This is the top three AoS lists for the Medellin Grand Open 2026 that took place in Colombia between the 8th and 9th of August 2026. It saw 26 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Ironjawz Ironjawz Brawl General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 2 Spell Lore – Lore of the Weird Prayer Lore – Warbeats Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Gorkamorka Battle Tactics Cards: Burning for Vengeance and Siege of Ashes
General’s Regiment Kragnos, the End of Empires (580) • General Maw-grunta Gougers (200) Scourge of Aqshy: Brutes (320) • Reinforced Scourge of Aqshy: Brutes (320) • Reinforced Scourge of Aqshy: Megaboss (150) • An Eye For Da Fight • Chimeric Mantle
Slaves to Darkness Godswrath Warband General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 4 Spell Lore – Lore of the Damned Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Malevolence Battle Tactics Cards: Burning for Vengeance and Siege of Ashes
General’s Regiment Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120) • General Chaos Chosen (510) • Reinforced • The Dread Banner • Brand of Apoplexy Mindstealer Sphiranx (140) Scourge of Aqshy: Chaos Warriors (400) • Reinforced
Regiment 1 Daemon Prince (250) • Pledged to Nurgle • Trophy Rack • Darkflame Pendant • Radiance of Dark Glory
Regiment 2 Gunnar Brand (180) Singri Brand The Oathsworn Kin
Regiments of Renown The Exiled One (390) Skarbrand
Faction Terrain Nexus Chaotica
Ogor Mawtribes Beast Handlers General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 3 Battle Tactics Cards: Blazing Onslaught and Siege of Ashes
General’s Regiment Kragnos, the End of Empires (580) • General Stonehorn Beastriders (260) • 1 Chaintrap
Regiment 1 Frostlord on Stonehorn (320) • Gruesome Trophies • Great Gutlord Stonehorn Beastriders (260) • 1 Chaintrap
This is the top three AoS lists for the Fields Of Slaughter GT 2 that took place in the UK between the 8th and 9th of August 2026. It saw 22 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Ironjawz Weirdfist General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 4 Wounds: 191 Spell Lore – Lore of the Weird Prayer Lore – Warbeats Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Gorkamorka Battle Tactic Cards: Siege of Ashes, Legend of the Parch
General’s Regiment Ardboy Big Boss (90) • General • Trophy Skulls • An Eye for da Fight Ardboyz (160) Ardboyz (160) Ardboyz (160) Ardboyz (160)
Helsmiths of Hashut Taar’s Grand Forgehost Army of Renown General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 4 Spell Lore – Taar’s Grand Forgehost Spell Lore Prayer Lore – Taar’s Grand Forgehost Prayer Lore Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries Battle Tactic Cards: Siege of Ashes, Blazing Onslaught
General’s Regiment Urak Taar, the First Daemonsmith (340) • General Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90) Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90) Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90)
Regiment 2 Daemonsmith (80) Deathshrieker Rocket Battery (140) Dominator Engine with Bane Maces (150) Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90)
Regiment 3 Daemonsmith (80) Deathshrieker Rocket Battery (140) Dominator Engine with Bane Maces (150) Infernal Cohort with Hashutite Spears (90)
Slaves to Darkness Legion of the First Prince Army of Renown General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 2 Spell Lore – Legion of the First Prince Spell Lore Manifestation Lore – Morbid Conjuration (20 Points) Battle Tactic Cards: Siege of Ashes, Blazing Onslaught
General’s Regiment Be’lakor, the Dark Master (450) • General Legion of the First Prince Bloodletters (340) • Reinforced Legion of the First Prince Bloodletters (340) • Reinforced Legion of the First Prince Flamers of Tzeentch (240) • Reinforced
Regiment 1 Centaurion Marshal (120) • Dread Marshal • Black Ritual Dagger Legion of the First Prince Bloodcrushers (150) Legion of the First Prince Bloodcrushers (150) Legion of the First Prince Bloodcrushers (150)
Faction Terrain Nexus Chaotica
Stormcast Eternals Thunderhead Host General’s Handbook 2026-27 Drops: 2 Prayer Lore – Prayers of the Stormhosts Battle Tactic Cards: Blazing Onslaught, Burning for Vengeance
This is the top three AoS lists for Adepticon AoS Champs 2024 that took place in US on the 21st and 22nd of March. It saw 168 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Keeper of Secrets (380)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Shining Aegis – Artefacts: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Flaming Weapon 1 x Contorted Epitome (230)* – Spells: Born of Damnation
BATTLELINE 10 x Daemonettes (110) 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)*
OTHER 6 x Fiends (180)* 5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)* 6 x Fiends (180)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)** – General – Command Traits: Hulking Brute – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat 1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)**
BATTLELINE 10 x Orruk Brutes (140)** – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – 2 x Gore-choppa 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka
– Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: King Brodd’s Stomp – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Gatebreaker (500) – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Destiny King Brodd (520) – General – Command Traits: Big Eater Gatebreaker (500) – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon Warstomper (440)
TOTAL POINTS: 1960/2000
Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz – Subfaction: King’s Gitz – Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Skragrott, the Loonking (230)* Loonboss (90)** – General – Command Traits: Fight Another Day Madcap Shaman (70)** – Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
BATTLELINE Boingrot Bounderz (320)* Boingrot Bounderz (320)* Moonclan Stabbas (240)** – Moonclan Boss – Stabba – 2 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer – 2 x Gong Basher – 2 x 3 Barbed Nets Moonclan Stabbas (240)** – Moonclan Boss – Stabba – 2 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer – 2 x Gong Basher – 2 x 3 Barbed Nets
OTHER Gobbapalooza (180)* – Spells: The Hand of Gork Sneaky Snufflers (150)* Sneaky Snufflers (150)*
This is the top three AoS lists for The Ides of March Age of Sigmar GT that took place in the US on the 16th and 17th of March. It saw 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery – Triumph: Bloodthirsty LEADERS Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Killer Instinct Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Bronzed Flesh Exalted Deathbringer (80)* – Impaling Spear – Artefacts of Power: Gorecleaver Slaughterpriest (110)** – Hackblade and Wrath-hammer – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust Valkia the Bloody (140)** Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310)** – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood
Leaders Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)* – General – Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist – Command Trait: Hulking Brute – Artefact: Destroyer – Mount Trait: Smelly ‘Un Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeat: Killa Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)** – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Battleline 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)** – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)** – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 10 x Orruk Brutes (280)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – 2x Gore Choppas – Reinforced x 1
Units 6 x Brute Ragerz (200)* – Brute Krusha – Reinforced x 1
All the data used in the charts on this article are drawn from events that have been hosted on Best Coast Pairings, Stats & Ladders and Ecksen using the points and FAQs from Battlescroll: Tactics of Andtor published in September 2023.
This chart shows the faction popularity, using the number of players using them at events.
The Combined win rate chart shows the overall win rate for these subfactions. This is the most comparable data to GW’s own metawatch articles. The figure in brackets shows the number of games featuring that subfaction the data is drawn from.
The above shows the win rates for each subfaction at GT events. These are events of single player tournaments of 2,000 points per player spread over a minimum of 5 rounds. This would be considered the most competitive view, with many of the players being experienced and looking to optimise their lists.
RTT/Casual shows the win rates for events that are not classified as a GT event. This could be doubles, teams, narrative, but mostly revolves around single day events known as RTTs.
The nitty gritty of a faction! This chart shows the win rate for lists where the specified warscroll has been included in the players list. The figure in brackets shows the number of games that featured the warscroll.
This shows the source of the Grand Strategy used in the players’ games, whether they are from the Battletome or the General’s Handbook.
Here you can see both the win rate of each Grand Strategy when it was used, as well as the popularity of the strategies.
Like our Grand Strategy source chart, this shows the same information but for Command Traits.
Once again, we can see the win rate of each Command Trait when used in players’ lists. The figure in brackets shows the number of games where that Command Trait was used.
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This is the top three AoS lists for the Unified Tournament Circuit AOS Finals that took place in the US on the 13th and 14th of January. It saw 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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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 (140)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Hoarfrost 1 x Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)** – Spells: Arcane Suggestion, Glimpse the Future 1 x Lord of Change (380)** – General – Command Traits: Daemonspark – Staff of Tzeentch and Rod of Sorcery – Artefacts: Nine-Eyed Tome – Spells: Levitate, Ghost-mist 1 x Magister (140)** – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Shield of Fate – Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur
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 – Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield 10 x Tzaangors (180)* – Twistbray – Icon Bearer – Brayhorn Blower – 2 x Tzaangor Mutant – Pair of Savage Blades 10 x Chaos Marauders (90)* – Icon Bearer – Barbarian Drummer – Marauder Chieftain – Barbarian Axe and Darkwood Shield
BEHEMOTH 1 x Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)* ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30) 1 x Burning Sigil Of Tzeentch (70)
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120) – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90) – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)* – General – Command Traits: Hulking Brute – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
BATTLELINE 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 10 x Orruk Brutes (280)* – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – 2 x Gore-choppa
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Kritza (110)* – General -Command Trait: Spore Trackers – Artefacts: Ulfenkarni Phylactery 1 x Torgillius the Chamberlain (180)* – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Necromancer (100)** – Spells: Fading Vigour
BATTLELINE 10 x Dire Wolves (150)* – Doom Wolf 10 x Dire Wolves (150)* – Doom Wolf 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)** 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)**
OTHER 3 x Fell Bats (90)* 20 x Grave Guard (160)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade
This is the top three AoS lists for Duckstravaganza 2: Battle For the Pond that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 36players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch – Army Subfaction: Guild of Summoners – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Lord of Change (380) – General – Command Traits: Daemonspark – Staff of Tzeentch and Rod of Sorcery – Artefacts: Nine-Eyed Tome – Spells: Levitate 1 x Magister (140) – Spells: Arcane Suggestion 1 x Magister (140) – Spells: Shield of Fate
BATTLELINE 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170) 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 – Scroll of the Dark Arts – Vulcharc – Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaive and Arcanite Shield 10 x Tzaangors (180) – Twistbray – Icon Bearer – Brayhorn Blower – 2 x Tzaangor Mutant – Pair of Savage Blades and Vicious Beak – Pair of Savage Blades
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80) 1 x Burning Sigil Of Tzeentch (70) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
OTHER 6 x Varanguard (280) – 6 x Fellspear
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
Kieron Bailey: With the prevalence of Khorne and Null Myriad in the meta, combined with the challenge to magical dominance offered by Seraphon and various Nagash builds, the number of Tzeentch lists in the wild has dropped off somewhat as this GHB continues. One person who has continued to push around the servants of the Architect of Fate is the Lord of Change himself, Kaleb Walters. But while this list does still opt for Guild of Summoners for an extra battle tactic on command (summoning a Lord of Change), Kaleb’s customary Krondspine is absent from this list, replaced instead with 6 Varanguard.
In terms of the overall army construction, the army is a one-drop, allowing Kaleb to give away first in many matchups, get the enemy in range and then blast them with spells, maybe get the double and then do it all over again. The Varanguard might be able to activate three times in two turns due to their warscroll ability Relentless Killers. Being a one-drop is always a dilemma for Tzeentch as they need the casts to get the summoning points, but don’t really want to have that extra drop if they can avoid it. Kaleb’s elegant solution is to take two Magisters on Foot who can potentially cast two times each. Add the two casts from the Kairics, the two casts from the Lord of Change (with full re-rolls thanks to the Nine-Eyed Tome), the autocast Sigil from Arcane Armies and three fate points from Daemonspark, that’s twelve fate points to bring in that Lord of Change with.
The spells chosen also are a nod to the anti-magic of Khorne and Null Myriad as two out of three affect the Tzeentch units, therefore no spell ignores can be made. Shield of Fate can be put on the Varanguard, meaning that they have a 4+ ward against mortal wounds and a 5+ against all other wounds AND a spell ignore of a 4+ if the spell is cast while Kaleb has seven or more Destiny Dice. Add a Mystic Shield and All Out Defense and those Varanguard are a nightmare to get through. The chosen spell that affects others is the very flexible Arcane Suggestion that can shut off commands, subtract 1 from hit and wound rolls or subtract 1 from save rolls, maximising the impact of the charging Varanguard.
Other units that Kaleb have taken all complement the Varanguard well, with 42 ranged shots pummelling any screens and then 43 attacks from the run and charge Tzaangor finishing off whatever is left. While the Varanguard are not Disciples of Tzeentch so can’t auto charge with Destiny Dice, they certainly won’t have to be committed to taking out any chaff.
The list might be frustrated somewhat by hordes, but Suffocating Gravetide will help with that, in addition to the Sigil of Tzeentch and Bolt of Change from either of the Magisters popping up Spawns within 3″ of units that take damage. While the Spawns themselves probably won’t do a tonne of damage, they will pin those hordes in place if they aren’t killed in the ensuing combat phase.
All in all, a great twist on a Tzeentch list, congratulations to Kaleb and I’m now off to get some Varanguard off eBay!
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120) – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90) – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)* – General – Command Traits: Hulking Brute – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Skragrott, the Loonking (230)*
BATTLELINE 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Gore-grunta Boss 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 10 x Orruk Brutes (140)* – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – 2 x Gore-choppa
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)
Roland Rivera: Here’s an interesting Ironjawz list earning a podium result, which have been few and far between for the faction of late. Interestingly, it does not feature any of the units in the new Ironjawz supplement. What it does feature, however, is 4 big scary combat units in the Maw-krusha, 10 Brutes, and 2 units of 6 Gore-gruntas. Those units all have a ton of hitting power, and will put a hole in your opponent’s army if you deliver them properly.
The big combat units are complemented by an interesting selection of support Heroes. Warchanters are no surprise, of course, but a Weirdnob lets the list make use of primal dice offensively by giving the list a Hail Mary shot at Hoarfrost, which can be quite a potent offensive buff. Furthermore, it features an interesting Ally choice in Skragrott, which is decently durable, helps ease the burden on the list’s command points and has an interesting offensive spell.
The list is a bit light on chaff and other complementary units, but who needs that when you can just crash into the enemy with overwhelming force? That’s the approach this list took, and it seems to have done well.
Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Subfaction: Grundstok Expeditionary Force – Grand Strategy: Acceptable Profit Margin – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Aether-Khemist (100)* Aether-Khemist (100)* Aetheric Navigator (100)* – Artefacts of Power: Aetheric Nullifier Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit (170)** – General – Command Traits: Entrenchment Expert – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Sky Cannon Grundstok Gunhauler (170)** – Sky Cannon Grundstok Gunhauler (170)** – Sky Cannon Grundstok Thunderers (480)** – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Honour Bearer – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper Grundstok Thunderers (480)** – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Honour Bearer – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1940/2000
Carl Stokes: So this list is very much the classic approach to the Grundstock Regiment of Renown. You’ve got the thunderers, the gunhaulers to tote them around, and the khemists to turn them into unstoppable killing machines. Interestingly, there’s no admiral in the list, but they’re not very important here since you don’t have a flagship. A fast flying endrimmaster is an interesting addition, but since arcane tome lets him cast mystic shield on the thunderers and allows KO to get that sweet sweet magical dominance battle tactic, he’s an excellent dwarf-of-all-trades that can provide some flexibility in an otherwise very straightforward list.
The mechanics of this list are very straightforward and honestly, not particularly interesting. The army moves insanely fast (pre-nerf) and shoots harder than anything else in the game. A 50% chance to double the shots of 15 thunderers allows KO to ace basically any unit in the game. And then they get to try for double shots again during unleash hell…
What’s much more interesting is looking at the matchups and seeing what conclusions we can draw about this style of army and the KO book as a whole.
It’s no secret that KO is an extremely powerful book in a game that heavily emphasizes asymmetric threat extension (I hurt you and you’re not allowed to hurt me back) and movement (objectives, battle tactics, etc). This army of renown exemplifies the best of both worlds, where the cheapest boat in the book can ferry the largest threat in the book anywhere they need to go.
So let’s see how this played out: Darkwalkers is an extremely interesting matchup where Frank would have had to do an excellent job balancing the removal of extremely mobile chaff units while still keeping his movement tight to avoid the ol’ “shaman rips a unit out of position where it then gets eaten by something scary” play that BoC specialize in. Here, I could see the flying endrinmaster really pulling his weight, being able to clear out ungor units while the thunderer blocks dare anything to get in blastin range. Gunhaulers are also excellent here, as they’re fantastic and blowing up squishy infantry units/characters.
Slaves to Darkness is an honest army (except for Belakor). Strong saves, good melee, and horribly unprepared for this KO build. Varanguard can’t do much against a double volley (possibly quadruple after unleash hell) from the thunderers, and gunhaulers can clear screens (with the endrinmaster). Ironjawz, being the only loss, is also not surprising in the slightest. KO, as a book, is very susceptible to fast chunky melee threats, and that’s exactly what IJ are. Frank’s list doesn’t really play for the double turn and KO shooting is relatively short ranged, which means that being doubled by a Mawkrusha and friends could easily result in an unstoppable green tide sweeping away poor innocent dawi. IJ have enough movement and shenanigans to end up in combat immediately, and even a few surviving pigs can be an enormous threat to KO.
Slaanesh can’t really deal with massed 3+ armor units that outmove, outshoot, and outcompete them for objectives. D3 MW from temptation dice don’t matter to a 30 wound thunderer unit that just removes your army immediately.
And finally, seraphon can pose some trouble for traditional KO that rely on the admiral and maybe one khemist to make the army hum along. This is not traditional KO. I’d imagine pretty much anything seraphon brought to the table just got immediately removed by the thunderers and that sprinkling some mortal wounds around the units simply couldn’t reduce their efficacy in a meaningful way.
In short, although GW recognized that this army of renown was horribly unbalanced and made some sweeping changes to their power, it’s nice to see that we didn’t end up in a “10th ed Aeldari” situation with AoS. Good work to Admiral Sylvester for upholding the honor of the fleet and congratulations on a very successful Grundstock Expedition!
Army Faction: Fyreslayers – Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd – Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Auric Runemaster (130) – Prayers: Heal 1 x Arch-Revenant (Elthwin’s Thorns) (310)* 1 x Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (360)** – General – Command Traits: Blood of the Berzerker – Artefacts: Master Rune of Unbreakable Resolve – Mount Traits: Coal-heart Ancient 1 x Battlesmith (150)** – Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon 1 x Auric Runemaster (130)** – Artefacts: Volatile Brazier – Prayers: Heal 1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)*** – Artefacts: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)** – Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield 15 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)*** – Berzerker Broadaxe 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)*** – Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield
INVOCATION 1 x Molten Infernoth (50)
TERRAIN 1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)
OTHER 5 x Gossamid Archers (Elthwin’s Thorns) (310)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Regiment of Renown **Warlord ***Wizard-finders of Andtor
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
Kevin Lathers: This list is a what I like to call a “dual threat” list. A big block of Hearthguard Berserkers (HGB) to hold down an objective or two (dependent on map) and a Runefather with all the things in order to make him a single turn absolute monster where he will kill almost anything in the game.
This allows the list to function as a sort of split pushing list or as a castle army and capable of fluidly shifting between either. If the shield vulkites and/or HGB can shield the runefather until he has the right opening, he can remove the key pieces of the opponents army in one round of combat.
Of course, the list will struggle against anything with multiple smaller threats or anything that can not only ignore wards, but then effectively do huge damage to the HGB to instantly lift them (such as Sigvald!).
The inclusion of Elthwin’s thorns, instead of a second flamekeeper or Grimhold exile (run+charge on the HGB), is clearly for easy tactics. Fyreslayers struggle immensely with tactics and this can go a long way to shoring that up while also providing a mobile threat piece that opponents can’t just roam around doing whatever it wants.
Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for the The Leicester AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 2nd and 3rd of December. It saw 15 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because there are less than 20 players we won’t be commenting on the individual lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts – Subfaction: Hollowmourne – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)* – Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet – Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite – Spells: Spectral Host Varghulf Courtier (160)* Abhorrant Ghoul King (170)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – General – Command Traits: Grave Robber – Artefacts of Power: The Dermal Robe – Spells: Hoarfrost Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Spells: Deranged Transformation
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Befouling Host – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS The Glottkin (580) – Spells: Gift of Disease Bloab Rotspawned (310) – Spells: Plague Squall Morbidex Twiceborn (290) Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150) – Wings – Daemonic Axe Horticulous Slimux (200)* Spoilpox Scrivener (100)* – General – Command Trait – Eye of the blizzard – – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Spire Tyrants (70)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Roland Rivera: While we’ve all seen our fair share of Glottkin lists at AoS tournament podiums this season, this one has made some very interesting choices to support the core of Glottkin + Maggoth Lords for him to control the middle with. One such choice is Horticulous Slimux and the Befouling Host subfaction, which effectively maximizes the ability of this list to summon reinforcements. Slimux’s utility is further bolstered by the choice of Beasts of Nurgle for Battleline.
Another interesting choice is the inclusion of a Spoilpox Scrivener (a unit that buffs Plaguebearers) with no Plaguebearers in the main list. This is likely because the list intends to summon Plaguebearers in if it needs them, and because opting for the Scrivener over some of the more expensive Heroes allows the list to squeeze in an extra unit in the form of Spire Tyrants.
Rounding things out is a Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince, which was considered a poor choice at higher points totals, but now profiles as interesting anti-Ward tech, which lets this list drop the hammer in the mirror match. All in all, it’s an interesting spin on a list that has proven to be effective this season.
Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance – Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster (300) – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (310) – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bloodbind Skarbrand (380)* Bloodmaster (110)* – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Killer Instinct Be’lakor (340)**
OTHER Ogroid Theridons (150)** – Thorakon – Banner Bearer – Charge-caller – Goroan Great Axe
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Roland Rivera: Khorne Bloodthirster spam has been a popular build of late, and adding Be’lakor to the mix for an extra bit of control has had good results as well. While this list had a weaker result than we typically see at 3-2, it only lost to the 1st and 2nd place finishers, so it had a pretty good showing overall.
The mix of Bloodthirsters skews toward damage and ease of chaining combat activations in Skarbrand, the Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage, and the Wrath of Khorne Bloodthirster. These are supported by a couple of Priests to make sure you take full advantage of Khorne’s excellent prayer lore, and the seemingly-ubiquitous chaff choice round things out.
I would be remiss, however, to not point out a very interesting tech piece in Ogroid Theridons. Khorne is deep on tricks, but lighter on raw damage compared to some of the other melee armies in the game, and Theridons provide a potent dose of raw damage if you can deliver them into the right combats. I like some of the decisions made in this list, and I think it’s a very interesting spin on Khorne Bloodthirster spam.
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Ironjawz – Army Subfaction: Bloodtoofs – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450) – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Smelly ’Un 1 x Gordrakk (460)* 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeats: Killa Beat 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)** – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
BATTLELINE 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)*** – Brute Boss – Gore-choppa – Boss Klaw & Brute Smasha – Jagged Gore-hacka 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)*** – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – Gore-choppa – Boss Choppa
Roland Rivera: Now here’s an Ironjawz list you don’t see every week. This list has forsaken the typical strategy of going heavy on Gore-Gruntas in order to do some Herohammer and include both Gordrakk and a Maw-krusha, along with a full complement of Warchanters for all of its hammers.
Another interesting utility tech piece is the Weirdnob Shaman, which offers the prospect of teleportation in Da Big Great Hand of Gork. This can either benefit your main hammers, or the 5-man units of Brutes. Those Brutes may seem like Battleline filler (which they kind of are), but they can be quite punchy if you run them into the right target.
While this list is a bit of a glass cannon in that it’s light on bodies and has middling saves and no mortal wound protection, it is extremely potent on offense, and as such cannot be taken lightly.
This is the top three AoS lists for the Oceanic Championships of Warhammer – Age of Sigmar that took place in Australia on the 14th and 15th of October. It was an invitational event with 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 4-game tournament. There were Warhammer 40k and Kill Team events running in parallel.
As an event with less than 20 players we won’t be commenting on the lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs:
Leaders Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork (240)* Orruk Megaboss (140)* – Artefact: Destroyer Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)** – General – Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Wurrgog Prophet (170)** – Artefact: Glowin’ Tattooz – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 10 x Orruk Ardboys (220)*** – 1x Gorkamorka Banner Bearers 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas 5 x Orruk Brutes (140)**** – Jagged Gore-hackas
Units 20 x Moonclan Shootas (120)* 6 x Brute Ragerz (200)*** – 3x Chain-Smashas – 3x Mighty Gore-Hackas – Reinforced x 1 5 x Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)** Maw-grunta Gougers (180)*
Endless Spells and Innvocations Suffocating Gravetide (30)
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Army Subfaction: Blessed Sons – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310) – General – Spells: Rancid Visitations 1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320) 1 x The Glottkin (580)* – Spells: Rancid Visitations 1 x Slopity Bilepiper
BATTLELINE 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* – Plagueridden – Icon Bearer – Piper 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* – Plagueridden – Icon Bearer – Piper 20 x Rotmire Creed (300)*
Leaders Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (450)* – General – Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist – Command Trait: Hulking Brute – Artefact: Destroyer – Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Killa Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)* – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90) – Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Skragrott, The Loonking (230) – Allies
Battleline 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 6 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (340)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – Reinforced x 1 10 x Orruk Brutes (280)* – Jagged Gore-hackas – 02 x Gore Choppas – Reinforced x 1
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1970 / 2000
Allegiance: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms – Triumphs: Indomitable
Kieren Coates: The list is very heavy on hammers and designed to be played reactively based upon different matchups
It’s been built in conjunction with Mechrat (keegan) and Warpfire Minis (jordan) who have both gone 5-0 and 4-1 respectively as well
40 clanrats provides a protective screen for 1-2 turns and to prevent any alpha plays, waiting for the right opening for the list to attack
Between the 20 plague censors (10 of which may be in reserve for deepstrike), 2 verminlords and hell pits it can easily table armies in 2 turns if a gap is presented
Further the grey seers and priests provide short range mortal bursts between blizzard and great plagues, aided by Skreech’s dreaded 13th spell
All backed by triple masterclan for consistency making the engagement turn surprisingly reliable for a skaven army
However if you wish to sit back and not engage, that’s fine with the list as its grand Strat simply is to keep the support heroes alive, forcing many enemies to have to engage or risk giving away a grand strategy
It’s a list that has a strong variety of options – so be ready for a wild game!
Final Tournament Placings
To view all of the results for the tournament please follow the link below to Best Coast Pairings
This is the top three AoS lists for the Battle for Exiles that took place in Australia on the 7th of October. It involved 19 players vying to be crowned champion in a 4-game tournament.
Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Army Subfaction: Blessed Sons – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310) – General – Spells: Rancid Visitations 1 x Orghotts Daemonspew (320) 1 x The Glottkin (580)* – Spells: Rancid Visitations
BATTLELINE 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* 20 x Rotmire Creed (150)* 5 x Putrid Blightkings (230)*
TERRAIN 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
Roland Rivera: The Glottkin claims another set of victims! The mobility and board control that Blightkrieg provides adds another dimension to many Nurgle lists, and this is no exception. This list features the classic dance partner for the big fella in Orghotts Daemonspew, who packs a punch and is also tough as nails.
However, this list has no shortage of capable units to Blightkrieg with, as Bloab Rotspawned and the 5-man unit of Putrid Blightkings are also decent options. Heck, the 20-man unit of Rotmire Creed will do in a pinch, though they do their best work sitting on an objective and firing away.
Speaking of objectives, the 10-man units of Plaguebearers make for quality objective sitters, as they are cheap units that count for a significant number of models and are not easy to clear, especially later in the game when they can be potentially complemented by a summoned-in Sloppity Bilepiper. All in all, this list leverages the power of the Glottkin well, and as such is a contender.
