Manta
SWORD: what Manta kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 2100 pts kill ~189 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Manta is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 2100 pts take ~4101 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manta2100 pts | D | Bottom 1% | Bottom 9% | 0of 226 |
| Devilfish75 pts | B | Bottom 31% | Top 1% | 51of 226 |
| Tidewall Gunrig90 pts | D | Bottom 11% | Top 6% | 0of 226 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Manta, 2100 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Starfire Cadre. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: the army rule 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.
2100 pts → kills ~189 pts → 9 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.
~4101 pts → 195 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
No creator has rated it yet: it's our estimate from its numbers.
Lists
226 public T'au Empire 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 2 Nov.