Windriders
SWORD: what Windriders kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts kill ~38 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 Windriders is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts take ~146 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- Fast and tough, a great option 2 of 5
- Good for scoring and re-rolls 2 of 5
- Shooting barely affected by tougher marines 1 of 5
- Few winning lists take them 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windriders80 pts | A | Top 39% | Bottom 7% | 20of 149 |
| Shroud Runners90 pts | C | Bottom 13% | Bottom 35% | 19of 149 |
| Warlock Skyrunners45 pts | C | Bottom 38% | Bottom 32% | 5of 149 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 102 |
| SHIELD | 183 | 183 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 89 |
| SHIELD | 183 | 226 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Windriders, 3 models, 80 pts, with 3 Close combat weapon, 3 Shuriken cannon. 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.
80 pts → kills ~38 pts → 48 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.
~146 pts → 183 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.