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T'au Empire tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierCStat Check
Winning lists1691 top-3 finish
Best finish3rd of 28FWC n84

Sep–Nov 2026 · 181 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

169winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
3rdof 28FWC n84Experimental Prototype Cadre and KauyonOct 31 ›6thof 33La Rennes du Warp IVExperimental Prototype Cadre and KauyonOct 31 ›5thof 44Limoges WargamesRetaliation Cadre (Bonded Heroes) · The Twin Lance, Broadside Battlesuits, Crisis Fireknife BattlesuitsOct 24 ›All 6 winning lists ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+111 of 1562
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+106 of 1920
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+97 of 1816
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+71 of 1824
Nov●1 of 34

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

Detachments

7in its 181 public lists
Retaliation Cadre81 lists ›Kauyon55 lists ›Experimental Prototype Cadre49 lists ›Mont'ka32 lists ›Kroot Hunting Pack14 lists ›
2 moreAdvanced Acquisition Cadre9 lists ›Auxiliary Cadre6 lists ›

Units

43tiers from 8 reviewers

Tier: 8 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes4

The Twin Lance240 pts · 156 listsStop 24%bottom 23%Commander Farsight70 pts · 119 listsAtop 13%top 8%Darkstrider60 pts · 66 listsBbottom 2%bottom 1%Commander Shadowsun100 pts · 33 listsBtop 45%bottom 20%

Characters9

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit95 pts · 138 listsAbottom 25%bottom 9%Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit80 pts · 127 listsAtop 18%bottom 46%Kroot Lone-spear80 pts · 17 listsBbottom 11%bottom 24%Kroot War Shaper60 pts · 14 listsBbottom 1%bottom 1%
5 moreCadre Fireblade50 pts · 34 listsBbottom 1%bottom 3%Kroot Trail Shaper50 pts · 11 listsBbottom 5%bottom 4%Ethereal50 pts · 28 listsBbottom 1%bottom 5%Kroot Flesh Shaper45 pts · 9 listsCbottom 12%bottom 5%Firesight Team55 pts · 12 listsDbottom 11%bottom 16%

Battleline2

Breacher Team80 pts · 43 listsBtop 1%top 33%Strike Team70 pts · 22 listsCbottom 16%top 17%

Infantry5

Pathfinder Team85 pts · 139 listsStop 3%top 43%Stealth Battlesuits100 pts · 167 listsSbottom 48%bottom 38%Vespid Stingwings70 pts · 79 listsBtop 32%bottom 22%Kroot Carnivores65 pts · 69 listsBtop 38%top 18%
1 moreKroot Farstalkers75 pts · 15 listsCtop 9%top 18%

Mounted2

Krootox Rampagers170 pts · 24 listsCtop 7%top 13%Krootox Riders45 pts · 15 listsCtop 32%top 21%

Vehicles15

Broadside Battlesuits150 pts · 97 listsAtop 23%top 23%Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits100 pts · 129 listsAtop 34%top 37%Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits125 pts · 133 listsAtop 12%top 45%Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits100 pts · 134 listsAtop 8%top 37%
11 moreGhostkeel Battlesuit150 pts · 72 listsAtop 39%top 18%Piranhas65 pts · 53 listsBbottom 45%top 31%Riptide Battlesuit190 pts · 69 listsBtop 30%top 37%Hammerhead Gunship150 pts · 45 listsBtop 50%top 32%Tiger Shark395 pts · 7 listsCbottom 32%bottom 16%Sky Ray Gunship140 pts · 21 listsCtop 15%top 25%Stormsurge375 pts · 7 listsCbottom 28%bottom 26%Sun Shark Bomber150 ptsDtop 10%top 33%Razorshark Strike Fighter160 pts · 2 listsDtop 26%top 27%AX-1-0 Tiger Shark315 ptsDbottom 28%bottom 39%Ta'unar Supremacy Armour790 ptsDbottom 9%bottom 7%

Transports5

Devilfish75 pts · 41 listsBbottom 31%top 1%Tidewall Gunrig90 ptsDbottom 11%top 6%Tidewall Droneport85 ptsDbottom 3%top 16%Manta2100 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 9%
1 moreTidewall Shieldline85 ptsDbottom 1%top 11%

Other1

Kroot Hounds65 pts · 25 listsCtop 46%top 18%

B dashed: no reviewers yet, so it's our estimate. Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 181 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 23 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 2 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions
What are the best T'au Empire units?
The reviewers' average is S for Pathfinder Team, The Twin Lance, Stealth Battlesuits. Then A: Broadside Battlesuits, Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit, Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits, Commander Farsight, Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits and 3 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is the average of the letters 8 reviewers gave that unit, S to D. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated the unit yet, so it's our estimate from SWORD, SHIELD and roles, placed among the army's reviewed units.
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 T'au Empire units do lists take most?
Of 181 public lists: Stealth Battlesuits (167), The Twin Lance (156), Pathfinder Team (139).
Which T'au Empire detachment do tournament lists take most?
Retaliation Cadre: 81 of the 181 T'au Empire 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 T'au Empire 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
181 public T'au Empire 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.