The New Meta Is Here: Warhammer 40k Tournament Results

Now are getting into the new Meta groove, with 8 large events with over 28 players and at least 5 rounds. We saw no single faction dominate, but it is pretty clear which factions are doing the most damage. Necrons and Sisters of Battle on the top followed closely by a host of other armies including the new kid Chaos Space Marines. The Meta is looking “healthy”, with the major problem being certain factions having access to really easy Secondaries.

The Salt City GT: Top 3 – 54 Players

Anthony Vanella 1st Place The Salt City GT 2022 – Chaos Space Marines

7-1-0 Scores: 94 / 95 / 97 / 89 / 93 / 100 / 73 / 100 

Sam Procopio 2nd Place The Salt City GT 2022 – Blood Angels

6-1-1 Scores: 99 / 97 / 91 / 79 / 85 / 92 / 73 / 92 

Isaac Scharp 3rd Place The Salt City GT 2022 – Necrons

6-2 Scores: 100 / 100 / 100 / 88 / 76 / 100 / 98 / 100

GT de MADRID: Top 3 – 59 Players

Victor Manuel Gil Rocha 1st Place GT de MADRID 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

8-0 Score

Koldo Gonzalez 2nd Place GT de MADRID 2022 – T’au Empire

7-1 Score

Alberto Nicolas 3rd Place GT de MADRID 2022 – Orks

6-1 Score

Lone Star Open 2022: Top 3 – 206 Players

Marshall Peterson 1st Place Lone Star Open 2022 – Necrons

6-0 Scores: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 80 / 100 

Brad Townsend 2nd Place Lone Star Open 2022 – Thousand Sons

6-0 Scores: 97 / 94 / 97 / 94 / 97 / 80 

Vyasar M Ganesan 3rd Place Lone Star Open 2022 – Tyranids

6-0 Scores: 91 / 88 / 84 / 97 / 78 / 87 

Overwatch Battle Royale II: Top 3 – 30 Players

Egor Kalinin 1st Place Overwatch Battle Royale II 2022 – Necrons

5-0 Scores: 84 / 98 / 86 / 100 / 97 

Josh McMillan 2nd Place Overwatch Battle Royale II 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

4-1 Scores: 97 / 97 / 75 / 73 / 97 

Michael Duke 3rd Place Overwatch Battle Royale II 2022 – Tyranids

4-1 Scores: 74 / 94 / 91 / 94 / 76 

Baltic Cup IX – Preparation: Top 3 – 47 Players

Kayu Orellana 1st Place Baltic Cup IX – Preparation 2022 – Tyranids

5-0 Scores: 20 / 20 / 16 / 12 / 16 

Max Schierbecke 2nd Place Baltic Cup IX – Preparation 2022 – Aeldari

4-1 Scores: 16 / 18 / 17 / 15 / 4 

Sebastian Maack 3rd Place Baltic Cup IX – Preparation 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

4-1 Scores: 14 / 18 / 11 / 11 / 9 

Glasshammer GT #9: Top 3 – 45 Players

Chris Kinnair 1st Place Glasshammer GT #9 2022 – Necrons

5-0 Scores: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 82 

Daniel Whitaker 2nd Place Glasshammer GT #9 2022 – Aeldari

5-0 Scores: 99 / 91 / 94 / 93 / 90 

Jonathan Clarke 3rd Place Glasshammer GT #9 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

4-1 Scores: 88 / 92 / 91 / 94 / 88 

Showdown At Frogtown: Top 3 – 50 Players

Thomas Ogden 1st Place Showdown At Frogtown 2022 – T’au Empire

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

Joe Rammuni 2nd Place Showdown At Frogtown 2022 – Orks

4-1 Scores: 98 / 72 / 92 / 100 / 83 

Joshua Minnich 3rd Place Showdown At Frogtown 2022 – Chaos Space Marines

4-1 Scores: 100 / 72 / 96 / 76 / 91

Grand Tournament Hidalgo: Top 3 – 45 Players

Damián Flores Díaz 1st Place Grand Tournament Hidalgo 2022 – Drukhari – Aeldari

5-0 Scores: 99 / 97 / 80 / 92 / 81 

Mauricio Ivan Valdez Murillo 2nd Place Grand Tournament Hidalgo 2022 – Chaos Space Marines

4-1-0 Scores: 61 / 58 / 82 / 73 / 71 

Sebastian Flores Diaz 3rd Place Grand Tournament Hidalgo 2022 – Astra Militarum

4-1 Scores: 98 / 64 / 100 / 97 / 72

Army Breakdown (24 Lists)

1. 4 Top Placings: Adepta Sororitas
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 2
2. 4 Top Placings: Necrons
   • 1sts: 3
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
3. 3 Top Placings: Tyranids
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 2
4. 3 Top Placings: Aeldari
   • 1sts: 1 
   • 2nds: 2
   • 3rds: 0
5. 3 Top Placings: Chaos Space Marines
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 1
6. 2 Top Placings: Orks
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 1
7. 2 Top Placings: T’au Empire
   • 1sts: 1
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 0
8. 1 Top Placings: Astra Militarum
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 0
   • 3rds: 1
9. 1 Top Placings: Blood Angels
   • 1sts: 0
   • 2nds: 1
   • 3rds: 0
10. 1 Top Placings: Drukhari
    • 1sts: 1
    • 2nds: 0
    • 3rds: 0
11. 1 Top Placings: Thousand Sons
    • 1sts: 0
    • 2nds: 1
    • 3rds: 0

Faction variety has as expected is starting to contract, but we are still seeing lots of different armies having ways to deal with almost any list. We should though follow how Necrons are performing because while many don’t think they are as powerful as Sisters of Battle, you can see from the battle point totals that they are getting high scores with ease. It means even in games where an opponent might look like they are winning if you walked up a table, it is the secondary game and board control that helps this faction win big.

Below is the event results from the weekend of the July 16th 2022, just to get us caught up.

The Warhound at Game Grid GT in July: Top 3 – 34 Players

Richard Kilton 1st Place The Warhound at Game Grid GT in July 2022 – Orks

5-0 Score

Ewart Searle 2nd Place The Warhound at Game Grid GT in July 2022 – Drukhari – Aeldari

4-1 Score

Terence Voller 3rd Place The Warhound at Game Grid GT in July 2022 – Chaos Space Marines

4-1 Score

GongHammer GT: Top 3 – 47 Players

Richard Hill 1st Place GongHammer GT 2022 – Death Guard

5-0 Score

Josh McMillan 2nd Place GongHammer GT 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

5-0 Score

Joshua Brodie 3rd Place GongHammer GT 2022 – Adepta Sororitas

5-0 Score