Retributor Squad
SWORD: what Retributor Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts kill ~60 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Retributor Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts take ~192 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Premier anti-tank fire support 1 of 4
- Fragile, the most vulnerable overwatch target 2 of 4
- Absent from winning lists 2 of 4
- Meltas not worth it in cover 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retributor Squad105 pts | C | Top 24% | Bottom 7% | 29of 127 |
| Dominion Squad90 pts | A | Bottom 48% | Top 23% | 114of 127 |
| Sisters Novitiate Squad90 pts | B | Bottom 38% | Top 46% | 36of 127 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 107 | 124 |
| SHIELD | 183 | 183 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 107 | 118 |
| SHIELD | 183 | 183 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Retributor Squad, 5 models, 105 pts, with 5 Bolt pistol, 5 Close combat weapon, 4 Ministorum heavy flamer, 1 Power weapon, 1 Plasma pistol - standard, 1 Plasma pistol - supercharge, in Bringers of Flame. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
105 pts → kills ~60 pts → 57 per 100SHIELD
Enemy points it takes to kill it, per 100 pts of its own: the points of the cheapest units from top lists that kill it 80% of the time. It's per point, so a costly unit has to be much tougher to score the same.
~192 pts → 183 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Adepta Sororitas tier lists: Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (dataslate review, Competitive Innovations: 4 full winning lists and 11 summaries, 3 to 24 Oct) (30 Oct), Grimdark Breakdown (best units ranked, moved by its 2 Sep list builds) (2 Sep), Christian Von Carmian (11th-edition rules review and the LGT winner's list, his own preferences) (29 Sep), Art of War 40k (army tier list, Sisters segment) (27 Oct), TacticalTortoise 40k (LGT-winning Hallowed Martyrs list explained) (30 Sep), Grand Slam-Gaming (three of his own tournament lists) (11 Sep), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, much text carried over from 10th) (30 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
127 public Adepta Sororitas tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Numbers run 2 Nov.