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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W30
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #11 of 28 · composite +0.339
Top players · where it's rated
C
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
61.7% This week 50% This patch
weekly 48 games · patch 184 games · read with care
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
-0.32σ
48.1% · 154 games
TOP CUT
+1.64σ
1.7× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.11σ
10 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.47σ
0.028 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 2.13 (≈ C) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.339
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
  • Grey Knights 89% 9g
  • Space Marines 82% 11g
  • Necrons 64% 11g
Toughest matchups
  • World Eaters 25% 8g
  • Astra Militarum 38% 8g
  • Adeptus Custodes 38% 8g
Genestealer Cults 100% 1g
Grey Knights 89% 9g
Space Marines 82% 11g
Adepta Sororitas 67% 6g
Blood Angels 67% 6g
Dark Angels 67% 3g
Necrons 64% 11g
Thousand Sons 57% 7g
Space Wolves 50% 8g
Leagues of Votann 50% 6g
Imperial Knights 50% 6g
Drukhari 50% 6g
Tyranids 50% 4g
Chaos Space Marines 47% 15g
T’au Empire 45% 11g
Death Guard 43% 7g
Chaos Knights 43% 7g
Orks 38% 8g
Adeptus Custodes 38% 8g
Astra Militarum 38% 8g
Adeptus Mechanicus 33% 3g
World Eaters 25% 8g
Chaos Daemons 20% 5g
Emperor’s Children 14% 7g
Black Templars 0% 4g
Aeldari 0% 3g
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 120 65% 51.3% +2.2
Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 25 14% 50% +3.8
Bastion Task Force READ WITH CARE 15 8% 50% +7.7
Firestorm Assault Force READ WITH CARE 8 4% 50% -18.2
Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 8 4% 50% -18.2
Orbital Assault Force READ WITH CARE 5 3% 40% -10.4
Vanguard Spearhead READ WITH CARE 5 3% 66.7% +6.4
(unresolved detachment) 31 17% 45.2% -3.7
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 184 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 83% 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 120 65% 51%
Bastion Task Force + Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 15 8% 50%
Firestorm Assault Force + Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 8 4% 50%
Librarius Conclave + Orbital Assault Force READ WITH CARE 5 3% 40%
Librarius Conclave + Vanguard Spearhead READ WITH CARE 5 3% 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-W30

This window (singles): 48.1% win rate over 154 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 Wyldlands Burns GT - Summer 2026
32-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [The Tome of Ectoclades]110
  • Chaplain [Beacon Angelis]85
  • Lieutenant with Combi-weapon85
Datasheets
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Deathwatch Veterans190
  • Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs85
  • Incursor Squad85
  • Land Speeder95
  • Storm Speeder Thunderstrike135
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265
#3
War in the Wastelands GT
40-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [The Tome of Ectoclades]110
  • Lieutenant with Combi-weapon [Thief of Secrets]120
Datasheets
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Fortis Kill Team195
  • Incursor Squad85
  • Indomitor Kill Team290
  • Land Speeder105
  • Storm Speeder Hammerstrike140
#10
Northern Maelstrom 2026 Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament
135-player field
View on BCP
Black Spear Task Force Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Captain in Gravis Armour [The Tome of Ectoclades]110
  • Lieutenant with Combi-weapon95
Datasheets
  • Indomitor Kill Team275
  • Decimus Kill Team100
  • Deathwatch Terminator Squad185
  • Incursor Squad85
  • Infiltrator Squad110
  • Storm Speeder Thunderstrike135
  • Talonstrike Kill Team265

WHAT THE WINNING LISTS RUN UNITS IN THIS FACTION’S UNDEFEATED & ONE-LOSS ARMIES · 2026-W30

Across the 7 Deathwatch 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 7 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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