Warcry Warband Overview (All Minis, Ability, Fighter Cards)

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

1. Untamed Beasts
2. Iron Oglems
3. Cypher Lords
4. Corvus Cabal
5. Splintered Fang
6. The Unmade
7. Spire Tyrants
8. Beasts of Chaos
9. Skaven
10. Slaves to Darkness
11. Disciples of Tzeentch: Arcanites
12. Disciples of Tzeentch: Daemons
13. Maggotkin of Nurgle: Rotbringers
14. Maggotkin of Nurgle: Daemons
15. Blades of Khorne: Bloodbound
16. Blades of Khorne: Daemons
17. Hedonites of Slaanesh
18. Scions of Flame (not released yet)

All Order Warbands

1. Stormcast Eternals: Vanguard
2. Stormcast Eternals: Warrior Chamber
3. Daughters of Khaine
4. Idoneth Deepkin
5. Kharadron Overlords
6. Stormcast Eternals: Sacrosanct
7. Fyreslayers
8. Sylvaneth
9. Seraphon
10. Lumineth
11. Cities of Sigmar
12. Khainite Shadowstalkers (not released yet)

All Death Warbands

1. Nighthaunt
2. Legions of Nagash
3. Flesh-Eater Courts
4. Bonereapers

All Destruction Warbands

1. Bonesplittez
2. Ironjawz
3. Gloomspite Gitz
4. 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:

1. You need 1 leader, but you cannot have more than 1
2. You need between 3 and 15 fighters
3. 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 

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

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

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 is:

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

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

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