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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
STRONGER
rank #8 of 28 · composite +0.502
open the tier list ›
Top players · where it's rated
C
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
55.9% This week 52.9% This patch
weekly 34 games · patch 89 games · read with care
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Deathwatch is winning more than top players currently rate it.
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
-0.04σ
49% · 365 games
TOP CUT
+1.84σ
1.63× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.2σ
10 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.73σ
0.027 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.13 (≈ C) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.502
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
  • Adeptus Custodes 88% 8g
Toughest matchups
  • Space Marines 40% 10g
Chaos Daemons 100% 3g
Thousand Sons 100% 2g
Imperial Knights 100% 2g
Adepta Sororitas 100% 1g
Adeptus Mechanicus 100% 1g
Tyranids 100% 1g
Adeptus Custodes 88% 8g
Chaos Space Marines 80% 5g
Necrons 67% 3g
Aeldari 67% 3g
Astra Militarum 67% 3g
Orks 60% 5g
Dark Angels 57% 7g
Space Wolves 50% 2g
Space Marines 40% 10g
World Eaters 33% 3g
Chaos Knights 33% 3g
Emperor’s Children 29% 7g
Leagues of Votann 25% 4g
Black Templars 25% 4g
T’au Empire 17% 6g
Drukhari 0% 3g
Blood Angels 0% 2g
Death Guard 0% 1g
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
Black Spear Task Force READ WITH CARE 69 78% 49.3% -6.7
(unresolved detachment) 20 22% 65% +8.7
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 89 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 78% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Black Spear Task Force READ WITH CARE 69 78% 49%
(unresolved detachment) 20 22% 65%

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): 49% win rate over 365 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
The Fall of Empire 4
22-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain In Gravis Armour [Thief of Secrets]105
Datasheets
  • 2×Lieutenant45
  • Fortis Kill Team195
  • Watch Master125
  • 2×Deathwatch Veterans190
  • Watch Captain Artemis65
  • Decimus Kill Team190
  • 2×Indomitor Kill Team275
  • 2×Rhino65
  • Infiltrator Squad110
  • Invader Atv60
#13
Capital City Showdown
32-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Watch Master [The Tome of Ectoclades]125
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [Thief of Secrets]105
Datasheets
  • Deathwatch Veterans190
  • 2×Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Intercessor Squad80
  • Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs85
  • 2×Deathwatch Terminator Squad190
  • Incursor Squad85
  • Storm Speeder Thunderstrike135
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265
#27
Geneva GT III
58-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [Thief of Secrets]105
  • Chaplain60
  • Lieutenant [Beacon Angelis]70
  • Watch Master [The Tome of Ectoclades]125
Datasheets
  • 2×Indomitor Kill Team275
  • 2×Deathwatch Veterans190
  • Rhino65
  • 2×Invader ATV60
  • Invictor Tactical Warsuit125
  • Storm Speeder Thunderstrike135
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265

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-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.