40K: The Unbeatable List: BAO 2017
Congratulations to the Brandon Grant – the Repeat Champion at BAO 2017!
list via TasteyTaste at Blood of Kittens
Brandon Grant 1st Overall BAO 2017
Faction: Astra Militarum Command Points: 10 Points: 2000
Battalion Detachment
- HQ: Commissar Yarrick (Warlord) = 130
- HQ: Company Commander with Shotgun, Chain sword, Frag Grenades = 30
- HQ: Company Commander with Shotgun, Chain sword, Frag Grenades = 30
- Elite: Commissar with Bolt Pistol, Chain sword = 31
- Troops: 30 Conscripts = 90
- Troops: 30 Conscripts = 90
- Troops: 30 Conscripts = 90
- Troops: 30 Conscripts = 90
- Heavy Support: Heavy Weapons Team with Mortar, Lasguns, Frag Grenades = 27
- Heavy Support: Heavy Weapons Team with Mortar, Lasguns, Frag Grenades = 27
Battalion Detachment
- HQ: Tempestor Prime with Command Rod, Chain sword, Frag, Krak Grenades = 40
- HQ: Tempestor Prime with Command Rod, Chain sword, Frag, Krak Grenades = 40
- HQ: Tempestor Prime with Command Rod, Chain sword, Frag, Krak Grenades = 40
- Troops: 5 Scions with 2 Hot-shot Lasguns, 1 Plasma Pistol, 2 Plasma Guns, Frag, Krak Grenades = 64
- Troops: 5 Scions with 2 Hot-shot Lasguns, 1 Plasma Pistol, 2 Plasma Guns, Frag, Krak Grenades = 64
- Troops: 5 Scions with 2 Hot-shot Lasguns, 1 Plasma Pistol, 2 Plasma Guns, Frag, Krak Grenades = 64
- Dedicated Transport: Taurox Prime with Gatling Cannon, 2 Hot-shot Volley Guns, Storm Bolter = 98
- Dedicated Transport: Taurox Prime with Gatling Cannon, 2 Hot-shot Volley Guns, Storm Bolter = 98
- Dedicated Transport: Taurox Prime with Gatling Cannon, 2 Hot-shot Volley Guns, Storm Bolter = 98
Spearhead Detachment
- HQ: Primaris Psyker with Epistolary, Force Stave = 4
- Elite: Astropath with Laspistol = 15
- Elite: Astropath with Laspistol = 15
- Heavy Support: Basilisk with Earth shaker Cannon, Heavy Bolter, Storm Bolter = 110
- Heavy Support: Basilisk with Earth shaker Cannon, Heavy Bolter = 108
- Heavy Support: Earth shaker Carriage with 4 Crew with Lasguns, Frag Grenades = 91
- Heavy Support: Earth shaker Carriage with 4 Crew with Lasguns, Frag Grenades = 91
- Heavy Support: Earth shaker Carriage with 4 Crew with Lasguns, Frag Grenades = 91
Goatboy’s Breakdown:
This list is basically a ton of bodies (Consripts) mixed with guns (see: Heavy Support, Mortars) that don’t need line of sight to fire. Combine that with the re-rolls from Yarrick, and it’s a pretty tanky brick. On top of that the Tempestors are great objective grabbers/speedbumps and the Taurox Prime is a bullet hose. This army can always shoot, block movement, and score objectives. Dealing with 120 conscripts is a problem already – mix in all the OTHER shooting back (see: Orders) and you can see why this lists works so well in a tournament format.
So again, congratulations to Repeat BAO Champion Brandon Grant – going 6-0 at BAO is no easy feat, but doing it two years in a row, with two different armies in two different editions? That’s more than just brining a tough list, folks.
You can also view the Top Five Army Lists over at BoK – thanks to TasteyTaste for consolidating all the lists. There was another list that went 6-0 but lost out to points. Guess what faction it was…
What do you think of this Unbeatable List from BAO 2017?
