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Emperor’s ChildrenECEmperor’s Children

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #4 of 28 · composite +0.971
Top players · where it's rated
A
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
59.3% This week 57.5% This patch
weekly 93 games · patch 355 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
+1.23σ
55.5% · 245 games
TOP CUT
+1.47σ
1.88× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.8σ
10.6 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-1.22σ
0.024 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.912 (≈ A) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.971
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
  • Death Guard 92% 12g
  • Space Wolves 78% 9g
  • Astra Militarum 77% 13g
Toughest matchups
  • Adepta Sororitas 38% 8g
  • Drukhari 39% 18g
  • Thousand Sons 40% 20g
Death Guard 92% 12g
Aeldari 80% 5g
Space Wolves 78% 9g
Astra Militarum 77% 13g
Grey Knights 75% 8g
World Eaters 67% 12g
Chaos Space Marines 65% 17g
Adeptus Custodes 62% 21g
Chaos Knights 60% 5g
T’au Empire 58% 19g
Genestealer Cults 57% 7g
Leagues of Votann 55% 11g
Adeptus Mechanicus 54% 13g
Dark Angels 54% 13g
Necrons 51% 37g
Imperial Knights 50% 14g
Blood Angels 50% 12g
Orks 50% 12g
Black Templars 50% 2g
Deathwatch 50% 2g
Chaos Daemons 46% 13g
Tyranids 46% 24g
Space Marines 45% 20g
Thousand Sons 40% 20g
Drukhari 39% 18g
Adepta Sororitas 38% 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
Coterie of the Conceited 134 38% 61.4% +7
Frenzied Host READ WITH CARE 72 20% 56.7% -0.3
Carnival of Excess READ WITH CARE 66 19% 58.1% +3.7
Spectacle of Slaughter READ WITH CARE 58 16% 51.8% +1.3
Peerless Bladesmen READ WITH CARE 42 12% 50% +2.4
Court of the Phoenician READ WITH CARE 27 8% 57.7% +3.1
Elegant Brutes READ WITH CARE 10 3% 70% +19.2
Mercurial Host READ WITH CARE 5 1% 40% -17.2
(unresolved detachment) 71 20% 54.6% +0.9
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 355 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 80% 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 134 38% 61%
Carnival of Excess + Frenzied Host READ WITH CARE 46 13% 57%
Peerless Bladesmen + Spectacle of Slaughter READ WITH CARE 32 9% 53%
Court of the Phoenician + Frenzied Host READ WITH CARE 21 6% 60%
Carnival of Excess + Spectacle of Slaughter READ WITH CARE 10 3% 40%

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): 55.5% win rate over 245 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
IV GT Tormenta de Hostias
65-player field
View on BCP
Carnival of Excess and Frenzied Host Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lucius the Eternal130
  • Lord Exultant [Possessed Blade]105
  • Lord Exultant80
  • Lord Exultant90
Datasheets
  • Flawless Blades95
  • Infractors85
  • Daemonettes90
  • Tormentors80
  • Chaos Rhino80
  • Chaos Spawn70
  • Defiler310
  • Defiler340
  • Fiends90
#2
The North East Open 2026
85-player field
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Carnival of Excess and Elegant Brutes Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lord Exultant [Warp Walker]110
  • Lucius the Eternal130
Datasheets
  • Tormentors80
  • Daemonettes90
  • Chaos Terminators160
  • Defiler310
  • Defiler340
  • Fiends180
#2
Gulf Tournament Circuit: Dubai
32-player field
View on BCP
Coterie of the Conceited Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lucius the Eternal130
  • Lord Exultant80
  • Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings [Pledge of Unholy Fortune]235
  • Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings235
Datasheets
  • Flawless Blades95
  • Infractors85
  • Tormentors80
  • Chaos Rhino80
  • Chaos Spawn70
  • Defiler310
  • Defiler340

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

Across the 8 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 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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