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Chaos KnightsCKChaos Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
WEAKER
rank #25 of 28 · composite -1.162
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Top players · where it's rated
B-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
53.3% This week 45.3% This patch
weekly 124 games · patch 276 games
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate Chaos Knights 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
-1.32σ
45.1% · 953 games
TOP CUT
-1.29σ
0.45× field share
BLOWOUT
-0.98σ
9.4 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.52σ
0.027 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.672 (≈ B-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-1.162
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
  • Space Marines 71% 17g
  • Space Wolves 67% 9g
  • Thousand Sons 56% 9g
Toughest matchups
  • Emperor’s Children 0% 8g
  • Chaos Daemons 11% 9g
  • Dark Angels 18% 11g
Blood Angels 100% 1g
Space Marines 71% 17g
Space Wolves 67% 9g
Adepta Sororitas 67% 6g
Deathwatch 67% 3g
Thousand Sons 56% 9g
Death Guard 53% 15g
Adeptus Custodes 50% 18g
Imperial Knights 50% 10g
Drukhari 50% 10g
Genestealer Cults 50% 2g
Chaos Space Marines 48% 21g
Aeldari 45% 11g
World Eaters 44% 16g
Tyranids 43% 14g
T’au Empire 42% 12g
Adeptus Mechanicus 40% 5g
Astra Militarum 33% 9g
Necrons 31% 13g
Orks 30% 20g
Leagues of Votann 30% 10g
Grey Knights 29% 7g
Dark Angels 18% 11g
Chaos Daemons 11% 9g
Emperor’s Children 0% 8g
Black Templars 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
Hunting Warpack 97 35% 48.4% +0.2
Houndpack Lance READ WITH CARE 55 20% 55.6% +3.1
Iconoclast Fiefdom READ WITH CARE 52 19% 42.3% -3.5
Traitoris Lance READ WITH CARE 46 17% 34.1% -9.4
Bastions of Tyranny READ WITH CARE 44 16% 50% +2.5
Lords of Dread READ WITH CARE 38 14% 58.3% +8
Infernal Lance READ WITH CARE 25 9% 37.5% -9.8
Helhunt Lance READ WITH CARE 24 9% 28.6% -8.5
(unresolved detachment) 78 28% 44.7% -3.5
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 276 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 72% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Houndpack Lance + Hunting Warpack READ WITH CARE 38 14% 62%
Iconoclast Fiefdom + Traitoris Lance READ WITH CARE 25 9% 36%
Infernal Lance READ WITH CARE 25 9% 38%
Helhunt Lance + Hunting Warpack READ WITH CARE 24 9% 29%
Bastions of Tyranny + Lords of Dread READ WITH CARE 18 7% 59%

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-W36

This window (singles): 45.1% win rate over 953 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 Fall of Empire 4
22-player field
View on BCP
Houndpack Lance and Hunting Warpack Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Datasheets
  • 4×War Dog Brigand135
  • 2×War Dog Executioner140
  • 3×War Dog Karnivore145
  • 2×War Dog Stalker135
#3
Dark Sphere 40K GT - September
33-player field
View on BCP
Houndpack Lance and Hunting Warpack Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Datasheets
  • 3×War Dog Brigand135
  • 2×War Dog Executioner140
  • 4×War Dog Karnivore145
  • 2×War Dog Stalker135
#5
Capital City Showdown
32-player field
View on BCP
Hunting Warpack and Lords of Dread Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Chaos Cerastus Knight Lancer [Throne Mechanicum of Skulls]410
  • Knight Rampager [Putrid Carapace]385
  • Knight Ruinator [Mirror of Fates]370
Datasheets
  • 2×War Dog Brigand135
  • War Dog Executioner140
  • 2×War Dog Karnivore145
  • War Dog Stalker135

WHAT THE WINNING LISTS RUN UNITS IN THIS FACTION’S UNDEFEATED & ONE-LOSS ARMIES · 2026-W36

Across the 5 Chaos Knights 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 5 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-W36. 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.