§ WIN · 11th edition

Astra Militarum MetaRank 20 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.0% of recent winning lists, holding. What its winners run, merged down to the models.

Astra Militarum ranks 20th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.0% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 17 lists across 9 detachment builds. Its largest build, Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries, took 3 of them, 2 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 8 datasheets in its spine, 33 models in all.

Rank by winners
#20of 28
Share of winners
2.0%
Winning lists (GT)
17lists
Last 2 weeks v prior 2
Holding7 v 8
Feed as of
2026-09-17

What is winning

The detachment builds that won for Astra Militarum at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Priority Assets.

9 builds · 17 winning lists

DetachmentListsShare of winnersRecordTop dispositionBiggest win
ISteel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries318%13-3Take and HoldBAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · 114p
IIGrizzled Company318%12-3Priority AssetsEdmonton Wargaming Open 2026 · 72p
IIISteel Hammer + Designation Force318%12-3Purge the FoeArmed Forces Day 2026 · 40p
IVBridgehead Strike + Mechanised Assault212%8-1Priority AssetsArs Manufactorea 40K Italian GT · 32p
VBridgehead Strike + Siege Regiment212%8-2Priority AssetsX-4 Presents: Cadia sits Down · 36p
VICombined Arms + Bridgehead Strike16%4-1Take and HoldTournoi de Dinan · 30p
VIIAbhuman Auxiliaries + Mechanised Assault16%4-1Take and HoldTabled Talk: Caliban Drift GT · 35p
VIIICombined Arms + Designation Force16%4-1ReconnaissanceOnslaught x Layton GT · 39p
IXHammer of the Emperor + Designation Force16%4-1Purge the FoeCross-Swords War AT The Westward XI · 35p

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.

Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries · 2 of 3 lists merged

Spine

in four lists in five or more

8 datasheets

  • 1×Stormsword450 ptsTitan Killer2/2 lists1x Steel Hammer Keywords: Character · 1x Armoured tracks · 4x Lascannon · 1x Stormsword siege cannon · 5x Twin heavy bolter
  • 1×Banesword415 pts2/2 lists1x Armoured tracks · 4x Lascannon · 1x Quake cannon · 5x Twin heavy bolter
  • 2–3×Bullgryn Squad215 pts2/2 lists1x Bullgryn Bone 'ead · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Grenadier gauntlet · 1x Slabshield · 5x Bullgryn · 5x Brute Shield · 5x Bullgryn maul · 5x Close combat weapon · 1 of 2 run this loadout
  • 1×Lord Solar Leontus130 ptsWarlord2/2 lists1x Conquest · 1x Konstantin's hooves · 1x Sol's Righteous Gaze
  • 1×Gaunt's Ghosts95 pts2/2 lists1x Ibram Gaunt · 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Gaunt's chainsword · 1x Colm Corbec · 1x Corbec's hot-shot lascarbine · 1x Straight silver knife · 1x Elim Rawne · 1x Rawne's lascarbine · 1x Straight silver knife · 1x Hlaine Larkin · 1x Larkin's long-las · 1x Straight silver knife · 1x 'Try Again' Bragg · 1x Bragg's autocannon · 1x Straight silver knife · 1x Oan Mkoll · 1x Lascarbine · 1x Mkoll's straight silver knife · 1 of 2 run this loadout
  • 2×Tech-Priest Enginseer60 ptsEngine Speaker2/2 lists1x Enginseer axe · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 1x Servo-arm
  • 1×Scout Sentinels55 pts2/2 lists1x Close combat weapon · 1x Heavy flamer · 1x Hunter-killer missile · 1x Sentinel chainsaw · 1 of 2 run this loadout
  • 2–3×Commissar40 ptsExemplar of Duty (Upgrade)2/2 lists1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power weapon

Flex

a real choice, in a third of the lists or more

3 datasheets

  • 1×Hellhound125 pts1/2 lists1x Armoured tracks · 1x Heavy bolter · 1x Hunter-killer missile · 1x Inferno cannon
  • 1×Cadian Shock Troops70 pts1/2 lists1x Shock Trooper Sergeant · 1x Chainsword · 1x Laspistol · 9x Shock Trooper · 9x Close combat weapon · 7x Lasgun · 1x Meltagun · 1x Plasma gun · 1x Vox-caster
  • 1×Cadian Command Squad60 pts1/2 lists1x Cadian Commander · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power fist · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Laspistol · 1x Plasma gun · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Master Vox · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Medi-pack · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Regimental Standard

Consensus list1,385 pts

One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 615 pts are left for flex, most often Hellhound (1/2), Cadian Shock Troops (1/2), Cadian Command Squad (1/2). Trimmed to fit 2,000 pts: Hellhound, Cadian Shock Troops, Cadian Command Squad, Bullgryn Squad.

META CONSENSUS (1385 points)

Astra Militarum
Strike Force (2000 points)
Steel Hammer and Abhuman Auxiliaries
Force Dispositions: Take and Hold

Stormsword (450 Points)
• Enhancement: Titan Killer
• 1x Steel Hammer Keywords: Character
• 1x Armoured tracks
    ◦ 4x Lascannon
    ◦ 1x Stormsword siege cannon
    ◦ 5x Twin heavy bolter

Banesword (415 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
    ◦ 4x Lascannon
    ◦ 1x Quake cannon
    ◦ 5x Twin heavy bolter

Lord Solar Leontus (130 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Conquest
    ◦ 1x Konstantin's hooves
    ◦ 1x Sol's Righteous Gaze

Gaunt's Ghosts (95 Points)
• 1x Ibram Gaunt
• 1x Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Gaunt's chainsword
• 1x Colm Corbec
• 1x Corbec's hot-shot lascarbine
    ◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Elim Rawne
• 1x Rawne's lascarbine
    ◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Hlaine Larkin
• 1x Larkin's long-las
    ◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x 'Try Again' Bragg
• 1x Bragg's autocannon
    ◦ 1x Straight silver knife
• 1x Oan Mkoll
• 1x Lascarbine
    ◦ 1x Mkoll's straight silver knife

Tech-Priest Enginseer (60 Points)
• Enhancement: Engine Speaker
• 1x Enginseer axe
    ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol
    ◦ 1x Servo-arm

Tech-Priest Enginseer (60 Points)
• Enhancement: Engine Speaker
• 1x Enginseer axe
    ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol
    ◦ 1x Servo-arm

Scout Sentinels (55 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Heavy flamer
    ◦ 1x Hunter-killer missile
    ◦ 1x Sentinel chainsaw

Commissar (40 Points)
• Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade)
• 1x Plasma pistol
    ◦ 1x Power weapon

Commissar (40 Points)
• Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade)
• 1x Plasma pistol
    ◦ 1x Power weapon

Commissar (40 Points)
• Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade)
• 1x Plasma pistol
    ◦ 1x Power weapon

The models

What a winning Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it.

11 datasheets · 2 of 2 lists

33 models in the spine · 49 with the flex · 8 datasheets in the spine

DatasheetListsModelsWhen takenHow it is built
Bullgryn Squad2/21812–1815× Bullgryn · 3× Bullgryn Bone 'ead
Gaunt’s Ghosts2/26Always 61× Ibram Gaunt · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Bragg's autocannon · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Corbec's hot-shot lascarbine · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Larkin's long-las · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Mkoll's Straight Silver Knife · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Rawne's lascarbine
Commissar2/232–33× Commissar
Tech-Priest Enginseer2/22Always 22× Tech-Priest Enginseer
Banesword2/21Always 11× Banesword
Lord Solar Leontus2/21Always 11× Lord Solar Leontus
Scout Sentinels2/21Always 11× Scout Sentinel
Stormsword2/21Always 11× Stormsword
Cadian Shock Troops1/210Always 106× Shock Trooper · 1× Shock Trooper Sergeant · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Meltagun · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Plasma Gun · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Vox Caster
Cadian Command Squad1/25Always 51× Cadian Commander · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Master vox · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Medi-pack · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Regimental standard
Hellhound1/21Always 11× Hellhound

The sources

The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down.

3 lists · largest event first

  • Daniel KlammerBAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries4-1
  • Eirik EirikInvasion 2026 40k · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries5-1
  • Daniel KlammerZwiebel GT III · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries4-1

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. 1 list could not be read and is counted as a winner but left out of the merges.

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.