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Summarised from the free Games Workshop rules download named in the sources. Check the current Battle Profiles before a game.
Points, unit sizes and regiment options live in the free Battle Profiles download, last republished 29 July 2026. A newer Battle Profiles always replaces an older one, so check the current version before a game.
Unit picks are SprueSentry commentary, not part of the formation rule. The formation ability itself is summarised from the free Faction Pack: Seraphon.
Add 2 to the Health characteristic of friendly Seraphon Monster units. No trigger, no range and no usage limit, so it applies to every monster in the list for the whole game.
The staple Seraphon Monster, and the chassis that also builds the Engine of the Gods.
See the box: price and offersA durable Monster that already wants to sit on an objective and refuse to die.
See the box: price and offersA Monster Hero, so it takes the Health bonus and a heroic trait at the same time.
A Monster that is also a caster, which keeps Tepok relevant in a monster list.
You pick exactly one battle formation for your army, so choosing this one means you do not take these.
How to play Thunderquake Starhost, the Seraphon battle formation that gives every Seraphon Monster 2 extra Health.
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for Age of Sigmar 4th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Thunderquake Starhost is the monster battle formation for Seraphon in Age of Sigmar 4th edition, and the least demanding of the four: there is nothing to remember and nothing to trigger.
SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. Summarised from the free Faction Pack: Seraphon, last updated 8 July 2026.
The formation ability is Scaly Monstrosities, and it is passive. Add 2 to the Health characteristic of friendly Seraphon Monster units.
No trigger, no range, no once-per-turn limit. Every Monster in the list is simply harder to kill for the whole game, and the bonus applies from the first activation to the last.
Monsters die to being finished off. Two extra Health regularly moves a Stegadon or a Bastiladon out of range of a single big enemy activation, which turns a lost model into a model that fights for another turn.
It also protects your Monster Heroes, so a Carnosaur or Troglodon that is carrying a heroic trait or an artefact keeps carrying it. If you are running the Scourge of Aqshy Beasts of the Dark Jungle monstrous traits, the extra Health is what buys those traits enough turns to matter.
Players who have committed points to three or more Monsters. With one dinosaur this is a small bonus on a single model, and the other Starhosts will do more for the rest of the army.
Pick Thunderquake Starhost when your Monsters are the core of the list rather than a supporting act, or when you want a formation that costs you no attention so you can spend it on the Asterism conditions instead. If your Monsters are Skink-crewed support pieces behind a Saurus line, Sunclaw Starhost buffs the units doing the work.
It is passive: friendly Seraphon Monster units add 2 to their Health characteristic. There is no trigger, range or usage limit.
Yes. Any friendly Seraphon Monster unit qualifies, so Carnosaur-mounted Heroes and the Skink Oracle on Troglodon benefit alongside the Stegadons and Bastiladons.
Rarely. It is a flat bonus on Monsters only, so with a single dinosaur you spend your one formation slot on one model while the rest of the army gets nothing.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.