Inner Circle Companions
SWORD: what Inner Circle Companions kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 180 pts kill ~115 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Inner Circle Companions is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 180 pts take ~616 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- Tough and hard to hit in melee 4 of 7
- Cost-effective elite bodyguard 3 of 7
- Hit hard in melee 2 of 7
- Need a good leader to shine 2 of 7
- Squishy against heavy damage 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Circle Companions180 pts | A | Top 33% | Top 34% | 108of 254 |
| Deathwing Terminator Squad190 pts | B | Bottom 36% | Top 38% | 29of 254 |
| Deathwing Knights255 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 9% | 157of 254 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 94 | 117 |
| SHIELD | 342 | 304 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 94 | 116 |
| SHIELD | 342 | 367 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Inner Circle Companions, 6 models, 180 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Wrath of the Rock. 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.
180 pts → kills ~115 pts → 64 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.
~616 pts → 342 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.