This is the top three AoS lists for the Fantasianorth Store Championship that took place in Sweden on the 9th and 10th of March. It saw 15 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Nighthaunt
– Procession: Scarlet Doom
– Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Guardian of Souls (150)
– General
– Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands
– Artefact: Midnight Tome
– Lore of the Underworlds: Shademist
Krulghast Cruciator (150)*
Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (630)**
– Allies

Battleline
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Bladegheist Revenants (320)*
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)*
3 x Spirit Hosts (130)*

Units
4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)*
10 x Grave Guard (630)**
– Great Wight Blades
3 x Fell Bats (630)**
3 x Fell Bats (630)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Aethervoid Pendulum (50)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Regiment of Renown

Total: 2000 / 2000

Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
– Army Type: Stormkeep
– Subfaction: Hallowed Knights
– Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Ionus Cryptborn (400)
– Prayers: Translocation
Gardus Steel Soul (160)*
Drakesworn Templar (380)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of the Celestial Menagerie
– Tempest Axe
– Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Mount Traits: Light of the Young Stars
Krondys (500)**
– Spells: Chain Lightning

BATTLELINE
Liberators (100)*
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
Liberators (100)*
– Liberator-Prime
– Grandweapon
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Sigmarite Shield
Vanquishers (100)*
– Vanquisher-Prime

OTHER
Aetherwings (70)**
Vanguard-Hunters (100)**
– Hunter-Prime

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Everblaze Comet (90)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness
– Army Subfaction: Cabalists
– Grand Strategy: Overshadow
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

LEADER
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Hoarfrost
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)*
– Spells: Daemonic Speed, Hoarfrost
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)**
– General
– Command Traits: Bolstered by Chaos
– Wings
– Daemonic Axe
– Artefacts: Helm of Many Eyes
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (180)**
– Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Lord (110)**
– Reaperblade and Daemonbound Steel
– Spells: Binding Damnation
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

BATTLELINE
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)
– Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
1 x Chaos Chariot (80)
– Chaos Greatblade and Lashing Whip
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Warriors (180)
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Aspiring Champion
– Murderous Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Warriors (180)
– Hornblower
– Aspiring Champion
– Standard Bearer
– Murderous Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Warriors (180)
– Hornblower
– Aspiring Champion
– Standard Bearer
– Murderous Weapon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
10 x Chaos Knights (220)**
– Standard Bearer
– Hornblower
– Doom Knight
– Cursed Lance
– Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
3 x Ogroid Theridons (150)**
– Banner Bearer
– Charge-caller
– Thorakon
– Goroan Great Axe
– Mark of Chaos: Nurgle

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Roland Rivera: Here’s a very unusual style of list for Slaves to Darkness. Most players like clustering their points around 2-3 massive threats, then gear the rest of the army around connecting with them. Not Ludvig – he seems to have gone for a full Nurgle-themed MSU (Multiple Small Units) list, as all of his units feature that Mark and only 1 of them is reinforced. This list can cover a lot of grounds while pressuring objectives, which seems to have been the gameplan because many of hte traditional high-damage elements are missing. Seeing Warriors, Knights, and even Chariots marked Nurgle is no surprise, but the 3 Ogroids would probably be better off with another Mark (however, this would come at the expense of theme).

I am a huge fan of his chosen General for this list – I’ve been in favor of the inclusion of a Nurgle Daemon Prince with the Bolstered by Chaos command trait since the points cost dropped to 150, and the Battlescroll has only made him better by giving him 50% more damage. This guy is a tough (3+ save and 12 Wounds), cheap Hero Monster (thanks to the command trait) that can turn off Ward saves, Roar units you want to take down, pressure support Heroes 7 Rend 2, Damage 2 (3 if you resolve Flaming Weapon) with a 12″ fly speed, and just generally be useful. Ludvig has given him the strike-first ability via the Helm of Many Eyes, which helps simplify the list’s activation decisions (an important thing to have when going heavy MSU).

Another tool in the “simplify combat” arsenal is the Lord on Karkadrak, which can give himself strike-first, as well as the Knights (who are both the heaviest hitter and the toughest anvil in the list) if they are nearby. It also makes for a great Merciless Blizzard caddy. This list may be taking an unorthodox approach to the army, but it turned out to be quite successful.

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

Leaders
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)***
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
– General
– Command Trait: Supa Sneaky
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of the Swamp: Sneaky Miasma
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)***
– Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)*
– Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost

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

Units
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)***
– Reinforced x 1
16 x Kruleboyz Monsta-Killaz (260)***
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells & Invocations
Emerald Lifeswarm (50)

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

Total: 2000 / 2000

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