Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows
SWORD: what Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 55 pts kill ~30 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 Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 55 pts take ~193 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Sniping shots pick off characters 3 of 4
- Cheap and long ranged 2 of 4
- Fast flyers for actions 3 of 4
- Points can be better spent elsewhere 1 of 4
- Winning lists do not clearly favour them 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows55 pts | B | Top 26% | Top 28% | 56of 89 |
| Tzaangor Enlightened50 pts | C | Top 10% | Top 20% | 38of 89 |
| Flamers65 pts | B | Top 28% | Top 10% | 1of 89 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 63 | 83 |
| SHIELD | 351 | 351 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 63 | 63 |
| SHIELD | 351 | 351 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster greatbows, 3 models, 55 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Warpmeld Pact. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: 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.
55 pts → kills ~30 pts → 55 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.
~193 pts → 351 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 404 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 5 reviewers' newest Thousand Sons tier lists: Redundant Rolling (tier list and unit videos to 20 Oct) (20 Oct), Phyllain (meta watch of seven 4-1 lists, dataslate day, July update) (25 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (dataslate review, Detachment Focus, Competitive Innovations: 1 full list and 8 summaries) (30 Oct), Grand Slam Gaming (three of his own 2,000-point lists) (21 Aug), 1d6chan (community 11th-edition tactics wiki, much text carried over from 10th) (30 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
89 public Thousand Sons 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 4 Nov.