Kill Team Meta Statistics

Data through Sunday, August 30, 2026

Current Meta

What's popular and what's winning?

Aug 13, 2026 onwards

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% Pick Rate Win Rate Hidden GemsSteady HandsFading PresenceLost Causes

4 clusters • 839 player-events • 1,713 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 3 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, ~8 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.

Hidden Gems (20%)WR 54–65%•PR 1–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Brood Brothers
1.7%		64.9%
Chaos Cult
1.2%		53.6%
Exaction Squad
1.3%		58.3%
Exodite Dragon Masters
3.0%		61.2%
Hand of the Archon
1.8%		57.0%
Hernkyn Yaegirs
1.8%		57.0%
Inquisitorial Agents
1.1%		56.3%
Mandrakes
3.0%		54.3%
Tempestus Aquilons
2.7%		54.3%
Vespid Stingwings
2.6%		55.3%

Steady Hands (29%)WR 49–57%•PR 4–8%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Angels of Death
8.1%		50.8%
Deathwatch
5.8%		49.2%
Plague Marines
4.1%		53.1%
Raveners
6.0%		57.4%
Wolf Scouts
4.8%		54.2%

Lost Causes (6%)WR 25–38%•PR 1–5%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Imperial Navy Breachers
1.4%		25.0%
Wrecka Krew
4.9%		37.5%

Fading Presence (43%)WR 42–51%•PR 1–6%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Battleclade
3.8%		44.6%
Blades of Khaine
3.2%		42.3%
Canoptek Circle
3.0%		48.3%
Celestian Insidiants
5.6%		44.5%
Farstalker Kinband
1.5%		44.6%
Goremongers
3.3%		46.7%
Hearthkyn Salvagers
2.9%		48.2%
Hierotek Circle
1.4%		43.4%
Kasrkin
1.4%		44.1%
Murderwing
4.5%		47.2%
Nemesis Claw
4.2%		47.0%
Sanctifiers
1.4%		50.0%
Scout Squad
1.3%		50.0%
Spectre Squad
2.1%		50.7%
XV26 Stealth Battlesuits
3.5%		51.2%

Insufficient Data

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Fellgor Ravagers
0.7%		50.0%
Ratlings
0.8%		47.7%

Since Jun 30, 2026

Rising

13% of meta
  • Blades of Khaine+1%3.5%
  • Spectre Squad+1%2.2%
  • Deathwatch+0.6%4.2%
  • Hierotek Circle+0.5%2.7%

Cooling Off

23% of meta
  • Wrecka Krew-1%4.6%
  • Celestian Insidiants-0.8%4.8%
  • XV26 Stealth Battlesuits-0.7%2.7%
  • Angels of Death-0.6%8.7%
  • Fellgor Ravagers-0.6%1.9%

New Arrivals

1% of meta
  • Exodite Dragon MastersNew0.7%

Most Played

30% of meta
  • Angels of Death8.7%
  • Raveners6.8%
  • Wolf Scouts4.9%
  • Celestian Insidiants4.8%
  • Wrecka Krew4.6%
Based on 3,805 event players

Aug 13, 2026 onwards

Count46.8%
5-7
40%›
8-9
61.9%›
10
(12)›
11-12
(13)›
13+
(8)›
Wounds46.8%
6-7
(7)›
8-9
54.2%›
10-12
(16)›
13-15
(17)›
16+
(6)›
APL46.8%
2
45.5%›
3
50%›
4
(5)›
Move46.8%
5
(9)›
6
43%›
7
52.2%›
12
(5)›
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).