Cadian Command Squad
SWORD: what Cadian Command Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~19 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Cadian Command Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~195 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· units
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadian Command Squad60 pts | A | Bottom 18% | Top 41% | 0of 55 |
| Kelermorph60 pts | C | Top 45% | Bottom 9% | 3of 55 |
| Primus60 pts | B | Bottom 6% | Top 15% | 15of 55 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 31 | 34 |
| SHIELD | 325 | 323 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Cadian Command Squad, 5 models, 60 pts, with 4 Close combat weapon, 3 Lasgun, 1 Power fist, 1 Plasma gun - standard, 1 Plasma gun - supercharge, 2 Plasma pistol - standard, 2 Plasma pistol - supercharge, in Genespawn Onslaught. 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.
60 pts → kills ~19 pts → 31 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.
~195 pts → 325 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 units. How we score.
The letter
No reviewer has rated it yet: it's our estimate from its numbers.
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.