Skitarii Vanguard
SWORD: what Skitarii Vanguard kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts kill ~37 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against light vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Skitarii Vanguard is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts take ~313 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
3 reviewers- Battleline with OC to hold objectives 3 of 3
- Aura that denies enemy OC 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skitarii Vanguard85 pts | B | Top 50% | Top 24% | 57of 132 |
| Skitarii Rangers85 pts | A | Top 28% | Top 24% | 123of 132 |
| Ironstrider Ballistarii80 pts | A | Top 41% | Top 20% | 100of 132 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 121 | 144 |
| SHIELD | 368 | 368 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 121 | 142 |
| SHIELD | 368 | 378 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Skitarii Vanguard, 10 models, 85 pts, with 1 Alpha combat weapon, 10 Close combat weapon, 10 Radium carbine, in Eradication Cohort. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities, 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.
85 pts → kills ~37 pts → 44 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.
~313 pts → 368 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.