Helbrute
SWORD: what Helbrute kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts kill ~70 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Helbrute is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 105 pts take ~382 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
2 reviewers- Very good in melee 1 of 2
- Too slow for 11th maps 1 of 2
- The points are better spent on Blightlords 1 of 2
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helbrute105 pts | C | Top 29% | Top 28% | 4of 119 |
| Foetid Bloat-drone100 pts | B | Bottom 37% | Top 20% | 16of 119 |
| Myphitic Blight-hauler95 pts | A | Bottom 45% | Top 16% | 22of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Helbrute, 105 pts, with 1 Close combat weapon, 1 Helbrute hammer, 1 Multi-melta. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
105 pts → kills ~70 pts → 67 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.
~382 pts → 364 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 571 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Death Guard tier lists: The Disgustingly Resilient Podcast (October board) (6 Oct), The Disgustingly Resilient Podcast (July board, daemon allies only) (28 Jul), Goonhammer (Tabletop Battles), faction review and September update (30 Sep), GeneralJannis (1 Oct), Grimdark Breakdown (10 Jul), Zeeto (14 Jun), The Yucky OutBack (three list videos) (3 Aug). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
119 public Death Guard 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 4 Nov.