Angel's Keep: A 40K Dark Angels Blog

  Hello fellow 40K enthusiasts! Another weekend has gone by with 40K players battling it out on tabletops worldwide. As I've made it my wont, I've compiled the data of the Top Three results from those events so I can share it with you. I figure it's good for everyone to know what they can expect to face in the competitive scene. Sometimes it's fun too! Unfortunately, in what may be the last weekend of 10th edition, the fun is not to be had. This is because the Defiler meta continues to be an unwanted cancer across the competitive scene. Our Top Faction is once again Chaos Space Marines, with the result and detachment breakdown as follows. I'm just going to trust you can make sense of my abbreviations. Detachment PBZ Bile Hu Ma Re Ra 1st 2 1 1 2nd 3 2 3rd 2 As you can see, the majority of top three results were Pactbound Zealots, and all of those lists had at least 1 Defiler, with 6 out of the 7 having at least 2. In addition to that, the Renegade Raiders list had 2 ...

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:...

  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...