Unlock victory with the top 40k tournament army lists from the Giga-Bites September, featuring Necrons, Imperial Knights, and Black Templars.
Depending on who you ask, the 40k meta problem is ‘fixed now’ with the balance dataslate, and the rip cord has been pulled for other armies to have a chance.
Either way, the Giga-Bites September is over, and now we can look at which 40k factions’ playstyles and army lists managed to secure a place at the top!
Final Tournament Standings:
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1st Place: Walter Langendorf, Necrons Army Lists
The ancient metal bones of the Necron dynasties just rattled their way to the top of the Giga-Bites September tournament. No Silent King, no C’tan, no gimmicks, just an unstoppable wall of murder-bots, particle beams, and scarabs chewing through your hopes.
This list was a metal thunderstorm starting with two Lokhust Lords, both sporting nanoscarab amulets and Lord’s blades. Then came three Psychomancers, each equipped with abyssal lances and enough psychic nonsense to ruin your aura buffs and your day.
One of those Psychomancers was the warlord, and it didn’t stop there. A Technomancer toted the Nether-realm Casket like it was casual carry-on, while three Skorpekh Lords spread carnage with hyperphase harvesters, flensing claws, and the Enmitic annihilator. One of them even rocked the Energetic Dermal Bond enhancement.
Backing this murder cabal were three units of Skorpekh Destroyers, each with the classic hyperphase loadout.
Then came the Scarabs, three swarms of feeder-mandible nightmares skittering across the board. Whether tying up shooting, scoring objectives, or just being frustratingly hard to shift, they were always somewhere annoying.
The shooting didn’t get ignored either. Two units of Lokhust Destroyers brought Gauss cannons to the gunfight, and six Canoptek Wraiths zipped around with particle casters and vicious claws like angry metallic ghosts on fast-forward.
A Canoptek Reanimator kept the repair theme going, casually atomizing things in between giving out reanimation buffs.
And then came the big guns. Two Doomsday Arks rolled in, heavy, mean, and completely unapologetic. With doomsday cannons and full Gauss flayer arrays, they brought the pain from the backfield while everyone else sliced things up close.
2nd Place: Luca Fleury, Imperial Knights Army Lists
3rd Place: Zachary Jeppesen, Black Templars (Space Marines) Army List
Final Thoughts From Us: Giga-Bites September
The Giga-Bites September RTT wrapped up with Necrons taking the crown, Imperial Knights stomping their way into second, and Black Templars showing that zeal and chainswords still punch above their weight.
With the balance dataslate shifting gears for plenty of factions, it’s clear that from here, the top tables won’t be locked down to just one flavor anymore.
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What do you think of the results and top Warhammer 40k army lists at the Giga-Bites September for Necrons, Imperial Knights, and Black Templars?
