Rangers
SWORD: what Rangers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~13 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Rangers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~161 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- In nearly every winning list 3 of 4
- Block and screen the enemy 2 of 4
- Good at actions 2 of 4
- They do no damage at all 2 of 4
- Corsairs are now preferred 1 of 4
- Pricey for a unit that only blocks 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers60 pts | A | Bottom 7% | Bottom 31% | 59of 112 |
| Shadow Weaver Platform60 pts | C | Bottom 10% | Bottom 37% | 2of 112 |
| Warlock Conclave55 pts | A | Top 39% | Bottom 19% | 33of 112 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Rangers, 5 models, 60 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities.
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 ~13 pts → 21 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.
~161 pts → 268 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 units. 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.