Avatar of Khaine
SWORD: what Avatar of Khaine kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 250 pts kill ~140 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Avatar of Khaine is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 250 pts take ~1092 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
6 reviewers- In most winning lists in any detachment 5 of 6
- The most durable model for its points 4 of 6
- Kills marines with the strike 2 of 6
- A fire magnet that soaks attention 2 of 6
- Great in Aspect Host 2 of 6
- Weak to mortal and devastating wounds 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar of Khaine250 pts | S | Top 48% | Top 9% | 72of 112 |
| The Yncarne230 pts | B | Bottom 27% | Bottom 31% | 1of 112 |
| Asurmen135 pts | B | Bottom 49% | Bottom 1% | 26of 112 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Avatar of Khaine, 250 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Aspect Host (Path of the Warrior: Re-roll hit 1s). On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities 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.
250 pts → kills ~140 pts → 56 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.
~1092 pts → 437 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.