Light to the Hive Mind Tunnel: Warhammer 40k Tournament Results

In what can easily considered the calm after the Balance Datasheet storm, where the few events from the last weekend may or may not have used the new rules. The meta is about to get really shaken up, but let’s us not forget the Tyranid shadow is just around the corner.

Team Stonehammer Present – The Gravel Pit GT: Top 3

Aiden Smalley 1st Place Team Stonehammer Present – The Gravel Pit GT 2022 – Death Guard

5-0 Scores: 100 / 94 / 83 / 95 / 88

Simeon Pollard 2nd Place Team Stonehammer Present – The Gravel Pit GT 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

4-1 Scores: 91 / 95 / 81 / 60 / 95

Markus Hinson 3rd Place Team Stonehammer Present – The Gravel Pit GT 2022 – Aeldari

4-1 Scores: 86 / 91 / 83 / 84 / 68

Firebug Alliance Open: Top 3

Kayu Orellana 1st Place Firebug Alliance Open 2022 – Tyranids

5-0 Scores: 89 / 90 / 71 / 90 / 73 

Adrian Willruth 2nd Firebug Alliance Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

5-0 Scores: 50 / 77 / 82 / 80 / 84 

Mario Holtge 3rd Firebug Alliance Open 2022 – Aeldari

5-0 Scores: 87 / 73 / 76 / 62 / 74 

West Coast GT: Top 3

Jonathan Sleigh-Johnson 1st Place West Coast GT 2022 – Aeldari

6-0 Scores: 20 / 15 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 11

Olof Svensson 2nd Place West Coast GT 2022 – T’au Empire

5-1 Scores: 19 / 16 / 8 / 15 / 18 / 17

Mattias Levin 3rd Gibraltar West Coast GT 2022 – Aeldari

4-1-1  Scores: 19 / 10 / 18 / 9 / 17 / 15

Confrontation Redemption #2: Top 3

Tom Green 1st Place 40k Confrontation Redemption #2 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

5-0 Scores: 100 / 94 / 100 / 94 / 63

Vladimir Davydenko 2nd Place Confrontation Redemption #2 2022 – T’au Empire

4-1-0 Scores: 97 / 51 / 97 / 97 / 92

Benjamin Woodcock 3rd Place Confrontation Redemption #2 2022 – Aeldari

4-1-0 Scores: 94 / 81 / 94 / 63 / 88

Army Breakdown (12 Lists)

1. 5 Top Placings: Aeldari
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 4
2. 3 Top Placings: Adeptus Custodes
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 2
   • 3rds: 0
3. 2 Top Placings: T’au Empire
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 2
   • 3rds: 1
4. 1 Top Placings: Tyranids
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 0
5. 1 Top Placings: Death Guard
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 0

The Balance Dataslate is here, so the results from this weekend are quite useless, unless Death Guard winner is a harbinger of a power armour renaissance. Still none of the rule changes matter if Tyranids dominate just like almost every new codex for the last year.