Warhammer 40k Tournament Army Lists

Building Warhammer 40k army lists is one of the game’s most interesting and fun parts, as there is much variety, and you can make something unique!

Every faction has a lot of variety and excellent units, which makes building lists fun and sometimes confusing. Whether you want to build a list to have a fun army or create something that will win a tournament, you must understand what your army does and the game’s mechanics.

If you’re new to building army lists and want ideas on making yours, Check out all these recent tournament lists that have been fairing well or are just really thematic to play.

How To Build a Warhammer 40k Army

Every army has some special rules, but there are a few key features to consider when creating your list.

• Point Values. The average game of 40k is made optimally for 2,000 points; this is what most tournaments and events are made for. Obviously, if you don’t have that many minis, you can easily play smaller games, as they will take less time, be easier to learn the rules, and get some minis on the table. With that in mind, though, if you’re looking for the actual 40k experience, try to aim for 2,000 points.
• What kind of game are you playing? This makes a huge difference. Are you trying to win a tournament or have a game with your friends on the weekend? You should first decide whether you want to go all out with the best possible units or pick what you think will be fun. If you’re playing a weekend game, pick fun units, roll dice, and see how they do on the tabletop. If you’re planning on playing a tournament, you need an actual game plan for what you want your army to do and how you will actually score points and win games.
• Maybe the most important, what minis do you have? Sometimes building a list is as simple as, what minis do I have for this army? If you have to field every single model you need to reach the point limit, it doesn’t matter much about what you want to make; you have to use what you have. These games are great for a newer army, as you see what performs well and what models you should buy next. Playing games as you go; that way, you can decide what to spend your hard-earned hobby dollars on with some actual info instead of just guessing.

• Identifying a theme and key units. When building a list, you want to decide on the theme. Are you going to go for an MSU (multiple small units) style, are you going for a heavy shooting army, or do you want to charge headlong into close combat? Doing this one step will immediately start narrowing down what units you want to include. After you have the theme, pick what units are essential to your army (maybe you want a ton of bikers). Once you have them picked out, the core of your army will be built, and you can start making the rest of your list around that theme and those units.
• Pick the best detachments for your army. Once you have picked your critical units and theme, you must find out the best type of detachments your army will fit into. Remember that certain detachments take up CP, so try to fit your army into the best detachments that will keep that precious CP.
• Play your list a lot! The only real way to understand how your army list is doing is by playing a decent number of games with it. Just one game is not a great measure of how your list did. So, play a few games and make small changes as you go. If you make tons of changes, you won’t know what did well and what didn’t. The more you play, the more your innately understand how to build lists and what units do!

What Are The Current Warhammer 40k Armies:

Here is the list of all the releases for factions and codexes for Warhammer 40k:

• Necrons
• Space Marines
• Deathwatch
• Space Wolves
• Blood Angels 
• Dark Angels
• Death Guard
• Drukhari
• Adeptus Mechanicus
• Adepta Sororitas
• Grey Knights
• Thousand Sons
• Orks
• Black Templars
• Adeptus Custodes
• Genestealer Cult
• Tau 
• Aeldari
• Tyranids
• Chaos Knights
• Imperial Knights
• Chaos Daemons
• Leagues of Votann
• Imperial Guard
• Imperial Agents

How Many Different 40k Armies are There?

There are currently 34 factions from GW, which includes many of the Space Chapters, as they have a separate supplement book. However, there are lesser-known Marine Chapters out there that have smaller rule sets in White Dwarfs.

What is the Most Popular Army in Warhammer 40k?

Space Marines are by far the most popular army in Warhammer 40k. They have a lot of different chapters people can pick from, a huge number of minis, and a lot of lore. GW generally tries to keep Space Marines as a balanced army that is easy to pick up for beginners and has enough strategy for veterans.