Canoptek Tomb Crawlers
Its datasheet changed in a BSData update since we rated it; SWORD, SHIELD and the letter are from before, until we rate it again.
SWORD: what Canoptek Tomb Crawlers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts kill ~27 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 48 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against light vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Canoptek Tomb Crawlers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 60 pts take ~196 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Necrons
Across the game· units
What creators say
6 creators- Ignore modifiers, so cover never matters 3 of 6
- A bodyguard for the Cryptek leaders 3 of 6
- Give Court its Canoptek keyword 2 of 6
- Best of the Tomb World units 1 of 6
- Went up in points 1 of 6
- Rarely in winning lists 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canoptek Tomb Crawlers60 pts | B | Bottom 43% | Top 40% | 35of 320 |
| Canoptek Macrocytes70 pts | D | Bottom 7% | Top 37% | 3of 320 |
| Canoptek Scarab Swarms40 pts | B | Top 2% | Top 10% | 82of 320 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Canoptek Tomb Crawlers, 2 models, 60 pts, with 2 Claws, 2 Twin gauss reaper, in Canoptek Court. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities and 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 ~27 pts → 45 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.
~196 pts → 327 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 939 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 creators' newest Necrons tier lists: Auspex Tactics (Necrons unit tier list, 11th edition) (28 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (dataslate review and Competitive Innovations, 2 to 24 Oct: 6 full lists and 8 summaries) (24 Oct), Planet 40K (units used less, best detachment combinations, his 2,000-point list; combined) (26 Oct), PNW 40K (11th-edition tier list, moved by his dataslate-day stream) (1 Oct), Silvertide Tactics (every Necron unit ranked, S to D) (19 Jul), IDICBeer 40k (best Necron anti-tank units, ranked) (6 Oct), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, partly updated for the dataslate) (30 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
320 public Necrons 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.