Winner of 2023Q1 Norcry Tournament

Dagger:

3x Hammerer

Shield:

Warden King

Hammerer

Ironbreaker

Hammer:

Annihilator Prime with GrandHammer

Tree-Revenant Scion with Enchanted Blade

2x Hammerer

Tips, Tricks & Tactics

Mobility – 9 out of 10 fighters from this list has Movement characteristic of 3”, but thanks to 2 great Tempest Eye abilities slow fighters from this warband can traverse fast surprising distances. First of this abilities is the Grand Alliance Classic – Swift as the Wind.

Thanks to this ability and potential to use it and wait to then transfer the “buffing bubble” elsewhere (potentially with the help of ability described below) helps to greatly increase movement speed of big part of your warband. The list also has plan B for situations when Warden King doesn’t start the game round one – every of you Hammerers can use Double to gain bonus move action thanks to Outriders of the Realms, which should help reach most of nearby objectives.

Teleporting Treasure – Tree-Revenant starts in Hammer simply to steal treasure that is close to your opponent in Loot and Pillage. To do this just Walk the Spirit Paths on top of objective and then loot and move towords you forces making sure that they can’t be deployed within 1” of you. In case of winning initiative round 2 you should be able to move behind your freshly arrived reinforcements, otherwise you can teleport away.

Hammer Time – Annihilator’s Hammer isn’t the only source of damage in your warband as any of your Hammerers can use Pulverising Strike to became crit-fishing monster with up to 8 damage per critical strike, which is additional way of dealing with opponents with very high Toughness as the list lacks Strength outside of Annihilator.

1st place on 12 player tournament in Minnesota (March 2023)

Dagger:

Old Guard

Annihilator with Grandhammer

Shield:

Calthia Xandire

2x Annihilator with Meteoric Hammer

Hammer:

Annihilator with Meteoric Hammer

Annihilator with Grandhammer

Origins

The list and its strange name comes from TheSaltySea

Key abilities

Coordinated strike is the reason why Calthia is the leader here. With triple of threes or fours we get the rampage value of bonus actions for only a triple and with fives or sixes we get the ability that is more valuable than mentioned game defining quad.

Swift as the wind is here simply to get Annihilators to where they need to be and where can start smashing enemies with their Hammers (as Coordinated Strike in later rounds)

Dagger

2x Paladin with Starsoul Mace

Old Guard with Ancestral Weapon and Gromril Shield

Shield

2x Paladin with Starsoul Mace

Hammer

Retributor-Prime

Company Captain

Tips, Tricks & Tactics

Early Game Plan: The main idea of the list is to get your powerful fighters to closest important area od the map and kill everything there. The whole warband having movement 3 means that that it might need help “getting there”. That’s why Old Guard and his triple “Swift as the Wind” is the key to early game. The most common first turn with Dagger on the table will look similar: first activation is “Swift as the wind” and wait action, to then move 2 paladins from Dagger and after that if possible moving Old Guard to your next battlegroup to spread the movement speed buff there. (potentially with the bonus move action from his Double)

Late Game Plan: When your Paladins will finally reach the place when they want to be they will most likely meet some opposing forces there. It’s time to show your opponent why your warband is called “Dragoncast”. Your main plan at this point (outside of occasionally shouting “Hammer Time” in M.C. Hammer impression) is to use “Fight for Profit” and in case your Company Captain is on objective or carries a treasure your Paladin attack profiles will be elevated to the mirror of attack profile of unbracketed Zombie Dragon.

When deciding the order of your activations you can try to predict where your opponent is going to attack your unharmed Fighters, as your heavy Stormcast Fighters may transfer such situation into a bonus move action with Furious Avangers ability.