Baal Predator
SWORD: what Baal Predator kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 135 pts kill ~73 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Blood Angels
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Baal Predator is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 135 pts take ~438 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Blood Angels
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
6 creators- Clears chaff with reliable blast flamers 4 of 6
- Cheap, close to a steal 2 of 6
- In many winning lists 2 of 6
- The price rise was not warranted 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baal Predator135 pts | A | Top 28% | Top 39% | 54of 116 |
| Death Company Dreadnought165 pts | A | Top 14% | Top 20% | 30of 116 |
| Commander Dante140 pts | C | Top 36% | Bottom 6% | 51of 116 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Baal Predator, 135 pts, with 1 Armoured Tracks, 1 Baal Flamestorm Cannon, 2 Heavy Flamer, 1 Hunter-killer missile, 1 Storm bolter, in Ironstorm Spearhead. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: 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.
135 pts → kills ~73 pts → 54 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.
~438 pts → 324 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 403 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 10 creators' newest Blood Angels tier lists: Happy Krumping (Doc Krump, faction review and recommended list) (12 Oct), Auspex Tactics (full rules review of the BA update, two winning lists) (8 Oct), TacticalRock40K (post-codex character board and epic heroes board) (24 Oct), BA Commander (four post videos: jump Death Company and Sanguinary Guard maths, the first BA GT win, Vanguard Veterans vs BA units) (30 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Competitive Innovations, 10-24 Oct: 11 top-placing BA lists) (30 Oct), TacticalTortoise (The Best Armies in 40k, two weekly meta watches: two undefeated BA lists) (26 Oct), Battleborn 40k (points review with their BA player) (3 Oct), Death Company Dropout (opinion piece) (24 Oct), Art of War 40k (first look at the BA supplement with points) (19 Sep), Grimdark Chronicle (counted panel, older datasheets) (19 Sep). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
116 public Blood Angels 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.