Dark Reapers
SWORD: what Dark Reapers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 95 pts kill ~53 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Dark Reapers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 95 pts take ~208 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- A long-range all-rounder that hits anything 2 of 3
- Easy to hide 1 of 3
- Great in Aspect Host and Seer Council 1 of 3
- The big brick is a points sink 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Reapers95 pts | A | Top 25% | Bottom 14% | 28of 112 |
| D-Cannon Platform110 pts | C | Bottom 38% | Bottom 2% | 3of 112 |
| Fire Dragons110 pts | A | Top 28% | Bottom 8% | 47of 112 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 80 | 80 |
| SHIELD | 219 | 219 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 80 | 80 |
| SHIELD | 219 | 219 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Dark Reapers, 5 models, 95 pts, with 5 Close combat weapon, 1 Missile Launcher - Starshot, 1 Missile Launcher - Sunburst, 4 Reaper Launcher - Starshot, 4 Reaper Launcher - Starswarm, 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.
95 pts → kills ~53 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.
~208 pts → 219 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. 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.