Vigilant Squad
SWORD: what Vigilant Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 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· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Vigilant Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts take ~289 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Cheap bodies with decent OC 1 of 3
- Only worth taking because they are free 1 of 3
- Still weak even when cheaper 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigilant Squad85 pts | C | Top 47% | Top 32% | 0of 13 |
| Deathwatch Kill Team115 pts | A | Top 10% | Bottom 28% | 5of 13 |
| Imperial Navy Breachers90 pts | A | Bottom 20% | Bottom 46% | 13of 13 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 101 | 117 |
| SHIELD | 340 | 340 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 101 | 112 |
| SHIELD | 340 | 433 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Vigilant Squad, 11 models, 85 pts, with 8 Arbites combat shotgun, 10 Arbites shotpistol, 10 Close combat weapon, 1 Mechanical bite, 1 Webber, 1 Arbites grenade launcher - frag, 1 Arbites grenade launcher - krak, 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.
85 pts → kills ~38 pts → 45 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.
~289 pts → 340 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 10 reviewers' 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). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
13 public Agents of the Imperium 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.