# Adeptus Mechanicus Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Adeptus Mechanicus in the 40k 11th edition meta: share of winning tournament lists, top detachments, the consensus list and the models it needs. Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/metamerge/adeptus-mechanicus § WIN · 11th edition # Adeptus Mechanicus Meta: Rank 17 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.2% of recent winning lists, rising. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Adeptus Mechanicus ranks 17th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.2% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 19 lists across 6 detachment builds. Its largest build, Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps, took 6 of them, 6 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 7 datasheets in its spine, 40 models in all. Rank by winners #17 of 28 Share of winners 2.2% Winning lists (GT) 19 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Rising 9 v 5 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=adeptus-mechanicus) [Adeptus Mechanicus stratagems](/print/stratagems/adeptus-mechanicus) 6 builds · 19 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Adeptus Mechanicus at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Priority Assets. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps | 6 | 32% | 25-2-4 | Priority Assets | Invasion 2026 40k · 106p | | II | Lords of the Forge + Cohort Cybernetica | 5 | 26% | 23-3 | Priority Assets | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | III | Lords of the Forge + Skitarii Hunter Cohort | 5 | 26% | 26-3 | Priority Assets | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | IV | Eradication Cohort | 1 | 5% | 5-0 | Purge the Foe | Meta 40k - Szeptember - WCQ · 38p | | V | Haloscreed Battle Clade | 1 | 5% | 4-1 | Priority Assets | Arch City GT 5 · 99p | | VI | Luminen Auto-Choir + Rad-Zone Corps | 1 | 5% | 5-0 | Disruption | Keelhaul Gaming First Contact · 45p | Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps · 6 of 6 lists merged ## The list Take the spine, choose from the flex, and treat the rest as tech. Copies count only the lists that take a unit; the loadout is the one most of them run. ### Spine in four lists in five or more 7 datasheets - 1 × Belisarius Cawl Warlord Every build 220 pts 6/6 lists - 1 × Kataphron Destroyers 200 pts 6/6 lists 6x Kataphron Destroyer · 6x Close combat weapon · 6x Cognis flamer · 6x Heavy grav-cannon · 3 of 6 run this loadout - 1 × Thulia Ghuld Every build 180 pts 6/6 lists - 1–2 × Sicarian Infiltrators 75 pts 6/6 lists 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps · 1x Flechette blaster · 1x Taser goad · 4x Sicarian Infiltrator · 4x Flechette blaster · 4x Taser goad · 4 of 6 run this loadout - 1–2 × Ironstrider Ballistarii Every build 250 pts 5/6 lists 3x Ironstrider Ballistarii · 3x Ironstrider feet · 3x Twin cognis autocannon · 4 of 5 run this loadout - 1–2 × Skitarii Rangers Every build 85 pts 5/6 lists 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha · 1x Alpha combat weapon · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 9x Skitarii Ranger · 1x Arc rifle · 9x Close combat weapon · 6x Galvanic rifle · 1x Omnispex · 1x Plasma caliver · 1x Transuranic arquebus · 2 of 5 run this loadout - 1–2 × Tech-Priest Manipulus Peerless Eradicator 80 pts 5/6 lists 1x Magnarail lance · 1x Omnissian staff ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 5 datasheets - 1–2 × Sicarian Ruststalkers 160 pts 4/6 lists 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps · 1x Transonic razor and chordclaw · 9x Sicarian Ruststalker · 9x Transonic razor and chordclaw · 3 of 4 run this loadout - 1–3 × Servitor Battleclade Every build 65 pts 4/6 lists 1x Servitor Underseer · 1x Dataspikes · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 2x Gun Servitor · 1x Heavy arc rifle · 1x Heavy bolter · 2x Servo-claw · 6x Combat Servitor · 3x Incendine igniter · 1x Meltagun · 2x Phosphor blaster · 6x Servo-claw · 2 of 4 run this loadout - 1 × Skitarii Marshal 35 pts 4/6 lists 1x Control stave · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 3 of 4 run this loadout - 1–2 × Skitarii Vanguard Every build 85 pts 3/6 lists 1x Skitarii Vanguard Alpha · 1x Alpha combat weapon · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Radium carbine · 9x Skitarii Vanguard · 1x Arc rifle · 9x Close combat weapon · 1x Omnispex · 1x Plasma caliver · 6x Radium carbine · 1x Transuranic arquebus · 1 of 3 run this loadout - 1 × Pteraxii Skystalkers 75 pts 3/6 lists 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha · 1x Flechette blaster · 1x Taser goad · 4x Pteraxii Skystalker · 4x Close combat weapon · 4x Flechette carbine · 2 of 3 run this loadout ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 11 datasheets - 2 × Skorpius Disintegrator 170 pts 2/6 lists 1x Armoured hull · 3x Cognis heavy stubber · 1x Disruptor missile launcher · 1x Ferrumite cannon - 1 × Sydonian Dragoons with Taser Lances 170 pts 2/6 lists 3x Sydonian Dragoon · 3x Phosphor serpenta · 3x Taser lance - 1 × Hastarii Exterminators 105 pts 2/6 lists 1x Hastarii Exterminator Alpha · 1x Eradication caster · 1x Hastarii arc blaster · 1x Power weapon · 4x Hastarii Exterminator · 4x Close combat weapon · 4x Eradication caster · 4x Hastarii arc blaster - 1 × Skorpius Dunerider 75 pts 2/6 lists 1x Armoured hull · 1x Cognis heavy stubber array - 1–2 × Technoarcheologist TL-4ø9 75 pts 2/6 lists 1x Mechanicus pistol · 1x Servo-arc claw - 1 × Sydonian Dragoons With Taser Lances 170 pts 1/6 lists 3x Sydonian Dragoons · 3x Taser Lance - 2 × Onager Dunecrawler 155 pts 1/6 lists 1x Broad spectrum data-tether · 1x Cognis heavy stubber · 1x Dunecrawler legs · 1x Neutron laser - 1 × Hastarii Fusiliers 115 pts 1/6 lists 1x Hastarii Fusilier Alpha · 1x Hastarii phosphor blaster · 1x Neutron fusil · 1x Power weapon · 4x Hastarii Fusilier · 4x Close combat weapon · 4x Hastarii phosphor blaster · 4x Neutron fusil - 1 × Tech-priest Manipulus Peerless Eradicator 80 pts 1/6 lists 1x Magnarail lance · 1x Omnissian staff - 1 × Serberys Raiders 60 pts 1/6 lists 1x Serberys Raider Alpha · 1x Cavalry sabre and clawed limbs · 1x Galvanic carbine · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 2x Serberys Raider · 2x Cavalry sabre and clawed limbs · 1x Enhanced data-tether · 2x Galvanic carbine - 1 × Sydonian Skatros 50 pts 1/6 lists 1x Mechanicus pistol · 1x Radium jezzail · 1x Sydonian feet ### Consensus list 1,760 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 240 pts are left for flex, most often Skitarii Vanguard (3/6). META CONSENSUS (1760 points) Adeptus Mechanicus Strike Force (2000 points) Lords of the Forge and Rad-Zone Corps Force Dispositions: Priority Assets Belisarius Cawl (220 Points) • Warlord • 1x Arc scourge • 1x Cawl's Omnissian axe • 1x Mechadendrite hive • 1x Solar atomiser Kataphron Destroyers (200 Points) • 6x Kataphron Destroyer ◦ 6x Close combat weapon ◦ 6x Cognis flamer ◦ 6x Heavy grav-cannon Thulia Ghuld (180 Points) • 1x Jericho-class conversion resonator • 1x Rod of the War Forge Sicarian Infiltrators (75 Points) • 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps • 1x Flechette blaster • 1x Taser goad • 4x Sicarian Infiltrator • 4x Flechette blaster • 4x Taser goad Ironstrider Ballistarii (250 Points) • 3x Ironstrider Ballistarii • 3x Ironstrider feet • 3x Twin cognis autocannon Ironstrider Ballistarii (250 Points) • 3x Ironstrider Ballistarii • 3x Ironstrider feet • 3x Twin cognis autocannon Skitarii Rangers (85 Points) • 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha ◦ 1x Alpha combat weapon ◦ 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol • 9x Skitarii Ranger ◦ 1x Arc rifle ◦ 9x Close combat weapon ◦ 6x Galvanic rifle ◦ 1x Omnispex ◦ 1x Plasma caliver ◦ 1x Transuranic arquebus Skitarii Rangers (85 Points) • 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha ◦ 1x Alpha combat weapon ◦ 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol • 9x Skitarii Ranger ◦ 1x Arc rifle ◦ 9x Close combat weapon ◦ 6x Galvanic rifle ◦ 1x Omnispex ◦ 1x Plasma caliver ◦ 1x Transuranic arquebus Tech-Priest Manipulus (80 Points) • Enhancement: Peerless Eradicator • 1x Magnarail lance • 1x Omnissian staff Sicarian Ruststalkers (160 Points) • 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps ◦ 1x Transonic razor and chordclaw • 9x Sicarian Ruststalker ◦ 9x Transonic razor and chordclaw Servitor Battleclade (65 Points) • 1x Servitor Underseer • 1x Dataspikes • 1x Mechanicus pistol • 2x Gun Servitor • 1x Heavy arc rifle • 1x Heavy bolter • 2x Servo-claw • 6x Combat Servitor • 3x Incendine igniter • 1x Meltagun • 2x Phosphor blaster • 6x Servo-claw Skitarii Marshal (35 Points) • 1x Control stave • 1x Mechanicus pistol Pteraxii Skystalkers (75 Points) • 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha • 1x Flechette blaster ◦ 1x Taser goad • 4x Pteraxii Skystalker • 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 4x Flechette carbine 21 datasheets · 6 of 6 lists ## The models What a winning Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 40 models in the spine · 78 with the flex · 7 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kataphron Destroyers | 6/6 | 6 | Always 6 | 6× Kataphron Destroyer (Heavy grav-cannon & Cognis flamer) · also seen: Kataphron Destroyer (Heavy grav-cannon & phosphor blaster), Kataphron Destroyer (Kataphron plasma culverin & Cognis flamer) | | Sicarian Infiltrators | 6/6 | 5 | 5–15 | 13× Sicarian Infiltrator (Taser goad & flechette blaster) · 1× Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps (Taser goad & flechette blaster) · also seen: Sicarian Infiltrator (Power weapon & stubcarbine), Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps (Power weapon & stub carbine) | | Belisarius Cawl Every build | 6/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Belisarius Cawl | | Tech-Priest Manipulus | 6/6 | 1 | 1–2 | 1× Tech-Priest Manipulus | | Thulia Ghuld Every build | 6/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Thulia Ghuld | | Skitarii Rangers Every build | 5/6 | 20 | 10–20 | 2× Skitarii Ranger Alpha · 10× Skitarii Ranger w/ galvanic rifle · 2× Skitarii Ranger w/ arc rifle · 2× Skitarii Ranger w/ plasma caliver · 2× Skitarii Ranger w/ transuranic arquebus · also seen: Skitarii Ranger w/ omnispex, Skitarii Ranger w/ data-tether | | Ironstrider Ballistarii Every build | 5/6 | 6 | 3–6 | 3× Ironstrider Ballistarius (Twin cognis autocannon) · also seen: Ironstrider Ballistarius (Twin cognis lascannon) | | Sicarian Ruststalkers | 4/6 | 10 | 10–20 | 9× Sicarian Ruststalker (Transonic razor & chordclaw) · 1× Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps (Transonic razor & chordclaw) · 1× Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps (Transonic blades & chordclaw) | | Servitor Battleclade Every build | 4/6 | 9 | 9–27 | 6× Combat Servitor w/ phophor blaster · 1× Gun Servitor w/ heavy arc rifle · 1× Gun Servitor w/ heavy bolter · 1× Servitor Underseer · 9× Combat Servitor w/ incendine igniter · 3× Combat Servitor w/ meltagun | | Skitarii Marshal | 4/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Skitarii Marshal | | Skitarii Vanguard Every build | 3/6 | 10 | 10–20 | 10× Skitarii Vanguard Alpha · 10× Skitarii Vanguard w/ radium carbine · 2× Skitarii Vanguard w/ arc rifle · 2× Skitarii Vanguard w/ omnispex · 2× Skitarii Vanguard w/ plasma caliver · 2× Skitarii Vanguard w/ transuranic arquebus | | Pteraxii Skystalkers | 3/6 | 5 | 5–10 | 4× Pteraxii Skystalkers · 1× Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha | | Sydonian Dragoons with taser lances | 3/6 | 3 | Always 3 | 3× Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance | | Hastarii Exterminators | 2/6 | 5 | Always 5 | 4× Hastarii Exterminator · 1× Hastarii Exterminator Alpha | | Skorpius Disintegrator | 2/6 | 2 | Always 2 | 2× Skorpius Disintegrator | | Technoarcheologist | 2/6 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Technoarcheologist | | Skorpius Dunerider | 2/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Skorpius Dunerider | | Hastarii Fusiliers | 1/6 | 5 | Always 5 | 4× Hastarii Fusilier · 1× Hastarii Fusilier Alpha | | Serberys Raiders | 1/6 | 3 | Always 3 | 1× Serberys Raider · 1× Serberys Raider Alpha · 1× Serberys Raider w/ data-tether | | Onager Dunecrawler | 1/6 | 2 | Always 2 | 2× Onager Dunecrawler | | Sydonian Skatros | 1/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Sydonian Skatros | 6 lists · largest event first ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Kjetil Andre Liknes Invasion 2026 40k · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 106p 2026-09-11 5-1 - Mariano Salvatore Arch City GT 5 · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 99p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Katański BMC Cup · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 84p 2026-08-07 4-1-0 - Katański \[Master\] \[Szczecin\] \[Single\] Mysz And Hammer vol.4 · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 34p 2026-08-21 4-1-0 - La-Loutre Tournoi de Dinan · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 30p 2026-09-05 4-1 - Kristján már Gunnarsson ICE HAMMER ITC GT II - 2025/2026 · Lords of the Forge + Rad-Zone Corps 27p 2026-09-05 4-1 ## How this is computed A list counts here when it went undefeated or lost once at a Grand Tournament in the weeks the feed covers; the smaller events the tool can add are left out of this page. The feed carries no losing lists, so no share on it is a win rate. The list is sorted by take rate across the build's readable lists: a datasheet in 80% of them or more is spine, 35% or more is flex, and the rest is tech — one player's answer to one matchup. The consensus list takes the number of copies and the loadout most of those lists run for each datasheet, then drops the least-shared datasheets until it fits 2,000 points. Model counts come from the 11th edition catalogue, not from how an export spells its models out. [Grey Knights Meta](/metamerge/grey-knights) [Death Guard Meta ](/metamerge/death-guard)