Aquila Kill Team
SWORD: what Aquila Kill Team kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts kill ~75 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
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Aquila Kill Team is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts take ~365 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· units
What creators say
6 creators- Better profiles than ordinary veterans 1 of 6
- Infiltrates forward for a strike 1 of 6
- Small squads suit action work 1 of 6
- Mixed shooting and melee 1 of 6
- Lost flexibility in the update 1 of 6
- Poor value as an ally 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquila Kill Team110 pts | B | Top 19% | Top 39% | 4of 15 |
| Imperial Navy Breachers90 pts | A | Bottom 20% | Bottom 46% | 15of 15 |
| Deathwatch Kill Team115 pts | A | Top 10% | Bottom 28% | 6of 15 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 120 | 132 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 332 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 120 | 132 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 332 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Aquila Kill Team, 5 models, 110 pts, with 3 Bolt pistol, 1 Deathwatch marksman bolt carbine, 3 Knives and Fists, 2 Power weapon, 1 Special-issue bolt pistol, 1 Infernus heavy bolter (Bolt), 1 Infernus heavy bolter (Infernus), 1 Plasma incinerator - Standard, 1 Plasma incinerator - Supercharge, 1 Plasma pistol - Standard, 1 Plasma pistol - Supercharge, in Imperialis Fleet (At All Costs: Eliminate At All Costs). 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.
110 pts → kills ~75 pts → 68 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.
~365 pts → 332 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 10 creators' newest Agents of the Imperium tier lists: Inquisitor Varik - Ordo Tactica (tier list; the counted panel) (5 Aug), 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian (state of the faction, two lists) (31 Jul), Grimdark Breakdown (Joe Sault's 5-0 GT list and interview) (17 Sep), Art of War 40k (11th Edition Competitive Tier List, Agents segment by Foldier Piles) (27 Oct), Tabletop Battles (ex-Goonhammer: September dataslate review and a praised 4th-place list) (30 Sep), Hubtown Hammer (Agents as Adeptus Custodes allies: five unit videos) (6 Oct), Brother Tobias (Agents as Ultramarines allies, three-tier stream) (2 Sep), Steve (the assassins as Space Wolves allies) (14 Aug), The Glorious Game (casual league list preview) (10 Sep), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, much text carried over from 10th) (30 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
15 public Agents of the Imperium 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.