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Vindicare Assassin

Epic Hero · 110 pts
Why it's takenIn 3 of 13 public listsThe 20th most-taken Agents of the Imperium unit · Role: Invulnerable on big models
Lists23% · in 3 of 13 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateVindicare Assassin against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Vindicare Assassin kills

Damage for its points

27pts killed
per 100 pts spent

Its 110 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100

Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes

Into each enemy type

Everything27bottom 11%
Hordes26bottom 10%
Line inf.27bottom 8%
Heavy inf. ★30bottom 12%
Light veh.27bottom 11%
Heavy veh.26bottom 14%
Units near it by SWORD

In Agents of the Imperium

Vindicare Assassin27

Across the game· shooters

Coronus Grav-carrier Adeptus Custodes · just ahead28
Vindicare Assassin 27
Cadian Shock Troops Astra Militarum · level with it27

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

Toughness for its points

169pts to kill it
per 100 pts spent

Its 110 pts take ~186 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100

For its points169bottom 5%
Units near it by SHIELD

In Agents of the Imperium

Vindicare Assassin169

Across the game· shooters

Warlock Aeldari · just ahead173
Vindicare Assassin 169
Corsair Skyreavers Aeldari · level with it169

What reviewers say

5 reviewers
  • Sniper shot can delete a character 3 of 5
  • Handy against T'au suits 1 of 5
  • A single shot that often fails 2 of 5
  • Mostly a placeholder to swap out 1 of 5
  • Overpriced for one shot 1 of 5

Compare

UnitLetterSWORDSHIELDLists
Vindicare Assassin110 ptsCBottom 11%Bottom 5%3of 13
Inquisitor Draxus75 ptsATop 10%Bottom 3%11of 13
Callidus Assassin100 ptsABottom 38%Bottom 6%10of 13

With a leader

Led by Inquisitor GreyfaxSWORD into its best target
SoloLed
SWORD3031
SHIELD169169
Led by InquisitorSWORD into its best target
SoloLed
SWORD3030
SHIELD169169

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

How we got these numbers

What we ran

Vindicare Assassin, 110 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.

110 pts → kills ~30 pts → 27 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.

~186 pts → 169 per 100

Top 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.