# Imperial Knights Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Imperial 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/imperial-knights § WIN · 11th edition # Imperial Knights Meta: Rank 19 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.1% of recent winning lists, holding. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Imperial Knights ranks 19th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.1% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 18 lists across 5 detachment builds. Its largest build, Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers, took 7 of them, 7 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 1 datasheet in its spine, 1 model in all. Rank by winners #19 of 28 Share of winners 2.1% Winning lists (GT) 18 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Holding 7 v 6 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=imperial-knights) [Imperial Knights stratagems](/print/stratagems/imperial-knights) 5 builds · 18 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Imperial 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 | Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers | 7 | 39% | 31-6 | Purge the Foe | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | II | Questoris Companions | 5 | 28% | 22-4 | Take and Hold | BAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · 114p | | III | Freeblade Company | 4 | 22% | 17-4 | Priority Assets | HUXLEYS OPEN 2026 - WARHAMMER 40K · 99p | | IV | Questor Forgepact + Gate Warden Lance | 1 | 6% | 6-1 | Take and Hold | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | | V | Gate Warden Lance + Throne-bonded Outriders | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Take and Hold | Versus Games GT Hosted by Away Games · 26p | Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers · 7 of 7 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 1 datasheet - 1 × Knight Castellan Warlord Archeotech Autoloaders 450 pts 7/7 lists 1x Plasma decimator · 2x Shieldbreaker missile launcher · 1x Titanic feet · 2x Twin meltagun · 1x Twin siegebreaker cannon · 1x Volcano lance · 6 of 7 run this loadout ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 6 datasheets - 1 × Cerastus Knight Lancer Every build 415 pts 5/7 lists 1x Cerastus shock lance · 4 of 5 run this loadout - 1–2 × Knight Destrier Bearer of the Judicant's Helm Every build 290 pts 5/7 lists 1x Chastiser gatling cannon · 1x Frag bombard · 1x Questoris heavy stubber · 1x Titanic feet · 4 of 5 run this loadout - 1 × Knight Errant 355 pts 4/7 lists 1x Meltagun · 1x Reaper chainsword · 1x Stormspear rocket pod · 1x Thermal cannon · 3 of 4 run this loadout - 1 × Knight Crusader 410 pts 3/7 lists 1x Avenger gatling cannon · 1x Heavy flamer · 1x Meltagun · 1x Questoris heavy stubber · 1x Rapid-fire battle cannon · 1x Stormspear rocket pod · 1x Titanic feet · 1 of 3 run this loadout - 1 × Knight Defender 400 pts 3/7 lists 1x Conversion beam obliterator · 1x Phosphor blaster · 1x Plasma executor · 1x Titanic feet · 1x Twin incendine combustor - 2–3 × Armiger Warglaive 140 pts 3/7 lists 1x Meltagun · 1x Reaper chain-cleaver · 1x Thermal spear · 2 of 3 run this loadout ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 5 datasheets - 1 × Armiger Helverin 140 pts 2/7 lists 2x Armiger autocannon · 1x Armoured feet · 1x Questoris heavy stubber - 1 × Navigator 75 pts 2/7 lists 1x Force-orb cane · 1x Laspistol · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 3 × Knight Valiant 400 pts 1/7 lists 1x Conflagration cannon · 2x Shieldbreaker missile launcher · 1x Thundercoil harpoon · 1x Titanic feet · 2x Twin meltagun · 1x Twin siegebreaker cannon - 1 × Knight Gallant Bearer of the Iron Chalice 375 pts 1/7 lists 1x Meltagun · 1x Reaper chainsword · 1x Stormspear rocket pod · 1x Thunderstrike gauntlet - 1 × Watch Captain Artemis 65 pts 1/7 lists ### Consensus list 1,510 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 490 pts are left for flex, most often Knight Crusader (3/7), Knight Defender (3/7), Armiger Warglaive (3/7). META CONSENSUS (1510 points) Imperial Knights Strike Force (2000 points) Valourstrike Lance and Dominus Foebreakers Force Dispositions: Purge the Foe Knight Castellan (450 Points) • Warlord • Enhancement: Archeotech Autoloaders • 1x Plasma decimator ◦ 2x Shieldbreaker missile launcher ◦ 1x Titanic feet ◦ 2x Twin meltagun ◦ 1x Twin siegebreaker cannon ◦ 1x Volcano lance Cerastus Knight Lancer (415 Points) • 1x Cerastus shock lance Knight Destrier (290 Points) • Enhancement: Bearer of the Judicant's Helm • 1x Chastiser gatling cannon • 1x Frag bombard • 1x Questoris heavy stubber • 1x Titanic feet Knight Errant (355 Points) • 1x Meltagun ◦ 1x Reaper chainsword ◦ 1x Stormspear rocket pod ◦ 1x Thermal cannon 11 datasheets · 6 of 7 lists ## The models What a winning Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 1 models in the spine · 8 with the flex · 1 datasheet in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Knight Castellan | 6/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Castellan | | Cerastus Knight Lancer Every build | 4/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Cerastus Knight Lancer | | Knight Destrier Every build | 4/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Destrier | | Knight Errant | 4/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Errant | | Armiger Warglaive | 3/6 | 3 | 2–3 | 3× Armiger Warglaive | | Knight Defender | 3/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Defender | | Knight Crusader | 2/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Crusader | | Navigator | 2/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Navigator | | Knight Valiant | 1/6 | 3 | Always 3 | 3× Knight Valiant | | Armiger Helverin | 1/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Armiger Helverin | | Knight Gallant | 1/6 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Knight Gallant | 7 lists · largest event first ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Jorge Tobar WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 578p 2026-08-11 5-1 - NATHANIEL BJORGE Flying Monkey Con 26 Warhammer 40k GT · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 112p 2026-09-12 5-1 - Michael Clark Level Up Gaming 40k GT 9/12/26 · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 48p 2026-09-12 4-1 - Markus Hinson EG Grand Slam 40k GT 2026 · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 36p 2026-08-15 4-1 - Julien Tremblay River City Rumble 40k · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 35p 2026-08-15 4-1 - Nicolas Weiss Battle of the Littlest, Biggest · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 24p 2026-09-12 5-0 - Matthew Dennis Summer Fun GT at Born to Game · Valourstrike Lance + Dominus Foebreakers 22p 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. [Death Guard Meta](/metamerge/death-guard) [Astra Militarum Meta ](/metamerge/astra-militarum)