Race balance and tier list

Measured rather than argued: every ranked 1v1 game recorded here, counted by race. A race is called strong or weak only when its win rate sits far enough from 50% that its own sample can tell the difference.

Based on 86,629 recorded matches since 2025-08-15. Grows as more games are ingested.

Ranked 1v1 only, and only matches with two sides of equal size. The figure after each win rate is the 95% confidence margin: a race counts as strong or weak only when that whole range falls on one side of 50%, so a thin sample cannot promote a race by accident.

Calculated by this site from matches in Relic's official API

Calculated by this site from matches reported by Relic's official API. The matches and ratings are Relic's data; the percentages here are what we add up from them.

Race Verdict Win% Games Pick% Best matchup Worst matchup
Dark Eldar Above 50% 51.9% ± 0.96 10390 6.0% Space Marines 58.5% Necrons 44.8%
Tau Empire Above 50% 50.9% ± 0.73 17832 10.3% Eldar 59.0% Necrons 45.2%
Chaos Space Marines Above 50% 50.8% ± 0.78 15963 9.2% Necrons 55.3% Sisters of Battle 47.0%
Imperial Guard Above 50% 50.8% ± 0.58 28832 16.6% Space Marines 55.4% Necrons 45.1%
Sisters of Battle Too close to call 50.8% ± 0.87 12591 7.3% Necrons 55.9% Tau Empire 46.0%
Eldar Too close to call 50.0% ± 0.85 13238 7.6% Space Marines 55.5% Tau Empire 41.0%
Orks Below 50% 49.1% ± 0.80 14917 8.6% Chaos Space Marines 52.1% Imperial Guard 45.2%
Necrons Below 50% 48.9% ± 0.67 21449 12.4% Dark Eldar 55.2% Space Marines 42.5%
Space Marines Below 50% 48.8% ± 0.50 38046 22.0% Necrons 57.5% Dark Eldar 41.5%

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