Best T'au Empire detachments 11th edition · ranked by winning lists
Every T'au Empire detachment, ranked by how many winning T'au Empire lists played it, with what it changes on the dice in our own words and the units it lifts most. Too few lists to judge: 3 winning T'au Empire lists, August – September 2026, so the order is a hint, not a verdict.
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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+1 Strength up close · +1 AP at short range
Lifts most: Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits +69% · Stealth Battlesuits +50% · Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits +34%
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+1 to hit vs damaged unit · +1 to wound vs half-strength · 6+ invuln vs melee · 5+ invuln vs shooting
Lifts most: Kroot Hounds +87% · Kroot Farstalkers +68% · Kroot Carnivores +67%
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Ranged Sustained Hits 1
Lifts most: Kroot Lone-spear +32% · Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits +30% · Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits +29%
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Guided: Lethal Hits
Lifts most: Pathfinder Team +17% · Stealth Battlesuits +17% · Vespid Stingwings +16%
Also in the book: Advanced Acquisition Cadre, Auxiliary Cadre, Experimental Prototype Cadre. 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.