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Deathwatch/Black Spear Task Force/Strike ForceArchived

2nd place · 6-0Archived from Iowaaagh! Moose-tacular 2026

8 Aug 2026 · Cedar Rapids, US · played by Tim Royers

Submitted for 11th ed.·Source: ListHammer event results

100·Updated 4h ago by GrimSlate Archive

Strike Force2,000 limit

1,995pts

Units

Models

3/3

The read

resilience and objective control are in the bottom 4%.

«the bottom 1%» means above roughly 0% of sampled reference list shapes for that capability — a comparison, never win odds.

Shapevs the p50 ring

The shape, not the verdict. Area is not a score — two lists with the same area can play nothing alike. The bars beside it are the reading that counts, and each spoke is this list's percentile under baseline assumptions.

Every axisabove averagebelow

Open a row to see the units behind it.

Gap · Resilience

Fragile for its points

Bottom 1% · 0.38 per 100 pts · best available: Storm Speeder Thunderstrike (33%)

135 pts

Gap · Objective control

Few bodies to hold objectives

Bottom 4% · 0.90 per 100 pts · best available: Storm Speeder Thunderstrike (20%)

135 pts

Gap · Anti-armour

Almost no answer to heavy armour — bottom 7% of lists

Bottom 7% · 1.20 per 100 pts · best available: Decimus Kill Team (22%)

100 pts

Estimates from weapon profiles alone — terrain, mission scoring, stratagems and target priority are not modelled.

Battle readinessheuristic, not a score

Threat coverageThin

Answers 0 of the four target archetypes at or above average.

Mission scoringThin

10 scoring bodies, 15 OC on the table at deployment.

Delivery and reachThin

Deep Strike on 4 units, 0% of the points off the table turn 1.

Staying powerThin

Average T5.1, 3.5 W per model and 2 units with an invulnerable save.

Matchup lensthe same axes, re-weighted

14weighted percentile

What carries it

Anti-hordep25 ×.2

Reachp42 ×.1

Anti-infantryp9 ×.2

Plan around

Anti-horde is the clearest answer here; Objective control is the pressure point to plan around.

Rules package4 read

Army ×1Detachment ×1Enhancement ×1Warlord ×1

The army, detachment, enhancement and leader rules the maths read — including 2 conditional ones it did not fold into the numbers.

Which rules, and the stratagems they unlock

Army

Mission Tactics

Detachment

Restrictionsconditional

Enhancement

The Tome of Ectocladesconditional

Warlord

Warlord designation

Stratagems these units can trigger

Hellfire Rounds1 CP
Kraken Rounds1 CP

Legal-looking opportunities for these units and phases, not automatic bonuses — board state, CP and the exact trigger still decide.

Composition & risk

Points on the table turn 1: 1,995(100%)
In reserves: 0(0%)
Scoring bodies on the table: 10
Largest single investment: Indomitor Kill Team(14%)

Redundancy, special tools and leaders

Who carries each answer

anti-hordeDecimus Kill Team15%
10 units contribute
anti-infantryDecimus Kill Team21%
10 units contribute
anti-eliteDecimus Kill Team23%
10 units contribute
anti-armourDecimus Kill Team22%
10 units contribute

No single unit owns an offensive answer — losing any one of them leaves the list functional.

Special tools

Deep Strike4
Scouts1
Infiltrators2
FLY3
Precision3
Anti-VEHICLE1
Battleline2

Leader groups

Captain in Gravis Armour → Indomitor Kill Teamenhancement

Secondary mission fit18 cards vs this list's shape

6Possible12Difficult

Possible — The list can attempt this, but it depends on positioning or a key unit.

Burden Of Trust
Cleanse
Display Of Might
Engage On All Fronts
Plunder
Secure No Man's Land

Difficult — This condition is hard to support with the current list shape.

A Grievous Blow
A Tempting Target
Assassination
Beacon
Behind Enemy Lines
Bring It Down
Centre Ground
Defend Stronghold
Forward Position
No Prisoners
Outflank
Overwhelming Force

Fit is about list shape, not about what you will draw. A «difficult» card is still scorable — it just needs the game to go your way.

The read

resilience and objective control are in the bottom 4%.

«the bottom 1%» means above roughly 0% of sampled reference list shapes for that capability — a comparison, never win odds.

Shapevs the p50 ring

Every axisabove averagebelow

Open a row to see the units behind it.

Gap · Resilience

Fragile for its points

Bottom 1% · 0.38 per 100 pts · best available: Storm Speeder Thunderstrike (33%)

135 pts

Gap · Objective control

Few bodies to hold objectives

Bottom 4% · 0.90 per 100 pts · best available: Storm Speeder Thunderstrike (20%)

135 pts

Gap · Anti-armour

Almost no answer to heavy armour — bottom 7% of lists

Bottom 7% · 1.20 per 100 pts · best available: Decimus Kill Team (22%)

100 pts

Estimates from weapon profiles alone — terrain, mission scoring, stratagems and target priority are not modelled.

Battle readinessheuristic, not a score

Threat coverageThin

Answers 0 of the four target archetypes at or above average.

Mission scoringThin

10 scoring bodies, 15 OC on the table at deployment.

Delivery and reachThin

Deep Strike on 4 units, 0% of the points off the table turn 1.

Staying powerThin

Average T5.1, 3.5 W per model and 2 units with an invulnerable save.

Matchup lensthe same axes, re-weighted

14weighted percentile

What carries it

Anti-hordep25 ×.2

Reachp42 ×.1

Anti-infantryp9 ×.2

Plan around

Anti-horde is the clearest answer here; Objective control is the pressure point to plan around.

Rules package4 read

Army ×1Detachment ×1Enhancement ×1Warlord ×1

The army, detachment, enhancement and leader rules the maths read — including 2 conditional ones it did not fold into the numbers.

Which rules, and the stratagems they unlock

Army

Mission Tactics

Detachment

Restrictionsconditional

Enhancement

The Tome of Ectocladesconditional

Warlord

Warlord designation

Stratagems these units can trigger

Hellfire Rounds1 CP
Kraken Rounds1 CP

Legal-looking opportunities for these units and phases, not automatic bonuses — board state, CP and the exact trigger still decide.

Composition & risk

Points on the table turn 1: 1,995(100%)
In reserves: 0(0%)
Scoring bodies on the table: 10
Largest single investment: Indomitor Kill Team(14%)

Redundancy, special tools and leaders

Who carries each answer

anti-hordeDecimus Kill Team15%
10 units contribute
anti-infantryDecimus Kill Team21%
10 units contribute
anti-eliteDecimus Kill Team23%
10 units contribute
anti-armourDecimus Kill Team22%
10 units contribute

No single unit owns an offensive answer — losing any one of them leaves the list functional.

Special tools

Deep Strike4
Scouts1
Infiltrators2
FLY3
Precision3
Anti-VEHICLE1
Battleline2

Leader groups

Captain in Gravis Armour → Indomitor Kill Teamenhancement

Secondary mission fit18 cards vs this list's shape

6Possible12Difficult

Possible — The list can attempt this, but it depends on positioning or a key unit.

Burden Of Trust
Cleanse
Display Of Might
Engage On All Fronts
Plunder
Secure No Man's Land

Difficult — This condition is hard to support with the current list shape.

A Grievous Blow
A Tempting Target
Assassination
Beacon
Behind Enemy Lines
Bring It Down
Centre Ground
Defend Stronghold
Forward Position
No Prisoners
Outflank
Overwhelming Force

Fit is about list shape, not about what you will draw. A «difficult» card is still scorable — it just needs the game to go your way.