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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #11 of 28 · composite +0.352
Top players · where it's rated
C
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
51.2% This week 51.9% This patch
weekly 41 games · patch 307 games · read with care
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Deathwatch 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
-0.27σ
48.2% · 256 games
TOP CUT
+1.4σ
1.57× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.49σ
10.1 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.58σ
0.027 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.13 (≈ C) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.352
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
  • Grey Knights 90% 10g
  • Necrons 73% 15g
  • Adepta Sororitas 67% 9g
Toughest matchups
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 13% 8g
  • Orks 33% 18g
  • Death Guard 36% 14g
Genestealer Cults 100% 2g
Imperial Agents 100% 1g
Grey Knights 90% 10g
Dark Angels 86% 7g
Necrons 73% 15g
Adepta Sororitas 67% 9g
Thousand Sons 64% 11g
Imperial Knights 64% 11g
Blood Angels 63% 8g
Space Marines 61% 18g
Tyranids 57% 7g
Leagues of Votann 54% 13g
Chaos Knights 54% 13g
Chaos Space Marines 53% 19g
Space Wolves 46% 13g
Drukhari 45% 11g
Emperor’s Children 44% 16g
Adeptus Custodes 40% 15g
Chaos Daemons 38% 13g
T’au Empire 38% 13g
World Eaters 38% 13g
Astra Militarum 36% 11g
Death Guard 36% 14g
Orks 33% 18g
Black Templars 33% 6g
Aeldari 17% 6g
Adeptus Mechanicus 13% 8g
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
Black Spear Task Force 185 60% 52% +1.2
Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 45 15% 51.2% +3.8
Bastion Task Force READ WITH CARE 30 10% 53.6% +8.2
Orbital Assault Force READ WITH CARE 10 3% 40% -10.5
Firestorm Assault Force READ WITH CARE 8 3% 50% -18.2
Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 8 3% 50% -18.2
Vanguard Spearhead READ WITH CARE 5 2% 66.7% +6.4
(unresolved detachment) 69 22% 52.2% +1.8
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 307 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 78% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Black Spear Task Force 185 60% 52%
Bastion Task Force + Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 30 10% 54%
Librarius Conclave + Orbital Assault Force READ WITH CARE 10 3% 40%
Firestorm Assault Force + Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 8 3% 50%
Librarius Conclave + Vanguard Spearhead READ WITH CARE 5 2% 67%

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): 48.2% win rate over 256 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.

#8
Spruce City Grand Tournament
23-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Watch Master [The Tome of Ectoclades]125
  • Apothecary40
  • Captain in Gravis Armour80
  • Lieutenant with Combi-weapon95
Datasheets
  • Deathwatch Veterans190
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Deathwatch Veterans100
  • Corvus Blackstar180
  • Deathwatch Terminator Squad180
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265
#14
Warhammer 40k RocHard GT 2026
44-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Watch Master [Thief of Secrets]120
  • Lieutenant [Beacon Angelis]70
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [The Tome of Ectoclades]110
Datasheets
  • Deathwatch Veterans190
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Rhino65
  • Incursor Squad85
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265
#17
21st Legion Wargaming Presents: Heart of War 2026 40K hosted by Away Games
70-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [The Tome of Ectoclades]110
Datasheets
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Deathwatch Veterans100
  • Deathwatch Terminator Squad190
  • Fortis Kill Team195
  • Infiltrator Squad110
  • Land Raider Redeemer250

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

Across the 8 Deathwatch 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 8 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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