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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #6 of 28 · composite +0.883
Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
50.7% This week 54.1% This patch
weekly 74 games · patch 331 games · read with care
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Chaos Daemons is winning more than top players currently rate it.
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
+0.51σ
52.1% · 167 games
TOP CUT
+1.22σ
1.69× field share
BLOWOUT
+1.16σ
10.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.82σ
0.034 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.578 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.883
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
  • Drukhari 90% 10g
  • Chaos Space Marines 81% 16g
  • Dark Angels 63% 8g
Toughest matchups
  • Thousand Sons 29% 14g
  • Astra Militarum 31% 13g
  • Space Marines 33% 21g
Aeldari 100% 5g
Chaos Knights 100% 1g
Drukhari 90% 10g
Chaos Space Marines 81% 16g
World Eaters 75% 4g
Genestealer Cults 71% 7g
Adeptus Mechanicus 67% 6g
Dark Angels 63% 8g
Imperial Knights 61% 23g
Leagues of Votann 60% 5g
Tyranids 58% 24g
Blood Angels 56% 9g
Death Guard 53% 17g
Black Templars 50% 2g
T’au Empire 48% 29g
Adeptus Custodes 46% 26g
Emperor’s Children 46% 13g
Necrons 45% 29g
Grey Knights 44% 9g
Orks 37% 19g
Space Marines 33% 21g
Astra Militarum 31% 13g
Thousand Sons 29% 14g
Space Wolves 29% 7g
Adepta Sororitas 20% 5g
Imperial Agents 0% 2g
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
Warptide 157 47% 51.7% +3.3
Plague Legion 99 30% 52.3% +3.4
Scintillating Legion READ WITH CARE 73 22% 46.5% -0.1
Lords of the Warp READ WITH CARE 52 16% 46.9% +2.4
Shadow Legion READ WITH CARE 51 15% 49% +4.2
Cavalcade of Chaos READ WITH CARE 44 13% 55.3% +5.4
Daemonic Incursion READ WITH CARE 19 6% 70.6% +6.8
Legion of Excess READ WITH CARE 18 5% 70.6% +13.8
Blood Legion READ WITH CARE 17 5% 64.3% +9.1
(unresolved detachment) 54 16% 59.2% +3
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 331 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 84% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Plague Legion + Warptide 88 27% 49%
Lords of the Warp + Scintillating Legion READ WITH CARE 40 12% 43%
Shadow Legion + Warptide READ WITH CARE 24 7% 35%
Cavalcade of Chaos + Shadow Legion READ WITH CARE 22 7% 57%
Daemonic Incursion READ WITH CARE 19 6% 71%

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): 52.1% win rate over 167 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.

#1
[9IQ] Checkmate GT @ AVCon
64-player field
View on BCP
Legion of Excess and Warptide Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Syll’Esske120
  • Contorted Epitome100
  • Tormentbringer135
  • Tormentbringer [Dreaming Crown (Aura)]165
  • Tormentbringer [False Majesty (Aura)]165
Datasheets
  • Priority: Ass1975
  • Daemonettes90
  • Hellflayers160
  • Daemonettes100
  • Flesh Hounds75
#4
The North East Open 2026
85-player field
View on BCP
Cavalcade of Chaos and Scintillating Legion Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Daemon Prince of Chaos with Wings [Neverblade]210
  • Lord of Change [Infernal Puppeteer]325
  • Lord of Change [Improbable Shield (Aura)]330
  • Lord of Change315
Datasheets
  • Fluxmaster90
  • Pink Horrors150
  • Flamers65
  • Screamers80
  • Skull Cannon90
#4
SOLO KHAN 2026 Охота на Зотова
23-player field
View on BCP
Cavalcade of Chaos and Plague Legion Take and Hold
Characters
  • Epidemяус80
  • Be’lakor390
  • Great Unclean One [Droning Shroud (Aura)]300
  • Great Unclean One [Font of Spores (Aura)]285
  • Poxbringer [Maggot Maws]70
  • Rotigus (ж)280
Datasheets
  • Plaguebearers115
  • Nurglings (м. лорды)45
  • Plague Drones120
  • Skull Cannon (колесница богов)90

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

Across the 9 Chaos Daemons 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 9 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.

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