Cadian Command Squad
SWORD: what Cadian Command Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~25 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
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Cadian Command Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~158 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What creators say
5 creators- Extends order range across the army 3 of 5
- Medic and banner help the blob 3 of 5
- Broadcasts orders in winning lists 2 of 5
- Battle-shock help rarely used 1 of 5
- Only works with Cadians 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadian Command Squad60 pts | B | Bottom 34% | Bottom 28% | 53of 120 |
| Ministorum Priest35 pts | D | Bottom 37% | Top 47% | 2of 120 |
| Catachan Command Squad60 pts | C | Top 9% | Bottom 31% | 1of 120 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 41 | 44 |
| SHIELD | 263 | 280 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Cadian Command Squad, 5 models, 60 pts, with 4 Close combat weapon, 3 Lasgun, 1 Power fist, 1 Plasma gun - standard, 1 Plasma gun - supercharge, 2 Plasma pistol - standard, 2 Plasma pistol - supercharge, in Mechanised Assault. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: the army rule 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.
60 pts → kills ~25 pts → 41 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.
~158 pts → 263 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 6 creators' newest Astra Militarum tier lists: Mordian Glory (smash or pass, every datasheet) (22 Oct), Euan 40k (unit tier list after the September update) (7 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (September dataslate review, Competitive Innovations: 2 full Guard lists and 5 summaries, 3 to 30 Oct) (30 Oct), Auspex Tactics (unit tier list, and the 20 Oct winning-lists video) (5 Sep), Battleborn 40k (dataslate winners and losers, one Guard player) (1 Oct), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, August points) (30 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
120 public Astra Militarum 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.