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Imperial KnightsIKImperial Knights

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W30
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #17 of 28 · composite -0.069
Top players · where it's rated
A-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
50% This week 52.1% This patch
weekly 310 games · patch 1491 games
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
+0.64σ
51.7% · 1098 games
TOP CUT
-0.8σ
0.48× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.53σ
10.2 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-1.91σ
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)
-0.069
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
  • World Eaters 69% 49g
  • Astra Militarum 69% 51g
  • Death Guard 63% 52g
Toughest matchups
  • Grey Knights 37% 38g
  • Orks 37% 95g
  • Chaos Daemons 37% 59g
World Eaters 69% 49g
Astra Militarum 69% 51g
Death Guard 63% 52g
Tyranids 62% 99g
Space Wolves 61% 36g
Chaos Knights 59% 32g
T’au Empire 59% 103g
Adepta Sororitas 59% 44g
Blood Angels 58% 43g
Black Templars 57% 21g
Aeldari 56% 34g
Emperor’s Children 52% 67g
Adeptus Mechanicus 52% 29g
Chaos Space Marines 51% 59g
Deathwatch 50% 6g
Necrons 48% 91g
Thousand Sons 46% 72g
Space Marines 44% 107g
Dark Angels 44% 48g
Genestealer Cults 42% 19g
Adeptus Custodes 42% 79g
Imperial Agents 40% 5g
Leagues of Votann 39% 49g
Drukhari 38% 42g
Chaos Daemons 37% 59g
Orks 37% 95g
Grey Knights 37% 38g
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
Dominus Foebreakers 720 48% 53.3% +2.7
Gate Warden Lance 634 43% 51.2% +1.9
Freeblade Company 313 21% 53.3% +1.7
Valourstrike Lance 238 16% 55.4% +4.2
Throne-Bonded Outriders 113 8% 46.7% -2.7
Questor Forgepact READ WITH CARE 69 5% 49.2% +3.1
Questoris Companions READ WITH CARE 63 4% 55% +2.4
Spearhead-at-Arms READ WITH CARE 30 2% 43.3% -11.2
(unresolved detachment) 203 14% 49.5% -2.5
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 1491 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 86% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Dominus Foebreakers + Gate Warden Lance 518 35% 52%
Freeblade Company 313 21% 53%
Dominus Foebreakers + Valourstrike Lance 179 12% 57%
Gate Warden Lance + Throne-Bonded Outriders READ WITH CARE 79 5% 47%
Questoris Companions READ WITH CARE 63 4% 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-W30

This window (singles): 51.7% win rate over 1098 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.

#6
ForgeFire Open 2026
28-player field
View on BCP
Dominus Foebreakers and Valourstrike Lance Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Cerastus Knight Atrapos [Bearer of the Judicant’s Helm]430
  • Knight Castellan [Archeotech Autoloaders]450
  • Knight Crusader410
  • Knight Crusader [Bearer of the Evanescent Ion]445
  • Knight Destrier265
#8
40k Brawl - July GT 2026
31-player field
View on BCP
Dominus Foebreakers and Valourstrike Lance Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Cerastus Knight Atrapos [Bearer of the Judicant’s Helm]430
  • Knight Crusader395
  • Knight Destrier265
  • Knight Paladin375
  • Knight Valiant [Archeotech Autoloaders]425
Datasheets
  • Sanctifiers100
#8
La Senda del Iberian
23-player field
View on BCP
detachment n/a Reconnaissance
Datasheets
  • Fuerza de Choque2000
  • Knight Defender420
  • Knight Destrier265
  • Armiger Helverin140
  • Armiger Warglaive140
  • Eversor Assassin110
  • Vigilant Squad85

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

Across the 28 Imperial 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 28 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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