Librarian
SWORD: what Librarian kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Librarian is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts take ~168 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
6 reviewers- A free long advance 1 of 6
- Its protection now needs a roll that can fail 1 of 6
- May battle-shock itself 1 of 6
- Niche in a few chapters 1 of 6
- Not in any undefeated list 1 of 6
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Librarian75 pts | C | Top 34% | Bottom 16% | 101of 817 |
| Librarian in Phobos Armour75 pts | A | Top 21% | Bottom 13% | 85of 817 |
| Ancient in Terminator Armour75 pts | A | Bottom 2% | Top 20% | 155of 817 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 50 | 76 |
| SHIELD | 224 | 223 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 50 | 60 |
| SHIELD | 224 | 269 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Librarian, 75 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
75 pts → kills ~38 pts → 50 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.
~168 pts → 224 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.