Kill Team Meta Statistics

Data through Sunday, May 31, 2026

Current Meta

What's popular and what's winning?

Apr 29, 2026 onwards

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 52% 54% 56% 58% 60% Pick Rate Win Rate Hidden GemsSteady HandsLoyal FollowingsFading Presence

4 clusters • 2,159 player-events • 4,415 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, ~21 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 (18%) • WR: 55–58% • PR: 1–5%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Brood Brothers
1.3% 		56.7%
Exaction Squad
1.9% 		54.6%
Farstalker Kinband
1.7% 		58.2%
Fellgor Ravagers
2.5% 		56.6%
Hand of the Archon
1.9% 		55.2%
Imperial Navy Breachers
1.4% 		56.4%
Ratlings
1.5% 		55.3%
Sanctifiers
0.7% 		58.0%
Wolf Scouts
4.7% 		54.9%

Steady Hands (26%) • WR: 49–55% • PR: 5–9%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Angels of Death
9.3% 		50.8%
Celestian Insidiants
5.7% 		49.4%
Murderwing
4.8% 		52.2%
Raveners
6.5% 		54.8%

Loyal Followings (15%) • WR: 50–53% • PR: 2–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Blades of Khaine
2.1% 		52.2%
Canoptek Circle
2.1% 		50.8%
Goremongers
2.6% 		49.6%
Hearthkyn Salvagers
1.5% 		51.2%
Hierotek Circle
2.0% 		52.7%
Scout Squad
1.7% 		50.4%
Tempestus Aquilons
2.6% 		49.6%

Fading Presence (37%) • WR: 43–48% • PR: 1–6%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Battleclade
2.3% 		45.5%
Chaos Cult
1.1% 		47.4%
Deathwatch
3.5% 		46.4%
Hernkyn Yaegirs
1.2% 		46.2%
Inquisitorial Agents
1.4% 		45.7%
Kasrkin
2.2% 		47.4%
Mandrakes
3.4% 		48.1%
Nemesis Claw
4.9% 		43.9%
Plague Marines
4.1% 		47.0%
Spectre Squad
0.6% 		42.5%
Vespid Stingwings
1.9% 		47.4%
Wrecka Krew
5.9% 		46.8%
XV26 Stealth Battlesuits
4.1% 		44.7%

Apr 29, 2026 onwards

Count 51%
5-7
49% ›
8-9
56% ›
10
46.8% ›
11-12
47.8% ›
13+
(7) ›
Wounds 51%
6-7
50.9% ›
8-9
52.9% ›
10-12
49.4% ›
13-15
52.7% ›
16+
39.6% ›
APL 51%
2
51.1% ›
3
50.8% ›
Move 51%
5
50.5% ›
6
52.9% ›
7
47.3% ›
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 (blue) indicate better performance; bars extending left (orange) 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).

Since Mar 31, 2026

↗ Rising (25%)

  • Angels of Death +1.9% 8.5%
  • Raveners +1.6% 6.1%
  • Celestian Insidiants +1.4% 6.3%
  • Battleclade +0.7% 1.9%
  • Fellgor Ravagers +0.5% 2.3%

↘ Cooling Off (21%)

  • Wolf Scouts -2.4% 5.9%
  • Deathwatch -1.2% 4%
  • Murderwing -1.2% 5.5%
  • Canoptek Circle -0.8% 2.3%
  • XV26 Stealth Battlesuits -0.6% 3.5%

★ New Arrivals (0%)

  • Spectre Squad New 0.4%

♦ Most Played (34%)

  • Angels of Death 8.5%
  • Wrecka Krew 6.7%
  • Celestian Insidiants 6.3%
  • Raveners 6.1%
  • Wolf Scouts 5.9%
Based on 3,923 event players
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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=36,733 games n=37,288 games
Before Approved Ops (n = 33,637) After Approved Ops (n = 34,396) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Victory Points Crit Op VP Distribution
Before Approved Ops (n = 33,542) After Approved Ops (n = 34,079) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Victory Points Tac Op VP Distribution
Before Approved Ops (n = 33,698) After Approved Ops (n = 34,438) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Victory Points Kill Op VP Distribution
Before Approved Ops (n = 34,233) After Approved Ops (n = 34,935) 0 1 2 3 Victory Points Primary Op VP Distribution
Before Approved Ops (n = 36,733) After Approved Ops (n = 37,288) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Victory Points Total VP Distribution
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