Black Templars MetaRank 26 of 27 in the 11th edition field: 0.6% of recent winning lists, rising. What its winners run, merged down to the models.

What is winning

The detachment builds that won for Black Templars at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Purge the Foe.

5 builds · 6 winning lists

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.

Assault Brethren + Vow-sworn Crusaders · 2 of 2 lists merged

One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run, at today's points, not what those lists printed. 115 pts are left for flex, most often Terminator Assault Squad (1/2), Sword Brethren Squad (1/2), Land Raider Crusader (1/2). Trimmed to fit 2,000 pts: Terminator Assault Squad, Sword Brethren Squad, Land Raider Crusader. Not found in the catalogue, so priced as printed: Bladeguard Veteran Squad, Assault Intercessor Squad, High Marshal Helbrecht, Chaplain Grimaldus, Outrider Squad, Judiciar, Redemptor Dreadnought, Inceptor Squad, Company Heroes, Emperor's Champion, Chaplain on Bike, Incursor Squad, Intercessor Squad, Reiver Squad, Chaplain in Terminator Armour, Drop Pod, Apothecary.

META CONSENSUS (1885 points)

Attached Units:
Strike Force (2000 points)
Assault Brethren and Vow-sworn Crusaders
Force Dispositions: Purge the Foe

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (190 Points)
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 5x Bladeguard Veterans
• 5x Heavy Bolt Pistol
• 5x Master-crafted power weapon
• 1x E: Furious Assault (Upgrade)

Assault Intercessor Squad (180 Points)
• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 1x Thunder Hammer
• 9x Assault Intercessors
• 9x Astartes Chainsword
• 9x Heavy Bolt Pistol
• 1x E: Furious Assault (Upgrade)

High Marshal Helbrecht (125 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Ferocity
• 1x Sword of the High Marshals

Chaplain Grimaldus (120 Points)
• 3x Cenobyte Servitor
• 3x Close Combat Weapon
• 1x Chaplain Grimaldus
• 1x Artificer Crozius
• 1x Plasma Pistol

Outrider Squad (80 Points)
• 1x Outrider
• 1x Chainsword
• 1x Heavy Bolt Pistol
• 1x Twin bolt rifle
• 1x Outrider Sergeant
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 1x Thunder Hammer
• 1x Twin bolt rifle
• 1x Outrider w/ Plasma Pistol
• 1x Chainsword
• 1x Twin bolt rifle

Judiciar (50 Points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Executioner Relic Blade

Redemptor Dreadnought (180 Points)
• 1x Storm Bolter
    ◦ 1x Onslaught Gatling Cannon
    ◦ 1x Icarus Rocket Pod
    ◦ 1x Macro Plasma Incinerator
    ◦ 1x Redemptor Fist

Inceptor Squad (130 Points)
• 2x Inceptor
• 2x Assault Bolters
• 2x Ceramite Fists
• 1x Inceptor Sergeant
• 1x Assault Bolters
• 1x Ceramite Fists

Company Heroes (125 Points)
• 1x Company Champion
• 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Power Weapon
• 1x Company veteran with bolt rifle
• 1x Combat Knife
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Rifle
• 1x Ancient
• 1x Combat Knife
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Rifle
• 1x Company Veteran with heavy bolter
• 1x Combat Knife
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Master-crafted Heavy Bolter

Emperor's Champion (110 Points)
• Enhancement: Furious Assault (Upgrade)
• 1x Black Sword
    ◦ 1x Bolt Pistol

Chaplain on Bike (95 Points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Crozius arcanum
• 1x Twin Bolt Rifle
• 1x E: Imperium's Sword

Incursor Squad (90 Points)
• 4x Incursor
• 4x Bolt pistol
• 4x Occulus Bolt Carbine
• 4x Paired Combat Blades
• 1x Incursor Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Occulus Bolt Carbine
• 1x Paired Combat Blades

Intercessor Squad (85 Points)
• 4x Intercessor
• 4x Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 4x Bolt Rifle
    ◦ 1x Grenade Launcher
    ◦ 4x Knives and Fists
• 1x Intercessor Sergeant
• 1x Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Bolt Rifle
    ◦ 1x Power Weapon

Reiver Squad (85 Points)
• 1x Grapnel Launchers
    ◦ 1x Grav-chutes
• 1x Reiver Sergeant
• 1x Bolt Carbine
    ◦ 1x Monomolecular Combat Knife
    ◦ 1x Special-issue Bolt Pistol
• 4x Reiver
• 4x Bolt Carbine
    ◦ 4x Monomolecular Combat Knife
    ◦ 4x Special-issue Bolt Pistol

Chaplain in Terminator Armour (75 Points)
• 1x Crozius arcanum
• 1x Relic Shield

Drop Pod (60 Points)

Drop Pod (60 Points)

Apothecary (45 Points)
• 1x Absolvor Bolt Pistol
    ◦ 1x Reductor Pistol
    ◦ 1x Servo-armature

The models

What a winning Assault Brethren + Vow-sworn Crusaders player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it.

15 datasheets · 1 of 2 lists

The sources

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

2 lists · largest event first

How this is computed