Guardian Defenders
SWORD: what Guardian Defenders kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts kill ~45 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Guardian Defenders is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts take ~299 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
5 creators- Bodies for the Seer Council blob 1 of 5
- Die too easily 3 of 5
- Their guns do nothing into tougher marines 2 of 5
- Middling for the points 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Defenders90 pts | B | Top 34% | Top 35% | 28of 149 |
| Ynnari Kabalite Warriors110 pts | C | Bottom 32% | Bottom 23% | 1of 149 |
| Storm Guardians100 pts | B | Top 48% | Top 42% | 49of 149 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 106 | 132 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 332 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 106 | 110 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 371 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Guardian Defenders, 11 models, 90 pts, with 1 Bright Lance, 11 Close Combat Weapon, 10 Shuriken Catapult, in Guardian Battlehost. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: 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.
90 pts → kills ~45 pts → 50 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.
~299 pts → 332 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
149 public Aeldari tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Numbers run 2 Nov.