This is the top three AoS lists for Sydney Slaughter that took place in Australia on the 10th and 11th of June. It involved 71 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Quick note, Win/Loss was not the only criteria for ranking, for more information see the Mortally Wounded podcast.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh
– Army Subfaction: Pretenders
– Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER
Lord of Pain (135)*
– General
– Command Traits: Strength of Godhood
– Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets
Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (360)*
Great Bray Shaman (95)*
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE
22 x Blisssbarb Archers (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
22 x Blisssbarb Archers (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
22 x Blisssbarb Archers (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
22 x Blisssbarb Archers (300)*
– Reinforced x 1
OTHER
5 x Blissbarb Seekers (200)*
CORE BATTALIONS:
1 x Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1985/2000)
Joshua Bennett: Greetings readers, have you ever seen the movie 300? If you have, you know the famous scene where the Persian tells Leonidas that their arrows will block out the sun. Well, if you play against this list, you will fully understand what that statement means.
With 88 blissbarb archers, it sends a total of 160 shots your way. Teamed up with pretenders, it allows three of those units to auto run 6 inches, and since the warscroll allows you to run and shoot, you are looking at a 30-inch threat range for them. Also, they are allowed to all out attack three of those units. So 120 of those shots hitting on 2s and wounding on 3. Which makes them a very reliable source of damage. At rend 1 people almost shrug them off but teamed up with the blissbarb seekers they become rend two and pick up most of anything that they are shooting at.
Oh Be’lakor, this guy does great in mitigating some of the bad matchups by shutting down the units that cause problems. Also, him being a 4 plus save, he can help tank some of the high rend units that might put unwanted pressure on the list. Lord of pain is used to ensure that last unit of blissbarbs and also hitting on twos or negating any negatives to hit and wound. The common trait strength of Godhood also allows him to handle his own in combat. The Crown of Dark Secrets takes an enemy hammer unit and cripples its ability to deal damage by reducing the number of attacks to one. I need to say that again, not reduced by one, reduced to one.
If you think I have to hit this list super hard super fast, I would urge you to really think about how you’re going to do this. Charging into this list is very dangerous due to the fact that pretenders can unleash hell three times. That’s a potential 120 shots into a hammer or 40 shots three times over to three different units. Makes charging this list a little tricky.
Look, this is an amazing list and very similar to the list I personally run. But if you are looking to play something like this, be prepared to have no friends. (i’m just kidding) If you’re playing against this list and it’s bright in the area you are playing, fear not for soon the arrows will black out the sky.
Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADERS
Skragrott, The Loonking (210)**
Grinkrak The Great (190)**
Loonboss (85)**
– General
– Command Trait: The Clammy Hand
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
BATTLELINE
Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (100)*
36 x Squig Herd (390)*
– Reinforced x 2
20 x Squig Hoppers (360)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (280)**
– Reinforced x 1
UNITS
5 x Gobbapalooza (160)**
6 x Grinkrak’s Looncourt (0)*
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)**
CORE BATTALION
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
Total: 1995 / 2000
Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords
– Army Subfaction: Barak Urbaz
– Artycle: Settle the Grudges
– Amendment: Trust to Your Guns
– Footnote: There’s No Reward Without Risk
LEADER
Arkanaut Admiral (125)*
– General
– Command Traits: Stormcaller
– Artefact: Masterwrought Armour
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Gurish Rage
Aether-Khemist (80)*
Aetheric Navigator (85)*
Codewright (90)**
Edrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)**
– Artefact: Phosphorite Bomblets
Edrinmaster with Endrinharness (90)**
BATTLELINE
20 x Arkanaut Company (200)*
– 2 x Skypikes
– 2 x Light Skyhooks
– 2 x Aethermatice Volley Guns
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Endrinriggers (120)*
3 x Endrinriggers (120)*
1 x Grundstock Gunhauler (170)**
– Main Gun: Sky Cannon
– Gunhauler Modifications: Coalbeard’s Collapsible Compartments
OTHER
6 x Skywardens (260)***5 x Grundstock Thunderers (135)***
– 1 x Decksweepers
– 1 x Aethercannons
BEHEMOTHS
Arkanaut Frigate (300)
– Main Gun: Heavy Sky Cannon
– Frigate Regittings: Prudency Chutes
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Warlord
***Galletian Sharpshooters
Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Blessed Sons
LEADERS
Bload Rotspawned (320)*
Lord of Afflications (230)*
– General
– Command Trait: Overpowering Stench
– Artefact: The Splithorn Helm
– Dolorous Tocsin
– Incubatch
Orghotts Daemonspew (320)
Sloppity Bilepiper, Herald of Nurgle (130)*
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Battleline
10 x Plaguebearers (150)*
– Icon Bearer
– Piper
– Plagueridden
4 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (500)*
– Dolorous Tocsin
20 x Rotmire Creed (260)*
– 1 x Reinforced
– 2x Witherlord
OTHER
9 x Corvus Cabal
– Allies
TERRAIN
Feculent Gnarlmaw
CORE BATTLIONS
Battle Regiment
Roland Rivera: Thomas Oliver’s list is a spicy one indeed. While it includes the common elements to most successful Nurgle lists in Bloab and Orghotts as quality Hero Monsters, the Lord of Afflictions as a hard-to-kill disruption piece, and Pusgoyle Blightlords as durable fast-moving frontliners, it is complementing them with some interesting choices in a Sloppity Bilepiper, some Plaguebearers, a reinforced unit of Rotmire Creed, and some Corvus Cabal.
The combination of Sloppity and Plaguebearers is intended to hold opponents in place by engaging enemy units (or forcing them to engage you) in situations where they will find it difficult to bring their full force to bear against the Plaguebearer unit, then using the Sloppity’s ability to disable pile-ins to prevent repositioning. This combination is often seen in Daemon-centric lists, but Mortal-centric lists rarely reach for it, making its inclusion here very interesting.
Units of Rotmire Creed in Blessed Sons Nurgle lists are quite common, but they are usually minimum-sized units whose purpose is to fulfill Battleline requirements cheaply while providing you with shooty screens for your Hero Monsters. This reinforced unit is likely intended to be a dedicated objective sitter that can soften opposing units up with its shooting and potentially put an Unleash Hell or two out there.
Lastly, the Corvus seem to be here in order to provide the same deepstriking nuisance function Nurglings typically serve at enough of a points discount to not make the list go over. Overall, a very interesting list with a solid result to back up its viability.
Final Tournament Placings
