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Top AoS Lists for Adepticon 2023

These are the top AoS lists for Adepticon that took place in the USA on the 23rd and 24th of March. It involved 204 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

There was some controversy around the scoring for Adepticon, so we decided as a team to focus on all those lists that went undefeated or were in a tournament winning position (4 wins from 4 after round 4).

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
Change Coven: Guild of Summoners
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)*
General
– Command Trait: Arcane Sacrifice
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion
Lord of Change (400)*
Artefact: Nine-Eyed Tome
– Universal Spell Lore: Ghost-mist
Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (180)*
– Lore of Fate: Glimpse of Future
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Magister (120)**
Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate

Battleline
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)**
– 7x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)**
– 7x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield
– 3x Cursed Glaives
10 x Tzaangors (180)**
– 8x Pair of Savage Blade

Behemoths
Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)**
Allies – Bound to Magister

Endless Spells & Invocations
Umbral Spellportal (80)
Purple Sun of Shyish (90)
Burning Sigil of Tzeentch (60)

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 480 / 400
Wounds: 72
Drops: 4

Kaleb returns with a variation on his LVO list. Kairos is replaced with a Lord of Change; the extra 40pts are then used to upgrade the Changecaster to a Curseling and to enable Kaleb to take Burning Sigil instead of Tome of Eyes to get the summoning train rolling. The list goes up from 2 drops to 4 drops to allow the Lord of Change to have a re-roll casts relic to practically guarantee that those casts will go off, most likely Umbral Spellportal and then the Warscroll spell for a consistent 6 mortal wounds or so a turn.

The reason that Umbral Spellportal is the key spell is so you can feed it to the Krondspine. How the combo works is that the Magister successfully casts their first spell and then uses the Destiny Dice to cast a second, with the double killing the Magister, sending the Incarnate wild. Spellportal can then be chucked out near the Krondspine’s charge target. Obviously another spell could be cast through it (or even move the Purple Sun through it) but the main job of the portal is for the Krondspine to be able to charge in and then Devour the endless spell to go up to level 3. It is a slight risk as it goes down a level if it fails, but Kaleb would just need to roll a 4 on 2D6 for it to be successful. With it more than likely being successful, the Krondspine is hanging around for a bit, no matter what it goes into.

If not more important than an indestructible Krondspine is that the Battle Tactics and Grand Strategy for Tzeentch are among the most straightforward to achieve, demonstrated by Kaleb scoring all 5 Battle Tactics every turn and Master of Destiny being arguably the easiest Grand Strategy in the game to complete.

One of those Battle Tactics, the Guild of Summoners specialises in: Call for Change, which is to summon a Lord of Change. Normally these would need 27 fate points, but in Guild of Summoners, the first Lord of Change is only 9 fate points and the first fate point is the auto-cast at the start of the game with Arcane Armies.

Congratulations on another superb showing from Mr Tzeentch himself and very much a trendsetter for several Tzeentch lists doing well in tournaments…

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Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Wurrgog Prophet (170)**
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Lore of the Savage Beast: Gorkamorka’s War Cry
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)**
General
– Command Trait: Egomaniak
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Orruk Megaboss (140)***
Artefact: Gryph-feather Charm (Galletian Champion)
– Aspect of the Champion: Stubborn as a Rhinox
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (260)***
Skragrott, The Loonking (160)**
Allies

Battleline
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*
5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)*

Other Units
3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**
Jagged Gore-hackas
3 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)***
24 x Squig Herd (240)*
Allies
– Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells
Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70)

Core Battalions
*Galletian Veterans
**Warlord
***Warlord

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Aspect of the Champion

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 400 / 400
Wounds: 153
Drops: 12

Big Waagh is enjoying a kind of thematically Ghurish resurgence, due to their access to great GCs and the simple fact they can also now take some Gitz allies, who, as you may have heard, have enjoyed somewhat of a glow up.

Either way, a 5-0 Waagh is a thing to be celebrated, so let’s dive into how it got there. The compliment of heroes has a few interesting surprises – you have ol’ laser eyes with his 4+ ward, a Warchanter and Megaboss as standard, and Gobsprakk for his anti-magic tech – but we also see here a Snatchaboss. Even though he’ll only be buffing one unit of 3 Boltboyz, he’s a well rounded solo operator, and Rob has slapped Egomaniak on him – I wonder if some of the Ardboyz acted as a bodyguard, making him a relatively fast and very durable monster with MW spike potential.

Then there’s the newly much-more-expensive Skagrott. At 210, I wonder if Ron would still ally him in – but as it stood, he’s an insanely high value allied spellcaster with a nasty, long range MW spell.

The other allies on loan from Gitz are the Squid Herd – a super cheap way to gain access to a high volume of attacks and further mid-range MWs when they fail a battleshock test – although they also have a recursion mechanic, meaning if you don’t kill the whole unit, the pain train keeps on comin’.

Overall, it’s a fantastic hero-hammer Waagh that makes great use of their spicy new allies. The points don’t quite add up anymore, but the fact it took down high profile armies such as Ogors, NH, Slaves, and Gitz themselves speaks to the versatility of the list – and Rob’s prowess of course. The Orruk book as a whole might be a complete bin-fire, but Big Waagh clearly offers the best way to make like an Orruk and slap whatever manic, vaguely green muscle you can lay your hands on into a potent krump!

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Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
Great Nation: Helon
– Mortal Realm: Hysh
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Archmage Teclis and Celennar, Spirit of Hysh (700)*
General
Scinari Cathallar (110)*
Lore of Hysh: Total Eclipse
Scinari Loreseeker (160)*
Artefact: Tuskhelm (Galletian Champion)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage

Battleline
5 x Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)*
Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
20 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (150)*
– Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat
10 x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (150)*
Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh

Endless Spells & Invocations
Umbral Spellportal (80)
Rune of Petrification (60)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 87
Drops: 1

I call this list archetype the ‘can’t wait for the next Battlescroll’! Lead designer Matt Rose has highlighted that Helon and Sentinels are in line for an adjustment, for what should by now be fairly obvious reasons.

Tell you what though, it’s quite fun seeing the Tuskhelm on the Loreseeker. Imagine him popping up wherever he wants pre-game, then yeeting himself into you with a flaming weapon like a less sneaky version of the Masque.

Otherwise, there’s not much to say – it’s Sentinels projecting extreme prejudice at range and up close, with Teclis doing Teclis things. The only thing of interest left about this kind of list is how hard it’s going to get hit by the nerf bat!

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Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
– Army Subfaction: Boulderhead
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Kragnos (720)
1 x Frostlord on Stonehorn (450)*
General
– Command Traits: Voice of the Avalanche
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder
– Spells: Flaming Weapon

BATTLELINE
1 x Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
Blood Vulture
1 x Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
Blood Vulture
2 x Mournfang Pack (170)*
Skalg
– Culling Clubs and Hackers and Ironfist

TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1960/2000)

Since the Ironblaster points hike, bar the very occasional Stonehorn heavy podium, Ogors have settled comfortably into a ‘top 5’ army, as though they have a nice big dinner early on and then get a bit too sleepy to bother chasing the absolute top spot.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that of course – we don’t want every faction to be Lumineth Slaanesh! Taking down three tanky melee armies, the shooty Ogors and a summoning heavy Tzeentch list for a 5-0 is a great result, either way.

So how did Tony do it? Well, he took Kragnos and a bunch of Stonehorns. The name of the day here is killing stuff on the charge – why risk having to roll attacks? Kragnos is capable of a OHKO of a big monster with the right roll of course, but probably the main thing he offers is a 3d6 charge aura. Given Stonehorns do mortals on a 4+ for dice equal to their unmodified charge roll – which a 3d6 is – you can start to see the appeal.

That’s about all there is to it. Like the Ogors themselves, it’s big and not very clever, but gets the job done.

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Army Faction: Sylvaneth
Subfaction: Gnarlroot
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty
– Seasons of War: The Burgeoning

LEADERS
Spirit of Durthu (350)
General
– Command Traits: Gnarled Warrior
– Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius
The Lady of Vines (290)
– Spells: Verdant Blessing
Alarielle the Everqueen (820)*
– Spells: Verdant Blessing

BATTLELINE
Dryads (100)*
Dryads (200)*
Tree-Revenants (110)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
1 x Chronomantic Cogs (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000

This list from Joey Trizenberg is so elite and character focused that it might be playable in Marvel Ultimate Crisis. The Lady of Vines and Alarielle’s summoning mechanics bulk out the wound count and utility this list needs with 30 dryads and a unit of tree revenants satisfying most of your objective-sitting needs. The reason such a limited selection of units can get away with this is that both Alarielle and Durthu demand answers, immediately, and can either murder or pin vast quantities of the opponent’s army, limiting their scoring options.

Durthu with the Gladius and Gnarled warrior is a brutal beatstick, and ethereal 3+ keeps him healthy over the game and the gladius makes him hit like a brick. Combine this with a 6+ ward and the number of wounds in this army gets a sneaky boost to keep it in the game. This said, the selection of the Burgeoning as the Season of war requires a 70 point investment in the form of Cogs to make the quantity of spellcasting in this list work, especially so, when you consider that Gnarlroot is being taken for 3d6 casting, messaging that Joey wants to ensure he’s spreading trees and getting up the very important LoV’s 5+ ward spell, which is rather inconsistent when raw-cast as a 7+ on 2d6.

Legitimate analysis aside, I’d pay good money to see this list smack around Sons of Behemat, that’d be a great table to watch. Great work Joey, a great achievement to get an uncommon 5-0 for sylvaneth, let alone with a list that is a major departure from what we usually see.

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Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes
Subfaction: Meatfist
– Grand Strategy: The Day is Ours!
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Tyrant (150)*
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Kragnos (720)*
Icebrow Hunter (120)**
General
– Command Traits: Touched by the Everwinter
– Prayers: Keening Gale
Tyrant (150)**
– Artefacts of Power: Gryph-feather Charm
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
– Big Name: Brawlerguts
Tyrant (150)**
Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Flaming Weapon
– Big Name: Brawlerguts

BATTLELINE
Frost Sabres (80)*
Frost Sabres (80)*
Stonehorn Beastriders (310)*
– Blood Vulture

ARTILLERY
Ironblaster (200)*

TERRAIN
1 x Great Mawpot (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Command Entourage – Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000

Continuing their recent hot-streak of great results is another 4-1 Alarielle finish! Oh how people bemoaned the Everqueen upon the book’s release – and in fairness, she takes a bit of figuring out, as her power doesn’t lie in her melee power but rather in her zoning and revival ability.

She’s backed up here by the standard Arch-Rev with Warsinger to make stuff speedy – make that extra-super speedy when also combined with the Spiteswarm Hive. It’s also nice to see a brace of Dryads as surprisingly effective screens – sure they turn into splinters once hit but, with -1 to hit and wound, the can be like reeds in a breeze…. and a reinforced blob of Seekers for doing Seeker things (namely pinning stuff at speed and just never, ever dying due to their abilities to heal themselves and bring their own models back automatically).

Overall, a nicely balanced list that gives Big Momma and her Fancy Beetle a good run out against a tough variety of opponents.

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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords
Subfaction: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Archmage Teclis (700)*
Spells: Healing Zephyr
Scinari Cathallar (110)*
General
– Command Traits: Master of Magic
– Artefacts of Power: Silver Wand
– Spells: Total Eclipse
– Aspects of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage

BATTLELINE
Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
– Windspeaker Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
Windspeaker Seneschal
– Standard Bearer
Hurakan Windchargers (130)*
Standard Bearer
– Windspeaker Seneschal

OTHER
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
High Sentinel
– Spells: Overwhelming Heat
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (300)*
High Sentinel
– Spells: Speed of Hysh

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Rune of Petrification (60)
1 x Emerald Lifeswarm (60)

TERRAIN
1 x Shrine Luminor (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

More LRL! Funnily enough, this list has also opted for Helon, and who cares how many Sentinels. But they also go hard on WIndchargers! A cunning tactical ploy to have slightly fewer shots on slow bodies and slightly more shots on fast bodies. I’m sure the dilemma was agonising.

Since this tournament, and indeed my comments on the 3rd place list, Sentinels, Teclis, and Windchargers have gone up a few points. So lists like this will no longer be able to take quite so many endless spells! I’m sure the effect on their efficacy will be devastating.

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Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch
Army Subfaction: Guild of Summoners
– Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Magister (120)*
Spells: Shield of Fate
– Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
1 x Curseling (180)**
Spells: Glimpse the Future
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
1 x Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)**
General
– Command Traits: Arcane Sacrifice
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Arcane Suggestion
1 x Lord of Change (400)**
Staff of Tzeentch and Rod of Sorcery
– Artefacts: Nine-Eyed Tome
– Spells: Ghost-mist

BATTLELINE
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
Kairic Adept
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
– Scroll of the Dark Arts
– Vulcharc
– 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield
10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)*
Kairic Adept
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
– Scroll of the Dark Arts
– Vulcharc
– 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield
10 x Tzaangors (180)*
Twistbray
– Icon Bearer
– Brayhorn Blower
– 2 x Tzaangor Mutant
– Pair of Savage Blades

BEHEMOTH
1 x Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)*

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Umbral Spellportal (80)
1 x Burning Sigil Of Tzeentch (60)
1 x Purple Sun of Shyish (90)

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

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Please read the review for Kaleb’s winning list and substitute the word ‘Kaleb’ for ‘Jonathan’! Seriously, I wasn’t kidding about Kaleb’s list being a trendsetter!

I should probably include a few more words on Jonathan’s path to 13th place so that Peter doesn’t get mad at me and assigns me 500 words on each variant of contrast paint. He did fantastically well to get to table 2 in Round 5 but then faced the Kryptonite of many Tzeentch lists: Kragnos and Stonehorns. With the ability to ignore so much magic AND the speed of Tony’s 4th placed list (see above) it was always going to be tricky. While having some monsters to eat would be handy for the Krondspine, Jonathan wouldn’t have been given the time to get the summoning going and so had to settle for a still very impressive 4-1 in the end.

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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Subfaction: Mortis Praetorians
– Grand Strategy: Unrelenting Efficiency
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty

LEADERS
Arkhan the Black (340)
Katakros (430)*
Mortisan Soulreaper (100)*
Spells: Protection of Nagash
– Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Mortisan Soulreaper (100)*
General
– Command Traits: Katakros’ Chosen
– Artefacts of Power: Artificer’s Blade
– Spells: Drain Vitality

BATTLELINE
Mortek Guard (420)*
Necrophoros
– Mortek Hekatos
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
Mortek Guard (280)*
Mortek Hekatos
– Necrophoros
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
Mortek Guard (140)*
Nadirite Blade and Shield
Immortis Guard (150)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Nightmare Predator (40)

TERRAIN
1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

A list reminiscent of classical pre-Stalkers as Battleline lists for Ossiarch Bonereapers. Obviously, this list was before the new battletome so a few things need to be considered. Katakros and Arkhan are the headliners, with Arkhan being one of the few legitimately good units in OBR with his +2 to casting and blazing fast speed. Katakros offers a ton of buffs from stealing a command point on a 4+, -1 to hit on an enemy unit, and giving +1 to hit and to saves for all units within 36″. Mortis Praetorians doesn’t see as much play as Petrifix Elite but if you’re going to run Katakros it’s about the same with his +1 to save aura, though you do lose the -1 Rend from Petrifix Elite. Rounding off the list is two Soulreapers, which while not very good allow him to slip in 2 Galetian Champions at 2000 points.

As for units this list doesnt really have much of a hammer. That’s clearly not the point though, with 60 Mortek Guard you can gum up the board pretty bad, 30 3+ Save, 6+ Ward wounds aren’t easy to cut through if you didn’t bring a Monster to roar them. While they may not hit nearly as hard as Stalkers, they’re not totally impotent either, and can usually win a grind out war over 2-3 turns of combat against nastier things. The Immortis guard are a workhorse unit to protect Arkhan from ranged fire, since an 11 wound 4+ Save Monster makes him a giant red bullseye for enemy fire.

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Allegiance: Slaanesh
– Host: Lurid Haze Invaders Host (Host of Chaos)
– Mortal Realm: Ulgu
– Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
The Contorted Epitome (240)*
General
– Command Trait: Feverish Anticipation
– Artefact: Oil of Exultation
– Host Option: General
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
– Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage
Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh (210)*
Host Option: General
Glutos Orscollion, Lord of Gluttony (440)*
Lore of Pain and Pleasure: Battle Rapture
Infernal Enrapturess, Herald of Slaanesh (120)*
Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of Slaanesh: Born of Damnation

Battleline
22 x Blissbarb Archers (280)**
Reinforced x 1
11 x Blissbarb Archers (140)**
11 x Blissbarb Archers (140)**

Other
1 x Cockatrice (105)*
1 x Cockatrice (105)*

Endless Spells
Mesmerising Mirror (60)
Wheels of Excruciation (80)
Dreadful Visage (70)

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Galletian Sharpshooters

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 96
Drops: 9

As Peter put it the other day, Old Slaanesh (the previous Battletome) was in play. This is a popular “old list” right now. Slaanesh, like all aelves, has always been very difficult to balance, at the moment though they are a bit of a sleeper. Mobile with mad summoning, decent shooting and surprisingly durable with Revel in Pain.

Laron’s doubled down on the Epitome with Fuelled by Ghurish rage on top of Oil (+1 wound) and Flaming Weapon. Glutos, the mobile road block, is here with Sigvald to snipe out annoying Galletian Champions and the Enrapturess to make sure those casts go off. Beyond wards, bravery and damage spells, the army is packing all 3 Hedonite Endless Spells. Mortal wounds for everyone and a fight last as well. Mandatory Blissbarbs and the soon to be extinct Cockatrice (the monster keyword isn’t on the new scroll). The Cockatrice still has a place to generate DP and for their fast movement, letting them score early points.

And that’s the conundrum of facing the chaos aelves – target the Blissbarb, and apart from being stung, you’ll give them a lot of DP (summoning points). And as you kill them, they’ll get harder to kill. Worse, Glutos and the Epitome will be free to act. Target the heroes, and the Blissbarb will make you look like a porcupine. The old HoS book is a dps check. You need to deal with them fast enough that their summoning doesn’t matter. Preferably from range.

Laron took the list to 4-1 handily defeating several top armies (and Stormcast). Pretty amazing with a list that shouldn’t have a lot of surprises and was at the time running with a 47% win rate. That success should tell you how good the general was.

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Allegiance: Sylvaneth
– Glade: Heartwood
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs:

Leaders
Alarielle the Everqueen (820)*
Arch-Revenant (120)*
General
– Command Trait: Warsinger
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Deepwood: Verdurous Harmony

Units
10 x Dryads (100)*
10 x Dryads (100)*
3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)*
5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
6 x Revenant Seekers (480)*
Reinforced x 1

Endless Spells
Spiteswarm Hive (40)

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 97
Drops: 1

Continuing the 4-1 with Alarielle trend – which I’m personally happy to see given Momma Nature is such a great model, is this Heartwood list that, well, pretty much follows the template.

Probably the most important synergy in overall playstyle here is the way the Seekers compliment what Alarielle can do. Beetle-bum is much more of a mixed phase zoning piece with her big’ ol….base and surprising speed, so you need something like the Seekers to be able to zoom in on smaller, more versatile bases, do a good amount of damage, and actually stay where they end up – something they’re willing to risk due to their built in healing, 5+ rally and ability to bring a model back. With Dryads and Tree Revs as annoying, teleporty objective grabbers and screens, and the 3 Greatbows doing plinky-plink damage at long range, this kind of list can be very difficult to actually navigate around. And of course, by the time you finally kill Alarielle, she’s liable to come back in later rounds when you no longer have the tools to take her off again.

Losing only to a Gnarlroot Sylvaneth semi-mirror, and taking down a good variety of other lists en route, this new list archetype (I’m calling it Beetle-Momma and the Seekers) clearly has legs/wings/roots…. I’ll leaf it there. Big up to Matthew!

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Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
Enclave: Mor’Phann
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Akhelian Thrallmaster (110)*
Isharann Soulrender (120)*
Artefact: Rune of the Surging Gloomtide
– Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master
Akhelian King (250)*
General
– Bladed Polearm
– Command Trait: Unstoppable Fury
– Mount Trait: Voidchill Darkness

Battleline
6 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (360)*
Reinforced x 1
6 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (360)*
Reinforced x 1
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
Reinforced x 1
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)*
20 x Namarti Thralls (260)*
Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1970 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 115
Drops: 1

This list makes use of some of the best Idoneth units avaiable in the book, without relying on Lotann or the Leviadon. Two champs are there to support the Namarti units, both defensively and offensively, and the Artefact allows the Isharann character to summon a Gloomtide Shipwreck at the end of the first movement phase. This is particularly good with Tunnel Master, because the Soulrender can pop up anywhere on the board and drop a large piece of line of sight blocking impassable terrain.

The eels and king can work in tandem to deal a lot of damage. The eels can charge in first, eat the Unleash Hell while still getting their mortal wound bomb off, while the king can pop himself and possibly both eel squads into high tide, creating the possibility of an alpha strike against any enemy who may have deployed too aggressively.

Final Tournament Placings

Lore Introduction – Raiders from the Deep (Idoneth Deepkin)

Welcome to the first in a new series of articles where we run through the lore of the Age of Sigmar factions.

These are intended to give you a little flavour into the faction, and hopefully give you an understanding on what drives them.

The World That Was

The story of the Idoneth begins way back in the world that was, right after the forces of chaos forced their way in, and right before they ultimately conquered it. During this time there was a sect of Aelves who worshipped the god known as Mathlann. God of both sea and storm and known as the lord of the Deep, Mathlann was primarily worshipped by sea fairing Aelves, and explorers. When the Chaos gods began to consume the souls of all living creatures, Mathlann sought to protect the few he could from them, and so he took a contingent of his followers and hid them at the deepest depths of the oceans. Despite this, Slaanesh could sense more souls still, and would root out each remote enclave one by one until every single aelvan soul was devoured.

The Age of Myth

During the age of Myth, what remained of the Aelvan pantheon awoke, and sadly Mathlann was not amongst those who survived. Teclis, Tyrion, and Malerion awoke in a world which lacked any Aelves to rule over, and as such devised a plan to capture Slaanesh and pry the souls from his gullet. Each of the three main gods would receive a share of the souls, and Teclis would be the first to receive them. Those souls which were first pulled from Slaanesh, turned out to be those of the idoneth. Those original souls would come to be known as the Cythai.

No Rest for the Wicked

After escaping both from Teclis and Slaanesh, the Cythai found themselves within the throes of a new horror. The combination of Corruption from Slaanesh, Purification ritual from Teclis, and the lack of a God to draw from led the majority of Idoneth to be born with Waning souls. Many of their offspring fail to live past infancy, and those that do (the Namarti) , have drastically shortened life spans. Some would be born with proper souls (Akhelians) and this disparity between the two would go on to form the basic structure of Idoneth society. To ensure their survival something would need to be done. Adapting the magic that Teclis had taught them they would form a new school of magic revolving around the removal of and transmutation of souls. Unfortunately, the souls of Sea life would not be enough to sustain that of an Idoneth body for any more than a couple of days, the only alternative was to seek out greater prey. The Idoneth would form raiding parties that would ascend from the depths raid coastal settlements taking with them the souls of the fallen back to their enclaves. To ensure secrecy, the Idoneth would weave spells to erase the memories of survivors.

Vanguard: Idoneth Deepkin – Beginner’s 1,000 Point Army

Everybody Do The Wave

Have you heard the call of the Ethersea? Do you steal the souls of sentient creatures to prolong your own life? Do you like to move fast and hit hard while looking fishy and fabulous? Then Idoneth Deepkin is the faction for you!

The obvious place to start collecting an army of watery aelves is the Vanguard: Idoneth Deepkin box, available from Games Workshop or your favorite local game store.

The box is great value. Here’s what you get:

  • 10 Namarti Thralls. The backbone of virtually any Idoneth Deepkin army, these Battleline units hit like a truck but are relatively fragile. The kit has only one weapon option with a few different visual choices.
  • 3 Akhelian Guard. These ultra-fast flying cavalry can be built as either Morsarr Guard (spears) or Ishlaen Guard (swords). I highly recommend building them as Morsarr Guard, as the offense-oriented eels are more widely usable in a variety of different lists.
  • 1 Akhelian Allopex. Think of it as a flying gun platform that can also bite people. Very fast and decent at both shooting and melee. Comes with a choice of harpoon launcher or net launcher. Build your first shark with the harpoon, as the net is more situational.
  • 1 Isharran Soulscryer. The Deepkin’s only Priest character. While he’s nobody’s first choice of hero, “Mister Pointy” still has his uses, especially in the 2022 Matched Play season.
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Alternative Starting Points

If you can find it, the old Start Collecting: Idoneth Deepkin box is a little cheaper but still provides good value. You’ll get the same 10 Thralls and 3 Akhelian Guard, but you’ll miss out on the Allopex. In place of the Soulscryer you get the Isharran Soulrender, arguably a much better hero. If you’re starting out with the Soulrender, consider choosing the Mor’phann sub-faction to get the most out of him.

If you can find the 2022 dual-faction box Fury of the Deep, the Idoneth Deepkin half comes with 10 Thralls, 10 Namarti Reavers (mobile ranged battleline) and one Akhelian Thrallmaster (a buffing hero that improves Thralls). This might be a good option if you’re splitting the box with a Fyreslayers player, or if you plan to focus on Namarti and avoid the eels and sharks.

Fyreslayers face the fury of Idoneth Deepkin
Fire, meet water

Your First 1000 Point List

Here’s how to build your first 1000 point Idoneth Deepkin list:

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Enclave: Dhom-Hain
– Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
Isharann Soulscryer (150)*
 Artefact: Dritchleech
 Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Isharann Tidecaster (150)*
 General
 Command Trait: Teachings of the Turscoll
 Lore of the Deeps: Counter-current

Battleline
10 x Namarti Thralls (130)*
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)*

Units
1 x Akhelian Allopexes (165)*
 Razorshell Harpoon
3 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (195)*

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 960 / 1000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 2
Allies: 0 / 200
Wounds: 50
Drops: 1

This list can do something in every phase of the game. While fragile, it has access to two Isharran rituals (Creeping Mist during Low Tide and Deepsight during High Tide) that can keep you safe from shooting and protect your Namarti, respectively.

We’ve chosen Dhom-Hain for our enclave as it will allow us to get a bit more out of our two Namarti units, and maybe even pull off a cheeky double attack with the Namarti Thralls.

A typical deployment would be to set up defensively behind your Gloomtide Shipwreck and keep the Soulscryer off the board, accompanied by the Reavers, the Allopex or even both. With your one-drop battalion, you’ll usually want to give away first turn to force your opponent to come closer (allowing you to hopefully grab the double turn). Based on your opponent’s army and deployment, decide whether to use Teachings of the Turscoll to reverse the order of the tides to your benefit.

The game plan is to whittle down your opponent with shooting before charging in with your eels, shark and Thralls. Deep-strike the Soulscryer and friends in at an opportune time to grab an objective or harass the opponent’s backline. Use his Curse prayer along with Namarti shooting and melee to hopefully break even the largest enemy unit.

If you want to embody an Idoneth general, start practicing your satisfied smirk

Want more infantry? For an alternative list, lose the Tidecaster and add 10 more Thralls, bringing that block up to 20. You’ll have more bodies and more presence on the board, but you’ll be missing any form of magic.

Looking for something that’s high risk/high reward? Lose the Soulscryer and Tidecaster and add an Akhelian King. You’ll have no magic (unless you give him Arcane Tome and Flaming Weapon, which you absolutely should), no rituals, and you’ll be spending a quarter of your points on one very fragile hero. On the other hand, he’s extremely deadly and he buffs your Akhelian units. While amazing in a larger game, he may not be the best choice when you’re just starting out.

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Pricing It Out

So how much will this list cost you?

BoxUSDGBPEURAUD
Vanguard: Idoneth Deepkin$130£80€105$190
Namarti Reavers$55£32.50€42.50$84
Isharran Tidecaster$32£18€23$40
Gloomtide Shipwreck$60£35€45$84
Battletome: Idoneth Deepkin$55£32.50€42.50$84
Total$332£198€258$482
Purchasing from eBay or your local game store can drop these price by 15-20%

Let’s talk about the ur-kraken in the room: The Gloomtide Shipwreck. It’s currently out of stock on Games Workshop’s website and very expensive on eBay. Your best bet is to scour local game stores in search of one.

This is an important model for your army, but you can make do without one if you’ll be playing casually at first. My advice is to use a template or proxy model until you find one or they come back in stock online.

Next Steps

So you’ve played a few games at 1000 points and you want to expand your army. What’s next?

First things first: grab yourself an Akhelian King. The Slap-King, as he’s known, is a fantastic finesse piece which can reliably delete the enemy’s biggest threats and almost guarantee you the This One’s Mine! battle tactic. Just be careful with your positioning and watch out for Unleash Hell and Stomp.

I strongly recommend at least another 10 Namarti Thralls. They may be eye-less but they’re not harmless, as their 2″ reach and surprising damage output can chew through most enemy units.

To support your Thralls and Reavers, you could consider investing in heroes such as the Isharran Soulrender, Lotann or the Akhelian Thrallmaster. The Soulrender is a particularly good choice, as he unlocks the popular Mor’phann enclave.

Waving to his fans

Now we’re getting into the big centerpiece models. The Eidolon of Mathlann is a huge support hero that comes in either Sea (spellcasting) or Storm (combat) flavors. The Eidolon of the Sea is currently your best bet for a reliable spellcaster in the entire faction, and it also brings along a massive bravery buff and an excellent warscroll spell. Definitely a worthwhile investment.

Finally, the Akhelian Leviadon is a hefty model with a hefty points cost (and price tag), but as the faction’s only monster he doesn’t disappoint. The titanic turtle is a shooting, fighting, tanky monster that protects and buffs your Namarti. If you happen to choose the Nautilar enclave, the Leviadon’s attacks become truly terrifying against heavily armored targets.

Good luck harvesting the souls of your enemies! If you have any questions or want to share your ideas for starting an Idoneth army, dive into the comments section below.

My First Grand Tournament

On May 14, I attended my first ever Warhammer grand tournament. This is the story of how I won two games, almost won a third, and had a damn good time meeting a lot of really cool people.

The place? Detroit, Michigan. The field? 34 players. The event? Motor City Mayhem. The battleground? A faded Best Western hotel just off the highway, where the lobby floor was always wet but the staff were always accommodating.

I arrived a day early in order to take in the sights of Detroit. While I won’t go into too much detail, if you ever find yourself in that part of the world make sure to check out Belle Isle Aquarium (America’s oldest aquarium!) and John K. King Books (America’s second-largest bookstore!). And for the love of god, try the local rectangular pizza.

🔥🔥🔥

Then Saturday rolled around and it was time for the games to begin.

The List

Now here’s where I admit something embarrassing: I had only played two games with my army list prior to this. Why would I do something so stupid? Well, I have a small toddler who dictates what I do with my free time. Also, I thought I was playing a different list until a week before the tournament.

Long story short: I submitted a list that centered around a Krondspine Incarnate. Then the tournament organizers updated the event packet to disallow a certain unit. I’ll give you one guess what that unit was.

So the Incarnate was out. But as the Girl Scouts say: improvise, adapt, overcome. I peered inside my Ikea Detolfs to see what other models were painted and ready to go. Here’s what I came up with:

Quite the mixed bag. You’ve got two flavors of eels, two styles of Namarti, a couple of sharks, two support heroes, an Eidolon of the Sea and a fully tricked-out Akhelian King (a.k.a. the Slap-King).

Why Dhom-Hain for my enclave?

I thought their ability for Namarti Thralls to charge and fight again after killing an enemy unity sounded extremely cool… if I could pull it off. (Spoiler alert: I did not pull it off once during the entire weekend.)

Why these battleline troops?

I was curious to see how the eels performed. The Thralls and Reavers, however, were a calculated decision. The new Idoneth Deepkin battletome relies on a strong core of Namarti, and I had identified the block of 20 Thralls as one of my biggest sources of reliable damage.

Why these heroes?

Well, it’s hard to say no to the Slap-King. While a little tricky to use, he’s more than capable of earning double his points back with a well-timed charge. How does 7 attacks, hitting on 2s, wounding on 2s, rend -3 and damage 4 sound to you? And that’s just his first weapon (he has four).

The Eidolon of the Sea (hereafter to be known as the “Seadolon”) is a major winner from the new battletome. While useless at melee and shooting, he’s a wildly efficient spellcaster and unbinder of enemy spells. One of his warscroll spells, Tsunami of Terror, can strip the armor from your opponent’s toughest units, and with his surprising durability (12 wounds, a 5+ ward and reliable self-healing) he can even be used as a sacrificial lamb to tie up an enemy unit or absorb an Unleash Hell.

The Idoneth prepare for battle

Day 1

Match 1 versus Maggotkin of Nurgle – Drowned Men

Opponent’s list: Great Unclean One, Horticulus Slimux, Orghotts Daemonspew, Beasts of Nurgle, Plaguebearers

They say battles are won or lost in the mind before a single shot is ever fired. They might be onto something there.

My first opponent of the tournament, Jeremy, was playing a Maggotkin list. I’d never played against Maggotkin but I’d heard rumors about the new battletome – specifically about all the tournaments they’ve been winning. I was keen to see how my fishy aelves would fare against them.

That’s a lot of 5+ ward saves

I out-dropped my opponent and gave him the first turn, hoping he’d move into a position where I could charge with my King and eels – and even, fingers crossed, take a double turn.

He simply moved everything onto the mid-board and ended his turn, daring me to come closer. I took the bait, charging with my eels, King, sharks and Thralls. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very clean or well-positioned charge, as I could only get my King onto his Great Unclean One and not the eels.

Meanwhile, I had misplaced my Thralls so the only thing they were able to charge was the Plaguebearers. Turns out, Plaguebearers are tanky. I thought my Thralls could chew through them but it didn’t work out that way.

On the other side of the board, my Slap-King did a mighty 20 damage to the GUO. However, he rolled an improbable amount of ward saves and stayed standing. My eels and sharks managed to kill a few Beasts of Nurgle, but his center held.

My opponent then took a double turn and used it to go on a rampage with Orghotts and the GUO. After that, what was left of my army was worn down by the weight of Disease points.

In the end, I think I may have been a little intimidated by facing Nurgle for the first time, causing me to under-think my deployment. If I’d placed a few units differently, my first turn would have been much more effective and the game might have been a lot closer.

RESULT: Loss, 12-39

Match 2 versus Sylvaneth – Gnarlroot

Opponent’s list: Warsong Revenant, Treelord Ancient, Spirit of Durthu, Arch-revenant, Branchwraith, Tree-revenants, Kurnoth Hunters with bows, Dryads

Ah, the classic Warsong Bomb list. Soon to be replaced by the new Sylvaneth battletome, the Warsong Bomb – in which a Warsong Revenant powers up their spellcasting while unleashing magic blasts through an Umbral Spellportal – was one of the only competitive lists available to Sylvaneth in third edition.

Unfortunately, it only works if you cast your spells. This would prove to be a major problem for my opponent, Matt, as my Seadolon just would not stop unbinding his spells. Matt, however, was very nice about this. His enthusiasm and positive attitude made for a really fun match.

The Slap-King about to do his thing

I gave Matt turn one. He split his forces and moved up to the mid-board. In my counter-attack, I was able to completely take out one flank of Dryads and a Treelord Ancient with my King, while pinning the other flank (Durthu and the Kurnoth Hunters) in place with the Ishlaen Guard.

Although Durthu hits hard (he wiped out all 20 Thralls in a single round!), my King was able to cut him down. With the Warsong Revenant having failed to set up his spell-bomb, I went on to clean up the board.

The result wasn’t close, but this game was a blast thanks to Matt being a really fun opponent.

RESULT: Victory, 31-13

Match 3 versus Soulblight Gravelords – Kastelai Dynasty

Opponent’s list: 20 Blood Knights, Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon, Necromancer, Coven Throne, Dire Wolves

My opponent in this game, Austin, seemed a bit unsure of his army going into this match. And there was a good reason for that: The battleplan was Tooth and Nail, a weird scenario which you don’t often see at tournaments.

In Tooth and Nail, you can’t set up any units in reserve. Which sucked for Austin, because setting up Blood Knights in reserve and then bringing them on from the board edge is the entire gimmick of Kastelai Dynasty. His summoned units also couldn’t charge after summoning, which is another blow for a Soulblight army.

To make matters worse, the board for our game was covered in large pieces of blocking terrain. Most of my units could simply fly over it, but his knights would have to go around. This would allow me to pick my battles and take out his units of five knights one at a time.

Those are some chonky terrain pieces

After setting up, he gave me first turn and waited for my army to come to him. I moved up but stayed just out of engagement range. Once it was my turn again, the Slap-King was able to assassinate the Vampire Lord on zombie dragon before it could really do anything.

Realizing he was out of position, Austin actually gave away a double turn on Turn 3 (never seen anyone do that before!) so that he could pull back his army and remove one of my objectives.

But it wasn’t enough, and the Slap-King continued on to remove the Coven Throne and Necromancer, handing me the game.

RESULT: Victory, 24-9

Day 2

Match 4 versus Daughters of Khaine – Khailebron

Opponent’s list: Morathi-Khaine, Bloodwrack Medusa, 15 Bow-snakes, 10 Spear-snakes, Witch Aelves, Shadowstalkers

My opponent for this match, Paul, was a younger guy who was at the tournament with his dad. Which is adorable, and total Parenting Goals. Paul was also an awesome opponent who basically apologized for taking the classic “Morathi and the Bow Snakes” meme list. He told me he was looking forward to the new Daughters of Khaine battletome so he could run literally anything else.

After winning priority, Paul gave me first turn. From here on out, we would trade double turns back and forth for almost the entire match!

My Reavers shot apart a unit of Witch Aelves, killing all but one (that lone aelf would come back to haunt me later). He then got the double turn and pushed up the left flank with the Shadow Queen. My plan was to pull back and try to ignore her while pushing the other flank where his bow-snakes and support characters were hanging out.

That plan did not go so well. The Shadow Queen ate every single one of my Reavers and Thralls, while the bow-snakes rained down fire on my other flank, almost killing both my sharks. Things looked bad. But I wasn’t down and out just yet.

Taking a double turn, I rolled my Slap-King and eels through a screen of Witch Aelves and right into his bow-snakes, wiping them out. My King went on to kill his General, the Medusa, and get stuck into Morathi herself.

On Turn 4, he wheeled the Shadow Queen around and aimed her at my remaining units. She killed my eels, but my King was able to finally slay the rampaging god.

Pretty metal 🤘

At the end of all five rounds, we were completely even on points. We had both taken Hold the Line as our Grand Strategy, and all my battleline units were dead. So were his… except for that one pesky Witch Aelf that was hiding in the corner of the battlefield! This gave him an extra three points and the victory.

In the end, this game was an absolute blast, full of twists and turns and high drama. It was probably the highlight of the entire weekend. My opponent played a great game and fully deserved the win, even though I can’t help but wishing I’d rolled one more hit on that unit of Witch Aelves!

RESULT: Loss, 21-24

Match 5 versus Soulblight Gravelords – Vyrkos Dynasty 

Opponent’s list: 60 Zombies, Prince Vhordrai, Lauka Vai, Necromancer, Vampire Lord, Dire Wolves, Skeletons, Corpse Carts

I’ll be completely honest: This wasn’t a fun game. After two straight days of Warhammer, I was getting tired and losing focus. And after the thrills and spills of the previous game against Daughters of Khaine, facing 60 zombies felt like a brutal slog.

Zombies, man. They have so much going on. Double piling in, returning slain units, buffing auras, piling in different directions until they’re stretched across the board like a weird misshapen Katamari of bodies. Zombies are a lot.

It didn’t help that my opponent, Rob, played a slow game, with his double turns feeling like an eternity. I don’t blame him for this. He was micro-managing his tiny dead dudes and explaining his army mechanics as he did so, as any good opponent should. It just took soooo loooong.

You know, maybe this says more about me and my own impatience. I may have to do some soul-searching here.

The Gruesome Twosome

Anyway, I flubbed this match. I deployed my Gloomtide Shipwreck and Namarti units completely wrong. Then I decided to send my King and eels after his support characters in the back, when I should have tried to end the double threat of Vhordrai and Lauka early in the game. The final result was an ignominous defeat, but at least now I know how zombies work (and I know to ask for a chess clock next time).

RESULT: Loss, 12-32

Final Thoughts

If you’re just starting your Warhammer journey and thinking of taking the plunge into events, I am here to tell you: competitive Age of Sigmar is incredibly fun. It was a pleasure to play against passionate, experienced opponents at a well-organized event. Everyone should try going to a GT at least once, if only for the wealth of knowledge you can glean from your fellow players.

Plus, I got to meet Tyler Mengel and he complimented my painting. That was almost worth the entry fee alone.

What’s next? I’m working on an article about list-building using the new Idoneth Deepkin battletome, to help you get the most out of your own Slap-King and friends. And I can’t wait to attend my next GT, probably with a different list this time. Although the Incarnate is tempting, chatting with fellow Deepkin players at the event has convinced me I need to paint up an Akhelian Leviadon…

Have you recently attended your first GT? Planning to go to one? Drop us a comment below and let us know what you think.

Top Three AoS Lists from GGMaitland Age of Sigmar GT – 5/6th March 2022

GGMaitland Age of Sigmar GT was a five game event that took place in Maitland, Australia on 5th and 6th March. It saw 37 players fight it out to be claimed champion.

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The 1st and 3rd Lists (2nd place not available)

1st Ashley McEwan – Sons of Behemat

Ashley won all five games beating Big Waaagh! in Round 1, Blades of Khorne/Reapers of Vengeance in Round 2, Seraphon/Fangs of Sotek in Round 3, Cities of Sigmar in Round 4 and Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in the last round.

Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
Tribe: Taker Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders

Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant (490)*
– General
– Command Trait: Extremely Intimidating
– Artefact: Glowy Lantern
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon

Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (525)*
– Artefact: Vial of Manticore Venom (Universal Artefact)

Warstomper Mega-Gargant (470)**

Battleline

1 x Mancrusher Gargants (170)**
1 × Mancrusher Gargants (170)**

Endless Spells & Invocations
Purple Sun of Shyish (70)

Core Battalions
*Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
**Footsloggas – Unified

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 1895 / 2000
Wounds: 129
Drops: 3

Declan – Having been top of the pile at the beginning of AOS3, Sons of Behemat have taken a bit of a hit in the meta as players moved to other Tier S armies. Ashley’s smashing face like its 2021 but with an endless spell and a (virtually) guaranteed triumph.

The Gatekeeper will be doing the smashing, but it’s good to see the two small guys attending as well, who will be helpful for holding objectives. Whilst they are easy to kill individually, you have to make the decision not to shoot / attack the bigger guys instead.

It’s still a good list and Ashley’s done really well to beat two Seraphon lists on his path to victory.

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3rd Joel Graham – Big Waaagh!

Joel managed an impressive four wins and one loss, losing against 1st Sons of Behemat/Taker Tribe in Round 1. Then continuing to beat Ogor Mawtribes/Bloodgullet in Round 2, Slaves to Darkness/Despoilers in Round 3, Lumineth Realm-Lords in Round 4 and Daughters of Khaine/Khelt Nar in Round 5.

Allegiance: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumphs:

Kragnos, The End of Empires (720)
Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (280)*
Orruk Warchanter (115)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat

Wurrgog Prophet (150)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Universal Spell Lore: Levitate

Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)**
– Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon

5 x Orruk Ardboys (85)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers

5 x Orruk Ardboys (85)**
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers

5 x Orruk Ardboys (85)*
– 1x Gorkamorka Glyph Bearers

*Warlord
**Battle Regiment

Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 93
Drops: 6

Declan – Ah, Big Waaagh! It’s a great allegiance that I love playing but Joel has gone in a very different direction. With three big monsters (Kragnos, Maw Krusha & Gobsprakk), a Warchanter and Wurrgog to keep the points flows. As readers of this blog will know the Wurrgog is a monster if you go within 12″ of him with his stare ability, and Kraggy and Maw Krusha can smash into most foes and do crippling damage, whilst Gobsprakk provides some magic defense.

I really like Big Waaagh because there are so many ways to play it and Joel has gone very differently to my version – and done well.

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Wildcard – Jacob Strachan – Lumineth Realm-Lords

Jacob managed to get four wins anda single loss during their weekend and finished 4th. Beating Lumineth Realm-Lords in Round 1, losing against Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty in Round 2, then beating Sons of Behemat/Taker Tribe in Round 3, Daughters of Khaine/Hagg Nar in Round 4 and Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in the final round.

– Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-Lords
– Subfaction: Zaitrec
– Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Scinari Loreseeker (170)*
Sevireth, Lord of the Seventh Wind (345)*
Vanari Lord Regent (155)*
– General

– Command Trait: Fast Learner
– Artefact: Gift of Celennar
– Spell: Speed of Hysh
– Spell: Protection of Hysh

BATTLELINE
30x Vanari Auralan Sentinels
(510)*
– Reinforced: Twice
– Spell: Protection of Hysh
10x Vanari Auralan Sentinels (170)*
– Spell: Total Eclipse
10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (145)*
– Spell: Lambent Light
10x Vanari Auralan Wardens (145)*
– Spell: Lambent Light

OTHER
1 x Hurakan Spirit of the Wind
(265)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Emerald Lifeswarm (60)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1965/2000

Declan – LRL as a wildcard is an interesting choice from Peter and this one is what I would call a ‘typical’ LRL build. A maximum unit of Sentinels with 30″ no line of sight mortal wound shooting. Meanwhile Severith and the Spirit of the Wind dance around the opponent and are virtually impossible to catch given their ability to move 12″ in both shooting phases (forget redeploy!).

Either surround them, shoot them or hope for the 12″ charge!

The Final Tournament Placings

– Declan & Peter

Top Three AoS Lists from War in the North – 5/6th March 2022

War in the North was a five game event that took place in Cairns City, Australia on 5th and 6th March. It saw 26 players fight it out to be claimed champion.

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The Top Three Lists

Zenith Mills-Shorter – Idoneth Deepkin

Zenith won all five games beating Sons of Behemat/Taker Tribe in Round 1, Nighthaunt/Emerald Host in Round 2, Flesh-eater Courts/Court of Delusion in Round 3, Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Duplicitous in Round 4 and Cities of Sigmar/Phoenicium in the last round.

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
Enclave: Fuethan
Grand Strategy: Vendetta
 Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)*
– General
– Command Trait: Unstoppable Fury
– Artefact: Cloud of Midnight

Isharann Soulscryer (140)*
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal

Battleline
10 x Namarti Thralls (130)*
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)*
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)*

Units
2 x Akhelian Allopexes
 (330)*
– Razorshell Harpoon
– Reinforced x 1

2 x Akhelian Allopexes (330)*
– Razorshell Harpoon
– Reinforced x 1

Behemoths
Akhelian Leviadon (380)*
– Mount Trait: Reverberating Carapace

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 103
Drops: 1

Declan – The last swimming attacks before the new book! I don’t play against them often, and with the army about to change significantly… lets just say congratulations and well done to Zenith for giving a right royal send off!

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Josh Carroll – Disciples of Tzeentch

Josh managed an impressive four wins and one loss, losing only against 1st placed Zenith and his Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in Round 4. Along the way he beat Ironjawz/Blooftoofs in Round 1, Kruleboyz/Big Yellers in Round 2, Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 3 and Stormcast Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 5.

Allegiance: Tzeentch
Change Coven: Hosts Duplicitous
Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
Triumphs: Inspired

LEADERS
Kairos Fateweaver
(435)*
– Lore of Change: Bolt of Tzeentch

Ogroid Thaumaturge (165)*
– General
– Command Trait: Will of the Phantom Lord
– Artefact: Brand of the Spirit Daemon
– Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate

Gaunt Summoner of Tzeentch (255)*
– Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion


UNITS
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch
(250)*
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (250)*
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (100)*
3 x Screamers of Tzeentch (100)*

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
Chronomantic Cogs (45)
Soulscream Bridge (70)
Umbral Spellportal (70)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL: 1990/2000
WOUNDS: 75
ALLIES: 0/400
REINFORCED UNITS: 0/4
DROPS: 1

Declan – Ah Tzeentch! Not seen them in a top three recently, but Josh has brought them back with a great 4-1 result. As with many Tzeentch armies this is all about the spells, and pinning the opponent into their deployment with the Soulscream Bridge and the Pink Horrors. Don’t be taken in by that wound count… each pink horror unit is 50 wounds, but only counts as 10 so that’s another 120 wounds to add (or 195 total)… plus summoning!

This is not easy to kill – so how to you fight it; well get on the objectives as quick as you can; have teleports (outside 30″ range) and make sure that you take into account Kairos’ ability to change a die roll – don’t let it cause you to lose a battle tactic!

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Ty Gordon – Cities of Sigmar

Like Josh, Ty won four games and lost only to eventual winner Zenith and his Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan list in Round 5. Along the way he beat the Maggotkin of Nurgle/Befouling Host in Round 1, Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 3, Nighthaunt/Emerald Host in Round 3 and Flesh-eater courts/Court of Delusion in Round 4.

Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Phoenicium
– Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (315)*
– General
– Command Trait: One with Fire and Ice – Golden Mist
– Artefact: Phoenix Pyre Ashes
Assassin (80)*
Assassin (80)*
Assassin (80)**
Celestial Hurricanum with Celestial Battlemage (280)
– Lore of the Phoenix: Golden Mist
Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (315)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
10 x Phoenix Guard (175)*
10 x Phoenix Guard (175)*
10 x Phoenix Guard (175)*
10 x Shadow Warriors (120)
10 x Shadow Warriors (120)**
1 x Scourgerunner Chariots (80)*
*Warlord
**Vanguard
***Hunters of the Heartlands
Artefact

Total: 1995 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 106
Drops: 12

Declan – The Pheonix ride with 4+ Ward save and very difficult to kill, with the range on the Hurricanum causing mortal wounds at range, and the assassins striking out of the Pheonix Guard units. It’s got a lot of tools, but is not a common or ‘net’ list so it’s good to see something different doing well. The double Frostheart is vicious… I can’t kill one with a Maw Krusha if it’s full health (although a Wurrgog is useful), so although it’s only 106 wounds, this has a lot more effective resistance.

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Wildcard – Matthew Kimber – Gloomspite Gitz

Matthew managed to get two wins and two draws during their weekend and finished 8th. Beating Lumineth Realm-Lords/Helon in Round 1, losing against Soulblight Gravelords/Legion of Blood in Round 2, drawing against Sons of Behemat/Taker Tribe in Round 3, beating Stormcast Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 4 before drawing against Nighthaunt/Emerald Host in the final round.

– Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADERS
Kragnos (720)
Dankhold Troggboss (240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Shepherd of Idiotic Destruction
– Artefacts of Power: Aetherquartz-studded Hide

Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork

BATTLELINE
3 x Fellwater Troggoths
(155)*
3 x Fellwater Troggoths (155)*
6 x Rockgut Troggoths (290)*
– Reinforced: Once

3 x Rockgut Troggoths (145)*

OTHER
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth
(150)*

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1950/2000

Declan – 2 wins and 2 draws with Gitz… Great result from Matthew and a great pick from Peter. It is true that Kragnos is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here, and – if you can keep him away from mortal wound shooting – he’ll smash through what he charges. The Troggoths can do some damage, and the 5+ ward on the Rockguts is a nice additional defense measure. Whilst the Marshcrawla provides +1 to hit in a huge bubble.

It’s good to see Gitz recovering a little, but they seem to only be able to do this with Kragnos at the moment – it’s a shame the book isn’t good enough on its own!

The Final Tournament Placings

– Declan & Peter

Top Three AoS Lists from The Cherokee Open – 26th/27th February 2022

The Cherokee Open was a five game event over two days that took place in USA on 26th and 27th Feb. It saw 51 players fight it out to be claimed champion.

Most Selected Faction/Subfaction

Win Rate

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The Top Three Lists

These were the top three lists from the Cherokee Open tournament.

David Fields – Stormcast Eternals

Astral Templars by Vincent Knotley

David won all five games beating Flesh-eater Courts/Gristlegore in Round 1, Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in Round 2, Daughters of Khaine/Khelt Nar in Round 3, Maggotkin of Nurgle/Befoulding Host in Round 4 and Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Arcanum in the last round.

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Astral Templars (Stormkeep)
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
———-

Karazai, The Scarred (600)*
– General

Lord-Relictor (145)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Spell: Celestial Blades
– Prayer: Bless Weapons

Battleline
———-

2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance

2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance

2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance

5 x Liberators (115)*
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield

5 x Liberators (115)*
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancements
Holy Command: Steadfast March

Total: 1995 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 98
Drops: 1

Declan – I don’t know how many times I can say / write ‘Dragons’ without the readers getting bored… but here’s one more time! Dragons!

But David has brought Karazai with him and – not having seen him much up to now – I checked out his warscroll.

Wahapedia

He’s effectively a more damaging version of the Maw Krusha (for more points) with great rend and the very little degredation in his profile. You need to do 12 wounds on him to even get the Jaws down to a 3+ to wound…! Wow!

So it’s not really a reduction in power, just a reduction in units. All in all a great result from David and his Dragons.

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Mrigank Jha – Stormcast Eternals

Knight Excelsior Chapter

LVO 2022 top eight veteran Mrigank also managed an impressive five wins over the weekend. He beat SIronjaws/Bloodtoofs in Round 1, Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty in Round 2, Kruleboyz/Big Yellers in Round 3, Kruleboyz/Big Yellers in Round 4 and Daughters of Khaine/Khelt Nar in Round 5.

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Knights Excelsior
Mortal Realm: Ghur
Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence
Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———

Knight-Judicator with Gryph-Hounds (205)*
– Artefact: Mirrorshield

Lord-Imperatant (175)*
Lord-Relictor (145)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Spell: Starfall
– Prayer: Translocation

Battleline
———-

3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)**
3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)**
3 x Annihilators (200)*
5 x Liberators (115)**
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
– 1x Grandweapons

Units
———-

6 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)*
– Reinforced x 1

3 x Aetherwings (65)
3 x Prosecutors with Stormcall Javelins (115)
– 1x Stormsurge Tridents

Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Hunters of the Heartlands

Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Holy Command: Thunderbolt Volley

Total: 1980 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 80
Drops: 10

Declan – You can tell a Battletome is doing well when two players get 5-0 at a tournament with completely different armies. Mrigank has got a lot of different units in here, but it all revolves around the Longstrikes. They are well priced as a unit (480 points for 12 wounds is expensive), but it’s the support functions that operate with it that makes them crazy good.

The Thunderbolt Volley allows the player to teleport a unit on a 2+ (with re-roll), and then the Thunderbolt Volley allows the unit to shoot in the hero phase (once a game). Shooting at 30″ and doing mortal wounds with great rend, these models can take out whole units at once – with minimal risk to themselves. We’re seeing a lot of these in the UK meta at the moment!

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Jon Anderson – Idoneth Deepkin

Jon won four of his five games, losing only in Round 1 against Ogor Mawtribes/Boulderhead. Along the way he beat the Ogor Mawtribes/Boulderhead in Round 2, Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in Round 3, Ogor Mwatribes/Boulderhead in Round 4 and Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 5.

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Enclave: Fuethan
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
Triumphs: Inspired

LEADERS
———-

Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)*
– Artefact: Cloud of Midnight

Isharann Tidecaster (105)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Lore of the Deeps: Arcane Corrasion


BATTLELINE

———-

20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
– Reinforced: Once
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
– Reinforced: Once
10 x Namarti Reavers (170)*

UNITS
———-

3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (155)*
3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (155)*

BEHEMOTHS
———-

Akhelian Leviadon (380)*
– Mount Trait: Reverberating Carapace


CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment

Declan – Non-Stormcast – what a relief… and I struggle to comment on this as Idoneth are not well represented in the UK meta at the moment so I haven’t played against them recently.

Wahapedia Again!

So what do they do – A reasonable shot (4+/4+/-/1) and good melee weapons, they can do two roles in a game where movement and range is key – they look great. I ran Gitmob archers in AOS1 and know how much damage 60 shots at 4+/4+/-/1 can do, especially now that there is access to All Out Attack. A great result from Jon to be top of the 4-1 bracket.

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Wildcard – Calvin Rarie – Bonesplitterz

Calvin also won 4 games with a rarely seen Bonesplitterz faction and finished the event in 6th. He lost his second game against Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Arcanum list. He won against Disciples of Tzeentch/Eternal Conflagration in Round 1, Stormcast Eternals/Knights Excelsior in Round 3, Flesh-eater Courts/Gristlegore in Round 4 and Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in the last round.

Allegiance: Bonesplitterz
– Warclan: Icebone
Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Indomitable

Leaders
Wurrgog Prophet (150)*
– Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz
– Lore of the Savage Beast: Glowy Green Tusks

Maniak Weirdnob (100)*
– General
– Command Trait: One Wiv Da Beast – Glowy Green Tusks
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
– Lore of the Savage Beast: Gorkamorka’s War Cry

Kragnos, The End of Empires (720)*

Battleline
15 x Savage Boarboys
 (420)*
– Stikkas
– Reinforced x 2

5 x Savage Boarboys (140)*
– Stikkas

10 x Savage Orruks (165)*
– Chompas

Units
10 x Savage Boarboy Maniaks (290)*
– Reinforced x 1

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment

Total: 1985 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 141
Drops: 1

Declan – Peter knows how to get my attention and Bonesplitterz is certainly a great call. Calvin has Kragnos (Kraggy) and 31 Boarboyz. This army can run straight forward and trap you in your own deployment stopping the opponent getting objectives.

And although Kraggy is a lot of points, there is still 123 wounds of 6+ (or better) ward saves backing him up, including one turn at 4+ in combat). Difficult to kill and the Boarboyz are not completely useless in combat – ignore them at your peril — and bring screens!

The Final Tournament Placings

– Declan & Peter

Top Three AoS Lists from the Columbus Brewhammer (US) – 5th/6th February 2022

Columbus Brewhammer was a five game event over two days that took place in the US on 5th and 6th Feb. It saw a massive 40 players duking it out to be claimed champion.

Most Selected Faction/Subfaction

Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar once again see themselves at the top of the most selected faction/Sub-faction sheet.

Win Rate

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The Top Three Lists

These were the top three lists from the Columbus Brewhammer.

Thomas Zhennan Guan – Stormcast Eternals

Tom’s Stormcast take on Jon’s Idoneth in the final round

Tom won all five games beating Stormcast Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 1, Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in Round 2, Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 3, Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 4 and 2nd place Jon Anderson with his Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in the last round.

Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals
Army Type: Scions of the Storm
Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER

Lord-Relictor (145)*
General
– Command Traits: High Priest
– Artefacts: Mirrorshield
– Prayers: Translocation

Battlemage (115)*

BATTLELINE

4 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (460)*

– Reinforced: Once
15 x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (600)*
– Reinforced: Twice
4x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (440)

– Reinforced:Once
5x Liberators (115)*
5x Liberators (115)*

CORE BATTALIONS:

*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

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Jon Anderson – Idoneth Deepkin

Jon won all but one of his five games and only lost to first placed Thomas Zhennan Guan and his Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar. He beat Sons of Behemat/Taker Trive in Round 1, Soulblight Gravelords/Avengorii Dynasty in Round 2, Cities of Sigmar/Hallowheart in Round 3 and Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in Round 4.

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
Enclave: Fuethan
Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
Triumphs: Inspired

LEADERS

Isharann Tidecaster (105)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Lore of the Deeps: Arcane Corrasion

Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)*
– Artefact: Cloud of Midnight

UNITS

20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
-Reinforced: Once
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
– Reinforced: Once
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)*
-Reinforced: Once
3 x Aetherwings (65)*
3 x Aetherwings (65)*

BEHEMOTHS

Akhelian Leviadon (380)*
– Mount Trait: Reverberating Carapace


CORE BATTALIONS

*Battle Regiment

TOTAL: 1965/2000

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Michael Rausch – Ossiarch Bonereapers

Michael also won four games, along the way he beat the Lumineth Realm-Lords/Syar in Round 1, lost to Cities of Sigmar/Hallowheart in Round 2, then went on to beat Nighthaunt/Emerald Host in Round 3, Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Duplicitous in Round 4 and Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 5.

Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Legion: Petrifex Elite
Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders

Liege-Kavalos (185)*
– General
– Command Trait: Mighty Archaeossian
– Artefact: Helm of the Ordained

Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (360)*
Mortisan Boneshaper (135)*
– Artefact: Godbone Armour
– Lore of Mortisans: Empower Nadirite Weapons

Battleline

30 x Mortek Guard (420)**
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
– Reinforced: Twice

20 x Mortek Guard (280)**
– Nadirite Blade and Shield
– Reinforced: Once

5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)**
– Nadirite Blade and Shield

Behemoths

Gothizzar Harvester (215)
– Weapon: Soulcrusher Bludgeons

Artillery

Mortek Crawler (215)

Core Battalions
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Hunters of the Heartlands

Additional Enhancements
Artefact

Total: 2000 / 2000

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The Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists from Grudge Hammer LVO Prep Event (US) – 8th January

This event saw a total of 26 players take part over three games. The event was designed to be a test for the tournament organisers in preparation for their larger competition at the end of the month.

Most Selected Faction/Subfaction

For the first time since we’ve covered the top three lists in 2022 the Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs are the most played faction in a tournament.

Win Rate

The Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs, despite being the most played faction at the event only managed a win rate of 41.7%.

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The Top Three Lists

These were the top three lists from Grudge Hammer LVO Prep Event.

Patrick Shifflett – Stormcast Eternals

The most played army at tournaments currently

Patrick won all of his games and beat Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 1, another Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 2 and Disciples of Tzeentch/Host Arcanum in Round 3.

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
Triumph: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Knight-Draconis (General)(300)*
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Mount Trait: Scintillating Trail
– Spell: Thundershock

Battleline
———-
4x Stormdrake Guard (680)*
– Reinforced: Once

2x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
2x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
2x Stormdrake Guard (340)*

Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancement
———-
Holy Command: Steadfast March

Total Points: 2000 pts

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Sergio Ortiz – Idoneth Deepkin

Sergio alson won all three games beating Stormcas Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 1, Blades of Khorne/Reapers of Vengeance in Round 2 and Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in Round 3.

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Fuethan
Grand Strategy: Predators Domain
Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome

– Spell: Unknown
Isharann Tidecaster (General)(105)*
Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Spell: Arcane Corrasion

Battleline
———-
10x Namarti Reavers (115)*
10x Namarti Reavers (115)*
10x Namarti Reavers (115)*

Behemoth
———-
1x Akhelian Leviadon (380)*

Units
———-
2x Akhelian Allopexes (250)*
– Reinforced: Once
2x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Allies

Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment

Total Points: 1980 pts

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Jacob Brandon – Legion of the First Prince

Jacob also won all three games and beat Soulblight Gravelords/Avengorii Dynasty in Round 1, Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs in Round 2 and Fyreslayers/Vostarg in Round 3.

Allegiance: Legion of the First Prince
Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
Triumphs: Unknown

Leaders
———-
Kairos Fateweaver (435)
– Spell: The Master’s Command

Bloothirster of Insensate Rage (General) (280)
– Command Trait: Ruinous Aura

– Artefact: Armour of the Pact
Be’lakor (360)*
– Spell: The Master’s Command

Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (210)*
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne

The Contorted Epitome (255)*
– Artefact: Fourfold Blade
– Spell: Flaming Weapon

Battleline
———-
10x Bloodletters (115)**
5x Flesh Hounds (105)**
5x Flesh Hounds (105)**

Endless Spells
———-
Emerald Lifeswarm
(60)
Umbral Spellportal (70)

Core Battalions
———-
*Command Entourage
**Hunters of the Heartlands

Total Points: 1995 pts

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The Final Tournament Placings

Top Three AoS Lists from Norwegian Masters (NO) – 22/23rd January

This event saw a total of 17 players take part over five games.

Most Selected Faction/Subfaction

For the first time since we’ve covered the top three lists in 2022 the Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar are not the most played faction in a tournament.

Win Rate

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The Top Three Lists

These were the top three lists from Norwegian Masters.

Stian Engebretsen – Stormcast Eternals

The most played army at tournaments currently

Enge won all five games and beat Skaventide in Round 1, Beasts of Chaos/Gavespawn in Round 2, Stormcast Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs in Round 3, Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 4 and finally the Daughters of Khaine/Khailebron in Round 5.

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
Triumph: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Knight-Draconis (General)(300)*
– Command Trait: Shock and Awe
Artefact: Luckstone
– Mount Trait: Celestial Instincts
Lord-Relictor (145)*
– Prayer: Translocation

Battleline
———-
2x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (230)*
4x Stormdrake Guard (680)*
– Reinforced: Once

5x Vindictors (130)*

Units
———-
6x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)*
– Reinforced: Once

Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment

Additional Enhancement
———-
Holy Command: Thunderbolt Volley

Total Points: 1965 pts

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Geir Vedeld – Idoneth Deepkin

Geir won four games from five and lost to Soulblight Gravelords/Legion of the Night in Round 1. After that initial loss he won all four of his remaining matches against Lumineth Realmlords/Ymetrica in Round 2, Soulblight Gravelords/Kastelai Dynasty in Round 3, Skavdentide in Round 4 and Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 5.

Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin
– Subfaction: Fuethan
Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
Triumphs: Bloothirsty

Leaders
———-
Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)***
– Artefact: Arcane Tome

– Spell: Flaming Weapon
Isharann Soulscryer (140)***
– Prayer: Curse

Isharann Tidecaster (General)(105)***
Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Rune of Surging Tide
– Spell: Vorpal Maelstrom
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (325)*
– Allies

Battleline
———-
10x Namarti Reavers (115)***
10x Namarti Reavers (115)*
10x Namarti Reavers (115)*

Units
———-
2x Akhelian Allopexes (250)**
– Reinforced: Once
1x Akhelian Allopexes (125)**
1x Akhelian Allopexes (125)**
1x Akhelian Allopexes (125)*
1x Akhelian Allopexes (125)*

Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment
**Hunters of the Heartland
***Warlord

Total Points: 1995 pts

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Benjamin Flodda – Soulblight Gravelords

Benjamin also won four games and beat Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in Round 1, Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in Round 2 and lost against Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 3, beat Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs in Round 4 and Beasts of Chaos/Gavespawn in the last round.

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Subfaction: Legion of Night
Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
———-
Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)*
– Spell: Amethystine Pinions

Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (General) (435)**
– Command Trait: Swift Form

– Artefact: Shard of Night
– Mount Trait: Foetid Miasma
– Spell: Amethystine Pinions
Vampire Lord (140)**
– Spell: Flaming Weapon

Necromancer (125)**
– Aertefact: Morbheg’s Claw


Battleline
———-
40x Deadwalker Zombies (230)***
– Reinforced: Once
20x Deadwalker Zombies (115)*
10x Dire Wolves (135)***

Units
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Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (80)**
20x Grave Guard (280)**
– Reinforced: Once
3x Fell Bats (75)*

Core Battalions
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*Battle Regiment
**Warlord
***Hunters of the Heartlands

Total Points: 1995 pts

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