Sammael
SWORD: what Sammael kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts kill ~71 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Sammael is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts take ~324 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 306 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What creators say
7 creators- Mobile leader who sets his unit's doctrine 6 of 7
- Makes the Outrider brick strong 4 of 7
- Punishes enemies that fall back 3 of 7
- Lost the ability to advance, shoot and charge 2 of 7
- Pricey brick; cheaper captains do similar 2 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammael120 pts | A | Top 31% | Bottom 32% | 179of 323 |
| Ezekiel110 pts | C | Bottom 37% | Bottom 19% | 7of 323 |
| Belial100 pts | B | Bottom 36% | Bottom 39% | 26of 323 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 59 | 58 |
| SHIELD | 270 | 294 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Sammael, 120 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: 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.
120 pts → kills ~71 pts → 59 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.
~324 pts → 270 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
323 public Dark 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.