Chaplain Grimaldus
SWORD: what Chaplain Grimaldus kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts kill ~53 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
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Chaplain Grimaldus is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts take ~431 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What creators say
6 creators- Re-rolls and a toughness boost for Crusaders 5 of 6
- Great at the head of a 20-man Crusader block 4 of 6
- Among the best sources of re-rolls 2 of 6
- In a winning list 1 of 6
- A painful price rise 1 of 6
- His auras rely on servitors that can be sniped 1 of 6
- Less standout than Helbrecht or the Champion 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaplain Grimaldus120 pts | A | Bottom 26% | Top 29% | 37of 72 |
| High Marshal Helbrecht125 pts | S | Top 14% | Bottom 9% | 59of 72 |
| Sword Brethren Squad115 pts | C | Bottom 47% | Top 49% | 35of 72 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 44 | 54 |
| SHIELD | 359 | 358 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 44 | 59 |
| SHIELD | 359 | 320 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Chaplain Grimaldus, 4 models, 120 pts, with 1 Artificer Crozius, 3 Close Combat Weapon, 1 Plasma Pistol - Standard, 1 Plasma Pistol - Supercharge, in Vow-Sworn Crusaders (Templar Vows: Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds). 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.
120 pts → kills ~53 pts → 44 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.
~431 pts → 359 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 566 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 8 creators' newest Black Templars tier lists: Implausible Nature (Black Templar channel: three detachment deep dives and the rules preview) (13 Oct), Auspex Tactics (every BT datasheet with the dataslate's points; codex unit tier list for the generic units) (16 Oct), TacticalRock40K (character board and vehicle board, after the codex) (21 Oct), Art of War 40k (BT supplement review before points; generic units from its 20 Oct datasheet ranking) (20 Oct), Vanguard Tactics (BT index review from the preview copy, before points) (24 Sep), Griffin's Crusade (casual BT channel: post-codex options and three theory lists) (24 Oct), Goonhammer / Tabletop Battles (Competitive Innovations: four post-codex BT lists, one in full) (23 Oct), TacticalTortoise 40k (The Best Armies in 40k: one undefeated BT list) (12 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
72 public Black Templars 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 6 Nov.