There’s A Good Reason GSC & Tau Are Getting Powerful New Rules

[Tao Tsê-Mung]

These guys are the most data intensive reviewers the game has ever had. Read the full length report if you like to see the numbers crunched.

Obviously if you’re codex is strong you can tone things down for a more relaxed game - but if you’re codex is severely lacking there’s nothing you can do about it when the other guy brings even a moderate list.

GSC & Tau have spent the entire year - and all of 2020 - at the bottom of the list.

https://www.goonhammer.com/the-2021-warhammer-40k-end-of-year-tier-list/
 

The EOY 2021 Tier List

Key

⇑ – Rank increased from the previous list. One rank per arrow.
⇓ – Rank decreased from the previous list. One rank per arrow.
= – Rank unchanged from the previous list.

Rankings

• S-Tier
  • Drukhari (new)
• Tier 1
  • Iron Hands ⇑ 
  • Orks ⇑ 
  • Tyranids/Hive Mind ⇑ 
  • Black Templars ⇑ 
  • Grey Knights ⇑⇑ 
• Tier 2
  • Dark Angels ⇓
  • Space Wolves =
  • Adepta Sororitas ⇓
  • Deathwatch ⇑⇑
  • Thousand Sons ⇑⇑⇑
  • Aeldari soup =
  • Adeptus Custodes =
  • Adeptus Mechanicus = (though uh, if we’d done this at any point since their book this would be ⇓⇓)
• Tier 3
  • Imperial Knights =
  • Chaos Knights =
  • Chaos Soup ⇓⇓
  • Harlequins ⇓⇓
  • Death Guard ⇓⇓
  • White Scars ⇓
  • Blood Angels ⇓
  • Daemons ⇓
  • Salamanders =
• Tier 4
  • Necrons ⇓
  • Chaos Space Marines =
  • Ultramarines =
  • Raven Guard ⇓⇓
  • Astra Militarum =
  • Craftworlds =
• Trash
  • Tau =
  • Genestealer Cults ⇓
  • Imperial Fists ⇓