Weekend ITC Tournaments Review - 7/30

My weekly update & analysis of Thousand Sons tournament results.

How you get on this list?

I’ll be qualifying any ITC tournaments or other major events (such as LVO, Adepticon, etc) and looking at the top lists for Thousand Sons as well as a brief look at the meta and what did well overall. I don’t really have any qualifiers or strict rules I’ll be going by for selecting lists other than the obvious top finisher or two.

Disclaimer: I do not take the time to verify points/valid selections. I’m simply doing my best to translate what was published for their list.

Lists for Weekend of 7/30

Mathew Allee - 4th/16 Grimdark GT

First up we have Matthew’s list from Grimdark. Now, normally this event would not qualify however, when you crack the entry list open you see it was a who’s who of the Texas tournament circuit and thus, worthy of some mention here. Also, Matthew is running something we haven’t really seen in big numbers yet - the new FW Termite Drills.

Thousand Sons Battalion

Ahriman on Disc (Warptime, Gift of Chaos, Death Hex)

Exalted Sorcerer (2x Swords, Seer’s Bane, Boon of Mutation, Diabolic Strength)

Daemon Prince (Talons)

3x 5-man Rubric Marines w/ Inferno Bolters (Doombolt, Glamour, Temporal Manipulation)

Thousand Sons Battalion

Exalted Sorcerer (Stave, Helm of Third Eye, Prescience, Glamour)

Exalted Sorcerer (Stave, Infernal Gaze, Temporal Mutation)

3x 5-man Rubric Marines w/ Interno Bolters (Firestorm, Weaver, Boon)

3x Terrax-Pattern Termite Assault Drills

Hellforged Scorpius

Daemons Auxillary Support

30 Brimstones

Here’s what Matthew faced:

Tyranids (Win) - Genestealers, Hive Guard, Hive Tyrants (Win) Drukhari (Tie) - Venom Spam Craftworlds (Loss) - Mix of Reapers / Ravagers Tyranids (Win) - Hiveguard / Genestealers Necrons (Win) - Tomblades, Destroyers, Doomsday Arks

Whats really impressive about this is that Allee tied one of the top-ranked ITC players with his list and did so against a list that’s really strong (Venom Spam). Also worth mentioning is that the Seer’s Bane is a forgotten relic right now but a REALLY powerful one when you factor in that you get to double your strength against anything with LD 9 or higher, which as it turns out, are a lot.

Carlos Kaiser - 6th/135 Bay Area Open

The Bay Area Open (BAO) is one of the biggest tournaments of the year. This year there were 135 entries so, for Carlos to make it into the top 10 is an amazing result and congratulations are well deserved.

Thousand Sons Battalion

Ahriman

Daemon Prince (Talons)

10 Cultists (Autoguns)

26 Tzaangors (Blades, Brayhorn)

26 Tzaangors (Blades, Brayhorn)

Shaman (Helm of 3rd Eye)

Alpha Legion Patrol

Sorcerer (Slaanesh)

35 Cultists (Autoguns, Slaanesh)

14 Noise Marines (Sonic Blasters)

World Eaters Battalion

Kharn

Exalted Champion (Power Sword, Chainsword)

5x Bezerkers (Chainsword, Chainaxe) (Champ: Powerfist, Chainsword)

5x Bezerkers (Chainsword, Chainaxe) (Champ: Powerfist, Chainsword)

5x Bezerkers (Chainsword, Chainaxe) (Champ: Powerfist, Chainsword)

Rhino (2x Combi-Bolters)

Rhino (2x Combi-Bolters)

Here’s what Carlos faces:

Nurgle Daemons (Win) - 90 Plaguebearers, Mortarion Imperial Knights (Win) - Castellan, Valiant, Gallant, and Soup T’au (Win) - Suite Soup Imperial Knights (Win) - 3x Gallants, Guard Soup Deathguard (Loss) - Plagueburst Crawlers, Renegade Knights, Blightlord Terminators T’au (Win) - Riptides, Stealthsuits

An awesome result for Carlos. It would be great to get some Q&A with him on how he played the list, which has a lot of mobility and is surprisingly shooty - as well as to get his take on how the match went vs Deathguard.

Michael Timpe - 14th/135 Bay Area Open

Next up we have Michael who also placed exceptionally well at BAO. Here’s what Michael was running:

Thousand Sons Supreme Command

Ahriman on Disc

Daemon Prince (Wings, Talons)

Daemon Prince (Wings, Talons)

Magnus the Red

Alpha Legion Battalion

Chaos Lord

Sorcerer (Jump Pack, Force Sword)

40 Cultists (Autoguns)

19 Cultists (Autoguns)

19 Cultists (Autoguns)

Renegade Knights Super-Heavy Detachment

Armiger Helverin

Armiger Helverin

Armiger Helverin

Here’s what Michael faced:

Craftworlds (Win) - Ynnari, Reapers

Custodes (Win 26-22) - Shield Captains, Guard, Praetors, Guard Soup

Tyranids (Win 24-23) - Gaunt Spam with Hiveguard

Guard (Win, 24-22) - Guard Soup with some Blood Angels

Imperial Knights (Loss) - Castellan, Crusader, 2x Gallants, min-Guard Battalion

Renegade Knights (Win) - 3x Renegade Knights, Renegade Dominus

Overall, Michael had a real tough early-go and Custodes is a real tough matchup for Chaos. But hats off to the tight wins in rounds 2-4. While Michael’s list isn’t featuring anything outside of their strong HQ choices, he gets the nod here for showing how to splash in other Chaos with them to be effective.

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