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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #10 of 28 · composite +0.352
Top players · where it's rated
B
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
47.8% This week 49.8% This patch
weekly 70 games · patch 254 games · read with care
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
+0.4σ
50.4% · 1093 games
TOP CUT
+0.29σ
1.05× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.22σ
10 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.62σ
0.03 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.095 (≈ B) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.352
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
  • Emperor’s Children 75% 8g
  • Adeptus Custodes 65% 17g
  • Space Marines 63% 16g
Toughest matchups
  • Necrons 27% 22g
  • Tyranids 32% 19g
  • Thousand Sons 33% 9g
Adepta Sororitas 100% 4g
Emperor’s Children 75% 8g
Death Guard 71% 7g
Adeptus Mechanicus 67% 3g
Adeptus Custodes 65% 17g
Space Marines 63% 16g
Imperial Knights 60% 15g
Chaos Space Marines 60% 5g
Chaos Knights 57% 7g
Leagues of Votann 56% 16g
T’au Empire 56% 9g
Chaos Daemons 54% 13g
Space Wolves 50% 4g
Astra Militarum 43% 14g
Blood Angels 42% 12g
World Eaters 40% 10g
Aeldari 40% 5g
Orks 38% 21g
Thousand Sons 33% 9g
Genestealer Cults 33% 3g
Drukhari 33% 3g
Tyranids 32% 19g
Necrons 27% 22g
Dark Angels 20% 5g
Imperial Agents 0% 1g
Black Templars 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
Argent Assault READ WITH CARE 62 24% 40.7% +1.8
Warpbane Task Force READ WITH CARE 57 22% 63.2% +7.2
Banishers READ WITH CARE 44 17% 41.5% +1.7
Fires of Purgation READ WITH CARE 38 15% 59.5% +0.2
Brotherhood Strike READ WITH CARE 30 12% 63.3% -0.2
Hallowed Conclave READ WITH CARE 20 8% 45% +10.2
Sanctic Spearhead READ WITH CARE 11 4% 50% -1.4
Immaterial Interdiction READ WITH CARE 10 4% 50% -1.9
Augurium Task Force READ WITH CARE 5 2% 20% -31.2
(unresolved detachment) 87 34% 42.3% -3
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 254 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 66% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Warpbane Task Force READ WITH CARE 57 22% 63%
Argent Assault + Banishers READ WITH CARE 37 15% 41%
Brotherhood Strike + Fires of Purgation READ WITH CARE 30 12% 63%
Argent Assault + Hallowed Conclave READ WITH CARE 20 8% 45%
Immaterial Interdiction + Sanctic Spearhead READ WITH CARE 6 2% 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-W36

This window (singles): 50.4% win rate over 1093 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.

#4
ICE HAMMER ITC GT II - 2025/2026
27-player field
View on BCP
Warpbane Task Force Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Castellan Crowe100
  • Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight230
  • Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight215
Datasheets
  • Purifier Squad260
  • Strike Squad115
  • Interceptor Squad125
  • Nemesis Dreadknight210
  • Purgation Squad105
  • Purifier Squad140
#8
Wasteland Wars GT V
60-player field
View on BCP
Warpbane Task Force Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Castellan Crowe100
  • Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight230
  • Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight245
Datasheets
  • Purifier Squad260
  • Brotherhood Terminator Squad140
  • Strike Squad115
  • Purifier Squad130
  • Purifier Squad270
#9
Armed Forces Day 2026
42-player field
View on BCP
Argent Assault and Hallowed Conclave Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Grand Master Voldus125
  • Brother-Captain [Psychic Celerity]110
  • Grand Master [Sanctic Reaper]110
Datasheets
  • Paladin Squad360
  • Paladin Squad215
  • Paladin Squad255
  • Brotherhood Terminator Squad140
  • Strike Squad115
  • Land Raider Redeemer260
  • Purgation Squad105
  • Watch Captain Artemis65

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

Across the 5 Grey 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.

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