Atalan Jackals
SWORD: what Atalan Jackals kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts kill ~54 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Atalan Jackals is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts take ~222 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
6 reviewers- Cheap move-blockers and early action pieces 4 of 6
- Cheap to rebuy 2 of 6
- Fragile units overall 1 of 6
- Not always needed 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalan Jackals85 pts | B | Top 24% | Bottom 28% | 27of 55 |
| Attilan Rough Riders60 pts | S | Top 1% | Top 28% | 1of 55 |
| Death Riders60 pts | B | Top 19% | Top 28% | 0of 55 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 102 | 102 |
| SHIELD | 261 | 261 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Atalan Jackals, 5 models, 85 pts, with 2 Atalan power weapon, 4 Atalan small arms, 3 Close combat weapon, 1 Mining laser, 1 Grenade launcher - frag, 1 Grenade launcher - krak, in Host of Ascension. 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.
85 pts → kills ~54 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.
~222 pts → 261 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Genestealer Cults tier lists: Nexos Floof (dataslate review, Las Vegas Open recap, Final Day tier list) (12 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Competitive Innovations: 5 full GSC lists and 8 summaries; September balance review) (30 Oct), 40k Rey (unit tier list) (11 Sep), 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian (tier list stream, A to D) (27 Sep), 6 Plus Plus Gaming (London Open 4-1 with his own list; state of GSC) (28 Jul), Hero of Mathematical Wargaming (Brood Brothers Auxilia with Xenocult Masses, own list) (17 Jul), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, text largely before the dataslate) (30 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
55 public Genestealer Cults 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 2 Nov.