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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #6 of 28 · composite +0.683
Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
53.4% This week 52.7% This patch
weekly 318 games · patch 3045 games
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Necrons is winning more than top players currently rate it.
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
+0.91σ
52.2% · 2217 games
TOP CUT
+0.42σ
1.11× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.58σ
10.2 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.79σ
0.031 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.671 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.683
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
  • Aeldari 65% 91g
  • Astra Militarum 64% 101g
  • Black Templars 60% 43g
Toughest matchups
  • Deathwatch 27% 15g
  • Orks 39% 199g
  • Grey Knights 41% 76g
Aeldari 65% 91g
Astra Militarum 64% 101g
Black Templars 60% 43g
Death Guard 59% 106g
Adeptus Mechanicus 58% 66g
Dark Angels 56% 108g
Genestealer Cults 55% 42g
World Eaters 54% 82g
Thousand Sons 53% 127g
Blood Angels 52% 82g
Imperial Knights 52% 126g
Space Wolves 51% 84g
Leagues of Votann 51% 104g
Tyranids 51% 195g
Emperor’s Children 50% 161g
Chaos Daemons 49% 127g
Drukhari 49% 84g
Adepta Sororitas 48% 58g
Chaos Knights 48% 75g
Space Marines 48% 234g
T’au Empire 47% 209g
Chaos Space Marines 47% 153g
Imperial Agents 45% 11g
Adeptus Custodes 43% 178g
Grey Knights 41% 76g
Orks 39% 199g
Deathwatch 27% 15g
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
Cursed Legion 816 27% 56% +2.1
Skyshroud Spearhead 781 26% 56.6% +3.5
Awakened Dynasty 777 26% 53.2% +0.9
Hand of the Dynasty 437 14% 48.4% -1.4
Starshatter Arsenal 216 7% 55.6% +2.1
Hypercrypt Legion 185 6% 44.4% +0.9
Pantheon of Woe 155 5% 50% +0.2
The Phaeron’s Armoury 141 5% 50.4% +2.1
Obeisance Phalanx 110 4% 57.3% +4.7
Cryptek Conclave 91 3% 52.3% +2.9
Canoptek Court READ WITH CARE 71 2% 54.4% -3
Annihilation Legion READ WITH CARE 5 0% 20% -27.8
(unresolved detachment) 606 20% 48.9% -1.3
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 3045 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
Awakened Dynasty 777 26% 53%
Cursed Legion + Skyshroud Spearhead 649 21% 58%
Starshatter Arsenal 216 7% 56%
Hand of the Dynasty + Hypercrypt Legion 142 5% 44%
Cursed Legion + Hand of the Dynasty 103 3% 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): 52.2% win rate over 2217 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
EG Grand Slam 40k GT 2026
36-player field
View on BCP
Awakened Dynasty Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Technomancer80
  • Overlord90
  • Lokhust Lord [Veil of Darkness]90
  • C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer360
  • C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon345
  • Hexmark Destroyer75
  • Illuminor Szeras175
  • Imotekh the Stormlord100
  • Skorpekh Lord [Enaegic Dermal Bond]120
Datasheets
  • Canoptek Wraiths220
  • Immortals70
  • Lokhust Heavy Destroyers160
  • Canoptek Reanimator75
  • Canoptek Scarab Swarms40
#1
Spruce City Grand Tournament
23-player field
View on BCP
Cursed Legion and Skyshroud Spearhead Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lokhust Lord70
  • Overlord [Destroyer Ankh]110
  • Skorpekh Lord90
  • C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer360
  • Nekrosor Ammentar185
  • Transcendent C’tan340
Datasheets
  • Lokhust Destroyers170
  • Lychguard160
  • Skorpekh Destroyers85
  • Flayed Ones55
  • Ophydian Destroyers80
#2
Spruce City Grand Tournament
23-player field
View on BCP
Cryptek Conclave and Skyshroud Spearhead Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Technomancer80
  • C’tan Shard of the Deceiver330
  • C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer360
  • Illuminor Szeras175
  • Imotekh the Stormlord100
Datasheets
  • Canoptek Wraiths220
  • Canoptek Scarab Swarms40
  • Canoptek Tomb Crawlers50
  • Flayed Ones55
  • Ophydian Destroyers80
  • Skorpekh Destroyers85
  • Tomb Blades145

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

Across the 57 Necrons 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 57 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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