Seraphim Squad
SWORD: what Seraphim Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts kill ~34 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
In Adepta Sororitas
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Seraphim Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts take ~193 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
5 creators- Mobile scoring, screening and infantry killing 4 of 5
- Powerful in the flame detachment 2 of 5
- Shoot and move for secondaries 2 of 5
- Cannot move after shooting on arrival 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seraphim Squad75 pts | S | Top 47% | Bottom 28% | 82of 158 |
| Dominion Squad90 pts | A | Bottom 48% | Top 23% | 138of 158 |
| Sisters Novitiate Squad90 pts | B | Bottom 38% | Top 46% | 45of 158 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 114 | 114 |
| SHIELD | 257 | 257 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 114 | 114 |
| SHIELD | 257 | 257 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Seraphim Squad, 5 models, 75 pts, with 4 Bolt pistol, 5 Close combat weapon, 4 Inferno Pistol, 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: 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.
75 pts → kills ~34 pts → 45 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.
~193 pts → 257 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
158 public Adepta Sororitas tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Numbers run 2 Nov.