Jain Zar
SWORD: what Jain Zar kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts kill ~75 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Jain Zar is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts take ~206 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What creators say
4 creators- Makes Banshees much better 3 of 4
- Fabulous into tougher marines 3 of 4
- The most common Phoenix Lord 2 of 4
- Works in four or five detachments 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jain Zar105 pts | S | Top 23% | Bottom 8% | 76of 149 |
| Solitaire105 pts | C | Bottom 34% | Bottom 3% | 8of 149 |
| Prince Yriel95 pts | B | Top 29% | Bottom 6% | 24of 149 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 71 | 65 |
| SHIELD | 196 | 199 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Jain Zar, 105 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.
105 pts → kills ~75 pts → 71 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.
~206 pts → 196 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. 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.