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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W27
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #1 of 28 · composite +1.597
Top players · where it's rated
A
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
54% This week 60.1% This patch
weekly 113 games · patch 456 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
+2.09σ
59.6% · 234 games
TOP CUT
+1.73σ
2.06× field share
BLOWOUT
+1.63σ
11.3 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.82σ
0.026 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 4 (≈ A) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+1.597
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 91% 11g
  • World Eaters 81% 16g
  • Aeldari 78% 9g
Toughest matchups
  • Orks 32% 28g
  • Tyranids 35% 26g
  • Blood Angels 44% 9g
Imperial Agents 100% 1g
Chaos Knights 91% 11g
World Eaters 81% 16g
Grey Knights 80% 5g
Aeldari 78% 9g
Genestealer Cults 75% 8g
Black Templars 75% 4g
Drukhari 73% 11g
Chaos Daemons 71% 14g
Adepta Sororitas 70% 10g
Dark Angels 64% 14g
Death Guard 64% 22g
Astra Militarum 64% 11g
Chaos Space Marines 63% 19g
Space Wolves 63% 8g
Adeptus Custodes 62% 26g
Imperial Knights 59% 22g
Emperor’s Children 55% 20g
Leagues of Votann 55% 11g
Space Marines 53% 38g
Adeptus Mechanicus 50% 10g
Necrons 47% 36g
T’au Empire 47% 45g
Blood Angels 44% 9g
Tyranids 35% 26g
Orks 32% 28g
Deathwatch 25% 4g
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 197 43% 58.4% +6.3
Sekhetar Cohort 147 32% 70.1% +11.1
Ritual of Regeneration 102 22% 40% -1
Warpforged Cabal READ WITH CARE 67 15% 63.9% +8.2
Grand Coven READ WITH CARE 43 9% 63.4% +0.5
Servants of Change READ WITH CARE 15 3% 61.5% +4.8
Rubricae Phalanx READ WITH CARE 14 3% 35.7% -12
Changehost of Deceit READ WITH CARE 5 1% 80% +9.2
Warpmeld Pact READ WITH CARE 5 1% 20% -15.4
(unresolved detachment) 120 26% 64.2% +7.9
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 456 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 74% 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 113 25% 68%
Hexwarp Thrallband + Ritual of Regeneration READ WITH CARE 64 14% 39%
Grand Coven READ WITH CARE 43 9% 63%
Ritual of Regeneration + Warpforged Cabal READ WITH CARE 33 7% 45%
Sekhetar Cohort + Warpforged Cabal READ WITH CARE 29 6% 78%

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): 59.6% win rate over 234 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 BIRMINGHAM 40K SUPER MAJOR
198-player field
View on BCP
Hexwarp Thrallband and Sekhetar Cohort Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Sorcerer in Terminator Armour95
  • Sorcerer [Empyric Onslaught]110
  • Sorcerer85
  • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings170
  • Tzaangor Shaman60
Datasheets
  • Scarab Occult Terminators370
  • Rubric Marines100
  • Defiler310
  • Sekhetar Robots160
  • Sekhetar Robots80
  • Tzaangor Enlightened45
#3
Geelong 40K Open 2026
61-player field
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Ritual of Regeneration and Warpforged Cabal Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Demon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings170
  • Demon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings180
  • Simply Red did nothing wrong455
Datasheets
  • Chaos Spawn65
  • Defiler310
  • Defiler340
  • Tzaangors75

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

Across the 10 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 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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