If you thought last weekend was a big weekend for Age of Sigmar events well, you ain’t seen nothing. Things week we’re looking back on five different GT-sized events that ran around the world. We’re still about one more week from seeing Beasts of Chaos make a full splash at events but some of our events this week did allow the new rules, giving us our first taste of how they might shake out.
The Cherokee Open
A two-day, five-round event held in Cherokee, North Carolina. You can find lists for this event in Best Coast Pairings.Ā As with the other US event this past weekend, the Cherokee Open was allowing the new Beasts of Chaos Tome Celestial rules. The event ended with two undefeated 5-0 players.
David Fields – Stormcast Eternals – First Place
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Player's List - Click to expand Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals Leaders Battleline Core Battalions Additional Enhancements Total:Ā 1995 / 2000 As players have gotten more playtime with Stormdrake Guard, we’ve started to seen a noticeable shift in the way that they are getting utilised. Some players have opted for longstrikes to give themselves some ranged oomph in the mirror match, whereas others (as you’ll see further down) have gone for adding a light touch of support pieces to expand their tactical options. David has decided that what his list was missing wasĀ bigger dragons, as he’s brought Karazai to play. Looking at his warscroll it’s not hard to see why a competitive player would be tempted – he’s a powerhouse that can wipe out elite and horde units alike with ease, and reducing the attacks characteristic of would be combatants by one means he could be a tough nut to crack, and what should the opponent prioritise first? The Dragon that gets progressively more powerful as the game goes on mulching your forces, or the Stormdrakes who can set up devastating charges with lances at will if left to their own devices. Rounding out the list is a Lord-Relictor (no translocate!) and some Liberators, which count as 3 models each on home objectives to start the game, then can make a push to secure the centre once the dragons have done their terrible business. Giving up Scions of the Storm isn’t too much of a loss considering the mobility of the bulk of David’s forces, so it’s a nice tweak to the formula that makes sense. Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals Leaders Battleline Units Core Battalions Additional Enhancements Total: 1980 / 2000 If you were to pretend for a moment that Stormdrake Guard and Dracoth units didn’t exist, a list like this would start to make a lot of sense. What goes overlooked when discussing Stormcast is that while the top units are ever present in the metagame right now, there’s a lot of rock solid units in the book that simply aren’t seeing play because some easier to use, more consistent performers are right there. Annihilators can put out a disgusting amount of damage on the charge, especially when in Knights Excelsior so that the shield bois can be hitting and wounding on 2s against most units in the game. They’re tough to kill, they can’t be shot off the board before they get their opportunity to come in from reserves and deliver a hammerblow, and with the help of a Lord-Imperatant they can more consistently get into combat due to a more comfortable 7″ charge requirement. Rounding out the list is some chaff, as well as a nice little combo of Longstrikes and Knight-Judicator. The Knight brings with him two gryph-hounds, meaning that the Longstrikes can fire first in the event of any would-be deep strikers coming in to try and harass them – a brutal barrage considering the Aetherwings also mean they’ll be hitting on 2s without the need for All Out Attack. Six more players finished on 4-1, rounding out the top 8: A two-day, five-round event held in Pasadena, California. You can find lists for this event in Best Coast Pairings. One notable thing about this event is that it was the only GT allowing the new Beasts of Chaos Rules from the Tome Celestial in White Dwarf 473. Player's List - Click to expand Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords Leaders Battleline Units Core Battalions Total: 1995 / 2000 Alexander is leaning into pure output for his gameplan here, going for zero support pieces that aren’t themselves hammers. Radukar and Mannfred together can (if they both make it into combat and swing) each give the Graveguard +1 attacks each, meaning a humble unit of 20 would be putting out 80 attacks, not to mention thanks to Mannfred’s hero phase CA they can be doing it at +1 to hit and wound as well. A Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon is also here, bringing Pack Alpha as his command trait to help make up for the fact that Radukar and Mannfred will be greedily stealing almost every command point that Alexander can get his hands on. Allegiance: Seraphon Leaders Battleline Units Behemoths Endless Spells & Invocations Core Battalions Total: 1990 / 2000 Thunder Lizards players are probably pretty happy with the state of the metagame right now, as they halve the damage output (Scaly Skin) of Stormdrake Guard lists, meaning they weather the storm of one of the game’s most ubiquitous and powerful units a lot better than most armies. So what can you do to help against other popular armies right now? Well if they’re melee, Soulsnare Shackles makes a lot of sense here as they can help establish a ‘no fun’ zone, behind which the Seraphon castle can happily shoot those dastardly melee units from a comfortable distance. The rest of the list is typical for Thunder Lizards, and you can check my coverage from last week if you fancy a quick refresher. Six more players finished on 4-1: A two-day, five-round event held in Sheffield, UK. Lists for this event weren’t posted online, but our own Ellarr was on-location and playing in the event, and procured the relevant data for us. Matthew's List - Click to expand Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals Leaders Battleline Units Core Battalions Total:Ā 1975 / 2000 Matt Davies brings down his second tournament within the span of a month, coming hot off the heels of his victory with Lumineth at Da Great South Waaagh to bring home another trophy, this time with Stormcast Eternals. There’s not too much to say about this list – it’s Stormdrake spam, however I did play against Matt round 3 in a fun clash and I got to see him pilot it myself. The Lord-Relictor gives him the ability to teleport a Stormdrake unit and then use their hero phase movement, which can help setup some unexpected and brutal charges. Likewise, he can teleport the Knight-Draconis to set up the double tap breath weapons usingĀ Wrath of the Draconith, meaning no unit is safe. Matt was a hell of a player and a true gent throughout, and I hope to play him again soon. Matt's list - Click to expand Allegiance: Seraphon Leaders Battleline Units Core Battalions Additional Enhancements Total:Ā 1990 / 2000 Matt has zigged when other Seraphon players zagged, opting for the teleport shenanigans and summoning of Starborne when everyone else embracedĀ Scaly Skin. Really it’s not too surprising that a list would do this well when piloted by an excellent player – the toolkit that Starborne provides is one of the best in the game, and gives you a good shot in any matchup provided the pilot is up to the task. A Starseer is an interesting inclusion here, but makes sense – a Priest or Starpriest is obviously good in lists that pack large units that take advantage of it but Matt doesn’t exactly need it, and by bringing a Starseer he can give his Salamanders a little extra reach which can be helpful when paired with the teleport (provided the Starseer can get into range). HisĀ Control FateĀ spell also goes a long way here, effectively acting as a global extra pip of rend on a high priority target for the turn. 16 more players finished on 4-1, so we’re just going to look at the rest of the top 5 here: A two-day, five round event held in Rumia, Poland. You can find lists for this event in Tabletop TO. The top table saw Piotr Kurkowski’s Daughters of Khaine beat Przemek Dziemidowicz’s Slaves to Darkness to claim first overall. Player's List - Click to expand Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine Total: 2000 / 2000 Daughters of Khaine prove they’re not down and out completely. While hardly a complete fall from grace, they’re an army ill equipped to deal with a dragon intensive meta that dominates the field right now. For an army that was consistently in the top 8 at many events they only got as high as #12 at LVO and the Cherokee Open and 28th at the Lone Star GT. While much of this list is standard, your Morathi/Shadow Queen with Blood Stalkers for long range mortals and Bloodwrack Shrine for dealing mortals and -1 to wound and what not. There are a few interesting choices here, extra witch aelves for bogging down the enemy or holding points, and Khinerai Lifetalkers and Shadowstalkers are far fromĀ unused but you don’t see them as much anymore. Both are excellent for snagging objectives left undefended. Overall props for showing our girl Morathi still has life in her ahead of the new book. Allegiance: Slaves to Darkness Slaves to Darkness have dipped a bit into the mid-tier. Not bad, but not great either. For a third place showing this is impressive and a rather irregular list. Currently marks of Chaos tend to favor Tzeentch, gaining reroll 1s to saves. While he granted this on most of his Heroes, to keep them protected all his boys heading to the front lines got Slaanesh to get those exploding 6s with Archaon’s huge aura. Extra helpful with the Sixth circle granting an extra attack. He brought a real battle lord to the fray with Call to Glory to help out as a nominated General. Finally, nice to see Untamed Beasts still doing some work, with 2 squads of 9. One other player finished 4-1 – Karol “Malin” Malinowski, though the top 4 had two players finish 3-1-1. We’ve included those two players here as well. A two-day, five-round event held in Scotland. You can find lists for this event in Tabletop TO. In addition to the winning 5-0 list, five players finished 4-1. The final round saw John B’s Cities of Sigmar beat Andy Currie’s Maggotkin to claim first place. Player's List - Click to expand Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar Leaders Battleline Units Core Battalions Total:Ā 1955 / 2000 A very similar to what Gavin Grigar won with at LVO, this forgoes footslogging spearmen and 10 crossbowmen to put the General on a Griffon, giving him a bit more survivability and maneuverability. With the General receiving the Arcane Tome on this list he can take both Ironoak Skin and Lifesurge to properly support the dragons with -1 to wound and D3 healing each turn. And of course the star of the show is the Coalition Fulminators and Stormdrake Guard, a nasty hit and when allied in Living City you can fill your list with more cheap bodies than a Stormcast list could. Allegiance: Ironjawz Leaders Battleline Core Battalions Additional Enhancements Total:Ā 1940 / 2000 This list is pretty standard for Ironjawz but one cannot deny its effectiveness. Two warbosses on Mawcrushas are still going to mess up your day no matter what, and the Warchanters give much needed support. The notable slight difference here is the slight heavier reliance on brutes rather than Gore-Gruntas, with the Gore-Gruntas compressed into one unit with 2 brutes to bully any horde spam that comes their way. Simple but effective, just like Orruks like it. Four more players finished on 4-1: That concludes this week’s look at the top lists from events around the world but stay tuned next week as we do this whole thing over again, but with a larger number of Beasts of Chaos lists joining the fray. It’ll be interesting to see how these lists stack up when they’re active for everyone, and we’re looking forward to some shake-ups. Have any questions or feedback? 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– Stormhost: Astral Templars (Stormkeep)
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
–Ā Triumphs: Indomitable
Karazai, The ScarredĀ (600)*
–Ā General
Lord-RelictorĀ (145)*
–Ā Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
–Ā Spell: Celestial Blades
–Ā Prayer: Bless Weapons
2 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (340)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (340)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (340)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
5 x LiberatorsĀ (115)*
–Ā Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
5 x LiberatorsĀ (115)*
–Ā Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
*Battle Regiment
Holy Command: Steadfast March
Reinforced Units:Ā 0 / 4
Allies:Ā 0 / 400
Wounds:Ā 98
Drops:Ā 1Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
Mrigank Jha – Stormcast Eternals – Second Place
– Stormhost: Knights Excelsior
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence
– Triumphs: Inspired
Knight-Judicator with Gryph-Hounds (205)*
– Artefact: Mirrorshield
Lord-Imperatant (175)*
Lord-Relictor (145)*
– General
– Command Trait: Master of Magic
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Spell: Starfall
– Prayer: Translocation
3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)**
3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)**
3 x Annihilators (200)*
5 x Liberators (115)**
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
– 1x Grandweapons
6 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)*
– Reinforced x 1
3 x Aetherwings (65)
3 x Prosecutors with Stormcall Javelins (115)
– 1x Stormsurge Tridents
*Warlord
**Hunters of the Heartlands
Artefact
Holy Command: Thunderbolt Volley
Reinforced Units: 1 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 80
Drops: 10Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
The Rest of the Best
February Old Town Throwdown
Alexander Gonzalez – Soulblight Gravelords – First Place
– Lineage: Vyrkos Dynasty
– Grand Strategy: Predator’s Domain
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (435)
– General
– Deathlance
– Command Trait: Pack Alpha
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Foetid Miasma
– Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon
Radukar the Beast (315)**
Mannfred von Carstein, Mortarch of Night (380)
– Lore of the Deathmages: Fading Vigour
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)**
10 x Deathrattle Skeletons (85)**
10 x Dire Wolves (135)**
20 x Grave Guard (280)*
– Great Wight Blades
– Reinforced x 1
20 x Grave Guard (280)*
– Great Wight Blades
– Reinforced x 1
*Hunters of the Heartlands
**Battle Regiment
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 118
Drops: 5Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
Christopher Hernandez – Seraphon – Second Place
– Constellation: Thunder Lizard
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumphs: Inspired
Engine of the Gods (265)*
– General
– Command Trait: Prime Warbeast
– Artefact: Fusil of Conflaguration
– Mount Trait: Beastmaster
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Curse
Lord Kroak (430)
Skink Priest (80)*
– Universal Prayer Scripture: Heal
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Spell: Hand of Glory
30 x Skinks (225)*
– Boltspitters & Moonstone Clubs
– Reinforced x 2
10 x Skinks (75)*
– Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
10 x Skinks (75)*
– Boltspitters Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
5 x Chameleon Skinks (115)*
2 x Salamander Hunting Pack (280)*
– Reinforced x 1
Bastiladon with Solar Engine (250)*
Soulsnare Shackles (65)
*Battle Regiment
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 115
Drops: 2Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
The Rest of the Best
Sheffield Slaughter
Matthew Davies – Stormcast Eternals – First Place
– Stormhost: Astral Templars (Scions of the Storm)
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
–Ā Triumphs:
Lord-RelictorĀ (145)*
–Ā Prayer: Translocation
Knight-DraconisĀ (300)*
–Ā General
–Ā Command Trait: Master of Magic
–Ā Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
–Ā Mount Trait: Scintillating Trail
–Ā Spell: Thundershock
4 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (680)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
–Ā Reinforced x 1
2 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (340)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (340)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
1 x Stormdrake Guard – SingleĀ (170)*
*Battle Regiment
Reinforced Units:Ā 1 / 4
Allies:Ā 0 / 400
Wounds:Ā 98
Drops:Ā 1Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
Matt Gouldesbrough – Seraphon – Second Place
– Constellation: Dracothion’s Tail
– Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
–Ā Triumphs: Inspired
Lord KroakĀ (430)*
–Ā General
Skink StarseerĀ (145)*
–Ā Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
–Ā Spell: Hand of Glory
Saurus Astrolith BearerĀ (150)
–Ā Artefact: Godbeast Pendant
The CelesTOAD-Prime, Hammer of KroakĀ (325)*
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar
–Ā Allies
10 x SkinksĀ (75)
–Ā Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
10 x SkinksĀ (75)*
–Ā Meteoric Javelins Celestite Daggers & Star Bucklers
10 x Saurus GuardĀ (230)**
–Ā Reinforced x 1
2 x Salamander Hunting PackĀ (280)**
–Ā Reinforced x 1
2 x Salamander Hunting PackĀ (280)**
–Ā Reinforced x 1
*Warlord
**Hunters of the Heartlands
Artefact
Reinforced Units:Ā 3 / 4
Allies:Ā 325 / 400
Wounds:Ā 101
Drops:Ā 9Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
The Rest of the Best
GT Pomeranian
Piotr Kurkowski – Daughters of Khaine – First Place
– Temple: Hagg Nar
– Mortal Realm: Ulgu
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs:
Morathi-Khaine (330)*
– Lore of Shadows: Mindrazor
The Shadow Queen (330)*
Bloodwrack Shrine (190)**
– General
– Command Trait: Devoted Disciples
– Artefact: The Ulfuri
– Lore of Shadows: Steed of Shadows
Hag Queen (105)*
– Artefact: Khainite Pendant
– Prayer: Blessing of Khaine
10 x Witch Aelves (120)**
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers
10 x Witch Aelves (120)**
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers
15 x Blood Stalkers (540)**
– Reinforced x 2
5 x Khinerai Lifetakers (90)**
9 x Khainite Shadowstalkers (120)**
Heart of Fury (55)
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 100
Drops: 4Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
Przemek “Bliz” Dziemidowicz – Slaves to Darkness – Third Place
– Damned Legion: Host of the Everchosen (Sixth Circle)
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Vendetta
– Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS
Archaon the Everchosen (860)*
– Aura of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Spell: Binding Damnation
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (135)*
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
Chaos Lord (120)*
– General
– Reaperblade & Daemonbound Steel
– Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Mark of Chaos: Tzeentch
– Spell: Call to Glory
UNITS
3 x Varanguard (280)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Fellspear and Warpsteel Shield
3 x Varanguard (280)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
– Fellspear and Warpsteel Shield
5 x Chaos Knights (170)*
– Cursed Lance
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
9 x Untamed Beasts (70)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
9 x Untamed Beasts (70)*
– Mark of Chaos: Slaanesh
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL: 1985/2000 WOUNDS: 95
LEADERS: 3/6 BATTLELINES: 3 (3+) BEHEMOTHS: 1/4 ARTILLERY: 0/4
ARTEFACTS: 1/1 ENDLESS SPELLS & INVOCATIONS: 0/3 ALLIES: 0/400
REINFORCED UNITS: 0/4 DROPS: 1Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
The Rest of the Best
Brewdog AOS GT
John B – Cities of Sigmar – First Place
– City: Living City
– Mortal Realm: Ghyran
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
–Ā Triumphs: Inspired
āThe Dragon-lordāĀ Ā Ā Freeguild General on GriffonĀ (290)*
–Ā General
–Ā Lance
–Ā Command Trait: Ironoak Artisan
–Ā Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
–Ā Mount Trait: Soaring Guardian
–Ā Lore of Leaves: Lifesurge
āDerek Van DwarfāĀ Ā Doralia ven DenstĀ (115)*
āGanDwarfāĀ Ā Ā SorceressĀ (95)*
–Ā Lore of Leaves: Ironoak Skin
āStunties 1āĀ Ā Ā 10 x Freeguild CrossbowmenĀ (105)*
āStunties 2āĀ Ā Ā 10 x Freeguild CrossbowmenĀ (105)*
āStunties 3āĀ Ā Ā 10 xĀ Freeguild CrossbowmenĀ (105)*
āThe Grown-UpsāĀ Ā Ā 4 x Stormdrake GuardĀ (680)*
–Ā Drakerider’s Lance
–Ā Reinforced x 1
āThe Little-unsāĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 4 x Dracothian Guard FulminatorsĀ (460)*
–Ā Reinforced x 1
*Battle Regiment
Reinforced Units:Ā 2 / 4
Allies:Ā 0 / 400
Wounds:Ā 113
Drops:Ā 1Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
Phil McGuinness – Ironjawz – Second Place
– Warclan: Bloodtoofs
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
–Ā Triumphs: Inspired
Megaboss on Maw-KrushaĀ (480)*
–Ā Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
–Ā Artefact: Destroyer
–Ā Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Orruk WarchanterĀ (115)* – Get em Beat
Orruk WarchanterĀ (115)* – Fixin Beat
Orruk Weirdnob ShamanĀ (90)**
–Ā Lore of the Weird: Da Great Big Green Hand of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-KrushaĀ (480)**
–Ā General
–Ā Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist
–Ā Command Trait: Mighty Waaagh! Leader
–Ā Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
–Ā Lore of the Weird: Bash ‘Em Ladz
5 x Orruk BrutesĀ (160)**
–Ā Jagged Gore-hackas
–Ā 1x Gore Choppas
5 x Orruk BrutesĀ (160)**
–Ā Jagged Gore-hackas
–Ā 1x Gore Choppas
6 x Orruk Gore-gruntasĀ (340)*
–Ā Jagged Gore-hackas
–Ā Reinforced x 1
*Warlord
**Battle Regiment
Artefact
Reinforced Units:Ā 1 / 4
Allies:Ā 0 / 400
Wounds:Ā 114
Drops:Ā 5Notable Features
Why it’s Interesting
The Rest of the Best
Wrapping Things Up
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