What are the best Dark Angels units?

The reviewers' average is A for Deathwing Knights, Lion El'Jonson, Land Speeder Vengeance, Azrael, Sammael, Ravenwing Command Squad, Inner Circle Companions. Then B: Ravenwing Black Knights, Belial, Deathwing Terminator Squad.

What do the letters mean?

Each letter is the average of the letters 7 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.

What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?

How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.

Which Dark Angels units do lists take most?

Of 254 public lists: Lion El'Jonson (195), Ravenwing Command Squad (161), Deathwing Knights (157).

Which Dark Angels detachment do tournament lists take most?

Darkflight Pursuit: 143 of the 254 Dark Angels tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Space Marines army

Dark Angels tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierBStat Check

Winning lists2452 top-3 finishes

Best finish1st of 12Tournoi à l'Air

Sep–Nov 2026 · 254 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

245winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026

5thof 34LTC #12 Tournoi Caritatif (Alsace)Assault Brethren and Wrath of the RockOct 17 ›1stof 12Tournoi à l'AirCompany of Hunters, Darkflight Pursuit (Masters of Manoeuvre) · Lion El'Jonson, Deathwing Knights, Land Speeder VengeanceSep 19 ›5thof 48La Grande Castagne ArdéchoiseSep 19 ›All 4 winning lists ›

By month

Jun●●●3 of 137

Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+68 of 1562

Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+129 of 1920

Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+121 of 1816

Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+123 of 1824

Nov●1 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

23in its 254 public lists

Darkflight Pursuit143 lists

Company of Hunters94 lists

Assault Brethren68 lists

Wrath of the Rock68 lists

Stormlance Task Force44 lists

18 more

Inner Circle Task Force26 lists

Ironstorm Spearhead21 lists

Terminator Storm Force19 lists

Deathwatch Support12 lists

Librarius Conclave10 lists

Dark Age Arsenal5 lists

Interrogation Conclave4 lists

Tactical Brethren4 lists

Devastator Brethren3 lists

Gladius Task Force3 lists

Ironclad Champions3 lists

Unforgiven Task Force3 lists

Firestorm Assault Force2 lists

Phobos Shadow Force2 lists

Anvil Siege Force1 list

Ceramite Sentinels1 list

Gravis Linebreaker Force1 list

Vanguard Spearhead1 list

Units

16tiers from 7 reviewers

Tier: 7 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes7

Lion El'Jonson415 pts · 195 listsA Azrael150 pts · 129 listsA Sammael120 pts · 154 listsA Belial100 pts · 19 listsB

3 more

Asmodai80 pts · 5 listsC Ezekiel110 pts · 6 listsC Lazarus80 ptsD

Characters1

Ravenwing Command Squad115 pts · 161 listsA

Infantry3

Deathwing Knights255 pts · 157 listsA Inner Circle Companions180 pts · 108 listsA Deathwing Terminator Squad190 pts · 29 listsB

Mounted1

Ravenwing Black Knights85 pts · 84 listsB

Vehicles4

Land Speeder Vengeance150 pts · 148 listsA Ravenwing Darkshroud80 pts · 14 listsC Nephilim Jetfighter200 pts · 19 listsC Ravenwing Dark Talon190 pts · 1 listC

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 254 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from reviewers; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers 27 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 6 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions

What are the best Dark Angels units?: The reviewers' average is A for Deathwing Knights, Lion El'Jonson, Land Speeder Vengeance, Azrael, Sammael, Ravenwing Command Squad, Inner Circle Companions. Then B: Ravenwing Black Knights, Belial, Deathwing Terminator Squad.
What do the letters mean?: Each letter is the average of the letters 7 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?: How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Dark Angels units do lists take most?: Of 254 public lists: Lion El'Jonson (195), Ravenwing Command Squad (161), Deathwing Knights (157).
Which Dark Angels detachment do tournament lists take most?: Darkflight Pursuit: 143 of the 254 Dark Angels tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Sources

Letters

Each letter is the reviewers' average. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the army's reviewed units.

SWORD and SHIELD

Our own dice maths, last run 6 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.

Reviewers

The Dark Angels sources we read, each counted once: tier lists, reviews of their own lists and written reviews. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and their average.

A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us and we take their letters out.

Lists

254 public Dark Angels 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.