# Chaos Daemons Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Chaos Daemons 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/chaos-daemons § WIN · 11th edition # Chaos Daemons Meta: Rank 6 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 5.7% of recent winning lists, fading. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Chaos Daemons ranks 6th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 5.7% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 49 lists across 10 detachment builds. Its largest build, Warptide + Legion of Excess, took 17 of them, 17 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 5 datasheets in its spine, 81 models in all. Rank by winners #6 of 28 Share of winners 5.7% Winning lists (GT) 49 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Fading 11 v 19 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=chaos-daemons) [Chaos Daemons stratagems](/print/stratagems/chaos-daemons) 10 builds · 49 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Chaos Daemons at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Purge the Foe. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Warptide + Legion of Excess | 17 | 35% | 85-1-11 | Priority Assets | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | II | Blood Legion + Cavalcade of Chaos | 10 | 20% | 46-9 | Purge the Foe | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | III | Shadow Legion + Cavalcade of Chaos | 7 | 14% | 33-5 | Purge the Foe | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | IV | Plague Legion + Warptide | 5 | 10% | 22-5 | Take and Hold | NOVA Open 2026 Grand Tournament · 373p | | V | Daemonic Incursion | 2 | 4% | 9-1 | Disruption | Battle in the Bush 2026 · 59p | | VI | Plague Legion + Cavalcade of Chaos | 2 | 4% | 9-2 | Take and Hold | NOVA Open 2026 Grand Tournament · 373p | | VII | Shadow Legion + Lords of the Warp | 2 | 4% | 9-2 | Purge the Foe | La Voz Open 2026 · 147p | | VIII | Blood Legion + Warptide | 2 | 4% | 8-2 | Purge the Foe | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | IX | Warptide + Scintillating Legion | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Reconnaissance | Doonhamer Open 2026 · 124p | | X | Shadow Legion + Warptide | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Purge the Foe | China Warhammer City Tournament 2026 Summer · 41p | Warptide + Legion of Excess · 17 of 17 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 6 datasheets - 1–3 × Fiends 180 pts 17/17 lists 1x Blissbringer · 1x Barbed tail and dissecting claws · 5x Fiend · 5x Barbed tail and dissecting claws · 16 of 17 run this loadout - 1 × Tormentbringer False Majesty (Aura) 165 pts 17/17 lists 1x Lashes of torment · 1x Seeker tongues · 1x Slashing claws · 16 of 17 run this loadout - 1–3 × Contorted Epitome 100 pts 17/17 lists 1x Coiled tentacles · 1x Ravaging claws · 16 of 17 run this loadout - 4–6 × Daemonettes 90 pts 17/17 lists 1x Alluress · 1x Slashing claws · 9x Daemonette · 1x Daemonic Icon · 1x Instrument of Chaos · 9x Slashing claws - 1–2 × Keeper of Secrets 255 pts 16/17 lists 1x Living whip · 1x Phantasmagoria · 1x Snapping claws · 1x Witstealer sword · 9 of 16 run this loadout - 1 × The Masque of Slaanesh 95 pts 14/17 lists ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 3 datasheets - 1–2 × Beasts of Nurgle 75 pts 10/17 lists 1x Putrid appendages - 1–3 × Flesh Hounds 75 pts 8/17 lists 1x Gore Hound · 1x Burning roar · 1x Collar of Khorne · 1x Gore-drenched fangs · 4x Flesh Hound · 4x Collar of Khorne · 4x Gore-drenched fangs - 1–2 × Seekers 80 pts 7/17 lists 1x Heartseeker · 1x Lashing tongue · 1x Slashing claws · 4x Seeker · 1x Daemonic Icon · 1x Instrument of Chaos · 4x Lashing tongue · 4x Slashing claws ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 10 datasheets - 1 × Syll'Esske 120 pts 5/17 lists - 1 × Hellflayers 80 pts 5/17 lists 1x Lashes of torment · 1x Seeker tongues · 1x Slashing claws - 1–2 × Nurglings 45 pts 4/17 lists 3x Nurgling Swarm · 3x Diseased claws and teeth - 2 × Flamers 65 pts 2/17 lists 1x Pyrocaster · 1x Flamer mouths · 1x Flickering flames · 2x Flamer · 2x Flamer mouths · 2x Flickering flames - 1 × Strikeforce 2000 pts 1/17 lists 1x Legion of Excess and Warptide (3 Detachment Points) · 1x Reconnaissance - 1 × Skarbrand 315 pts 1/17 lists - 1 × The Changeling Warlord 105 pts 1/17 lists - 3 × Screamers 80 pts 1/17 lists 3x Screamer · 3x Lamprey bite - 1 × Karanak Warlord 70 pts 1/17 lists - 1 × Tranceweaver 60 pts 1/17 lists 1x Ravaging claws ### Consensus list 1,770 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 230 pts are left for flex, most often Flesh Hounds (8/17), Seekers (7/17). META CONSENSUS (1770 points) Chaos Daemons Strike Force (2000 points) Warptide and Legion of Excess Force Dispositions: Priority Assets Fiends (180 Points) • 1x Blissbringer • 1x Barbed tail and dissecting claws • 5x Fiend • 5x Barbed tail and dissecting claws Fiends (180 Points) • 1x Blissbringer • 1x Barbed tail and dissecting claws • 5x Fiend • 5x Barbed tail and dissecting claws Fiends (180 Points) • 1x Blissbringer • 1x Barbed tail and dissecting claws • 5x Fiend • 5x Barbed tail and dissecting claws Tormentbringer (165 Points) • Enhancement: False Majesty (Aura) • 1x Lashes of torment ◦ 1x Seeker tongues ◦ 1x Slashing claws Contorted Epitome (100 Points) • 1x Coiled tentacles ◦ 1x Ravaging claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Daemonettes (90 Points) • 1x Alluress • 1x Slashing claws • 9x Daemonette • 1x Daemonic Icon ◦ 1x Instrument of Chaos ◦ 9x Slashing claws Keeper of Secrets (255 Points) • 1x Living whip ◦ 1x Phantasmagoria ◦ 1x Snapping claws ◦ 1x Witstealer sword The Masque of Slaanesh (95 Points) • 1x Serrated claws Beasts of Nurgle (75 Points) • 1x Putrid appendages 18 datasheets · 13 of 17 lists ## The models What a winning Warptide + Legion of Excess player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 81 models in the spine · 93 with the flex · 5 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Daemonettes | 13/13 | 60 | 50–60 | | | Fiends | 13/13 | 18 | 3–18 | 18× Fiends | | Contorted Epitome | 13/13 | 1 | 1–3 | 1× Contorted Epitome | | Tormentbringer | 13/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Tormentbringer | | Keeper of Secrets | 12/13 | 1 | 1–2 | 1× Keeper of Secrets | | The Masque of Slaanesh | 10/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× The Masque of Slaanesh | | Flesh Hounds | 7/13 | 5 | 5–15 | 4× Flesh Hound · 1× Gore Hound | | Beasts of Nurgle | 7/13 | 1 | 1–2 | 1× Beast of Nurgle | | Seekers | 6/13 | 5 | 5–10 | 4× Seeker · 1× Heartseeker | | Syll'esske | 4/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Syll'esske | | Nurglings | 3/13 | 3 | Always 3 | 3× Nurgling Swarm | | Hellflayers | 3/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Hellflayer | | Flamers | 2/13 | 6 | Always 6 | 4× Flamer · 2× Pyrocaster | | Screamers | 1/13 | 9 | Always 9 | 9× Screamer | | Karanak | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Karanak | | Skarbrand | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Skarbrand | | The Changeling | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× The Changeling | | Tranceweaver | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Tranceweaver | 17 lists · largest event first · 12 shown ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Alban de Polignac WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 7-1 - liam Vsl WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 7-1 - Hugo Richiardi WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 6-0 - Fabian Huber WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 5-1-0 - Christopher Langton WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 5-1 - Brieuc Chauvin WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 5-1 - Colin Power WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 5-1 - Niklas Fritschen WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 578p 2026-08-11 5-1 - Christopher Langton The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · Warptide + Legion of Excess 226p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Cody Middleton Flying Monkey Con 26 Warhammer 40k GT · Warptide + Legion of Excess 112p 2026-09-12 5-1 - Geoff Perry Arch City GT 5 · Warptide + Legion of Excess 99p 2026-08-29 5-0 - Stephen Heron Surrey Primarchs GW Golden Ticket Event · Warptide + Legion of Excess 66p 2026-08-22 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. [Emperor's Children Meta](/metamerge/emperor-s-children) [T'au Empire Meta ](/metamerge/t-au-empire)