It’s not just Space Marines at the top anymore- Xenos are back! Check out the top 40k army lists from over the weekend at Giga-Bites!
The Warzone Giga-Bites IV tournament was held over the weekend bringing twenty-four players in a single place to roll dice. With 9th Edition’s meta still shaping up, here are what the three winning lists brought. It looks like there could be a few new top armies on the block!
Top 3 9th Edition 40k Army Lists: Warzone: Giga-Bites IV
Thanks to Best Coast Pairings we are able to look back at the event as if we were there ourselves.
3rd Place: Seth the Mad Dok- Orks
This list that came in 3rd place used units we never saw on the competitive tables in 8th Edition. A Battalion of Orks with mainly minimum-sized Shoota Boyz hit the field with some Gretchin to help hold backfield objectives. For a little bit of objective reactiveness, three squads of Kommandos also made their way into the list. These guys could be put roughly where they needed to be on turn two an onward.
Finally, some Speed Freekz models in serious numbers also rolled out onto the field. Supported by those Shootas in Trukks, we had Shokjump Dragstas, Megatrakk Scrapjets, and Kustom Boosta Blastas zooming up the board to create space for ground control. Awesome list!
2nd Place: Mark Perry- Chaos
This list looks huge, but it’s just got a lot of awkward spacing between the units. With that said, this Chaos list made use of Slaanesh and Thousand Sons to get the job done. When was the last time you saw Lucius leading Noise Marines and Ahriman dropping Tzaangor bombs in one list?
This is a pretty unique list that proved its worth. Basically, Lucius led a contingent of Noise Marines in Rhinos to grab nearby objectives and burst the eardrums of anyone within range. Ahriman had some Tzaangor bombs that he flung into the enemy’s frontline and used for camping objectives if there were any bird people leftover from the carnage.
It was a list that had a lower than average toughness but plenty of bodies and speed to apply pressure. It’s also worth noting that the overall points of the list were a little shy of 2,000 pts. There were probably a few summoning shenanigans going on as well. Sweet list!
1st Place: Stephen Mitchell- Orks
Finally, for first place, we’ve got an incredibly elite list by Ork standards. We had Ghazghkull Chungus Thrakka hit the deck with two fatty squads of Meganobs that he more than likely rolled with. To add a little bit more bite to the list a Nob with Waaagh! banner also followed the Meganobz and Boyz around to give them +1 to hit in the Fight Phase.
We talked about the ‘eavy armor of the list but we also can’t ignore the fact that 90 Goff Boyz were also taken and armed to da teef with slugga/choppas and stikk bombs. These guys were all supported by a gunline of Smasha Guns as well. To top everything off, he finished with a Patrol Detachment with a Weirdboy and some Gretchin for a bit more psychic coverage and objective grabbing power. Great job taking a unique list and coming out on top!
What are your thoughts on these Top 40k Army Lists from Giga-bites? Are you surprised to see two Ork lists finish within the top 3?
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