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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #10 of 28 · composite +0.358
Top players · where it's rated
B
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
50.8% This week 48.1% This patch
weekly 131 games · patch 1157 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
+0.39σ
50.5% · 852 games
TOP CUT
+0.43σ
1.11× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.01σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.68σ
0.031 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.095 (≈ B) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.358
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 67% 30g
  • Imperial Knights 65% 51g
  • World Eaters 56% 36g
Toughest matchups
  • Deathwatch 10% 10g
  • Thousand Sons 32% 53g
  • Chaos Daemons 34% 50g
Imperial Agents 100% 1g
Chaos Knights 67% 30g
Imperial Knights 65% 51g
World Eaters 56% 36g
Black Templars 56% 18g
Adeptus Mechanicus 54% 24g
Genestealer Cults 53% 19g
Adeptus Custodes 52% 69g
Astra Militarum 50% 40g
Space Wolves 50% 30g
Space Marines 49% 83g
Tyranids 49% 53g
Necrons 49% 76g
Death Guard 44% 45g
Aeldari 44% 36g
Blood Angels 43% 35g
Adepta Sororitas 43% 21g
Chaos Space Marines 42% 55g
Emperor’s Children 42% 72g
Orks 41% 58g
Drukhari 40% 35g
Leagues of Votann 38% 40g
T’au Empire 37% 65g
Dark Angels 35% 34g
Chaos Daemons 34% 50g
Thousand Sons 32% 53g
Deathwatch 10% 10g
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
Argent Assault 633 55% 45.9% -1.6
Banishers 445 38% 47.9% -0.7
Brotherhood Strike 188 16% 52% -0.8
Fires of Purgation 139 12% 50.8% -1.6
Warpbane Task Force 135 12% 57.1% +6.4
Hallowed Conclave 124 11% 39% -5.8
Sanctic Spearhead READ WITH CARE 64 6% 37.5% -4.1
Immaterial Interdiction READ WITH CARE 59 5% 40% -5.3
Augurium Task Force READ WITH CARE 14 1% 23.1% -9.5
(unresolved detachment) 182 16% 50% -1.9
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 1157 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
Argent Assault + Banishers 407 35% 48%
Warpbane Task Force 135 12% 57%
Brotherhood Strike + Fires of Purgation 121 10% 52%
Argent Assault + Hallowed Conclave 120 10% 40%
Argent Assault + Brotherhood Strike READ WITH CARE 62 5% 54%

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): 50.5% win rate over 852 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
Sanctum's first Ironman Event!
21-player field
View on BCP
Argent Assault and Hallowed Conclave Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Brotherhood Chaplain [Psychic Celerity]80
  • Grand Master [Sanctic Reaper]110
Datasheets
  • Paladin Squad450
  • Paladin Squad475
  • Strike Squad115
  • Interceptor Squad125
  • Cerastus Knight Lancer415
#4
Onslaught x Layton GT
39-player field
View on BCP
Warpbane Task Force Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Castellan Crowe100
  • Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight230
Datasheets
  • Purifier Squad280
  • Brotherhood Terminator Squad360
  • Strike Squad115
  • Nemesis Dreadknight210
  • Purgation Squad110
  • Purifier Squad140
  • Eversor Assassin110

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

Across the 23 Grey 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 23 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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