Ironstrider Ballistarii
SWORD: what Ironstrider Ballistarii kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Ironstrider Ballistarii is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts take ~307 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
6 reviewers- Best anti-tank damage in the army 3 of 6
- The bedrock of every list since launch 2 of 6
- Up to three units get double buffs 1 of 6
- Overpriced and swingy 2 of 6
- Swingy into tough saves and modifiers 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstrider Ballistarii80 pts | A | Top 41% | Top 20% | 100of 132 |
| Onager Dunecrawler150 pts | A | Top 30% | Top 13% | 85of 132 |
| Skorpius Disintegrator160 pts | A | Top 34% | Top 21% | 99of 132 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Ironstrider Ballistarii, 80 pts, with 1 Ironstrider feet, 1 Twin cognis lascannon, in Eradication Cohort. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: the army rule 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.
80 pts → kills ~38 pts → 47 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.
~307 pts → 384 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 8 reviewers' newest Adeptus Mechanicus tier lists: Belisarius Paul (August tier list moved by his 30 Sep points video and October Eradication/Cybernetica guide) (9 Oct), Omnii (dataslate review with sample lists) (1 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Imperium dataslate review, Competitive Innovations to 30 Oct: 3 full lists and 6 summaries) (30 Oct), Nexos Floof (dataslate review, AdMech part) (12 Oct), DankMechanicus (anti-tank simulation and dataslate review) (4 Oct), Art of War 40k (11th-edition army tier list, AdMech chapter) (27 Oct), Auspex Tactics (army tier list, AdMech part) (23 Oct), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, much 10th-edition text carried over) (30 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
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. Numbers run 2 Nov.