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Imperial KnightsIKImperial Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #18 of 28 · composite -0.278
Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
49% This week 50.5% This patch
weekly 104 games · patch 465 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
-0.16σ
48.9% · 275 games
TOP CUT
-0.6σ
0.39× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.28σ
10.2 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.92σ
0.026 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.328 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-0.278
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 65% 17g
  • Astra Militarum 62% 21g
  • Death Guard 61% 18g
Toughest matchups
  • Leagues of Votann 30% 20g
  • Dark Angels 31% 13g
  • Chaos Daemons 35% 23g
Adeptus Mechanicus 67% 3g
Chaos Knights 65% 17g
Astra Militarum 62% 21g
Death Guard 61% 18g
Tyranids 60% 30g
Genestealer Cults 60% 5g
Space Wolves 57% 14g
Grey Knights 57% 14g
T’au Empire 51% 39g
World Eaters 50% 16g
Adepta Sororitas 50% 14g
Emperor’s Children 50% 14g
Black Templars 50% 6g
Aeldari 45% 11g
Drukhari 42% 19g
Chaos Space Marines 42% 12g
Thousand Sons 41% 22g
Necrons 41% 22g
Adeptus Custodes 41% 27g
Space Marines 41% 32g
Orks 39% 28g
Blood Angels 38% 8g
Chaos Daemons 35% 23g
Imperial Agents 33% 3g
Dark Angels 31% 13g
Leagues of Votann 30% 20g
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
Gate Warden Lance 189 41% 49.7% +2.4
Dominus Foebreakers 182 39% 51.7% +1.6
Freeblade Company 114 25% 51.4% +3.8
Throne-Bonded Outriders READ WITH CARE 41 9% 50% +3.2
Valourstrike Lance READ WITH CARE 40 9% 57.5% +3
Questor Forgepact READ WITH CARE 22 5% 45% +5.7
Spearhead-at-Arms READ WITH CARE 17 4% 41.2% -5.1
Questoris Companions READ WITH CARE 10 2% 37.5% +1
(unresolved detachment) 91 20% 50.6% -3.9
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 465 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
Dominus Foebreakers + Gate Warden Lance 139 30% 51%
Freeblade Company 114 25% 51%
Gate Warden Lance + Throne-Bonded Outriders READ WITH CARE 31 7% 50%
Dominus Foebreakers + Valourstrike Lance READ WITH CARE 29 6% 59%
Gate Warden Lance + Questor Forgepact READ WITH CARE 14 3% 42%

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): 48.9% win rate over 275 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
[9IQ] Checkmate GT @ AVCon
64-player field
View on BCP
Freeblade Company Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Knight Castellan [Hunter’s Eye]425
  • Knight Gallant [Bringer of Justice]385
Datasheets
  • Armiger Helverin140
  • Armiger Warglaive140
  • Callidus Assassin100
  • Sisters of Battle Immolator115
  • Sisters of Battle Squad115
#5
SOLO KHAN 2026 Охота на Зотова
23-player field
View on BCP
Freeblade Company Purge the Foe
Characters
  • Cerastus Knight Atrapos [Mysterious Guardian]440
  • Cerastus Knight Atrapos [Bringer of Justice]455
  • Cerastus Knight Lancer415
  • Knight Destrier265
  • Knight Destrier [Sanctuary]285
Datasheets
  • Armiger Warglaive140

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

Across the 12 Imperial 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 12 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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