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03 Apr 24

How Building Your Army Has

Changed in #NewAoS

We’ve already given you a taste of what’s changing in the new edition of Warhammer
Age of Sigmar, dug into what modular rules mean for you, and talked a little about the
knife-edge decision-making behind the priority roll. Today, it’s time to examine army
composition.

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 In the current edition, armies require at least one Leader unit and a minimum of three
Battleline units (or two for 1,000-point games), along with other restrictions on
Behemoths, reinforcements, and so on. You can slot your units into various battalions
that confer bonuses – such as the ever-popular Battle Regiment, which allows you to
deploy up to nine units all at once. As the player who finishes setting up first is
rewarded with the option to take the first turn, you have to balance low “drops” with
list-building flexibility, creating tension between picking exactly what you want and
seizing the first-turn tactical advantage.

The new edition maintains these incentives of risk and reward, but takes a new route to
emphasise flavour and flexibility. An army now comprises one or more regiments.
Every army must have at least one regiment – and can only take a maximum of five.

Each regiment is led by a single HERO, and can include up to three other units – or
four, if it’s your general’s regiment. These regiments represent the retinues, warbands,

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 and chosen warriors who will accompany a leader into battle, so every HERO lists
which units they can include in their regiment, as part of their battle profile.

In the case of the Lumineth Realm-lords, for instance, a Vanari Bannerblade can
include any VANARI units in their regiment, while an Alarith Stonemage can be
accompanied by their signature ALARITH units – along with Vanari Auralan Wardens,
who form the common core of many Lumineth forces. Unique faction leaders like
Archmage Teclis can often be accompanied by any units from their faction. In rare
cases, some powerful heroes can even include other HERO units in their regiment, for
example the Mighty Lord of Khorne, who can be accompanied into battle by
GORECHOSEN heroes.

This tends to result in armies that are much more thematic, with each HERO
accompanied by the kinds of troops you’d expect to see at their sides.

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 Every unit within a regiment deploys together as a single drop. You can reinforce most
non-Unique units with more than one model, and while there is no longer any limit on
the number of units you can reinforce, you may no longer double-reinforce units.

Otherwise, the restrictions of the current edition are gone.

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 “Battlefield roles, such as Battleline, Behemoths, or Artillery are a thing of the past,”
explains Product Developer Ben. “Once you’ve got a HERO as your general, you have a
ton of flexibility in how you build your roster. If you want to build a list that’s just a
single hero and a swarm of Doomwheels zooming around and causing havoc, we won’t
stop you! But it will have an impact on the game because anything that isn’t in a
regiment has to be an auxiliary unit.”

Auxiliary units o"er a way to pick additional units from your faction, outside the
confines of a regiment. There are no limits on how many auxiliaries you can take, but
there’s still a cost – each Auxiliary unit is deployed one at a time (as a single ‘drop’) and
the player with the fewest auxiliaries on their roster gets one extra command point at
the start of each battle round. These are a crucial resource in the new edition, and
scarcer than before.*

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 “Command points are a scarce resource in this edition. There isn’t a single warscroll or
faction ability in the game that gives you additional points”, explains Matt, highlighting
the value of sticking to your regiments. “We’ve tried to keep army composition as open
as possible to reflect the diverse array of forces found in the Mortal Realms,
implementing soft incentives to push for armies that are thematic and maintain a
healthy mix of units and heroes.”

On top of your regiments, you’ll also be picking your subfaction. These are now called
battle formations, which have been refocused around the fighting style of an army
rather than their specific background. This invites players to mix and match a battle
formation with their favourite colour scheme and any unique heroes they like.

Other important aspects of army building are also sticking around, including Artefacts
of Power and Heroic Traits – which used to be known as Command Traits** – as well as
Spell Lores, Prayer Lores, and the shiny new Manifestation Lores… which we’ll have
details on later.

* We’ll be writing about commands and how you receive command points at a later
date.

** Heroic Traits replace Command Traits – operating in a similar manner, except for the
fact that they can be given to any hero, not just your general.

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