Inceptor Squad
SWORD: what Inceptor Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 260 pts kill ~122 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Inceptor Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 260 pts take ~606 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
7 creators- Deep strike, shoot and scoot back into reserve 1 of 7
- Self-sufficient on their own 1 of 7
- Dear for what they do 1 of 7
- Need one more buff 1 of 7
- Only one undefeated list took them 1 of 7
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inceptor Squad260 pts | A | Top 42% | Bottom 18% | 183of 1078 |
| Indomitor Kill Team280 pts | B | Top 19% | Bottom 47% | 34of 1078 |
| Fortis Kill Team210 pts | B | Top 26% | Bottom 22% | 11of 1078 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Inceptor Squad, 6 models, 260 pts, with 6 Ceramite Fists, 6 Plasma Exterminators - Standard, 6 Plasma Exterminators - Supercharge, in Gravis Siege 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.
260 pts → kills ~122 pts → 47 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.
~606 pts → 233 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 403 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 8 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
61 public Space Marines 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 6 Nov.