This is the top three AoS lists for the Northern Wastes GT that took place in Canada on the 25th and 26th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Blades of Khorne – Subfaction: Bloodlords – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Slaughterpriest (110)* – Bloodbathed Axe – Prayers: Killer Instinct Be’lakor (340)* Bloodsecrator (120)* Bloodmaster (110)** – Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood – Prayers: Blood Sacrifice Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)*** – General – Command Traits: Firebrand – Artefacts of Power: Ar’gath, the King of Blades – Prayers: Bloodbind
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Nightmare Predator (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Ossiarch Cohort
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000
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Army Faction: Daughters of Khaine – Subfaction: Hagg Nar (+1 Rites, cauldron doesn’t count for behemoth) – Grand Strategy: Bloodthirsty Zealots (everything fight in combat or dead) – Triumph: Indomitable (Free inspiring presence)
LEADERS Karen, Bloodwrack Medusa (140)* – Spells: Mindrazor (+1D on charge, +1 Rend. 8+) Maggie, Bloodwrack Medusa (140)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard (4d6 MW. 12+) Stabbatha, Hag Queen on Cauldron of Blood (280)*** – General – Command Traits: Zealous Orator (4+ Rally) – Artefacts of Power: Crown of Woe (9-15” no IP/Rally) – Prayers: Crimson Rejuvenation (Prayer heal) Ru’paula, High Gladiatrix (90)** (12” bubble rend 1 and changes 4 to 3s to wound on Witchaelves)
BATTLELINE Witch Aelves (110) – Hag – Death Pennant Bearer (reroll battleshock) – Hornblower (run and charge) – Sciansá and Bladed Buckler (buckler 6s to save are MW to you) Witch Aelves (330)** – Hag – Paired Sciansá – 2 x Death Pennant Bearer – 2 x Hornblower Witch Aelves (110)** – Hag – Death Pennant Bearer – Hornblower – Sciansá and Bladed Buckler
BEHEMOTH Tina, Avatar of Khaine (130) (immune to Monstrous Actions. Can do Stomp and stomp to rubble. Not monster) Taylor, Avatar of Khaine (130)*** Pink, Avatar of Khaine (130)*** Kelly, Avatar of Khaine (130)***
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Heart of Fury (50)
CORE BATTALIONS *Andtorian Acolytes **Wizard-finders of Andtor ***Linebreaker
TOTAL POINTS: 1970/2000 13 drop
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Army Faction: Fyreslayers – Army Subfaction: Greyfyrd – Grand Strategy: Overshadow
LEADER 1 x Auric Runemaster (130)* – Artefacts: Volatile Brazier – Prayers: Heal 1 x Grimhold Exile (140)* 1 x Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (320)* – Ancestral War-axe – Artefacts: Axe of Grimnir – Mount Traits: Coal-heart Ancient 1 x Auric Flamekeeper (90)** – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust 1 x Auric Runefather (120)** – General – Command Traits: Spirit of Grimnir – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon 1 x Battlesmith (150)** – Artefacts: Nulsidian Icon
BATTLELINE 20 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Bladed Slingshields (150)* – Karl – 2 x Hornblower of Grimnir – Fyresteel War-pick and Bladed Slingshield 10 x Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Handaxes (160)* – Karl – Hornblower of Grimnir 10 x Hearthguard Berzerkers (160)** – Karl – Berzerker Broadaxe
INVOCATION 1 x Molten Infernoth (50)
TERRAIN 1 x Magmic Battleforge (0)
OTHER 1 x Grimwrath Berzerker (110) – Artefacts: The Daemon Slayer 1 x Grimwrath Berzerker (110)
This is the top three AoS lists for the AG War of the Realms GT that took place in the US on the 9th and 10th of September. It involved 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Ogor Mawtribes – Subfaction: Meatfist – Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Firebelly (120)* – Spells: Billowing Ash Frostlord on Stonehorn (460)* – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome – Mount Traits: Rockmane Elder Slaughtermaster (140)* – General – Command Traits: Gastromancer – Spells: Hoarfrost
This is the top three AoS lists for the Whitburn Wipeout GT that took place in the UK on the 25th and 26th of August. It involved 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Droning Guard – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Lord of Afflictions (230)* – General – Command Trait: Overpowering Stench Sloppity Bilepiper, Herald of Nurgle (120)* – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)* – Allies
Battleline 6 x Plague Drones (400)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Plague Drones (200)* 3 x Plague Drones (200)* 3 x Plague Drones (200)* 3 x Plague Drones (200)*
Units 3 x Nurglings (100)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1980 / 2000
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (380) Katakros (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Traits: Dark Acolyte – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Drain Vitality
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Kastelai – Grand Strategy: Crimson Larder – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Prince Vhordrai (470) – Spells: Soulpike Vengorian Lord (280)* – General – Command Traits: Undead Bladelord – Artefacts of Power: Fragment of the Keep – Spells: Spirit Gale Vampire Lord (140)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
This is the top three AoS lists for the Bristol Big Brawl Summer GT that took place in the UK on the 25th and 26th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Mortal Realm: Shyish – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead(900)* Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Necromancer (100)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)*
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Grand Strategy: Corrupt Arcane Nexus – Triumph: Bloodthirsty – Subfaction: Befouling Host
LEADERS Bloab Rotspawned (330) – Spells: Gift of Disease Orghotts Daemonspew (320) The Glottkin (600) – Spells: Magnificent Buboes Morbidex Twiceborn (300)* Lord of Blights (140)* – General – Command Traits: Grandfather’s Blessing – Artefacts of Power: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
This is the top three AoS lists for the Nova Open Age of Sigmar GT that took place in the UK on the 1st and 3rd of September. It involved 165 players vying to be crowned champion in a 8-game tournament. After the 5th round players were split into 8 pods for the final 3 rounds. Players could choose to play either 5 or 8 rounds.
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead (900)* Vampire Lord (140)* – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)* – Reinforced x 1 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)* 6 x Fell Bats (160)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Fell Bats (80)*
Leaders Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Trait: Diversionary Tactics – Artefact: Artisan’s Key – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs Mortisan Ossifector (120)* – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Soul Release
Battleline 6 x Immortis Guard (440)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1x Dread Falchions 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield
Units 2 x Morghast Archai (220)* – Spirit Halberds 2 x Morghast Harbingers (220)* – Spirit Halberds
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Walter Brock: Today we are looking at a tough cookie of a list. Running Petrifex Elite instead of the common Null Myriad we are used to seeing this season lately. This sub faction will allow the already tough units to be even harder to take out.
Spell casting savant works well with the Immortis guard. Making it very difficult to Deny the OBR grand strat.
Katakros alongside with Petrifex turns the toughness up to 11. Giving everything +1 to save and reducing enemy wound rolls by 1 in melee makes it very hard for things to go down.
The Boneshaper helps reinforce the hard to kill aspect of this list. Artisans key bringing back stalkers and Immortis guard is very efficient. That already nearly impossible to kill model just came back. Diversionary tactics reducing enemy charges by 3 within 12 can cause some charges to fail, deny battle tactics and make things difficult for the opponent all together. Reinforce constructs helps provide some protection from mortal wounds. One of the few sources of damage that can take out these tough units reliably.
The Ossifector is mostly here to buff the Morghasts. The primary buff going on them will be the +1 rend. A strong support piece to keep things going.
6 Immortis Guard are seen a lot. That’s because they are very good at what they do, not dying and bodyguarding your characters that are reviving the Immortis guard. With a once per game fight twice Immortis Guard have very respectable damage.
Deathriders are the Heros of Bonereaper lists. These can do pretty much anything. From screening to doing a simple battle tactic. This player opted for a single unit of Deathriders to open the battle tactic option mostly. The real meat and potatoes of the list is in the tough elite infantry and Morghasts.
A unit of 3 stalkers is interesting. A small, fast unit that can take out key targets or run around harassing the opponents’ sides. They aren’t as survivable as Immortis guard but gain speed and hit harder in return. A very strong unit for any situation.
lastly is the two Morghast units. Archai get a 5+ ward while wholly within 12 of a hero and Harbingers get the option to deep strike from off the board. Putting both units in adds for some powerful tactical flexibility. Both units when they roll and 8 or higher on the charge get fight first. Letting the list pile on more damage before the main threat of a unit has even attacked. The main strength of these guys is their ability to turn off commands within 3. This ability can throw a wrench in an opponent’s plan and help swing things in favor for the Bone Reapers play.
All this fits into a Battle regiment. A powerful list that is incredibly hard to kill the models, and lots of tactical flexibility. Well done to this player.
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Army Faction: Flesh-eater Courts – Subfaction: Hollowmourne – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Abhorrant Ghoul King on Royal Terrorgheist (450)* – General – Command Traits: Grave Robber – Artefacts of Power: Corpsefane Gauntlet – Mount Traits: Gruesome Bite – Spells: Flaming Weapon, Spectral Host Crypt Haunter Courtier (110)* Varghulf Courtier (160)* Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard Abhorrant Archregent (240)** – Spells: Deranged Transformation, Hoarfrost
This is the top three AoS lists for the Tempest 2023 that took place in Scotland on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 42 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Leaders Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Artefact: Artisan’s Key – Lore of Ossian Sorcery: Reinforce Constructs
Battleline 6 x Immortis Guard (440)* – Reinforced x 1 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: The Scales Balanced – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460)* Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380) Mortisan Soulmason (160)* – General – Command Trait: Dark Acolyte – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Mortisan Soulreaper (110)* – Artefact: Luminscythe – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
UNITS 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions 3 x Necropolis Stalkers (220)* – 1 x Dread Falchions
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: Unbending Will – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Blizzard Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)** – Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale Necromancer (100)** – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Necromancer (100)** – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away
Battleline 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 10 x Dire Wolves (140)* 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (240)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)** 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (120)**
Units 1 x Corpse Cart (80)** 20 x Grave Guard (300)** – Great Wight Blades – Reinforced x 1
This is the top three AoS lists for Midtcon GT that took place in Denmark on the 2nd and 3rd of September. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: The Scales Balanced – Triumphs:
Leaders Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (460) Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (380)* Liege-Kavalos (180)* – General – Command Trait: Mighty Archaeossian – Artefact: Helm of Tyranny
Battleline 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (180)* – Nadirite Blade and Shield
Leaders Contorted Epitome (210)* – General – Command Trait: Strength of Goodhood – Artefact: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Lore of the Magnificent: Born of Damnation
Battleline 22 x Blissbarb Archers (320)* – Reinforced x 1 11 x Blissbarb Archers (160)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (160)*
Units 10 x Slickblade Seekers (420)* – Reinforced x 1 10 x Slickblade Seekers (420)* – Reinforced x 1 5 x Slickblade Seekers (210)
Endless Spells & Invocations Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1950 / 2000
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Army Faction: Fyreslayers – Subfaction: Greyfyrd – Grand Strategy: Masters of the Forge – Triumph: Bloodthirsty, Inspired
LEADERS Aetheric Navigator (100) Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (360)* – General – Command Traits: Blood of the Berzerker – Artefacts of Power: Draught of Magmalt Ale – Mount Traits: Coal-heart Ancient Auric Runemaster (130)* – Artefacts of Power: Volatile Brazier – Prayers: Curse Battlesmith (150)* – Artefacts of Power: Nulsidian Icon Auric Runeson (80)** – Ancestral War-axe – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
This is the top three AoS lists for BLACKOUT VII that took place in the UK on the 12th and 13th of August. It involved 102 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Army Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Katakros (460) 1 x Arkhan the Black (380)* 1 x Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Traits: Show of Superiority – Artefacts: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead (900)* Vampire Lord (140)* – General – Command Trait: The Bait – Artefact: Morbheg’s Claw – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Necromancer (100)*- Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 60 x Deadwalker Zombies (360)* – Reinforced x 2 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 3 x Fell Bats (80)*
Units 1 x Corpse Cart (80)* 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)*
Danny Wadeson: Ok, as a Soulblight player myself it’s easy to get excited rather than salty about the faction doing well. But, I probably owe it to everyone to start upping the sodium content a little at this point.
Because, turns out Soulblight are quite good at the moment y’all. Andrew here has opted for the ‘Legion of Night shenanigans’ list archetype, with Big Ol’ Bone Daddy himself, a shit load of zombies for him to constantly bring back, and some msu Fell Bats who are cheap and fast.
There’s also some Myrmourn Banshees for anti-spell tech, which is an idea I had during the last GHB – at which point I bought some and shelved the army until recently – but still, always been surprised they’ve haven’t cropped up more. So thank you to Andrew for vindicating me!
Gratz to the man on 2nd either way, no matter how good Soulblight are, Sylvaneth, Seraphon and Troggs are never easy to beat!
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)* 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (380)** – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Wight King on Skeletal Steed (160)** – General – Command Traits: The Bait – Artefacts: Arcane Tome
BATTLELINE 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 3 x Fell Bats (80)* 3 x Fell Bats (80)**
OTHER 10 x Black Knights (260)* – Hellknight – 2 x Hornblower – 2 x Standard Bearer 5 x Black Knights (130)** – Hellknight – 2 x Hornblower – 2 x Standard Bearer 5 x Black Knights (130)** – Hellknight – 2 x Hornblower – 2 x Standard Bearer 10 x Black Knights (260)** – Hellknight – 2 x Hornblower – 2 x Standard Bearer 10 x Black Knights (260)** – Hellknight – 2 x Hornblower – 2 x Standard Bearer
This is the top three AoS lists for the Golden Ticket: Age Of Sigmar Event that took place in the UK on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 47 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Katakros (460) Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Traits: Dark Acolyte – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Drain Vitality Arkhan the Black (380)*
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Belladamma Volga (200)* – General – Command Traits: Driven by Deathstench – Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery – Spells: Spirit Gale Necromancer (100)** – Spells: Waste Away Vampire Lord (140)** – Spells: Hoarfrost Necromancer (100)** – Spells: Fading Vigour
BATTLELINE Deadwalker Zombies (360) Dire Wolves (140)* – Doom Wolf Dire Wolves (140)* – Doom Wolf Dire Wolves (140)* – Doom Wolf
OTHER Corpse Cart (80) – Corpse Lash – Balefire Brazier Grave Guard (300)* – Seneschal – Hornblower – Great Wight Blade – 2 x Standard Bearer Grave Guard (300)* – Seneschal – Hornblower – Great Wight Blade – 2 x Standard Bearer
Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords – Great Nation: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Archmage Teclis and Celennar, Spirit of Hysh (740)** The Light of Eltharion (230)** Scinari Cathallar (120)* – General – Command Trait: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Artefact: Phoenix Stone – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh Scinari Calligrave (110)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard
Battleline 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – Lore of Hysh: Overwhelming Heat 5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)** 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
Units 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Lore of Hysh: Speed of Hysh
Jon Anderson: Coming from out of nowhere with a haymaker of a list is Nicolas Tassone showing the world why you don’t sleep on the REAL god of magic. Teclis and friends used the Andtorian Acolytes battalion to great effect in Nicolas’ 5-1 finish only dropping to Crematorians in the final round.
With a beautiful endless spell suite, Nicolas was sure to send his opponents care packages from afar courtesy of the Umbral Spellportals and Malevolent Maelstrom. This is what I like to see from Lumineth. No Vanari Sentinels in the list at all.
This is a list with some hair on its chest.
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Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Starborne – Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Slann Starmaster (275)* – General – Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Spells: Comet’s Call, Rupture – Bonding: Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur 1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)* – Artefacts: Arcane Tome 1 x Lord Kroak (410)** 1 x Skink Starseer (150)** – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Cosmic Crush 1 x Skink Starseer (150)** – Spells: Speed of Huanchi, Merciless Blizzard
BATTLELINE 10 x Skinks (90) – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter – Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler 10 x Skinks (90) – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter – Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler 5 x Saurus Guard (140)** – Saurus Guard Alpha – Icon Bearer – War-drummer
BEHEMOTH 1 x Krondspine Incarnate of Ghur (480)
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (30) 1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
This is the top three AoS lists for the Gateway Open 2023 that took place in the US on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 46 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (380)* – Spells: Drain Vitality Mortisan Boneshaper (140)** – General – Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons Mortisan Boneshaper (140)** – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
We’re lucky enough at Woehammer to know Mrigank and the Stormkeep guys fairly well. So it seemed natural to ask Mrigank for a breakdown of his list.
Mrigank Jha: To no one’s surprise, Null Myriad is one of the hottest picks in the Summer of Death. The ability to disregard ye olde magical dominance of Tzeentch and Seraphon’s Mortal wounds spam pummeling traditional melee armies into the ground is held in check by this subfaction and so that was the pick. That being said, Katakros + Arkhan is all the rage now. Save stacking, recursion, negative bonuses, The list with 6 Immortis Guard and Katakros matched with Arkhan’s magical abilities is very good, very oppressive…….and incredibly boring. So I went in a slightly different direction.
I wanted to take advantage of extra primal dice for casting and unbinds so I went with dual Boneshapers to add a bit of recursion as well. One unit of Immortis guard to protect Arkhan from 15 Thunderers or 44 Blissbarb Archers if need be. And instead of the 6 Immortis Guard route, I went with the more damaging Hammer unit 6 Stalkers, who also have better mobility overall. I used the extra points from not taking Katakros towards a Morghast Archai for the OBR mirror and two spells Aethervoid Pendulum for more MWs and Hero assassinations and Soulstealer carrion to help me take objectives against the cheap SBG hordes of skeletons and zombies.
I faced Gloomspite Gitz, the OBR Mirror (the ones with Katakros + Arkhan + 6 Immortis Guard) Twice (once in round 2 and then in round 5). Blades of Khorne, and Soulblight Gravelords. Andtorian Acolytes was indispensable in making sure I always had a bank of primal dice to either cast my own spells or hold off to cancel out theirs. Instead of the usual Aura of Sterility (-1 to hit and wound in shooting) I went with Diversionary tactics (-3 to charge in a 12 inch aura) as the command trait on my Boneshaper to help with the OBR mirror and also against Legion of Night and Khorne. Mannfred and SBG units found it very difficult to counter charge with that aura affecting them and a key redeploy from my Boneshaper often messed up my opponents 6 or 7 inch charges. The extra units like Morghast Archai, with their ability to turn off commands within 3 and the damage of 6 Stalkers was enough to chew thru Trolls, Bloodthirsters and even 6 Immortis Guard. I felt like the extra units gave me more play on the board than the traditional Arkhan + Katakros list. Moreover having Merciless Blizzard and Pendulum to hit Katakros who isnt affected by a 2+ spell ignore, did make opponents nervous
As for the recursion, I don’t believe any opponent could have dealt with 30 wounds of Immortis Guard or Stalkers outside of a well placed double turn. I think recursion in OBR should probably be limited to 10 wounds for the health of the game, as I did find myself playing for a nervous double turn often in the mirror match to be able to fully wipe a 30 wound block of Immortis Guard/ Necropolis Stalkers before they all came back.
Overall I think this list has potential and a great toolset in the current meta. I’ll tweak it further after the battlescroll and its changes.
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (380) Katakros (460)* Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – General – Command Traits: Aura of Sterility – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Contorted Epitome (210)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Artefacts of Power: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Flaming Weapon, Hoarfrost Lord of Pain (140)* Glutos Orscollion (480)* – Spells: Born of Damnation, Phantasmagoria
OTHER Slickblade Seekers (210) Slickblade Seekers (210) Blissbarb Seekers (210)*
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Dreadful Visage (60)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Laron Roberts: Thanks for highlighting my list! I’ve been playing Slaanesh since second edition and I’m having tons of fun taking them to tournaments recently. Stick with me while I try to dissect my list here first. Hedonites of Slaanesh in its current form pretty plays its own game without to much regard for what your opponent is doing. Ive foundI only care what their doing to find reasons to use my Temptation Dice.
In my list I use Glutos to form a durable center that helps deter alpha strikes on my vulnerable units. While using the Pretenders Hosts ability to use the same ability more then once to put out alot of damage with anyone who does try for the Alpha. With this season I’m able to reliably use buffs to turn my Contorted Epitome into a Depravity farming creature of destruction with Hoarfrost and Flaming Weapon. Slick blades are in the list to push to get to 12 Debravity as soon as possible to really seal the deal on making my opponents army inefficient.
All right… Let’s dive in. This list does so many things well for me, but it has pretty key changes compared to other list that you’ll see for slaanesh. First only three min squads of blissbarbs… oh no! How could he possibly win with only 33 blissbarbs? Well, I think blissbarbs are obviously amazing, but at their current cost (appropriate cost, no more nerfing them!) and their vulnerability to lots of lists out there, they are pretty susceptible to getting blown off the table turn one if that’s all you have in your list. 33 is great – if you tried to alpha for me first turn, you’re getting unleashed hell times three; they’ll shoot down any screens pretty effectively; and really, with only 33, people still seem to freak out over them but they aren’t oppressive like other mass shooting lists.
You’ll notice that I also took two minimum size squads of slickblade seekers. Side note—I’m so glad they don’t suck anymore, they are one of my favorite models ever. This does mean that I cannot take a battle regimen for my list… And that’s totally OK. At gateway open, people seemed super concerned I would alpha them down turn one, so they opted to take first turn even though I was lots of drops. I’m not sure what the right answer for them is, but I did not feel like I was at any serious disadvantage going second. Second, I think 2×5 slickblades is the way to go. They are five up save and die at the slightest breeze. I feel pretty confident with two units of five that I can get my 12 depravity turn one pretty much every game. But then, unlike lists with a single reinforced unit, I have another squad for tactics, eliminating threats, getting me to 24 points, whatever I need. Having a second unit makes me a constant threat on turns two, three, four, or five.
Contorted is great. Some people think she (they? There’s two of them…) should be like 350 points, which is ridiculous. She’s perfectly fine at her points, I think people are actually just sad about crown of dark secrets and Warlord Supreme. Despite the haters, she’s actually super fragile and one misplay loses her, and without her I lose a ton of my power. Not much to say about the Lord of pain. While in some ways you don’t need him, being able to give out all out attack x3, his synergy with my blissbarbs and seekers regardless of my command points or other factors is just consistently awesome. I wasn’t taking him in lists for a while, but I really see his value now.
Lastly, the big man, Glutos! I see him in a lot of list, but I. He’s a damage threat, he heals like soulblight hunger heroes, and oh, -1 to hit is still really good. I find that most opponents don’t know what to do with Glutos, contorted, slickblades, and blissbarbs—there’s a lot of target priority confusion. This is especially true for Glutos where people aren’t sure if they should commit to him or avoid him. But they all feel really sad when they run in against him and his minus 1 to hit aura. I miss some of the things he had before the new tome, but he’s still just an incredible piece, and so hard for people to counter. And personally, I think my model has the sickest paint job out there.
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Kruleboyz – Army Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades – Grand Strategy: In and Out, Ladz – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Gobsprakk (240) – Spells: Da Black Pit 1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Spells: blizzard 1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Spells: blizzard 1 x Killaboss with Stab-Grot (90)** – Boss‑hacka and Skareshield 1 x Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)*** – General – Command Traits: Egomaniak – Artefacts: Amulet of Destiny – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un
BATTLELINE 20 x Gutrippaz (150)** – Gutrippa Banner Bearer – Gutrippa Drummer – Gutrippa Hornblower – Gutrippa Boss – Wicked Stikka 20 x Gutrippaz (150)** – Gutrippa Banner Bearer – Gutrippa Drummer – Gutrippa Hornblower – Gutrippa Boss – Wicked Stikka 10 x Hobgrot Slittaz (80)***
OTHER 6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*** – Boltboy Boss 6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (120)*** – Boltboy Boss
CORE BATTALIONS: *Andtorian Acolytes **Wizard-finders of Andtor ***Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
Austin Timesch: There are 3 things in this list design that I have found to work best in the several two day events I have played kruleboyz.
Egomaniak on the sludgeraker is so important to making sure the buff to your armies damage and keeping the grand strat intact. Using 2 big blocks of gutrippaz is a huge wound sponge for your general to abuse. ( I have not lost my sludgeraker since the change to 2 big blocks of gutrippaz) Gobsprakk and abusing the primal dice for dispels. The ability to just say nope and do damage to small foot casters or a neferata or arkhan is amazing. Huge attrition and denial piece to armies.
Killaboss- I know everyone is used to playing order or the new death factions so they don’t really understand this mechanic of bravery. However playing this inferior grand alliance known as destruction we have to play in a phase of the game most people just skip. The killaboss allows you to act like one of those try hard grand alliances and just lose 1 model instead of your entire unit from chip damage.
To build on these 3 pillars of success The locus battalion really helps you maintain an opportunity to dispel with gobsrpakk and or cast blizzard from one of your shamans Also the wizard finder battalion really makes gutrippaz slap into the big bads of this meta like the VLOZD or neferata etc. Getting a potential 61 attacks on a unit at a time is really a tipping point.
The main Strat of the list is to find as many objectives in the center or near each other as possible and maintaining hold more and hold 2 every turn.
Second, as you maintain your castle and what I mean by castle is your killaboss is within 3 of both big blocks of gutrippaz, your sludgeraker is wholly within 12 of your bolt boyz and your 1 exposed block of gutrippaz you want people coming into, and lastly your shamans are within 3 of boltboyz and both units of gutrippaz to ensure the options of MAXIMUM DAMAGE!!!!!
As you move your castle up I like to set up the mighty waaaagh turn. What this entails is mostly charging in with the general, and both units of gutrippaz which are poisoned at the time. This allows my general and 2 units to fight after the general fights. Most times this cripples or absolutely deletes the current targets. This 1 turn a lot of times is when your opponent will go “kruleboyz are not that bad” or “I didn’t expect this much damage from Kruleboyz”
In all fairness when people ask me how I have had success with kruleboyz it comes down to playing them to specifically counter the current meta. And right now kruleboyz is spectacular into OBR and some SBGL lists. (we wont talk about how anyone can pilot these armies to 4-1/5-0)
Back to reasons why this list is fun and in a good spot. Your main sources of damage come from poisoned gutrippaz and or poisoned boltboyz. Rolling a slot machine every time adds to both the banter and enjoyment of the game with your opponent. With this being said as you go through your games the main reason of playing your game is to have fun and enjoy your time with your opponent. I have had the pleasure of playing the top of the game in the likes of gavin, and nate T ghosty pants. At that level even then the main reason is to play a good game and enjoy it. I hate the stigma on how competitive games cant be enjoyable. They can be and just make it a priority in your game on a personal level and it will happen.
Feel free to message me if you have any questions but, in all honesty, if I can find success with kruleboyz you can too! Roll 6’s and lets grow this community.
