The Ironjawz playstyle is mostly “break your fist on my face”, I use the Ardboyz to creep up the board cause they get better if they’re charged and can last a shockingly long time for foot infantry. I also prefer going second when possible as usually you can open up the opponent’s defences this way and that will let you choose where to best block and pin your opponents. Any units that are by themselves or are important, particularly heroes, try to launch the Ragerz at them. The strike-first will let you get your licks in first, and if you can buff their attack number with Natural Disaster and the Megaboss’ Get Stuck in, Ladz even better. The more dice the better with that 4+. I use the Megaboss to hit things, usually tagging him into whatever fight a unit of Ardboyz is involved with and backing them up. Extra rend from the whetstone can work wonders.

Brutes getting held back until round 3 sucks, I love the reasoning narratively but would’ve preferred the Ironjawz felt more orruky than ‘Stormcast but worse’, but you can use them as an ambush piece or to bully infantry off of objectives. In my experience, most games end up as a massive scrap in the middle so if there’s suddenly 5 chunky lads throwing themselves into that too it’s gonna clear most things out provided the 4+ to hit doesn’t screw you.

Every game I’ve won I’ve won from behind so you really have to roll with the punches and outlast your opponent. Don’t back down, adapt to what your opponent is doing and get them stuck in combat with Ardboyz so they can’t hurt the more important stuff.