Azrael
SWORD: what Azrael kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 150 pts kill ~78 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 Azrael is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 150 pts take ~253 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
7 reviewers- Puts any nearby unit into a doctrine 5 of 7
- Strong bodyguard with Inner Circle 3 of 7
- Core of the Inner Circle lists 2 of 7
- Lost his command point income 3 of 7
- Pricey for what he adds 2 of 7
- The units he leads are rarely played 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azrael150 pts | A | Bottom 45% | Bottom 4% | 129of 254 |
| Belial100 pts | B | Bottom 36% | Bottom 39% | 19of 254 |
| Asmodai80 pts | C | Bottom 42% | Bottom 9% | 5of 254 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 52 | 53 |
| SHIELD | 169 | 246 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Azrael, 150 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Inner Circle Task Force. 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.
150 pts → kills ~78 pts → 52 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.
~253 pts → 169 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 566 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Dark Angels tier lists: Black Crow Gaming (Lion's Den Dark Angels unit tier list, a DA GT player and his Death Guard opponent) (22 Oct), TacticalRock40K (epic heroes after the codex, 24 Oct; the Dark Angels board of 28 Jun for the other units) (24 Oct), Battleborn 40k (a Dark Angels tournament player on the new points, and three lists from one core) (27 Oct), Auspex Tactics (Dark Angels full rules review after the update, with three 3-0 lists) (5 Oct), TacticalTortoise (The Best Armies in 40k: the two undefeated Dark Angels GT lists, 12 and 19 Oct) (19 Oct), Art of War 40k (new Dark Angels units and detachments, preview points) (19 Sep), Grimdark Breakdown (the leaked Dark Angels rules, guessed points) (21 Sep). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
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. Numbers run 6 Nov.