The 23 Best Warhammer 40,000 Factions
The grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is packed with iconic factions — from the noble Space Marines to the ancient Necrons and the all-devouring Tyranids. Which faction reigns supreme?
1Space MarinesThe iconic poster boys of the 41st millennium — genetically enhanced supersoldiers in power armor who stand as humanity's ultimate defenders.1000pts
2Chaos DaemonsThe daemonic legions of the four Chaos Gods given physical form in realspace, each embodying a pure aspect of the Warp's corruption.880pts
3DrukhariThe sadistic Dark Eldar who inhabit the webway city of Commorragh, raiding realspace to harvest souls and stave off Slaanesh's hunger.789pts
4NecronsThe ancient undying machine-race who slumbered in their tombs for sixty million years and are now awakening to reclaim their galaxy.789pts
5Blood AngelsThe tragic vampire-aesthetic Space Marine chapter cursed by the Red Thirst and Black Rage, known for their devastating assault tactics.710pts
6Chaos Space MarinesFallen Astartes consumed by the Ruinous Powers, spending ten thousand years of bitter vengeance against the Imperium that cast them out.710pts
7Leagues of VotannThe stocky, no-nonsense kin of the Squats — an ancient human offshoot culture who mine the galactic core and fight with ancestor-blessed tech.609pts
8Adeptus CustodesThe golden-armored guardian demigods of the Emperor himself, each one worth a hundred Space Marines and rarely leaving Terra.609pts
9World EatersKhorne's berserker legion of Angron, who lobotomized themselves with Butcher's Nails implants and know only endless slaughter and war.474pts
10T'au EmpireThe young, technologically advanced alien civilization united under the philosophy of the Greater Good, fielding battlesuits and firewarriors.474pts
11Death GuardThe bloated, plague-ridden traitor legion of Mortarion, spreading Nurgle's blessings of disease and decay across the galaxy.474pts
12Emperor's ChildrenThe decadent traitor legion of Fulgrim devoted to Slaanesh, pursuing sensation and excess to monstrous extremes in search of perfection.473pts
13OrksThe rampaging fungal alien warmongers whose WAAAGH! psychic field makes their ramshackle technology work through sheer belief and brutality.473pts
14TyranidsThe all-consuming alien swarm from outside the galaxy that strips worlds to bare rock, guided by the universal psychic Hive Mind.284pts
15Dark AngelsThe secretive first Space Marine Legion harboring a hidden shame, hunting their Fallen brothers across the galaxy in robed Deathwing armor.284pts
16Thousand SonsThe sorcerous traitor legion of Magnus the Red, reduced to animated suits of armor containing only dust and psychic residue.284pts
17Adepta SororitasThe Sisters of Battle — fanatical female warriors of the Ecclesiarchy whose faith literally manifests as miraculous Acts of Faith in combat.1pts
18Grey KnightsThe secretive psychic Space Marines who serve as the Imperium's last line of defense against daemonic incursion, armored in blessed silver.1pts
19Astra MilitarumThe vast Imperial Guard — countless regiments of ordinary humans holding the line against existential horrors through sheer firepower and sacrifice.1pts
20Adeptus MechanicusThe tech-priest servants of the Omnissiah who replace flesh with machine and safeguard the Imperium's dwindling technological secrets.1pts
21AeldariThe ancient, dying race of psychic elves whose fall birthed a Chaos God and who now fight desperately to avoid total extinction.1pts
22Space WolvesThe Viking-inspired Space Marines of Fenris who ride giant wolves, drink mead, and fight with savage ferocity in the name of Russ.0pts
23Genestealer CultsThe insidious xenos fifth columnists who infiltrate and subvert human populations from within while waiting for the Tyranid fleet to arrive.0pts
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Mead, skalds and giant wolves in power armour, forty thousand years out. The Orks across from them run on belief rather than engineering: https://youpick.best/articles/the-wolf-ranked-many-ways
