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T’au EmpireTAUT’au Empire

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W36
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Strength Index · where it wins
AVERAGE
rank #11 of 28 · composite +0.298
Top players · where it's rated
S
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
50.3% This week 50.5% This patch
weekly 198 games · patch 437 games
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate T’au Empire 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
+0.38σ
50.3% · 2457 games
TOP CUT
+0.45σ
1.11× field share
BLOWOUT
+0.04σ
9.9 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.01σ
0.029 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 4.767 (≈ S) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
+0.298
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 79% 14g
  • Aeldari 70% 10g
  • Leagues of Votann 58% 19g
Toughest matchups
  • World Eaters 27% 15g
  • Orks 27% 26g
  • Grey Knights 33% 9g
Black Templars 100% 4g
Deathwatch 83% 6g
Blood Angels 79% 14g
Drukhari 71% 7g
Aeldari 70% 10g
Imperial Agents 60% 5g
Leagues of Votann 58% 19g
Emperor’s Children 55% 11g
Thousand Sons 53% 15g
Necrons 52% 23g
Space Marines 52% 29g
Chaos Space Marines 50% 16g
Imperial Knights 50% 12g
Chaos Knights 50% 12g
Adeptus Custodes 48% 27g
Chaos Daemons 48% 25g
Adepta Sororitas 45% 22g
Astra Militarum 45% 11g
Space Wolves 45% 11g
Dark Angels 43% 23g
Tyranids 41% 27g
Adeptus Mechanicus 38% 13g
Genestealer Cults 36% 11g
Death Guard 36% 14g
Grey Knights 33% 9g
Orks 27% 26g
World Eaters 27% 15g
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
Kauyon 135 31% 50.8% +2.6
Experimental Prototype Cadre 129 30% 51.6% +3.7
Retaliation Cadre 84 19% 60% +3.7
Mont’ka READ WITH CARE 54 12% 47.2% -2.3
Kroot Hunting Pack READ WITH CARE 40 9% 48.7% +1.8
Advanced Acquisition Cadre READ WITH CARE 39 9% 43.2% -4.4
Auxiliary Cadre READ WITH CARE 3 1% 50% +1.3
(unresolved detachment) 124 28% 45.7% -7.1
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 437 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
Experimental Prototype Cadre + Kauyon 109 25% 52%
Retaliation Cadre 84 19% 60%
Mont’ka READ WITH CARE 54 12% 47%
Advanced Acquisition Cadre + Kauyon READ WITH CARE 23 5% 45%
Experimental Prototype Cadre + Kroot Hunting Pack READ WITH CARE 20 5% 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): 50.3% win rate over 2457 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.

#3
Armed Forces Day 2026
42-player field
View on BCP
Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Commander Farsight70
  • Darkstrider60
  • The Twin Lance230
Datasheets
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits130
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits100
  • Broadside Battlesuits75
  • Ghostkeel Battlesuit165
  • Pathfinder Team100
  • Riptide Battlesuit215
  • Stealth Battlesuits100
#5
Orchard of OHNO 2026 40K GT
38-player field
View on BCP
Experimental Prototype Cadre and Kauyon Reconnaissance 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight70
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Exemplar of the Kauyon]115
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit [Precision of the Patient Hunter]110
  • Commander Shadowsun100
  • The Twin Lance230
Datasheets
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits130
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits100
  • Broadside Battlesuits150
  • Ghostkeel Battlesuit150
  • Hammerhead Gunship150
  • Krootox Rampagers85
  • Pathfinder Team85
  • Stealth Battlesuits100
  • Vespid Stingwings70
#7
Armed Forces Day 2026
42-player field
View on BCP
Retaliation Cadre Purge the Foe 2000 pts
Characters
  • Commander Farsight70
  • Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit95
  • Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [Starflare Ignition System]100
  • Firesight Team55
  • The Twin Lance230
Datasheets
  • Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits100
  • Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits130
  • Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125
  • Broadside Battlesuits150
  • Ghostkeel Battlesuit165
  • Pathfinder Team85
  • Riptide Battlesuit215
  • Stealth Battlesuits100

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

Across the 8 T’au Empire 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 8 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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