Genestealer Cult MetaRank 22 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 1.6% of recent winning lists, rising. What its winners run, merged down to the models.

What is winning

The detachment builds that won for Genestealer Cult at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Reconnaissance.

7 builds · 14 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.

Biosanctic Broodsurge + Xenocult Masses · 4 of 4 lists merged

One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 25 pts are left for flex, most often Benefictus (2/4). Trimmed to fit 2,000 pts: Benefictus.

META CONSENSUS (1975 points)

Genestealer Cults
Strike Force (2000 points)
Biosanctic Broodsurge and Xenocult Masses
Force Dispositions: Reconnaissance

Aberrants (280 Points)
• 1x Aberrant Hypermorph
• 1x Aberrant weapons
• 9x Aberrant
• 9x Aberrant weapons

Aberrants (280 Points)
• 1x Aberrant Hypermorph
• 1x Aberrant weapons
• 9x Aberrant
• 9x Aberrant weapons

Purestrain Genestealers (140 Points)
• 10x Purestrain Genestealer
• 10x Cult claws and talons

Purestrain Genestealers (140 Points)
• 10x Purestrain Genestealer
• 10x Cult claws and talons

Patriarch (105 Points)
• Warlord
• Enhancement: Biomorph Adaptation
• 1x Patriarch's claws

Abominant (85 Points)
• 1x Power sledgehammer

Abominant (85 Points)
• 1x Power sledgehammer

Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols (70 Points)
• 1x Acolyte Leader
• 1x Autopistol
• 1x Leader's bio-weapons
• 4x Acolyte Hybrid
• 1x Cult Icon
• 1x Cult claws and knife
• 3x Heavy mining tool

Neophyte Hybrids (70 Points)
• 1x Neophyte Leader
• 1x Autopistol
    ◦ 1x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Hybrid firearm
• 9x Neophyte Hybrid
• 9x Autopistol
    ◦ 9x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Cult Icon
    ◦ 1x Grenade launcher
    ◦ 5x Hybrid firearm
    ◦ 1x Mining laser
    ◦ 1x Seismic cannon
    ◦ 1x Webber

Neophyte Hybrids (70 Points)
• 1x Neophyte Leader
• 1x Autopistol
    ◦ 1x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Hybrid firearm
• 9x Neophyte Hybrid
• 9x Autopistol
    ◦ 9x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Cult Icon
    ◦ 1x Grenade launcher
    ◦ 5x Hybrid firearm
    ◦ 1x Mining laser
    ◦ 1x Seismic cannon
    ◦ 1x Webber

Neophyte Hybrids (70 Points)
• 1x Neophyte Leader
• 1x Autopistol
    ◦ 1x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Hybrid firearm
• 9x Neophyte Hybrid
• 9x Autopistol
    ◦ 9x Close combat weapon
    ◦ 1x Cult Icon
    ◦ 1x Grenade launcher
    ◦ 5x Hybrid firearm
    ◦ 1x Mining laser
    ◦ 1x Seismic cannon
    ◦ 1x Webber

Biophagus (50 Points)
• 1x Alchemicus Familiar
    ◦ 1x Autopistol
    ◦ 1x Chemical vials
    ◦ 1x Injector goad

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 Points)
• 1x Armoured hull
    ◦ 1x Heavy mortar
    ◦ 1x Survey Augur
    ◦ 1x Twin heavy stubber

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 Points)
• 1x Armoured hull
    ◦ 1x Heavy mortar
    ◦ 1x Survey Augur
    ◦ 1x Twin heavy stubber

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 Points)
• 1x Acolyte Leader
• 1x Cult claws and knife
    ◦ 1x Hand flamer
• 4x Acolyte Hybrid
• 4x Cult claws and knife
    ◦ 4x Hand flamer

Goliath Truck (75 Points)
• 1x Armoured hull
• 1x Demolition charge cache
• 1x Heavy stubber
• 1x Twin autocannon

Hybrid Metamorphs (140 Points)
• 1x Metamorph Leader
• 1x Hand flamer
    ◦ 1x Leader's cult weapons
• 9x Hybrid Metamorph
• 1x Cult Icon
    ◦ 8x Hand flamer
    ◦ 9x Metamorph mutations

Acolyte Iconward (50 Points)
• 1x Autopistol
    ◦ 1x Cult claws

The models

What a winning Biosanctic Broodsurge + Xenocult Masses player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it.

16 datasheets · 4 of 4 lists

The sources

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

4 lists · largest event first

How this is computed