Unlock victory with the top 40k tournament army lists from the Everwinter GT, featuring Adepta Sororitas, T’au Empire, and Drukhari.
Everwinter GT seemed to have it all when it comes to Warhammer 40k factions.
We’ve rounded up the top 40k army lists from the event that crushed it, so you can see what’s winning right now, and maybe steal a few ideas for your army.
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1st Place: Benjamin Rubenstein, Adepta Sororitas Army Lists (Sisters of Battle)
This Hallowed Martyrs list is classic Sisters’ brutality. It walks up the board behind layers of characters, armored bricks, and flaming death, daring opponents to chew through miracle dice, revives, and stubborn melee units before the heavy hitters arrive.
The Canoness with Saintly Example leads the frontline infantry, stacking buffs and inspiring the first wave to trade way above cost. The Jump Pack Canoness dives into danger, using her enhancement to grow stronger as the battle gets bloodier.
Three Hospitallers trail the army like divine medics, reviving models, patching bricks, and refusing to let your good units evaporate on schedule.
Junith Eruita adds leadership control, flame templates, and reliable buffs while Morvenn Vahl is the hammer. She hits hard, hands out rerolls, and anchors the midboard with sheer force of will.
The Battle Sisters Squad brings early objective presence, solid special weapons, and the Simulacrum to keep miracle dice flowing. They screen, trade, and hold ground while bigger threats set up. The Immolator moves melta where it needs to be and adds more heavy firepower to soften key targets.
Three Castigators give you serious ranged support. Whether they need autocannons for infantry or the battle cannon for tougher bodies, they keep the pressure on.
Next, Celestian Sacresants are the melee wall. Three full units walk up the board with maces swinging, bodyguarding characters, and taking central objectives through sheer stubborn faith.
The Mortifiers bring fast, expendable punch. Flamers clear screens, and the buzz blades make them surprisingly dangerous if ignored.
Finally, the Paragon Warsuits offer multi-melta shots and heavy melee swings, finishing off whatever survives the first waves.
How This Adepta Sororitas Army List Scores
This army scores by pushing the center, trading efficiently through martyrdom, and overwhelming opponents with layered threats that refuse to die cleanly.
2nd Place: Drew Salzborn, T’au Empire Army Lists
This Kroot Hunting Pack list plays like a roaming ambush ecosystem wrapped around a handful of terrifying railguns. Everything moves fast, hits sideways, and forces the opponent to guess wrong about where the real punch is coming from until it is too late.
Commander Shadowsun leads the pack, handing out buffs, precision shooting, and command-link support that keeps your key units hitting above their weight. She plays just behind the front line, jumping in and out of angles while the Kroot flood forward.
Your Kroot Carnivores are the early board control. They scout, screen, and take mid objectives while pumping out enough rifle fire to soften targets for your bigger threats.
Three Hammerhead Gunships form your long-range backbone. Two railguns delete priority targets from downtown, and the ion cannon variant helps clear lighter units without wasting big shots. Seeker missiles give you even more burst pressure when a key target pops up.
Kroot Hounds are your speed bumps and objective harassers. They hold points, force bad trades, and keep enemy movement honest.
Then come the bruisers: three units of Krootox Rampagers and three units of Krootox Riders. Rampagers hit like freight animals, crash into infantry, and bully midboard with raw strength. Riders add repeater cannons for steady fire and fists for close combat follow-up.
Together, they create a fast-moving wall of muscle that bowls over anything light enough to push and ties down anything heavier.
The Riptide gives you flexible firepower, durable presence, and the kind of overwatch threat that keeps opponents jittery about committing charges.
Two Sky Ray Gunships bring more seeker missiles and reliable anti-heavy support, letting you set up devastating alpha strikes.
Finally, the Stealth Battlesuits lurk on flanks, screen deep strike lanes, and plink targets while remaining frustrating to remove.
How This Tau Army List Scores
This army scores by spreading across the board early, forcing uneven trades, and collapsing flanks with waves of Krootox while your railguns remove whatever your melee units do not want to touch.
Once the pack surrounds the prey, the cleanup goes fast.
3rd Place: Ari C, Drukhari Army Lists (Dark Eldar)
This Reaper’s Wager Drukhari list plays exactly like a murder carnival on jetbikes. It floods the board with lightning-fast trading pieces, precision character missiles, and enough darklight shots to make vehicle players question their life choices.
Everything here hits fast, hits hard, and disappears before the opponent can clap back.
Epic Heroes are the tip of the blade. Drazhar walks through elite infantry like he is late for an appointment. Lady Malys brings fight control and trickery, forcing bad target priority and keeping key units safe.
Lelith Hesperax is the scalpel for dueling and deleting isolated units. The Solitaire is a guided missile that teleports into enemy lines, carves a hole, and vanishes before the counterpunch lands.
The Archon coordinates the whole show, buffing Kabalites, handing out rerolls, and using the Soul Trap to turn late-game combats into highlight reels.
Kabalite Warriors bring splinter fire, darklight, and utility weapons. They pick up chip damage, hold backfield objectives, and ride Raiders or Venoms to score quickly. Wyches jump forward to trap units, eat overwatch, and trade into heavy hitters.
The Incubi are the clean-up crew. They hit like bricks and finish anything the characters soften up. Two units of Mandrakes infiltrate, screen lanes, steal early objectives, and plink mortal wounds.
Three squads of Scourges are your fire support, dropping in with dark lances or haywire to erase vehicles or cripple anchors.
The Hellions and Reavers are the real speed demons. They pressure flanks, chase stragglers, pick off weak units, and shred infantry with volume attacks. They also force opponents to commit resources where they really don’t want to, while the Cronos adds utility with mortal wounds and light support for infantry pushes.
Finally, the transports, a Raider and Venoms, deliver key squads safely, shove pressure into midboard, and contribute valuable darklight shots.
How This Drukhari Army List Scores
This list scores by overwhelming every angle at once: characters delete elite pieces, Scourges strip armor, Hellions and Reavers flood the midfield, and the rest of the army trades fast enough that nothing keeps up.
Once the momentum starts, Drukhari tempo takes over, and the opponent gets choked out before they can stabilize.
Final Thoughts From Us: Everwinter GT Army Lists
As we wrap up, it’s clear that whether you’re channeling the righteous fury of the Adepta Sororitas, outsmarting foes with the cunning strategy of the T’au Empire, or unleashing the dark elegance of the Drukhari, there’s a winning formula waiting for you.
If your army is still hunting for that podium finish, these builds are packed with lessons. Study them now, because the next balance dataslate is always lurking and ready to shake up the whole 40k Meta scene again.
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What do you think of the results and top Warhammer 40k army lists at the Everwinter GT for Adepta Sororitas, T’au Empire, and Drukhari?
