Kill Team Meta Statistics
Data through Sunday, January 11, 2026
Current Meta
What's popular and what's winning?
Dead Silence (2025-11-22 onwards)
5 natural performance groups • 2,269 player-events
How to Read These Charts
Factions are automatically grouped based on their win rate and pick rate, weighted by the square root of player-events (how many players brought each faction to tournaments). This reveals natural performance patterns in the meta without imposing arbitrary tier boundaries.
In this period, there were 2,269 player-events recorded. A 1% pick rate means approximately 22 players brought that faction to an event. Data includes events with 3 or more rounds, excluding leagues and mirror matches.
Factions with fewer than 30 games are grouped separately as "Insufficient Data" since they lack enough statistical significance for clustering. (6 factions currently)
0.9% of player games had an unknown faction.
Meta Favorites (15%) Win rate: 61.5%–62.6% Pick rate: 5.0%–9.6%
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Canoptek Circle | 5.0% | 61.5% |
| Wolf Scouts | 9.6% | 62.6% |
Hidden Gems (14%) Win rate: 50.8%–64.1% Pick rate: 0.4%–4.0%
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Brood Brothers | 2.0% | 52.3% |
| Chaos Cult | 1.1% | 54.4% |
| Corsair Voidscarred | 0.4% | 64.1% |
| Farstalker Kinband | 1.4% | 55.8% |
| Fellgor Ravagers | 1.7% | 54.3% |
| Hand of the Archon | 1.8% | 54.5% |
| Inquisitorial Agents | 1.5% | 50.8% |
| Mandrakes | 4.0% | 57.4% |
| Void-Dancer Troupe | 0.4% | 53.0% |
Meta Staples (28%) Win rate: 47.8%–51.2% Pick rate: 5.2%–9.2%
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Deathwatch | 9.2% | 51.2% |
| Nemesis Claw | 5.4% | 50.8% |
| Raveners | 5.2% | 49.9% |
| Wrecka Krew | 7.9% | 47.8% |
Underdogs (4%) Win rate: 29.7%–39.0% Pick rate: 0.6%–1.2%
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Death Korps | 0.9% | 33.9% |
| Hierotek Circle | 0.7% | 34.3% |
| Hunter Clade | 0.6% | 39.0% |
| Kommandos | 0.9% | 29.7% |
| Scout Squad | 1.2% | 36.8% |
Loyal Followings (37%) Win rate: 41.2%–48.6% Pick rate: 0.5%–4.6%
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Angels of Death | 4.6% | 43.7% |
| Battleclade | 1.9% | 41.2% |
| Blades of Khaine | 2.1% | 43.0% |
| Blooded | 0.5% | 44.7% |
| Exaction Squad | 1.4% | 48.6% |
| Goremongers | 2.1% | 44.0% |
| Hearthkyn Salvagers | 1.4% | 48.0% |
| Hernkyn Yaegirs | 2.0% | 43.0% |
| Imperial Navy Breachers | 0.7% | 47.8% |
| Kasrkin | 1.2% | 44.8% |
| Legionaries | 1.1% | 44.8% |
| Phobos Strike Team | 0.7% | 44.0% |
| Plague Marines | 3.1% | 46.9% |
| Ratlings | 1.6% | 43.0% |
| Sanctifiers | 1.2% | 45.5% |
| Tempestus Aquilons | 4.2% | 43.5% |
| Vespid Stingwings | 2.4% | 48.4% |
| XV26 Stealth Battlesuits | 4.5% | 47.2% |
Insufficient Data
| Faction | Pick Rate | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Elucidian Starstriders | 0.3% | 44.6% |
| Gellerpox Infected | 0.1% | 55.6% |
| Novitiates | 0.3% | 52.0% |
| Pathfinders | 0.3% | 50.0% |
| Warpcoven | 0.3% | 26.0% |
| Wyrmblade | 0.3% | 52.5% |
Nov 22, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026
How to read this data
Each box shows how Deathwatch 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 (blue) indicate better performance; bars extending left (orange) indicate worse.
Tap any row to see the individual faction breakdown. Faded rows have fewer than 20 games (less reliable).
Oct 29, 2025 - Jan 12, 2026
How to read this data
Each box shows how Deathwatch 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 (blue) indicate better performance; bars extending left (orange) indicate worse.
Tap any row to see the individual faction breakdown. Faded rows have fewer than 20 games (less reliable).
Sep 13, 2025 - Nov 22, 2025
How to read this data
Each box shows how Deathwatch 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 (blue) indicate better performance; bars extending left (orange) indicate worse.
Tap any row to see the individual faction breakdown. Faded rows have fewer than 20 games (less reliable).
Rising (15%)
- Wrecka Krew +1% 7.9%
- Kasrkin +0.9% 1.2%
- Nemesis Claw +0.8% 5.4%
Cooling Off (20%)
- Deathwatch -2.9% 9.2%
- Canoptek Circle -1.5% 5%
- Blades of Khaine -1.4% 2.1%
- Wyrmblade -1% 0.3%
- Plague Marines -0.9% 3.1%
New Arrivals (14%)
- Wolf Scouts New 9.6%
- XV26 Stealth Battlesuits New 4.5%
Most Played (33%)
- Deathwatch 9.2%
- Wrecka Krew 7.9%
- Nemesis Claw 5.4%
- Raveners 5.2%
- Canoptek Circle 5%
How to Read These Charts
This map shows Kill Team event locations from the last 6 months.
- Spikes represent event locations
- Height indicates the total number of players at that location
- Hover over a spike to see exact coordinates and player count
How to Read These Charts
This map shows Kill Team event locations from the last 6 months.
- Spikes represent event locations
- Height indicates the total number of players at that location
- Hover over a spike to see exact coordinates and player count
How to Read These Charts
This map shows Kill Team event locations from the last 6 months.
- Spikes represent event locations
- Height indicates the total number of players at that location
- Hover over a spike to see exact coordinates and player count
Before: Mar 13 - Sep 12, 2025 vs After: Sep 13, 2025 - Mar 12, 2026
How to Read These Charts
Crit Op, Tac Op, and Kill Op points do not include Primary Op points.
These violin plots show how Victory Points are distributed across games:
- Width = Frequency: The wider the shape at any point, the more games ended with that VP score. Think of it like a sideways histogram - fat areas mean common scores, thin areas mean rare scores.
- Dashed Line = Median: The horizontal dashed line shows the median (middle value) - half of all games scored above this line, half below.
- Box = Middle 50%: The rectangular box highlights where the middle 50% of scores fall (from the 25th to 75th percentile). Most "typical" games end up in this range.
Example: If the violin is widest at 3 VP, that means 3 VP was the most common score. If it's thin at 0 VP and 6 VP, those extreme scores were rare.
| Primary Op Pick Rates | |||
| Tac | 73% | ↘ -6% | 67% |
| Crit | 14% | → +3% | 17% |
| Kill | 12% | → +4% | 16% |
| n=34,329 games | n=22,622 games | ||
