Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s top match-ups and how they played out on the tabletop to let you know what’s hot, what’s not, and what might be coming next as the competitive meta evolves year-round.

Warhammer continues apace, this week bringing us the massive Beachhead Brawl UK supermajor and some hefty events across the pond as well. Daemons, Space Marines, Bridgehead and Necrons seem to be making the running right now, albeit with considerable variety within those factions, especially Necrons who have five different Detachments represented in the 5-1 finishes of Beachhead alone. Plenty of other factions are picking up big finishes as well, but as we stand on the precipice of Aeldari and Astra Militarum being unleashed it’s clear there are some armies that need help, with Adepta Sororitas and T’au in particular falling by the wayside.

All that could change in the next few weeks, of course, whether because of new top builds shaping the game around them, or counters turning up to depose the top dogs. The first new Aeldari lists will probably roll in as early as next week, and I look forward to seeing how right/wrong we were about the book.

Anyway, that’s next week – this week we’ve got the following today:

Beachhead Brawl 2025
Warzone: Atlanta Warhammer 40K Golden Ticket Tournament 2025
Wettcon Vinter 2025
Frost Hammer
WINTER ASSAULT INDONESIA’s 1st GRAND TOURNAMENT

On Friday Lowest of Men will cover:

Grand Tournoi 40K – Grand Clash 2025
Wizards GT 2025
NSW Masters – NSWTC
Da Bolton GT

Beachhead Brawl 2025

199-player, 6-round Grand Tournament in England, GB on February 07 2025. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings.

The Showdown

Terraform – Swift Action – Sweeping Engagement

Nicholas Willingale – Blood Angels (Liberator Assault Group)
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To BA or not to BA, that is the question! (2000 points)

Space Marines
Blood Angels
Strike Force (2000 points)
Liberator Assault Group

CHARACTERS

Captain (105 points)
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• Enhancement: Speed of the Primarch

Judiciar (85 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Executioner relic blade
• Enhancement: Gift of Foresight

BATTLELINE

Assault Intercessor Squad (75 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessor
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Impulsor (80 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
1x Ironhail heavy stubber
1x Shield Dome
2x Storm bolter

OTHER DATASHEETS

Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (90 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol

Ballistus Dreadnought (130 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter

Incursor Squad (80 points)
• 1x Incursor Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Occulus bolt carbine
1x Paired combat blades
• 4x Incursor
• 4x Bolt pistol
1x Haywire Mine
4x Occulus bolt carbine
4x Paired combat blades

Infiltrator Squad (100 points)
• 1x Infiltrator Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Marksman bolt carbine
• 4x Infiltrator
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
1x Helix Gauntlet
1x Infiltrator Comms Array
4x Marksman bolt carbine

Predator Destructor (130 points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
1x Hunter-killer missile
2x Lascannon
1x Predator autocannon
1x Storm bolter

Scout Squad (70 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
3x Combat knife
1x Missile launcher

Storm Speeder Hammerstrike (125 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Hammerstrike missile launcher
2x Krakstorm grenade launcher
1x Melta destroyer

vs.

Peter Balchin – Tyranids (Invasion Fleet)
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keres current (2000 points)

Tyranids
Strike Force (2000 points)
Invasion Fleet

CHARACTERS

Broodlord (80 points)
• 1x Broodlord claws and talons

Hive Tyrant (250 points)
• 1x Heavy venom cannon
1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip
• Enhancement: Perfectly Adapted

Neurotyrant (105 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Neurotyrant claws and lashes
1x Psychic scream

Tervigon (200 points)
• 1x Massive scything talons
1x Stinger salvoes
• Enhancement: Adaptive Biology

BATTLELINE

Hormagaunts (65 points)
• 10x Hormagaunt
• 10x Hormagaunt talons

Termagants (120 points)
• 20x Termagant
• 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
18x Fleshborer
2x Strangleweb

OTHER DATASHEETS

Barbgaunts (55 points)
• 5x Barbgaunt
• 5x Barblauncher
5x Chitinous claws and teeth

Biovores (50 points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (135 points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
1x Powerful limbs

Genestealers (150 points)
• 10x Genestealer
• 10x Genestealers claws and talons

Haruspex (125 points)
• 1x Grasping tongue
1x Ravenous maw
1x Shovelling claws

Lictor (60 points)
• 1x Lictor claws and talons

Pyrovores (40 points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
1x Flamespurt

Raveners (75 points)
• 3x Ravener
• 3x Ravener claws and talons
3x Thoracic bio-weapon

Venomthropes (70 points)
• 3x Venomthrope
• 3x Toxic lashes

Zoanthropes (100 points)
• 1x Neurothrope
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
1x Warp Blast
• 2x Zoanthrope
• 2x Chitinous claws and teeth
2x Warp Blast

Zoanthropes (200 points)
• 1x Neurothrope
• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
1x Warp Blast
• 5x Zoanthrope
• 5x Chitinous claws and teeth
5x Warp Blast

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Thoughts

The Baal classic here, with Nicholas (fresh off his GT win two weeks back) bringing his (I can’t believe it’s not) Blood Angels build out against some a nicely balanced Tyranid build. I really like the use of the Tervigon with Adaptive Biology here, as it means the threshold for what you need to do to permanently neutralise the bug or its brood is pretty high, either clearing out a 2+ Save 5+/4+ Feel No Pain monster, or sweeping a whole squad of Termagants, potentially through the 5+ Feel No Pain Stratagem. Many armies will bounce off that, and it creates a really strong central presence for the rest of the list to operate around. It also lets you do some powerful janky objective flipping with respawns once you add access to Endless Swarm as well.

That latter point feels like a strong asset here, providing a way to context the table against a hyper lethal Blood Angels build, and setting up some things that it could potentially swing and miss against. I played against Nicholas in round four, and experienced first hand just how hard this build can hit, but big Feel No Pains are what you want to shake up the maths, and the Tyranids can deploy those in several places at once thanks to the Tervigon. There’s enough stuff here that’s slightly over the line that the Blood Angels can clear with a single unit reliably, and enough consequences if they fail, that I think there’s a real game here, especially on a Sweeping Engagement deployment, which I think helps the bugs more than more corner-skewed maps would – the event was using UKTC-style terrain, which makes flank shooting from the Predators out of Reserves especially strong.

I think the flipside, and perhaps the issue for the Tyranids, is that they just don’t have a great answer to the Ballistus dreads – they outrange the Zoanthropes by miles, and those are extremely vulnerable to a counterattack from Destructors once they commit. The flip side of the limited flank angles here is that the round 6 map has some strong firing lines to objectives (and a wide open centre objective) from some parts of the deployment zones, and the Ballistus can cover these with relatively low risk of getting punished. The way around that is to make use of some mid-board ruins on the two side objectives to try and hide from the fury, but that’s complicated by the Blood Angels also having more tools for going into a ruin and clearing it (though the Genestealers are at least something for the Nids).

I think the best shot for the Tyranids is to play a very cagey Primary denial game with Termagants – while the Fight First units the Blood Angels can put into ruins are hard to charge, the Tyranids have more expendable options for just flipping and denying a point without engaging, and the Blood Angels have to be a little careful with how they use their Assault Intercessor squads, as if they lose both before the Termagants are gone, a two-pronged push from the bugs might build up some Primary momentum.

I think both sides have a decent shot here, and the Tyranid build is a really strong one for UKTC-style boards, but the Blood Angels do, ultimately, have the advantage in ways to just reliably make something happen if they pick the targets right. The result was pretty tight here, but the forces of not-Baal took the win and the trophy in the end.

Result

Blood Angels (Liberator Assault Group) Victory – 79 – 65

Nicholas Willingale – Blood Angels (Liberator Assault Group) – 1st Place

Blood Ravens Assault Squad. Credit – Soggy

The List

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To BA or not to BA, that is the question! (2000 points)

Space Marines
Blood Angels
Strike Force (2000 points)
Liberator Assault Group

CHARACTERS

Captain (105 points)
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• Enhancement: Speed of the Primarch

Judiciar (85 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Executioner relic blade
• Enhancement: Gift of Foresight

BATTLELINE

Assault Intercessor Squad (75 points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
1x Power fist
• 4x Assault Intercessor
• 4x Astartes chainsword
4x Heavy bolt pistol

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Impulsor (80 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
1x Ironhail heavy stubber
1x Shield Dome
2x Storm bolter

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ballistus Dreadnought (130 points)
• 1x Armoured feet
1x Ballistus lascannon
1x Ballistus missile launcher
1x Twin storm bolter

Predator Destructor (130 points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
1x Hunter-killer missile
2x Lascannon
1x Predator autocannon
1x Storm bolter

Storm Speeder Hammerstrike (125 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Hammerstrike missile launcher
2x Krakstorm grenade launcher
1x Melta destroyer

Archetype

I can’t believe it’s not Blood Angels (Shooty)

Thoughts

Between a prior event win and a showdown there’s not much left to cover here, save to say that from direct personal experience that the killing power of this build is something to behold. Liberating yourself from the Blood Angels keyword seems to be a strong play, and Nicholas’ build works super well on UK-style terrain, so congratulations to him on the win!

Martyn Cooper – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike) – 2nd Place (Undefeated)

Militarum Tempestus Scions Command Squad. Credit: Rockfish

The List

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Up-down and pew pew! (2000 Points)

Astra Militarum
Bridgehead Strike
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Gaunt’s Ghosts (110 Points)
• 1x Ibram Gaunt
◦ 1x Bolt Pistol
◦ 1x Gaunt’s chainsword
• 1x Colm Corbec
◦ 1x Corbec’s hot-shot lascarbine
◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Elim Rawne
◦ 1x Rawne’s lascarbine
◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Hlaine Larkin
◦ 1x Larkin’s long-las
◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x ‘Try Again’ Bragg
◦ 1x Bragg’s autocannon
◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Oan Mkoll
◦ 1x Lascarbine
◦ 1x Mkoll’s straight silver knife

Militarum Tempestus Command Squad (95 Points)
• 1x Tempestor Prime
• Warlord
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Tempestus dagger
◦ Enhancements: Bombast-class Vox-array
• 4x Tempestus Scion
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lasgun
◦ 2x Hot-shot laspistol
◦ 1x Hot-shot volley gun
◦ 1x Master Vox
◦ 1x Medi-pack
◦ 1x Plasma gun

Militarum Tempestus Command Squad (70 Points)
• 1x Tempestor Prime
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Tempestus dagger
• 4x Tempestus Scion
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lasgun
◦ 1x Hot-shot laspistol
◦ 1x Hot-shot volley gun
◦ 1x Medi-pack
◦ 1x Meltagun
◦ 1x Plasma gun

Tank Commander (225 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Demolisher battle cannon
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Lascannon
• 2x Multi-melta

Tank Commander (225 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Demolisher battle cannon
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Lascannon
• 2x Militarum plasma cannon

Ursula Creed (55 Points)
• 1x Duty and Vengeance
• 1x Power weapon

BATTLELINE

Catachan Jungle Fighters (65 Points)
• 1x Jungle Fighter Sergeant
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Laspistol
• 9x Jungle Fighter
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Flamer
◦ 7x Lasgun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

Infantry Squad (60 Points)
• 1x Sergeant
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Power weapon
• 7x Guardsman
◦ 7x Close combat weapon
◦ 6x Lasgun
◦ 1x Plasma gun
◦ 1x Vox-caster
• 1x Heavy Weapons Team
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Laspistol
◦ 1x Mortar

Tempestus Scions (120 Points)
• 1x Tempestor
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Power fist
• 9x Tempestus Scion
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 4x Hot-shot lasgun
◦ 1x Hot-shot laspistol
◦ 2x Hot-shot volley gun
◦ 2x Plasma gun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

Tempestus Scions (60 Points)
• 1x Tempestor
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Power fist
• 4x Tempestus Scion
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lasgun
◦ 1x Hot-shot laspistol
◦ 1x Meltagun
◦ 1x Plasma gun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

Tempestus Scions (60 Points)
• 1x Tempestor
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Power fist
• 4x Tempestus Scion
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lasgun
◦ 1x Hot-shot laspistol
◦ 1x Hot-shot volley gun
◦ 1x Plasma gun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

OTHER DATASHEETS

Heavy Weapons Squad (50 Points)
• 3x Heavy Weapon Team
◦ 3x Las small arms
◦ 3x Mortar
◦ 3x Weapons team close combat weapons

Leman Russ Battle Tank (170 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Lascannon
• 1x Leman Russ battle cannon
• 2x Multi-melta

Leman Russ Battle Tank (170 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Lascannon
• 1x Leman Russ battle cannon
• 2x Plasma cannon

Tempestus Aquilons (110 Points)
• 1x Tempestor Aquilon
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lascarbine
◦ 1x Sentry flamer
• 8x Tempestus Aquilon
◦ 8x Close combat weapon
◦ 6x Hot-shot lascarbine
◦ 1x Hot‐shot long‐las
◦ 1x Plasma carbine
• 1x Gunfighter
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Hot-shot lascarbine

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Archetype

Balanced Bridgehead

Thoughts

In second place we have Astra Militarum legend Martyn using his spin on Bridgehead. This looks a lot more like a “traditional” Astra Militarum build than the full Scion spam ones, relying on the core quality of the Tank Commander and Russ datasheets to pressure and blast the foe, then unleashing Scion power when something needs to be properly obliterated (and then reloading via Strat if needed). He’s also gone hard on Mortar squads, who are particularly good given the prevalence of Daemons at the moment, as they help chip away at their scoring pieces.

I vastly prefer this to the all-Scion variants, especially on tables where screening the foe out is pretty practical, and given Martyn’s guard mastery, it’s no surprise to see him take it to the top. Obviously the guard book arrives in full very soon, with a few rules changes that could shake things up, but I expect something like this to be showing up in the column (probably piloted by Martyn again) very soon!

Byron 🔥🎲 Sidhu – Chaos Daemons (Daemonic Incursion) – 3rd Place (Undefeated)

The List

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Twilight “Matt Daemons” (1995 points)

Chaos Daemons
Strike Force (2000 points)
Daemonic Incursion

CHARACTERS

Be’lakor (325 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Betraying Shades
1x The Blade of Shadows

Great Unclean One (260 points)
• 1x Bilesword
1x Plague flail
1x Putrid vomit
• Enhancement: The Endless Gift

Shalaxi Helbane (425 points)
• 1x Lash of Slaanesh
1x Pavane of Slaanesh
1x Snapping claws
1x Soulpiercer

Skarbrand (305 points)
• 1x Bellow of endless fury
1x Slaughter and Carnage

BATTLELINE

Plaguebearers (110 points)
• 1x Plagueridden
• 1x Plaguesword
• 9x Plaguebearer
• 1x Daemonic Icon
1x Instrument of Chaos
9x Plaguesword

OTHER DATASHEETS

Fiends (105 points)
• 1x Blissbringer
• 1x Barbed tail and dissecting claws
• 2x Fiend
• 2x Barbed tail and dissecting claws

Screamers (85 points)
• 3x Screamer
• 3x Lamprey bite

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Archetype

Heavy Hitter Incursion

Thoughts

Hey speaking of Daemons (and people who are masters of their faction), the final undefeated slot was taken by Byron, who has stuck to Daemonic Incursion rather than pivoting to Legion of Excess. That brings both the benefit of practice and of extremely reliable delivery of Shalaxi and Skarbrand as alpha threats, while Be’lakor and the Gift Great Unclean One create a formidible anchor that foes will have to close in on to engage. Adding enough cheap, speedy scoring units ensures that said foes will probably be forced to come out to play at some point, and when they do this army will hit them at near maximum power, creating unstoppable momentum given how tough some of the monsters are. Huge congratulations to Byron!

James “One_Wing” Grover – Necrons (Canoptek Court) – 4th Place

The List

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Canoptek 2025 v2 (2000 Points)

Necrons
Canoptek Court
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer (305 Points)
• 1x Gaze of death
• 1x Scythe of the Nightbringer

Illuminor Szeras (175 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Eldritch Lance
• 1x Impaling legs

Plasmancer (60 Points)
• 1x Plasmic lance

Royal Warden (50 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Relic gauss blaster

Technomancer (105 Points)
• 1x Staff of light
• Enhancements: Dimensional Sanctum

Technomancer (85 Points)
• 1x Staff of light

BATTLELINE

Immortals (150 Points)
• 10x Immortal
◦ 10x Close combat weapon
◦ 10x Tesla carbine

Immortals (70 Points)
• 5x Immortal
◦ 5x Close combat weapon
◦ 5x Tesla carbine

OTHER DATASHEETS

Canoptek Doomstalker (145 Points)
• 1x Doomsday blaster
• 1x Doomstalker limbs
• 1x Twin gauss flayer

Canoptek Wraiths (230 Points)
• 6x Canoptek Wraith
◦ 6x Particle caster
◦ 6x Vicious claws

Flayed Ones (60 Points)
• 5x Flayed One
◦ 5x Flayer claws

Lokhust Destroyers (35 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Gauss cannon

Ophydian Destroyers (80 Points)
• 3x Ophydian Destroyer
◦ 3x Ophydian hyperphase weapons
◦ 1x Plasmacyte

Tomb Blades (75 Points)
• 3x Tomb Blade
◦ 3x Close combat weapon
◦ 3x Particle beamer
◦ 3x Shadowloom

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Archetype

Canoptek Court

Thoughts

Oh hey it’s me. Love it when I get to put myself in the newspaper.

Anyway – two weeks ago I tried Canoptek Court at the Winchester GT, and really liked it – I’ve always found the army fits my playstyle, and it feels like a decent chunk of armies out there at the moment can’t easily deal with a two-pronged Wraith attack, especially on UKTC maps. I did make some changes however, mostly off the back of getting obliterated by Nurgle Daemonic Incursion, where not having quite enough screening presence, and not having a Royal Warden for Fall Back/Shoot on the Immortals really bit me. I also decided that in a Daemon-heavy metagame, there’s really no substitute for the Nightbringer, and found the five points to bump the Void Dragon up.

Good news – all of these changes worked very well, and the above list worked very effectively. Being able to start a Wraith unit forward and usually either concealed or in a position to Reactive Subroutines or Countertemporal Shift for safety creates enormous Primary pressure, letting you dictate the pace of engagement and maximise the value of your threats. As ever with Necrons, not everything performed all the time, but the sheer scoring advantage this version had let me recover from dodgy turns in several games. The exception was against Nicholas’s Blood Angels as I mentioned above, but even there I think I could have given myself a much better chance if I’d made the right move early on – I had the option to sacrifice uppy-downy Ophydians to blank his Strategic Reserves shooting options for a turn, but decided my Wraiths could take it – on that one occasion, they could not, and the game unravelled from there. That’s an important learning point – against anything with super oaths, you need to take it slow early and only engage fully around turn 3, as if they get four full turns of value against you, they can push through the list’s defences.

Otherwise, however, things went swimmingly – perhaps helped slightly by the fact that my final match was against…Stephen’s Nurgle Daemonic Incursion, a rematch from two weeks ago, with me having retooled my list specifically based on how our last game went down. That allowed me to flip the crushing defeat he dealt me last time into a narrow victory for 5-1, and hopefully we’ll get a best out of three finale at some point.

I had a really good time playing this, and can highly recommend giving it a go if you’ve not tried Canoptek for a while. I also think the double Wraith army template would potentially work well as Awakened or Starshatter, but I love the nonsense you can do with Reactive Subroutines so much I think I’d suffer without it. My only struggle with this is that I’d love something just a bit more reliable at popping a tank than the Doomstalkers – but at least they’re cheap and easy to maneouvre. I had such a good time with this that there’s a tiny, treasonous part of me that wants to give it one more go before the inevitable Aeldari pivot, but it’ll still be waiting for me when the third round of nerfs finally puts the elves in the ground for the edition.

The Best of the Rest

There were 14 more players on 5-1 records. They were:

5th – Stephen Box – Adeptus Custodes (Shield Host): A speedy (mostly) Infantry Shield Host list with Blade Champion Warden units, lots of Venatari, and one bike unit.
6th – Euan Bedford – Chaos Space Marines (Pactbound Zealots): Hefty all-rounder Pactbound with cheap shooty hulls, Legionaries and a Nemesis Claw in Rhinos, and two full Possessed bricks.
7th – William Griffiths – Necrons (Starshatter Arsenal): Silent King, Doomsdays, one big Wraith unit and lots of Destroyers, including a full Lokhust unit and many melee MSUs.
8th – Jonathan Summerfield – Chaos Space Marines (Renegade Raiders): Brawler Raiders with two big Chosen units in Rhinos backed-up by Destructors.
9th – Toby Main – Imperial Knights (Noble Lance): Thirteen Armigers, a Priest riding an Immolator and Artemis.
10th – Tom Hamshire – Leagues of Votann (Oathband): Character-light, but otherwise a bit of almost everything, with two Land Fortresses as the central anchor.
11th – Owen King – Tyranids (Vanguard Onslaught): Two Genestealer units to rush with while a couple of Tyrannofex blast stuff apart.
12th – Jake Harding – Orks (Taktikal Brigade): Mechanised Taktikal Brigade with a big Flash Gitz mob, Breaka Boyz in Trukks and Tankbustas galore.
13th – James Read – Necrons (Obeisance Phalanx): The Silent King surrounded by a phalanx of buffed-up Lychguard and Immortals.
14th – David Leniewski – Necrons (Hypercrypt Legion): Triple C’tan, double Doomsday and a Tesseract Vault.
15th – Jack Stephens – Necrons (Awakened Dynasty): Body-heavy Awakened Dynasty using two full squads of Lokhusts and a large Warrior unit.
16th – James Ball – Orks (Taktikal Brigade): Shooty mechanised Taktikal Brigade with added Battlewagon.
17th – Jay Seebarun – Dark Angels (Gladius Task Force): The Lion and Deathwing Knights with Vindicators and a Whirlwind backing them up, plus Inner Circle Companions to murder anything the Knights can’t handle.
18th – Matthew Hudson – World Eaters (Vessels of Wrath): Two full units each of Exalted Eightbound and Terminators for maximum concentration of buff power.

Warzone: Atlanta Warhammer 40K Golden Ticket Tournament 2025

78-player, 7-round Major in Atlanta, GA, United States on February 07 2025. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings.

John Lennon – Ultramarines (Stormlance Task Force) – 1st Place

Rainbow Warriors Stormraven Gunship by Craig “MasterSlowPoke” Sniffen

The List

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Blue Scars (2000 Points) Space Marines Ultramarines

Stormlance Task Force Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Marneus Calgar (200 Points) • 1x Marneus Calgar ◦ 1x Gauntlets of Ultramar • 2x Victrix Honour Guard ◦ 2x Victrix power sword

Roboute Guilliman (345 Points) • Warlord • 1x Emperor’s Sword • 1x Hand of Dominion

BATTLELINE

Intercessor Squad (80 Points) • 1x Intercessor Sergeant ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Bolt rifle ◦ 1x Power fist • 4x Intercessor ◦ 1x Astartes grenade launcher ◦ 4x Bolt pistol ◦ 4x Bolt rifle ◦ 4x Close combat weapon

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ballistus Dreadnought (130 Points) • 1x Armoured feet • 1x Ballistus lascannon • 1x Ballistus missile launcher • 1x Twin storm bolter

Brutalis Dreadnought (160 Points) • 1x Brutalis bolt rifles • 1x Brutalis fists • 1x Twin Icarus ironhail heavy stubber • 1x Twin multi-melta

Company Heroes (95 Points) • 1x Ancient ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Bolt rifle ◦ 1x Close combat weapon • 1x Company Champion ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Master-crafted power weapon • 2x Company Veteran ◦ 2x Bolt pistol ◦ 2x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Master-crafted bolt rifle ◦ 1x Master-crafted heavy bolter

Incursor Squad (80 Points) • 1x Incursor Sergeant ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Occulus bolt carbine ◦ 1x Paired combat blades • 4x Incursor ◦ 4x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Haywire Mine ◦ 4x Occulus bolt carbine ◦ 4x Paired combat blades

Infiltrator Squad (100 Points) • 1x Infiltrator Sergeant ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Marksman bolt carbine • 4x Infiltrator ◦ 4x Bolt pistol ◦ 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Helix Gauntlet ◦ 1x Infiltrator Comms Array ◦ 4x Marksman bolt carbine

Outrider Squad (80 Points) • 1x Outrider Sergeant ◦ 1x Astartes chainsword ◦ 1x Heavy bolt pistol ◦ 1x Twin bolt rifle • 2x Outrider ◦ 2x Astartes chainsword ◦ 2x Heavy bolt pistol ◦ 2x Twin bolt rifle

Scout Squad (70 Points) • 1x Scout Sergeant ◦ 1x Astartes chainsword ◦ 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Close combat weapon • 4x Scout ◦ 2x Astartes shotgun ◦ 4x Bolt pistol ◦ 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Heavy bolter ◦ 1x Scout sniper rifle

Storm Speeder Hammerstrike (125 Points) • 1x Close combat weapon • 1x Hammerstrike missile launcher • 2x Krakstorm grenade launcher • 1x Melta destroyer

Stormraven Gunship (280 Points) • 1x Armoured hull • 2x Hurricane bolter • 2x Stormstrike missile launcher • 1x Twin heavy plasma cannon • 1x Twin multi-melta

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Archetype

Bobby G Plane Club

Thoughts

John continues to deploy his latest diabolical Ultramarine build to great success, using the might of Ride Hard, Ride Fast on a Stormraven to create a shooting threat at a durability level that many forces can’t really handle, and creating options to crack open matches against other Oath-boosted Marines by choosing to go plane mode, where it opens up the ability to create a resource advantage by swooping on and dunking something. You also get always-on bonus reach for Bobby G and Calgar when they decide to come out swinging, discouraging foes from getting too close, as does the threat of having a Brutalis Dreadnought dropped on your head, which I hear is painful. Two Ballistus and plenty of utility units round out the build, giving it plenty of ways to engage however it’s using the plane. Congratulations to John for proving that there are always more ways to hurt people with Ultramarines.

David Purcell – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike) – 2nd Place

Tempestus Scions (Photo courtesy of Musterkrux)

The List

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Detachment: Bridgehead Strike

Gaunt’s Ghosts [110pts]

Sly Marbo [65pts]

Ursula Creed [55pts]

Militarum Tempestus Command Squad [95pts]
. Tempestor Prime: Bombast-class Vox-array, Plasma Pistol, Warlord
. Tempestus Scion w/ Master Vox
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma Gun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun

Militarum Tempestus Command Squad [70pts]
. Tempestor Prime: Command Rod
. Tempestus Scion w/ Medi-pack
. . Hot-shot Lasgun, Hot-shot Laspistol, and Medi-pack
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma Gun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun

Tank Commander [225pts]: Demolisher Battle Cannon, Heavy Stubber, Hunter-killer Missile, Lascannon
. Two Multi-meltas

Cadian Shock Troops [65pts]
. 1 Shock Trooper Sergeant and 9 Shock Troopers: Shock Trooper w/ Vox Caster
. . 6x Shock Trooper: 6x Close Combat Weapon, 6x Lasgun
. . Shock Trooper Sergeant
. . . Laspistol and Chainsword
. . Shock Trooper w/ Meltagun
. . Shock Trooper w/ Plasma Gun

Catachan Jungle Fighters [65pts]
. 1 Jungle Fighter Sergeant and 9 Jungle Fighters
. . 6x Jungle Fighter: 6x Close Combat Weapon, 6x Lasgun
. . 2x Jungle Fighter w/ Flamer: 2x Close Combat Weapon, 2x Flamer
. . Jungle Fighter w/ Vox-caster

Tempestus Scions [120pts]
. Tempestor: Plasma Pistol, Power Fist
. 4x Tempestus Scion: 4x Close Combat Weapon, 4x Hot-shot Lasgun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Meltagun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Hot-shot Volley Gun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma Gun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Special Weapon: Plasma Gun
. Tempestus Scion w/ Vox-caster

Field Ordnance Battery [100pts]
. Ordnance Teams: Bombast Field Gun
. Ordnance Teams: Bombast Field Gun

Heavy Weapons Squad [50pts]
. Heavy Weapons Team: Mortar
. Heavy Weapons Team: Mortar
. Heavy Weapons Team: Mortar

Kasrkin [110pts]
. Kasrkin Sergeant: Plasma Pistol, Power Weapon
. 2x Kasrkin Trooper: 2x Close Combat Weapon, 2x Hot-shot Lasgun
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Hot-shot Laspistol and Meltamine
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Hot-shot Marksman Rifle
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Meltagun
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Meltagun
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Plasma Gun
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Plasma Gun
. Kasrkin Trooper w/ Vox-caster

Tempestus Aquilons [110pts]
. Tempestor Aquilon: Hot-shot lascarbine, Sentry hot-shot volley gun
. 7x Tempestus Aquilon: 7x Close Combat Weapon, 7x Hot-shot lascarbine
. Tempestus Aquilon w/ long-las
. Tempestus Aquilon w/ special weapon: Plasma carbine

Taurox [65pts]: Storm Bolter

Archetype

All-rounder Bridgehead

Thoughts

Another top showing for a Tank Commander-packing Bridgehead variant, supported by a decent crop of Scions, some Indirect, and some Kasrkin (optionally in a Taurox if the Catachans don’t need it) as extra on-board threat projection. That continues to be a strong plan – the fundamental effectiveness of being able to pressure the board on the cheap with Catachans while Tank Commanders wait to strike is strong in any Detachment, and the sheer violence Bridgehead can do is a great combination with this. Will it survive Tank Commanders catching a nerf to the Demolisher Cannon? I’d bet probably yes, and I’m sure we’ll see soon enough. Well done David.

Tommy Rust – Death Guard (Flyblown Host) – 3rd Place

The List

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Flyblown (2000 Points)

Death Guard
Flyblown Host
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Death Guard Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (70 Points)
• 1x Curse of the Leper
• 1x Plague combi-bolter
• 1x Plague fist

Death Guard Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (80 Points)
• 1x Curse of the Leper
• 1x Plague combi-bolter
• 1x Plague fist
• Enhancements: Rejuvenating Swarm

Lord of Contagion (100 Points)
• 1x Plagueblade
• Enhancements: Insectile Murmuration

Tallyman (45 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Infected plasma pistol

Typhus (80 Points)
• 1x Master-crafted manreaper

OTHER DATASHEETS

Blightlord Terminators (310 Points)
• 1x Blightlord Champion
◦ 1x Bubotic blade
◦ 1x Plague combi-bolter
• 9x Blightlord Terminator
◦ 9x Bubotic blade
◦ 5x Plague combi-bolter
◦ 2x Plague spewer
◦ 2x Reaper autocannon

Death Guard Cultists (50 Points)
• 1x Death Guard Cultist Champion
◦ 1x Brutal assault weapon
◦ 1x Cultist firearm
• 9x Death Guard Cultist
◦ 9x Brutal assault weapon
◦ 6x Cultist firearm
◦ 1x Flamer
◦ 1x Grenade launcher
◦ 1x Heavy stubber

Deathshroud Terminators (220 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 5x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 5x Manreaper
◦ 5x Plaguespurt gauntlet

Deathshroud Terminators (110 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 2x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 2x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet

Myphitic Blight-Haulers (90 Points)
• 1x Bile spurt
• 1x Gnashing maw
• 1x Missile launcher
• 1x Multi-melta

Poxwalkers (100 Points)
• 20x Poxwalker
◦ 20x Improvised weapon

ALLIED UNITS

Beasts of Nurgle (65 Points)
• 1x Putrid appendages

Nurglings (40 Points)
• 3x Nurgling Swarm
◦ 3x Diseased claws and teeth

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Archetype

Flyblown Poxwalkers and Terminators

Thoughts

If there was an award for leaning in on a detachment’s theme as hard as possible then Tommy would definitely win it this week, which I assume would go nicely with the bronze medal he also won. Flyblown wants you to shamble Poxwalkers and Terminators at the foe with Blight Haulers to protect them, and that’s exactly what you see here – a wall of (tough) bodies that will hit melee on turn two at the latest (especially with Nurglings to keep some Scout channels free), and be a real nightmare to shift from there.

While Blightlords normally pale in comparison to Deathshrouds, here where durable Infantry is such a key part of the plan it’s important to have access to an extra tough unit if that’s what a situation calls for, and having access to a source of -1 to Wound that they can use does a massive amount to close the gap in utility. I do also like how the threat of a full re-rolling Sorceror alpha strike forces the opponent to be quite careful in positioning when trying to handle the extreme pressure, creating a lot of opportunities for a terminal mistake. Tommy’s only loss was to David’s Scions above, which makes sense because it does feel like they’re above a threshold of damage output that they can just carve through this. Otherwise, all foes fell to Nurgle, great stuff and a very strong use of one of the more esoteric Grotmas detachments.

Collin Watts – Grey Knights (Warpbane Task Force) – 4th Place

Grey Knights Nemesis Dreadknights. Credit: Colin Ward

The List

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I put it at the end because I’m not a monster. (2000 points)

Grey Knights
Strike Force (2000 points)
Warpbane Task Force

CHARACTERS

Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight (210 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Heavy incinerator
1x Heavy psycannon
1x Nemesis daemon greathammer

Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight (210 points)
• 1x Heavy incinerator
1x Heavy psycannon
1x Nemesis daemon greathammer

BATTLELINE

Strike Squad (120 points)
• 1x Justicar
• 1x Nemesis force weapon
1x Storm bolter
• 4x Grey Knight
• 4x Nemesis force weapon
4x Storm bolter

OTHER DATASHEETS

Interceptor Squad (130 points)
• 1x Interceptor Justicar
• 1x Nemesis force weapon
1x Storm bolter
• 4x Interceptor
• 4x Nemesis force weapon
4x Storm bolter

Nemesis Dreadknight (210 points)
• 1x Heavy incinerator
1x Heavy psycannon
1x Nemesis daemon greathammer

Purifier Squad (125 points)
• 1x Knight of the Flame
• 1x Nemesis force weapon
1x Purifying Flame
1x Storm bolter
• 4x Purifier
• 4x Nemesis force weapon
4x Purifying Flame
4x Storm bolter

ALLIED UNITS

1x Eversor Assassin (120 pts)
• 1x Executioner pistol
• 1x Power sword and neuro gauntlet

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Editor’s Note: What followed was yet another sally against the sanctity of my list sanitisation process, to which I say “better luck next time”.

Archetype

Dreadknight Spam

Thoughts

Heavy psycannon goes brrr. Especially, in defiance of all natural laws, when you have a circle of infantry providing a buff aura to hype characters up. Weird stuff. Very effective though. Great work from Collin.

The Best of the Rest

There were 7 more players on 5-2 records. They were:

5th – Thomas Byrd – Ultramarines (Vanguard Spearhead): A herohammer Vanguard build, cramming in all the normal big hits (Bobby, Calgar, Ventris) and the teleporting Centurions, but then going even further with a solo Gravis Captain using the Ghostweave Cloak to be a utility piece, plus a Phobos Libby to protect some Infiltrators.
6th – Daniel Hesters – Chaos Daemons (Legion of Excess): Top-heavy Legion with Be’lakor, double Keeper, and Shalaxi.
7th – Gabriel Nixon – Death Guard (Plague Company): All-rounder Death Guard skewed a bit towards pressure by adding some Karnivores and a Typhus/Poxwalker unit alongside Mortarion.
8th – Giacomo Tirelli – Ultramarines (Vanguard Spearhead): The big trio and teleporting Centurions, with slightly more support rather than extra herohammer.
9th – Drew Townsend – Tyranids (Invasion Fleet): Monster Mash with a Hive Tyrant/Swarmlord tag-team at the core.
10th – Hunter Nichols – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike): Bridgehead that’s all-in on Infantry plans, not a Tank Commander in sight.
11th – Morgan Gladson – Chaos Daemons (Legion of Excess): All-rounder Legion with one Keeper, two Fiend units, plenty of support, and a Soul Grinder/Epitome battery combo.

Wettcon Vinter 2025

42-player, 5-round Grand Tournament in Jönköpings län, Sverige on February 08 2025. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings.

Dag Samuelsson – Tyranids (Invasion Fleet) – 1st Place

The List

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No 10pts enhancements in Invasion (1990 Points)

Tyranids
Invasion Fleet
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Broodlord (80 Points)
• 1x Broodlord claws and talons

Hive Tyrant (260 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip
• 1x Monstrous scything talons
• Enhancements: Adaptive Biology

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (50 Points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
• 1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (135 Points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
• 1x Powerful limbs

Genestealers (150 Points)
• 10x Genestealer
◦ 10x Genestealers claws and talons

Lictor (60 Points)
• 1x Lictor claws and talons

Norn Emissary (260 Points)
• 1x Monstrous rending claws
• 1x Monstrous scything talons
• 1x Psychic Tendril

Tyrannofex (190 Points)
• 1x Powerful limbs
• 1x Rupture cannon
• 1x Stinger salvoes

Tyrannofex (190 Points)
• 1x Acid spray
• 1x Powerful limbs
• 1x Stinger salvoes

Archetype

Pressure Fleet

Thoughts

Another cool spin on Invasion Fleet next, tinkering with the standard Monster Mash mix to exert higher pressure on the foe. Genestealers (particularly now Broodlords turn on the 5+ Feel No Pain from Rapid Regeneration) and an acid spray Tyrannofex buy time for the Norn to get into position, after which any foe is going to find reclaiming the board extremely challenging. That closes off one of the failure case for monster mash builds, which is getting blocked out of seizing objectives early then denied with chaff late, and helps create a very reliable route to victory. I think this is a really strong design, great stuff from Dag.

The Best of the Rest

There were 5 more players on 4-1+ records. They were:

2nd (4.5-0.5) – Pontus Koch – Ultramarines (Gladius Task Force): A fairly go-wide herohammer Ultramarines build, eschewing Bobby to add more stuff. Calgar, Ventris and Sicarius (all with heroes) take centre stage instead, backed by Ballistus Dreads and a tonne of Inceptors.
3rd – Erik Larsson – World Eaters (Berzerker Warband): A rare Angron-less Berzerker build that uses lots of Khorne Berzerkers and Eightbound MSUs.
4th – Pierre Dahlgren – Adeptus Custodes (Solar Spearhead): Hull-tastic Spearhead using triple Caladius, triple Vendread, two Galatus (including an extremely upsetting one with the Adamantine Talisman) and, of course, the Feel No Pin Telemon.
5th – Stefan Love – Orks (Taktikal Brigade): Mechanised shooty/Breaka Boy Taktikal.
6th – Fredrik Lövinger – Necrons (Awakened Dynasty): Herohammer Awakened with all the big hits ready to engage the foe, get knocked down, and get back up again.

Frost Hammer

36-player, 5-round Grand Tournament in Челябинск, Челябинская обл., Россия on February 08 2025. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings.

Stepan Zotov – Blood Angels (Angelic Inheritors) – 1st Place

Blood Angels Gravis Captain. Credit: Jack Hunter

The List

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TEAM: Тайная Команда
+ PLAYER 8: Stepan Zotov – «IX Legion»
+ HIN: 334
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1995pts
+ ARMY FACTIONS USED: Adeptus Astartes (Blood Angels)
+ Number of units: 18
+ Assasination: 8 (32)
+ Bring it Down: 2 (4)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
==Angelic Inheritors Detachment== Blood Angels

== Characters === Full Command Group
Tacticus
HQ1: Captain in Gravis Armour, Power Fist, Relic Blade [80pts] Blazing Icon [20pts] – Warlord
HQ2: Captain with Jump Pack, Thunder Hammer, Relic Shield [85pts] Ordained Sacrifice [25pts]

Librarius
HQ3: Chief Librarian Mephiston [135pts]
HQ4: Phobos Librarian [70pts] Prescient Flash [20pts]
HQ5: Phobos Librarian [70pts]

(Machine) Spirit Support
HQ6: Techmarine [55pts]
HQ7: Astorath [105pts]

Avenging Angel
HQ8: The Sanguinor [140pts]

==Battleline==
Troops1: 5 man Intercessor Squad, Astartes Grenade Launcher, Thunder Hammer [80pts]

==Other Dataslates==
Troops1: 5 man Incursors, Haywire Mine [80pts]
Troops2: 5 man Scout Squad, Missile Launcher, Sniper Rifle, Chainsword, Combat Blades [70pts]

Elites1: 5 man Death Company with Jump Packs, 2 Power Fists, Eviscerator, Plasma Pistol, Inferno Pistol [130pts]
Elites2: 6 man Eradicator Squad, 2 Multi-Meltas [200pts]

FA1: 10 man Assault Intercessor Squad with Jump Packs, 3 Plasma Pistols, Power Fist [160pts]
FA2: Storm Speeder Hammerstrike [125pts]

HS1: 3 man Eliminators, 2 Las Fusils, Carbine [85pts]
HS2: 3 man Eliminators, 2 Las Fusils, Carbine [85pts]
HS3: Vindicator, Storm Bolter, HKM [175pts]

Archetype

Toolbox Inheritors

Thoughts

Despite the strength of Liberator Assault Group, the wide range of tricks you can pull of in Inheritors continues to provide a real alternative, especially if you like Infantry shooting to go with your melee threats. Here the notable play is that there’s a lot of shooting power that can operate with semi-impunity – the Eliminators get Lone Operative and a free Fire and Fade-like, while the Eradicators can slam In the Shadow of Great Wings every turn, while also being immune to Overwatch. As ever, a difficult-to-answer shooting setup is a premium way to force foes to engage with you, at which point you can unleash the wrath of various melee Characters and the big Assault Marine squad. If the opponent won’t come out to play, there’s plenty of scoring potential from the Phobos stuff and access to Unto the Burning Skies as well. A very nice combination of toys here, well done Stepan.

The Best of the Rest

There were 6 more players on 4-1 records. They were:

2nd – Sergey Yalunin – Necrons (Canoptek Court): Ultra-durable Court with two Wraith units and two full Warrior squads with Szeras.
3rd – Michael Miheyev – Tyranids (Vanguard Onslaught): Two Genestealer squads with big bugs and a zappy Neurotyrant/Zoanthrope unit following.
4th – Alexey Gurin – Chaos Space Marines (Fellhammer Siege-host): Fellhammer lead by Abaddon, using a bit of everything and a full Rubricae unit as a centrepiece.
5th – Roman Khalitov – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike): Full Scion send with the added punch of the powerful new Catachan and Krieg Heavy Weapon team datasheets, the flamers from the latter being especially nasty out of Strategic Reserves here.
6th – Ivan Bogdanov – Orks (Taktikal Brigade): An all-rounder variant of Taktikal Brigade mixing some of the shooty stuff like the Flash Gitz squad with full Kommando units and some Meganobz in a Battlewakon.
7th – Ivan Nazmiyev – Chaos Daemons (Plague Legion): Pretty much every Nurgle Character you can think of, some big hitters like Rotigus, a GuO and a Soul Grinder, and then enough other units to gum up the table and frighten the foe to death.

WINTER ASSAULT INDONESIA’s 1st GRAND TOURNAMENT

32-player, 5-round Grand Tournament in Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia on February 01 2025. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings.

Note: This event was split over two weekends with one day on each, hence why it’s here this week despite listing as 1st February.

Vincent V – Necrons (Awakened Dynasty) – 1st Place

The List

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Necrons
Awakened Dynasty
Strike Force (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer (305 Points)
• 1x Gaze of death
• 1x Scythe of the Nightbringer

C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon (300 Points)
• 1x Canoptek tail blades
• 1x Spear of the Void Dragon
• 1x Voltaic storm

Illuminor Szeras (175 Points)
• 1x Eldritch Lance
• 1x Impaling legs

Plasmancer (80 Points)
• 1x Plasmic lance
• Enhancements: Veil of Darkness

Technomancer (105 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Staff of light
• Enhancements: Nether-realm Casket

BATTLELINE

Necron Warriors (200 Points)
• 20x Necron Warrior
◦ 20x Close combat weapon
◦ 20x Gauss reaper

OTHER DATASHEETS

Canoptek Scarab Swarms (40 Points)
• 3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
◦ 3x Feeder mandibles

Canoptek Wraiths (230 Points)
• 6x Canoptek Wraith
◦ 6x Particle caster
◦ 6x Vicious claws

Doomsday Ark (190 Points)
• 1x Armoured bulk
• 1x Doomsday cannon
• 2x Gauss flayer array

Lokhust Destroyers (35 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Gauss cannon

Ophydian Destroyers (80 Points)
• 3x Ophydian Destroyer
◦ 3x Ophydian hyperphase weapons

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Archetype

All-rounder Awakened

Thoughts

More Necrons to finish up for the day, specifically an Awakened Dynasty build with a bit of everything. Want to wedge a durable brick somewhere? the Warriors with Szeras or the Wraiths have got you. Something need blasting? Doomsdays. An objective needs to be ominously loomed over? C’tan. Necrons are just in a fun place right now, what can I say, and have a solid mix of different challenges they can force a foe to answer or perish. Great stuff from Vincent.

The Best of the Rest

There were 5 more players on 4-1 records. They were:

2nd – Austin C – Chaos Daemons (Daemonic Incursion): A blast from the not-that-distant past with the Keeper/GuO/Big Bird trio at the core, two Soul Grinders for extra heavy lifting, and loads of small speedy units to score and pester.
3rd – Rafael Satya – World Eaters (Berzerker Warband): The one true World Eaters list.
4th – Mario Hadiwana – Ultramarines (Vanguard Spearhead): Bobby G gun club as Vanguard to spoil the fun of mid-AP shooting lists.
5th – Moses Manalu – T’au Empire (Retaliation Cadre): Crisis toolbox with some Riptides and Sky Rays on top.
6th – Daniel Beniah – Necrons (Awakened Dynasty): All-rounder Dynasty centred on a full unit each of Warriorsa and Wraiths, backed by shooty toys and various utility MSUs.

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[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Beach Episode pt.1

Beachhead Brawl 2025

The Showdown

Terraform – Swift Action – Sweeping Engagement

Thoughts

Result

Nicholas Willingale – Blood Angels (Liberator Assault Group) – 1st Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

Martyn Cooper – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike) – 2nd Place (Undefeated)

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

Byron 🔥🎲 Sidhu – Chaos Daemons (Daemonic Incursion) – 3rd Place (Undefeated)

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

James “One_Wing” Grover – Necrons (Canoptek Court) – 4th Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

The Best of the Rest

Warzone: Atlanta Warhammer 40K Golden Ticket Tournament 2025

John Lennon – Ultramarines (Stormlance Task Force) – 1st Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

David Purcell – Astra Militarum (Bridgehead Strike) – 2nd Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

Tommy Rust – Death Guard (Flyblown Host) – 3rd Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

Collin Watts – Grey Knights (Warpbane Task Force) – 4th Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

The Best of the Rest

Wettcon Vinter 2025

Dag Samuelsson – Tyranids (Invasion Fleet) – 1st Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

The Best of the Rest

Frost Hammer

Stepan Zotov – Blood Angels (Angelic Inheritors) – 1st Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

The Best of the Rest

WINTER ASSAULT INDONESIA’s 1st GRAND TOURNAMENT

Vincent V – Necrons (Awakened Dynasty) – 1st Place

The List

Archetype

Thoughts

The Best of the Rest

Wrap Up

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