Warhammer 40K: Top List Of The Week - Thousand Sons Come To Play (2024)

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Let’s take a look at who’s winning, losing and this week’s top championship list in 40K – brought to you by BCP.

We’re back with Best Coast Pairings to showcase the top list of the week for 40k. While the Tournament Scene has taken a hit due to the pandemic there are events happening. So, while the data set might be smaller than before (for now), we still wanted to bring these results to you. We still think folks should take all the recommended safety precautions if you are playing at an events – but if you’re going to play, you might as well have an idea about the current meta of 40k.

With all that said, let’s get to the results.

Welcome 40K players. Today we have your weekly report of all things competitive 40k. We have the top lists being played out there in the world, what faction are winning, and the list that won the biggest event this last week. So put on your armchair general’s hat and let’s dive into the data, brought to us by Best Coast Pairings.

+++ TSons Time/Duplicity (Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition) [100 PL, 7CP, 17 Cabal Points, 1,999pts] +++

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Chaos – Thousand Sons) [56 PL, 12CP, 10 Cabal Points, 1,159pts] ++

+ Configuration [12CP] +

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

[12CP] Cults of the Legion: Cult of Duplicity Detachment Command Cost

+HQ [10 PL, 4 Cabal Points, 180pts] +

Infernal Master [5 PL, 2 Cabal Points, 90pts]: 31. Empyric Guidance, 5. Glimpse of Eternity, 6. Malefic Maelstrom, Egleighen’s Orrery, Master Misinformator,
Warlord Sorcerer [5 PL, 2 Cabal Points, 90pts]: 12. Glamour of Tzeentch, 22. Weaver of Fates, Force stave, Inferno Bolt Pistol

+ Troops [26 PL, 6 Cabal Points, 559pts] +

Rubric Marines [6 PL, 2 Cabal Points, 115pts]: Icon of Flame [1 Cabal Points, 10pts] . . Aspiring Sorcerer [1 Cabal Points, 21pts]: 33. Perplex, Inferno Bolt Pistol . . 4x Rubric Marine w/ inferno boltgun [84pts]: 4x Inferno boltgun
Rubric Marines [6 PL, 2 Cabal Points, 115pts]: Icon of Flame [1 Cabal Points, 10pts] . . Aspiring Sorcerer [1 Cabal Points, 21pts]: 12. Twist of Fate, Inferno Bolt Pistol . . 4x Rubric Marine w/ inferno boltgun [84pts]: 4x Inferno boltgun
Rubric Marines [12 PL, 2 Cabal Points, 279pts]: Icon of Flame [1 Cabal Points, 10pts] . . Aspiring Sorcerer [1 Cabal Points, 26pts]: 32. Pyric Flux, Warpflame pistol [5pts] . . 9x Rubric Marine w/ warpflamer [243pts]: 9x Warpflamer [54pts]
Thousand Sons Cultists [2 PL, 50pts] . . Cultist Champion [5pts]: Autogun . . 9x Cultist w/ autogun [45pts]: 9x Autogun

+ Fast Attack [10 PL, 230pts] +

Chaos Spawn [5 PL, 115pts] . . 5x Chaos Spawn [5 PL, 115pts]: 5x Hideous mutations
Chaos Spawn [5 PL, 115pts] . . 5x Chaos Spawn [5 PL, 115pts]: 5x Hideous mutations + Dedicated Transport [10 PL, 190pts] + Chaos Terrax-Pattern Termite [10 PL, 190pts] . . 2 Twin Terrax volkite chargers [10pts]: 2x Twin Terrax volkite Charger [10pts]

++ Patrol Detachment -2CP (Chaos – Thousand Sons) [44 PL, -5CP, 7 Cabal Points, 840pts] ++

+ Configuration [-2CP] +

Cults of the Legion: Cult of Time Detachment Command Cost [-2CP]

+ Stratagems [-2CP] +

Sorcerous Arcana [-2CP]: 2x Additional Relics [-2CP]

+ HQ [15 PL, -1CP, 6 Cabal Points, 260pts] +

Exalted Sorcerer [9 PL, -1CP, 3 Cabal Points, 160pts]: 11. Gaze of Hate, 11. Tzeentch’s Firestorm, Athenaean Scrolls,
Dilettante [2 PL, 35pts], Disc of Tzeentch [1 PL, 25pts], High Acolytes [-1CP], Immaterial Echo, Inferno Bolt Pistol, Umbralefic Crystal
Exalted Sorcerer [6 PL, 3 Cabal Points, 100pts]: 21. Presage, 23. Temporal Surge, Inferno Bolt Pistol, The Prism of Echoes

+ Troops [8 PL, 135pts] +

Thousand Sons Cultists [8 PL, 135pts] . . Cultist Champion [5pts]: Autogun . . 26x Cultist w/ autogun [130pts]: 26x Autogun

+ Elites [21 PL, 1 Cabal Points, 445pts] +

Scarab Occult Terminators [21 PL, 1 Cabal Points, 445pts]: 2x Hellfyre missile rack [20pts] . . Scarab Occult Sorcerer [1 PL, 1 Cabal Points, 55pts]: 13. Doombolt, Inferno combi-bolter, Rites of Coalescence [1 PL, 15pts] . . 7x Terminator [280pts]: 7x Inferno combi-bolter, 7x Prosperine khopesh . . Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon [45pts]: Soulreaper cannon [5pts] . . Terminator w/ Heavy Weapon [45pts]: Soulreaper cannon [5pts]

The Most Played Faction: This chart represents the primary faction identified by players when submitting their lists. This gives a global view of what is popular and being played out there in the competitive scene.We are also tracking how many weeks they have been in that position.

January 13, 2022
1: Adeptus Astartes = 49 weeks
2: Death Guard (new)
3: Orks +1
4: Tyranids +2
5: Grey Knights = 2 weeks
6: Necrons -4
7: Drukhari = 2 weeks
8: Adepta Sororitas(new)
9: Thousand Sons = 2 weeks
10: Adeptus Custodes = 2 weeks

January 6, 2022
1: Adeptus Astartes = 48 weeks
2: Necrons +4
3: Space Wolves (new)
4: Orks -2
5: Grey Knights -2
6: Tyranids -1
7: Drukhari +1
8: Imperial Knights (new)
9: Thousand Sons -5
10: Adeptus Custodes (new)

The Most Winning Faction: This chart represents the primary faction identified by players who are winning events. This gives a global view of what is potent and winning games out there in the competitive scene.We are also tracking how many weeks they have been in that position.

January 13, 2022
1: Tyranids +2
2: Adeptus Astartes -1
3: Death Guard +3
4: Orks (new)
5: Grey Knights -1
6: Drukhari -4
7: Adeptus Custodes (new)
8: Thousand Sons = 2 weeks
9: Necrons (new)
10: Adepta Sororitas = 3 weeks

January 6, 2022
1: Adeptus Astartes +2
2: Drukhari (new)
3: Tyranids (new)
4: Grey Knights +1
5: Imperial Knights (new)
6: Death Guard -4
7: Space Wolves (new)
8: Thousand Sons -2
9: Chaos (new)
10: Adepta Sororitas = 2 weeks

From BCP:

Imperium, Aeldar, or Chaos is basically a unifying key between multiple factions from several codexes. So in the imperium example it’s like IG allied with space marines or space marines with knights. For chaos it would be demons allied with chaos marines. Any army not using a “pure” single faction army would fall into the master categories.

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