Kill Team Meta Statistics

Data through Thursday, October 15, 2026

Current Meta

What's popular and what's winning?

Aug 26, 2026 onwards

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 36% 38% 40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 52% 54% 56% 58% 60% Pick Rate Win Rate Popular StrugglersCommon WinnersCommon ContendersCommon StrugglersNiche WinnersNiche ContendersNiche Losers

7 clusters • 1,176 player-events • 3,329 games

How to read this data

This view groups factions by tournament performance for the selected rules update.

Selection criteria. Games from in-person events with 4 or more rounds, excluding league play. Limited to the 3 most recent Balance updates plus any newer Release updates.

Player-event. One person attending one event — a single tournament entry. For this update, ~11 player-events ≈ 1%.

  • Pick rate — share of player-events that brought this faction.
  • Win rate — share of games won, with ties counted as half a win.

Factions with fewer than 30 games are grouped into Insufficient Data rather than placed in a cluster.

Popular Strugglers (8%)WR 47–47%•PR 8–8%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Angels of Death
8.1%		47.0%

Common Winners (11%)WR 53–55%•PR 4–4%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Blades of Khaine
3.7%		53.0%
Vespid Stingwings
3.5%		53.3%
XV26 Stealth Battlesuits
3.7%		54.8%

Common Contenders (21%)WR 50–55%•PR 5–6%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Celestian Insidiants
5.9%		54.5%
Goremongers
4.9%		52.6%
Nemesis Claw
5.5%		50.1%
Raveners
4.5%		50.8%

Common Strugglers (22%)WR 43–48%•PR 4–5%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Deathwatch
4.8%		47.1%
Murderwing
4.2%		44.8%
Plague Marines
3.6%		47.5%
Wolf Scouts
5.2%		46.9%
Wrecka Krew
3.9%		42.5%

Niche Winners (8%)WR 56–58%•PR 2–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Canoptek Circle
2.5%		55.5%
Chaos Cult
2.0%		57.9%
Exodite Dragon Masters
1.7%		55.9%
Inquisitorial Agents
1.8%		56.3%

Niche Contenders (24%)WR 47–53%•PR 1–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Battleclade
2.2%		52.7%
Brood Brothers
1.0%		50.7%
Exaction Squad
1.4%		51.6%
Farstalker Kinband
2.2%		52.3%
Fellgor Ravagers
0.7%		49.0%
Hand of the Archon
2.0%		53.1%
Hernkyn Yaegirs
2.6%		49.4%
Hierotek Circle
1.0%		46.6%
Kasrkin
1.7%		48.5%
Mandrakes
2.8%		51.2%
Ratlings
1.2%		47.6%
Sanctifiers
1.8%		52.8%
Scout Squad
1.5%		51.5%
Spectre Squad
2.3%		51.7%

Niche Losers (6%)WR 39–42%•PR 2–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Hearthkyn Salvagers
1.7%		38.9%
Imperial Navy Breachers
1.6%		41.8%
Tempestus Aquilons
2.8%		42.0%

Since Aug 16, 2026

Rising

17% of meta
  • Exodite Dragon Masters+2%2%
  • Goremongers+2%4.4%
  • Deathwatch+1.8%5.7%
  • XV26 Stealth Battlesuits+1.2%3.6%
  • Sanctifiers+1%1.7%

Cooling Off

18% of meta
  • Raveners-3.1%4.2%
  • Fellgor Ravagers-1.8%0.6%
  • Hierotek Circle-1.6%1.1%
  • Wolf Scouts-0.8%4.2%
  • Angels of Death-0.7%8.4%

Most Played

28% of meta
  • Angels of Death8.4%
  • Deathwatch5.7%
  • Celestian Insidiants4.9%
  • Nemesis Claw4.7%
  • Wrecka Krew4.7%
Based on 3,938 event players

Aug 26, 2026 onwards

Count46.1%
5-7
45%›
8-9
47.4%›
10
50%›
11-12
44.3%›
13+
47.5%›
Wounds46.2%
6-7
40.3%›
8-9
47.7%›
10-12
44.3%›
13-15
46.8%›
16+
48.7%›
APL46.2%
2
46.6%›
3
46%›
4
(18)›
Move46.1%
5
54.5%›
6
46%›
7
43.4%›
12
(18)›
How to read this data

Each box shows how the selected faction performs against opponents grouped by a characteristic of their team.

  • Count — opponent operative count
  • Wounds — representative operative wounds
  • APL — representative operative APL
  • Move — representative operative movement

The bar shows deviation from the faction's overall win rate. Bars extending right (teal) indicate better performance; bars extending left (red) indicate worse.

Much better (+10%+) Better (+5-10%) Similar (±5%) Worse (-5-10%) Much worse (-10%+)

Tap any row to see the individual faction breakdown. Faded rows have fewer than 20 games (less reliable).