What are the best Iron Hands units?

No reviewer has rated these yet. Our estimates put Iron Father Feirros (A), Caanok Var (C) first.

What do the letters mean?

No reviewer has rated these units yet, so each letter is our estimate from SWORD and SHIELD, placed among the Space Marines' reviewed units.

What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?

How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.

Which Iron Hands units do lists take most?

Of 30 public lists: Iron Father Feirros (25), Caanok Var (23).

Which Iron Hands detachment do tournament lists take most?

Medusa's Wrath: 17 of the 30 Iron Hands tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Space Marines army

Iron Hands tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tier–Too few games

Winning lists281 top-3 finish

Best finish2nd of 28FWC n84

Sep–Nov 2026 · 30 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

28winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026

2ndof 28FWC n84Ironclad Champions and Medusa's WrathOct 31 ›All 1 winning lists ›

By month

Jun●●2 of 137

Jul●●●●●●●7 of 1562

Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+16 of 1920

Sep●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 1816

Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+17 of 1824

Nov–0 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

12in its 30 public lists

Medusa's Wrath17 lists

Hammer of Avernii11 lists

Devastator Brethren9 lists

Librarius Conclave8 lists

Ironclad Champions6 lists

7 more

Vengeful Hosts3 lists

Assault Brethren1 list

Ceramite Sentinels1 list

Gravis Siege Force1 list

Phobos Shadow Force1 list

Stormlance Task Force1 list

Terminator Storm Force1 list

Units

2our estimates

Tier: our estimateBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes2

Iron Father Feirros85 pts · 25 listsA Caanok Var100 pts · 23 listsC

B dashed: no reviewers yet, so it's our estimate. Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 30 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters are our estimates; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers none yet · SWORD and SHIELD 6 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions

What are the best Iron Hands units?: No reviewer has rated these yet. Our estimates put Iron Father Feirros (A), Caanok Var (C) first.
What do the letters mean?: No reviewer has rated these units yet, so each letter is our estimate from SWORD and SHIELD, placed among the Space Marines' reviewed units.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?: How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Iron Hands units do lists take most?: Of 30 public lists: Iron Father Feirros (25), Caanok Var (23).
Which Iron Hands detachment do tournament lists take most?: Medusa's Wrath: 17 of the 30 Iron Hands tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Sources

Letters: A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the Space Marines' reviewed units.
SWORD and SHIELD: Our own dice maths, last run 6 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.
Reviewers: None yet for Iron Hands's own units.
Lists: 30 public Iron Hands 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.