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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #14 of 28 · composite +0.04
Top players · where it's rated
C-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
56.2% This week 48.6% This patch
weekly 132 games · patch 1151 games
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Space Wolves 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
-0.1σ
48.8% · 959 games
TOP CUT
+0.28σ
1.04× field share
BLOWOUT
-0.05σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.07σ
0.029 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 1.724 (≈ C-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.04
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 86% 28g
  • Death Guard 62% 45g
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 62% 26g
Toughest matchups
  • Orks 32% 69g
  • Blood Angels 32% 31g
  • Leagues of Votann 36% 39g
Chaos Knights 86% 28g
Death Guard 62% 45g
Adeptus Mechanicus 62% 26g
World Eaters 57% 30g
Black Templars 57% 23g
Aeldari 55% 29g
Space Marines 55% 78g
Deathwatch 54% 13g
Adepta Sororitas 53% 19g
Thousand Sons 52% 46g
Astra Militarum 51% 39g
Grey Knights 50% 30g
Drukhari 50% 30g
Necrons 48% 84g
Chaos Space Marines 47% 64g
T’au Empire 45% 66g
Adeptus Custodes 44% 68g
Chaos Daemons 44% 41g
Dark Angels 43% 40g
Imperial Knights 41% 51g
Tyranids 40% 80g
Genestealer Cults 40% 10g
Emperor’s Children 37% 41g
Leagues of Votann 36% 39g
Imperial Agents 33% 3g
Blood Angels 32% 31g
Orks 32% 69g
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
Saga of the Great Wolf 540 47% 49.7% -1.6
Saga of the Beastslayer 238 21% 47.7% +0.8
Veterans of the Fang 168 15% 45% -3.7
Champions of Fenris READ WITH CARE 66 6% 45.5% -2.7
Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 40 3% 46.2% -1.6
Stormlance Task Force READ WITH CARE 39 3% 48.7% +0.4
Saga of the Hunter READ WITH CARE 22 2% 28.6% -9.6
Headhunter Task Force READ WITH CARE 18 2% 52.9% -5.4
Bastion Task Force READ WITH CARE 16 1% 50% -1.2
Subversion Assets READ WITH CARE 11 1% 55.6% +1.7
Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 10 1% 30% -14.7
1st Company Task Force READ WITH CARE 9 1% 11.1% -8
Saga of the Bold READ WITH CARE 9 1% 55.6% +2.9
Ironstorm Spearhead READ WITH CARE 7 1% 0% -25.7
Vanguard Spearhead READ WITH CARE 5 0% 40% -28.8
Ceramite Sentinels READ WITH CARE 4 0% 100% +38.5
Orbital Assault Force READ WITH CARE 3 0% 0% -41.3
(unresolved detachment) 222 19% 48.8% +1
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 1151 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
Saga of the Great Wolf 386 34% 53%
Saga of the Beastslayer 181 16% 47%
Saga of the Great Wolf + Veterans of the Fang 91 8% 46%
Champions of Fenris + Saga of the Great Wolf READ WITH CARE 39 3% 46%
Stormlance Task Force READ WITH CARE 39 3% 49%

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): 48.8% win rate over 959 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
Warhammer 40k RocHard GT 2026
44-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Beastslayer Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Ragnar Blackmane90
  • Arjac Rockfist95
  • Wolf Guard Battle Leader [Wolf-touched]80
  • Bjorn the Fell-Handed160
  • Captain in Terminator Armour85
Datasheets
  • Space Wolves of 'Geddon1995
  • Wolf Guard Terminators360
  • Blood Claws135
  • Wulfen with Storm Shields200
  • Intercessor Squad80
  • Fenrisian Wolves45
  • Wolf Guard Headtakers115
  • Wolf Scouts90
#4
Free State Mid Summers GT
41-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Great Wolf Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Arjac Rockfist95
  • Captain in Terminator Armour [Grimnar’s Mark]105
  • Bjorn the Fell-Handed160
Datasheets
  • Wolf Guard Terminators350
  • Wolf Guard Terminators350
  • Intercessor Squad80
  • Fenrisian Wolves45
  • Land Raider Redeemer250
  • Scout Squad65
#4
EG Grand Slam 40k GT 2026
36-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Great Wolf Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Arjac Rockfist95
  • Captain in Terminator Armour [Grimnar’s Mark]105
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Bjorn the Fell-Handed160
Datasheets
  • Wolf Guard Terminators360
  • Wolf Guard Terminators350
  • Infiltrator Squad110
  • Scout Squad65
  • Wolf Scouts90
  • Wulfen with Storm Shields200

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

Across the 21 Space Wolves 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 21 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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