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Chaos army

Emperor's Children tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierBStat Check
Winning lists133Sep–Nov 2026
Best finish4th of 28FWC n85

Sep–Nov 2026 · 146 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

133winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
7thof 28FWC n84Coterie of the ConceitedOct 31 ›8thof 44Limoges WargamesOct 24 ›5thof 18Tournoi des LanciersOct 3 ›All 4 winning lists ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●●●●●10 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+85 of 1562
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+113 of 1920
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+74 of 1816
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+57 of 1824
Nov●●2 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

10in its 146 public lists
Coterie of the Conceited69 lists ›Frenzied Host26 lists ›Court of the Phoenician25 lists ›Spectacle of Slaughter25 lists ›Peerless Bladesmen20 lists ›
5 moreCarnival of Excess18 lists ›Elegant Brutes7 lists ›Mercurial Host7 lists ›Slaanesh's Chosen6 lists ›Rapid Evisceration1 list ›

Units

23tiers from 7 reviewers

Tier: 7 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes3

Lucius the Eternal130 pts · 98 listsAtop 8%top 31%Fulgrim340 pts · 31 listsBbottom 49%bottom 32%Shalaxi Helbane315 pts · 9 listsBtop 36%bottom 34%

Characters6

Lord Exultant95 pts · 141 listsStop 6%bottom 14%Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings205 pts · 57 listsBtop 34%top 44%Keeper of Secrets265 pts · 3 listsBtop 30%top 31%Lord Kakophonist70 pts · 23 listsBtop 11%top 18%
2 moreDaemon Prince of Slaanesh165 pts · 7 listsCtop 24%top 35%Sorcerer55 pts · 8 listsCtop 2%bottom 20%

Battleline3

Infractors95 pts · 143 listsStop 4%top 49%Tormentors85 pts · 132 listsStop 20%top 33%Daemonettes100 pts · 18 listsCtop 1%bottom 34%

Infantry3

Flawless Blades95 pts · 123 listsStop 1%top 45%Noise Marines160 pts · 43 listsBtop 8%top 47%Chaos Terminators155 pts · 13 listsCtop 5%top 14%

Mounted1

Seekers85 pts · 10 listsCtop 3%bottom 36%

Vehicles3

Defiler300 pts · 130 listsStop 24%bottom 16%Maulerfiend120 pts · 88 listsAtop 1%top 15%Heldrake175 ptsDtop 43%top 47%

Transports2

Chaos Rhino70 pts · 119 listsSbottom 9%top 5%Chaos Land Raider210 pts · 7 listsBbottom 45%top 21%

Other2

Chaos Spawn70 pts · 84 listsBtop 6%top 19%Fiends90 pts · 12 listsBtop 1%top 37%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 146 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from reviewers; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers 30 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 2 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions
What are the best Emperor's Children units?
The reviewers' average is S for Defiler, Infractors, Lord Exultant, Tormentors, Chaos Rhino, Flawless Blades. Then A: Maulerfiend, Lucius the Eternal.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is the average of the letters 7 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Emperor's Children units do lists take most?
Of 146 public lists: Infractors (143), Lord Exultant (141), Tormentors (132).
Which Emperor's Children detachment do tournament lists take most?
Coterie of the Conceited: 69 of the 146 Emperor's Children tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is the reviewers' average. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the army's reviewed units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice maths, last run 2 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.
Reviewers
The Emperor's Children sources we read, each counted once: tier lists, reviews of their own lists and written reviews. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and their average.A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us and we take their letters out.
Lists
146 public Emperor's Children tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down.