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11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #18 of 28 · composite -0.207
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Top players · where it's rated
C-
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
the comparison layer ›
Win rate · week / patch
45.5% This week 43.4% This patch
weekly 111 games · patch 255 games
the Archive’s tournament pull ›
RESULTS AHEAD OF REPUTATION — Space Wolves 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
-0.36σ
48% · 1250 games
TOP CUT
-0.01σ
0.93× field share
BLOWOUT
-0.24σ
9.8 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
-0.12σ
0.028 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 1.724 (≈ C-) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-0.207
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
  • Blood Angels 70% 10g
  • Emperor’s Children 58% 12g
  • Space Marines 56% 18g
Toughest matchups
  • Drukhari 25% 8g
  • Chaos Daemons 31% 16g
  • Chaos Knights 33% 9g
Adepta Sororitas 75% 4g
Blood Angels 70% 10g
Emperor’s Children 58% 12g
Space Marines 56% 18g
T’au Empire 55% 11g
Astra Militarum 50% 8g
Adeptus Mechanicus 50% 6g
Deathwatch 50% 2g
Leagues of Votann 46% 13g
Dark Angels 44% 18g
Chaos Space Marines 44% 9g
Necrons 42% 12g
Thousand Sons 42% 12g
Tyranids 41% 17g
Imperial Knights 38% 13g
World Eaters 38% 8g
Orks 36% 11g
Adeptus Custodes 36% 11g
Death Guard 33% 12g
Chaos Knights 33% 9g
Chaos Daemons 31% 16g
Drukhari 25% 8g
Grey Knights 25% 4g
Genestealer Cults 0% 2g
Aeldari 0% 2g
Imperial Agents 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
Saga of the Great Wolf 142 56% 36.9% -6.7
Saga of the Beastslayer READ WITH CARE 60 24% 52.5% +1.4
Champions of Fenris READ WITH CARE 29 11% 44.8% +1.5
Veterans of the Fang READ WITH CARE 23 9% 45.5% -5.6
Bastion Task Force READ WITH CARE 5 2% 100% +12.4
Librarius Conclave READ WITH CARE 5 2% 0% -15.2
Saga of the Bold READ WITH CARE 5 2% 80% +18
Fulguris Task Force READ WITH CARE 4 2% 75% +18.3
Saga of the Hunter READ WITH CARE 3 1% 0% -27.7
(unresolved detachment) 40 16% 46.2% -4.7
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 255 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 84% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Saga of the Great Wolf 113 44% 37%
Saga of the Beastslayer READ WITH CARE 36 14% 57%
Champions of Fenris + Saga of the Beastslayer READ WITH CARE 19 7% 47%
Champions of Fenris + Saga of the Great Wolf READ WITH CARE 10 4% 40%
Saga of the Great Wolf + Veterans of the Fang READ WITH CARE 10 4% 40%

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): 48% win rate over 1250 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.

#5
Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament - Epsom Downs
66-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Great Wolf Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Wolf Priest70
  • Arjac Rockfist95
  • Iron Priest50
Datasheets
  • 2×Wolf Guard Terminators370
  • Wolf Guard Headtakers85
  • Aggressor Squad80
  • Fenrisian Wolves45
  • 2×Gladiator Lancer160
  • 2×Scout Squad65
  • Vindicator185
  • Callidus Assassin100
#6
Armed Forces Day 2026
42-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Beastslayer Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Ragnar Blackmane90
  • Arjac Rockfist95
Datasheets
  • Wolf Guard Terminators360
  • Blood Claws135
  • Wolf Guard Terminators370
  • Land Speeder105
  • 2×Predator Destructor140
  • Storm Speeder Hammerstrike140
  • Venerable Dreadnought125
  • Wolf Scouts90
  • Eversor Assassin110
#10
Armed Forces Day 2026
42-player field
View on BCP
Legends of Saga and Song and Saga of the Great Wolf Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Logan Grimnar100
  • Wolf Guard Battle Leader65
  • Arjac Rockfist95
  • Bjorn the Fell-Handed160
  • Captain in Terminator Armour85
Datasheets
  • 2×Wolf Guard Terminators360
  • Wolf Guard Headtakers170
  • Intercessor Squad80
  • Land Raider Redeemer260
  • Scout Squad65
  • Wulfen with Storm Shields200

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

Across the 6 Space Wolves 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 6 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.

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.