Troupe
SWORD: what Troupe kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts kill ~88 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against light vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Troupe is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts take ~198 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
5 creators- The backbone of Serpent's Brood 3 of 5
- Efficient into everything 2 of 5
- Great with a Falcon 2 of 5
- Won a big event 1 of 5
- Slightly overcosted for what they do 2 of 5
- Needs a Falcon to shine 1 of 5
- Still due a cut in points 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troupe85 pts | B | Top 2% | Bottom 16% | 23of 149 |
| Howling Banshees85 pts | A | Top 11% | Bottom 23% | 82of 149 |
| Ynnari Incubi80 pts | D | Bottom 36% | Bottom 26% | 1of 149 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 129 | 138 |
| SHIELD | 233 | 233 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 129 | 138 |
| SHIELD | 233 | 233 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Troupe, 5 models, 85 pts, with 2 Fusion Pistol, 4 Harlequin's Blade, 2 Neuro Disruptor, 1 Power sword, 1 Shuriken Pistol, in Serpent's Brood. 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.
85 pts → kills ~88 pts → 104 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.
~198 pts → 233 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.