Cadian Recon Squad
SWORD: what Cadian Recon Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts kill ~26 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 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· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Cadian Recon Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts take ~231 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· shooters
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadian Recon Squad80 pts | B | Bottom 20% | Bottom 45% | 0of 65 |
| Kasrkin105 pts | C | Bottom 25% | Top 45% | 1of 65 |
| Neurolictor80 pts | A | Bottom 4% | Top 15% | 2of 65 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Cadian Recon Squad, 10 models, 80 pts, with 1 Autostubber, 10 Close combat weapon, 6 Lasgun, 2 Long-las, 1 Meltagun, 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.
80 pts → kills ~26 pts → 32 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.
~231 pts → 289 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
No creator has rated it yet: it's our estimate from its numbers.
Lists
65 public Genestealer Cults 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 2 Nov.