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Saturday, October 3, 2026Week 40Updated daily

The Warhammer 40k meta, 11th edition: what's winning this week

71 winning lists · 15 events · August – September 2026 · 36 armies · 1,241 units scored

The meta is what's working right now: the armies, detachments and units that keep showing up in lists that win tournaments.

How we count

It moves with every points update and balance change. We count lists that finished in the top quarter of their event and set them against our own tier list of every unit.

Last balance updateOctober 3, 2026 · 241 units changedBiggest winner Cybernetica Datasmith (our Value 70 → 85) · biggest loser Big Mek Dakkarig (67 → 50) ›
On the hill nowMiddle · Shooting · from winning lists

Watch all six hills › Worked out from our averages; the full hill plays the calculator's dice.

This month's metaLists that finished in the top quarter, August – September 2026, against June – July 2026. Tap an army for the units its lists take.

Armies

Share of the 71 winning lists · ▲▼ points of change

Detachments

Share of the 71 winning lists · ▲▼ points of change

Cursed LegionRisingNecrons10%▲ 9
Skyshroud SpearheadRisingNecrons8%▲ 7
Lions of the EmperorAdeptus Custodes7%▲ 5
Lords of the ForgeAdeptus Mechanicus6%▲ 3
Legends of Saga and SongSpace Wolves4%▲ 4
Saga of the Great WolfSpace Wolves4%▲ 4
Retaliation CadreT'au Empire4%▼ 1
Coterie of the ConceitedEmperor's Children3%▲ 2
Librarius ConclaveUltramarines3%▲ 3
Reclamation ForceUltramarines3%▲ 3
Might of the MoritoiAdeptus Custodes3%▲ 2
Rad-zone CorpsAdeptus Mechanicus3%▲ 2

Units

Share of its own army's winning lists, and month by month

Nekrosor AmmentarMetaRisingin 9 Necrons lists100%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 75%, Aug 100%, Sep 100%
Skorpekh LordRisingin 8 Necrons lists89%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 50%, Aug 100%, Sep 75%
Allarus Custodiansin 7 Adeptus Custodes lists100%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 100%, Aug 100%, Sep 100%
C'tan Shard of the Void Dragonin 7 Necrons lists78%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 75%, Aug 80%, Sep 75%
Lokhust DestroyersRisingin 7 Necrons lists78%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 50%, Aug 60%, Sep 100%
Lokhust LordRisingin 7 Necrons lists78%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 50%, Aug 60%, Sep 100%
Ophydian Destroyersin 7 Necrons lists78%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 75%, Aug 80%, Sep 75%
Skorpekh Destroyersin 7 Necrons lists78%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 50%, Aug 80%, Sep 75%
Prosecutorsin 6 Adeptus Custodes lists86%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 100%, Aug 50%, Sep 100%
Vertus PraetorsRisingin 6 Adeptus Custodes lists86%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 50%, Aug 50%, Sep 100%
WitchseekersRisingin 6 Adeptus Custodes lists86%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 50%, Jul 50%, Aug 50%, Sep 100%
Skitarii RangersRisingin 6 Adeptus Mechanicus lists100%Share of its army's winning lists by month: Jun 100%, Jul 0%, Aug 100%, Sep 100%

Meta in 12% or more of the winning lists · Rising at least twice its earlier share, 5 points more, in 3 lists or more

Lists from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), published by their players and tournament organisers on MiniHeadQuarters.

Where to next

Tier listEvery unit ranked S to D, by army, with its best loadoutWinning listsRecent top-quarter lists: open one, then test it against yoursTest a matchupAny unit into any unit: the full dice oddsTwo lists, head to headLoad yours and theirs into the calculator: every unit a tap away, best targets first

Top of the tier listThe best-rated units that winning lists take: our own maths on damage and toughness per point, lifted by how often they win

SAllarus CustodiansAdeptus Custodes · in 24 of 29 listsSVertus PraetorsAdeptus Custodes · in 24 of 29 listsSPathfinder TeamT'au Empire · in 22 of 24 listsSNekrosor AmmentarNecrons · in 22 of 33 listsSOphydian DestroyersNecrons · in 22 of 33 listsSBiovoresTyranids · in 22 of 23 lists

Every army's unit pagesEach army's tier list, and a page for every unit: its scores, best targets and best loadout

Every army and its unit tier list ›

Imperium

Chaos

Xenos

About the meta

What is the meta in Warhammer 40k?

The meta (short for metagame) is the set of armies, detachments and units that are winning games right now. Players copy what wins, so the same picks show up list after list until a points update or balance change moves things on.

How does Tactical Reroll measure it?

We count the published lists that finished in the top quarter of their tournament over the last two months and compare them with the two months before. A pick is Meta in 12% or more of those lists, and Rising when its share has at least doubled.

How is the tier list different?

The tier list scores every unit with our own dice maths: damage into standard targets per point, how hard it is to kill per point, and what it does on the table, lifted by how often winning lists take it. The meta is what players actually take. A unit high on both is a safe pick; one high on the tier list but rare in lists can be a sleeper.

How often does it update?

Every day, from new tournament results. Every Monday we also report what players tested on the site that week.

What players test each week

The first report arrives after the first full week of anonymous counts (the week of 28 September 2026): the units players test most, the targets they fear, the hottest matchups and the units going into their lists.

From anonymous counts on tacticalreroll.com (names and totals only: no list, no address, no ID; see privacy). A matchup counts once someone settles on it for a few seconds. Tiers and tournament meta from our rankings.