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 March 2021.

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.  

March 2021 we saw a pick up in the number of events, as the United States had many states recklessly threw off Covid restrictions and the lands Down Under having things under control started running more events.

Free State GT 2021: Top 3

Dan Sammons 1st Place Free State GT 2021 – Orks

5-0 Scores: 88/100/86/75/92

Aaron Cook 2nd Place Free State GT 2021 – Adeptus Custodes

4-1 Scores: 85/89/75/81/89

Stewart Reed 3rd Place Free State GT 2021 – Drukhari

4-1 Scores: 79/93/83/69/92

Equinox 40k 2021: Top 3

Courtney Thompson 1st Place Equinox 40k 2021 – Death Guard

5-0 Scores: 100 / 100 / 94 / 95 / 92

Charlie Kang 2nd Place Equinox 40k 2021 – Dark Angels

4-1 Scores: 100 / 67 / 94 / 100 / 97

Finn Decker 3rd Place Equinox 40k 2021 – Death Guard

4-1 Scores: 78 / 95 / 60 / 95 / 94

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

 Updated as of 04-04-21

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.

• 26 Space Marine
  • 5 Ultramarines
  • 3 Black Templars
  • 0 Iron Hands
  • 4 White Scars
  • 2 Raven Guard
  • 3 Imperial Fists
  • 8 Salamanders (+1)
• 16 Harlequins (+1)
• 15 Chaos Daemons (+2)
• 12  Orks (+3)
• 12 Adeptus Custodes (+4)
• 11  Death Guard (+4)
• 10 Space Wolves
• 9 Adeptus Mechanicus (+2)
• 8  Craftworlds (+3)
• 6 Necrons (+1)
• 5 Genestealer Cults
• 5 Chaos Space Marines 
• 5 Tyranids
• 5 Dark Angels (+2)
• 5 Drukari (+2)
• 5 Sisters of Battle (+2)
• 3 Grey Knights
• 3 Blood Angels
• 4 Astra Militarum (+3)
• 4 Thousand Sons (+3)
• 3  Ynnari (+1)
• 2 Imperial Knights
• 1  Chaos Knights (+1)
• 0 T’au Empire
• 0 Deathwatch

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

9th Edition Top Army List Compendium