Blood of Kittens attempts to provide continuous coverage of ITC events, in posts showcasing the Top 3 Warhammer 40k 9th edition army lists from the largest events. This particular post chronicles the largest events of October 2020.

9th edition is a land of changes, so with every new month comes new codexes, FAQs, and rules. Whenever you look at an army list keep in mind how quickly the game can change. In other words, a legal army today may become illegal tomorrow, along with events using special rules and/or restrictions.  

October saw fewer large events as expected as Covid became resurgent and forced some international events to cancel.

GT Aibalaostia Txo!: Top 3

Jorge Feijoo 1st Place GT Aibalaostia Txo! – Craftworlds – Harlequins

5-0 Scores: 59/83/100/94/89

Fran Bolano 2nd Place GT Aibalaostia Txo! – Space Marines – Salamanders

4-1 Scores: 95/60/100/91/86

Ivan Andres 3rd Place GT Aibalaostia Txo! – Orks

4-1 Scores: 91/95/99/85/32

Gord Weppler 1st Place Northern Front YYC 2020 – Adeptus Custodes

5-0 Scores: 98/52/79/87/95

Ozzie Meloche 2nd Place Northern Front YYC 2020 – Space Marines – White Scars

4-1 Scores: 98/43/100/93/81

Darren Jac 3rd Place Northern Front YYC 2020 – Orks

4-1 Scores: 43/78/95/90/95

Hanseatic Open: Top 3

Michael Gemmeke 1st Place Hanseatic Open 2020 – Harlequins

5-0 Scores: 77/67/90/81/79

Matthias Bellman 2nd Place Hanseatic Open 2020 – Harlequins

5-0 Scores: 87/88/57/50/70

Richard Nilsson 3rd Place Hanseatic Open 2020 – Adeptus Mechanicus

4-0-1 Scores: 85/85/76/72/87

Daniel Hesselberg 1st Place Fantasia Fanatic XXXVIII 2020 – Adeptus Mechanicus – Blood Angels

5-0 Scores: 14/20/20/20/20

Henrik Lampen 2nd Place Fantasia Fanatic XXXVIII 2020 – Space Marines – Salamanders

4-0-1 Scores: 10/11/20/20/20

Bilbo Goransson 3rd Place Fantasia Fanatic XXXVIII 2020 – Genstealer Cults

4-1 Scores: 20/20/4/16/20

Octoberfest 40k: Top 3

Stephen Mitchell 1st Place Octoberfest 2020 – Grey Knights

5-0 Scores: 94/88/100/84/88

Mark Aescht 2nd Place Octoberfest 2020 – Chaos Daemons

4-1 Scores: 100/81/100/56/86

Weston Slaght 3rd Place Octoberfest 2020 – Space Wolves

4-1 Scores: 97/87/94/91/41

Here is also the current list leaders by faction for the 9th edition so far!

 Updated as of 11-07-20

Below is the current breakdown of winning lists based on faction. The list combines all the top Warhammer 40k lists for 9th edition ITC events only, taking only the top three from each Major or GT event. Lists with multiple factions (SOUP) will be counted for each faction included in each army list.

• 14 Space Marine
  • 1 Ultramarines
  • 1 Black Templars
  • 0 Iron Hands
  • 2 White Scars
  • Raven Guard
  • 3 Imperial Fists
  • 7 Salamanders
• 7 Harlequins
• 6 Orks
• 5 Chaos Daemons
• 5 Space Wolves
• 4 Adeptus Mechanicus
• 4 Adeptus Custodes
• 3 Death Guard
• 3 Tyranids
• 3 Craftworlds
• 3 Genestealer Cults
• 2 Drukari
• 2 Grey Knights
• 2 Imperial Knights
• 2 Blood Angels
• 1 Chaos Space Marines
• 1 Sisters of Battle
• 1 Ynnari
• 0 Astra Militarum
• 0 T’au Empire
• 0 Thousand Sons
• 0 Necrons
• 0 Chaos Knights
• 0 Deathwatch
• 0 Dark Angels
• 0 Imperial Agents / Unaligned

To see every list by Faction, check out the 9th edition compendium linked below.

9th Edition Top Army List Compendium