Catachan Command Squad
SWORD: what Catachan Command Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~40 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
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Catachan Command Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~158 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catachan Command Squad60 pts | A | Top 12% | Bottom 31% | 0of 55 |
| Kelermorph60 pts | C | Top 45% | Bottom 9% | 3of 55 |
| Benefictus75 pts | A | Bottom 17% | Bottom 2% | 42of 55 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 67 | 36 |
| SHIELD | 263 | 323 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Catachan Command Squad, 5 models, 60 pts, with 5 Close combat weapon, 4 Laspistol, 1 Flamer, 1 Grenade launcher - frag, 1 Grenade launcher - krak, 1 Heavy flamer, 1 Sniper rifle, 1 Plasma pistol - standard, 1 Plasma pistol - supercharge, 1 Power fist, 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.
60 pts → kills ~40 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.
~158 pts → 263 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. 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.