Eliminator Squad
SWORD: what Eliminator Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts kill ~54 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against light vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Space Marines
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Eliminator Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 85 pts take ~185 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
7 reviewers- Very good when the detachment keeps them hidden 2 of 7
- Weak outside the detachments that hide them 1 of 7
- Not in any undefeated list 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliminator Squad85 pts | C | Top 15% | Bottom 13% | 19of 817 |
| Infernus Squad95 pts | B | Top 34% | Top 44% | 49of 817 |
| Eradicator Squad with Heavy Bolters100 pts | B | Bottom 45% | Top 27% | 45of 817 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 89 |
| SHIELD | 218 | 218 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 89 | 89 |
| SHIELD | 218 | 235 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Eliminator Squad, 3 models, 85 pts, with 3 Bolt pistol, 3 Ceramite Fists, 3 Las fusil, in Phobos Shock Force. 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.
85 pts → kills ~54 pts → 64 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.
~185 pts → 218 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 403 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 8 reviewers' newest Space Marines tier lists: Brother Tobias (Ultramarines tier list livestream, after the codex) (14 Oct), Auspex Tactics (codex unit tier list) (16 Oct), Art of War 40k (ranking every datasheet, two hosts) (20 Oct), TacticalRock40K (four post-codex boards: ranged infantry, combat infantry, vehicles, characters) (21 Oct), TacticalTortoise (The Best Armies in 40k, three weekly meta watches: 14 undefeated Space Marine lists) (26 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (Competitive Innovations, two weeks of event write-ups) (28 Oct), Grimdark Breakdown (five videos grading the leaked codex, before points) (19 Sep), BA Commander (what he likes in the codex, before points; a Blood Angels player) (2 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
53 public Space Marines 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 6 Nov.