Farseer
SWORD: what Farseer kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~22 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 Farseer is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~129 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- Cheap, and works in several detachments 3 of 5
- A staple in almost every list 2 of 5
- Points were cut 1 of 5
- Middling for what the packages cost 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farseer60 pts | A | Bottom 28% | Bottom 13% | 34of 112 |
| Farseer Skyrunner60 pts | A | Bottom 38% | Top 49% | 54of 112 |
| Death Jester65 pts | B | Bottom 32% | Bottom 31% | 6of 112 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 36 | 44 |
| SHIELD | 215 | 257 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 36 | 43 |
| SHIELD | 215 | 255 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Farseer, 60 pts, with 1 Eldritch Storm, 1 Shuriken Pistol, 1 Singing Spear, 1 Singing Spear (melee). 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.
60 pts → kills ~22 pts → 36 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.
~129 pts → 215 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.