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Imperial KnightsIKImperial Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
WEAKER
rank #22 of 28 · composite -0.56
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Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
39.2% This week 43.9% This patch
weekly 75 games · patch 328 games · read with care
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate Imperial 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
-0.05σ
49% · 1865 games
TOP CUT
-1.3σ
0.45× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.25σ
10 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-2σ
0.023 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.328 (≈ A-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-0.56
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 78% 9g
  • Space Wolves 62% 13g
  • Thousand Sons 60% 10g
Toughest matchups
  • Chaos Daemons 8% 12g
  • Emperor’s Children 23% 13g
  • Aeldari 33% 9g
Imperial Agents 100% 1g
Death Guard 86% 7g
Astra Militarum 78% 9g
Space Wolves 62% 13g
Thousand Sons 60% 10g
Adeptus Custodes 54% 24g
Chaos Space Marines 50% 22g
T’au Empire 50% 12g
Chaos Knights 50% 10g
Dark Angels 47% 17g
Necrons 47% 17g
Orks 46% 24g
Adepta Sororitas 44% 9g
World Eaters 44% 9g
Genestealer Cults 43% 7g
Drukhari 40% 15g
Leagues of Votann 40% 5g
Tyranids 37% 19g
Space Marines 35% 23g
Grey Knights 33% 15g
Aeldari 33% 9g
Adeptus Mechanicus 25% 4g
Emperor’s Children 23% 13g
Blood Angels 17% 6g
Chaos Daemons 8% 12g
Deathwatch 0% 2g
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
Valourstrike Lance 96 29% 41.5% -3.2
Dominus Foebreakers 81 25% 41.3% -4.7
Freeblade Company READ WITH CARE 77 23% 50.7% -2.2
Throne-Bonded Outriders READ WITH CARE 35 11% 52.9% +1.6
Gate Warden Lance READ WITH CARE 33 10% 57.6% +1.1
Questoris Companions READ WITH CARE 22 7% 61.9% +2.5
Questor Forgepact READ WITH CARE 20 6% 55% +3
Spearhead-at-Arms READ WITH CARE 7 2% 57.1% +0.6
(unresolved detachment) 93 28% 30.8% -7.7
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 328 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
Freeblade Company READ WITH CARE 77 23% 51%
Dominus Foebreakers + Valourstrike Lance READ WITH CARE 61 19% 37%
Throne-Bonded Outriders + Valourstrike Lance READ WITH CARE 30 9% 55%
Questoris Companions READ WITH CARE 22 7% 62%
Dominus Foebreakers + Gate Warden Lance READ WITH CARE 20 6% 55%

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 1865 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
Nailhammer XII GT
30-player field
View on BCP
Questoris Companions Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Canis Rex415
  • Cerastus Knight Atrapos405
  • Cerastus Knight Castigator380
  • Cerastus Knight Lancer415
  • Knight Paladin [Wyrmslayer Divination]385
#10
Circle City Clash GT @ Who's Yer Con
25-player field
View on BCP
Dominus Foebreakers and Valourstrike Lance Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Knight Castellan [Archeotech Autoloaders]450
  • Knight Castellan [Blessed Plate]480
  • Knight Crusader [Bearer of the Judicant’s Helm]435
  • Knight Gallant355
Datasheets
  • Armiger Helverin140
  • Armiger Warglaive140
#12
Route 66 @ 2D6 Labor Day
36-player field
View on BCP
Questoris Companions Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Canis Rex415
  • Knight Castellan425
  • Knight Destrier265
  • Knight Paladin375
  • Knight Warden375
Datasheets
  • Armiger Helverin140

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.