Leman Russ Executioner
SWORD: what Leman Russ Executioner kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 145 pts kill ~71 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Leman Russ Executioner is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 145 pts take ~635 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Solid follow-up punch 2 of 5
- Loses to tougher marines 1 of 5
- Nerfed by the rules changes 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leman Russ Executioner145 pts | C | Top 37% | Top 12% | 6of 120 |
| Leman Russ Eradicator145 pts | B | Bottom 38% | Top 7% | 16of 120 |
| Leman Russ Battle Tank160 pts | A | Bottom 42% | Top 18% | 51of 120 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Leman Russ Executioner, 145 pts, with 1 Armoured tracks, 3 Heavy bolter, 1 Heavy stubber, 1 Hunter-killer missile, 1 Executioner plasma cannon - standard, 1 Executioner plasma cannon - supercharge, in Mechanised Assault. 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.
145 pts → kills ~71 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.
~635 pts → 438 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. 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.