This is an overview of all the Warbands for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Warcry.
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List of all Warcry Warbands
All Chaos Warbands
- Untamed Beasts
- Iron Oglems
- Cypher Lords
- Corvus Cabal
- Splintered Fang
- The Unmade
- Spire Tyrants
- Beasts of Chaos
- Skaven
- Slaves to Darkness
- Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites
- Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons
- Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers
- Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons
- Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound
- Blades of Khorne: Daemons
- Hedonites of Slaanesh
- Scions of Flame (not released yet)
All Order Warbands
- Stormcast Eternals: Vanguard
- Stormcast Eternals: Warrior Chamber
- Daughters of Khaine
- Idoneth Deepkin
- Kharadron Overlords
- Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct
- Fyreslayers
- Sylvaneth
- Seraphon
All Death Warbands
- Nighthaunt
- Legions of Nagash
- Flesh-Eater Courts
- Bonereapers
All Destruction Warbands
- Bonesplittez
- Ironjawz
- Gloomspite Gitz
- Ogor Mawtribes
Getting the Miniatures and Cards for the various Warbands
Each Warband in Warcry have a specific set of models that they can use in the game. Those models will be listed on the back of the warbands ability card.
The ability card will list the special abilities of the Warband.
Each fighter in a warband will also have a separate card detailing the stats of that fighter.
Some warbands have a dedicated box where you can buy several different miniatures (about 8-10 minis a box). If you buy that box, you will get all of the cards you need to play that warband.
The Chaos warbands designed to be used in the Warcry are the ones with dedicated boxes, but lately Gloomspite Gitz, Stormcast Vanguard and Nighthaunt got added to that mix.
If there is no dedicated box for that Warband you need to buy the models from various Age of Sigmar miniature boxes.
I am making guides for each Warband and in those, I will go over what options you have with regards to buying the various warbands.
You can buy a card pack for each warband, at least if you can find a copy. Once they are sold out they are not getting a reprint.
If cannot find the warband cards you can find them in the Tome of Champions.
Building a Warband
When you build a warband for pick up and play in Warcry, you just have to follow a few simple guidelines:
- You need 1 leader, but you cannot have more than 1
- You need between 3 and 15 fighters
- You can have a maximum of 1000 points
The GW Warband builder (Varanscribe) is pretty solid for building your warband and you can also do campaign stuff in it.
Sadly, it is not looking like GW will update it with anything released after the core book.
Luckily for us, Tim over at Fantastic Friday has created a sweet interactive pdf (remember to donate a few monies if you like what he has made)
Chaos Warbands
| Warband Name | Warband Box | StG Box | Guide for Warband | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untamed Beasts |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| Iron Golems |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| Cypher Lords |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| Corvus Cabal |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| Splintered Fang |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| The Unmade |  |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon |
| Spire Tyrants |  | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon | |
| Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons | Go to Guide | Buy Warband on Amazon | ||
| Beasts of Chaos | ||||
| Skaven | ||||
| Slaves to Darkness | ||||
| Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites | ||||
| Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers | ||||
| Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons | ||||
| Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound | ||||
| Blades of Khorne: Daemons | ||||
| Hedonites of Slaanesh | ||||
| Scions of Flame (not released yet) |
Untamed Beasts
The Untamed Beasts is one of the two Warbands for Warcry that comes in the current starter set. Post-release GW has also released a box for the warband (as the starter set will disappear at some point) and box for the Slaves to Darkness (which is basically two warband boxes but without the warcry cards).
- The Warband consists of 9 miniatures out of the standard box
- The 9 minis in the box come to a total of exactly 1000 point
- They have a very classic marauder/barbarian look with quite a lot of beast aesthetic
Pros and Cons of the Untamed Beasts Warband
PROS
+ good all-round warband with no significant weaknesses
+ The Rocktusk Prowler and First Fang have excellent ability combos
+ cheap basic fighters
CONS
– lacks Range 2 weapons for melee
– as a balanced warband, they don’t have anything they really excel at.
– weak basic fighters
Guide for the Untamed Beasts
Miniatures available for the Untamed Beasts
Heart-Eater
Beastspeaker
Preytaker with Fanged Axe
Preytaker with Sawtooth Blade
First Fang
3x Plains-Runner
Rocktusk Prowler
Fighter Cards for the Untamed Beasts
Ability Card for the Untamed Beasts
Iron Golem
The Iron Golem is the other of the two Warbands for Warcry that comes in the starter set. You can also buy them separately in either a Warband box with the cards or double the miniatures but without the cards.
- The Warband consists of 8 miniatures out of the standard box
- The 8 minis in the box come to a total of exactly 975 points
Pros and Cons of the Iron Golems
Pros:
+ high Toughness and abilities that improve it =very hard to kill
+ some hard-hitting fighters (the Ogor Breacher in particular)
Cons:
– Slow, lack good mobility abilities
– Few viable options for attacking with a range further than 1 inch
Guide for the Iron Golems
Miniatures in the Iron Golem Warband from the starter set
Dominar
Iron Legionary with Bolas
Armator
Ogor Breacher
Drillmaster
Signifier or Profector
2x Iron Legionary
Fighter Cards for the Iron Golems
Ability Card for the Iron Golem Warband
Cypher Lords
The Cypher Lords is a standalone box available for purchase the day Warcry is released. Like the other first wave chaos warbands, you can get a Slaves to Darkness box with double the sprues from the normal box.
- The Warband consists of 8 miniatures out of the box (1 Thrallmaster, 1 Luminate, 3 Mirrorblades and 3 Mindbound)
Pros and Cons of the Cypher Lords
Pros:
+Good damage
+Strong leader and champion with great abilities
+great mobility
Cons:
– low Toughness overall – fighters go down easily
– slightly expensive points-wise
Guide for the Cypher Lords
Miniatures in the Cypher Lords Warband
Thrallmaster
Mindbound
Luminate
Mindbound with Double Sword
Mindbound
Mirrorblade with Duelling Sword
Mirrorblade
Mirrorblade with Glaive
Fighter Cards for the Cypher Lords Warband
Ability Card for the Cypher Lords Warband
Corvus Cabal
To buy the awesome bird bois you need to get either the standard box or the double box
- The Warband consists of 9 models (1 Shadow Piercer, 1 Shrike Talon, 2 Spire Stalkers and 5 Cabalists with different weapon options).
- The difference between the Cabalists and the Spire Stalkers is (besides the rules) the metal armour on the leg.
Pros and Cons of the Corvus Cabal
Pros:
+ one of the fastest Chaos warbands
+ can take advantage of scenery to great effect
+ versatile Leader figure with many useful abilities that improve your warband
+ Sneaky good damage (loads of attacks) compared to price pr. model
Cons:
– Many Corvus Cabal fighters are very vulnerable
– Not the highest critical damage profiles (bit average critical on whole warband is fair)
Guide for the Corvus Cabal
Miniatures in the Corvus Cabal Warband
Shadow Piercer
Cabalist
Cabalist
Cabalist
Spire Stalker
Shrike Talon
Cabalist with Familiar
Cabalist
Cabalist
Spire Stalker
Fighter Cards for the Corvus Cabal
Ability Card for the Corvus Cabal Warband
Splintered Fang
If you want the Splintered Warfang on the cheap, get it from a store that gives a discount. If you want it really cheap, get the double box instead.
- The Splintered Fang consists of 10 models (1 Trueblood, 1 Pureblood, 1 Serpent Caller, 2 Venombloods , 4 Clearbloods, and 1 Serpent thingy).
Pros and Cons of the Splintered Fang
Pros:
+ good critical damage overall
+ strong general abilities that negate enemy advantages
+ fighters tend to have many attacks
+ good options for immobilizing enemies
Cons:
– fighters have low Toughness and are vulnerable in melee
– not the best ranged options
Splintered Fang Guide
Miniatures in the Splintered Fang Warband
Trueblood
Serpents
Venomblood with Barbed Whip
Clearblood with Shield
Clearblood
Serpent Caller
Venomblood
Clearblood
Clearblood
Clearblood
Fighter Cards in the Splintered Fang
Ability Cards for the Splintered Fang
The Unmade
The Unmade Warband contains 9 miniatures (1 Blissful One, 1 Joyous One, 3 Ascended Ones and 4 Awakened Ones).
If you want double the amount of crazy people that chop of their skin and limbs, you can get a double box of unmade.
Pros and Cons of the Unmade
Pros:
+ very versatile abilities, most of them usable by everyone in the warband
+ very strong and fast Leader
+ good synergies between leader/champion and basic fighters via abilities
Cons:
-if the Leader goes down, you lack a strong damage source
– many fairly weak fighters
– lack exceptional Strength or Toughness on any fighters
Guide for the Unmade Warband
Miniatures in the Unmade Warband
Blissful One
Awakened One with Flail
Aweakened one with Polearm
Ascended one
Joyous One
Aweakened one with Polearm
Aweakened one with Polearm
Ascended one
Ascended one
Fighter Cards in the Unmade Warband
Ability Card in the Unmade Warband
The Spire Tyrants
The Spire Tyrants were teased in the core book for warcry and now we can get them on the table.
Pros and Cons of the Spire Tyrants Warband
Pros:
+ good synergies between fighters and abilities
+ average to good Toughness and Strength values
+ Many options for extra attack actions or allocation of damage points from abilities
Cons:
– doesn’t excel at any one statistic (speed, number of attacks, wounds etc)
– not an easy warband to master for beginners
– very dependent on combos, with the best abilities locked behind actions that take enemy fighters out of action (which can be hard against very though warbands)
Guide for the Spire Tyrants Warband
Miniatures in the Spire Tyrants Warband
Pit Champion
Bestigor Destroyer
Pit Veterans
Headclaimer
Frenzied Rager
Pit Fighters
Fighter Cards in the Spire Tyrants Warband
Ability Card for the Spire Tyrants Warband
Skaven
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Skaven Warband
Pros and Cons of the Skaven Warband
Pros:
+ High mobility
+ Horde abilities
+ Strong elite units
Cons:
– Unimpressive leaders
Warband Guide for the Skaven
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Skaven
Slaves to Darkness
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Slaves to Darkness Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Slaves to Darkness
Beasts of Chaos
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Beasts of Chaos Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Kharadron Overlords
Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons
Pros and cons for the Daemons of Tzeentch Warband
Pros:
+ Decent ranged options
+ Ability to multiply fighters
Cons:
– No heavy hitters
– Fragile
Warband guide for Tzeentch Daemons
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons
Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites
Pros and cons for the Tzeentch Arcanites Warband
Pros:
+ Good ranged options
+ Versatile with high mobility
Cons:
– No heavy hitters
– No powerful ability
Warband Guide for Tzeentch Arcanites
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites Warband
Ability and Figher Cards for the Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers
Note on image: most of the images are lifted from various social media posts and some are also submitted. Thanks for people for sharing. The above image is stolen from Anon on 4chan. I could have easily cropped out the small message in the image, but I just agree so much I left it there (even though I had to blur out some of it).
Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons
Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound Warband
Fighter Cards for the Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound Warband
Ability Cards for the Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound Warband
Blades of Khorne: Daemons
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Blades of Khorne: Daemons Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Blades of Khorne: Daemons
Hedonites of Slaanesh
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Hedonites of Slaanesh Warband
Fighter and Ability cards for the Hedonites of Slaanesh
Scions of the Flame
Order Warbands
If you want to play a non-chaos faction in Warcry, you currently have 9 options.
Do note that no new miniatures or “boxes” of Warbands are being released except for the chaos stuff. Instead, 9 non-chaos factions are getting one ability card and fighter cards for the miniatures that are usable in Warcry.
So if you want to play with one of the factions below, you need to get the pack of cards and get your hands on the miniatures from the different boxes they are in.
This means that the following warbands are really easy to start if you have the models (all you need is the card pack), but if not if you have to go hunting for those minis.
Note: the card pack are selling out on quite a lot of sites, and GW is notorious for not reprinting cards once they are sold out. Get them while you can!
Stormcast Eternals Vanguard
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Stormcast Eternals Vanguard Warband
Pros and Cons of the Stormcast Vanguard
Pros:
+ Ambush tactics
+ Best ranged attacks (maybe OP)
+ Mobility in certain fighters
+ High toughness
Cons:
– Low model count
– Hard to manage certain situations
– Susceptible to criticals
Stormcast Vanguard Warband Guide
Fighter Cards for the Stormcast Eternals Warband
Ability Card for the Stormcast Eternals Warband
Daughters of Khaine
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Daughters of Khaine Warband
Pros and Cons of the Daughters of Khaine Warband
Pros:
+ Extremely fast
+ Many attacks
+ Gets stronger the more damage is dealt
Cons:
– Fragile
– Too reliant on critical damage and many attacks
– Can be expensive to collect
Daughters of Khaine Warband Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Daughters of Khaine Warband
Idoneth Deepkin
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in an Idoneth Deepkin Warband
Pros and Cons of the Idoneth Deepkin
Pros:
+ Mobile and fast
+ Strong but situational abilities
+ Strong basic units
Cons:
– Low toughness
– No big hitters
Guide for the Idoneth Deepkin
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Idoneth Deepkin Warband
Kharadron Overlords
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Kharadron Overlords Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Kharadron Overlords
Stormcast Eternals Warrior Chamber
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Eternals Warrior Chamber
Pros and Cons of the Warrior Chamber Warband
Pros:
+ High toughness
+ Decent mobility
+ High wounds
+ Good ranged option
+ Extreme versatility
Cons:
– Really low models count
– Hard to manage in certain situations
Guide for the Warrior Chamber Warband
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Stormcast Eternal Warrior Chamber
Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct Chamber
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct Warband
Pros and Cons of the Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct Chamber
Pros:
+ Really elite warband
+ High toughness
Cons:
– Low models count
– Low mobility
– Really situational abilities
Guide for the Sacrosanct Chamber
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct
Fyreslayers
Note: the Fyreslayers are a bit different, seeing as they are the only warband that had their rules released in the White Dwarf magazine (issue 451)
All rules for the Fyreslayers in Warcry
Pros and Cons of the Fyreslayers Warband
Pros:
+ Versatile warban
+ Many attacks
Cons:
– Extremely focussed on attack
– Extremely slow
Guides for the Fyreslayers Warband
Sylvaneth
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Sylvaneth Warband
Pros and cons of the Sylvaneth Warband
Pros:
+ Decent mobility
+ Ability to heal
+ Varied abilities and strategies
Cons:
– Medium hitters
Guide for the Sylvaneth Warband
Fighter Cards in Sylvaneth Warband
Ability cards for the Sylvaneth in Warcry
Seraphon
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Seraphon Warband
Pros and Cons of a Seraphon Warband
Pros:
+ High mobility
+ Versatile warband
Cons:
– No heavy hitters
Guide for Seraphon Warband
Fighter and Ability cards for the Seraphon in Warcry
Death Warbands
Nighthaunt
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Nighthaunt Warband
Pros and Cons of the Nighthaunt
Pros:
+ Versatile and quite forgiving
+ Fly is, in general, an amazing ability
+ Summoning back models is a powerful ability, tactically satisfying and thematically fitting
Cons:
– Low damage (unless you can get off some abilities)
– Can struggle on some missions
Nighthaunt Warband Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Nighthaunt Warband
Legions of Nagash
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Legions of Nagash Warband
Legions of Nagash Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Legions of Nagash Warband
Flesh-Eater Courts
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Flesh-Eater Courts Warband
Pros and Cons of the Flesh-Eater Courts
Pros:
+ Excess to high movement and flying (which is pretty good in warcry)
+ Have hard-hitting fighters and access to cheap disposable bodies
+ Is one of the easier/cheaper non-chaos warbands to build
Cons:
– Not a lot of different model types
– No ranged attacks
– You could get tired of the naming of your models (they really like that crypt…)
Flesh-Eater Courts Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Flesh-Eater Courts Warband
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Bonereapers Warband
Pros and Cons for the Bonereapers
Pros:
+ Good toughness
+ All-round
+ Extreme versatility
Cons:
– Does not excel in anything
– Depend on abilities
– No ranged options
Guide for the Ossiarch Bonereapers
Fighter Cards for the Bonereapers
Ability Cards for the Bonereapers
Destruction Warbands
Gloomspite Gitz
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Gloomspite Gitz Warband
Gloomspite Gitz Pros and Cons
Pros:
+ Decent toughness on basic infantry
+ Really cheap and really elite options
+ Strength in numbers by surrounding enemies
Cons:
– Average stats
– Reliant on special abilities
– Need to attack in group to be efficient
Gloomspite Gitz Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Gloomspite Gitz Warband
Ironjawz
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Ironjawz Warband
Pros and Cons of the Ironjawz Warband
Pros:
+High Toughness
+High Strength
+High Wounds (Lowest is 15)
+Good Damage Spread
+Very Killy (so incredibly fun if you just like to bash things)
Cons:
-Very slow movement
-Difficulty Climbing even the smallest of obstacles
-Very unlikely to win objective based missions, as the slow movement makes it hard to get where you need to be.
– Clever opponents will use your slow movement and no ranged abilities against you
Ironjawz Warband Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Ironjawz Warband
Bonesplitterz
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Bonesplitterz Warband
Pros and Cons of the Bonesplitterz
Pros:
+ Adaptable
+ Good Selection of Models
+ $$$$ CHEAP $$$$
+ Easy to Play
+ Auras and Buffs
+Solid wounds across the board
+Ranged Attacks
Cons:
– Average powered models that don’t excel in any one area
– Losing your Bone totems or Leaders can be utterly devastating
Bonesplitterz Guide
Fighter Cards for the Bonesplitterz Warband
Ability Card for the Bonesplitterz Warband
Ogor Mawtribes
Miniatures/Fighters you can use in a Ogor Mawtribes Warband
Pros and Cons of the Ogor Mawtribes
Pros:
+ Massive damage
+ Strongest ranged options in Destruction
Cons:
– One of the lowest model count warbands
– Average Toughness
Ogor Mawtribes Guide
Fighter and Ability Cards for the Ogor Mawtribes
