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.
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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.
This is the top three AoS lists for the King Cheese GT that took place in the US on the 23rd and 24th of September. It involved 24 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament. Spoiler, Skaven didn’t win.
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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Befouling Host – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Be’lakor (340) The Glottkin (580)* – Spells: Rancid Visitations Horticulous Slimux (200)** – General
BATTLELINE Plaguebearers (360)* – Plagueridden – 3 x Icon Bearer – 3 x Piper Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)** Beasts of Nurgle (100)**
OTHER Nurglings (100)*
TERRAIN 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0) 1 x Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
Roland Rivera: It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Glottkin Nurgle list take top spot at a tournament. The units in this list are fresh off the back of receiving some points cuts, which have allowed it to pack in more bodies to great effect.
We’ll start with the 30-man blob of Plaguebearers, which are likely the Glottkin’s most common Blightkrieg partner. Because this list is in Befouling Host with a Daemon General and Horticulous Slimux, it likely racks up the contagion points needed to summon a Sloppity Bilepiper quickly, and that can combine with 30 PBs to form a wall that can anchor enemies in place and let you grind them to dust, or simply outscore them. It also has Horticulous Slimux and a cadre of Beasts of Nurgle to engage on multiple fronts and spread lots of mortal wounds and disease points around. The Glottkin themselves are a versatile presence, capable of providing damage, durability, a mobility boost, or spellcasting support as appropriate.
The controlling bent to this list is also bolstered by the presence of Be’lakor, which can put your opponent’s best unit on ice for an entire turn cycle, and some Nurglings provide a deepstriking annoyance that can help your contagion point generation. This list will likely be playing some long rounds, but there’s just something deeply satisfying about taking your opponent’s options away and watching them flail helplessly as your victory point lead grows to an insurmountable extent.
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Army Faction: Slaves to Darkness – Army Subfaction: Cabalists – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord (120)* – Spells: Hoarfrost, Spite-tongue Curse – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 1 x Chaos Lord (110)* – General – Command Traits: Shaman of the Chilled Lands – Reaperblade and Daemonbound Steel – Spells: Chaotic Conduit – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 1 x Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore (240)** – Spells: Daemonic Speed, Flaming Weapon – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 1 x Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (150)** – Wings – Daemonic Axe – Spells: Binding Damnation – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle – Artefacts: The Conqueror’s Crown
BATTLELINE 10 x Chaos Knights (220)** – Doom Knight – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Cursed Lance – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 20 x Chaos Warriors (360)** – Aspiring Champion – Standard Bearer – Hornblower – Ensorcelled Halberd – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle 9 x The Unmade (80)**
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
OTHER 10 x Chaos Chosen (460)** – Exalted Champion – Icon Bearer – Skull Drummer – Ensorcelled Banner: The Eroding Icon – Mark of Chaos: Nurgle
Roland Rivera: In 2nd place, we have Christopher Johnson’s somewhat unusual Cabalists list. It eschews some of the classic staples of the subfaction (such as Varanguard), runs more Heroes than what we’re used to seeing in Slaves to Darkness lists, and forsakes mark versatility to feature Nurgle on all of its reinforced units. The combination of Nurgle Warriors and Nurgle Knights make for a very durable center, and while Nurgle Chosen are slow, they can still be quite potent offensively.
This list features some unusual Hero choices in the Chaos Sorcerer Lord on Manticore and the much-maligned Daemon Prince. A Nurgle Prince with Wings has its uses, though, as he is a fast-moving, durable utility piece that can turn off Wards and make enemy units strike last. The Sorcerer Lord on Manticore also features a potent horde-thinning spell, which can combine with this list’s sheer bulk on objectives to give you the edge in scoring.
The list is rounded out by the usual suspects in a Chaos Lord as a durable General that can cast Blizzard, the mandatory Sorcerer for his potent combat buffs, and some Cultists to pressure objectives. All in all, it’s refreshing to see some nontraditional lists like this doing well, as it indicates that the recent Battlescroll changes have both improved Slaves to Darkness’ overall positioning as well as its internal balance.
Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (380) Mortisan Ossifector (120)* – Artefacts of Power: Gothizzar Cartouche – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Mortisan Soulreaper (110)* – General – Command Traits: Diversionary Tactics – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Katakros (500)**
Walter Brock: Hello. We will be looking at my list that went 4-1. With the balance changes to OBR, some things had to change with the points increases and change to Immortis/Stalker healing.
Starting off, we have Null Myriad. It continues to be as powerful as before, blocking powerful spells and letting Bonereapers continue their march forwards. It is important to note that Katakros does not benefit from Null Myriad since he has the Mortis Praetorians keyword.
Overshadow is a different choice from the usual spellcasting savant. We will go more into this later, but where spellcasting savant is a “protect the King” kind of play style. Overshadow lets you be a bit more aggressive with your pieces since you won’t need to be protecting the general all the time.
Going into the units. We start off with the Power Duo of Katakros and Arkhan. We have seen this combination many times before and probably still will. They complement each other very well and keep the rest of the list running at maximum efficiency. From Katakros’s Massive +1 to hit and save aura. Free commands one per turn. A body that hits incredibly hard when near enemy heroes. To Arkhan Having three casts and unbinds with +2 for each. It is an incredibly tough model that is very fast. They each cover each other weaknesses and improve each other strengths. But I could talk about these two all day if allowed, so we are going to move on.
The Ossifector here is the General. Taking diversionary tactics. A powerful 12-inch aura of -3 to charge. Diversionary tactics can make things very difficult for an opponent. Turning 3-inch charges into 6-inch charges alone can make units fail charges that were otherwise guaranteed. For the artifact, the Ossifector has the Cartouche. A 9-inch aura of +1 to wound for friendly Bonereaper unit wholly within range. This will make most units in the Army hit and wound on 2s when combined with Katakros’s Aura. Lastly is blizzard. With the balance update making it so units can not bodyguard the mortal wounds from rolling 1s on the blizzard rolls. Spell casting Savant became less appealing. No one wants to cast Blizzard and then watch the Grandstrat just go poof.
The Reaper was mostly chosen because it was the cheapest option, but it proved to be a very affective piece. Firstly, we took blizzard on the little guy. Two blizzards in the list might seem like overkill, but there’s a purpose. If the first model dies to casting blizzard. We have a second to fall back on. It also hits hard. You can easily get it up to 5 attacks, hitting and wounding on 2s with Katakros and the Ossifector and rend 3 with bludgeon.
Two units of three Immortis as opposed to one large unit of six. With the healing update it became harder to revive several Immortis guard. Splitting the units up allows for potentially reviving more Immortis. These are mostly delegated to bodyguard duty and letting the Heros do most of the work, but they can hit hard when called upon.
A single unit of Deathriders. Fast, can screen, and gives access to an easy battle tactic. These are like a Swiss army knife of units. They have an application for any situation.
The Harvester is the odd one out. No Mortek for it to bring back in the list. It has two purposes here. First is it hits REALLY hard. With bludgeon, The Ossifector and Drain Vitality it can get to an effective Rend 5. Add in hitting and wounding on 2s and Exploding 5s to hit (Empower Nadirite Weapons). Theres not much that can survive the onslaught from this thing. Its also a Monster so it can do all those monstrous actions for added utility. The battle tactic it opens becomes possible very possible once you take all the buffs into account. The second reason we take this. Is to heal extra damage left over on units. The healing Abilities from Katakros and Arkhan can only bring back models when the rest of the unit is at full health. The Harvester helps heal the Deathriders and Immortis models back to full health.
The Shrieker. Honestly in my opinion. Almost every OBR list should use this thing if possible. There are a lot of 5+ wards in the game currently. Reducing a 5+ to a 6+ helps a lot at getting the high-quality attacks Bonereapers have get through. Turning off Inspiring presence and rally can change some matchups drastically.
The Gravetide. This has one purpose and one purpose only. Kill hordes. When combined with the Shrieker this endless spell can be devastating. Rolling over Horde units and killing large chunks of them, while the Shrieker stops Inspiring Presence and make even more flee.
Most of This list fits inside a battle regiment except for Arkhan and the two small foot heros.
The foot Heros sit inside of the Acolytes detachment from the Current GHB. Helping to cast important key spells. Or help stop key spells the opponent wants to get off.
All of this ends up with four separate drops.
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Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Army Subfaction: Heartwood – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADER 1 x Warsong Revenant (300) – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Spells: Treesong, Verdant Blessing 1 x Treelord Ancient (330) – Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing 1 x Spirit of Durthu (350) – Artefacts: Greenwood Gladius
BATTLELINE 5 x Tree-Revenants (110) 6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (220) 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)
BEHEMOTH 1 x Treelord (230)
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
TOTAL POINTS: (1940/2000)
Danny Wadeson: There’s a sense that Sylvaneth are kinda ‘figured out’ at this point – and y’know, is that such a bad thing? In the words of Radiohead, ‘no alarms and no surprises please’. But what we have here is actually a nice balance that you don’t usually see of two big hero trees and a normal Treelord – who are perennially useful for their anti-pile in tech – and a good solid choice of battleline.
Tree-revs were always good for their teleporty shenanigans and their stonks have only gone up this season due to the battle tactic ‘surround and destroy’. The fact it requires you to pick units that are already on the board makes them perfect for it, given they can then zoom off to a board edge. The following turn they’ll also contribute nicely to ‘intimidate the invaders’. Meanwhile, you have good ol’ Durthu and 6 swords tree-pathing around with the help of Spellswarm Hive putting the pressure on. It’s just a solid, compact and elite list that scores well.
It beat out some decent, tanky, and tricksy opponents, which says a lot about the tools of the list. It’s good to see the tree-peeps hanging on in there this season without any appalling jank.
This is the top three AoS lists for the Irish Grand Tournament that took place in Ireland on the 16th and 17th of September. It involved 23 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Subfaction: Winterleaf – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADERS Alarielle the Everqueen (820) – Spells: Verdant Blessing Branchwych (110)* – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Artefacts of Power: Seed of Rebirth – Spells: The Dwellers Below, Verdant Blessing The Lady of Vines (250)* – Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing
UNITS 20 x Blood Warriors (380)** – Goreaxes – 2x Goreglaives – Reinforced x 1 10 x Bloodreavers (80)* – Meatripper Axes 10 x Bloodreavers (80)* – Meatripper Axes 10 x Bloodreavers (80) – Meatripper Axes 5 x Flesh Hounds (100) 10 x Wrathmongers (280)** – Reinforced x 1 5 x Wrathmongers (140) 5 x Wrathmongers (140) Wrath-Axe (70)
CORE BATTALIONS *Warlord **Wizard-Finders of Andtor
ENDLESS SPELLS & INNVOCATIONS Prayer
Total: 1990 / 2000
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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Godseekers – Grand Strategy: Glutton for Depravity – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Glutos Orscollion (480)* – General – Spells: Paths of the Dark Prince Infernal Enrapturess (120)* – Artefacts of Power: Threnody Voicebox The Masque (150)**
This is the top three AoS lists for the CCBB2023 – Age Of Sigmar Championship that took place in the Canada on the 19th and 20th of August. It involved 38 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Inspired
Army Faction: Nighthaunt – Subfaction: The Scarlet Doom – Grand Strategy: A Soul to Claim – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Guardian of Souls (150)* – General – Command Traits: Lingering Spirit – Chill Blade – Artefacts of Power: Midnight Tome – Spells: Merciless Blizzard Lady Olynder (310)* – Spells: Seal of Shyish
This is the top three AoS lists for Loremaster #2 that took place in Canada on the 26th and 27th of July. It involved 34 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Army Subfaction: Gnarlroot – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADER 1 x Drycha Hamadreth (320) – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Regrowth 1 x The Lady of Vines (250)* – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Verdurous Harmony 1 x Warsong Revenant (300)* – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Artefacts: The Vesperal Gem – Spells: Verdant Blessing, Treesong
BATTLELINE 10 x Dryads (100)* 10 x Dryads (100)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
BEHEMOTH 1 x Treelord (230)*
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)
OTHER 6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords – Subfaction: Legion of Blood – Grand Strategy: Lust for Domination – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Vampire Lord (140)* – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost – Aspect of the Champion: Tunnel Master Neferata, Mortarch of Blood (400)* – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (460) – Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference – Command Trait: doomed minions – Artefact: Amulet of Screams
UNITS 1 x Corpse Cart (80)* – Balefire Brazier 20 x Grave Guard (300)* – Wight Blades & Crypt Shields 60 x Deadwalker Zombies (360)* 10 x skeletons (100)* 10 x skeletons (100)*
Army Faction: Idoneth Deepkin – Army Subfaction: Ionrach – Grand Strategy: The Creeping Gloomtide – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Akhelian King (240)* – General – Command Traits: Unstoppable Fury – Bladed Polearm and Falchion – Artefacts: Potion of Hateful Frenzy – Mount Traits: Voidchill Darkness 1 x Isharann Tidecaster (140)* – Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Volturnos (250)*
BATTLELINE 3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (170)* – Lochian Prince – Standard Bearer – Musician 3 x Akhelian Ishlaen Guard (170)* – Lochian Prince – Standard Bearer – Musician 6 x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard (170)* – Standard Bearer – Lochian Prince – Musician 10 x Namarti Thralls (120)* – Icon Bearer 10 x Namarti Thralls (120)* – Icon Bearer
BEHEMOTH 1 x Akhelian Leviadon (430)*
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)
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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch – Change Coven: Guild of Summoners – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS Be’Lakor, the Dark Master (340)** – Allies Kairos Fateweaver (440)* Ogroid Thaumaturge (170)** – Artefact: Timeslip Pendant – Lore of Fate: Shield of Fate – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch (200)** – General – Command Trait: Arcane Sacrifice – Lore of Fate: Arcane Suggestion – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost
UNITS 10 x Chaos Chosen (480)* – Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7 x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3 x Cursed Glaives
This is the top three AoS lists for the Book Of Grudges that took place in England on the 29th and 30th of July. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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– Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Grand Strategy: Corrupt arcane nexus – Triumph bloodthirsty – Subfaction: Befouling Host
LEADERS Morbidex Twiceborn (300) The Glottkin (600) – Spells: Plague Squall Bloab Rotspawned (330) – Spells: Gift of Disease Orghotts Daemonspew (320)* Lord of Blights (140)* – General – Command Traits: Grandfather’s Blessing – Artefacts of Power: Rustfang
BATTLELINE Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)* Beasts of Nurgle (100)*
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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Army Faction: Sons of Behemat – Army Type: Breaker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Make the Land Tremble! – Triumph: Inspired – Fierce Loathings: Idiots with Flags
LEADERS Gatebreaker (500)* – General – Command Traits: Extremely Bitter (Bossy Pants and Clever Clogs) Gatebreaker (500)* – Nullstone Adornments: Hand-carved Nullstone Icon Gatebreaker (500)** – Artefacts of Power: Amberbone Totem Gatebreaker (500)** – Artefacts of Power: Vial of Manticore Venom
CORE BATTALIONS *Bosses of the Stomp **Bosses of the Stomp
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
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Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Army Subfaction: Heartwood – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADER 1 x Arch-Revenant (120)* 1 x Warsong Revenant (300)* – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Artefacts: The Vesperal Gem – Spells: Verdurous Harmony, Hoarfrost, Verdant Blessing 1 x Celestant-Prime (330)*
BATTLELINE 3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230) – Huntmaster 3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230) – Huntmaster 3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230) – Huntmaster 6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatswords (440)* – Huntmaster
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Awakened Wyldwood (0)
OTHER 5 x Spite-Revenants (80)* – Shadestalker
CORE BATTALIONS: *Warlord
TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)
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Army Faction: Hedonites of Slaanesh – Army Type: Godseekers – Grand Strategy: Selfish Desire – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Lord of Pain (140)* Sigvald (200)* Contorted Epitome (210)* – Spells: Hoarfrost Keeper of Secrets (400)** – General – Command Traits: Speed-chaser – Shining Aegis – Artefacts of Power: Girdle of the Realm-racer – Spells: Paths of the Dark Prince
This is the top three AoS lists for the Threshold Invitational that took place in the Netherlands on the 15th and 16th of July. It involved 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch – Change Coven: Hosts Arcanum – Grand Strategy: Master of Destiny – Triumphs:
Leaders Magister (140)** – General – Command Trait: Cult Demagogue – Lore of Primal Frost: Hoarfrost Gaunt Summoner of Tzeentch (230)** – Artefact: Nine-Eyed Tome – Lore of Primal Frost: Merciless Blizzard – Knows Lore of Fate Kairos Fateweaver (440)* – Knows Lore of Change
Battleline 10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (260)* – Split and split again 10 x Pink Horrors of Tzeentch (260)* – Split and split again 10 x Kairic Acolytes (120)* – 7x Cursed Blade & Arcanite Shield – 3x Cursed Glaives
Units 6 x Tzaangor Enlightened on Disc (360)* – Reinforced x 1
Endless Spells & Invocations Burning Sigil of Tzeentch (70) Tome of Eyes (40) Umbral Spellportal (80)
Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords – Sky Port: Barak Urbaz – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumphs:
Kharadron Code – Artycle: Settle The Grudges – Artycle: Honour is Everything – Amendment: Prosecute Wars With All Haste – Footnote: Without Ships We Are Naught
Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Army Subfaction: Heartwood – Grand strategy: Overshadow – Triumph: Inspired – Season of War: The Reaping
LEADER 1 x Arch-Revenant (120)* – General – Command Traits: Warsinger – Artefacts: Arcane Tome – Spells: Verdant Blessing 1 x Battlemage (100)* – Magic of the Realms: Wildform (Ghur) 1 x Alarielle the Everqueen (820)* – Spells: Verdant Blessing
BATTLELINE 6 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (460)* – Huntmaster 3 x Kurnoth Hunters with Kurnoth Greatbows (230)* – Huntmaster 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)* – Scion – Glade Banner Bearer – Waypipes – Protector Glaive 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)* – Scion – Glade Banner Bearer – Waypipes – Protector Glaive
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Spiteswarm Hive (40)
CORE BATTALIONS: *Battle Regiment
Drops: 1
TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)
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Allegiance: Seraphon – Constellation: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Realmshaper Guardians – Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders Lord Kroak (410)* – Spell: Drain Magic Slann Starmaster (275)* – General – Command Trait: Higher State of Consciousness – Spell: Comet’s Call Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)* – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) Gotrek Gurnisson (480)* – Allies
Battleline 10 x Saurus Warriors (180)* – Clubs 5 x Saurus Guard (140)* 5 x Saurus Guard (140)* 10 x Skinks (90)* – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (90) – Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
Endless Spells & Invocations Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50)
This is the top three AoS lists for Slaughter in the Sun that took place in the UK on the 22nd and 23rd of July. It involved 12 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
As this event had less than 20 players attending there won’t be any list comments here as the guys will be concentrating on the larger events of the week.
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
LEADERS Mortisan Boneshaper (140)* – Spells: Hoarfrost Mortisan Ossifector (120)* – General – Command Traits: Aura of Sterility – Artefacts of Power: Gothizzar Cartouche – Spells: Empower Nadirite Weapons Arkhan the Black (380)*
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Nightmare Predator (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000
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Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz – Subfaction: Jaws of Mork – Grand Strategy: Chasing the Moon – Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS Grinkrak the Great (220)* Squigboss (110)* – General – Command Traits: The Clammy Hand Skragrott, the Loonking (230)* Madcap Shaman (70)** – Artefacts of Power: Moonface Mommet – Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE Boingrot Bounderz (300)* – Bounder Boss Squig Herd (420)* Moonclan Stabbas (240)* – Moonclan Boss – Stabba – 2 x Bad Moon Icon Bearer – 2 x Gong Basher – 2 x 3 Barbed Nets
This is the top three AoS lists for Champion of Black Oil 3 that took place in Czechia on the 15th and 16th of July. It involved 24 players vying to be champion.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Army Faction: Sylvaneth – Subfaction: Gnarlroot – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumph: Bloodthirsty – Seasons of War: The Dwindling
LEADERS Treelord Ancient (330)* – Artefacts of Power: Luneth’s Lamp – Spells: Treesong, Verdant Blessing Drycha Hamadreth (320)** – Spells: Regrowth, Verdant Blessing Spirit of Durthu (350)** – Artefacts of Power: Greenwood Gladius Warsong Revenant (300)** – General – Command Traits: Spellsinger – Spells: Hoarfrost, Verdant Blessing Celestant-Prime (330)**
This list by Lukas Plagat shows a core combination you’ll be likely to see popping up often for Sylvaneth in Andtor. Gnarlroot for 3d6 + drop lowest casting/unbinding, Dwindling for a re-roll cast/dispel/unbind and a Warsong treesinger general with the Spellcasting Savant Grand Strategy who will sit in the corner and stay alive to achieve a GS with the sole condition of “keep your lynchpin alive”, you’re doing it anyway.
Lukas has gone for a min battleline approach, with the return of the double tree-rev unit to achieve battle tactics like surround and destroy, spreading to the sides easily. The meat (or veggies in the Sylvaneth case) of the list is found in the heroes though, the Warsong Revenenant creating mortal wound output while Durthu acts as the primary strike and fade unit, comprising a majority of the list’s damage. The Treelord Ancient creates a tree anywhere, allowing the warsong to be active from turn one, and adding an additional caster and solidly tanky objective holder. Drycha acts as supporting shooting and a back up objective holder and finally the allied tag team partner of the Celestant Prime sits in space until a key time comes to deal a whole bucketload of mortals in concert with the Sylvaneth casting and to add an additional fighting body/objective scorer. Very versatile listbuilding with damage, casting and battle tactic scoring capacity. Everything you’ll need on the new season.
One additional PS note in this list is the inclusion of Luneth’s lamp, a great anti-meta piece which allows better endless spell dispelling alongside some measure of counterplay with priests, incredibly well thought out inclusion by Lukas.
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Kruleboyz – Subfaction: Grinnin’ Blades – Grand Strategy: Waaagh!
LEADERS Gobsprakk (240) Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (120) – General – Command Traits: Supa Sneaky – Artefacts of Power: Amulet of Destiny Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Spells: Choking Mist Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Spells: Sneaky Miasma Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)** – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (290)***
The legend that is Pete Atkinson of Plastic Craic joins us again for some commentary this week on his favourite Grand Alliance – Destruction. Check out his site ya dogs!
From earliest Age of Sigmar, there have been two approaches to Battleline: build it up, or treat it as a tax. Some of the powerhouses of 1st Edition, notably Kunnin Rukk and Oops All Witch Aelves, were armies that were blessed with chaff that did their own heavy lifting, so instead of difficult list choices you had those bodies and wounds doing work for you. All killer, no filler.
As the game has developed, the net has been cast wider and wider for what a Battleline unit can be, culminating in the mighty Mega-Gargant; well Kruleboyz take us right back full circle to those hard choices. You can either lean into the Gutrippaz, which means tipping resources you can barely afford into reinforcing them and giving them the buffs (because 10 standalone Gutrippaz will do sweet FA); or you can take the bare minimum and use them grudgingly as an inefficient screen.
GW seems to have recognized what a burden Gutrippaz are on the army, by allowing you to check out of taking three units and using some Hobgrots instead, who are at least a cheap screen. You’re still stuck taking two of them though, and as GW steadfastly refuses to drop their points to something more befitting their chaff-tier stats, Kruleboyz have been left stuck in perpetual Bin status.
Anyway. New Handbook, new raft of points drops, new opportunities? Giga Chad Pavel certainly saw his opportunity for legendary Killaboss status, and grabbed it with both hands. Taking an unapologetic “screw that” approach to his Battleline, Pavel has taken the absolute minimum Gutrippaz tax, and leaned heavily into the good units instead.
There comes a point where the Gnashtoof Boss is just too cheap to ignore, and 120 points seems to be the tipping point for a lot of people – I’ve seen him burst into a lot of lists these last couple of weeks. 12 points per wound with good mobility, a 3+ base save and respectable output is great value, and his warscroll ability heavily limits Battleshock exposure in a world of splash mortals and Geminids.
But he’s not the star of the show. That, my friends, would be Gobby: finally doing the work that this magnificent model deserves. Mork Sez No is terrorizing magic armies right now, with Screamin’ Mandrakk and Primal Magic Dice combining to push through those 10+ unbinds and punch out the revenge mortals. Gobsprakk been an absolute victim for years, and he deserves his moment to shine.
There’s a neat symmetry to the rest of the list: two Shammies and two Crocs buffing two reinforced units of Dakka Boiz early game, and then the Crocs stepping up when it comes to crunch time. You can set up two little shooty castles early on, each protected by its own little escort of Gutrippaz, as the maxed-out ranged damage segues into the climactic Waaagh turn of combat. And boy do those Crocs feel good in combat.
The early energy in Orruk circles is mostly around cherry picking the handful of good Kruleboyz units into Big Waaagh, with a Wurrgog Prophet and the vastly-superior Ironjawz Battleline to anchor the list, but Pavel has showed us that there’s life in proper Kruleboyz armies too. Grinnin’ Blades gives you a pretty effective shield against a lot of magic output, so I’ll be interested to see if this list style has sustained success in the Andtor Handbook. But that’s a question for another day – today, we toast Pavel’s success. Na zdravi!
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Army Faction: Seraphon – Army Type: Starborne – Army Subfaction: Fangs of Sotek – Grand Strategy: Spellcasting Savant – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER 1 x Saurus Astrolith Bearer (140)* 1 x Skink Starseer (150)* – Spells: Merciless Blizzard, Speed of Huanchi 1 x Slann Starmaster (275)* – General – Command Traits: Lord of Celestial Resonance – Artefacts: Spacefolder’s Stave – Spells: Comet’s Call, Hoarfrost 1 x Lord Kroak (410)**
BATTLELINE 5 x Saurus Guard (140)** – Saurus Guard Alpha – Icon Bearer – War-drummer 10 x Skinks (90)** – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter – Celestite Dagger and Star-buckler 10 x Skinks (90)** – Skink Alpha – Boltspitter and Moonstone Club 5 x Saurus Guard (140)** – Saurus Guard Alpha – Icon Bearer – War-drummer
ENDLESS SPELL 1 x Geminids of Uhl-Gysh (50) 1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)
Danny: Here we have a mostly archetypcal Starborne list, beaming directly onto the podium in these early days of the new season.
It’s got the dooble-forg and Starseer for mondo casting and star power points, allowing for tactical summoning to adapt to the board state. It’s got the Saurus Guard to bodyguard the fragile froggos, and some nice cheap skinks to, well, do stuff like standing on circles. It’s also got what is SO obviously going to become the meta-endless-spell, Geminids.
The final filth here is the inclusion of Gotrek, who does Gotrek things in a list/army that, otherwise, doesn’t have any real access to a proper anvil/hammer who can just yeet up the middle to screw with the opponent’s head. It’s a combo that makes sense, whether it’s in good taste or not…
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Army Faction: Orruk Warclans – Army Type: Big Waaagh! – Grand Strategy: Waaagh! – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
LEADER 1 x Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)* – General – Command Traits: Master of Magic – Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork 1 x Swampcalla Shaman and Pot-grot (100)* – Artefacts: Mork’s Eye Pebble – Spells: Merciless Blizzard 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat 1 x Orruk Warchanter (120)** – Warbeats: Killa Beat 1 x Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof (120)** – Mount Traits: Fast ’Un 1 x Wurrgog Prophet (170)*** – Artefacts: Glowin’ Tattooz – Spells: Hoarfrost
BATTLELINE 10 x Orruk Brutes (280)*** – Brute Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka – Boss Choppa – 2 x Gore-choppa 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**** 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)**** 5 x Orruk Ardboys (80)****
OTHER 6 x Man-skewer Boltboyz (240)** 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)*** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)**** – Gore-grunta Boss – Jagged Gore-hacka
Aaron Newbom. If you’re an Orruk Warclans player, you know his name as the first player to achieve 5-0 with Kruleboyz. Recently he’s been been a bit of a Traitor and started playing those wet Aelves, but even so, he’s more than qualified to talk about the good old Orruks.
Aaron Newbom: This is definitely a more mobile Big Waaagh list than you usually see, picking lots of small fights while plugging away with bolt Boyz and stacking up Waaagh until the brutes can close in and smash what’s left.
Having this many small mobile units let’s him play the mission really well and go very aggressive when he chooses too. An interesting build for sure.
This is the top three AoS lists for the At least WE tried AoS GT that took place in Germany on the 8th and 9th of July. It involved 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-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.
If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?
Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.
The Top Three AoS Lists
Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords – Sky Port: Barak Urbaz – Grand Strategy: Rule the Skies – Triumphs: Inspired
Kharadron Code – Artycle: Settle The Grudges – Additional artycle: Honour is Everything – Amendment: Trust to Your Guns – Footnote: Without Our Ships We Are Naught
Leaders Arkanaut Admiral (125)* – General – Command Trait: Ex-Grundstok – Aspect of the Champion: Leadership of the Alpha Aether-Khemist (80)* – Artefact: Spell in a Bottle Aether-Khemist (80)*
Battleline 10 x Arkanaut Company (100)* – 1x Skypikes – 1x Light Skyhooks – 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns 10 x Arkanaut Company (100)* – 1x Skypikes – 1x Light Skyhooks – 1x Aethermatic Volley Guns 15 x Grundstok Thunderers (405)* – 3x Aetheric Fumigators – 3x Decksweepers – 3x Aethercannons – 3x Grundstok Mortars – Reinforced x 2 15 x Grundstok Thunderers (405)* – 3x Aetheric Fumigators – 3x Decksweepers – 3x Aethercannons – 3x Grundstok Mortars – Reinforced x 2 1 x Grundstok Gunhauler (170)* – Main Gun: Sky Cannon
Behemoths Arkanaut Ironclad (500)* – Main Gun: Great Sky Cannon – Major Installation: The Last Word – The Admiral´s Flagship: Ironclad
Endless Spells & Invocations Spell in a Bottle: Soulscream Bridge (0)
Core Battalions *Battle Regiment
Total: 1965 / 2000
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Army Faction: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Subfaction: Null Myriad – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS Arkhan the Black (370) Katakros (440)* Mortisan Boneshaper (120)* – General – Command Traits: Show of Superiority – Artefacts of Power: Artisan’s Key – Spells: Reinforce Constructs – Aspects of the Champion: Tunnel Master
ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS 1 x Bone-tithe Shrieker (50) 1 x Soulstealer Carrion (40)
TERRAIN 1 x Bone-tithe Nexus (0)
CORE BATTALIONS *Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
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Allegiance: Sylvaneth – Glade: Winterleaf – Season of War: The Dwindling – Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Colin the Everqueen (820)** Spirit of Durthu (350)* – Artefact: Greenwood Gladius Branchwych (130)** – General – Command Trait: Spellsinger – Artefact: The Vesperal Gem – Lore of the Deepwood: Treesong – Aspect of the Champion: Fuelled by Ghurish Rage Battlemage (100)** – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Allies
Battleline 10 x Dryads (100)* 10 x Dryads (100)* 5 x Tree-Revenants (110)*
