Astartes Rising Again at King of the Kastle 40k Tournament

By Andrew Schrank | April 22nd, 2022 | Categories: 40k News & Articles, Dark Angels, Space Marines, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors, Tabletop Gaming Products, Thousand Sons, Warhammer Army Lists, Warhammer Community

The King of the Kastle April 2022 happened over the weekend with some pretty sweet Warhammer 40k army lists taking the top spots!

The tournament is over and now we’re able to look at which lists managed to secure a place at the top! Check out what these winners brought in their armies.

King of the Kastle April 2022: Top 40k Army Lists

Thanks to Best Coast Pairings we are able to look back at the event as if we were there ourselves.

If you wanted to see the names and factions of the overall winners, we’ve included that below.

3rd Place: Jay DeCunzo – Dark Angels

2nd Place: David Hall – Thousand Sons

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1st Place: Matthew Allee – Thousand Sons

Matthew’s two detachment set up of Thousand Sons starts off with a battalion led by 2 Daemon Princes and an Infernal Master. The DPs are both fantastic melee threats that have access to psychic support. The Infernal Master also has access to Psychic support, but it also gives the list access to the pact system for even more support options.

Troops bring in 10 Rubric Marines with 2 Soulreaper cannons, which are one of the faction’s best-ranged options. There is also 10 Cultist to soak a few wounds or maybe sit on a faraway objective.

Elites bring in a total of 20 Scarab Terminators, 4 of which are bringing Soulreaper cannons, making for some durable threats at rang and in melee.

Finally, the list closes out with Magnus himself! He is easily one of the best psykers in the entire game and can lay the beat down in melee thanks to his monstrous Daemon Primarch statline. Previously he saw a dip in play, but the NERF to Tau etc, may have given him more room to breathe as there is less risk of him being obliterated in one turn!