Ynnari Wyches
SWORD: what Ynnari Wyches kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts kill ~37 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
In Aeldari
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Ynnari Wyches is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts take ~340 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Split off for objective control and screening 1 of 3
- Worse than the Drukhari ones for the same cost 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ynnari Wyches90 pts | D | Bottom 21% | Top 22% | 0of 112 |
| Guardian Defenders90 pts | B | Top 34% | Top 35% | 17of 112 |
| Storm Guardians100 pts | B | Top 48% | Top 42% | 40of 112 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 104 |
| SHIELD | 378 | 378 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 99 |
| SHIELD | 378 | 430 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Ynnari Wyches, 10 models, 90 pts, with 1 Blast Pistol, 10 Hekatarii Blade, 9 Splinter Pistol. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
90 pts → kills ~37 pts → 41 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.
~340 pts → 378 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee 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.