Royal Warden
SWORD: what Royal Warden kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 50 pts kill ~12 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Royal Warden is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 50 pts take ~135 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
6 reviewers- Lets Warriors and Immortals fall back and shoot 2 of 6
- Makes a Warrior block hold objectives 2 of 6
- Carries an enhancement 1 of 6
- Pricey to attach to cheap units 1 of 6
- Only leads Warriors 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Warden50 pts | B | Bottom 9% | Bottom 33% | 19of 255 |
| Psychomancer65 pts | C | Bottom 5% | Bottom 3% | 2of 255 |
| Chronomancer70 pts | B | Bottom 4% | Bottom 20% | 12of 255 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 23 | 45 |
| SHIELD | 270 | 343 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 23 | 32 |
| SHIELD | 270 | 314 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Royal Warden, 50 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Awakened Dynasty. 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.
50 pts → kills ~12 pts → 23 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.
~135 pts → 270 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' 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). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
255 public Necrons 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.