Ezekiel
SWORD: what Ezekiel kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts kill ~46 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 per 100
Best against light vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Ezekiel is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts take ~262 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 306 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
6 reviewers- Can snipe a character 3 of 6
- Boosts his unit's attacks 3 of 6
- Makes his unit harder to hit 2 of 6
- Pricey for what he adds 2 of 6
- Has no good unit to lead 2 of 6
- Protection only matters in some matchups 1 of 6
- Never run by some reviewers 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel110 pts | C | Bottom 37% | Bottom 19% | 6of 254 |
| Sammael120 pts | A | Top 31% | Bottom 32% | 154of 254 |
| Belial100 pts | B | Bottom 36% | Bottom 39% | 19of 254 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 42 | 55 |
| SHIELD | 238 | 264 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Ezekiel, 110 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.
110 pts → kills ~46 pts → 42 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.
~262 pts → 238 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 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.