This is the top three AoS lists forthe Wheat City Open 2024that took place in Canada on the 2nd and 3rd of March. It saw 28 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Slaughter of Sorcery

LEADERS
Bloodsecrator (120)*
– Artefacts of Power: Banner of Blood
Skarbrand (380)*
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Bloodbathed Axe
– Prayers: Bronzed Flesh, Killer Instinct
– Nullstone Adornments: Pouch of Nulldust
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (330)**
– General
– Command Traits: Firebrand
– Artefacts of Power: Halo of Blood
– Prayers: Heal, Killer Instinct
Slaughterpriest (110)**
– Hackblade and Wrath-hammer
– Prayers: Blood Sacrifice, Bronzed Flesh
Skarr Bloodwrath (110)**

BATTLELINE
Blood Warriors (380)*
– Blood Champion
– Goreaxe and Gorefist
– 2 x Icon Bearer
– 2 x Goreglaive
Flesh Hounds (100)**
Bloodreavers (80)**
– Blood Chieftain
– Icon Bearer
– Hornblower
– Meatripper Axe

OTHER
Furies (80)
Furies (80)

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Hexgorger Skulls (50)
1 x Wrath-Axe (70)

TERRAIN
1 x Skull Altar (0)

CORE BATTALIONS
*Warlord
**Warlord

TOTAL POINTS: 2000/2000

Roland Rivera: A Mortal-heavy Reapers of Vengeance list is not exactly a common sight, but such is the power of its effect of providing bonus Blood Tithe for slain enemy Heroes that you can make it work. The Hero lineup features most of the big hits: a Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury with Firebrand as a powerhouse to build your center around, Skarbrand as a steady and mostly independent hammer, multiple Priests to leverage the excellent prayer scripture and invocations, and Skarr Bloodwrath as a reusable source of Blood Tithe.

The troops themselves feature a mix of native Khorne troops and Allies from Slaves to Darkness: the reinforced blob of Blood Warriors will take and hold the middle, whereas the Flesh Hounds and Bloodreavers serve as cheap screens that can generate Blood Tithe on death. The Furies can also serve that role, but provide additional mobility to help pressure faraway objectives.

Khorne continues to be in a strong position, and this list is a good example of why this is the case: the combination of durability, reliability, and mobility makes it a powerful army in the hands of a skilled player.

Army Faction: Orruk Warclans
– Army Type: Big Waaagh!
– Grand Strategy: Waaagh! (Battleline or General in enemy territory at end of game)
– Triumph: Indomitable (pass battleshock)

LEADERS
Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)*
– Spells: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork (teleport)
Wurrgog Prophet (170)* (Zap Daddy with the slot machine eye lasers)
– Artefacts of Power: Glowin’ Tattooz (4+ ward)
– Spells: Hoarfrost
Megaboss on Maw-krusha (450)**
– Boss Choppa and Rip-toof Fist
– Artefacts of Power: Destroyer (+3 damage once per game)
– Mount Traits: Fast ’Un (once per game hero phase move)
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Fixin’ Beat (d3 heal)
Orruk Warchanter (120)***
– Warbeats: Get ’Em Beat (3d6 charge)
Gobsprakk (240)*** (once per game 3d6 unbind and deals d3 or d6 on every successful unbind)
– General

BATTLELINE
Orruk Brutes (280)** (+1 to hit models with 4+ wounds. Models with 1 wounds can’t contest within 3″)
– Brute Boss
– Boss Choppa
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Orruk Brutes (140)**
– Brute Boss
– Boss Choppa
– Jagged Gore-hacka
Gutrippaz (150)*** (-1 to hit from non Hero, non monsters)
– Gutrippa Banner Bearer
– Gutrippa Hornblower
– Gutrippa Boss
– Wicked Stikka

OTHER
Brute Ragerz (200)** (run and charge)
– 6 x Mighty Gore-hacka

ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS
1 x Suffocating Gravetide (30)

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

TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000

Roland Rivera: It’s not often that you see a Maw-krusha in Big Waaagh lists, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t potent. Its combination of speed and hitting power can be a daunting complement to the board presence and magical power typical of Big Waaagh armies.

Alongside the big guy is an interesting combination of Ironjawz threats – Brute Ragerz pack a lot of punch on the cheap, and Brutes bring both damage and the ability to bully smaller models off objectives. Alongside them is a unit of Gutrippaz that acts as a screen that can also take down weaker units, and a fairly typical Hero lineup of Gobsprakk, a Wurrgog Prophet, a Weirdnob Shaman with Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork, and a couple of Warchanters to lay down Violent Fury on the Ironjawz.

Because the Maw-krusha is not often seen in Big Waaagh, your opponents may not be prepared for it, and that kind of curveball can be a very useful tool.

Army Faction: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Vyrkos
– Grand Strategy: Empire of Corpses

LEADER
1 x Belladamma Volga (220)
– Spells: Soulpike
1 x Ivya Volga (135)
1 x Necromancer (100)*
– General
– Command Traits: Eater of Magic
– Artefacts: Seed of Rebirth
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard
1 x Vampire Lord (150)*
– Spells: Soulpike

BATTLELINE
20 x Deadwalker Zombies (150)
30 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)
– Skeleton Champion
– Standard Bearer
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (110)
10 x Dire Wolves (150)
– Doom Wolf
10 x Dire Wolves (150)
– Doom Wolf

OTHER
10 x Black Knights (130)
– Hellknight
– Standard Bearer
3 x Fell Bats (90)
3 x Vargheists (140)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Andtorian Acolytes

TOTAL POINTS: (1985/2000)

Roland Rivera: While this list is in Vyrkos, and has some of the Vyrkos mainstays in Zombies and Belladamma, it has a very interesting mix of units. Vyrkos is normally all about the Deadwalkers, but this list has a big blob of 30 Skeletons (!), as well as 10 Black Knights (!!) and some Vargheists (!!!). The surprises don’t end there, as even Ivya Volga makes an appearance.

The gameplan, however, is the same as it typically is for Vyrkos – drown your opponent in bodies, and pick them back up when they die. The Black Knights offer you a bit of a counterpunch angle with the mortal wounds on the charge, and the Vargheists can threaten backfields with their flight speed and deepstrike ability.

Overall, this is a bit of an unusual list, but unusual doesn’t always mean bad, as its results demonstrate.

Army Faction: Cities of Sigmar
– Army Subfaction: Greywater Fastness
– Grand Strategy: Banners Held High
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
1 x Freeguild Marshal and Relic Envoy (90)*
– General
– Command Traits: Master of Ballistics
– Duelling Pistols and Silvered Shortsword
1 x Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal (120)**
– Artefacts: Sigmarite Warhammer
1 x Fusil-Major on Ogor Warhulk (130)***
– Artefacts: Mastro Vivetti’s Magnificent Macroscope
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100)***
– Spells: Hoarfrost
1 x Alchemite Warforger (100)***
– Spells: Merciless Blizzard

BATTLELINE
10 x Freeguild Steelhelms (100)*
– Sergeant-at-Arms
– Steelhelm Herald
– Battle Priest
10 x Freeguild Steelhelms (100)*
– Sergeant-at-Arms
– Battle Priest
– Steelhelm Herald
20 x Freeguild Fusiliers (340)*
– Fusil-Sergeant
– 2 x Fusilier Herald
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade|
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade
5 x Freeguild Cavaliers (180)**
– Arch-Knight
– Cavalier Herald
– Arch-Knight’s Blade

ARTILLERY
1 x Ironweld Great Cannon (140)*

OTHER
6 x Freeguild Command Corps (200)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Command Entourage
– Magnificent

TOTAL POINTS: (1960/2000)

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