyz General to open up the gimme Battle Tactic that is Take Dat, Ya Suckers!, and the other part is to babysit the unit of Gutrippaz that is screening for their heavier-hitting Ironjawz cousins. Next is the reinforced unit of Maw-Grunta Gougers – this is so rarely seen, I had forgotten the unit could be reinforced until I saw this list. Ardboys, fresh off a much-needed points cut, are beginning to see more consistent play. Last but not least, Big Waaagh players rarely play more than 6 Gore-Gruntas, but Sebastian decided that wasn’t enough Pig for him, so he packed 3 more.

While some of the choices made in listbuilding were definitely unorthodox, there’s no arguing with the results. This list did very well, demonstrating the depth of the Orruk Warclans unit lineup and the power of the Big Waaagh! allegiance abilities.

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Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Ionrach
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Akhelian King (220)*
– General
– Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury
– Bladed Polearm and Falchion
– Artefacts of Power: Potion of Hateful Frenzy
– Mount Traits: Savage Ferocity
Volturnos (230)*
Isharann Soulrender (100)*
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
– Nullstone Adornments: Polished Nullstone Pebble

BATTLELINE
Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (160)*
– Lochian Prince
– Musician
– Standard Bearer
Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (160)*
– Lochian Prince
– Musician
– Standard Bearer
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
– Lochian Prince
– 2 x Musician
– 2 x Standard Bearer
Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (320)*
– Lochian Prince
– 2 x Musician
– 2 x Standard Bearer

BEHEMOTH
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Final Tournament Placings

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/D9BHD2A2XM

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Top Three AoS Lists for the War In the North

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This is the top three AoS lists for theWar In the North that took place in Australia on the 9th and 10th of March. It saw 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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

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The Top Three AoS Lists

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

Leaders
Grey Seer (120)*
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Grey Seer (120)*
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Thanquol on Boneripper (430)**
– 2 Warpfire Braziers & 2 Warpfire Projectors
– Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy
– Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap
Verminlord Warbringer (380)***
– General
– Command Trait: Devious Adversary
– Artefact: Shield of Distraction|
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Plague Priest (100)**
– Noxious Prayers: Filth-filth!
Plague Priest (100)**
– Noxious Prayers: Rabid-rabid!

Battleline
20 x Clanrats (100)**
– Rusty Blade
– 2x Standard Bearers
– 2x Standard Bell Ringers
20 x Clanrats (100)***
– Rusty Blade
– 2x Standard Bearers
– 2x Standard Bell Ringers
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (180)***
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Plague Monks (180)***
– Foetid Blades
– 2x Standard Bearers
– 2x Plague Harbingers
– Reinforced x 1

Units
1 x Warp-Grinder (60)***

Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (180)***

Core Battalions
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord
***Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Spell

Total: 2000 / 2000

Kieren Coates: Benoit Coming through with the big 5-0 with what almost feels like a classic skaven list from 12 months ago during the GV/GC meta

We love to see thanquol back on the table proving he doesn’t need a surfboard to show his strength, combined with double grey seers, warbringer and double priest it has access to 8 casts (with warlord for 2 spells chosen per wizard), giving access to great prayers and blizzard for some short range mortal punch.

One notable difference is the warbringer taking sheild of distraction, a rarely seen artfiact that forces the enemy to only allow 1 unit per turn to attack the warbringer in melle, allowing for suicide charges into multiple units without fear of return damage – Its an interesting choice as warpstone charm has been the go to choice for many warpstone fanatics, but Benoit has found path for the shield and has made it work

10 censors, 20 monks, hell pit, thanquol, warbringer, blizzards, great plagues – if you dont respect the output of this list expect to get tabled very quickly upon a misposition with a lethal combination of mortals and high volume physical damage.

Congratulations on the 5-0

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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Type: Pretenders
– Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Glutos Orscollion (480)
– Spells: Born of Damnation
Contorted Epitome (230)
– General
– Command Traits: Strength of Godhood
– Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
The Masque (140)

BATTLELINE
Blissbarb Archers (340)
– High Tempter
Blissbarb Archers (170)
– High Tempter
Blissbarb Archers (170)
– High Tempter

OTHER
Slickblade Seekers (220)
– Hunter-Seeker
Blissbarb Seekers (220)
– High Tempter

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Celefaze: The classics never die. They only fall short of the meta for a bit. With a few key differences, this is the type of list you saw quite a bit at the release of the current book. Featuring Pretenders with the Masque for turn one depravity, a healthy dose of blissbarbs for damage, blissbarb seekers for save debuffing, and slickblades for highly mobile depravity generation. At the helm is a Strength of Godhood contorted epitome general (with all the standard trimmings) for a beast of a lynchpin hero that can issue a ludicrous number of commands, debuff a major threat with the crown, and punch above its weight with multiple damage buffs. Where this list diverges deliciously is the addition of a special favorite of mine: Glutos Orscollion. A key ingredient for any ranged list that may find itself starved for depravity in the early game, Glutos shores up that early weakness by providing his own -1 to-hit aura that covers a respectably large area of the board. The big guy is also a solid melee threat and possibly the tankiest entry Slaanesh has access to.  A flavorful take on the original recipe for victory with this book.

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Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Subfaction: Barak-Nar
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies
– Triumph: Inspired
– Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste
– Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything
– Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught

LEADERS
Aetheric Navigator (110)*
– Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb
Brokk Grungsson (220)*
Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit (170)*
– General
– Command Traits: Stormcaller
– Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon

BATTLELINE
Endrinriggers (390)*
– Mizzenmaster
Endrinriggers (390)*
– Mizzenmaster
Arkanaut Company (90)*
– Company Captain
– Light Skyhook and Gun Butt
– Skypike
– Aetherflare Pistol
– Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt

BEHEMOTH
Arkanaut Frigate (310)
– Heavy Skyhook
Arkanaut Frigate (310)*
– Heavy Sky Cannon
– Great Endrinworks: Prudency Chutes

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Carl Stokes: Even as we head full throttle into the indexification of AoS with the new edition this summer, we can still take the time to appreciate some excellently piloted KO lists. This one is pretty spicy, with the symmetry I love to see. Headed up by Brokk himself, this list really revolves around the perfectly balanced (as all things should be) frigate duo, both of which contain 9 endrinriggers for maximal healing and a very prickly exterior, should someone charge into them (or be charged).

Otherwise, the character department is a familiar sight, with the lack of admiral offset by a Voidstone Navigator and Stormcaller dirigible endrinmaster to unlock battleline endrinriggers and provide even more healing/shooting. Taking the nullstone icon ensures yet another automatic battle tactic for the army that’s the best in the game at scoring them. This sort of redundancy is really the name of the game for this list.

The amount of shooting that can be brought to bear, even without an ironclad, is staggering, with a killbox of 12” around each of the frigates. The classic move of slamming 2 frigates into an enemy and unpacking 18 Endrinriggers and Brokk that always strike first with extra attacks from Brokk can come as a real surprise to opponents and shatter the backbone of any army in the game.

We’ve slowly seen a transition away from the frigate/ironclad combo and more of this frigate/frigate/brokk set-up that leverages the speed and explosive melee power of the army rather than the pure shooting and mobile castle playstyle. It’s phenomenal to see how the KO book remains competitive across multiple GHBs, and the creation of fun lists like this one is something that’s been a real hallmark of AoS 3.0.

The only true weakness this army has is against massive recursion and monster truck opponents that can reach out and swat boats while maintaining the board presence to outscore them on objectives. This is an inherent weakness of non-Gotrek KO lists that can be seen here in this list’s only loss to the new FEC. Sometimes, you just don’t always have great matchups, and at the end of the day, a strong third place finish from Down Under is nothing to sneeze at! Great work, James!

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 Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Subfaction: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Mortisan Ossifector (120)*
– General
– Command Traits: Aura of Sterility
– Artefacts of Power: Gothizzar Cartouche
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Mortisan Soulreaper (110)*
– Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons
Katakros (500)**

BATTLELINE
6x Necropolis Stalkers (440)**
6x Immortis Guard (460)**
5x Kavalos Deathriders (190)**
– Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade

BEHEMOTH
1x Gothizzar Harvester (160)**

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

Walter Brock: This list is a Katakros Petrifex list with a few new choices for dealing with different situations.

Starting off we see the Normal Spellcasting Savant, Mortisan General + Immortis Guard Brick.  Aura of sterility helps protect the list from shooting.

The Soul Reaper is a cost-efficient choice to add a second wizard for the Acolytes Detachment.  This lets the list get out a key spell. Or bank primal dice to stop opponent spells.
Katakros acts as the main engine of the list.  Buffing everything to 11.  

Deathriders are a standard unit for OBR lists.  Easy battle tactics and screen + durability.

two uncommon picks are the harvester and the 6 stalkers. 

The Harvester provides the best points for damage value in the Ossiarch book.  When buffed by the Ossifector for rend and wound rolls.  Adding 5s to explode and Katakros’s Hit buff lets the harvester act as a missile threat to take out important targets that the rest of the list doesn’t want to deal with.

6 Stalkers biggest strengths are their speed and damage.  Able to outspeed many units on the field and cripple them before the opponent has a chance to hit the OBR list.  With Katakros and the Petrifex bonus, any counterattack will have a hard time putting damage through on this unit.

Final Tournament Placings

RankPlayerWinDrawLoss
1benoit butraud
Skaven		500
2Ty Gordon
Hedonites of Slaanesh		401
3James Coyle
Kharadron Overlords		401
4zach sindelar
Ossiarch Bonereapers		401
5Matthew Tait
Disciples of Tzeentch		311
6Brook Mills
Soulblight Gravelords		311
7ben liekefett
Gloomspite Gitz		311
8Jade Coase
Daughters of Khaine		302
9Trent Graham
Lumineth Realm-lords		302
10Zenith Mills-Shorter
Flesh-Eater Courts		302
11Quinn Gorlick
Slaves to Darkness		302
12Tristan Smith
Orruk Warclans		302
13Rainy Comley
Flesh-Eater Courts		302
14Max Weeks
Ogor Mawtribes		302
15Ryan Zalewski
Ironjawz		302
16Blake Kerwick
Soulblight Gravelords		302
17Joshua Carroll
Ironjawz		203
18Mitch Blackwell
Kruleboyz		203
19Jarrah Booth
Maggotkin of Nurgle		203
20akeem wallace
Stormcast Eternals		203
21Tim Brumpton
Ironjawz		203
22Zack Watson
Sylvaneth		203
23Jarrod Hamilton-MacLaren
Maggotkin of Nurgle		203
24James Hunter
Gloomspite Gitz		203
25Sean O”Dea
Sons of Behemat		203
26Gabriel Collingwood
Cities of Sigmar		113
27Liam Smits
Flesh-Eater Courts		113
28Connor Woodward
Cities of Sigmar		113
29Oliver Baker
Fyreslayers		104
30Suzanne Hunter
Stormcast Eternals		104
31Tod Ryan
Ironjawz		104
32Richard Baker
Stormcast Eternals		005

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AoS Meta Stats W/Ending 17th March 2024 – Battlescroll: Nullstone Cache

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Disclaimer

The data contained inside this article is only Woehammer’s interpretation. There are differing methods and analyses of the data available from Games Workshop and Honest Wargamer, whose methodology differs slightly from our own.

All of these sources should be viewed as a collective whole to allow you to gather a larger picture of the Age of Sigmar meta. The win rates, while accurate for events we have on record so far, are likely to change in the coming weeks and shouldn’t be the single point of reference for a factions strength.

How Win Rates are Calculated

All of our data for GTs are pulled from Best Coast Pairings, Stats & Ladders, and Ecksen for two day, 2000 point single events. Everything else we draw data on is shown in the RTT/Casual data. GT and RTT data are shown together in the combined data. We split all draws between the wins and losses of a faction evenly, as we believe this provides a fair reflection of a factions win rate. For example, as a player, you may achieve 2 wins, 2 losses, and a draw at an event. Some sites will only count the wins towards the faction rate, so in this case, 40% (2/5=0.4). Woehammer includes half of the draws, so our result would be 50% (2.5/5=0.5).

While the faction win rate may state one figure, it is more than likely to have evolved during the course of the Battlescroll as players find hidden gems within their battletomes. These are then copied by other players or answers found to these by others.

Faction Win Rates

The above chart shows the combined data (all events) currently hosted on Best Coast Pairings, Stats & Ladders, and Ecksen. This chart would be the most similar in data to Games Workshops’ own metawatch articles.

The value in brackets shows the number of matches featuring that faction (excluding mirror matches) the data is based on.

The above chart shows the same information for single player, 2000 point, 5 or more round events. This would be considered the more competitive view, with players often doing their utmost to optimise lists for these events.

The above shows the results for events that aren’t classified as a GT. So this would include RTTs, doubles, teams, and everything else in between.

Win Rates

I thought it may be interesting to also view the win rates by month during the battlescroll. This allows us to see the effect of new Ironjawz or the like on their particular faction. Or it may show whether armies with high win rates are being adapted to by their opposition.

Subfaction and Army of Renown Win Rates

No subfaction data yet, as the sample sizes are too small.

Player Results by Wins

This graph has at least two purposes. Firstly, it shows the faction popularity by the number of players, and secondly, it breaks down those players’ results in terms of the number of wins they achieve.

Faction Popularity

The full list month-by-month is below:

When looking at the above table, bear in mind that this is the worldwide meta, and region to region or even city to city may differ. So while this gives us a general idea of the meta it may not be representative of your local meta.

We’re seeing (as always) a massive spike in the player base of the new tomes that have been released and fall off on the older Tomes. This is to be expected really as competitive players jump around following the “Oooo shiny” method of collecting. They’ll likely always be a strong base for Stormcast Eternals, thanks to them appearing in nearly all beginner army sets, as magazine collections and the feature of many stories in Age of Sigmar.

Players Achieving 5-0 Wins, Tournaments in Winning Positions and 3 Wins from

Out of all the players using that faction (shown in brackets next to the faction name), this graph shows the number achieving a whitewash at a GT with 5 wins from 5. Those achieving 4 wins from 4 after the fourth round and those achieving 3 wins from 3 after the 3rd round. Take into account that those who achieve 5-0 are included in the numbers of 4 wins from 4 and 3 wins from 3. Likewise, those achieving 4 from 4 are included with the 3 from 3 data.

We’ve also shown the percentage of players managing to achieve more wins than losses at a GT event.

Players with 4+ Wins

The above has been sorted to show the number of players achieving 4 or more wins with their faction.

Faction Pairings

The above shows the win rate for factions against the others currently in the game. Reading this chart, you’ll need to view it as the vertical column (green) against the horizontal row and then cross reference these.

Battleplans

We’ve gathered data on Battleplans where players have informed us of which were used at events.

The above shows how many events each battleplan was used in. This, therefore, shows how popular battleplans are with TOs.

The above chart shows each factions win rate on the relevant battleplan. This can be useful for some TOs if the wish to give a leading faction or a popular faction at their event a challenge.

Conclusions

If you’re planning your list for a GT, look at the data as a whole. Don’t just look at our data either, look at TSN and also GW. Get a big picture, use these sites as sources to make your own informed opinion on the meta. Think about which armies are popular, as you’ll likely face at least one or two of these armies at some point during an event, especially in the earlier rounds.

Look at those factions that are regularly in a tournament winning position and winning GTs, as these are likely to be your opponents in the later rounds. I believe you should look at building a list that is able to cope with playing the following factions at some point in a GT if you’re looking to compete;

  • Blades of Khorne
  • Stormcast Eternals
  • Kharadron Overlords
  • Soulblight Gravelords
  • Hedonites of Slaanesh
  • Nighthaunt(!?)

But also, if you’re playing a local GT with your club, then bear in mind that meta may be completely different to those given in the stats above. All of what is presented here, should be taken with a pinch of salt, but hopefully it gives you some guidance when it comes to list construction, or even army choice if you’re looking to play Age of Sigmar.

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Reverse Engineering Metawatch Age of Sigmar Stats

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That’s a mouthful ain’t it?!

Let me caveat this whole article by saying, this is my best guess at their parameters. I am by no means saying these are the parameters that GW uses. However, they’re fairly close.

Firstly, let’s take a look at the latest Metawatch table:

Credit: Warhammer Cummunity

Luckily, with our new system of obtaining data, we can now attempt to replicate what GW draws down for its data. To do so, we had to use snippets of information that we’ve gleaned from both this, and past articles.

  1. Firstly, we know that they are obtaining their data from Best Coast Pairings (BCP), and now Stats and Ladders (based on the most recent article).
  2. We know that the data covered the previous 60 days. Therefore using the date in the bottom of their table as a guide we worked this back to the 4th January, give or take a day based on the date given.

What did that mean? Well we pulled the same data, and deleted the additional we get now from Ecksen to match GW’s smaller sample size 😉

I then worked throught this database and began excluding certain parameters I thought GW would. With each change I compared the stats to their data and then made the next change.

It was a long process….

So what did I include and exclude?

  • We excluded Ecksen as GW does not draw data from this site.
  • We then made the assumption that GW would also count draws as 0.5 of a win and 0.5 of a draw.
  • Excluded matches where the opponent had no army list or faction included.
  • Included mirror matches!!!!
  • Included team events
  • Included double events!!!!
  • Included all points sized games.
  • Excluded online events using TTS

The result based on the above, is the closest I can get to match their data. By closest, I mean all bar 2 of the factions are 0-1% different. Apart from Lumineth Realm-Lords who are 3% different and Ironjawz who are 2% different.

If we change any of those factors above we get at least two more factions that are more 2% or more different to GW.

Again, this isn’t saying this is their parameters, just the closes that I can get the database to match their stats. Would GW rally include mirror matches? Possibly, as it reflects the popularity of the faction within the customer base. Would GW include doubles events where armies are made up of two factions? I doubt it, but as I say, excluding these takes me further away from their data.

On to the table!

As always, the figure in brckets denotes the number of games in our sample database.

We’ve tried to show the two stat bars side by side. Metawatch in red (they seem to like red) and ours in yellow.

Of these factions, I have managed to have 11 match and a further 13 within 1%, which could be due to rounding somewhere.

Whats going on with Lumineth and Ironjawz? I have no idea. But whether I exclude smaller points tournaments, excluded mirror matches, exclude doubles tournaments or team tournaments, or combinations of these, the variance for these two factions never gets any closer and in doing so makes others worse.

My only other guess, is that perhaps GWs data includes some other source, perhaps events held at their Warhammer World venue, that isn’t included on BCP or Stats and Ladders.

Any, way I’m done looking at this for now. But, I’ll probably have another crack next week and also share the database when I do.