Best Deathwatch detachments 11th edition · ranked by winning lists
Every Deathwatch detachment, ranked by how many winning Deathwatch lists played it, with what it changes on the dice in our own words and the units it lifts most. No winning Deathwatch lists in the last two months, so they're in order of what our maths says they add.
A winning list here is one that finished in the top quarter of its event. An army can take up to three detachments, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
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Heavy: +1 to hit when stationary · +1 to wound, already-Heavy guns
Lifts most: Storm Speeder Hailstrike +52% · Invader ATV +46% · Land Speeder +32%
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Re-roll wounds vs Oath target
Lifts most: Assault Intercessor Squad +50% · Reiver Squad +50% · Judiciar +33%
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Re-roll 1s to hit and wound
Lifts most: Ancient in Terminator Armour +36% · Judiciar +36% · Techmarine +36%
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Re-roll wound 1s on arrival · Re-roll hit 1s out of a Drop Pod
Lifts most: Ancient in Terminator Armour +36% · Judiciar +36% · Techmarine +36%
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Re-roll 1s to hit and wound · +1 AP at close range
Lifts most: Librarian +35% · Librarian in Phobos Armour +35% · Librarian in Terminator Armour +35%
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+1 S at close range
Lifts most: Apothecary +33% · Intercessor Squad +33% · Lieutenant +33%
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Its rules don't change the dice, so they aren't in our numbers: one single-die re-roll per phase.
Lifts most: Storm Speeder Hammerstrike +24% · Techmarine +23% · Land Speeder +22%
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Re-roll hit 1s vs scanned target
Lifts most: Ancient in Terminator Armour +17% · Judiciar +17% · Eradicator Squad with Heavy Bolters +15%
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Re-roll hit 1s on arrival/charge
Lifts most: Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs +17% · Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs +17% · Land Speeder +16%
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Cover vs distant shooting
Also in the book: Armoured Speartip, Black Spear Task Force, Fulguris Task Force, Gladius Task Force, Headhunter Task Force, Stormlance Task Force, Subversion Assets. We don't model their rules yet and no winning list in this window played them, so they aren't ranked. Boarding Patrol detachments, and other chapters' own, aren't listed.