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Imperial KnightsIKImperial Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #18 of 28 · composite -0.248
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Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
43.2% This week 49.5% This patch
weekly 199 games · patch 2200 games
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
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
+0.47σ
50.7% · 1577 games
TOP CUT
-1.08σ
0.4× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.51σ
10.1 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-2.16σ
0.023 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.328 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-0.248
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
  • World Eaters 67% 69g
  • Astra Militarum 66% 68g
  • Black Templars 66% 29g
Toughest matchups
  • Deathwatch 27% 11g
  • Leagues of Votann 31% 80g
  • Grey Knights 35% 51g
World Eaters 67% 69g
Astra Militarum 66% 68g
Black Templars 66% 29g
Tyranids 58% 132g
Blood Angels 58% 59g
Death Guard 57% 86g
Chaos Knights 57% 58g
Space Wolves 57% 51g
T’au Empire 55% 150g
Adeptus Mechanicus 54% 39g
Chaos Space Marines 52% 93g
Adepta Sororitas 49% 63g
Aeldari 48% 50g
Emperor’s Children 47% 100g
Necrons 45% 126g
Drukhari 45% 56g
Space Marines 44% 162g
Imperial Agents 44% 9g
Thousand Sons 43% 101g
Genestealer Cults 41% 39g
Dark Angels 39% 84g
Adeptus Custodes 38% 124g
Chaos Daemons 37% 87g
Orks 37% 136g
Grey Knights 35% 51g
Leagues of Votann 31% 80g
Deathwatch 27% 11g
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
Dominus Foebreakers 922 42% 51.3% +2
Gate Warden Lance 678 31% 50.5% +1.1
Valourstrike Lance 470 21% 48.8% +1.6
Freeblade Company 459 21% 49.7% +1.1
Throne-Bonded Outriders 164 7% 44.4% -4
Questor Forgepact 106 5% 45.5% +0.3
Questoris Companions 101 5% 51% +0.1
Spearhead-at-Arms READ WITH CARE 51 2% 41.7% -8.4
(unresolved detachment) 423 19% 49% -1.4
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 2200 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
Dominus Foebreakers + Gate Warden Lance 545 25% 52%
Freeblade Company 459 21% 50%
Dominus Foebreakers + Valourstrike Lance 351 16% 52%
Questoris Companions 101 5% 51%
Gate Warden Lance + Throne-Bonded Outriders 91 4% 47%

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): 50.7% win rate over 1577 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.

#6
EG Grand Slam 40k GT 2026
36-player field
View on BCP
Dominus Foebreakers and Valourstrike Lance Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Cerastus Knight Lancer415
  • Knight Castellan425
  • Knight Crusader [Bearer of the Judicant’s Helm]420
  • 2×Knight Destrier265
Datasheets
  • Armiger Helverin140
  • Watch Captain Artemis65
#7
River City Rumble 40k
36-player field
View on BCP
Dominus Foebreakers and Valourstrike Lance Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Canis Rex415
  • Cerastus Knight Lancer [Bearer of the Judicant’s Helm]440
  • Knight Castellan [Archeotech Autoloaders]450
  • Knight Crusader410
Datasheets
  • 2×Armiger Warglaive140

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

Across the 31 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 31 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.

CROSS-LINKS RECAPS, METHODOLOGY, DIRECTORY

RECENT TOURNAMENT RECAPS

METHODOLOGY

Data: the Archive's first-party BCP pull, edition-lifetime through 2026-W33. Facet z-scores are computed across the competitive roster on the singles subset; top-player tier is the comparison layer, never blended into the composite. See methodology for the exact definitions.