§ WIN · 11th edition
Chaos Space Marines MetaRank 12 of 27 in the 11th edition field: 3.7% of recent winning lists, fading. What its winners run, merged down to the models.
Chaos Space Marines ranks 12th of 27 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 3.7% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 36 lists across 11 detachment builds. Its largest build, Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos, took 14 of them, 14 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 2 datasheets in its spine, 21 models in all.
- Rank by winners
- #12of 27
- Share of winners
- 3.7%
- Winning lists (GT)
- 36lists
- Last 2 weeks v prior 2
- Fading8 v 14
- Feed as of
- 2026-10-26
What is winning
The detachment builds that won for Chaos Space Marines at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Take and Hold.
11 builds · 36 winning lists
| № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos | 14 | 39% | 62-2-10 | Take and Hold | The London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · 1049p |
| II | Creations of Bile | 6 | 17% | 28-1-5 | Purge the Foe | The London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · 1049p |
| III | Renegade Raiders | 3 | 8% | 13-3 | Reconnaissance | The London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · 1049p |
| IV | Chaos Cult + Cabal of Chaos | 2 | 6% | 9-1 | Disruption | Bolters And Boogeymen Bazooka GT · 28p |
| V | Pactbound Zealots | 2 | 6% | 9-1 | Priority Assets | THE COVENTRY 40K : 2-Day · 110p |
| VI | Warpstrike Champions + Cabal of Chaos | 2 | 6% | 8-2 | Disruption | Paris Wargame Expo 2 - Solo 40K · 221p |
| VII | Huron's Marauders | 2 | 6% | 8-2 | Purge the Foe | The London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · 1049p |
| VIII | Fellhammer Siege-host + Cabal of Chaos | 2 | 6% | 9-2 | Take and Hold | The London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · 1049p |
| IX | Renegade Warband + Cabal of Chaos | 1 | 3% | 4-1 | Priority Assets | Treasure Trove Games - Warhammer 40k Grim Harvest GT 2026 · 30p |
| X | Deceptors + Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos | 1 | 3% | 4-1 | Disruption | Dearg Doom XIII, don't play in Cian's sandbox · 67p |
| XI | Devotees of Destruction + Veterans of the Long War | 1 | 3% | 5-1 | Priority Assets | Hanseatic Alliance Open 2026 · 77p |
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.
Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos · 14 of 14 lists merged
Spine
in four lists in five or more
2 datasheets
- 1–2×Defiler330 pts330 pts14/14 lists1x Ectoplasma destructor · 2x Excruciator cannon · 2x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Shearing claws · 5 of 14 run this loadout
- 1–2×Cultist Mob50 ptsStaple50 pts14/14 lists1x Cultist Champion · 1x Autopistol · 1x Brutal assault weapon · 9x Chaos Cultist · 9x Autopistol · 9x Brutal assault weapon · 8 of 14 run this loadout
Flex
a real choice, in a third of the lists or more
13 datasheets
- 1×Mutilators165 ptsStaple165 pts11/14 lists3x Mutilator · 3x Fleshmetal weapons · 10 of 11 run this loadout
- 1×Masters of the Maelstrom150 ptsStaple150 pts11/14 lists
- 1×Chosen140 ptsStaple140 pts11/14 lists1x Chosen Champion · 1x Boltgun · 1x Chaos Icon · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power fist · 4x Chosen · 3x Accursed weapon · 3x Bolt pistol · 1x Boltgun · 2x Combi-weapon · 1x Paired accursed weapons · 1x Plasma pistol · 4 of 11 run this loadout
- 1×Kravek Morne130 ptsStaple130 pts9/14 lists
- 1×Red Corsairs Raiders120 pts120 pts9/14 lists1x Red Corsairs Raider Champion · 1x Boltgun · 1x Hand flamer · 1x Reaver's blade · 4x Red Corsairs Raider · 4x Bolt pistol · 3x Boltgun · 1x Meltagun · 1x Power fist · 3x Reaver's blade · 5 of 9 run this loadout
- 1×Fabius Bile110 ptsWarlordStaple110 pts9/14 lists
- 1×Chaos Rhino65 pts65 pts9/14 lists1x Armoured tracks · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Combi-weapon · 1x Havoc launcher · 4 of 9 run this loadout
- 2×Obliterators160 pts160 pts8/14 lists2x Obliterator · 2x Crushing fists · 2x Fleshmetal guns · 7 of 8 run this loadout
- 1×Nurglings45 pts45 pts7/14 lists3x Nurgling Swarm · 3x Diseased claws and teeth · 6 of 7 run this loadout
- 1–2×Chaos Terminator Squad370 pts370 pts6/14 lists1x Terminator Champion · 1x Chainfist · 1x Combi-bolter · 9x Chaos Terminator · 2x Accursed weapon · 1x Chainfist · 7x Combi-bolter · 6x Power fist · 2x Reaper autocannon · 4 of 6 run this loadout
- 1×Noise Marines160 pts160 pts6/14 lists1x Disharmonist · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Sonic blaster · 5x Noise Marine · 2x Blastmaster · 5x Close combat weapon · 3x Sonic blaster · 2 of 6 run this loadout
- 1–2×Chaos Bikers80 pts80 pts6/14 lists1x Biker Champion · 1x Chaos Icon · 1x Close Combat Weapon · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Power fist · 2x Chaos Biker · 2x Astartes chainsword · 2x Close Combat Weapon · 2x Combi-bolter · 2x Meltagun · 3 of 6 run this loadout
- 1×Sorcerer in Terminator Armour105 ptsEager for Vengeance105 pts5/14 lists1x Chaos Familiar · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Force weapon · 1x Infernal Gaze
Tech
in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup
12 datasheets
- 1–2×Possessed260 pts260 pts4/14 lists1x Possessed Champion · 1x Chaos Icon · 1x Hideous mutations · 9x Possessed · 9x Hideous mutations · 2 of 4 run this loadout
- 1×Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with Wings170 pts170 pts4/14 lists1x Daemonic Allegiance: Slaanesh · 1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon
- 1×Cypher95 pts95 pts4/14 lists
- 2×Chaos Vindicator180 pts180 pts3/14 lists1x Armoured tracks · 1x Combi-weapon · 1x Demolisher cannon · 1x Havoc launcher
- 1×Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings170 pts170 pts2/14 lists1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon · 1x Mark of Slaanesh
- 1×Lord Discordant on Helstalker165 ptsMark of Legend165 pts2/14 lists1x Bladed limbs · 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Helstalker autocannon · 1x Impaler chainglaive · 1x Techno-virus injector · 1 of 2 run this loadout
- 1×Huron Blackheart135 ptsWarlord135 pts2/14 lists
- 1×Venomcrawler120 pts120 pts2/14 lists2x Excruciator cannon · 1x Soulflayer tendrils and claws
- 1×Beasts of Nurgle80 pts80 pts2/14 lists1x Putrid appendages
- 1×Vashtorr the Arkifane220 ptsWarlord220 pts1/14 lists
- 1×Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince155 pts155 pts1/14 lists1x Daemonic Allegiance: Slaanesh · 1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon
- 1×Traitor Guardsmen Squad65 pts65 pts1/14 lists1x Traitor Sergeant · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Corrupted pistol · 9x Traitor Guardsmen · 9x Close combat weapon · 9x Lasgun
A price in amber is the one the lists printed: the catalogue has no match for that unit.
Consensus list1,675 pts
One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run, at today's points, not what those lists printed. 325 pts are left for flex, most often Chaos Terminator Squad (6/14), Noise Marines (6/14), Chaos Bikers (6/14). Not found in the catalogue, so priced as printed: Nurglings.
META CONSENSUS (1675 points)
Chaos Space Marines
Strike Force (2000 points)
Veterans of the Long War and Cabal of Chaos
Force Dispositions: Take and Hold
Defiler (330 Points)
• 1x Ectoplasma destructor
◦ 2x Excruciator cannon
◦ 2x Heavy reaper autocannon
◦ 1x Shearing claws
Cultist Mob (50 Points)
• 1x Cultist Champion
• 1x Autopistol
• 1x Brutal assault weapon
• 9x Chaos Cultist
• 9x Autopistol
• 9x Brutal assault weapon
Cultist Mob (50 Points)
• 1x Cultist Champion
• 1x Autopistol
• 1x Brutal assault weapon
• 9x Chaos Cultist
• 9x Autopistol
• 9x Brutal assault weapon
Mutilators (165 Points)
• 3x Mutilator
• 3x Fleshmetal weapons
Masters of the Maelstrom (150 Points)
• 1x Garreon the Corpsemaster
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Reductor array
• 1x Garlon Souleater
• 1x Force stave
• 1x Mind Wrench
• 1x Katar Garrix
• 1x Axe of Ending
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Captain Sargotta
• 1x Laspistol
• 1x Power sabre
• 1x The Enforcer
• 1x Bionic gauntlet
• 1x Londaxi maimer
Chosen (140 Points)
• 1x Chosen Champion
• 1x Boltgun
• 1x Chaos Icon
• 1x Plasma pistol
• 1x Power fist
• 4x Chosen
• 3x Accursed weapon
• 3x Bolt pistol
• 1x Boltgun
• 2x Combi-weapon
• 1x Paired accursed weapons
• 1x Plasma pistol
Kravek Morne (130 Points)
• 1x Baleflamer
◦ 1x Combi-bolter
◦ 1x Last Argument and power fist
◦ 1x Servo-harness
Red Corsairs Raiders (120 Points)
• 1x Red Corsairs Raider Champion
• 1x Boltgun
• 1x Hand flamer
• 1x Reaver's blade
• 4x Red Corsairs Raider
• 4x Bolt pistol
• 3x Boltgun
• 1x Meltagun
• 1x Power fist
• 3x Reaver's blade
Fabius Bile (110 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Fabius Bile
• 1x Chirurgeon
• 1x Rod of Torment
• 1x Xyclos Needler
• 1x Surgeon Acolyte
• 1x Surgeon Acolyte's tools
Chaos Rhino (65 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Combi-bolter
• 1x Combi-weapon
• 1x Havoc launcher
Obliterators (160 Points)
• 2x Obliterator
• 2x Crushing fists
• 2x Fleshmetal guns
Obliterators (160 Points)
• 2x Obliterator
• 2x Crushing fists
• 2x Fleshmetal guns
Nurglings (45 Points)
• 3x Nurgling Swarm
• 3x Diseased claws and teeth
The models
What a winning Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it.
25 datasheets · 13 of 14 lists
21 models in the spine · 68 with the flex · 2 datasheets in the spine
| Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultist MobStaple | 13/13 | 20 | 10–20 | 20× Cultist Champion |
| Defiler | 13/13 | 1 | 1–2 | 1× Defiler |
| ChosenStaple | 10/13 | 5 | 5–10 | 1× Chosen Champion · 1× Chosen w/ boltgun · 2× Chosen w/ combi-weapon and bolt pistol · 1× Chosen w/ paired accursed weapons and plasma pistol · also seen: Chosen w/ power fist and plasma pistol, Chosen w/ paired accursed weapons and bolt pistol, Chosen w/ boltgun and plasma pistol |
| Masters of the MaelstromStaple | 10/13 | 5 | Always 5 | 1× Captain Sargotta · 1× Garlon Souleater · 1× Garreon the Corpsemaster · 1× Katar Garrix · 1× The Enforcer |
| MutilatorsStaple | 10/13 | 3 | Always 3 | 3× Mutilator |
| Red Corsairs Raiders | 8/13 | 5 | Always 5 | 3× Red Corsairs Raider · 1× Red Corsairs Raider Champion · 1× Red Corsairs Raider w/ power fist and meltagun |
| Fabius BileStaple | 8/13 | 2 | Always 2 | 1× Fabius Bile · 1× Surgeon Acolyte |
| Chaos Rhino | 8/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Chaos Rhino |
| Kravek MorneStaple | 8/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Kravek Morne |
| Obliterators | 7/13 | 4 | Always 4 | 4× Obliterator |
| Chaos Terminator Squad | 6/13 | 10 | 10–20 | 2× Heavy weapon · 1× Terminator Champion · 6× Power fist and combi-bolter · 1× Chainfist and combi-bolter · also seen: Power fist and combi-weapon, Chainfist and combi-weapon, Paired accursed weapons |
| Noise Marines | 5/13 | 6 | Always 6 | 3× Noise Marine w/ sonic blaster · 2× Noise Marine w/ blastmaster · 1× Disharmonist |
| Chaos Bikers | 5/13 | 3 | 3–6 | 2× Biker Champion · 4× Biker w/ meltagun |
| Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings | 5/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with wings |
| Sorcerer in Terminator Armour | 5/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Sorcerer in Terminator Armour |
| Possessed | 4/13 | 10 | 5–20 | 10× Possessed |
| Cypher | 4/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Cypher |
| Chaos Vindicator | 3/13 | 2 | Always 2 | 2× Chaos Vindicator |
| Huron Blackheart | 2/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Huron Blackheart |
| Lord Discordant on Helstalker | 2/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Lord Discordant on Helstalker |
| Sorcerer on Palanquin of Nurgle [Legends] | 2/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Sorcerer on Palanquin of Nurgle [Legends] |
| Venomcrawler | 2/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Venomcrawler |
| Traitor Guardsmen Squad | 1/13 | 10 | Always 10 | 9× Guardsman w/ lasgun · 1× Traitor Sergeant |
| Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince |
| Vashtorr the Arkifane | 1/13 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Vashtorr the Arkifane |
The sources
The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down.
14 lists · largest event first · 12 shown
- liam VslThe London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos1049p2026-09-255-1
- Gustav ConradieThe London Grand Tournament - 40k Main Event (LGT 40k GT) · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos1049p2026-09-254-1
- Anthony LoGrandeLVO 2026 - Warhammer 40k Championships - Las Vegas Open · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos652p2026-10-025-1
- Andrew YipLVO 2026 - Warhammer 40k Championships - Las Vegas Open · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos652p2026-10-025-1
- Trae BurnettDenver 40K Fight Club Oct. Open ‘26 · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos105p2026-10-105-1
- liam VslNRW 40K Singles 2026 - Alpine Cup · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos50p2026-09-175-0
- Jordan TaylorBZU 40K 2026 · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos48p2026-10-104-1
- Matěj LudvíkPilsen Meta Rift Fall 2026 · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos40p2026-10-034-1
- Emory GarrettAdeptus 5-0 Jailbreak Event Hosted by Away Games · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos36p2026-10-244-1
- Jameson HaytasTreasure Trove Games - Warhammer 40k Grim Harvest GT 2026 · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos30p2026-10-245-0
- Dale KaneImps Gaming + Hive City Gaming GT October 2026 · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos29p2026-10-104-1
- Anthony LoGrandeAnvil of Charity 40k Tournament · Veterans of the Long War + Cabal of Chaos28p2026-10-174-1-0
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. A datasheet tagged Staple is taken by at least 50% of the readable lists in each of the faction's largest builds (up to 3, each with 5 or more readable lists).
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. Prices are today's points, not what the lists printed. Model counts come from the 11th edition catalogue, not from how an export spells its models out.