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Death GuardArmy page › All 36 units

Icon Bearer

Character · 45 pts
Why it's takenIn 10 of 160 public listsThe 26th most-taken Death Guard unit
Lists6% · in 10 of 160 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateIcon Bearer against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Icon Bearer kills

Damage for its points

25pts killed
per 100 pts spent

Its 45 pts kill ~11 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100

Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters

Into each enemy type

Everything25bottom 11%
Hordes ★41bottom 32%
Line inf.33bottom 15%
Heavy inf.23bottom 9%
Light veh.23bottom 10%
Heavy veh.21bottom 12%
Units near it by SWORD

In Death Guard

Noxious Blightbringer29
Chaos Land Raider28
Beasts of Nurgle27
Icon Bearer25
Poxwalkers24

Across the game· units

Orion Assault Dropship Adeptus Custodes · just ahead26
Icon Bearer 25
Sydonian Skatros Adeptus Mechanicus · level with it25

SHIELD: how hard Icon Bearer is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

347pts to kill it
per 100 pts spent

Its 45 pts take ~156 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100

For its points347top 33%
Units near it by SHIELD

In Death Guard

Deathshroud Terminators355
Daemon Prince of Nurgle348
Icon Bearer347
Mortarion337
Chaos Predator Annihilator336

Across the game· units

Daemon Prince of Nurgle Death Guard · just ahead348
Icon Bearer 347
Tormentors Emperor's Children · level with it347

What creators say

4 creators
  • Clears morale trouble from a nearby unit 3 of 4
  • Gives the squad more objective control 2 of 4
  • Weakens enemy morale 2 of 4
  • The cheapest reserve action or home screen 1 of 4
  • Too dear for a once-a-game trick 1 of 4
  • Takes a character slot 1 of 4

Compare

UnitLetterSWORDSHIELDLists
Icon Bearer45 ptsABottom 11%Top 33%10of 160
Tallyman60 ptsBBottom 4%Bottom 28%76of 160
Noxious Blightbringer50 ptsSBottom 5%Top 48%55of 160

Leading a squad

Leading Plague Marines220 pts together
SoloLeading
SWORD2556
SHIELD347298

Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.

How we got these numbers

What we ran

Icon Bearer, 45 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras.

SWORD

Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.

45 pts → kills ~11 pts → 25 per 100

SHIELD

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.

~156 pts → 347 per 100

Top and bottom %

Where each number ranks among the game's 930 units. How we score.

The letter

The average of 7 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.

Lists

160 public Death Guard 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 4 Nov.