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Emperor’s ChildrenECEmperor’s Children

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #4 of 28 · composite +0.986
Top players · where it's rated
A
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
55.7% This week 54.3% This patch
weekly 255 games · patch 2189 games
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
+1.43σ
54% · 1602 games
TOP CUT
+0.95σ
1.36× field share
BLOWOUT
+1.16σ
10.4 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-1.06σ
0.026 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.912 (≈ A) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.986
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 69% 48g
  • Death Guard 64% 74g
  • Space Wolves 61% 41g
Toughest matchups
  • Drukhari 43% 56g
  • Orks 44% 142g
  • Necrons 45% 161g
Chaos Knights 69% 48g
Death Guard 64% 74g
Space Wolves 61% 41g
World Eaters 59% 54g
Astra Militarum 58% 64g
Black Templars 58% 26g
Genestealer Cults 58% 26g
Aeldari 56% 62g
Thousand Sons 56% 101g
Deathwatch 56% 16g
Dark Angels 56% 106g
Adeptus Mechanicus 53% 51g
Leagues of Votann 53% 72g
Tyranids 53% 139g
Imperial Knights 52% 100g
Chaos Daemons 52% 83g
Grey Knights 51% 72g
Adeptus Custodes 51% 121g
Chaos Space Marines 51% 88g
T’au Empire 51% 135g
Blood Angels 49% 57g
Space Marines 49% 152g
Adepta Sororitas 48% 52g
Necrons 45% 161g
Orks 44% 142g
Drukhari 43% 56g
Imperial Agents 29% 7g
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
Frenzied Host 656 30% 55.3% +3.4
Coterie of the Conceited 600 27% 55.7% +2.4
Carnival of Excess 564 26% 61.3% +6.7
Spectacle of Slaughter 415 19% 50% -0.1
Court of the Phoenician 320 15% 44.6% -2.8
Peerless Bladesmen 245 11% 47.7% -1.8
Elegant Brutes 95 4% 53.9% +0.8
Mercurial Host READ WITH CARE 27 1% 50% -0.6
Rapid Evisceration READ WITH CARE 10 0% 20% -7
Slaanesh’s Chosen READ WITH CARE 5 0% 20% -12
(unresolved detachment) 413 19% 55.3% +4.2
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 2189 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 81% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Coterie of the Conceited 595 27% 56%
Carnival of Excess + Frenzied Host 424 19% 61%
Court of the Phoenician + Frenzied Host 184 8% 45%
Peerless Bladesmen + Spectacle of Slaughter 180 8% 49%
Court of the Phoenician + Spectacle of Slaughter 121 6% 45%

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): 54% win rate over 1602 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
Rose City Rampage II
38-player field
View on BCP
Carnival of Excess, Frenzied Host Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lord Exultant [Possessed Blade]105
Datasheets
  • Lord Exultant90
  • Infractors85
  • Lord Exultant110
  • Daemonettes90
  • Tormentors80
  • Chaos Rhino70
  • Defiler330
  • Defiler370
  • Flawless Blades95
  • Noise Marines145
  • Seekers80
#3
TNT at Nashcon
16-player field
View on BCP
Carnival of Excess and Frenzied Host 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lord Exultant [Dark Blessings]90
  • Lord Exultant80
Datasheets
  • Infractors85
  • Daemonettes90
  • Tormentors80
  • Chaos Rhino70
  • Defiler330
  • Defiler370
  • Seekers80
#4
21st Legion Wargaming Presents: Heart of War 2026 40K hosted by Away Games
70-player field
View on BCP
Carnival of Excess, Frenzied Host (Daemonic Empowerment) Reconnaissance 1995 pts
Datasheets
  • Daemonettes90
  • Infractors85
  • Tormentors80
  • Seekers80

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

Across the 58 Emperor’s Children 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 58 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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