# Grey Knights Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Grey Knights 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/grey-knights § WIN · 11th edition # Grey Knights Meta: Rank 16 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.3% of recent winning lists, holding. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Grey Knights ranks 16th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.3% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 20 lists across 4 detachment builds. Its largest build, Warpbane Task Force, took 10 of them, 9 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 5 datasheets in its spine, 45 models in all. Rank by winners #16 of 28 Share of winners 2.3% Winning lists (GT) 20 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Holding 10 v 8 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=grey-knights) [Grey Knights stratagems](/print/stratagems/grey-knights) 4 builds · 20 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Grey Knights at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Take and Hold. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Warpbane Task Force | 10 | 50% | 44-7 | Take and Hold | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | | II | Banishers + Argent Assault | 7 | 35% | 34-6 | Priority Assets | Crucible 2026 · 163p | | III | Hallowed Conclave + Argent Assault | 2 | 10% | 8-2 | Take and Hold | Turbulent Games Warhammer 40K GT @Sioux City Geek Con · 33p | | IV | Fires of Purgation + Brotherhood Strike | 1 | 5% | 4-1 | Purge the Foe | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | Warpbane Task Force · 9 of 10 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 - 2–3 × Purifier Squad Every build 260 pts 9/9 lists 1x Knight of the Flame · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Purifying Flame · 1x Storm bolter · 9x Purifier · 4x Close combat weapon · 5x Nemesis force weapon · 4x Psycannon · 9x Purifying Flame · 5x Storm bolter · 8 of 9 run this loadout - 2–3 × Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight Every build 230 pts 9/9 lists 1x Fragstorm grenade launcher · 1x Heavy psycannon · 1x Nemesis daemon greathammer · 1x Sublimator - 1–2 × Strike Squad Every build 115 pts 9/9 lists 1x Justicar · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Storm bolter · 4x Grey Knight · 4x Nemesis force weapon · 4x Storm bolter · 6 of 9 run this loadout - 1–3 × Brotherhood Terminator Squad 140 pts 8/9 lists 1x Justicar · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Storm bolter · 2x Terminator · 1x Apothecary's Narthecium · 2x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Storm bolter · 1x Ancient · 1x Ancient's Banner · 1x Incinerator · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 4 of 8 run this loadout - 1 × Castellan Crowe Warlord Every build 100 pts 8/9 lists ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 6 datasheets - 1–3 × Interceptor Squad 125 pts 3/9 lists 1x Interceptor Justicar · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Storm bolter · 4x Interceptor · 4x Nemesis force weapon · 4x Storm bolter · 2 of 3 run this loadout - 1–2 × Purgation Squad 105 pts 3/9 lists 1x Purgator Justicar · 1x Nemesis force weapon · 1x Storm bolter · 4x Purgator · 4x Close combat weapon · 4x Psilencer · 2 of 3 run this loadout - 1–2 × Nemesis Dreadknight 210 pts 2/9 lists 1x Heavy incinerator · 1x Heavy psycannon · 1x Nemesis daemon greathammer · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 1 × Eversor Assassin 110 pts 1/9 lists - 1 × Callidus Assassin 100 pts 1/9 lists - 1 × Razorback 75 pts 1/9 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 1x Hunter-killer missile · 1x Storm bolter · 1x Twin lascannon ### Consensus list 1,875 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 125 pts are left for flex. META CONSENSUS (1875 points) Grey Knights Strike Force (2000 points) Warpbane Task Force Force Dispositions: Take and Hold Purifier Squad (260 Points) • 1x Knight of the Flame • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Purifying Flame ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 9x Purifier • 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 5x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 4x Psycannon ◦ 9x Purifying Flame ◦ 5x Storm bolter Purifier Squad (260 Points) • 1x Knight of the Flame • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Purifying Flame ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 9x Purifier • 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 5x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 4x Psycannon ◦ 9x Purifying Flame ◦ 5x Storm bolter Purifier Squad (260 Points) • 1x Knight of the Flame • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Purifying Flame ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 9x Purifier • 4x Close combat weapon ◦ 5x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 4x Psycannon ◦ 9x Purifying Flame ◦ 5x Storm bolter Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight (230 Points) • 1x Fragstorm grenade launcher ◦ 1x Heavy psycannon ◦ 1x Nemesis daemon greathammer ◦ 1x Sublimator Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight (230 Points) • 1x Fragstorm grenade launcher ◦ 1x Heavy psycannon ◦ 1x Nemesis daemon greathammer ◦ 1x Sublimator Strike Squad (115 Points) • 1x Justicar • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 4x Grey Knight • 4x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 4x Storm bolter Brotherhood Terminator Squad (140 Points) • 1x Justicar • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 2x Terminator • 1x Apothecary's Narthecium ◦ 2x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 1x Ancient • 1x Ancient's Banner ◦ 1x Incinerator ◦ 1x Nemesis force weapon Brotherhood Terminator Squad (140 Points) • 1x Justicar • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 2x Terminator • 1x Apothecary's Narthecium ◦ 2x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 1x Ancient • 1x Ancient's Banner ◦ 1x Incinerator ◦ 1x Nemesis force weapon Brotherhood Terminator Squad (140 Points) • 1x Justicar • 1x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 2x Terminator • 1x Apothecary's Narthecium ◦ 2x Nemesis force weapon ◦ 1x Storm bolter • 1x Ancient • 1x Ancient's Banner ◦ 1x Incinerator ◦ 1x Nemesis force weapon Castellan Crowe (100 Points) • Warlord • 1x Black Blade of Antwyr ◦ 1x Purifying Flame ◦ 1x Storm bolter 11 datasheets · 7 of 9 lists ## The models What a winning Warpbane Task Force player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 45 models in the spine · 45 with the flex · 5 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Purifier Squad Every build | 7/7 | 25 | 15–25 | 12× Purifier · 3× Knight of the Flame · 10× Purifier w/ psycannon · also seen: Purifier w/ psilencer | | Brotherhood Terminator Squad | 7/7 | 12 | 8–12 | 3× Justicar · 3× Terminator · 3× Terminator with Ancient's Banner · 3× Terminator with Narthecium · also seen: Terminator with Heavy Weapon | | Strike Squad Every build | 7/7 | 5 | 5–10 | 4× Grey Knight · 1× Justicar · also seen: Grey Knight with Heavy Weapon | | Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight Every build | 7/7 | 2 | 2–3 | 2× Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight | | Castellan Crowe Every build | 7/7 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Castellan Crowe | | Interceptor Squad | 2/7 | 15 | 10–15 | 15× Interceptor · 2× Interceptor w/ psycannon | | Purgation Squad | 2/7 | 10 | 5–10 | 4× Purgator w/ psilencer · 2× Purgator · 4× Purgator w/ incinerator | | Callidus Assassin | 1/7 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Callidus Assassin | | Eversor Assassin | 1/7 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Eversor Assassin | | Nemesis Dreadknight | 1/7 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Nemesis Dreadknight | | Razorback | 1/7 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Razorback | 10 lists · largest event first ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Jakob Sparrow The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · Warpbane Task Force 226p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Ålfred Phobos ☠️ La Voz Open 2026 · Warpbane Task Force 147p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Franz Hempel BAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · Warpbane Task Force 114p 2026-09-12 4-1 - Victor Bergenholtz Invasion 2026 40k · Warpbane Task Force 106p 2026-09-11 6-0 - David Harris Wasteland Wars GT V · Warpbane Task Force 58p 2026-09-05 4-1 - Brandon Roddy Springs Thundercluckers September 2026 GT WCW Qualifier · Warpbane Task Force 48p 2026-09-12 4-1 - Hugh Mc Cluskey South East Siege III: Revenge of the Anhrathe · Warpbane Task Force 40p 2026-08-22 5-0 - Garrett Befera Onslaught x Layton GT · Warpbane Task Force 39p 2026-08-15 4-1 - Hugh Mc Cluskey Exploding Dice 40K GT 2026 · Warpbane Task Force 32p 2026-08-29 4-1 - Max De kock Belgian Open GT September 2026 · Warpbane Task Force 24p 2026-09-12 5-0 ## 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. 1 list could not be read and is counted as a winner 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. [Adepta Sororitas Meta](/metamerge/adepta-sororitas) [Adeptus Mechanicus Meta ](/metamerge/adeptus-mechanicus)