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Callidus Assassin

Epic Hero · 100 pts

Why it's takenIn 12 of 15 public listsThe 4th most-taken Agents of the Imperium unit · Role: Invulnerable on big models

Lists80% · in 12 of 15 public lists, September – November 2026

SimulateCallidus Assassin against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Callidus Assassin kills

Damage for its points

49pts killed
per 100 pts spent

Its 100 pts kill ~49 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100

Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters

Into each enemy type

Everything49bottom 38%

Hordes67top 37%

Line inf. ★70top 41%

Heavy inf.53bottom 33%

Light veh.40bottom 19%

Heavy veh.30bottom 12%

Units near it by SWORD

In Agents of the Imperium

Callidus Assassin49

Across the game· melee units

Plague Surgeon Death Guard · just ahead50

Callidus Assassin 49

Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour Chaos Space Marines · level with it49

SHIELD: how hard Callidus Assassin is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

185pts to kill it
per 100 pts spent

Its 100 pts take ~185 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100

For its points185bottom 6%

Units near it by SHIELD

In Agents of the Imperium

Inquisitor189

Eversor Assassin185

Callidus Assassin185

Inquisitor Greyfax182

Navigator182

Across the game· melee units

Inquisitor Agents of the Imperium · just ahead189

Callidus Assassin 185

Khârn the Betrayer World Eaters · level with it185

What creators say

8 creators

Redeploys every turn and scores late 4 of 8
Best utility assassin 3 of 8
Taxes the enemy's stratagems 2 of 8
Kills a model to deny enemy scoring 1 of 8

Does no real damage 2 of 8
Easy to kill if shot 1 of 8
Her gun got worse in the patch 1 of 8

Compare

Unit	Letter	SWORD	SHIELD	Lists
Callidus Assassin100 pts	A	Bottom 38%	Bottom 6%	12of 15
Eversor Assassin100 pts	A	Bottom 45%	Bottom 6%	9of 15
Inquisitor Kroyle100 pts	A	Bottom 2%	Bottom 23%	12of 15

With a leader

Led by InquisitorSWORD into its best target

	Solo	Led
SWORD	70	70
SHIELD	185	185

Led by Inquisitor CoteazSWORD into its best target

	Solo	Led
SWORD	70	70
SHIELD	185	185

Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.

How we got these numbers

What we ran

Callidus Assassin, 100 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. 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.

100 pts → kills ~49 pts → 49 per 100

SHIELD

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.

~185 pts → 185 per 100

Top and bottom %

Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee 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.