Meta Monday 2/17/25: Aeldari Take the Field

This weekend was smaller with only 10 events and close to 400 players. We saw the new Aeldari codex in most events with some interesting results while Custodes won big this weekend.

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Dark Sphere February 40k GT. England. 61 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Guard (Bridgehead) 5-0

  2. Space Marines (GTF) 5-0

  3. Orks (Horde) 4-1

  4. Deathwatch (Black Spear) 4-1

  5. Aeldari (Seer) 4-1

  6. Death Guard (Plague) 4-1

  7. Blood Angels (Liberator Assault) 4-1

  8. Tyranids (Invasion) 4-1

  9. Ad Mech (Haloscreed) 4-1

  10. Custodes (Shield) 4-1

  11. Space Marines (Vanguard) 4-1

  12. Orks (Taktikal) 4-1

 

Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament. England. 60 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Custodes 5-0

  2. Grey Knights 5-0

  3. Death Guard 4-1

  4. Space Marines 4-1

  5. Blood Angels 4-1

  6. Death Guard 4-1

  7. Chaos Daemons 3-0-2

  8. Custodes 4-1

  9. Tau 4-1

  10. Custodes 4-1

  11. Space Marines 4-1

 

 

 

40K Okeanos rising GT. Vestland, Norway. 49 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Custodes (Solar) 5-0

  2. Custodes (Solar) 5-0

  3. Blood Angles (Angelic Host) 4-1

  4. Tyranids (Crusher) 4-1

  5. Aeldari (Aspect) 4-1

  6. Tau (Montka) 4-1

  7. Blood Angels (Inheritors) 4-1

  8. Tyranids (Assimilation) 4-1

 

 

WARZONE WELLINGTON 2025. Upper Hutt, New Zealand. 44 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Imperial Agents (Fleet) 5-0

  2. Dark Angels (Stormlance) 4-1

  3. Imperial Knights (Noble) 4-1

  4. Deathwatch (Blackspear) 4-1

  5. Space Marines (Stormlance) 4-1

  6. Death Guard (Plague) 4-1

  7. Guard (Bridgehead) 4-1

 

ForgeFire Winer Open. Niles, IL. 41 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Guard (Bridgehead) 5-0

  2. Custodes (Solar) 4-1

  3. Necrons (Awakened) 4-1

  4. Chaos Daemons (Chaos Daemons) 4-1

  5. Chaos Space Marines (Pactbound) 4-1

  6. Thousand Sons (Cult) 4-1

  7. Orks (Taktikal) 4-1

  8. Chaos Daemons (Excess) 4-1

 

 

Down Under 40k February Dawnbringer GT. Beresfield, Australia. 38 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Space Wolves (Stormlance) 5-0

  2. Necrons (Starshatter) 4-1

  3. Aeldari (Warhost) 4-1

  4. Genestealer Cult (Final Day) 4-1

  5. Tau (Auxillary) 4-1

  6. Blood Angels (Liberator Assault) 4-1

  7. Aeldari (Warhost) 4-1

 

Red Dragon 40k GT - February '25. Ottawa, Canada. 37 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Space Marines (GTF) 5-0

  2. Custodes (Solar) 4-1

  3. Guard (Bridgehead) 4-1

  4. Tau (Auxilliary) 4-1

  5. Aeldari (4-1)

 

 

Club Champs 2025. Kingston, Canada. 26 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Death Guard (Flyblown) 5-0

  2. Necrons (Awakened) 4-1

  3. Chaos Daemons (Incursion) 4-1

  4. Dark Angels (Stormlance) 4-1

 

Brighton 40k GT X. England. 21 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Aeldari (Host) 5-0

  2. Space Marines (Awakened) 4-1

  3. Aeldar (Devoted) 4-1

 

Wyohammer 40k February GT 2025. Laramine, WY.  21 players. 5 rounds.

  1. Chaos Daemons (Excess) 5-0

  2. GSC (Host) 4-1

  3. Orks (Taktikal) 4-1

 

Takeaways:

See the full Data Table at 40kmetamonday.com

Custodes won 2 events this weekend including the second largest one. With 24 players they had a 59% weekend win rate with 8 players going 5-0/4-1. While Solar was the best preforming of the weekend the Warhammer Worlds event winning Shield Host list was very different and interesting.

Aeldari did better this weekend with their new codex. An overall win rate of 50% with Aspect Host winning a small event, the first for this data slate. They were tied with Orks for second most played faction of the weekend with 26 players with Aspect host doing the best with 4 of its 8 players going X-0/X-1. There seems to be play with Seer Council, Aspect Host and Warhost detachments.

GSC had the best win rate of the weekend with a 67% win rate and 3 of its 7 players going 4-1. They had no event wins.

Imperial Agents won an event! And a good size one at that. The 3 players they had this weekend netted them a 60% win rate.

Black Templars, Sisters and Drukhari all had a 40% win rate or below but also had little representation with players abandoning their factions. While the Meta in January held together around 50% win rate it seems to be settling with clear winners and losers this data slate.

Space Marines are holding strong with a 48% weekend win rate and an event win. They still have the most event wins of the last 7 weeks with 12 and made up the most players this weekend. With Stormlance and Ironstorm winning more games but GTF winning more events.

Death Guard had a great weekend with an event win and a 56% weekend win rate. With the few Flyblown players doing well also this weekend.

Orks also had good weekend with a 56% weekend win rate and 7 players going X-0/X-1 but no event wins.

Votann had a 44% weekend win rate with zero players going 4-1. They remain one of five factions that have not won an event this data slate so far and the road map that GW has shown has not given them hope for their new codex or units anytime soon.