We spend a lot of time and energy getting together the Top Three List for AoS, but I think sometimes its nice to talk about a certain book and see what people chose to use. This is especially fun for armies not often in the Top Three, and hopefully gives you an idea of what else is available.
I’ve already done Big Waaagh at Quest for Champions, and as I’ve just been to Warhammer World with Gloomspite Gitz, it seems a perfect opportunity to look at Gloomspite Gitz. The Gitz community had hoped for a book this year, but as that seems unlikely this information may be useful to Gitz players!
Top Git! – Roald Hansen – 26th Place – WLLWW
Game 1 vs Slyvaneth
Game 2 vs Maggotkin of Nurgle
Game 3 vs Fyreslayers
Game 4 vs Seraphon
Game 5 v Gloomspite Gitz
Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Option: Gloomspite Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance
– Triumphs: Indomitable
Leaders
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)***
– Lore of the Moonclans: The Hand of Gork
Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)***
– Moon-cutta
Madcap Shaman (80)***
– Artefact: Moonface Mommet
– Lore of the Moonclans: Squig Lure
Loonboss on Mangler Squigs (290)*
– General
– Command Trait: Spiteful Git
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Lore of the Moonclans: Itchy Nuisance
Battleline
20 x Shootas (140)*
20 x Shootas (140)*
36 x Squig Herd (480)**
– Reinforced x 2
Units
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*
– Allies
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (210)**
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (210)**
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (75)*
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Bounty Hunters
***Command Entourage – Magnificent
Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Total: 1980 / 2000
Roald took a mix of squigs with some Shootas to give extra Battleline units. His Loonboss on Mangler Squig is his general and it has some punch allowing Roald a good chance at the Battle Tactic ‘This One’s Mine’. Beating Seraphon, Slyvaneth and of course Gitz; Roald did it the hard way beating two of the good armies in the tournament scene.
2nd Git! – Declan Waters – 44th – LLWWL
Game 1 vs Maggotkin of Nurgle
Game 2 vs Sons of Behemat
Game 3 vs Seraphon
Game 4 vs Lumineth Realm-Lords
Game 5 v Gloomspite Gitz
Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Option: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Show of Dominance
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)
– General
– Moonclan Stabba
– Command Trait: Envoy of the Overbounder
– Artefact: Syari Screamersquig
Battleline
10 x Squig Hoppers (180)
10 x Squig Hoppers (180)
36 x Squig Herd (480)*
– Reinforced x 2
12 x Squig Herd (160)**
12 x Squig Herd (160)**
Units
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (210)*
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Boingrot Bounderz (210)*
– Reinforced x 1
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (75)
6 x Sneaky Snufflers (75)
1 x Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)
– Allies
Core Battalions
*Bounty Hunters
**Expert Conquerors
Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 150 / 400
Wounds: 242
Drops: 11
I’ll do short descriptions of each of my games, but beating Seraphon & LRL was certainly a good result especially with Kroak and Teclis present. Strangely the mass damage of the two super-casters didn’t do too much damage to the army, because there’s no small single link!
3rd Git – Matthew Ashworth – 54th – WWLLL
Game 1 vs Fyreslayers
Game 2 vs Nighthaunt
Game 3 vs Kruleboyz
Game 4 vs Slyvaneth
Game 5 vs Skaven
– Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Inspired
LEADERS
Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)
– Moon-cutta
Loonboss on Mangler Squigs (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Envoy of the Overbounder
– Artefacts of Power: Syari Screamersquig
BATTLELINE
Squig Herd (160)**
Squig Herd (160)**
Squig Herd (160)**
BEHEMOTH
Colossal Squig (325)*
Colossal Squig (325)*
OTHER
Boingrot Bounderz (210)***
Boingrot Bounderz (210)***
TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Linebreaker
**Expert Conquerors
***Bounty Hunters
TOTAL POINTS: 1950/2000
Matthew set Twitter & WhatsApp alight with 2 wins from 2, with his Colossal Squigs not seen in any of the other three lists. They may have let him down in the last three games though, as he couldn’t manage to sneak that mythical 3rd win for Gitz. He did it the hard way though, and no accusations of submarining would stick here.
4th Git – Stephen McMullen – 70th – LWLLL
Game 1 vs Slaves to Darkness
Game 2 vs Blades of Khorne
Game 3 vs Bonesplitterz
Game 4 vs Soulblight Gravelords
Game 5 vs Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Take What’s Theirs
– Triumph: Indomitable
LEADERS
Loonboss on Mangler Squigs (290)*
– General
– Command Traits: Fight Another Day
– Artefacts of Power: The Clammy Cowl
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)*
– Spells: Squig Lure
Fungoid Cave-Shaman (95)*
– Spells: The Hand of Gork
Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (110)**
– Moon-cutta
BATTLELINE
Squig Herd (320)*
Squig Hoppers (180)*
Squig Hoppers (180)*
BEHEMOTH
Mangler Squigs (275)*
OTHER
Sneaky Snufflers (75)*
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*
Boingrot Bounderz (210)**
TERRAIN
1 x Bad Moon Loonshrine (0)
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
**Vanguard
TOTAL POINTS: 1980/2000
Having had a reasonable day 1 by Gitz standards, Stephen was unfortunate to meet two Soulblight Gravelords and not managing to grab the second win. This army was interesting because of the 2 Mangler Squigs, not seen in the other lists, but he still has much of the units in the other lists.
Common Units
There’s a lot of Squigs here with big units of Squigs (36,36, & 24) being used in the three of the lists. We all took Boingrot Bounders, and three took the Ally – Marshcrawler Sloggoth (from Kruleboyz).
In 3 cases the Loonboss on Mangler Squig was the chosen as General, with only me breaking the pattern!
Conclusions!
With 8 wins from 4 players across 20 games we all struggled a little, but it’s always worth looking at this in perspective and to do that I turn to Honest Wargamer Stats:
It shows Gitz hovering below 40% (actually 37% in the overall stats – putting them last), and not bad meta-representation at 3% (putting them in the middle of the pack).
So with 8 wins between 4 of us (one in a mirror) we were pretty much spot on where we should have been – it’s a shame we didn’t do better, but given the number of stats now available – not surprising.
