Autarch
SWORD: what Autarch kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 70 pts kill ~36 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Autarch is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 70 pts take ~139 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
5 reviewers- Great leading Banshees into marines 2 of 5
- Back to a fair price 2 of 5
- Brings free tricks and charge re-rolls 1 of 5
- Leads Fire Dragons in some podium lists 1 of 5
- The Wayleaper version still needs cuts 1 of 5
- Only just starting to appear 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autarch70 pts | B | Bottom 43% | Bottom 9% | 10of 112 |
| Autarch Wayleaper70 pts | B | Bottom 43% | Bottom 8% | 8of 112 |
| Clanblade70 pts | B | Bottom 40% | Bottom 2% | 5of 112 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 51 | 64 |
| SHIELD | 199 | 203 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 51 | 56 |
| SHIELD | 199 | 212 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Autarch, 70 pts, with 1 Dragon Fusion Gun, 1 Star Glaive. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
70 pts → kills ~36 pts → 51 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.
~139 pts → 199 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Aeldari tier lists: Proxy Hammer (post-dataslate unit tier list) (8 Oct), CraftworldEldar (meta watch of the best lists, dataslate review, starter guide) (17 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Competitive Innovations: 9 winning lists and 10 summaries, and the September balance review) (17 Oct), Battleborn 40k (dataslate points review with the channel's Aeldari player) (4 Oct), 6 Plus Plus Gaming (detachment tier list) (29 Oct), Night Geist Gaming (five of his own lists, run through a damage tool) (27 Oct), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki) (2 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
112 public Aeldari 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.