This is the top three AoS lists for the Small Town Throwdown: Happy NOOG Year! that took place in the US on the 14th and 15th of January. It saw 30 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Skaven
– Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms

LEADER
1 x Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Death Frenzy, Hoarfrost
1 x Grey Seer (120)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Skitterleap
1 x Verminlord Warbringer (380)**
– General
– Command Traits: Devious Adversary
– Artefacts: Warpstone Charm
– Spells: Flaming Weapon, Levitate
1 x Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)***
1 x Plague Priest (100)***
– Prayers: Rabid-rabid!
1 x Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)***
– Prayers: Curse

BATTLELINE
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (90)**
10 x Plague Censer Bearers (90)**
20 x Clanrats (100)**
20 x Clanrats (100)**
20 x Clanrats (100)***

BEHEMOTH
1 x Hell Pit Abomination (180)**

ENDLESS SPELL
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

OTHER
5 x Skabbik’s Plaguepack (140)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Battle Regiment
***Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: King’s Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Squigboss (110)*
– General
– Command Traits: The Clammy Hand
Webspinner Shaman (65)*
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Madcap Shaman (70)**
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Squig Lure

BATTLELINE
Squig Herd (420)*
Moonclan Shootas (360)*
– Moonclan Boss
– 3 Barbed Nets
– 3 x Gong Basher
– 3 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer
Boingrot Bounderz (150)**
Boingrot Bounderz (150)**
Moonclan Stabbas (120)**
– Moonclan Boss
– Bad Moon Icon Bearer
– Gong Basher
– Pokin’ Spear
– 3 Barbed Nets

OTHER
Sneaky Snufflers (140)*
Gobbapalooza (170)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Fellwater Troggoths (170)*

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: 1925/2000

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Glogg’s Megamob
– Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon
– Triumph: Indomitable

LEADERS
Webspinner Shaman (65)*
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
Madcap Shaman (70)*
– Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Dankhold Troggboss (210)**
– General
– Command Traits: Loonskin
– Artefacts of Power: Glowy Howzit
Skragrott, the Loonking (230)**
Webspinner Shaman (65)**
– Spells: Sneaky Distraction

BATTLELINE
Rockgut Troggoths (340)
Rockgut Troggoths (340)
Rockgut Troggoths (340)

OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (170)
Sporesplatta Fanatics (90)**

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Scuttletide (80)
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Andtorian Acolytes
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 1950/2000

Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Sky Port: Barak Zon (+1 to hit and wound on the charge)
– Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies (At least one sky vessel alive and no enemy flying behemoths)
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty (Reroll charge roll)
Kharadron Code
– Artycle: Master The Skies (+2 movement to sky vessels)
– Amendment: Prosecute Wars With All Haste (Once per turn, when a unit is selected to run, it may run 2d6 instead)
– Footnote: There’s No Reward Without Risk

Leaders
Arkanaut Admiral (140)*
– General
– Command Trait: Stormcaller (Can reroll any dice in the Read the Winds roll)
– Nullstone Adornment: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon (Can unbind or dispel once, and if successful can continue to unbind)
Aetheric Navigator (100)**
– Artefact: Voidstone Orb (Once per game can auto unbind a spell instead of rolling)
Drekki Flynt (130)**

Battleline
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
10 x Arkanaut Company (90)*
– 1x Skypikes
– 1x Light Skyhooks
– 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns
3 x Skywardens (130)*
3 x Skywardens (130)*
3 x Skywardens (130)**
3 x Skywardens (130)**

Units
3 x Endrinriggers (120)**
3 x Endrinriggers (120)**

Behemoths
Arkanaut Frigate (300)*
– Admiral’s Flagship (Once per turn, the Admiral can issue a command to this sky vessel without spending a command point)
– Main Gun: Heavy Skyhook
– Frigate Refittings: Prudency Chutes (When destroyed, models may be set up wholly within 3″ of enemies and do not need to roll for emergency disembark)
Arkanaut Frigate (300)**
– Main Gun: Heavy Skyhook

Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

Total: 2000 / 2000

In a world where people instinctively associate KO with shooting, here comes Ian to remind us all why you should fear the spear with a VERY spicy Barak Zon list!
As is tradition, this list starts with an admiral and navigator in the classic movement disruption combo with a splash of anti magic.

Then there’s Drekki Flynt. I also had to look this guy up to see exactly what he does, so you’re definitely not alone if you’re not sure what he does. Basically, he shoots like a juiced up khemist and hits like a watered-down admiral. He’s got some subfaction specific rules that we can ignore here. You take him for his ability to put 3 MW on a monster he’s fighting after he’s made his attacks and because he can strip artifacts from enemy characters he’s engaging on a 3+ (if Drekki isn’t embarked). This is a pretty wild ability in the appropriate scenario, and for only 130 points, it’s definitely a low-risk venture!
There’s 3×10 arkanauts to exist on objectives and be super cheap for how good they are.

But you play Zon for the balloons. And brother, this list has got some balloons. 4×3 skywardens and 2×3 endrinriggers. All of these appear to be barebone units without special weapons, which is definitely a reasonable way to run them, but I can’t confirm for sure that’s the loadout. Alternatively, you can load up on drill cannons to gamble your way to victory or take grapnel launchers for just unbelievable mobility.

Regardless, this many balloons in Zon mean that a single unit of 3 skywardens will swing in with 10 attacks at 2/2/-1/2 on the charge and then retreat at the end of combat, likely dealing d3 MW as they do so. That’s pretty fun.

It gets even more fun when you pack em in a frigate and then disembark the unit after charging. Perhaps 2 units, in fact. Because 20 ASF attacks at 2/2/-1/2 will put in some SERIOUS work. They can also shoot a little, too, but the prudency chute upgrade on a frigate implies a more… direct approach.
This list is rounded out by 2 skyhook frigates (likely being healed by endrinriggers) to further put the hurt on monsters and ferry the little dwarf bombs to their targets. Two battle regiments are a very good bid for dictating turn order, and being doubled by this list would be a disaster for the opponent.

Thank you, Ian, for putting together this absolute joy of a list and showing the world that balloons aren’t just for children. Congratulations on a strong finish and extremely cool list!

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