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Chaos KnightsCKChaos Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
WEAKER
rank #26 of 28 · composite -1.281
Top players · where it's rated
B-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
42.2% This week 42.1% This patch
weekly 106 games · patch 1104 games
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate Chaos Knights above where its results sit.
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
-1.47σ
44.2% · 689 games
TOP CUT
-1.32σ
0.29× field share
BLOWOUT
-1.25σ
9.3 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.46σ
0.028 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.672 (≈ B-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-1.281
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
  • Blood Angels 58% 38g
  • Drukhari 52% 29g
  • Astra Militarum 50% 38g
Toughest matchups
  • Space Wolves 11% 28g
  • Dark Angels 22% 36g
  • Genestealer Cults 27% 15g
Imperial Agents 75% 4g
Blood Angels 58% 38g
Drukhari 52% 29g
Astra Militarum 50% 38g
Black Templars 47% 15g
Deathwatch 46% 13g
Tyranids 45% 66g
Necrons 45% 75g
Adeptus Mechanicus 45% 20g
Space Marines 45% 85g
Chaos Space Marines 45% 47g
Death Guard 44% 45g
World Eaters 43% 37g
T’au Empire 37% 65g
Aeldari 36% 33g
Thousand Sons 35% 46g
Orks 34% 56g
Grey Knights 33% 30g
Adeptus Custodes 33% 67g
Imperial Knights 33% 58g
Adepta Sororitas 32% 22g
Chaos Daemons 31% 32g
Leagues of Votann 31% 32g
Emperor’s Children 27% 48g
Genestealer Cults 27% 15g
Dark Angels 22% 36g
Space Wolves 11% 28g
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
Iconoclast Fiefdom 257 23% 43.9% -1.5
Hunting Warpack 243 22% 42.2% -4.6
Infernal Lance 206 19% 40.7% -4.2
Traitoris Lance 205 19% 42% -3.8
Houndpack Lance 199 18% 48.1% -1.4
Bastions of Tyranny 196 18% 44.8% -2.4
Lords of Dread 184 17% 43.8% -2.3
Helhunt Lance 109 10% 42.9% -1.9
(unresolved detachment) 187 17% 35.4% -8.4
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 1104 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 83% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Infernal Lance 206 19% 41%
Hunting Warpack + Traitoris Lance 110 10% 44%
Houndpack Lance + Iconoclast Fiefdom 107 10% 45%
Helhunt Lance + Hunting Warpack 85 8% 43%
Bastions of Tyranny + Lords of Dread READ WITH CARE 76 7% 44%

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-W33

This window (singles): 44.2% win rate over 689 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
EG Grand Slam 40k GT 2026
36-player field
View on BCP
Bastions of Tyranny and Traitoris Lance Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Knight Abominant355
  • Knight Desecrator355
  • Knight Tyrant [Veil of Medrengard]435
Datasheets
  • War Dog Brigand140
  • War Dog Huntsman135
  • Nurglings90
#7
TNT at Nashcon
16-player field
View on BCP
detachment n/a Take and Hold
Datasheets
  • Knight Abominant: Balemace, Electroscourge, Volkite combustor, Diabolus heavy stubber, Warlord, E: Octagram of Conjuration395
  • Knight Ruinator: Darkflame lance, Fellbore, Terrorpulse missiles680
  • Cultist Mob: Cultist Champion, 9x Cultist w/ autopistol and brutal assault weapon250
  • War Dog Brigand: Armoured feet, Avenger chaincannon, Daemonbreath spear, Havoc multi-launcher280
  • War Dog Executioner: Armoured feet, Diabolus heavy stubber, 2x War Dog autocannon390
#9
Sanctum's first Ironman Event!
21-player field
View on BCP
Iconoclast Fiefdom and Lords of Dread Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Chaos Cerastus Knight Lancer [Blessing of the Dark Master]415
  • Knight Abominant [Putrid Carapace]385
  • Knight Desecrator355
  • Knight Despoiler [Warp-borne Stalker]455
  • Knight Rampager [Throne Mechanicum of Skulls]390

WHAT THE WINNING LISTS RUN UNITS IN THIS FACTION’S UNDEFEATED & ONE-LOSS ARMIES · 2026-W33

Across the 9 Chaos Knights 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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