Kill Team Meta Statistics

Data through Thursday, July 16, 2026

Current Meta

What's popular and what's winning?

May 28, 2026 onwards

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 36% 38% 40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 52% 54% 56% 58% 60% Pick Rate Win Rate Rising StarsLoyal FollowingsSteady HandsAngels of DeathDark Horses

5 clusters • 2,496 player-events • 4,923 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, ~24 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.

Rising Stars (13%)WR 57–58%•PR 5–7%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Raveners
7.4%		56.9%
Wolf Scouts
5.3%		57.6%

Steady Hands (22%)WR 48–52%•PR 1–6%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Celestian Insidiants
5.8%		51.8%
Deathwatch
4.2%		50.5%
Hand of the Archon
1.7%		51.1%
Hernkyn Yaegirs
1.8%		49.4%
Mandrakes
3.1%		51.3%
Nemesis Claw
4.3%		50.6%
Sanctifiers
0.9%		48.3%

Loyal Followings (22%)WR 53–57%•PR 1–3%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Battleclade
2.0%		52.5%
Blades of Khaine
3.4%		54.3%
Brood Brothers
1.6%		57.3%
Canoptek Circle
2.6%		54.5%
Chaos Cult
1.3%		52.5%
Exaction Squad
1.3%		52.6%
Fellgor Ravagers
2.5%		52.8%
Hierotek Circle
2.4%		53.6%
Imperial Navy Breachers
1.7%		53.5%
Inquisitorial Agents
1.3%		57.1%
Kasrkin
2.1%		52.6%

Angels of Death (9%)WR 48–48%•PR 9–9%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Angels of Death
9.3%		47.6%

Dark Horses (34%)WR 39–47%•PR 1–5%

Faction Pick Rate Win Rate
Farstalker Kinband
1.8%		41.9%
Goremongers
2.9%		43.5%
Hearthkyn Salvagers
1.8%		39.4%
Murderwing
4.6%		45.8%
Plague Marines
3.9%		43.9%
Ratlings
1.5%		47.2%
Scout Squad
1.4%		44.4%
Spectre Squad
2.7%		43.8%
Tempestus Aquilons
2.7%		42.9%
Vespid Stingwings
2.4%		46.2%
Wrecka Krew
5.2%		46.0%
XV26 Stealth Battlesuits
2.9%		42.1%

Since May 12, 2026

Rising

25% of meta
  • Angels of Death+1.9%9.3%
  • Raveners+1.6%6.9%
  • Blades of Khaine+1.1%3%
  • Hierotek Circle+1.1%2.2%
  • Plague Marines+0.9%4%

Cooling Off

24% of meta
  • Wolf Scouts-2.9%4.9%
  • Murderwing-2.6%4.4%
  • Wrecka Krew-2.4%5.3%
  • Celestian Insidiants-1.1%5.5%
  • Deathwatch-0.9%3.7%

New Arrivals

2% of meta
  • Spectre SquadNew1.6%

Most Played

32% of meta
  • Angels of Death9.3%
  • Raveners6.9%
  • Celestian Insidiants5.5%
  • Wrecka Krew5.3%
  • Wolf Scouts4.9%
Based on 4,492 event players

May 28, 2026 onwards

Count47.6%
5-7
43.8%›
8-9
53.2%›
10
40.5%›
11-12
60.3%›
13+
64%›
Wounds47.5%
6-7
49.2%›
8-9
50.2%›
10-12
50.9%›
13-15
46.5%›
16+
35.1%›
APL47.5%
2
52.2%›
3
42.3%›
Move47.6%
5
49.4%›
6
50.4%›
7
41.2%›
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).