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Dark Angels Update 6/1/2026

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Hello honored battle brethren! It looks like this was the last weekend of 10th edition! It was a much less attended weekend, with only about a third of the Dark Angels players and half the overall players from the weekend before, which I suppose is not too hard to understand. Unfortunately there were far fewer good results for Dark Angels lists, so I only have two to bring to your attention, and one of those is via editorial discretion as it doesn't meet the usual X/1 threshold for inclusion in an article, but it went 4-2 and I find it interesting.  Our list that did go X/1 is a Wrath of the Rock list played by Tyran Maiden at ATWN Open 2026, where he went 4-1 and placed 8th out of 41 players. You can see Tyran's list on BCP. We'll discuss it below.  The Rock Is Gonna Lay The Smack Down On All Yo Candy Asses Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Ancient in Terminator Armour: Deathwing Assault Captain in Phobos Armour: Tempered in Battle Captain in Terminator Armour Intercessor Squad:...
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Meta Snapshot 5/25/2026

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  Hello fellow 40K enthusiasts! The Memorial Day weekend was a big one for 40K events, with 25 multi-day events attended by a total of 2066 players. That much 40K being played gives a pretty good example of the current state of the meta. I'm less than thrilled to say the meta is pretty bad at the moment.  Once again, the Top Faction of the weekend is Chaos Space Marines, with Defiler-heavy lists distorting the meta something awful. CSMs had a total of 16 Top Three placings, with a full 14 of those being Pactbound Zealots lists. Here's a table with the breakdown by detachment and placing Detachment Pactbound Zealots Renegade Raiders Nightmare Hunt 1st 6 2nd 4 1 1 3rd 4 These placements are across the full spectrum of events, large and small. Defiler-Zealot lists won the German Super Major with 0ver 250 players, took 2nd and 3rd places at the Bristol Super Major with over 300 players, and second at the Dallas Open with almost 300 players. One event, the CTC 2026 Warhammer 4...
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Dark Angels Update 5/25/2026

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Greetings honored battle brethren! It was a big weekend for 40K, with a full five events with over 100 players, plus more than the usual allotment of smaller events. As you can imagine, that means a lot of 40K got played over the weekend, which gives us some lists to look at! The top Dark Angels list of the weekend is a throwback to early 10th, because it's an Ironstorm list! If you've been reading my blog for very long, you may have a guess who played that list. Well, your guess is correct. Tundra Tactics' Kit Smith Hanna took his Ironstorm Spearhead to the Warhammer 40,000 GT: Warhammer Open Dallas, went 7-1, and took 3rd out of 296 players! Here's Kit's list on BCP. We'll discuss it below. It's Back Lion Dad - Warlord Azrael Captain in Gravis Armour: The Flesh Is Weak Lieutenant with Combi-weapon Techmarine: Master of Machine War Techmarine: Adept of the Omnissiah Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs: 5 flying choppy boys Land Speeder Vengeance Land Spee...
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Meta Snapshot 5/18/2026

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 Hello fellow 40K enthusiasts! The weekend of 5/16-5/17 was a big one, with a little over 1200 players who attended 26 events with 5+ rounds. That's a lot of 40K! As usual, I'll be listing out the Top Three factions of the weekend, with a look at what made those factions tick. It was not hard to choose the Top Faction of the weekend. Chaos Space Marines ran away with that accolade, with a grand total of sixteen (yes, 16) Top Three finishes. That's over three times as many Top Three finishes as the next most prolific contender. The finishes and detachments are broken down as follows: Chaos Space Marines Pactbound Zealots Huron's Marauders No List 1st 5 1 1 2nd 6 1 3rd 2 Holy fuck, what is going on with the Pactbound Zealots detachment? It's hard not to come to the conclusion it has something to do with Defilers. Across the 13 Pactbound lists, there are 29 Defilers. Six of the lists had 3 of them, including two of the winning lists, which included the list that won th...
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