Tactical RerollTactical RerollTrust the math. Bless your dice.
⋯
Help and guides
Take the tourMathhammer guideHow we score
Draw your own figure
About us
About Tactical RerollWhat's newPrivacy
Contact us

Space Marines army

Black Templars tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists633 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 8Turniej Warhammer 40.000 w Gnomie (Hala pod dębowcem)

63 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 72 public lists whose units we can read; 6 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

63winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
1stof 8Turniej Warhammer 40.000 w Gnomie (Hala pod dębowcem)Assault Brethren and Vow-sworn Crusaders7 Nov ›3rdof 9Turniej Warhammer 40.000 w GnomieAssault Brethren and Vow-sworn Crusaders24 Oct ›4thof 13OKF Turniej #7/ (Nauka 11 edycji)Assault Brethren, Marshal's Household and Tacticus Attack Force18 Oct ›Lists we can show: 6 ›
By month
Jun●1 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+20 of 1579
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+26 of 2067
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+21 of 1901
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+31 of 1942
Nov●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 449

Its lists in the top quarter, out of all such lists, by month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

27in its 72 public lists
Assault Brethren32 lists ›Marshal's Household16 lists ›Vow-Sworn Crusaders13 lists ›Tacticus Attack Force13 lists ›Ironstorm Spearhead10 lists ›
Show 22 moreStormlance Task Force8 lists ›Fist of the God-Emperor5 lists ›Ceramite Sentinels3 lists ›Gladius Task Force3 lists ›Ironclad Champions3 lists ›Devastator Brethren2 lists ›Gauntlet Task Force2 lists ›Terminator Storm Force2 lists ›Medusa's Wrath1 list ›Tactical Brethren1 list ›Tacticus Firestorm Force1 list ›Phobos Shadow Force1 list ›
Bastion Task Force (not in the new codex)6 lists
Vindication Task Force (not in the new codex)6 lists
Wrathful Procession (not in the new codex)5 lists
Vengeful Hosts (not in the new codex)3 lists
Godhammer Assault Force (not in the new codex)2 lists
Fulguris Task Force (not in the new codex)1 list
Librarius Conclave (not in the new codex)1 list
The Living Miracle (not in the new codex)1 list
Companions of Vehemence (not in the new codex)1 list
Orbital Assault Force (not in the new codex)1 list

Units

16tiers from 8 creators

Letter: 8 creatorsBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes2

High Marshal Helbrecht125 pts · 59 listsStop 10%bottom 9%Chaplain Grimaldus120 pts · 37 listsAbottom 14%top 11%

Characters6

Emperor's Champion (Anointed)100 ptsStop 30%top 37%Emperor's Champion100 pts · 50 listsAtop 30%top 37%Castellan75 pts · 38 listsAtop 12%bottom 38%Marshal80 pts · 23 listsCtop 7%bottom 22%
Show 2 moreExecrator65 pts · 14 listsCtop 43%bottom 18%Crusade Ancient45 pts · 10 listsDtop 43%bottom 41%

Battleline1

Crusader Squad160 pts · 32 listsBtop 30%top 40%

Infantry1

Sword Brethren Squad115 pts · 35 listsCtop 37%bottom 48%

Vehicles3

Gladiator Valiant145 pts · 4 listsBtop 42%bottom 37%Gladiator Reaper165 pts · 3 listsCtop 24%bottom 37%Gladiator Lancer165 pts · 7 listsCbottom 36%bottom 43%

Transports3

Impulsor70 pts · 26 listsSbottom 36%top 4%Repulsor Executioner265 pts · 38 listsBtop 24%bottom 39%Repulsor190 pts · 7 listsBtop 45%top 25%

B dashed: no creators yet, so it's our estimate. Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 72 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from the creators who know the game best; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice math (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Sources

Creators 24 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 6 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions
What are the best Black Templars units?
The creators' average is S for High Marshal Helbrecht, Impulsor. Then A: Emperor's Champion, Chaplain Grimaldus, Castellan.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is a weighted average of the letters up to 8 creators gave that unit, S to D: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list. A dashed letter means no creator has rated the unit yet, so it's our estimate from SWORD and SHIELD only, placed among the army's creator-rated units.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
Our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each comes with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind.
Which Black Templars units do lists take most?
Of 72 public lists: High Marshal Helbrecht (59), Emperor's Champion (50), Castellan (38).
Which Black Templars detachment do tournament lists take most?
Assault Brethren: 32 of the 72 Black Templars tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is a weighted average of the creators' letters: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list. A dashed letter means no creator has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by SWORD and SHIELD only among the army's creator-rated units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice math, last run 6 Nov 2026. Both are shown scaled: SWORD is 0.8832 × the points it removes, SHIELD 2097.5 × the share of a turn, so a typical unit's SHIELD reads about 333. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each is averaged over 100 top lists from the last three months, leaving out the most extreme tenth at each end; each is shown with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind (top 10%, bottom 20%): shooters beside shooters, melee units beside melee units, a unit built to support beside every unit. How we score.
Creators
The Black Templars creators who know the game best, each counted once: tier lists, reviews of their own lists and written reviews. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and the letter they add up to.Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
72 public Black Templars tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.
Win-rate letter
Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Cut at S 55% and over, A 52.5%, B 49%, C 46%, D below; only the letter is ours to show, never their numbers.