3/25/24

Meta Monday: Wolf Riders and Canoptek Legions

This weekend had a few fewer events but more players as we saw 12 events and near 1000 players.

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The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR. England. 263. 5 rounds.

Top 4 had a playoff

1. Necrons (CC) 7-0

2. Guard 6-1

3. Aeldari 5-1

4. Ad Mec 5-1

5. Tau 5-0

6. Space Marines (Sons) 5-0

7. Tau 5-0

8. Black Templars (Firestorm) 5-0

9. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

10. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

11. Guard 4-1

12. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

13. Black Templars (Ironstorm) 4-1

14. World Eaters 4-1

15. Death Guard 4-1

16. Grey Knights 4-1

17. Necrons (CC) 4-1

18. Blood Angels (Sons) 4-1

19. Grey Knights 4-1

20. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

#21-47 Also went 4-1

Adepticon Champs 2024. Schaumburg, IL. 256 players. 4 rounds.

The Top 16 did a playoff. The rest of the field played 4 rounds. Apparently the terrain was a lot better this year with the use of GW layouts and terrain outlines.

1. Tau 7-0-1

2. Thousand Sons 7-1

3. Necrons (Hyper) 6-1

4. Chaos Daemons 6-1

5. Tau 4-2

6. Tyranids (Vanguard) 5-1

7. Thousand Sons 5-1

8. Necrons (CC) 5-1

9. Orks 4-1

10. World Eaters 4-1

11. Aeldari 3-1-1

12. World Eaters 3-2

13. Dark Angels (Ironstorm) 4-1

14. Thousand Sons 4-1

15. Blood Angels (Sons) 4-1

16. World Eaters 4-1

Firebug Open 2024. Ettlingen, Germany. 156 players. 6 rounds.

1. Black Templars (Ironstorm) 6-0

2. Votann 6-0

3. Drukhari (Sky) 5-0-1

4. Death Guard 5-1

5. Ad Mec (Skitarii) 5-1

6. Thousand Sons 5-1

7. Custodes 5-1

8. Custodes 5-1

9. Votann 5-1

10. Grey Knights 5-1

11. Necrons (Hyper) 5-1

12. Drukhari (Sky) 4-0-2

13. Guard 5-1

14. Custodes 5-1

15. Votann 5-1

16. Custodes 5-1

17. Orks 5-1

All is Dust. Petawawa, Canada. 54 players. 6 rounds.

WTC Scoring.

1. Custodes 5-0-1

2. Dark Angels (Ironstorm) 5-0-1

3. Grey Knights 4-0-2

4. Drukhari (Sky) 5-1

Rosehammer 2. Portland, OR. 54 players. 5 rounds.

1. Tau 5-0

2. Thousand Sons 4-0-1

3. Necrons (CC) 4-1

4. Grey Knights 4-1

5. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 4-1

6. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 4-1

7. Custodes 4-1

8. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

9. Death Guard 4-1

10. Sisters 4-1

OP March Madness GT. Santa Rosa, CA. 39 players. 5 rounds.

1. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 5-0

2. Blood Angels (Sons) 4-1

3. Sisters 4-1

4. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

5. Death Guard 4-1

6. Chaos Daemons 4-1

7. Necrons 4-1

8. Black Templars (Righteous) 4-1

CoCo’s March Madness GT. Talladega, AL. 31 players. 5 rounds.

1. Necrons (CC) 5-0

2. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

3. Ad Mec (Skitarii) 4-1

4. Chaos Daemons 4-1

5. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 4-1

6. Orks 4-1

OTT 2024. Hamilton, New Zealand. 30 players. 5 rounds.

1. Necrons (Hyper) 5-0

2. Tau 4-1

3. Necrons (CC) 4-1

4. Thousand Sons 4-1

5. Grey Knights 4-1

6. Aeldari 4-1

Void War GT. Dublin, Ireland. 28 players. 5 rounds.

1. Sisters 5-0

2. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 4-1

3. Imperial Knights 4-1

4. Guard 4-1

Titanslayer. England. 26 players. 5 rounds.

1. Ad Mec (Rad Zone) 5-0

2. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 4-1

3. Chaos Daemons 4-1

4. Chaos Knights 4-1

5. Guard 4-1

6. Blood Angels (GTF) 4-1

Imperium Tertius 40K (GT). Ostrhauderfehn, Germany. 26 players. 5 rounds.

WTC Scoring

1. Death Guard 4-0-1

2. Guard 4-0-1

3. Imperial Knights 3-0-2

4. Custodes 4-1

Doom at the Dojo. England. 22 players. 5 rounds.

1. Grey Knights 5-0

2. Sisters 4-1

3. Space Marines (Vanguard) 4-1

4. Necrons (Hyper) 4-1

My Takeaways

Space Wolves with the best win rate of the weekend at 61% and an event win is surprising. Of their 19 players 6 went X-0/X-1 with all the top placing lists running Storm lance.

Necrons remain the most played faction by far with a 58% win rate this weekend and 3 event wins, including the largest event. Brining their wins up to 17 since the Data Slate.  24 out of 99 players went X-0 or X-1. They still remain the deciding factor of the Meta

Thousand Sons had a good weekend. No event wins but a 56% win rate and 6 players going X-0/X-1.

Tyranids and Codex Space Marines still remain the worst factions seeing play. Both have healthy representation and a 41% weekend win rate and both had just 3 of their players go X-1

Dark Angels overall win rate was one of the worst of the weekends at 42% but In Ironstorm DA players had a 56% weekend win rate and 4 top placings. Maybe just stick to that DA players.

CSM had a 43% weekend win rate with 25 players but only 1 of them going X-1. This faction still packs a lot of punch but has not found a lot of success besides in Germany.

Tau had another strong weekend with a 51% win rate and 2 event wins. With 10 of their 42 players going X-0/X-1. Their new build is really taking off at top tables and with their limited box coming out next weekend who knows when their codex hits the mass market.

Black Templars had a 50% win rate this weekend but its becoming clear that Righteous Crusade is holding them back as it had a 39% win rate. While Ironstorm, GTF and Firestorm all had 52%+ win rates this weekend.

Custodes won another GT this weekend. They were the second most played faction with 86 players and a weekend win rate of 52%. 9 of their players went X-0/X-1 which is about expected for their player size. They still remain the second faction you must build to fight behind Necrons but seem to be easier to beat as the weeks go on.

Data table

Faction	Subfaction	#Players	Wins	Games Played	X-0/X-1	Weekend Win%	8 Week Win%	Weekend Event Wins	Event Wins Since DS
Space Wolves		19	54	88	6	61%	50%	1	2
	Stormlance Taskforce	13	42	58	6	72%	54%	1	2
	Firestorm Assault Force	1	2	4	0	50%	50%	0	0
	Ironstorm Spearhead	3	7	15	0	47%	48%	0	0
	Gladius Task Force	1	2	6	0	33%	49%	0	0
	Vanguard Spearhead	1	1	5	0	20%	31%	0	0
Necrons		99	276	478	24	58%	55%	3	17
	Canoptek Court	35	111	177	10	63%	57%	2	8
	Hypercrypt Legion	60	161	286	14	56%	54%	1	8
	Annihilation Legion	1	2	4	0	50%	33%	0	0
	Awakened Dynasty	3	2	11	0	18%	46%	0	1
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	26	74	131	6	56%	51%	0	4
Chaos Daemons	Daemonic Incursion	19	52	95	4	55%	50%	0	0
Adeptus Custodes	Shield Host	87	220	421	9	52%	53%	1	6
Tau	Kauyon	42	110	214	10	51%	52%	2	5
Blood Angels		30	73	143	6	51%	46%	0	2
	Gladius Task Force	6	17	29	1	59%	48%	0	0
	Sons of Sanguinius	21	51	101	5	51%	46%	0	2
	Firestorm Assault Force	1	2	4	0	50%	36%	0	0
	Vanguard Spearhead	1	2	5	0	40%	31%	0	0
	1st Company Task Force	1	1	4	0	25%	30%	0	0
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	57	143	283	13	51%	46%	0	5
Black Templars		39	98	197	4	50%	52%	1	7
	Firestorm Assault Force	2	8	10	1	80%	62%	0	0
	Ironstorm Spearhead	11	35	60	1	58%	64%	1	5
	Gladius Task Force	9	22	42	1	52%	56%	0	1
	Righteous Crusade	17	33	85	1	39%	45%	0	1
Sisters of Battle	Hallowed Martyrs	27	66	133	4	50%	53%	1	6
Aeldari	Battle Host	47	107	218	5	49%	49%	0	5
Chaos Knights	Traitoris Lance	30	73	149	1	49%	48%	0	2
Leagues of Votann	Oathband	30	72	148	3	49%	49%	0	3
Adeptus Mechanicus		10	25	52	4	48%	43%	1	3
	Rad-Zone Core	1	5	5	1	100%	42%	1	2
	Skitarii Hunter Cohort	7	19	37	3	51%	50%	0	1
	Cohort Cybernetica	2	1	10	0	10%	30%	0	0
Grey Knights	Teleport Strike Force	46	100	208	10	48%	50%	1	5
Drukhari		31	76	160	5	48%	49%	0	4
	Skysplinter Assault	31	76	160	5	48%	49%	0	4
Orks	Waaagh Tribe	32	70	148	4	47%	45%	0	2
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	41	87	184	6	47%	45%	0	2
Death Guard	Plague Company	54	127	274	6	46%	47%	1	5
Imperial Knights	Noble Lance	37	76	168	2	45%	47%	0	1
Chaos Space Marines	Slaves to Darkness	25	56	130	1	43%	43%	0	2
Dark Angels		30	56	132	4	42%	47%	0	3
	Ironstorm Spearhead	16	40	71	4	56%	58%	0	2
	Unforgiven Task Force	6	8	28	0	29%	37%	0	0
	Gladius Task Force	4	4	15	0	27%	42%	0	0
	Firestorm Assault Force	1	1	5	0	20%	38%	0	0
	Vanguard Spearhead	2	2	10	0	20%	39%	0	1
	Stormlance Taskforce	1	1	3	0	33%	44%	0	0
Space Marines		61	121	293	3	41%	41%	0	3
	Vanguard Spearhead	16	40	79	1	51%	43%	0	2
	Gladius Task Force	13	27	60	0	45%	38%	0	0
	Anvil Seige Force	2	4	10	0	40%	28%	0	0
	Ironstorm Spearhead	19	36	90	2	40%	42%	0	0
	Stormlance Taskforce	2	2	9	0	22%	39%	0	0
	Firestorm Assault Force	9	12	45	0	27%	40%	0	1
Tyranids		44	84	205	3	41%	44%	0	0
	Unending Swarm	7	17	32	1	53%	48%	0	0
	Vanguard Onslaught	5	11	25	1	44%	38%	0	0
	Invasion Fleet	24	44	115	1	38%	45%	0	0
	Synaptic Nexus	8	12	33	0	36%	40%	0	0
Genestealer Cult	Ascension Day	10	19	47	0	40%	44%	0	0
Deathwatch		5	7	24	0	29%	39%	0	0
	Black Spear Task Force	4	7	21	0	33%	38%	0	0
	Vanguard Spearhead	1	0	3	0	0%	21%	0	0
Total		978	2246	4563	143			12	93

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