T’au Superior Firepower Beat Back The Bugs: Warhammer 40k Tournament Results

The reign of Tyranids is soon coming to an end and even without the Tyranid changes being official, this weekend saw them begin to falter. Tyranids only had one 1st place crown and “only” 8 total placings out of 27 possible podiums. The real winner from the weekend was the T’au Empire as they won the largest events and scored the most 1st place podiums from the nine detailed  events. 

Atlantic City Open 2022: Top 3 – 182 Players

Thomas Ogden 1st Place Atlantic City Open 2022 – T’au Empire

9-0 Score

Anthony Vanella 2nd Place Atlantic City Open 2022 – Tyranids

8-1 Score

TJ Lanigan 3rd Place Atlantic City Open 2022 – Thousand Sons

7-1 Score

US Open San Diego: Top 3 – 132 Players

Matthew Geyer 1st Place US Open San Diego 2022 – T’au Empire

8-0 Score

Cooper Waddell 2nd Place US Open San Diego 2022 – Tyranids

7-1 Score

Mark Ferek 3rd Place US Open San Diego 2022 – T’au Empire

6-1 Score

Wargames for Warriors 2022: Top 3 – 68 Players

McKay Griffin 1st Place Wargames for Warriors 2022 – Tyranids

6-0 Scores: 94 / 98 / 98 / 100 / 94 / 93

Jordan Gledhill 2nd Place Wargames for Warriors 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

5-1 Scores: 94 / 95 / 95 / 80 / 89 / 92

Scott Rumple 3rd Place Wargames for Warriors 2022 – Space Wolves

5-1 Scores: 97 / 94 / 97 / 94 / 42 / 92

Grinning Demon Series GT: Top 3 – 54 Players

Sam Procopio 1st Place Grinning Demon Series GT 2022 – Blood Angels

6-0 Scores: 92 / 85 / 73 / 97 / 94 / 92

Daniel Platt 2nd Place Grinning Demon Series GT 2022 – Aeldari

5-1 Scores: 96 / 97 / 97 / 85 / 97 / 89

Danny Stewart 3rd Place Grinning Demon Series GT 2022 – Tyranids

5-1 Scores: 100 / 57 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100

Terracon: Top 3 – 98 Players

Adam Napier 1st Place Terracon 2022 – T’au Empire

6-0 Scores: 89 / 85 / 92 / 100 / 93 / 89

Jason Horne 2nd Place Terracon 2022 – Tyranids

5-1 Scores: 89 / 100 / 78 / 89 / 97 / 82

Adam Camilleri 3rd Place Terracon 2022 – Dark Angels

5-1 Scores: 87 / 95 / 97 / 96 / 71 / 85

The Pecking Order – Oh Sweet Summer Child GT: Top 3 – 37 Players

Hank Adams 1st Place The Pecking Order – Oh Sweet Summer Child GT 2022 – Aeldari

5-0 Scores: 96 / 91 / 97 / 97 / 97

Donald Plummer 2nd Place The Pecking Order – Oh Sweet Summer Child GT 2022 – T’au Empire

5-0 Scores: 97 / 89 / 85 / 86 / 94

James Lee 3rd Place The Pecking Order – Oh Sweet Summer Child GT 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

4-1 Scores: 100 / 100 / 95 / 97 / 77

Kirtonian Total Carnage: Top 3 – 60 Players

George McCoulough 1st Place Kirtonian Total Carnage 2022 – Drukhari

5-0 Scores: 97 / 97 / 100 / 97 / 99

James Mclean 2nd Place Kirtonian Total Carnage 2022 – Tyranids

5-0 Scores: 83 / 90 / 82 / 79 / 91

Josh Holder 3rd Place Kirtonian Total Carnage 2022 – Grey Knights

4-1 Scores: 91 / 97 / 77 / 93 / 91

Branson Brawl GT: Top 3 – 55 Players

Richard Smith 1st Place Branson Brawl GT 2022 – Imperial Knights

5-0 Scores: 85 / 76 / 77 / 63 / 92

Stephen Henderson 2nd Place Branson Brawl GT 2022 – Tyranids

4-1-0 Scores: 95 / 97 / 97 / 92 / 80

Jason Merten 3rd Place Branson Brawl GT 2022 – Tyranids

4-1-0 Scores: 97 / 92 / 71 / 70 / 80

Da North West GT: Top 3 – 43 Players

Mike Porter 1st Place Da North West GT 2022 – Thousand Sons

5-0 Scores: 97 / 93 / 95 / 89 / 95

Vik Vijay 2nd Place Da North West GT 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

4-1 Scores: 92 / 86 / 95 / 88 / 96

Adam Lane 3rd Place Da North West GT 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

4-1 Scores: 91 / 75 / 90 / 96 / 81

Army Breakdown (27 Lists)

1. 8 Top Placings: Tyranids
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 5
   • 3rds: 2
2. 5 Top Placings: T’au Empire
   • 1sts: 3
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 1
3. 3 Top Placings: Adepta Sororitas
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 2
   • 3rds: 1
4. 2 Top Placings: Aeldari
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 0
5. 2 Top Placings: Thousand Sons
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
6. 1 Top Placings: Imperial Knights
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 0
7. 1 Top Placings: Drukhari
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 0
8. 1 Top Placings: Grey Knights
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
9. 1 Top Placings: Adeptus Custodes
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
10. 1 Top Placings: Dark Angels
    • 1sts: 0
    • 2nds: 0
    • 3rds: 1
11. 1 Top Placings: Blood Angels
    • 1sts: 1
    • 2nds: 0
    • 3rds: 0
12. 1 Top Placings: Space Wolves
    • 1sts: 0
    • 2nds: 0
    • 3rds: 1

Beyond the T’au Empire performing better than expected, post Tyranid codex release, we saw a surprising drop of Aeldari for no apparent reason. Now  only two weeks away from the new Chapter Approved; we will get a few customary weeks of inconsequential results, where we really won’t learn much about where the meta is heading for the rest of the year.