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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #7 of 28 · composite +0.386
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Top players · where it's rated
B
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
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Win rate · week / patch
53.7% This week 47.4% This patch
weekly 126 games · patch 534 games
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HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

WHAT DO THE FACET Z-SCORES MEAN?

Each facet number below is a z-score — a comparison to the whole competitive roster this window. Zero is the roster average; +1.0 is one standard deviation above (roughly the top 16% of factions on that facet), +2.0 is exceptional; the scale mirrors going down. The four facets — win rate, top-cut conversion, blowout margin, consistency — combine into the Strength Index composite, weighted on the tier-list page. Top players is a comparison layer: the curated top-player tier list, shown beside the results but never blended into the composite.

PERFORMANCE VITALS THIS FACTION'S TOURNAMENT RESULTS vs THE ROSTER

WIN RATE
+0.56σ
52.3% · 281 games
TOP CUT
+0.5σ
1.18× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.46σ
10.3 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.8σ
0.026 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.767 (≈ B) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.386
The blend of the four performance facets at the default weights. Adjust the weights on the Strength Index.

MATCHUPS THIS FACTION vs THE ROSTER · CURRENT PATCH

Best matchups
  • Chaos Knights 73% 15g
  • Leagues of Votann 69% 13g
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 60% 15g
Toughest matchups
  • Adepta Sororitas 20% 10g
  • Dark Angels 23% 13g
  • Thousand Sons 27% 26g
Imperial Agents 100% 1g
Chaos Knights 73% 15g
Leagues of Votann 69% 13g
Deathwatch 67% 3g
Adeptus Mechanicus 60% 15g
Blood Angels 58% 12g
Astra Militarum 55% 20g
Space Wolves 53% 17g
Genestealer Cults 50% 8g
Necrons 49% 41g
Imperial Knights 48% 27g
Space Marines 47% 30g
Tyranids 45% 42g
Chaos Daemons 42% 26g
Chaos Space Marines 40% 25g
Drukhari 40% 15g
World Eaters 40% 15g
Aeldari 38% 13g
Emperor’s Children 38% 21g
Grey Knights 36% 14g
Orks 35% 20g
T’au Empire 29% 34g
Death Guard 28% 18g
Thousand Sons 27% 26g
Dark Angels 23% 13g
Adepta Sororitas 20% 10g
Black Templars 0% 3g
Win rate against each opponent in the current patch, best first — heat-shaded around an even 50% split. Cells from fewer than 5 games are dimmed (small sample); mirror matches are excluded. The full 28×28 matrix is on Quantum.

DETACHMENTS FOOTPRINT & TOP BUILDS · CURRENT PATCH

Detachment Games Prevalence Win rate VP diff
Lions of the Emperor 185 35% 53.5% +5.3
Might of the Moritoi 160 30% 52.6% +5.2
Shield Host 132 25% 43.2% -2.9
Silent Hunters 85 16% 42.1% -4.1
Tharanatoi Hammerblow READ WITH CARE 69 13% 50% +0
Talons of the Emperor READ WITH CARE 40 7% 44.4% -2.7
Solar Spearhead READ WITH CARE 10 2% 44.4% -11.3
Auric Champions READ WITH CARE 6 1% 66.7% -10.3
(unresolved detachment) 161 30% 44% -1.4
An 11th-edition army runs multiple detachments, and a game counts toward every detachment it fields — so prevalence is a footprint (share of this faction’s 534 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 70% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Lions of the Emperor + Might of the Moritoi 121 23% 54%
Shield Host + Tharanatoi Hammerblow READ WITH CARE 58 11% 48%
Lions of the Emperor + Silent Hunters READ WITH CARE 54 10% 51%
Talons of the Emperor READ WITH CARE 40 7% 44%
Might of the Moritoi + Shield Host READ WITH CARE 39 7% 50%

SCORING POSTURE WIN RATE BY MISSION · CURRENT PATCH

How this faction scores across the five mission postures — the bar fills to its win rate, with the mid-line marking an even 50%. Read over the current balance patch; postures under 30 games are marked thin.

RECENT FORM TOURNAMENT RESULTS THIS WINDOW · 2026-W27

This window (singles): 52.3% win rate over 281 games.

Podium finishes this window — faction-anonymous, identified by placing and event:

The condensed composition behind these finishes is in TOP LISTS below.

TOP LISTS CONDENSED COMPOSITION OF THE BEST-PERFORMING LISTS THIS WINDOW

The lists behind this faction’s strongest finishes this window — identified here by placing, event, and field; the complete list lives at the source on BCP. Composition is condensed to datasheets and points; no rules or profile text.

#3
SOLO KHAN 2026 Охота на Зотова
23-player field
View on BCP
Lions of the Emperor and Might of the Moritoi Purge the Foe
Characters
  • Blade Champion [Superior Creation]135
  • Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour [Admonimortis]150
  • Blade Champion125
  • Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike140
Datasheets
  • Custodian Guard215
  • 2×Allarus Custodians165
  • Custodian Guard170
  • Vertus Praetors145
  • Allarus Custodians275
  • Venatari Custodians160
  • Vigilators55
  • 2×Witchseekers50
#7
Leoben Summer Sprint 40K Singles 2026 - Alpine Cup
56-player field
View on BCP
Might of the Moritoi and Shield Host Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike [From the Hall of Armouries]165
Datasheets
  • 2×Custodian Guard215
  • Custodian Guard170
  • Custodian Guard180
  • Telemon Heavy Dreadnought250
  • Venerable Land Raider220
  • 2×Venerable Land Raider240
  • 2×Witchseekers50

WHAT THE WINNING LISTS RUN UNITS IN THIS FACTION’S UNDEFEATED & ONE-LOSS ARMIES · 2026-W27

Across the 10 Adeptus Custodes armies that went undefeated or one-loss this window, ranked by how often each unit appears. Faction-anonymous — the lists are counted, never attributed to a pilot.

“Winning” here means the pilot finished undefeated (X–0) or one-loss (X–1) at a 5+ round singles event with a field of 16 or more. Share is the fraction of those 10 lists that included the unit; a datasheet run in multiples still counts as one list. No rules or profile text — unit names and counts only.

EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE EDITOR’S READ — INTERPRETIVE, NOT MEASURED

EDITOR

Editorial perspective coming. The Editor’s analysis of this faction’s current competitive position will appear here as the dossier program rolls out.

CROSS-LINKS RECAPS, METHODOLOGY, DIRECTORY

RECENT TOURNAMENT RECAPS

METHODOLOGY

Data: the Archive's first-party BCP pull, edition-lifetime through 2026-W27. Facet z-scores are computed across the competitive roster on the singles subset; top-player tier is the comparison layer, never blended into the composite. See methodology for the exact definitions.