Meta Snapshot 5/4/2026
Greetings honored battle brethren and esteemed fellow 40K enthusiasts! A lot of people played 40K over the weekend, and all of us like to know what armies are doing well. I'm here to bring you that information so you know what to expect when you roll up to a GT! After weeks of Necrons, Chaos Marines, and Ultramarines trading places within the Top Three factions, there's been a shakeup in the meta. We had a foreshadowing of this last week when Thousand Sons beat out Ultramarines as the Number Three faction. This week they went all the way to Top Faction, with 2 event wins, a whopping 5 second place finishes, and 2 third place finishes. Here's the breakdown by detachment. Thousand Sons Coven Rubricae Placing Coven Rubricae 1st 1 1 2nd 1 4 3rd 1 1 After last week it's tempting to just chalk this up to Defilers and call it a day, but only 3 of the lists had Defilers in them, though those that did had 2 each. Thousand Sons were doing decently as a faction before the overpo...