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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #11 of 28 · composite +0.198
Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
55.3% This week 53.5% This patch
weekly 170 games · patch 663 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
+0.07σ
50% · 379 games
TOP CUT
+0.58σ
1.24× field share
BLOWOUT
-0.06σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.06σ
0.03 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.671 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.198
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 73% 22g
  • World Eaters 65% 20g
  • Genestealer Cults 64% 11g
Toughest matchups
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 33% 9g
  • Blood Angels 33% 15g
  • Grey Knights 33% 15g
Aeldari 73% 22g
World Eaters 65% 20g
Genestealer Cults 64% 11g
Dark Angels 63% 19g
Imperial Knights 59% 22g
T’au Empire 57% 56g
Space Marines 56% 50g
Death Guard 56% 27g
Adepta Sororitas 56% 18g
Astra Militarum 54% 26g
Chaos Knights 53% 15g
Chaos Space Marines 52% 29g
Tyranids 50% 54g
Space Wolves 50% 10g
Drukhari 47% 17g
Emperor’s Children 46% 37g
Thousand Sons 44% 36g
Adeptus Custodes 44% 41g
Chaos Daemons 41% 29g
Leagues of Votann 41% 22g
Orks 38% 24g
Grey Knights 33% 15g
Blood Angels 33% 15g
Adeptus Mechanicus 33% 9g
Black Templars 33% 6g
Deathwatch 33% 3g
Imperial Agents 0% 3g
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
Awakened Dynasty 228 34% 57.2% +2
Cursed Legion 106 16% 44.6% -4.1
Skyshroud Spearhead 95 14% 46.6% -0.5
Starshatter Arsenal READ WITH CARE 79 12% 71.2% +6.2
Hand of the Dynasty READ WITH CARE 59 9% 48.2% -3.9
Obeisance Phalanx READ WITH CARE 37 6% 61.8% +8
The Phaeron’s Armoury READ WITH CARE 36 5% 45.7% -3.5
Cryptek Conclave READ WITH CARE 19 3% 44.4% -9.5
Canoptek Court READ WITH CARE 16 2% 53.3% -1.5
Hypercrypt Legion READ WITH CARE 16 2% 43.8% -0.7
Pantheon of Woe READ WITH CARE 10 2% 62.5% +11.2
Annihilation Legion READ WITH CARE 5 1% 20% -27.8
(unresolved detachment) 142 21% 45.5% -2.7
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 663 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 79% 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 228 34% 57%
Starshatter Arsenal READ WITH CARE 79 12% 71%
Cursed Legion + Skyshroud Spearhead READ WITH CARE 72 11% 43%
Cursed Legion + The Phaeron’s Armoury READ WITH CARE 22 3% 50%
Cryptek Conclave + Hand of the Dynasty READ WITH CARE 19 3% 44%

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): 50% win rate over 379 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.

#2
Rally Point Open - Coshocton GT
24-player field
View on BCP
Awakened Dynasty Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lokhust Lord70
  • Skorpekh Lord [Enaegic Dermal Bond]120
  • Skorpekh Lord90
  • C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon345
  • Illuminor Szeras175
  • Nekrosor Ammentar175
  • The Silent King400
Datasheets
  • Lokhust Heavy Destroyers150
  • Skorpekh Destroyers85
  • Skorpekh Destroyers95
  • Necron Warriors80
  • Lokhust Destroyers40
#2
Summer Conflagration - 40K
22-player field
View on BCP
Cursed Legion and Skyshroud Spearhead Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Technomancer80
  • Chronomancer [Murdermind]95
  • C’tan Shard of the Deceiver330
  • C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon345
  • Imotekh the Stormlord100
Datasheets
  • Canoptek Wraiths220
  • Lokhust Heavy Destroyers150
  • Canoptek Reanimator70
  • Doomsday Ark200
  • Ophydian Destroyers80
  • Tomb Blades70
  • Triarch Stalker110

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

Across the 10 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 10 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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