Dire Avengers
SWORD: what Dire Avengers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 70 pts kill ~41 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 Dire Avengers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 70 pts take ~180 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
5 reviewers- Strong with Asurmen in Aspect Host 3 of 5
- A good volume of shooting 2 of 5
- Won a test game 1 of 5
- Only good attached to Asurmen 2 of 5
- Hurt by tougher marines 2 of 5
- An expensive package 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dire Avengers70 pts | B | Top 23% | Bottom 28% | 30of 112 |
| Corsair Voidscarred70 pts | B | Top 1% | Bottom 14% | 6of 112 |
| Shadow Weaver Platform60 pts | C | Bottom 10% | Bottom 37% | 2of 112 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 142 | 142 |
| SHIELD | 257 | 257 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 142 | 142 |
| SHIELD | 257 | 257 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Dire Avengers, 5 models, 70 pts, with 6 Avenger shuriken catapult, 5 Close Combat Weapon, in Guardian Battlehost. 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.
70 pts → kills ~41 pts → 58 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.
~180 pts → 257 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.