Technoarcheologist
SWORD: what Technoarcheologist kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against light vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Technoarcheologist is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts take ~169 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Cheap leader with extra OC 1 of 3
- No detachment wants him 2 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technoarcheologist45 pts | C | Bottom 36% | Top 23% | 16of 132 |
| Tech-Priest Enginseer55 pts | A | Bottom 9% | Top 50% | 91of 132 |
| Skitarii Marshal35 pts | B | Bottom 40% | Bottom 21% | 45of 132 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 48 | 57 |
| SHIELD | 376 | 491 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 48 | 77 |
| SHIELD | 376 | 275 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Technoarcheologist, 45 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Lords of the Forge. 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.
45 pts → kills ~22 pts → 48 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.
~169 pts → 376 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee 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.