# Emperor's Children Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Emperor's Children 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/emperor-s-children § WIN · 11th edition # Emperor's Children Meta: Rank 5 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 6.2% of recent winning lists, holding. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Emperor's Children ranks 5th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 6.2% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 53 lists across 9 detachment builds. Its largest build, Coterie of the Conceited, took 21 of them, 20 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 6 datasheets in its spine, 33 models in all. Rank by winners #5 of 28 Share of winners 6.2% Winning lists (GT) 53 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Holding 14 v 20 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=emperor-s-children) [Emperor's Children stratagems](/print/stratagems/emperor-s-children) 9 builds · 53 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Emperor's Children at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Priority Assets. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Coterie of the Conceited | 21 | 40% | 89-1-19 | Priority Assets | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | | II | Frenzied Host + Carnival of Excess | 19 | 36% | 85-15 | Reconnaissance | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | III | Carnival of Excess + Elegant Brutes | 5 | 9% | 22-1-3 | Take and Hold | The Utah Cup 2026 - Warhammer 40K · 130p | | IV | Spectacle of Slaughter + Court of the Phoenician | 2 | 4% | 11-2 | Purge the Foe | Ottawa Gaming Convention 40k Champs · 187p | | V | Spectacle of Slaughter + Mercurial Host | 2 | 4% | 10-1-1 | Reconnaissance | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | VI | Unknown | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Priority Assets | Route 66 @ 2D6 Labor Day · 36p | | VII | Spectacle of Slaughter + Peerless Bladesmen | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Priority Assets | Capital City Showdown · 32p | | VIII | Frenzied Host + Peerless Bladesmen | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Reconnaissance | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | | IX | Court of the Phoenician | 1 | 2% | 4-1 | Purge the Foe | FWC GT Warhammer 40000 GT - n80 - solo 2000 points · 20p | Coterie of the Conceited · 20 of 21 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 5 datasheets - 1–4 × Infractors Every build 85 pts 19/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Rapture lash · 4x Infractor · 4x Bolt pistol · 4x Duelling sabre · 1x Icon of Excess · 8 of 19 run this loadout - 1–3 × Lord Exultant Every build 80 pts 19/20 lists 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Phoenix power spear · 1x Rapture lash · 15 of 19 run this loadout - 1–2 × Tormentors Every build 80 pts 19/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Rapture lash · 4x Tormentor · 2x Boltgun · 4x Close combat weapon · 1x Icon of Excess · 1x Meltagun · 1x Plasma gun · 8 of 19 run this loadout - 1–2 × Defiler Every build 330 pts 16/20 lists 1x Ectoplasma destructor · 2x Excruciator cannon · 1x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Shearing Claws · 5 of 16 run this loadout - 1–2 × Chaos Rhino Every build 70 pts 16/20 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 2x Combi-bolter · 1x Havoc launcher · 7 of 16 run this loadout ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 5 datasheets - 1–3 × Flawless Blades 95 pts 15/20 lists 3x Flawless Blade · 3x Blissblade · 3x Bolt pistol · 13 of 15 run this loadout - 1–3 × Noise Marines 145 pts 13/20 lists 1x Disharmonist · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Sonic blaster · 5x Noise Marine · 2x Blastmaster · 5x Close combat weapon · 3x Sonic blaster · 9 of 13 run this loadout - 1 × Lucius the Eternal Warlord 120 pts 13/20 lists - 1–3 × Chaos Spawn 70 pts 13/20 lists 2x Chaos Spawn · 2x Hideous mutations · 12 of 13 run this loadout - 1–2 × Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings Pledge of Unholy Fortune 235 pts 10/20 lists 1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 23 datasheets - 1–2 × Maulerfiend 120 pts 6/20 lists 2x Magma cutters · 1x Maulerfiend fists · 5 of 6 run this loadout - 1 × Fulgrim Warlord 340 pts 3/20 lists - 1–3 × Chaos Terminators 145 pts 3/20 lists 1x Terminator Champion · 1x Chainfist · 1x Combi-bolter · 4x Chaos Terminator · 2x Combi-bolter · 1x Paired accursed weapons · 3x Power fist · 1x Reaper autocannon · 1 of 3 run this loadout - 1–2 × Daemon Prince of Slaanesh With Wings 220 pts 2/20 lists 1x Hellforged weapons and Infernal cannon · 1x Pledge of Mortal Pain \[+15 points\] · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 1–2 × Lord Kakophonist 70 pts 2/20 lists 1x Power sword and Screamer pistol · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 1 × Force de Frappe 2000 pts 1/20 lists - 1 × Defiler - Blackened 380 pts 1/20 lists 1x Ectoplasma destructor · 2x Excruciator cannon · 2x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Shearing Claws - 1 × Defiler - For Whom The Bell Tolls 330 pts 1/20 lists 1x Ectoplasma destructor · 2x Excruciator cannon · 2x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Shearing Claws - 1 × Lucius The Eternal Warlord 120 pts 1/20 lists - 1 × Lucius the Eternal - Enter Sandman Warlord 120 pts 1/20 lists 1x Blade of the Laer · 1x Lash of Torment - 1 × Maulerfiend - Battery 120 pts 1/20 lists 2x Magma cutters · 1x Maulerfiend fists - 1 × Maulerfiend - Damage Inc. 120 pts 1/20 lists 2x Magma cutters · 1x Maulerfiend fists - 1 × Lord Exultant - Master of Puppets 100 pts 1/20 lists 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Phoenix power spear · 1x Rapture lash - 1 × Flawless Blades - Frayed Ends of Sanity 95 pts 1/20 lists 3x Flawless Blade · 3x Blissblade · 3x Bolt pistol - 1 × Lord Exultant - Of Wolf and Man 90 pts 1/20 lists 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Phoenix power spear · 1x Rapture lash - 1 × Lord Exultant - Ride the Lightening 90 pts 1/20 lists 1x Bolt Pistol · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Phoenix power spear · 1x Rapture lash - 1 × Infractors - Frantic 85 pts 1/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power sword · 4x Infractor · 4x Bolt pistol · 4x Duelling sabre · 1x Icon of Excess - 1 × Infractors - Hardwired to Self Destruct 85 pts 1/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power sword · 4x Infractor · 4x Bolt pistol · 4x Duelling sabre · 1x Icon of Excess - 1 × Infractors - The Shortest Straw 85 pts 1/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power sword · 4x Infractor · 4x Bolt pistol · 4x Duelling sabre · 1x Icon of Excess - 1 × Tormentors - Creeping Death 80 pts 1/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Rapture lash · 4x Tormentor · 2x Boltgun · 4x Close combat weapon · 1x Icon of Excess · 1x Meltagun · 1x Plasma gun - 1 × Tormentors - Disposable Heroes 80 pts 1/20 lists 1x Obsessionist · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Rapture lash · 4x Tormentor · 2x Boltgun · 4x Close combat weapon · 1x Icon of Excess · 1x Meltagun · 1x Plasma gun - 1 × Chaos Rhino - Whiplash 70 pts 1/20 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Combi-weapon · 1x Havoc launcher - 1 × Chaos Spawn - The Unforgiven 70 pts 1/20 lists 2x Chaos Spawn · 2x Hideous mutations ### Consensus list 1,975 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 25 pts are left for flex, most often Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings (10/20). META CONSENSUS (1975 points) Emperors Brats \[1985 points\] Strike Force (2000 points) Coterie of the Conceited Force Dispositions: Priority Assets Infractors (85 Points) • 1x Obsessionist • 1x Plasma pistol • 1x Rapture lash • 4x Infractor • 4x Bolt pistol • 4x Duelling sabre • 1x Icon of Excess Infractors (85 Points) • 1x Obsessionist • 1x Plasma pistol • 1x Rapture lash • 4x Infractor • 4x Bolt pistol • 4x Duelling sabre • 1x Icon of Excess Lord Exultant (80 Points) • 1x Bolt Pistol ◦ 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Phoenix power spear ◦ 1x Rapture lash Lord Exultant (80 Points) • 1x Bolt Pistol ◦ 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Phoenix power spear ◦ 1x Rapture lash Tormentors (80 Points) • 1x Obsessionist • 1x Plasma pistol • 1x Rapture lash • 4x Tormentor • 2x Boltgun • 4x Close combat weapon • 1x Icon of Excess • 1x Meltagun • 1x Plasma gun Defiler (330 Points) • 1x Ectoplasma destructor • 2x Excruciator cannon • 1x Heavy reaper autocannon • 1x Heavy reaper autocannon • 1x Shearing Claws Defiler (330 Points) • 1x Ectoplasma destructor • 2x Excruciator cannon • 1x Heavy reaper autocannon • 1x Heavy reaper autocannon • 1x Shearing Claws Chaos Rhino (70 Points) • 1x Armoured tracks ◦ 2x Combi-bolter ◦ 1x Havoc launcher Chaos Rhino (70 Points) • 1x Armoured tracks ◦ 2x Combi-bolter ◦ 1x Havoc launcher Flawless Blades (95 Points) • 3x Flawless Blade • 3x Blissblade • 3x Bolt pistol Flawless Blades (95 Points) • 3x Flawless Blade • 3x Blissblade • 3x Bolt pistol Flawless Blades (95 Points) • 3x Flawless Blade • 3x Blissblade • 3x Bolt pistol Noise Marines (145 Points) • 1x Disharmonist • 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Sonic blaster • 5x Noise Marine • 2x Blastmaster ◦ 5x Close combat weapon ◦ 3x Sonic blaster Noise Marines (145 Points) • 1x Disharmonist • 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Sonic blaster • 5x Noise Marine • 2x Blastmaster ◦ 5x Close combat weapon ◦ 3x Sonic blaster Lucius the Eternal (120 Points) • Warlord • 1x Blade of the Laer ◦ 1x Lash of Torment Chaos Spawn (70 Points) • 2x Chaos Spawn • 2x Hideous mutations 13 datasheets · 16 of 20 lists ## The models What a winning Coterie of the Conceited player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 33 models in the spine · 51 with the flex · 6 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Infractors Every build | 16/16 | 15 | 10–20 | 12× Infractor · 3× Obsessionist | | Tormentors Every build | 16/16 | 5 | 5–10 | 4× Tormentor · 1× Obsessionist · 1× Tormentor w/ meltagun · 1× Tormentor w/ plasma gun | | Lord Exultant Every build | 16/16 | 3 | 2–3 | 3× Lord Exultant | | Defiler Every build | 16/16 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Defiler | | Chaos Rhino Every build | 14/16 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Chaos Rhino | | Flawless Blades | 13/16 | 6 | 3–12 | 6× Flawless Blade | | Chaos Spawn | 12/16 | 2 | 2–6 | 2× Chaos Spawn | | Lucius the Eternal | 12/16 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Lucius the Eternal | | Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings | 11/16 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings | | Noise Marines | 9/16 | 12 | 6–18 | 6× Noise Marine w/ sonic blaster · 2× Disharmonist · 4× Noise Marine w/ blastmaster | | Maulerfiend | 6/16 | 1 | 1–2 | 1× Maulerfiend | | Fulgrim | 2/16 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Fulgrim | | Chaos Terminators | 1/16 | 5 | Always 5 | | 21 lists · largest event first · 12 shown ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Craig Bedford The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · Coterie of the Conceited 226p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Rory Andrew The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · Coterie of the Conceited 226p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Sabastian Warnas Smite Club Open 2026 - 40K Worlds Qualifier & Fundraiser · Coterie of the Conceited 126p 2026-08-22 5-1 - Kyle Sams The Upkeep Games GT I 2026 · Coterie of the Conceited 123p 2026-08-15 5-1 - Jacob Carter Arch City GT 5 · Coterie of the Conceited 99p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Lennox Hemke HUXLEYS OPEN 2026 - WARHAMMER 40K · Coterie of the Conceited 99p 2026-08-21 5-1 - Klim Kireev HUXLEYS OPEN 2026 - WARHAMMER 40K · Coterie of the Conceited 99p 2026-08-21 5-1 - Dale Mann Krootcon 2026 · Coterie of the Conceited 80p 2026-08-21 5-0 - Lee Horn Summer Slaughter: Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament · Coterie of the Conceited 73p 2026-08-15 4-1 - Patric W Skövde Battleforge VIII · Coterie of the Conceited 71p 2026-08-29 4-1-0 - Lewis Smith Surrey Primarchs GW Golden Ticket Event · Coterie of the Conceited 66p 2026-08-22 4-1 - Nikhil Talwar Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament - Epsom Downs · Coterie of the Conceited 65p 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. 4 lists could not be read and are counted as winners 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. [Space Marines (Astartes) Meta](/metamerge/space-marines-astartes) [Chaos Daemons Meta ](/metamerge/chaos-daemons)