What are the best Raven Guard units?

No reviewer has rated these yet. Our estimates put Aethon Shaan (A), Kayvaan Shrike (A) 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 Raven Guard units do lists take most?

Of 20 public lists: Aethon Shaan (21), Kayvaan Shrike (9).

Which Raven Guard detachment do tournament lists take most?

Shadowmark Talon: 18 of the 20 Raven Guard tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Space Marines army

Raven Guard tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tier–Too few games

Winning lists19Sep–Nov 2026

Best finish7th of 48La Grande Castagne Ardéchoise

Sep–Nov 2026 · 20 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

19winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026

7thof 48La Grande Castagne ArdéchoiseLibrarius Conclave and Shadowmark TalonSep 19 ›All 1 winning lists ›

By month

Jun–0 of 137

Jul●●●●●●6 of 1562

Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+13 of 1920

Sep●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 1816

Oct●●●●●●●●8 of 1824

Nov–0 of 34

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

Detachments

9in its 20 public lists

Shadowmark Talon18 lists

Librarius Conclave11 lists

Assault Brethren3 lists

Deathwatch Support2 lists

Phobos Shadow Force2 lists

4 more

Terminator Storm Force2 lists

Vengeful Hosts2 lists

Devastator Brethren1 list

Ironstorm Spearhead1 list

Units

2our estimates

Tier: our estimateBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes2

Aethon Shaan105 pts · 21 listsA Kayvaan Shrike95 pts · 9 listsA

B dashed: no reviewers yet, so it's our estimate. Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 20 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 Raven Guard units?: No reviewer has rated these yet. Our estimates put Aethon Shaan (A), Kayvaan Shrike (A) 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 Raven Guard units do lists take most?: Of 20 public lists: Aethon Shaan (21), Kayvaan Shrike (9).
Which Raven Guard detachment do tournament lists take most?: Shadowmark Talon: 18 of the 20 Raven Guard 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 Raven Guard's own units.
Lists: 20 public Raven Guard 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.