Grotmas won’t stop destroying the meta; here’s the latest 10th edition Warhammer 40k army lists on top for Tuesday, January 21st, 2025!
Meta Monday 40k Army Lists, January 21st, 2025
The “end” of the 2024 Warhammer 40k 10th Edition ITC Season brings lots of army list innovation to the meta. With the final push of the year, we saw the biggest tournament in the history of the game take place at the Las Vegas Open (Las Vegas, NV, 1053 players) and the Hamburg Major (Hamburg, Germany, 103 players).
With a literal new detachment every day in December and several new codexes on the horizon, the 40k Meta Mondays are wild right now for every faction in 10th Edition.
Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Meta Army Lists: LVO 2025
Mark Purged Xenos and Imperium alike with devastating efficiency applied judiciously from the brand new never before seen faction: Deathwatch!
Mark Hertel – Deathwatch Army Lists:
Black Spear Task Force
Strike Force (2000 Points)
CHARACTERS
Captain in Gravis Armour (110 Points)
• 1x Master-crafted heavy bolt rifle
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• Enhancements: The Tome of Ectoclades
Judiciar (95 Points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Executioner relic blade
• Enhancements: Thief of Secrets
Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (70 Points)
• 1x Combi-weapon
• 1x Paired combat blades
Watch Master (105 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Vigil spear
BATTLELINE
Deathwatch Veterans (100 Points)
• 1x Watch Sergeant
◦ 1x Astartes shield
◦ 1x Xenophase blade
• 4x Deathwatch Veterans
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Deathwatch thunder hammer
◦ 1x Frag cannon
◦ 1x Infernus heavy bolter
Deathwatch Veterans (100 Points)
• 1x Watch Sergeant
◦ 1x Astartes shield
◦ 1x Xenophase blade
• 4x Deathwatch Veterans
◦ 2x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Deathwatch thunder hammer
◦ 1x Frag cannon
◦ 1x Infernus heavy bolter
Deathwatch Veterans (200 Points)
• 1x Watch Sergeant
◦ 1x Astartes shield
◦ 1x Xenophase blade
• 9x Deathwatch Veterans
◦ 1x Astartes shield
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 4x Deathwatch thunder hammer
◦ 2x Frag cannon
◦ 2x Infernus heavy bolter
◦ 1x Power weapon
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Rhino (75 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Storm bolter
Rhino (75 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 1x Storm bolter
OTHER DATASHEETS
Deathwatch Terminator Squad (180 Points)
• 1x Deathwatch Terminator Sergeant
◦ 1x Power fist
◦ 1x Storm bolter
• 4x Deathwatch Terminator
◦ 3x Cyclone missile launcher
◦ 4x Power fist
◦ 4x Storm bolter
Deathwatch Terminator Squad (180 Points)
• 1x Deathwatch Terminator Sergeant
◦ 1x Power fist
◦ 1x Storm bolter
• 4x Deathwatch Terminator
◦ 3x Cyclone missile launcher
◦ 4x Power fist
◦ 4x Storm bolter
Indomitor Kill Team (270 Points)
• 4x Kill Team Heavy Intercessors
◦ 4x Bolt pistol
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Deathwatch heavy bolt rifle
◦ 2x Deathwatch heavy bolter
• 3x Kill Team Heavy Intercessor with power fists
◦ 3x Flamestorm gauntlets
◦ 3x Twin power fists
• 3x Kill Team Heavy Intercessor with melta rifle
◦ 3x Bolt pistol
◦ 3x Close combat weapon
◦ 2x Melta rifle
◦ 1x Multi-melta
Storm Speeder Thunderstrike (150 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Stormfury missiles
• 1x Thunderstrike las-talon
• 1x Twin Icarus rocket pod
Talonstrike Kill Team (290 Points)
• 1x Kill Team Sergeant with Jump Pack
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
◦ 1x Power fist
• 4x Kill Team Intercessor with Jump Pack
◦ 4x Astartes chainsword
◦ 2x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 2x Plasma pistol
• 5x Kill Team Heavy Intercessor with Jump Pack
◦ 5x Assault bolters
◦ 5x Close combat weapon
Deathwatch is back on the menu. Mark rolled through the entire field of over 1000 people at LVO with a pile of durable bodies juiced up for any occasion with target-perfect ammo strategems.
This list has multiple units with hard to crack defensive profiles, and varying offensive profiles thanks to a suite of strategems built for purpose. The Terminator bricks are efficient playing into so many armies, cleaning up everything from hordes to elites with their bolter and missile launcher combos.
Next up is the brand new Indomitor Kill Team, and let me tell you, if you haven’t been shot by this unit, it’s… an experience! This Killteam also has a weapon profile for every opponent that gets even more powerful with the ability to up-down, and it gets +2 Strength to all attacks if you happen to be closest, they crush.
Lastly is the other new datasheet, the Talonstrike Kill Team, which also gets huge buffs every turn it is set up on the battlefield, +1 AP and Lance!
Deathwatch is extremely efficient already, and you have a strategem to deliver damage to any target. Those things considered make this LVO run a lot less surprising but not any less impressive!
Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Meta Army Lists: 2025 Hamburg Major
Jens’ list is likely to see less success after the latest NERFs, but it proved what Shatterstar could have been capable of before GW stepped in!
Jens Bothur’s Necron Starshatter Arsenal Army Lists:
CHARACTERS
Hexmark Destroyer (100 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Enmitic disintegrator pistols
• Enhancement: Chrono-impedance Fields
Hexmark Destroyer (75 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Enmitic disintegrator pistols
Imotekh the Stormlord (100 points)
• 1x Gauntlet of Fire
1x Staff of the Destroyer
Lokhust Lord (90 points)
• 1x Lord’s blade
1x Resurrection Orb
• Enhancement: Demanding Leader
The Silent King (420 points)
• 1x Szarekh
• Warlord
• 1x Sceptre of Eternal Glory
1x Staff of Stars
1x Weapons of the Final Triarch
• 2x Triarchal Menhir
• 2x Annihilator beam
2x Armoured bulk
OTHER DATASHEETS
Canoptek Reanimator (75 points)
• 2x Atomiser beam
1x Reanimator’s claws
Canoptek Spyders (75 points)
• 1x Automaton claws
1x Fabricator Claw Array (Aura)
1x Gloom Prism (Aura)
2x Particle beamer
Doomsday Ark (190 points)
• 1x Armoured bulk
1x Doomsday cannon
2x Gauss flayer array
Flayed Ones (60 points)
• 5x Flayed One
• 5x Flayer claws
Lokhust Destroyers (180 points)
• 6x Lokhust Destroyer
• 6x Close combat weapon
6x Gauss cannon
Lokhust Heavy Destroyers (110 points)
• 2x Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
• 2x Close combat weapon
2x Enmitic exterminator
Lokhust Heavy Destroyers (55 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Enmitic exterminator
Skorpekh Destroyers (90 points)
• 3x Skorpekh Destroyer
• 1x Plasmacyte
3x Skorpekh hyperphase weapons
Tomb Blades (75 points)
• 3x Tomb Blade
• 3x Close combat weapon
3x Particle beamer
3x Shadowloom
Tomb Blades (75 points)
• 3x Tomb Blade
• 3x Close combat weapon
3x Particle beamer
3x Shadowloom
Triarch Stalker (110 points)
• 1x Heavy gauss cannon array
1x Stalker’s forelimbs
Triarch Stalker (110 points)
• 1x Heavy gauss cannon array
1x Stalker’s forelimbs
Where have all the Doomsday Arks gone?! Only one was taken by Jens, opting for more mission play, and he was rewarded with a 5-0 finish for it!
The other datasheet creeping around the battlefield that sends shivers down an opponent’s spine, is the Triarch Stalker. Jens opted to take two of these extremely efficient point-per-wound (110 for 12 T8 Wounds) models that strip cover with a 4+ Invuln!
Skirting around the outskirts of the battlefield is another incredible Necron datasheet, the Tomb Blades. They give Necrons a fast and deliverable asset for doing actions or denying opponents’ primary.
Finally, the damage does come through on this list with incredible efficiency from The Silent King and 6 Lokhust Destroyers with a Lord. These units can put out damage into any target crazy enough to get within 8+D6+24″ of them!
So, with these army lists for the Deathwatch strutting their stuff like a rock band on tour and the Necrons trying to stay in the spotlight after some tough love from the NERF hammer, there’s never been a dull moment.
Whether you’re into heavy artillery or sneaky elite units, the latest army lists from the 10th Edition Warhammer 40k meta are serving up a feast of tactical mayhem that’s sure to keep us on our toes.
Innovation is alive and well, and there’s no better time to test out new ideas than right now, especially with the latest Warhammer rule changes from the Balance Dataslate and Munitorium Points Updates. shaking things up.
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Steven plays more Warhammer 40k in a week than most people do in a quarter, maybe even a calendar year. He studies every Warhammer tournament army list each week, watches all the live streams, and interacts everywhere he can online.
After only being in the hobby for a few years, Steven placed 8th overall out of several hundred at the Warhammer 40k Adepticon Championships in 2024, and was selected to play in the Warhammer World Championships as well.
