Warp Spiders
SWORD: what Warp Spiders kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 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 Warp Spiders is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts take ~208 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
5 reviewers- Strong under Lhykhis 2 of 5
- Powerful but easy to get wrong 1 of 5
- In half the winning lists 1 of 5
- Hurt by tougher marines 2 of 5
- Move-blocking no longer works 1 of 5
- Weak without Lhykhis 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warp Spiders105 pts | B | Bottom 46% | Bottom 9% | 49of 112 |
| Corsair Skyreavers75 pts | B | Bottom 39% | Bottom 5% | 16of 112 |
| Swooping Hawks190 pts | B | Top 38% | Bottom 3% | 40of 112 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 108 | 110 |
| SHIELD | 198 | 198 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 108 | 108 |
| SHIELD | 198 | 198 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Warp Spiders, 5 models, 105 pts, with 5 Close Combat Weapon, 1 Death Weavers, 4 Death spinner, 1 Spinneret Rifle, in Aspect Host (Path of the Warrior: Re-roll wound 1s). 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.
105 pts → kills ~48 pts → 46 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.
~208 pts → 198 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 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.