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Sydonian Skatros

Character · 45 pts
Why it's takenIn 6 of 132 public listsThe 27th most-taken Adeptus Mechanicus unit
Lists5% · in 6 of 132 public lists, September – November 2026
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SWORD: what Sydonian Skatros kills

Damage for its points

25pts killed
per 100 pts spent

Its 45 pts kill ~11 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100

Best against heavy infantry, weakest against light vehicles and monsters

Into each enemy type

Everything25bottom 11%
Hordes30bottom 14%
Line inf.33bottom 15%
Heavy inf. ★37bottom 22%
Light veh.28bottom 16%
Heavy veh.31bottom 24%
Units near it by SWORD

Across the game· units

Orion Assault Dropship Adeptus Custodes · just ahead26
Sydonian Skatros 25
Spoilpox Scrivener Chaos Daemons · level with it25

SHIELD: how hard Sydonian Skatros is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

380pts to kill it
per 100 pts spent

Its 45 pts take ~171 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100

For its points380top 23%
Units near it by SHIELD

In Adeptus Mechanicus

Sydonian Skatros380

Across the game· units

Fateskimmer Chaos Daemons · just ahead381
Sydonian Skatros 380
Ogryn Squad Astra Militarum · level with it380

What reviewers say

3 reviewers
  • Tough for a sniper 1 of 3
  • Outclassed as a sniper 1 of 3

Compare

UnitLetterSWORDSHIELDLists
Sydonian Skatros45 ptsCBottom 11%Top 23%6of 132
Cybernetica Datasmith20 ptsATop 17%Top 1%96of 132
Technoarcheologist45 ptsCBottom 36%Top 23%16of 132

How we got these numbers

What we ran

Sydonian Skatros, 45 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, 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.

45 pts → kills ~11 pts → 25 per 100

SHIELD

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.

~171 pts → 380 per 100

Top and bottom %

Where each number ranks among the game's 930 units. 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.