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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #2 of 28 · composite +1.448
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Top players · where it's rated
A
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
44.9% This week 55.8% This patch
weekly 151 games · patch 1920 games
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
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
+1.69σ
54.8% · 1277 games
TOP CUT
+1.37σ
1.56× field share
BLOWOUT
+1.77σ
10.7 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.07σ
0.029 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 4 (≈ A) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+1.448
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
  • Adepta Sororitas 70% 43g
  • Drukhari 67% 46g
  • World Eaters 67% 42g
Toughest matchups
  • Deathwatch 36% 11g
  • Emperor’s Children 40% 101g
  • Necrons 43% 127g
Adepta Sororitas 70% 43g
Drukhari 67% 46g
World Eaters 67% 42g
Imperial Agents 67% 6g
Chaos Knights 63% 46g
Aeldari 63% 54g
Grey Knights 62% 53g
Chaos Daemons 61% 72g
Death Guard 61% 77g
Astra Militarum 60% 48g
Chaos Space Marines 54% 98g
Blood Angels 54% 52g
Imperial Knights 53% 101g
Space Marines 53% 136g
Leagues of Votann 53% 59g
Adeptus Custodes 52% 122g
T’au Empire 52% 131g
Dark Angels 51% 67g
Tyranids 50% 110g
Genestealer Cults 49% 35g
Adeptus Mechanicus 48% 42g
Black Templars 46% 13g
Orks 44% 128g
Space Wolves 43% 46g
Necrons 43% 127g
Emperor’s Children 40% 101g
Deathwatch 36% 11g
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
Hexwarp Thrallband 665 35% 59% +6.2
Sekhetar Cohort 575 30% 65.2% +9.9
Grand Coven 358 19% 52.2% -0.3
Ritual of Regeneration 341 18% 46% -0.1
Warpforged Cabal 236 12% 61.1% +7.2
Rubricae Phalanx 170 9% 55.6% +3.1
Changehost of Deceit 81 4% 48.1% -0.3
Servants of Change READ WITH CARE 39 2% 63.9% +4.5
Warpmeld Pact READ WITH CARE 10 1% 40% -8.9
(unresolved detachment) 381 20% 52.5% +1.6
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 1920 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
Hexwarp Thrallband + Sekhetar Cohort 381 20% 65%
Grand Coven 358 19% 52%
Hexwarp Thrallband + Ritual of Regeneration 215 11% 49%
Rubricae Phalanx 170 9% 56%
Sekhetar Cohort + Warpforged Cabal 157 8% 67%

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): 54.8% win rate over 1277 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
Onslaught x Layton GT
39-player field
View on BCP
Sekhetar Cohort and Warpforged Cabal Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Sorcerer [Occulus Infernum]105
  • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings [Warp-Cursed Runemaster]180
  • Tzaangor Shaman [Warp Syphon]70
  • Tzaangor Shaman [Perplexing Cloak]85
Datasheets
  • 2×Rubric Marines100
  • Defiler330
  • 2×Forgefiend140
  • Helbrute110
  • 2×Sekhetar Robots175
  • Sekhetar Robots190
  • 2×Tzaangor Enlightened50
#2
TNT at Nashcon
16-player field
View on BCP
Grand Coven Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Sorcerer85
  • Exalted Sorcerer [Incandaeum]105
  • Sorcerer in Terminator Armour [Umbralefic Crystal]115
  • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings [Eldritch Vortex of E’Taph]205
  • Magnus the Red455
Datasheets
  • 2×Rubric Marines100
  • Scarab Occult Terminators385
  • Chaos Rhino80
  • 2×Chaos Spawn65
  • Sekhetar Robots85
  • 2×Tzaangor Enlightened50
  • Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster Greatbows55
#7
ELBCOAST CUP 24
31-player field
View on BCP
Grand Coven 2000 pts
Characters
  • Sorcerer85
  • Infernal Master95
  • Sorcerer in Terminator Armour [Umbralefic Crystal]115
  • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings [Eldritch Vortex of E’Taph]205
  • Magnus the Red455
Datasheets
  • 2×Rubric Marines100
  • Scarab Occult Terminators385
  • 2×Chaos Spawn65
  • Defiler330

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

Across the 46 Thousand Sons 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 46 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

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.