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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W33
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #17 of 28 · composite -0.069
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Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
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Win rate · week / patch
47.4% This week 49% This patch
weekly 284 games · patch 2731 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
-0.18σ
48.6% · 2001 games
TOP CUT
-0.37σ
0.73× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.27σ
10 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.6σ
0.031 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.629 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-0.069
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
  • Astra Militarum 60% 101g
  • Genestealer Cults 59% 44g
  • Drukhari 58% 74g
Toughest matchups
  • Imperial Knights 36% 132g
  • Chaos Daemons 38% 104g
  • Dark Angels 38% 98g
Astra Militarum 60% 101g
Genestealer Cults 59% 44g
Drukhari 58% 74g
Space Wolves 57% 80g
Chaos Space Marines 54% 120g
Aeldari 51% 98g
Space Marines 50% 199g
T’au Empire 49% 168g
Blood Angels 49% 77g
Chaos Knights 48% 66g
Death Guard 48% 92g
Black Templars 48% 42g
Adeptus Custodes 45% 160g
Leagues of Votann 45% 105g
Orks 45% 137g
Imperial Agents 43% 7g
Necrons 43% 195g
Emperor’s Children 42% 139g
Adepta Sororitas 42% 57g
Thousand Sons 42% 110g
Adeptus Mechanicus 42% 72g
World Eaters 41% 106g
Grey Knights 40% 53g
Dark Angels 38% 98g
Chaos Daemons 38% 104g
Imperial Knights 36% 132g
Deathwatch 29% 7g
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
Talons of the Norn Queen 945 35% 51.1% +2.2
Assimilation Swarm 533 20% 53.6% +3.5
Vanguard Onslaught 518 19% 46.4% +0.2
Ambush Predators 503 18% 46.8% -1.2
Subterranean Assault 331 12% 47.8% +1.4
Invasion Fleet 315 12% 51.6% +1.8
Crusher Stampede 260 10% 51.4% -0.3
Synaptic Nexus 250 9% 46.4% -0.3
Warrior Bioform Onslaught 135 5% 48.1% +0
Unending Swarm READ WITH CARE 5 0% 60% +2.2
(unresolved detachment) 502 18% 46.1% -3.6
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 2731 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
Assimilation Swarm + Talons of the Norn Queen 473 17% 55%
Ambush Predators + Vanguard Onslaught 412 15% 46%
Subterranean Assault 331 12% 48%
Invasion Fleet 315 12% 52%
Crusher Stampede + Talons of the Norn Queen 208 8% 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-W33

This window (singles): 48.6% win rate over 2001 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
Oxford Onslaught Major 40k
64-player field
View on BCP
Ambush Predators, Vanguard Onslaught (Mindhunger) Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Deathleaper80
Datasheets
  • 2×Hormagaunts70
  • Biovores60
  • 2×Genestealers140
  • 2×Lictor60
  • 2×Neurolictor100
  • Raveners125
  • Von Ryan's Leapers70
  • Von Ryan's Leapers120
  • Zoanthropes200
#2
Hammer of Wrath GT
40-player field
View on BCP
Crusher Stampede and Talons of the Norn Queen Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Hive Tyrant195
Datasheets
  • Biovores60
  • 2×Exocrine140
  • Hive Guard160
  • Neurogaunts45
  • Norn Assimilator275
  • Norn Emissary250
  • Norn Emissary270
  • Pyrovores65
  • 2×Tyrannofex200
#5
ELBCOAST CUP 24
31-player field
View on BCP
Invasion Fleet (Hyper Adaptions) Take and Hold 1995 pts
Datasheets
  • Hyperadapted Raveners180

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

Across the 48 Tyranids 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 48 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.