Spearhead and Vanguard boxes
Spearhead and Vanguard boxes are a great way to get started in Age of Sigmar. They can often - but not always - be a great way to get started in Warcry too! Unlike bespoke warbands, these models are part of their standard faction, so a little list building is required. Below is a list of boxes, their contents and if they are viable for Warcry.
Special thanks to the Warcry discord for the assistance in putting together this list!
These boxes have been rated using the system below. 'Stong', 'good' and 'fun' is relative to the posibilities within that faction (for example, if a faction can't create very competitive lists, but you can make some of the best lists for that faction from their box, it will be rated 'Great').
| Rating | Definition |
|---|---|
| Incomplete | Not enough units to create a warband |
| Compatible | Enough units to create at least one list, but it may not be fun or very good |
| Decent | You can create a couple of different lists, or at least one list that plays well |
| Great | Lots of list building potential for strong and fun warbands |
Chaos
Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound
Rating: Decent
3x Mighty Skullcrushers
- Mighty Skullcrusher with Ensorcelled Axe and/or
- Mighty Skullcrusher with Bloodglaive
- one model can be built as a Skullhunter (Hero)
10x Blood Warriors
- Blood Warrior with Pair of Goreaxes and/or
- Blood Warrior with Goreaxe and Gorefist
- one model can be built as a Blood Warrior with Goreglaive
- one model can be built as a Chaos Champion (Hero)
10x Bloodreavers
Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites
This box contains both daemons and mortals. In warcry they are split into separate factions.
Arcanites
Rating: Compatible, at least
Daemons
Rating: TBC
Hedonites of Slaanesh
This box contains just mortals (Hedonites of Slaanesh: Sybarites).
Rating: Compatible, at least
- 1x Shardspeaker of Slaanesh
- 3x Slaangor Fiendbloods
- 5x Slickblade Seekers, which can alternatively be built as Blissbarb Seekers
- 10x Blissbarb Archers, plus 1x Blissbrew Homonculus
Maggotkin of Nurgle
This box contains both daemons and mortals. In warcry they are split into separate factions.
Rotbringers (Mortals)
Rating: Compatible, at least
- 5x Putrid Blightkings
- 2x Pusgoyle Blightlords
- one can alternatively be built as Lord of Afflictions (Hero)
Daemons
Rating: Compatible, but low points (11 fighters, 675 points)
- 1x Spoilpox Scrivener (Hero)
- 10x Plaguebearers of Nurgle
- 1x Plagueridden (Hero)
Slaves to Darkness
Rating: TBC
- 1x Chaos Lord
- 1x Chaos Chariot, which can alternatively be built as a Gorebeast Chariot
- Cannot be used in Warcry.
- 10x Chaos Warriors
- Chaos Warrior with Chaos Hand Weapon and Chaos Runeshield and/or
- Chaos Warrior with Chaos Halberd and Chaos Runeshield
- one can built as a Aspiring Champion (Hero)
- 5x Chaos Knights
- Chaos Knight with Ensorcelled Weapon and Chaos Runeshield and/or
- Chaos Knight with Cursed Lance and Chaos Runeshield
- one can built as a Doom Knight (Hero)
Death
Nighthaunt
Rating: TBC
- 1x Knight of Shrouds
- 10x Grimghast Reapers
- 1x Extoller of Shyish (Hero)
- 9x Grimghast Reapers
- 20x Chainrasps
- 2x Dreadwarden (Hero)
- 3x Spirit Hosts
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Rating: TBC
- 1x Mortisan Soulreaper
- 1x Gothizzar Harvester
- Cannot be used in Warcry.
- 5x Kavalos Deathriders
- Kavalos Deathrider with Nadirite Blade
- Kavalos Deathrider with Nadirite Spear
- one can be built as a Kavalos Deathrider Mortek Hekatos (Hero)
- 20x Mortek Guard
- Mortek Guard with Nandrite Blade and/or
- Mortek Guard with Nadrite Spear
- two can be built as Mortek Guard with Soulcleaver Greatblade
- one can be built as a Mortek Hekatos (Hero)
Soulblight Gravelords
Rating: TBC
Destruction
Gloomspite Gitz
Rating: Great
- 1x Loonboss
- 3x Rockgut Troggoths*
- 10x Squig Hoppers
- can also be built as Boingrot Bounderz
- 2 Hero models than can be built as Squig Hopper Boss and/or Bounder Boss
- 20x Moonclan Stabbas
- Stabba with Stabba and Moon Shield
- Stabba with Pokin' Spear and Moon Shield and/or
- Shootas
- Up to two can be built as Stabbas with Barbed Nets
- One can be built as Moonclan Boss (Hero)
*Rockgut Troggoths are Destruction thralls.
Ogor Mawtribes
Rating: Great
- 1x Tyrant
- 1x Ironblaster, which can also be built as a Gnoblar Scraplauncher
- Cannot be used in Warcry.
- 2x Mournfang Riders
- Mournfang Rider with Gargant Hacker and/or
- Mournfang Rider with Culling Club and Ironfist
- Can build a single Skalg (Hero)
- 4x Leadbelchers
- Can build a single Thunderfist (Hero)
- 6x Gluttons
- Ogor Glutton with Clubs and/or
- Ogor Glutton with Ironfist
- Can build a single Crusher (Hero)
- 4x Gnoblars
Orruk Warclans (Kruleboyz)
Rating: TBC
- 1x Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof
- 1x Murknob with Belcha-banna
- 1x Beast-skewer Killbow
- Cannot be used in Warcry.
- 3x Man-skewer Boltboyz
- 10x Gutrippaz with Wicked Hackas
Order
Cities of Sigmar: Castelite Hosts
Rating: Compatible
- 1x Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal
- 1x Ironweld Great Cannon
- Cannot be used in Warcry.
- 5x Freeguild Cavaliers
- one can be built as a Freeguild Cavalier Arch-Knight (hero)
- 10x Freeguild Steelhelms
- 1x Battle Priest (Hero)
- 9x Freeguild Steelhelms
- one can be built as a Sergeant at Arms (Hero)
Daughters of Khaine
Rating: TBC
- 1x Melusai Ironscale
- 10x Witch Aelves, which can alternatively be built as Sisters of Slaughter
- 5x Blood Stalkers, which can alternatively be built as Blood Sisters
- 5x Doomfire Warlocks
Fyreslayers
Rating: TBC
- 1x Battlesmith
- 5x Hearthguard Berzerkers, which can alternatively be built as Auric Hearthguard
- 20x Vulkite Berzerkers
Idoneth Deepkin
Rating: TBC
- 1x Isharann Soulscryer
- 1x Akhelian Allopex
- 3x Akhelian Morrsarr Guard, which can alternatively be built as Akhelian Ishlaen Guard
- 10x Namarti Thralls
Kharadron Overlords
Rating: TBC
- 1x Arkanaut Admiral
- 1x Arkanaut Frigate
- 3x Endrinriggers, which can also be built as Skywardens
- 10x Arkanaut Company warriors
Lumineth Realm-Lords
Rating: TBC
Seraphon
Rating: TBC
- 1x Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur with 1x Saurus Oldblood on foot, which can also be built as a Skink Oracle on Troglodon with a Saurus Oldblood on foot, or a Saurus Scar-Veteran on Carnosaur
- 3x Kroxigor, which can alternatively be built as Kroxigor Warspawned
- 10x Saurus Warriors
Stormcast Eternals
Rating: Compatible
- 1x Yndrasta, the Celestial Spear
- 1x Knight-Vexillor with Banner of Apotheosis
- 1x Stormstrike Chariot
- 3x Annihilators (one can be an Annihilator-Prime)
- 10x Vanquishers (one can be an Vanquisher-Prime)
Sylvaneth
Rating: TBC
- 1x Branchwych
- 1x Treelord, which can also be built as a Treelord Ancient or Spirit of Durthu
- 3x Kurnoth Hunters, which can be built with Kurnoth Greatswords, Greatbows, or Scythes
- 5x Tree-Revenants, which can also be built as Spite-Revenants