This is the top three AoS lists for Top Three AoS Lists for the Nottingham AoS GT that took place in the UK on the 13th and 14th of January. It saw 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220) – Spells: Death Frenzy, Flaming Weapon Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220) – General – Command Traits: Diabolical Schemer – Spells: Death Frenzy, Skitterleap Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)* – Artefacts of Power: Skavenbrew – Spells: Death Frenzy, Levitate Plague Priest (100)** – Prayers: Disease-disease! Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)** – Prayers: Rabid-rabid! Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)**
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Indomitable
LEADER 1 x Lawix Nyte, Great Necromancer of Hallost (100)* – General – Command Traits: Unbending Will – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Ozul Draken, Cursed Fallen of Hallost (150)* – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)** – Spells: Waste Away
BATTLELINE 3 x Fell Bats (90) 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)** 10 x Dire Wolves (150)** – Doom Wolf 3 x Fell Bats (90)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
OTHER 20 x Grave Guard (160)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade 20 x Grave Guard (160)** – Seneschal – 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower – Great Wight Blade
Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness – Damned Legion: Legion of the First Prince – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)* – The Lore of the Damned: Daemonic Speed Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Chaos Familiar – Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard The Masque (150)* – Allies
Battleline 6 x Furies (80)* 6 x Furies (80)* 6 x Furies (80)*
Units 6 x Varanguard (560)* – 6x Fellspear – Mark of Chaos: Undivided – Reinforced x 1 10 x Chaos Chosen (460)* – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon – Reinforced x 1 1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (100)
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 the Anvil of the Gods that took place in UK on the 13th and 14th of January. It saw 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Note: With the Battlescroll release just around the corner, I’ve made the decision to suspend comments on these lists as they’ll all likely change in points and become invalid soon.
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Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Vampire Lord (150)* – General – Command Traits: The Bait – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Hoarfrost, Merciless Blizzard 1 x Necromancer (100)* 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)** – Spells: Waste Away, Fading Vigour 1 x Wight King on Skeletal Steed (170)** 1 x King Morlak Velmorn (220)**
BATTLELINE 30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110) 3 x Fell Bats (90) 3 x Fell Bats (90)
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40) OTHER 10 x Black Knights (130) 5 x Black Knights (130) 4 x The Sons of Velmorn (220)**
CORE BATTALIONS: *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar – Subfaction: Hallowheart – Grand Strategy: Banners Held High
LEADERS Alchemite Warforger (110)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Transmutation of Lead Battlemage (100)* – Spells: Hoarfrost, Pall of Doom – Arcane Trinkets: Realmstone Orb Battlemage (100)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Pha’s Protection – Arcane Trinkets: Ancient Grimoire Freeguild Marshal on Griffon (270)** – General – Command Traits: Grizzled Veteran – Freeguild Lance – Artefacts of Power: Sigmarite Warhammer Pontifex Zenestra (180)** Black Ark Fleetmaster (90)**
OTHER Skullreapers (190) – Icon Bearer – Skullseeker ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Wrath-Axe (70)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (380) Katakros (500)* Liege-Kavalos (180)* – General – Command Traits: Mighty Archaeossian – Artefacts of Power: Lode of Saturation Mortisan Soulmason (160)* – Spells: Hoarfrost
This is the top eight AoS lists for the Age of Sigmar World Championships of Warhammer Part 2 – The Champs Bracket that took place in the US on the 18th and 19th of November.
This is the second article covering the World Championship, covering only the top eight who played in a knock out style tournament over two days, each of the eight players knocked out if they lost twice.
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Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Army Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Scinari Calligrave (110)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Scinari Cathallar (120)* – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Artefacts: Phoenix Stone – Spells: Speed of Hysh 1 x Archmage Teclis (740)** 1 x The Light of Eltharion (230)**
BATTLELINE 10 x Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Overwhelming Heat 5 x Vanari Bladelords (120)** – Bladelord Seneschal 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Speed of Hysh
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Malevolent Maelstrom (50) 1 x Umbral Spellportal (80) 1 x Aethervoid Pendulum (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Shrine Luminor (0)
OTHER 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Speed of Hysh 5 x Vanari Dawnriders (120)** – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Speed of Hysh
Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220) – General – Command Traits: Diabolical Schemer – Spells: Skitterleap, Death Frenzy 1 x Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270) – Prayers: Rabid-rabid! 1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)* – Artefacts: Skavenbrew – Spells: Flaming Weapon, Death Frenzy 1 x Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (220)** – Spells: Levitate, Death Frenzy 1 x Plague Priest (100)** – Prayers: Disease-disease! 1 x Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)**
BATTLELINE 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Clanrat Standard Bearer – Clanrat Bell-ringer – Clawleader – Rusty Blade 20 x Clanrats (100)* – Clanrat Standard Bearer – Clanrat Bell-ringer – Clawleader – Rusty Blade 15 x Plague Censer Bearers (270)* 15 x Plague Censer Bearers (270)*
OTHER 5 x Skabbik’s Plaguepack (0)*
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Soulscream Bridge (80)
TERRAIN 1 x Gnawhole (0) 1 x Gnawhole (0) 1 x Gnawhole (0)
Leaders Skragrott, The Loonking (230)* Madcap Shaman (70)** – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand – Artefact: Moonface Mommet – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)* – Reinforced x 2 15 x Boingrot Bounderz (450)* – Reinforced x 2 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)** 20 x Moonclan Stabbas (120)**
Units 5 x Gobbapalooza (170)* – Spell1: Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance 6 x Sneaky Snufflers (140)* 5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)** 5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)**
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Army Subfaction: Crematorians – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant
LEADER 1 x Arkhan the Black (380)* 1 x Katakros (500)** 1 x Liege-Kavalos (180)** – Artefacts: Helm of Tyranny 1 x Mortisan Ossifector (120)** – General – Command Traits: Show of Superiority – Artefacts: Gothizzar Cartouche – Spells: Drain Vitality
Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Wurrgog Prophet (170)* – Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz – Spells: Hoarfrost Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – General – Command Traits: Touched by the Waaagh! – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)*** – Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist – Artefacts of Power: Destroyer – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un Orruk Warchanter (120)*** – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat Orruk Warchanter (120)*** – Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat
BATTLELINE Orruk Brutes (280)** – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – Boss Choppa – 2 x Gore-choppa Orruk Brutes (280)** – Brute Boss – Boss Choppa – Jagged Gore-hacka – 2 x Gore-choppa Gutrippaz (150)*** – Gutrippa Banner Bearer – Gutrippa Boss – Gutrippa Hornblower – Wicked Stikka
OTHER Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka
Legion of Night is seeing the most success on the GT tournament with a win rate of 55%, while at the RTT level Avengorii Dynasty seems to be the most powerful subfaction at 60%. Meanwhile players using Kastelai Dynasty appear to be struggling at both tournament formats, both being at sub 40% win rate.
Legion of Blood is by far the most popular subfaction at both tournament formats, and perhaps the larger numbers of players for this subfaction will be dragging their win rate down slightly as player skill gets diluted over a larger population.
Here we can see how the subfaction players generally perform at GTs. The grey bar shows how many players achieve 0 to 2 wins at a GT, if this is less than 50%, then that faction has a positive win rate, as shown in the yellow bar (those players who achieve 3 or more wins), the blue segment shows those who achieve 4 or more wins, and finally the green segment shows the percentage of players who go on to win all 5 games.
This chart can show a lack of balance via results, if all factions were perfectly balanced (along with player skills) then the opposing bars (i.e. 5-0 and 0-5, 3-2 and 2-3) should be the same length.
FACTION MATCHUPS
Note that these stats are across all game formats.
Daughters of Khaine, Fyreslayers and Ironjawz prove to be the easiest factions for Soulblight players to defeat, while Beasts of Chaos, Kharadron Overlords and Blades of Khorne appear to be the most difficult.
ROUND PERFORMANCE
Soulblight Players appear to have mostly a 50/50 outcome from most of their matches throughout a tournament, all being within the 45-55% win rate.
However, at RTT level the Soulblight players appear to have a harder time in rounds 1 and 2, with the victories leaning towards their opponents.
WARSCROLL PERFORMANCE
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This chart shows the win rates of lists which include the warscroll (in Blue) compared to those that don’t (in Orange).
WARSCROLLS NOT USED
Deintalos the Exile
Exiled Dead
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This is the top three AoS lists for Warmaster took place in Australia on the 24th and 25th of November. It saw 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Khorne – Slaughterhost: The Goretide – Grand Strategy: The Blood Legions March
Leaders Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)** – General – Command Trait: Firebrand – Artefact: A’rgath the King of Blades – Prayer: Killer Instinct – Prayer: Bloodbind Dromm, Wounder of Worlds (180)** – Prayer: Blood Sacrifice – Prayer: Unholy Flames Slaughterpriest (110)**** – Prayer: Bronzed Flesh – Prayer: Killer Instinct Bloodsecrator (120)*** Skarr Bloodwrath (110)** Magister – The Coven of Thryx (320)* – Allies
Battleline 10 x Blood Warriors (190)** – Goreaxes – 1x Goreglaives 8 x Claws of Karanak (100)*** 10 x Bloodreavers (80)*** – Meatripper Axes 10 x Bloodreavers (80)**** – Meatripper Axes
Units 10 x Skullreapers (380)**** – Goreslick Blades – Reinforced x 1 2 x Gorechosen of Dromm (0)**** 10 x Horrors of Tzeentch – The Coven of Thryx (0)* – Allies
Endless Spells & Invocations Burning Sigil of Tzeentch – The Coven of Thryx (0) Daemonic Simulacrum – The Coven of Thryx (0) Tome of Eyes – The Coven of Thryx (0)
Core Battalions *Regiment of Renown **Warlord ***Vanguard ****Vanguard
Additional Enhancements Prayer
Total: 2000 / 2000
Roland Rivera: This list is a spicy morsel – it has taken the standard Khorne Mortals framework, and added spellcasting to the mix as an added dimension on both defense (hello, Mystic Shield!) and offense, as the mortal wound endless spells can provide damage at range. Another interesting inclusion is Dromm, which brings some beefy melee bodyguards and another source of mortal wounds at range thanks to his prayer.
As you’d expect, the frontline for these lists is rock solid – Blood Warriors for holding the middle, Skullreapers for damage, Claws of Karanak and Bloodreavers for utility and objective pressure, Skarr Bloodrwath as a reusable source of Blood Tithe. The Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury also looms large as a Hero Monster that can provide both defense or offense as needed. Don’t sleep on the Pink Horrors as a screen, either – especially since they bite back when they die.
In summary, the Coven’s spellcasting combined with the typical Khorne Mortal beef is a potent combination that Jordan used to great effect, and as this is not the first time that a Khorne list featuring the Coven has achieved notable results, expect to see it more often going forward.
Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz – Gittish Horde: Jaws of Mork – Mortal Realm: Chamon – Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Skragrott, The Loonking (230)** Squigboss with Gnasha-squig (110)* – General – Command Trait: The Clammy Hand – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Webspinner Shaman (65)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 10 x Boingrot Bounderz (300)* – Reinforced x 1 40 x Moonclan Shootas (240)* – Reinforced x 1 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)** 5 x Boingrot Bounderz (150)** 36 x Squig Herd (420)* – Reinforced x 2
Units 5 x Gobbapalooza (170)* 5 x Loonsmasha Fanatics (110)**
Lodivicus: Another variation of Jaws of Mork core podiums again! Skragrott, a Squigboss, Squig Herd, Boingrot Bounderz, Gobbapalooza and the Bad Moon Loonshrine all make an appearance from the core. In this list, Rob flexes out of the more common Madcap Shaman (with Moonface Mommet and Hoarfrost) for a Webspinner Shaman (with Hoarfrost and native 5+ ward). The highly popular Sneaky Snufflers also hit the chopping block to free up points.
So what’s the change? What are the points used for? Forty Moonclan Shootas and five Loonsmashas Fanatics. We haven’t talked about these two units much in previous commentaries, so let’s dive in!
Moonclan Shootas have two 20” ranged attacks each (when they have 10 or more models) plus one for the Champion for a wild 81 attacks per turn at full strength. While they don’t have a particularly efficient attack profile, with AoA, their high volume should end up doing about 9 damage into a 4+ save. That’s pretty solid for clearing screens for the Squigs to get in and at a far enough distance they can still blanket an objective while doing so. If the opponent gets within charge range, you can pop out the Loonsmashas for protection (assuming they were hidden here and not in the Gobbapalooza).
The whirling dervishes, the Loonsmasha Fanatics, can reveal themselves at the start of the charge phase. With their strike-first effect and d6 rend -2 damage d3 attacks each, they can function as anything from a speed bump to a weapon of mass destruction depending on the high variability of the rolls. Either way, whether they protect your grots or get launched offensively into the enemy on your turn, they are an effective and fun ‘casino type’ piece.
Congrats to Rob on his 2nd place finish (only losing in Round 3 to Big Waaagh). Keep those Loonsmashas drinking their Fungus Brew!
Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Subfaction: Barak-Nar – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumph: Inspired – Stick To The Code (Amendments): Always Take What You Are Owed – Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything – Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught
BATTLELINE Arkanaut Company (90)* – Company Captain – Light Skyhook and Gun Butt – Skypike – Volley Pistol – Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt Grundstok Thunderers (320)* – Gunnery Sergeant – 2 x Honour Bearer – 2 x Aethercannon – 2 x Aetheric Fumigator – 2 x Decksweeper Arkanaut Company (90)** – Company Captain – Light Skyhook and Gun Butt – Skypike – Volley Pistol – Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt
BEHEMOTH Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Great Sky Cannon – Great Endrinworks: The Last Word – The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship Arkanaut Frigate (300)** – Heavy Sky Cannon
Carl Stokes: Another spectacular showing by KO, this time with Barak Nar! This is a faction I haven’t explored in great detail personally, but this list has some very interesting synergies that really elevate it to the next level. Barak Nar is all about command points and having an enormous amount of them. By making thunderers battleline as part of their subfaction abilities, the general can now take stormcaller as a command trait to maximize the value provided by the navigator.
Bee also took the Lord-Magnate of Barak Nar, Brokk Grungsson, who is truly living up to his full potential in that subfaction. Brokk is shockingly tanky at 8w and a 3+ native save, while also being incredibly fast and weirdly good at close combat. Oh and he also shoots ridiculously hard and buffs skyfarers around him if they charge. For example, let’s say a frigate charges a target while carrying Brokk and 3 Endrinriggers.
The resulting combat phase might look a little something like this…
Frigate impact hits for about 4 MW. Brokk and endrinriggers pile out. Then the Endrinriggers (who are always striking first) hit with 10 attacks at (probably) 2/3/-2/d3 with Brokk (also striking first) hitting with 5 attacks at 3/2/-2/d3. The frigate also probably does some stuff, but that’s not quite as relevant. In short, Brokk and the endrinriggers fight way better than one might expect, and with the Frigate acting as a reliable combat delivery system, they’re a ruthless combo that can certainly catch opponents off-guard.
And of course they’re backed up by the traditional Ironclad + Khemist + Thunderers combo of ridiculous mobility and shooting neatly packaged into 2 drops with 20 arkanauts providing both screening and home objective control. A Navigator and Admiral pair serve as both an anti-magic nexus, as well as a (fairly) consistent way to prevent the enemy Big Bad from touching your precious boats. Overall, this list is a very tidy and efficient way to bring a combined arms approach to the KO style of play and it clearly paid off for Bee! Congratulations!
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination
LEADERS Belladamma Volga (220)* – Artefacts of Power: Standard of the Ulfenwatch – Spells: Soulpike Radukar the Beast (290)** Vampire Lord (150)** – General – Command Traits: Driven by Deathstench – Spells: Hoarfrost Wight King (150)** – Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery
BATTLELINE Dire Wolves (150)* – Doom Wolf Dire Wolves (150)* – Doom Wolf Dire Wolves (150)* – Doom Wolf Deathrattle Skeletons (330)* – Skeleton Champion – 3 x Standard Bearer
OTHER vrykos blood born (90) Grave Guard (320)* – Seneschal – Wight Blade great wight blade- 2 x Standard Bearer – 2 x Hornblower
Danny Wadeson: Vampires and their doggos are a winning formula, and this list in particular cleaves close to my own preferred list, centred around the King and Queen of Vyrkos. Belladamma still brings a huge amount of utility thanks to her exploding 6s aura spell – and Radukar who is fast, killy (especially with, you guessed it, excploding 6s!), and difficult to pin down thanks to his being -1 to hit.
MSU Dire Wolves as battleline also just never go out of fashion, and their ability to bodyguard Bella means she’s super survivable – remembering of course that Vyrkos have unique heroic actions to both bring wolves back and, once per game, summon another unit of 10 for some serious board control. A blob of 30 Deathrattle with their ability to return models at the start of ANY combat phase are going absolutely nowhere.
Finish off with the obligatory Grave Guard as the main hammer and a personal favourite in Blood Born for a cheeky 10″ pre-game move – and they’re no slouch in combat either – and you have an excellent board control list with some nicely distirbuted threats. Such a fun list and it’s good to see that it’s no longer overwhelming.
Final Tournament Placings
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This is the top three AoS lists for Roslaget 2023 that took place in Sweden on the 25th and 26th of November. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As a smaller tournament with fewer than 20 players we won’t be commenting on individual lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Neferata (410) – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Vampire Lord (150)* – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Spells: Soulpike 1 x Vampire Lord (150)* – Spells: Spirit Gale 1 x Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480)** – Deathlance – Artefacts: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Spells: Vile Transference
BATTLELINE 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)** – Standard Bearer – Skeleton Champion 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)** – Skeleton Champion – Standard Bearer
OTHER 5 x Blood Knights (230)** – Kastellan – Standard Bearer 5 x Blood Knights (230)** – Kastellan – Standard Bearer
Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Barren Icescape – Triumphs: inspired
Leaders Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (480) – General – Deathlance – Command Trait: Doomed Minions – Artefact: Cloak of Mists and Shadows – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (410)* – Lore of the Deathmages: Waste Away Vampire Lord (150)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)* 10 x Dire Wolves (150)* 20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)*
Units 10 x Blood Knights (460)* – Reinforced x 1 1 x Corpse Cart (90)* – lodestone
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin – Army Subfaction: Dhom-Hain – Grand Strategy: Dominion of the Deep Ones
LEADER 1 x Isharann Tidecaster (130)* – General – Command Traits: Teachings of the Túrscoll – Artefacts: Brain Barnacles – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Knight-Arcanum (100)* 1 x Akhelian Thrallmaster (100)** 1 x Eidolon of Mathlann Aspect of the Sea (310)** – Spells: Arcane Corrasion 1 x Lotann (110)**
BATTLELINE 20 x Namarti Thralls (110)** 20 x Namarti Thralls (110)** 10 x Namarti Thralls (110)**
BEHEMOTH 1 x Akhelian Leviadon (400)** – Mount Traits: Reverberating Carapace
TERRAIN 1 x Gloomtide Shipwreck (0)
OTHER 1 x Akhelian Allopexes (150)** – Razorshell Harpoon Launcher – Barbed Hooks and Blades 1 x Akhelian Allopexes (150)** – Razorshell Harpoon Launcher – Barbed Hooks and Blades
Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Army Subfaction: Blessed Sons – Grand Strategy: Blessed Desecration – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Great Unclean One (430)* – General – Command Traits: Nurgling Infestation – Bilesword and Bileblade – Artefacts: The Witherstave – Spells: Fleshy Abundance 1 x Sloppity Bilepiper (120)* 1 x Lord of Plagues (140)** 1 x Bloab Rotspawned (310)** – Spells: Blades of Putrefaction
BATTLELINE 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* – Plagueridden – Icon Bearer – Piper 10 x Plaguebearers (120)* – Plagueridden – Icon Bearer – Piper 10 x Putrid Blightkings (230)** – Blightlord – 2 x Icon Bearer – 2 x Sonorous Tocsin Bearer
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TERRAIN 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
OTHER 2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (240)** – Dolorous Tocsin
Roland Rivera: A Nurgle list with a reinforced unit of Putrid Blightkings is certainly something you don’t see every day, but Erik was able to pilot it to a very strong result. While getting all of your models into combat will be tricky due to their 40mm bases and 1″ reach, make no mistake – 41 Wounds on a 4+ save and a 5+ Ward do not go down easy, and thus make for quite the anchor in the middle. The list’s Lord of Plagues can also give them a bit of extra utility in the way of a short-range shooting attack.
These Blightkings are complemented by 2 units of Plaguebearers (which will doubtless be using the Sloppity Bilepiper’s ability to shut down pile-ins to great effect), a unit of Pusgoyle Blightlords as a mobile pinning piece, and the combination of Bloab Rotspawned and a Great Unclean One with the Witherstave as Hero Monster muscle.
While unconventional in its approach, there’s no denying that this list is tough as nails, and the difference in output between Blightkings and the more standard Plaguebearer-heavy lists may catch some of its opponents off guard. Sometimes the element of surprise is all you need.
This is the top three AoS lists for the Battle Of The Bend 2023 that took place in the US on the 11th and 12th of November. It saw 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
With the tournament having 20 or less players we won’t be commenting on individual lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Lauka Vai (300)* – Spells: Vile Transference Gorslav the Gravekeeper (140)* – General – Command Traits: Spoor Trackers – Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery Vampire Lord (150)** – Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE Deadwalker Zombies (300)* Deadwalker Zombies (300)* Deadwalker Zombies (150)** Dire Wolves (150)** – Doom Wolf Deathrattle Skeletons (220)** – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer
OTHER Corpse Cart (90)* – Corpse Lash – Unholy Lodestone Fell Bats (90)** Myrmourn Banshees (90)**
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Greatfray: Darkwalkers – Grand Strategy: Desecrating Brayherd – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Shaman (120)* – General – Command Trait: Slakefray Reveller – Artefact: The Knowing Eye – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)* – Allies Grashrak Fellhoof (180)* – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Tendrils of Atrophy Great Bray-Shaman (100)** – Artefact: Brayblast Trumpet – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
Battleline 10 x Ungors (80)* – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (80)* – Mauls & Half-Shields 10 x Ungors (80) – Mauls & Half-Shields
Units 6 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch (420) – Reinforced x 1 10 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)** 10 x Beasts of Chaos Tzaangors (170)** 3 x Bullgors (210)** – Pairs of Axes 5 x Grashrak’s Despoilers (0)
Army Faction: Kharadron Overlords – Army Subfaction: Barak-Mhornar – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumphs: Inspired – Stick To The Code (Amendments): Trust To Your Guns – Stick To The Code (Artycles): Honour is Everything – Stick To The Code (Footnotes): Without Our Ships, We Are Naught
LEADER 1 x Arkanaut Admiral (140)* – General – Command Traits: Ex-Grundstok 1 x Aether-Khemist (100)* – Artefacts: Spell in a Bottle soulscrram bridge 1 x Aether-Khemist (100)*
BATTLELINE 15 x Grundstok Thunderers (160)* – Honour Bearer – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper 15 x Grundstok Thunderers (160)* – Honour Bearer – Gunnery Sergeant – 3 x Grundstok Mortar – 3 x Aethercannon – 3 x Aetheric Fumigator – 3 x Decksweeper 1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Sky Cannon
BEHEMOTH 1 x Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Great Volley Cannon – The Admiral’s Flagship: The Admiral’s Flagship – Great Endrinworks: Prudency Chutes
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1970/2000)
Final Tournament Placings
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This is the top three AoS lists for the Sugar & Dice Annual AoS Tournament that took place in the US on the 21st and 22nd of October. It saw 16 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Nighthaunt – Army Subfaction: The Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Lady Olynder (270) – Spells: Spirit Drain 1 x Guardian of Souls (150)* – Chill Blade – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Guardian of Souls (150)* – Chill Blade – Artefacts: Midnight Tome – Spells: Shademist 1 x Krulghast Cruciator (150)** – General – Command Traits: Terrifying Entity 1 x Krulghast Cruciator (150)** – General – Command Traits: Terrifying Entity
BATTLELINE 10 x Chainrasps (100) 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)** 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)** 10 x Bladegheist Revenants (160)** 5 x Hexwraiths (170)**
BEHEMOTH 1 x Black Coach (270)** – Reaper Scythe
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Mortalis Terminexus (80)
OTHER 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90) 4 x Myrmourn Banshees (90)**
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Vyrkos – Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Belladamma Volga (220)* – Artefacts of Power: Ulfenkarni Phylactery – Spells: Spirit Gale Vampire Lord (150)* – Spells: Soulpike Necromancer (100)* – Artefacts of Power: Terminus Clock – Spells: Fading Vigour Radukar the Beast (290)** – General – Command Traits: Hunter’s Snare Vampire Lord (150)** – Spells: Hoarfrost Torgillius the Chamberlain (180)** – Artefacts of Power: Standard of the Ulfenwatch – Spells: Waste Away
BATTLELINE Deathrattle Skeletons (220) – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer Deathrattle Skeletons (220) – Skeleton Champion – 2 x Standard Bearer Dire Wolves (150) – Doom Wolf
OTHER Grave Guard (160)* – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Seneschal – Great Wight Blade Grave Guard (160)** – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Seneschal – Great Wight Blade
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes – Mawtribe: None – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Ready for Plunder – Triumphs:
LEADERS Butcher (140) – Cleaver – Lore of Gutmagic: Blood Feast Firebelly (120) – Lore of the Sun-Eater: Billowing Ash Slaughtermaster (140) – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Tyrant (150) – General – Command Trait: Killer Reputation – Artefact: Splatter-cleaver
UNITS 8 x Ironguts (480) 4 x Ironguts (240) 4 x Ironguts (240) 6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)** – Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades 6 x Ogor Gluttons (240)** – Paired Ogor Clubs or Bluntblades
CORE BATTALIONS *Andtorian Acolytes **Wizard-Finders of Andtor
TOTAL: 1990/2000
Army Faction: Skaven – Grand Strategy: Arch-corruptors of the Mortal Realms – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Grey Seer (120)* – Spells: Death Frenzy Grey Seer (120)* – Spells: Hoarfrost Lord Skreech Verminking (370)** Plague Priest (100)*** – Prayers: Heal Plague Priest On Plague Furnace (270)*** – General – Command Traits: Devious Adversary – Artefacts of Power: Blade of Corruption – Prayers: Disease-disease! Skabbik Plagueseeker (140)***
This is the top three AoS lists for Tetsworth’s War And Treachery that took place in the UK on the 28th and 29th of October. It saw 20 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
Because the tournament has 20 or less players we won’t be commenting on the lists.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Lumineth Realm-lords – Subfaction: Zaitrec – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Scinari Enlightener (170)* – General – Command Traits: Loremaster – Artefacts of Power: Rune of Senthoi- Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Overwhelming Heat, Protection of Hysh, Speed of Hysh Scinari Cathallar (120)* – Spells: Hoarfrost, Total Eclipse Ellania and Ellathor (190)** – Spells: Etheral Blessings, Overwhelming Heat The Light of Eltharion (230)** Sevireth (270)** Knight-Venator (140)***
BATTLELINE Vanari Dawnriders (120) – Steedmaster – Standard Bearer – Spells: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh Vanari Auralan Wardens (150)** – High Warden – Spells: Solar Flare, Total Eclipse Vanari Bladelords (240)*** – Bladelord Seneschal Vanari Bladelords (240)*** – Bladelord Seneschal
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Hyshian Twinstones (30) 1 x Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws (70) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TERRAIN 1 x Shrine Luminor (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Andtorian Acolytes **Warlord ***Wizard-finders of Andtor
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Pretenders – Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Glutos Orscollion (480)* – Spells: Born of Damnation 1 x Contorted Epitome (230)* – General – Command Traits: Strength of Godhood – Artefacts: The Crown of Dark Secrets – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Lord of Pain (140)*
BATTLELINE 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)* 11 x Blissbarb Archers (170)* 5 x Seekers (140)*
OTHER 5 x Blissbarb Seekers (220) 5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)* 5 x Slickblade Seekers (220)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords – Army Type: Legion of Night – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Vengorian Lord (300)* – Artefacts: Shard of Night – Spells: Vile Transference 1 x Mannfred Von Carstein (400)** – Spells: Waste Away 1 x Necromancer (100)** – Artefacts: Morbheg’s Claw – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Vampire Lord (150)** – General – Command Traits: Unbending Will – Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE 3 x Fell Bats (90) 3 x Fell Bats (90) 3 x Fell Bats (90) 40 x Deadwalker Zombies (300)**
BEHEMOTH 1 x Terrorgheist (240)* 1 x Terrorgheist (240)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Linebreaker **Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Subfaction: Knights of the Empty Throne – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Chaos Lord on Manticore (240)* – General – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Command Traits: Death Dealer – Chaos Runeshield – Daemon Blade – Artefacts of Power: Helm of the Oppressor Chaos Lord on Karkadrak (180)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
BATTLELINE Varanguard (560)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 6 x Fellspear Chaos Knights (440)* – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Doom Knight – Hornblower – Cursed Lance – 2 x Standard Bearer – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon Varanguard (560)* – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – 6 x Fellspear
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Roland Rivera: At first look, this looks like your bog standard Empty Throne list – lots of Varanguard for hammering things off the table, an anvil of Knights up the middle to pin the opponent down and do some damage in the process, and Heroes to support those two units. However, this one has a very spicy curveball in that it’s not running any magic, which is a typical staple of Slaves to Darkness. Instead, this list is suiting up with a rarely-seen Hero Monster in a Chaos Lord on Manticore, which brings something most of these lists lack – a durable source of Roar.
Speaking of that Manticore Lord, the pilot made some choices inclined towards its staying power in combat by marking it Nurgle, choosing the Daemon Blade (for mortal wound output in melee) and Chaos Runeshield (for a 3+ save and a 5+ Ward v. mortal wounds), and giving it Death Dealer for a once-per-game boost in output. I personally question giving that to the Manticore Lord over the Karkadrak Lord (which is a naturally punchier unit, made even more so by being marked Khorne over Nurgle), but I’m sure there was a reason behind this decision.
All in all, this is an interesting twist on a classic Slaves to Darkness list. I’m not sure it’s a better approach that using magic to buff your units up, but it certainly stands out more on the tabletop.
