Kataphron Destroyers
SWORD: what Kataphron Destroyers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 200 pts kill ~116 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Kataphron Destroyers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 200 pts take ~609 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Can fall back and shoot in Eradication 1 of 4
- Doubtful as anti-tank 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kataphron Destroyers200 pts | B | Top 23% | Top 47% | 18of 132 |
| Hastarii Fusiliers105 pts | A | Top 6% | Bottom 43% | 19of 132 |
| Hastarii Exterminators100 pts | C | Top 6% | Top 50% | 11of 132 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 85 | 91 |
| SHIELD | 305 | 314 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 85 | 85 |
| SHIELD | 305 | 398 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Kataphron Destroyers, 6 models, 200 pts, with 6 Close combat weapon, 6 Cognis flamer, 6 Kataphron plasma culverin - standard, 6 Kataphron plasma culverin - supercharge, in Data-psalm Conclave (Benediction of the Omnissiah: Panegyric Procession). 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.
200 pts → kills ~116 pts → 58 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.
~609 pts → 305 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.