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T’au EmpireTAUT’au Empire

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #14 of 28 · composite +0.112
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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
52.9% This week 52.1% This patch
weekly 120 games · patch 645 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
-0.22σ
48.6% · 327 games
TOP CUT
+0.78σ
1.37× field share
BLOWOUT
-0.01σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.33σ
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)
+0.112
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 64% 22g
  • Astra Militarum 62% 29g
  • Adepta Sororitas 62% 13g
Toughest matchups
  • Drukhari 33% 21g
  • Necrons 36% 56g
  • Orks 41% 27g
Black Templars 71% 7g
Aeldari 64% 22g
Astra Militarum 62% 29g
Adepta Sororitas 62% 13g
Blood Angels 62% 13g
Space Wolves 59% 17g
Chaos Knights 56% 16g
Adeptus Mechanicus 55% 11g
Chaos Space Marines 53% 30g
Leagues of Votann 53% 19g
Death Guard 52% 25g
Tyranids 50% 44g
Space Marines 50% 36g
Adeptus Custodes 50% 34g
Dark Angels 50% 20g
Grey Knights 50% 12g
Genestealer Cults 50% 8g
Deathwatch 50% 4g
Chaos Daemons 48% 29g
World Eaters 45% 20g
Thousand Sons 44% 45g
Imperial Knights 44% 39g
Emperor’s Children 42% 19g
Orks 41% 27g
Necrons 36% 56g
Drukhari 33% 21g
Imperial Agents 0% 2g
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
Advanced Acquisition Cadre 237 37% 50.9% +0.5
Mont’ka 214 33% 48.2% +0.7
Retaliation Cadre 160 25% 53.4% +2.2
Kauyon 127 20% 47.4% -3.8
Experimental Prototype Cadre READ WITH CARE 33 5% 45.2% +1.5
Auxiliary Cadre READ WITH CARE 24 4% 52.4% -2.4
Kroot Hunting Pack READ WITH CARE 12 2% 40% +4.2
(unresolved detachment) 118 18% 63.1% +1.1
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 645 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 82% 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 214 33% 48%
Advanced Acquisition Cadre + Retaliation Cadre 136 21% 53%
Advanced Acquisition Cadre + Kauyon 90 14% 49%
Experimental Prototype Cadre + Kauyon READ WITH CARE 23 4% 43%
Retaliation Cadre READ WITH CARE 14 2% 50%

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): 48.6% win rate over 327 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
The North East Open 2026
85-player field
View on BCP
Advanced Acquisition Cadre and Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight80
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Puretide Engram Neurochip]110
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Prototype Weapon System]110
  • The Twin Lance205
Datasheets
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits120
  • 2×Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits130
  • 2×Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • 2×Pathfinder Team80
  • 2×Riptide Battlesuit200
  • 2×Stealth Battlesuits100
#1
Gulf Tournament Circuit: Dubai
32-player field
View on BCP
Advanced Acquisition Cadre and Retaliation Cadre Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight80
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Prototype Weapon System]110
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Kroot Trail Shaper50
  • The Twin Lance205
Datasheets
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits90
  • Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • Ghostkeel Battlesuit150
  • Kroot Carnivores65
  • 2×Pathfinder Team95
  • Pathfinder Team85
  • Piranhas65
  • 2×Riptide Battlesuit200
  • Stealth Battlesuits115
  • Stealth Battlesuits100
  • Vespid Stingwings70
#4
THE BIRMINGHAM 40K SUPER MAJOR
198-player field
View on BCP
Advanced Acquisition Cadre and Retaliation Cadre Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Ethereal50
  • The Twin Lance205
Datasheets
  • 2×Broadside Battlesuits75
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • 2×Ghostkeel Battlesuit160
  • Krootox Riders45
  • Pathfinder Team95
  • 2×Riptide Battlesuit200
  • Vespid Stingwings70

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

Across the 9 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 9 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-W27. 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.