So Far, So Good? : Warhammer 40k Tournament Results

Well we made it, and for at least one week the Warhammer 40k meta is a lot healthier, for how long that lasts though is up to how quickly Tyranid and T’au Empire players handle the Armour of Contempt armies. As it is, we have 8 different factions making into top 3 podiums in the 5 large tournaments from the weekend.

Frontier Open GT: Top 3

Cody Jiru 1st Place Frontier Open GT 2022 – Drukhari – Aeldari

5-0 Scores: 84 / 97 / 82 / 84 / 90

Ben Neal 2nd Place Frontier Open GT 2022 – Grey Knights

4-1 Scores: 93 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 70

Shawn Mcgeath 3rd Place Frontier Open GT 2022 – Aeldari

4-1 Scores: 100 / 91 / 63 / 94 / 90

Renegade Wargaming – Spring Up GT: Top 3

Charlie Andre 1st Place Renegade Wargaming – Spring Up GT 2022 – Tyranids

5-0 Scores: 97 / 70 / 97 / 82 / 84

Jeremiah Petit 2nd Renegade Wargaming – Spring Up GT 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

4-1 Scores: 97 / 65 / 97 / 94 / 91

Ryan Wienke 3rd Renegade Wargaming – Spring Up GT 2022 – T’au Empire

4-1 Scores: 100 / 81 / 57 / 94 / 100

Dawn Of Vår II: Top 3

Rasmus Valand Fredriksen 1st Place Dawn Of Vår II 2022 – T’au Empire

5-0 Scores: 90 / 97 / 97 / 94 / 89

Christopher Jacobsen 2nd Place Dawn Of Vår II 2022 – Grey Knights

4-1 Scores: 99 / 100 / 85 / 94 / 49

Are Verlo 3rd Place Dawn Of Vår II 2022 – Thousand Sons

4-1  Scores: 96 / 88 / 74 / 74 / 84

Rataclysm 2022: Top 3

Adam Napier 1st Place 40k Rataclysm 2022 – T’au Empire

5-0 Scores: 93 / 90 / 94 / 97 / 89

Dean Sinnbeck 2nd Place Rataclysm 2022 – Chaos Space Marines

5-0 Scores: 85 / 95 / 91 / 81 / 82

Josh Pope 3rd Place Rataclysm 2022 – Tyranids

4-1 Scores: 97 / 97 / 95 / 76 / 97

The BRISTOL GT: Top 3

Vik Vijay 1st Place The BRISTOL GT 2022 – Aeldari

7-0 Score

Daniel Tombs 2nd Place The BRISTOL GT 2022 – T’au Empire

6-1 Score

Konrad Bartkiewicz 3rd Place The BRISTOL GT 2022 – Aeldari

5-1 Score

Army Breakdown (15 Lists, 1 Mixed)

1. 4 Top Placings: T’au Empire
   • 1sts: 2
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 1
2. 4 Top Placings: Aeldari
   • 1sts: 2
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 2
3. 2 Top Placings: Tyranids
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
4. 2 Top Placings: Grey Knights
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 2
   • 3rds: 0
5. 1 Top Placings: Thousand Sons
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
6. 1 Top Placings: Chaos Space Marines
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 0
7. 1 Top Placings: Adeptus Custodes
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 0
8. 1 Top Placings: Drukhari
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 0

The Balance Dataslate seems to so far working its magic, but it is pretty clear the T’au Empire got away with still being really powerful as only one problem was fixed with Broadsides; while Crisis Suits still cause havoc. We shouldn’t sleep on Aeldari as they are quickly adapting to Aspect Warrior spam to compensation for the loss of easy model Harlequins. Tyranids got off to a good start. Overall the variety of Armour of Contempt armies is really promising outcome from the past weekend.