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Adeptus Mechanicus tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierSStat Check
Winning lists1257 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 34LTC #12 Tournoi Caritatif (Alsace)

Sep–Nov 2026 · 132 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

125winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
1stof 12Tactical HorrorCohort Acquisitus and Eradication CohortOct 25 ›1stof 34LTC #12 Tournoi Caritatif (Alsace)Cohort Cybernetica, Lords of the Forge (Cyber Psalm-Programming) · Kastelan Robots, Ironstrider Ballistarii, Skorpius DisintegratorOct 17 ›1stof 5Un petit tournoi à la NWA vengeance des PrimarquesCohort Acquisitus and Eradication CohortOct 11 ›All 8 winning lists ›
By month
Jun●●●3 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+35 of 1562
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+38 of 1920
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+52 of 1816
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+73 of 1824
Nov–0 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

10in its 132 public lists
Cohort Cybernetica96 lists ›Lords of the Forge67 lists ›Eradication Cohort52 lists ›Rad-zone Corps18 lists ›Skitarii Hunter Cohort9 lists ›
5 moreCohort Acquisitus3 lists ›Haloscreed Battle Clade3 lists ›Data-psalm Conclave1 list ›Explorator Maniple1 list ›Luminen Auto-choir1 list ›

Units

34tiers from 8 reviewers

Tier: 8 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes2

Thulia Ghuld180 pts · 113 listsStop 43%top 19%Belisarius Cawl220 pts · 103 listsAbottom 28%top 39%

Characters7

Cybernetica Datasmith20 pts · 96 listsAtop 17%top 1%Tech-Priest Enginseer55 pts · 91 listsAbottom 9%top 50%Skitarii Marshal35 pts · 45 listsBbottom 40%bottom 21%Tech-Priest Manipulus60 pts · 31 listsBtop 33%top 19%
3 moreSydonian Skatros45 pts · 6 listsCbottom 11%top 23%Technoarcheologist45 pts · 16 listsCbottom 36%top 23%Tech-Priest Dominus60 pts · 9 listsDtop 40%top 17%

Battleline2

Skitarii Rangers85 pts · 123 listsAtop 28%top 24%Skitarii Vanguard85 pts · 57 listsBtop 50%top 24%

Infantry11

Hastarii Fusiliers105 pts · 19 listsAtop 6%bottom 43%Sicarian Ruststalkers75 pts · 40 listsBtop 1%top 38%Sicarian Infiltrators75 pts · 85 listsBtop 18%top 27%Servitor Battleclade75 pts · 70 listsBtop 8%top 1%
7 moreKataphron Destroyers200 pts · 18 listsBtop 23%top 47%Hastarii Exterminators100 pts · 11 listsCtop 6%top 50%Kataphron Breachers290 pts · 4 listsCtop 39%bottom 16%Pteraxii Skystalkers75 pts · 51 listsCbottom 38%top 28%Pteraxii Sterylizors75 pts · 9 listsCtop 22%top 43%Corpuscarii Electro-Priests60 pts · 4 listsDtop 2%top 40%Fulgurite Electro-Priests130 pts · 4 listsDtop 6%top 48%

Mounted2

Serberys Raiders60 pts · 17 listsBtop 40%bottom 32%Serberys Sulphurhounds95 pts · 8 listsCtop 10%top 43%

Vehicles8

Kastelan Robots300 pts · 98 listsStop 48%top 21%Ironstrider Ballistarii80 pts · 100 listsAtop 41%top 20%Skorpius Disintegrator160 pts · 99 listsAtop 34%top 21%Onager Dunecrawler150 pts · 85 listsAtop 30%top 13%
4 moreSydonian Dragoons with taser lances170 pts · 27 listsBtop 14%top 17%Sydonian Dragoons with radium jezzails55 ptsCbottom 20%top 4%Archaeopter Stratoraptor185 ptsDbottom 22%bottom 25%Archaeopter Fusilave160 ptsDbottom 11%bottom 42%

Transports2

Skorpius Dunerider75 pts · 43 listsCbottom 6%top 2%Archaeopter Transvector145 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 36%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 132 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from reviewers; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers 30 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 2 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions
What are the best Adeptus Mechanicus units?
The reviewers' average is S for Kastelan Robots, Thulia Ghuld. Then A: Ironstrider Ballistarii, Cybernetica Datasmith, Belisarius Cawl, Skorpius Disintegrator, Tech-Priest Enginseer and 3 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is the average of the letters 8 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Adeptus Mechanicus units do lists take most?
Of 132 public lists: Skitarii Rangers (123), Thulia Ghuld (113), Belisarius Cawl (103).
Which Adeptus Mechanicus detachment do tournament lists take most?
Cohort Cybernetica: 96 of the 132 Adeptus Mechanicus tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is the reviewers' average. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the army's reviewed units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice maths, last run 2 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.
Reviewers
The Adeptus Mechanicus sources we read, each counted once: tier lists, reviews of their own lists and written reviews. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and their average.A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us and we take their letters out.
Lists
132 public Adeptus Mechanicus 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.