This is the top three AoS lists for the Maple Meltdown that took place in the UK on the 27th and 28th of April. It involved 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes – Mawtribe: Boulderhead – Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Queen Divine (330)** Huskard on Thundertusk – Blood Vulture – Mount Trait: Rimefrost Hide – Prayer: Pulverising Hailstorm Big Chungus (450)* Frostlord on Stonehorn – General – Command Trait: Voice of the Avalanche – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Mount Trait: Rockmane Elder
Battleline The TERF Eater (310)* Stonehorn Beastriders – Weapon: Blood Vulture Lesbian Bed Death (310)* Stonehorn Beastriders – Weapon: Blood Vulture Netflix Comedy Special (310)** Stonehorn Beastriders – Weapon: Blood Vulture White Male Privilege (270)** Thundertusk Beastriders – Weapon: Blood Vulture
Allegiance: Khorne – Slaughterhost: The Bloodlords – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)** – General – Command Trait: Embodiment of Wrath – Prayer: Blood Sacrifice Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)** – Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades – Prayer: Bloodbind – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne (110)** – Artefact: Halo of Blood – Prayer: Killer Instinct Herald of Khorne on Blood Throne (160)* – Prayer: Bronzed Flesh
Battleline 20 x Bloodletters (360)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Bloodletters (360)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Bloodletters (180)*
Other 8 x Claws of Karanak (100)** 3 x Bloodcrushers (180)* 5 x Garrek’s Reavers (70)*
This is the top three AoS lists for the Birmingham AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 27th and 28th of May. It involved 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Lineage: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust For Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390)* – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440) – Deathlance – Lore of the Vampires: Flaming Weapon – General: Doomed minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mist and Shadows Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares (300) – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Crypt Ghast Courtier (70)* – Allies
Battleline 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
Units 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Reinforced x 1 1 x Corpse Cart with Unholy Lodestone (70)*
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs:
Leaders Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (390)* – Lore of the Vampires: Soulpike Vampire Lord (130)* – General – Command Trait: Doomed Minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (230)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)*
Other 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Grave Guard (140)* – Great Wight Blades
Behemoth Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)* – Allies
Leaders Lord of Pain (135)** – General – Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood – Artefact: Breathtaker – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Contorted Epitome (190)** – Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Lore of the Magnificent: Phantasmagoria Lord of Hubris (135)**
Battleline 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (150)* 5 x Symbaresh Twinsouls (140)*** 9 x The Unmade (80)*** – Allies 9 x Untamed Beasts (90)*** – Allies 9 x Untamed Beasts (90)*** – Allies
Units 5 x Slickblade Seekers (200) 5 x Slickblade Seekers (200) 5 x Blissbarb Seekers (200)**
This is the top three AoS lists for the Big Bucks Bash that took place in the UK on the 27th and 28th of May. It involved 14 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
This tournament did unusually allow the new Seraphon book…..
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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Allegiance: Seraphon – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Survivor’s Instinct – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Lord Kroak (395)* Slann Starmaster (275)** – General – Command Trait: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Artefact: Spacefolder’s Stave – Spell: Comet’s Call – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Skink Starpriest (130)* – Spell: Speed of Huanchi Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)*
Battleline 10 x Skinks (85)* – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (85)* – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 5 x Saurus Guard (130)* 10 x Raptodon Chargers (300)* – Reinforced x 1
Units 3 x Terrawings (75)** 10 x Hunters of Huanchi with Dartpipes (270)** – Reinforced x 1
Allegiance: Seraphon Starborn – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Survivor’s Instinct – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Lord Kroak (395)* Slann Starmaster (275)** – General – Command Trait: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Artefact: Spacefolders Stave – Spell: Comets Call – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)* Skink Starpriest (130)** – Spell: Speed of Huanchi
Battleline 5 x Saurus Guard (130)* 5 x Saurus Guard (130)** 10 x Skinks (85)* – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (85)** – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 5 x Raptadon Chargers (150)* 5 x Raptadon Chargers (150)**
Units 5 x Hunters of Huanchi with Dartpipes (135)* 5 x Hunters of Huanchi with Starstone Bolas (90)**
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Subfaction: Hallowed Knights – Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours – Triumph: Inspired
Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes – Army Subfaction: Meatfist – Grand Strategy: Take What’s theirs.
LEADER 1 x Tyrant (150)* – Big Name: Brawlerguts 1 x Tyrant (150)* – Big Name: Brawlerguts 1 x Tyrant (150)** – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Big Name: Brawlerguts 1 x Bloodpelt Hunter (140)** – General – Command Traits: Deadly Aim – Artefacts: Gruesome Trophy Rack – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master 1 x Kragnos (720)**
BATTLELINE 4 x Leadbelchers (170)* 6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)* – Bellower – Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar – Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades 6 x Ogor Gluttons (260)* – Bellower – Tribal Banner Bearer with Lookout Gnoblar – Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
This is the top three AoS lists for the HWP Bloody Beach GT that took place in the USA on the 20th and 21st of May. It involved 31 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-Zilfin – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumph: Inspired
Kharadron Code – Stick To The Code (Amendments): Prosecute Wars With All Haste – Stick To The Code (Artycles): Master the Skies – Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught
LEADERS Arkanaut Admiral (125)* – General – Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok – Artefacts of Power: Celestium Burst-grenade – Aspects of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha Aetheric Navigator (85)** – Artefacts of Power: Voidstone Orb Codewright (90)** Aether-Khemist (80)**
BATTLELINE Grundstok Thunderers (405)* – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Honour Bearer – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper Arkanaut Frigate (300)* – Heavy Sky Cannon Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Sky Cannon – Great Endrinworks: Zorbacorp Debtsetter spar torpedo Grundstok Gunhauler
BEHEMOTH Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Great Volley Cannon – Great Endrinworks: The Last Word – The Admiral’s Flagship: Arkanaut Ironclad
OTHER Endrinriggers (120)* – Mizzenmaster Endrinriggers (120)* – Mizzenmaster
We have a mystery writer this week adding their comments for the Kharadron Overlords.
Mystery Writer: Currently a lot of KO lists tend to fall into either a melee focused, or a shooting heavy alpha strike archetype such as the feared “thunderbridge” list, that usually would bring 25 rend stacking Grundstock thunderers, that would essentially alpha strike turn one and blow your army to smithereens. Due to this It’s absolutely refreshing to see a super well thought out list that doesn’t put all its ather gold into one basket , but instead brings a lot of mobility, mortal wound output, one of each boat, some heavy shooting supported by some utility and melee options, as well as some very fun potential tricks!
As with most KO lists it is really worth looking at the “Sticking to the code” choices first, as it provides good insight into what the list might try to accomplish in the first couple of turns. For Artycles, we very often see the +1 wound vs a unit or the +4 rally (or both at once), however, this list has opted for the extra 2” movement on the boats! This coupled with the 2D6 run, and a boat being able to receive 2 commands in the same phase (meaning we can run a boat 2D6 and issue run and charge from the admiral) the Navigator hero phase move shenanigans, the humble Gunhauler could move up to 38” from deployment, for the most insane bombing run (as it can drop bombs on units it flies over), and still make a charge move for a potential 50” threat range and thats without the 3D6 charge! The list also has a handy Codewright, which I assume will try to swap to the 3D6 charge once the Gunhauler and the frigate ran up and down the board a few times to confuse the enemy!
KO have some incredible artefact choices, so picking them is fairly difficult as you might be giving up something potentially game-changing. We have a handy “Command encourage” battalion to help make the choice a bit challenging. Matthew has chosen to go with the “Celestium burst grenade”, which is a fairly standard choice as it turns off wardsaves for a unit, making them even more vulnerable to the incredible shooting of KO, along with a voidstone orb, for a potential game changing auto unbind. The command trait “Ex-grundstock” makes our Thunderers battleline, meaning we can double reinforce them to a huge 15 man stack that can receive a couple extra rend on their weapons, along with a potential +1 wound from inspired, making them incredibly scary.
The subfaction choice is also worth noting. Barak-Zilfn has become a fairly popular subfaction as of late, as it makes the Frigate battleline, making a one drop very achievable while also making the minimum 3 battleline requirement incredibly easy. However, the subfaction also provides 2 great endrinworks, which also provides some fun options. The ironclad received “The Last Word Arkanaut Ironclad”, giving it a free shooting action with one of its guns when charged, which along with “unleash hell” from the thunderers on board and the supremacy mine, makes the Ironclad incredibly resilient to charges. The other upgrade went to the Gunhauler, which, in the charge phase, gives it the ability to roll dice equal to the charge roll, and for each 4+, it inflicts a mortal wound. This could be combined with the 3D6 charge roll, for some very spiky damage output, meaning this speedy boat can go around the entire board (with its insane 56” threat range) , lifting screens off and/or stealing side objectives.
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Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Grand Strategy: Protect da Shrine! – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Dankhold Troggboss (200)** – General – Command Trait: Loonskin Skragrott, The Loonking (210)* Webspinner Shaman (65)* – Lore of the Spiderfang: Sneaky Distraction – Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox Madcap Shaman (70)* – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
Battleline 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)* 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (125)* 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1
Gitz is a great book if internal balance is your thing. There are some many viable factions, Troggoths builds are maybe the most common, but you still see people mixing up Leaders and the Battlelines. Curtis has done that here, going down the Troggoth line but adding in a Webspinner Shaman and running Stabbas (shooters would be the usual pick). The Webspinner is a cheap caster who can just give himself run and charge on a 4+ (on 2D6) as well as counting as 10 models on objectives. Look for him to be holding an out of the way objective.
The Stabbas are about objective control (they control an objective within 9″ if there are more than 20 models). This list can spread to cover a lot of objectives easily. It forces the opponent to make choices they probably don’t want to make – chase the Stabbas for easy clearance or pin down the Rockgut Troggoths? If you let the Troggoths (especially the Dankholds) roam, they’ll cost you, but the Stabbas are pontentially worth as much as a battle tactic each round.
Otherwise, the list is fairly standard, Skragrott, because you really have to even at 200pts. Madcap for possible teleport and CP along with the Dankhold to buff the Rockgut and cause havoc. Only Blades of Khorne created issues. Their output, if the dice run hot is epic, all others succumbed to the goblin tide.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Vampire Lord (130)* – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master 1 x Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer
OTHER 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Kastellan – 2 x Standard Bearer – Templar Lance 20 x Grave Guard (280)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade
I commented recently that we’ll be seeing a fair few variations on the Legion of Blood archetype – and here we are! Skip ahead if you’ve heard this one before…
It’s Neffie – who I think even after the FAQ ‘nerfs’ (I mean, did anyone really think they were going to remain that way?) is still a fantastic tactical pick – and tanky as all fuck VloZD (thanks to being ethereal from Cloak of Mists) – msu Deathrattle battleline tax and the two usual hammers, a brick of Blood Knights and a brick of Graveguard.
The way it works on the table is just a big push forward with a bunch of stuff almost no opponent will be able to easily deal with, thanks to Neffie’s -1 to hit aura, great healing potential on all the vamps, Deathrattle popping up on objectives all over the shop, and ethereal (with the FAQ, no longer ‘unrendable’) Blood Knights as the vanguard. It’s simple, tanky, and very effective.
Interestingly it lost only to Khorne, who I imagine have the sheer MW output in a demon list (which it will be given it’s Reapers of Vengeance) to cut through those ethereal saves and kill stuff off before it can heal back all the damage – but that says a lot about what you might want to bring to counter Legion of Blood lists!
Either way, congrats to Whitney for being two of the big bad meta threats along the way to a podium finish.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Ivory Host – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (440) Mortisan Boneshaper (120) – Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Mortisan Soulmason (160) – General – Command Traits: Show of Superiority – Spells: Reinforce Constructs Mortisan Boneshaper (120) – Spells: Drain Vitality
Plenty of Mortek Guard and Deathriders backed by the typical heroes as part of an Ivory Host. Exploding 6s is always fun. Deathriders for mobility and pressure on objectives with a tough castle at the heart. With 2 Boneshapers and Katakros, the reinforced Mortek Guard will be very tough (impossible) to shift for most opponents. Add a potential fight last (from the crawler), and combat armies are in a world of hurt, especially if a guard unit gets both Nadirite Weapons and Soul Guide (+1 to wound). A wide, slow, and very tough castle to stake out the centre of the table and small units of Deathriders to snipe units or objectives. Tunnel master and Empower Nadirite Weapons on the same Boneshaper is interesting, probably signalling a late game Tunnel Master for either a Battle Tactic or to take an objective away from their opponent.
The list did struggle to score. Taking objectives isn’t easy with 4″ of movement, that’s why we have Deathriders. The combination of toughness and damage output worked well against the mostly melee opponents with the list dominating everything from Idoneth to Blades of Khorne). Unfortunately KOs shooting and mobility were too much to overcome, KO will probably remain a counter to OBR with their improved combat on top of their strong shooting and mobility (yes, I know it isn’t what it was).
If you’re not aware, one of the biggest Age of Sigmar events starts this week in Amsterdam. AoS Worlds.
The singles event kicks off today, and you can keep up with the action on TSportsNetwork Twitch stream. Throughout the rest of the week and into Sunday, they’ll be streaming the rounds live for both the Singles Event (Weds & Thurs) and the teams event (Fri, Sat & Sun).
This is the top three AoS lists for Shirecon 2023 that took place in the Sydney, Australia on the 29th and 30th of April. It involved 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Neferata (390)* – Spells: Waste Away Vampire Lord (130)* – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Screams – Spells: Spirit Gale – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Cado Ezechiar (135)* – Spells: Soulpike Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)** – General – Command Traits: Doomed Minions – Deathlance – Artefacts of Power: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (85)* – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion Deathrattle Skeletons (85)** – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion
OTHER Grave Guard (280)** – Seneschal – Great Wight Blade – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Grave Guard (280)** – Seneschal – Great Wight Blade – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Fell Bats (85)**
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1995/2000
I’m going to be writing a lot of similar commentaries aren’t I?
It’s Legion of Blood, with Neferata, the usual ethereal VloZd – and msu deathrattle.
However, the list differs a little from the archetype by doubling down on the Graveguard blobs, with a foot vampire to support them. He’s also packing the fantastic Amulet of Screams for threatening wizards with mortals every time they cast to shore up the Soulblight weakness to magic in general.
Cado also makes an appearance, which is nice to see – he’s still a really solid little indie operator with a lot of tactical flexibility, and even though he loses out on faction synergy, he’s still a great tech piece.
I imagine the new Bonereapers were the biggest threat to Qifan’s campaign, but they couldn’t stop Neffie’s roll, and so we enshrine another SBGL 5-0 in the books, and add another tick to the GW ‘nerf column’…
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– Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Petrifex Elite – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (440)* Mortisan Boneshaper (120)* – General – Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Drain Vitality – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master Liege-Kavalos (180)*
Roland Rivera: Ossiarch Bonereapers have roared onto the scene since the release of their 3rd edition Battletome, and this Petrifex Elite list showcases some of the major reasons behind their success, which are potent elite troops, tons and tons of buffs, and more mobility than what you’d expect from looking at the Move stat on their warscrolls. A note that has to be provided coming in is that this tournament used the Petrifex Elite subfaction ability that was printed on the Ossiarch Bonereapers Battletome, which reduced incoming damage against units with the Hekatos keyword by 1, to a minimum of 1 (it has since been changed by FAQ to be -1 to wound those units in melee). This ability made its elite units very durable against most means of attack, and combined with the healing afforded by Katakros and the Mortisan Boneshaper to make this a very resilient list.
Speaking of Katakros, he is the engine that makes this list go. His Supreme Lord of the Bonereaper Legions command (which hands out +1 to hit and +1 to save in a huge bubble) is a fantastic force multiplier, and he has several other abilities to go with it and can contribute in combat in a pinch (though note that the Supreme Lord of the Bonereaper Legions cannot be issued if Katakros is in combat). The Mortisan Boneshaper does his part by being a Drain Vitality/Mystic Shield caddy that can also do a bit of healing and carries around the Diversionary Tactics command trait for -3 to opposing charges within 12″ of it. The Liege-Kavalos is quick, durable, and can issue Endless Duty for +1 Attacks.
This list also boasts a pretty impressive troop lineup to soak up all these buffs. Immortis Guard are a great grindhouse unit that can both hit hard and take a hit, Necropolis Stalkers are punchy and sneaky-fast thanks to Relentless Advance for +3″ move and Hunt and Kill for run & charge, and the Morghasts are fast fliers that can shut off command abilities. Last but certainly not least, the Kavalos Deathriders are a versatile tech unit that has speed, good durability, and can contribute some damage with their impact hits on the charge.
All in all, while this list is a bit thin on bodies compared to some other armies (something that likely was a factor in its loss to Soulblight), it’s generally good enough at fighting to make up for it.
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– Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Glutton for Depravity – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Contorted Epitome (190)* – Spells: Born of Damnation Keeper of Secrets (400)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Shining Aegis – Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Phantasmagoria Lord of Pain (135)* – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
OTHER Blissbarb Seekers (200)* Slickblade Seekers (400)*
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Mesmerising Mirror (60)
TERRAIN 1 x Fane of Slaanesh (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1985/2000
Flexibility and speed like all Hedonites lists. Everything fits in a Battle Regiment to give initiative control. The Grand Strategy is to have 36 Depravity Points (DP) at the end of the battle, and the list is designed to deliver. 3 Blissbarb Archers (1 reinforced) and a reinforced Slickblade Seeker unit will create a lot of DP opportunities through temptations and euphoric killers. The Keeper of Secrets can amp up the Slickblade, granting improved rend and damage to himself. Assuming Phantasmorgoria is on the right enemy unit, it can keep the Slickblade from getting clapped as well. And if this isn’t generating enough DP, the Contorted Epitome is better than 60% chance to generate 3 more a turn. Mesmerising Mirror adds to this feast of DP as well.
The list still has 2 Galletian Champions (Epitome and Lord of Pain). The Lord of Pain has the mobility through Tunnel Master. Park him on a remote objective if the centre is won and support him with the Blissbarb Seekers to use his buff to create a really annoying nest, especially late game. Everything in this list is focused on generating DP or survival (for the Keeper), making it very likely that from Turn 2 on the whole list is doing mortals on 6s and has a 5+ ward. That was enough to stop almost everything except new Bonereapers in their tracks. A tough list to face, so much of this list is mutually supporting but also expendable.
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– Allegiance: Big Waaagh! – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs:
LEADERS Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Orruk Megaboss (140)** – Artefact: Destroyer – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-grot (100)** – Lore of the Swamp: Choking Mist Wurrgog Prophet (170)** – Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz – Lore of the Savage Beast: Gorkamorka’s War Cry – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
BATTLELINE 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)** – 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers 10 x Orruk Brutes (300)*** – Jagged Gore-hackas – 2x Gore Choppas – Reinforced x 1 5 x Orruk Brutes (150)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas – 1x Gore Choppas
UNITS 4 x Ironskull’s Boyz (80)**** 6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Jagged Gore-hackas 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas
ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS Artefact Aspect of the Champion
Austin is a long-time Ork player who pushed Ironjawz and Big Waagh into the top 10 and onto the podium consistently. Big Waagh seems to be the way to go for Orks right now. This is an Ironjawz heavy list adapted for the latest Battlescroll. No Warchanta with an Arcane Tome for Hand of Gork here. The Shaman has been brought along. But made general so he can take Master of Magic to get around the Ork casting problem. 6 Leaders is a bit more than a lot of lists, but Big Waagh lives and dies by the Waagh points. A Warchanta and Wurrgog are worth 3 every round. Add in Get ’em beat to increase the chances of a successful charge an another Waagh point.
All of them have a role, though. The Megaboss is the GC everyone loves to hate. With Tunnelmaster and Destroyer, he can act independently to take an objective or clean up an objective for a BT. He works well with Brutes and is a source of free command. The Swampcaller is there for the Boltboyz, either making it hard to shoot them or hand off a poison. And then there is the Wurrgog. The build on the Wurrgog is fun, fights last is always great but the Glowing Tatts (+2 to ward rolls) and Fuelled by Ghurish rage – just when you think it’s dead, it’s back for another round of staring.
Other than that, a couple of expendable units of Boyz for screens or late game objective control. The Brutes are the real powerhouses in the list with the Boltboyz for solid backing. Gore-gruntas for early capture and Waagh points. The only real weakness in the list is Jagged Gore-Hackas. 2 rend is nice, but 1 damage means that the output is very low. Into units like Nurgle marked Knights, they really struggle. They also weaken as the game goes on which which Chaos armies don’t, at least if they have summoning. A very accessible, positive list and one to keep an eye on.
This is the top three AoS lists for the South Australia Grand Tournament that took place in Australia on the 20th and 21st of May. It involved 31 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords – Sky Port: Barak Urbaz – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumphs: Inspired
Kharadron Code – Artycle: Settle The Grudges -Additional Artycle From Barak-Urbaz : Honour Is Everything – Amendment: Trust to Your Guns – Footnote: Without Our Ships We Are Naught
Leaders Arkanaut Admiral (125)* – General – Command Trait: Ex-Grundstok – Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha Aether-Khemist (80)* – Artefact: Spell in a Bottle Aether-Khemist (80)*
Behemoths Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Main Gun: Great Volley Cannon – The Admirals Flagship
Endless Spells & Invocations Spell in a Bottle: Soulscream Bridge (0)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Today, we have the great Mark Nodge with Kharadron Overlords list who decided to choose violence. And guns, lots of guns… To hell with it, all the guns. In a trial run of the list, he is taking the Age of Sigmar World Teams Tournament representing Team Australia in early June. He blasted his way through SAGT like Michael Bay blasts through a blockbuster movie.
This list features Grundstock Thunderers, thirty-five Grundstock Thunderers, all packing special weapons for that extra sauce. Thunderers have been the go-to unit for Kharadron devastation of late, and this list skews about as hard into them as possible. The upgrades to their range and consistency with the new Battletome combined with the rend buff from the Khemist makes them deadly at eighteen inches and devastating at twelve. Furthermore, they have the ability for them to give a minus one to hit if they fail to kill something, or unleash hell, from suppressing fire, and finally if someone does tag them in combat if they survive, they get to dump up to 3d6 mortal wounds on their attacker. The biggest issue with the unit overall is its slow speed, which Mark has offset with multiple ways of getting them where they need to be. First off, we have the traditional Ironclad, which is an excellent shooting platform in its own right. The ability teleport, and once per game, dump its cargo, making it the precision piece of this equation. Next up, we have a Soulscream bridge in a spell in a bottle attached to a Khemist. This is a unique endless spell that has two massive bases that must be set up within twenty-four inches of the caster, then at the start of the movement phase, a single unit wholly within six inches may teleport. Even though this can only be cast once per game and is easy to dispel, the utility beyond the teleport itself is amazing. The bases are massive, so you can use them to screen pieces or even lane blockers against armies like Gargants.
Lastly, we have a Gunhauler with a very cheeky “Coalbeards Collapsable Compartments” Endrinwork. This rarely seen contraption gives the Gunhauler the Transport Vessel keyword and a six-man capacity. This is perfect for the unit of five Thunderers to roam around in, and when combined with the Gunhaulers unparalleled movement in the army it can go camp out on an objective while still presenting enough of a threat that chaff units cannot easily shift them off.
Overall, this is an outstanding skew list that presents multiple tough units that are a must kill with just enough support redundancy to keep it all afloat. It should dominate the horde based undead that are currently running rampant, such as Soulblight Gravelords and Ossiarch Bonereapers. It might have some difficulty with armies like Beasts of Chaos and Slannesh, who can pressure the heroes outside of combat. I look forward to seeing how Mark does with it at Worlds.
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Allegiance: Skaven – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours! – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Verminlord Warbringer (400)*** – General – Command Trait: Devious Adversary – Artefact: Rustcursed Armour – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon Thanquol on Boneripper (430)* – 4 Warpfire Projectors – Lore of Ruin: Skitterleap Grey Seer (120)* – Lore of Ruin: Death Frenzy Grey Seer (120)* – Universal Spell Lore: Levitate Warlock Bombardier (110)** – Artefact: Vial of the Fulminator – Lore of Warpvolt Galvanism: More-more-more Warp Power! – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Battleline 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)** – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)** – Rusty Blade
Units 1 x Doomwheel (160)*** 1 x Doomwheel (160)***
Kieren Coates: The list was inspired by IronBlaze – a mad man who has been running doomwheels competitive rain hail or shine.
It’s designed to be a castle buster with still a strong core to finish out the game
Thanquol and verminlord make the base of the list, with thanquol being the key piece into magic dom and horde lists, and the verminlord being the primary physical damage output – if these two pieces are protected over 5 turns they can lift almost any army
Surrounding them to keep them safe is 3 sets of 20 clanrats acting as barriers and forcing the enemy to trade high value units into them, only to have them countered off and the lines rebuilt
For long-range damage, we have two grey seers who can be skitterleaped up the board to drop endless spells before taking gnawholes back.
Further to this, the doomwheels (or better known Zoomwheels) can have their movement doubled by the engineer, combined with 2 sources of death frenzy, levitate and MMWP they become a killing machine with an average movement of 28 inches.
Lob those doomwheels over the top to kill off key pieces that could threaten the life of the warbringer and thanquol, then keep them protected as they lift 2 units per turn and repeat for 5 turns to win the game.
The list is surprisingly concentrated with low health, so it’s best not to get too greedy and take it slow, killing 1-2 units per turn, but staying protected from the enemy counter is a must
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
LEADERS Megaboss on Maw-krusha (480) – General – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un – Bash ‘Em Ladz – Arcane Tome – Touched by the Waaagh! Orruk Megaboss (140) – Artefacts of Power: Destroyer – Tunnel Master Orruk Warchanter (120) – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120) – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Warchanter (120) – Warbeats: Killa Beat
BATTLELINE Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170) – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka
At first glance, this list looks typical for Bloodtoofs, Ironjawz with a Mawcrusha, Megaboss, and 18 Gore gruntas. But there is a little more depth to it. Kyle has tried to address the dismal output of Gore gruntas (Jagged Gore-hackas are 1 damage weapons) with Bash ’em lads and Killa beat. The Mawcrusha has Arcane Tome with Bash ’em ladz and Touched by the Waagh, pick a unit with 6″ and cause D3 wounds to them, the caster gets the number of wounds added to their casting roll. Now, the 8 is at least a 7 and more often than not a 6 casting roll. It grants +1 to wound rolls. Killa Beat (not often seen either) grants +1 to hit. With so many units spreading, the buffs will help, especially with Skull Shaking Bellow, to apply 3 commands for the cost of one (all out attack, for instance). 4 units can have +1 to attack.
The other benefit is that the 3 model units are much easier to move and pile in. It can make a difference to both mortals on the charge and just getting your attacks into the right unit. Shot off the board once by Kharadron it was otherwise an effective approach. The whole list is mobil (except the Warchanters) and can get up in your grill quickly. If the dice are hot, they are a real menance still, especially when you can buff the Jagged Gore-hackas.
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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Befouling Host – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Great Unclean One (480) – General – Command Traits: Nurgling Infestation – Doomsday Bell and Plague Flail – Artefacts of Power: The Witherstave – Spells: Stream of Corruption Bloab Rotspawned (320)* – Spells: Gift of Disease Lord of Blights (150)* – Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Quicksilver Swords (60)
TERRAIN 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0) 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Roland Rivera: Here, we have a spicy Nurgle list that successfully executed the submarine (lose Round 1, win the rest of the way to clinch the 4-1). The Befouling Host subfaction lets Nurgle focus more on summoning by letting them place 2 Feculent Gnarlmaws instead of 1 at the start of the game, thus generating more Contagion Points and hitting their summoning benchmarks a bit faster. This is important because (as we will see below), most of the combat blocks in this list are rather lacking in foot speed, and summoning will be necessary to complement your board presence.
In order to get an extra Gnarlmaw, Befouling Host demands a Daemon General, and that is where we see the rather uncommon inclusion of a Great Unclean One. While the big fella is a bit slow, he packs some utility with his chosen artefact in the Witherstave, which makes the mortal wounds from disease points go off on 3+ instead of 4+. It also provides even more summoning points via the Doomsday Bell. Last but not least, Stream of Corruption gives you a potent short-range horde clearing spell that can line up very well into armies with lots of foot troops.
Another interesting inclusion is the Lord of Blights, along with the 3 units of Putrid Blightkings. Blightkings are efficient volume attackers that are very good at chewing up weaker troops, and the Lord of Blights is a durable foot Hero (especially with Fuelled by Ghurish Rage acting as a backstop) that gives you a bit of shooting.
These interesting inclusions are rounded out with some mainstays in Bloab, Nurglings, and the Rotmire Creed. All in all, this is a very interesting list featuring some uncommon choices, but it has the result to back it up.
I’m currently in the early stages of developing a series of articles that do deep dives on individual warscrolls, in a very similar vein to some I did last year, but with more detail.
While doing some of the mathhammer behind these warscrolls I began to develop a couple of terms that I wanted to explain in detail.
Army Points Required (APR)
No, not that APR….
In this case we’re talking about the amount of points you would need to spend in the list creation stage to give yourself the ability to pull off certain synergies during the game.
For example, you may be wanting to create a Kruleboyz army which focusses on buffing the Venom-Encrusted Weapon ability of your Man-Skewers and Gutrippaz units. You’ve made the decision that you want two reinforced units of Skewers being buffed by a couple of Shamans so that instead of causing mortals on 6+ they cause them on 5+. For this the army points required would be:
Reinforced Man-Skewer unit (240)
Reinforced Man-Skewer unit (240)
Swampcalla Shaman (100)
Swampcalla Shaman (100)
That’s a total of 680 points you’re including in your list to pull of those synergies. This 680 points would be referred to as Army Points Required (APC)
Army Points Committed (APC)
No, not that APC…
There’s a limit of five turns in Age of Sigmar, where each turn your units may be doing different tasks. You may want your Shaman to buff some Man-Skewers with its poison ability to fire on some Endrinriggers in turn one . But turn two you may want that poison on your Gurippaz instead when they charge some Arkonauts?
Here’s where the difference comes in, each turn you’re committing a fifth of that units points value (Five turns in AoS) to completing its individual goal, in this case buffing either the Gutrippaz or the Skewers. In turn those units are committing their points value in carrying out their own goal.
Example
Turn 1, you decide you’ll use the Shaman’s Poison ability to give the Man-Skewers the chance to cause mortal wounds on 5+ instead of 6+. By doing so, you’re committing 20 points of your Shaman to do so (100/5 =20). The Man-Skewers fire at the Endrinriggers, in turn committing their points to do so (120/5=24). A total of 44 points have then been committed to destroying those 3 Endrinriggers worth 120 APR. You’re lucky and pluck 2 out of the air. That’s 80 points of Endrinriggers destroyed for a commitment of 44 points, not bad!
Turn 2, and you decide instead of buffing the Man-Skewers again. You’ll buff the Gutrippaz who’re going to charge some reinforced Arkonauts. So again, you’re committing a fifth of your shaman to the task (20 points) and a fifth of the Gutippaz points cost (150/5=30 points). Your APC is therefore going to be 50 points to try and whittle down the 200-point Arkonaut unit. You manage to kill a perfectly average 8 Arkonauts. You’ve removed 80 points by committing 50. It was not as good a trade as the Skewers earlier, but it was still positive.
This is the top three AoS lists for the Aotearoa Masters Grand Tournament that took place in New Zealand on the 20th and 21st of May. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch – Change Coven: Guild of Summoners – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs: bloodthirsty
Leaders Changecaster, Herald of Tzeentch (150)** – Artefact: The Eternal Shroud – Lore of Change: Bolt of Tzeentch – Lore of Change: Treason of Tzeentch Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (200)** – General – Command Trait: Cult Demagogue – Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate – Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Magister (140)** – Lore of Fate: Glimpse of Future – Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate Contorted Epitome (190)* – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon – Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist – Allies
Battleline 20 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (500)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7x Pair of Cursed Blades – 3x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7x Pair of Cursed Blades – 3x Cursed Glaives 10 x Tzaangors (180)* – 10x Pair of Savage Blade
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Darkwalkers – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Doombull (180)* – General – Command Trait: Bestial Cunning – Artefact: Brayblast Trumpet – Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha Great Bray-Shaman (95)* – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Wild Rampage
Battleline 10 x Ungors (80)* – Mauls & Half-Shields 20 x Ungor Raiders (230)* – Reinforced x 1 9 x Bullgors (630)* – Pairs of Axes – Reinforced x 2
Units 6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (430)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Chaos Warhounds (110)*
Leaders Dankhold Troggboss (200)* – General – Command Trait: Loonskin – Artefact: Glowy Howzit Fungoid Cave-Shaman (90)*** – Artefact: Staff of Sneaky Stealin’ – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork Skragrott, The Loonking (210)*** – Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork Webspinner Shaman (65)*** – Lore of the Spiderfang: Curse of da Spider God Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (100)** – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battleline 3 x Fellwater Troggoths (160)* 6 x Rockgut Troggoths (320)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Rockgut Troggoths (160)* 40 x Moonclan Shootas (250)*** – Reinforced x 1 24 x Squig Herd (260)** – Reinforced x 1
Units 5 x Gobbapalooza (160)* – Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
This is the top three AoS lists for the Wartilyo GT that took place in the Philippines on the 13th and 14th of May. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Wartilyo Top Table
If you get a few minutes, have a look at the making of the Wartilyo GT Top table. It’s a thing of beauty!
The Top Three AoS Lists
Kieron: And the crown for one of the first, if not the first Philippines GT goes to Tzeentch with another Krondspine/Guild of Summoners combo. There are a few interesting choices here compared to other similar lists, the first of which is the Shards of Valagharr. What all of the Guild of Summoners lists want more than anything is time to get the big birds on the board and an Endless Spell that halves the movement of models and prevents units from flying or being removed from the board and set back up again are always going to be good value. It’s also an easy spell for the Krondspine to eat after killing your own Magister and making the Krondspine go wild with a casting value of only 5. Staying with the theme of slowing your opponent down, nothing puts a unit off making a charge more than having one of its members turn into a gibbering chaos spawn via the Burning Sigil.
Unit wise, two units of pinks is a great start to the list as there’s only summoning of Lords of Change in Guild of Summoners and, alongside the Krondspine, and good use of terrain, it’s going to be difficult to get to the casters for several turns. The Magister is a mainstay of these lists – giving you two potential casts, with the Krondspine giving an additional +1 on top of the +1 from Kairos as well. The other caster is a Thaumaturge, with the Gryph Feather Charm adding a 5+ ward save to this model – really key as if there are no Arcanite heroes alive (i.e. the Magister and the Ogroid) then there’s no summoning in Guild of Summoners.
In terms of how Carlo probably planned each battle to go, it would be to either Cunning Manoeuvre or Tide of Anarchy (take an objective with 9+ models) while building up to 8 summoning points. T2, Call for Change by earning one more summoning point through your opponent’s hero phase or simply through one of your own and then dropping in your first bird. T3, potentially finish off a 9 model unit or 9 wound hero/monster for Ninefold Dismantlement. T4 could easily be whichever of Cunning Manoeuvre or Tide wasn’t done in T1 and then, assuming you have at least two big birds and Kairos on the board and in range of each other, getting Kairos to cast 3 spells with +3 to cast is very straightforward or, just use Destiny Dice to cast them. Make sure you’ve got 9 on Destiny Dice at the end and that’s the Grand Strat as well. You may not even have had to use Desecrate Land or Eye for an Eye, two of the easier tactics to score, with This One’s Mine with the Ogroid being very viable too. And this is how Tzeentch wins – 13 points on the battle tactics and Grand Strategy meaning that even if you only score 10 points on the primary, you still have a very healthy score of 23. If your opponent doesn’t quite finish off enough Horrors to take an objective on a turn they chose Gaining Momentum…a one or two point turn is probably game over against this kind of list.
Congrats Carlo on the result and congrats to the Filipino AoS community!
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After a couple of seasons in the shadows, their hunger building, Soulblight are finally back for blood – Legion of Blood, to be precise. And it’s a list archetype you’re going to see a lot of for a while.
The core of the list revolves around a vampire lord on dragon (VloZD) with the Cloak of Mists and Shadows to make it ethereal, aka a 3+ save that can’t be modified either way. Combined with the Doomed Minion trait, allowing it to apply the following effect to d3 enemy units that aren’t heroes/monsters they into engagement with: ANY friendly unit hits that enemy unit on unmodified 2+s. With the new hunger ability – healing up to 6 wounds of damage done – this makes the VloZD a terrifying utility piece that is insanely hard to kill and can make killing key units trivially easy.
Neferata brings up the rear, bringing two key pieces of utility to bear – the ability for her and 3 units to redeploy before the first battle round begins and her spell to make something _unrendable_, i.e. it can still benefit from positive save modifiers. The 10 blood knights are obviously a great receiver for that spell, but it works well on herself too, or the giant blob of Deathrattle to make them an absolute nightmare to fully deal with, especially given the new timing on their ability – essentially a free 4+ rally at the start of the combat phase.
All told, it’s a list with huge utillity, super anvils and fantastic board control – which as you might expect was only dealt with successfully by DoT and their sheer MW output being able to bypass all that tankiness and access to horrors etc to compete with the chaff hordes on objectives. This is a great result for John Paul and certainly not the last we’ve seen of this list.
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We’ve a new commentator who joins us this week, and boy, does he love his Chaos armies! Roland Rivera is a US player who’s big into his Khorne, Nurgle, and Slaves to Darkness. As well as that, he also plays Ironjawz, Ogors, and Stormcast. So we’ll probably be hearing a lot from him going forward!
Roland Rivera: Ah, Nurgle. The more things change, the more they stay the same. We’ve been seeing lists built around Pusgoyle Blightlords and the Drowned Men subfaction place well for over a year now, and this is the latest entry in that file. The pregame move Drowned Men provides is very powerful, as it can help you position the Blightlords to engage in midboard attrition scenarios (where they excel) ahead of schedule, or otherwise adjust to your opponent’s deployment and counter the disadvantage of being a 1-drop. Once in combat, Pusgoyle Blightlords can be very hard to deal with, because of their high wound count, solid saves, 5+ Ward, and multiple mortal wound generation abilities. The Blightlords are also paired with the customary Lord of Afflictions General with the Overpowering Stench command trait, which turns off the ability to issue and receive commands. This ability has only gotten stronger as the edition has progressed, as more and more powerful command abilities enter the game. The list also has Bloab as an efficiently costed Hero Monster with a powerful warscroll spell. A unit of Nurglings rounds things out by providing backfield pressure, which in Nurgle also translates to faster generation of Contagion Points you can then use for summoning more Daemons. An interesting bit of tech here is the inclusion of a Plague Priest. This Priest plays multiple roles in this list – he helps interact with Invocations (which Nurgle cannot do with its main roster), he is a Galletian Champion with Tunnel Master for sneaky objective capturing, and he can chant a high-upside prayer in Curse. The Pusgoyle Blightlords have lots of attacks but lack Rend, so Curse provides a nice source of extra damage. Do note that mortal wounds generated from Curse will not stack with disease points – you’ll have to pick one. Overall, this list is very good at what it does – it’s an attrition meatgrinder that can shove tough, elite units in its opponent’s face and pin them down.
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Brett: Bullgors centre stage in a list that focuses on board control as much as power with Ungors and Raiders for days. With summoning going away there is more play in Ambush (starting unit, up to the whole army off the board). That pairs well with the Herdstone which increases Rend from Round 2. Combined here with Darkwalkers to let a unit within 9″ of a board edge to leave the board and teleport back on;
4 Ungor and Ungor Raider units to take advantage of that mobility. The raiders being in Galletian Sharpshooters is surprising – their shooting isn’t strong but it does give them more utility. With the Doombull and Bullgors to hold the centre and be buffed by the Sharman this is a durable list with some punch especially later. However both of the Bullgor units only have 5+ saves which might have hurt them (although they can have a ward save). The Ungors (all of them) are free to score points and just be annoying all over the place. Unfortunately, even with their new book, their output can be disappointing since they mostly hit on a 4+. Combined with initially low rend they don’t hit hard until the later part of the game. The Bullgors are loaded for maximum damage but are also vunerable to being roared. If they are removed then the rest of the list lacks punch.
Looks like the Sons of Behemet used that against them and inflicted enough damage early enough to force a loss. Very respectible effort beating Soulblight, Seraphon and Slaves (Nurgle Knights?).
