Watch Master
SWORD: what Watch Master kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts kill ~51 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Watch Master is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts take ~243 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
7 reviewers- Kill teams move, then shoot and charge 4 of 7
- Free stratagem every round 3 of 7
- Makes kill teams hit much harder 2 of 7
- Lets three units infiltrate 2 of 7
- Only joins Deathwatch units 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watch Master105 pts | A | Bottom 38% | Bottom 15% | 5of 13 |
| Navigator60 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Bottom 6% | 11of 13 |
| Inquisitor55 pts | A | Bottom 6% | Bottom 7% | 10of 13 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 49 | 63 |
| SHIELD | 231 | 245 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 49 | 64 |
| SHIELD | 231 | 209 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Watch Master, 105 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, 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.
105 pts → kills ~51 pts → 49 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.
~243 pts → 231 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. 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.