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T’au EmpireTAUT’au Empire

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #12 of 28 · composite +0.305
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Top players · where it's rated
S
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
51.1% This week 51.6% This patch
weekly 280 games · patch 2805 games
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate T’au Empire above where its results sit.
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
+0.34σ
50.3% · 1986 games
TOP CUT
+0.62σ
1.2× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.03σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.22σ
0.028 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 4.767 (≈ S) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.305
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
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 66% 64g
  • Chaos Space Marines 61% 135g
  • Grey Knights 58% 65g
Toughest matchups
  • Thousand Sons 41% 131g
  • Imperial Knights 41% 150g
  • Drukhari 42% 73g
Adeptus Mechanicus 66% 64g
Chaos Space Marines 61% 135g
Grey Knights 58% 65g
Space Marines 57% 188g
Aeldari 57% 75g
Dark Angels 55% 109g
Death Guard 55% 93g
Deathwatch 54% 13g
Black Templars 53% 30g
Astra Militarum 53% 81g
Space Wolves 52% 66g
World Eaters 50% 86g
Adepta Sororitas 50% 62g
Imperial Agents 50% 6g
Chaos Knights 49% 65g
Blood Angels 48% 77g
Tyranids 47% 168g
Genestealer Cults 47% 47g
Emperor’s Children 47% 135g
Orks 46% 182g
Necrons 45% 209g
Chaos Daemons 44% 115g
Adeptus Custodes 44% 163g
Leagues of Votann 44% 121g
Drukhari 42% 73g
Imperial Knights 41% 150g
Thousand Sons 41% 131g
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
Retaliation Cadre 862 31% 52.6% +0.5
Advanced Acquisition Cadre 818 29% 51.6% +0.1
Mont’ka 717 26% 52.1% +1
Kauyon 577 21% 48.5% -2
Experimental Prototype Cadre 331 12% 50.8% -1
Kroot Hunting Pack 98 3% 48.9% -0.5
Auxiliary Cadre 93 3% 33.3% -9.7
(unresolved detachment) 527 19% 53.4% 0
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 2805 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
Mont’ka 717 26% 52%
Advanced Acquisition Cadre + Retaliation Cadre 495 18% 54%
Retaliation Cadre 331 12% 52%
Experimental Prototype Cadre + Kauyon 267 10% 51%
Advanced Acquisition Cadre + Kauyon 263 9% 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): 50.3% win rate over 1986 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
Summer Slaughter: Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament
78-player field
View on BCP
Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight70
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • 2×Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit95
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit80
  • The Twin Lance220
Datasheets
  • 2×Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • 2×Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits90
  • Strike Team70
  • 2×Broadside Battlesuits150
  • Kroot Carnivores65
  • Pathfinder Team90
  • Pathfinder Team85
  • 2×Stealth Battlesuits100
#2
Summer of War GT
42-player field
View on BCP
Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight70
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Prototype Weapon System]110
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit95
  • The Twin Lance220
Datasheets
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits125
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits90
  • Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits120
  • Ghostkeel Battlesuit165
  • Kroot Carnivores65
  • Krootox Riders45
  • Pathfinder Team85
  • Riptide Battlesuit215
  • 2×Stealth Battlesuits100
  • Vespid Stingwings70
#2
ELBCOAST CUP 24
31-player field
View on BCP
Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • 2×Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit95
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Prototype Weapon System]110
  • Commander Farsight70
  • The Twin Lance220
Datasheets
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits130
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits90
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits120
  • Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • 2×Broadside Battlesuits75
  • Kroot Carnivores65
  • Pathfinder Team100
  • Pathfinder Team95
  • Piranhas65
  • 2×Stealth Battlesuits100
  • Vespid Stingwings70

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

Across the 58 T’au Empire 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 58 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

No recap titles in the current snapshot reference this faction by name. Faction-aware recap tagging is on the Phase 6+ roadmap.

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.