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Dark Angels tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists28610 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 21Pyra Cup RTT #3 Edycja Jesienna

286 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 323 public lists whose units we can read; 14 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

286winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
1stof 14Turniej w XjoyAssault Brethren, Darkflight Pursuit and Stormlance Task Force25 Oct ›3rdof 20Turniej | kt ToruńInner Circle Task Force and Wrath of the Rock24 Oct ›5thof 34LTC #12 Tournoi Caritatif (Alsace)Assault Brethren and Wrath of the Rock17 Oct ›Lists we can show: 14 ›
By month
Jun●●●3 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+69 of 1579
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+141 of 2067
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+126 of 1901
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+130 of 1942
Nov●●●●●●●●●●●●+30 of 449

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

Detachments

25in its 323 public lists
Darkflight Pursuit170 lists ›Assault Brethren99 lists ›Wrath of the Rock89 lists ›Stormlance Task Force64 lists ›Inner Circle Task Force38 lists ›
Show 20 moreTerminator Storm Force31 lists ›Ironstorm Spearhead29 lists ›Deathwatch Support17 lists ›Tactical Brethren5 lists ›Ironclad Champions5 lists ›Devastator Brethren4 lists ›Gladius Task Force3 lists ›Phobos Shadow Force3 lists ›Tacticus Firestorm Force2 lists ›Ceramite Sentinels1 list ›Gravis Linebreaker Force1 list ›
Company of Hunters (not in the new codex)99 lists
Librarius Conclave (not in the new codex)13 lists
Unforgiven Task Force (not in the new codex)6 lists
Dark Age Arsenal (not in the new codex)5 lists
Interrogation Conclave (not in the new codex)4 lists
Firestorm Assault Force (not in the new codex)2 lists
Anvil Siege Force (not in the new codex)1 list
1st Company Task Force (not in the new codex)1 list
Vanguard Spearhead (not in the new codex)1 list

Units

16tiers from 7 creators

Letter: 7 creatorsBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes7

Lion El'Jonson415 pts · 242 listsAbottom 24%top 28%Azrael150 pts · 157 listsAbottom 20%bottom 6%Sammael120 pts · 179 listsAtop 15%bottom 26%Belial100 pts · 26 listsBbottom 20%bottom 32%
Show 3 moreAsmodai80 pts · 8 listsCbottom 8%bottom 10%Ezekiel110 pts · 7 listsCbottom 15%bottom 20%Lazarus80 pts · 1 listDbottom 14%bottom 27%

Characters1

Ravenwing Command Squad115 pts · 193 listsAtop 30%top 32%

Infantry3

Deathwing Knights255 pts · 210 listsAbottom 24%top 5%Inner Circle Companions180 pts · 131 listsAtop 41%top 36%Deathwing Terminator Squad190 pts · 46 listsBtop 25%top 18%

Mounted1

Ravenwing Black Knights85 pts · 98 listsBtop 13%top 20%

Vehicles4

Land Speeder Vengeance150 pts · 175 listsAtop 47%bottom 37%Ravenwing Darkshroud80 pts · 17 listsCbottom 10%top 1%Nephilim Jetfighter200 pts · 22 listsCbottom 28%top 17%Ravenwing Dark Talon190 pts · 1 listCbottom 36%top 45%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 323 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 27 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 6 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions
What are the best Dark Angels units?
The creators' average is A for Deathwing Knights, Lion El'Jonson, Land Speeder Vengeance, Azrael, Sammael, Ravenwing Command Squad, Inner Circle Companions. Then B: Ravenwing Black Knights, Belial, Deathwing Terminator Squad.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is a weighted average of the letters up to 7 creators gave that unit, S to D: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list.
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 Dark Angels units do lists take most?
Of 323 public lists: Lion El'Jonson (242), Deathwing Knights (210), Ravenwing Command Squad (193).
Which Dark Angels detachment do tournament lists take most?
Darkflight Pursuit: 170 of the 323 Dark Angels 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 Dark Angels 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
323 public Dark Angels 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.