Aggressive Warhammer 40k gamers that attended tournaments this weekend have been braced to face a frightening new foe – the House Marines, energized and empowered by their model new codex, with a bunch of daunting stat upgrades. However has the meta really been rewritten of their favor? Due to information evaluation by redditor u/communalnapkin, it appears that evidently they’re performing nicely, however predictions that some Warhammer 40k factions can be worn out of the sport might have been untimely.
The information comes from 19 single-player tournaments, with a minimal of 21 gamers, and 5 or extra rounds, which befell from October Sept. 11. 98 out of the 850 gamers fielded codex House Marines, profitable 54% of their video games. That places them proper on the prime finish of the 45-55% zone the Warhammer 40k designers attempt to goal when balancing armies.
The proportion of gamers that gained not less than their first 4 video games (their 4-0 begin share) was a decent 9%, and 19% of Marine gamers misplaced fewer than two video games total. Most spectacular, House Marine gamers gained 5 out of the 19 tournaments, giving 5% of Marine gamers a first-place end.
That’s, unquestionably, excellent. But it surely’s price situating this within the context of different factions, and notably fan predictions about which factions have been going to be destroyed by the brand new meta. I am going to summarize essentially the most attention-grabbing factors, however I encourage you to take a look at communalnapkin’s post in the r/warhammercompetitive subreddit, which provides the total stats.
First, essentially the most correct prediction of doom – Astra Militarum have been nowhere to be seen. That they had an atrocious total win fee of 39%, no 4-0 begins, and all 29 gamers misplaced not less than two of their video games. Elevate a glass for all those that dutifully died for the Emperor this weekend. The Aeldari crept into the underside finish of the “balanced” win fee bracket with a 46% win fee, however likewise did not handle a 4-0 begin.
Issues are much less clear reduce for another factions. The Genestealer Cults had a really poor 43% win fee, however managed one 4-0 begin – and with simply 9 gamers, that gave them a better 4-0 begin share than the House Marines, at 11%.
Some xenos factions predicted to be exterminated really beat the Marines on some metrics. The Tyranids – extensively predicted to be defenseless in opposition to the embiggened Codex Marines – gained 55% of their video games. Their 4-0 fee was much less spectacular than the House Marines, at beneath 5%, nevertheless it’s nonetheless on the board, they usually managed one match win from 43 gamers.
The Drukhari carried out much better than feared, with a 54% win fee, and a muscular 18% 4-0 begin. That is the identical fee as their match wins, with two first place finishes from simply 11 gamers – which provides them a wild 18% match win fee.
As if for example the significance of all the information, and the perils of counting on small pattern sizes, three Imperial Brokers gamers (0.35% of the meta) had the very best win fee of all, 56%. Equally, the standalone Deathwatch have been virtually completely absent, with simply two gamers and an ideal 50% win fee.
What could also be most shocking is the poor performances from sure Space Marine chapters. The upgraded Darkish Angels and House Wolves have been tremendously feared, however they’d win charges of 43% and 44% respectively. Amongst 47 gamers, the Darkish Angels had only one 4-0 end – a 2% fee – whereas the House Wolves had none.
I may spend 1000’s of phrases waving curious information factors at you however you are finest off studying communalnapkin’s authentic submit if you wish to go into that stage of element. I might deal with the information with a bit of warning, because the pattern dimension is small and that is the very first outing for the brand new House Marines. Individuals taking part in with them and in opposition to them are working largely off principle – quickly that’ll be tempered by expertise.
Have you ever confronted off in opposition to the brand new House Marines but, in a match or in a pleasant sport, or have you ever fielded them? What has your expertise been like? Come and share any tactical insights you have gleaned within the Wargamer Discord community. Our Astra Militarum gamers are feeling notably dispirited.