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Tyranids tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Win-rate tierCStat Check
Winning lists2035 top-3 finishes
Best finish2nd of 30Open Marne Tournament

Sep–Nov 2026 · 217 public lists · updated 5 Nov

Results

203winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
3rdof 33La Rennes du Warp IVSubterranean Assault · The Swarmlord, Zoanthropes, MaleceptorOct 31 ›5thof 28FWC n84Ambush Predators and Synaptic NexusOct 31 ›5thof 33La Rennes du Warp IVOct 31 ›All 5 winning lists ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+87 of 1562
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+79 of 1920
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+105 of 1816
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+96 of 1824
Nov●●2 of 34

Its winning lists of all winning lists, each month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

10in its 217 public lists
Talons of the Norn Queen77 lists ›Assimilation Swarm56 lists ›Subterranean Assault48 lists ›Invasion Fleet44 lists ›Ambush Predators37 lists ›
5 moreVanguard Onslaught32 lists ›Synaptic Nexus18 lists ›Crusher Stampede16 lists ›Warrior Bioform Onslaught2 lists ›
SUBTERREAN ASSAULT1 list

Units

52tiers from 4 reviewers

Tier: 4 reviewersBars: our dice maths

Epic Heroes4

The Red Terror120 pts · 110 listsStop 27%bottom 36%The Swarmlord210 pts · 108 listsStop 46%bottom 27%Deathleaper80 pts · 38 listsAbottom 34%top 5%Old One Eye130 pts · 32 listsBtop 34%top 5%

Characters9

Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip75 pts · 106 listsStop 5%bottom 20%Hive Tyrant195 pts · 79 listsSbottom 45%bottom 40%Hyperadapted Raveners165 pts · 99 listsAtop 12%bottom 18%Broodlord80 pts · 51 listsAtop 29%bottom 42%
5 moreNeurotyrant120 pts · 83 listsAbottom 9%top 24%Winged Hive Tyrant185 pts · 16 listsBbottom 27%bottom 34%Parasite of Mortrex65 pts · 5 listsBbottom 10%bottom 42%Tervigon150 pts · 5 listsCbottom 6%top 4%Winged Tyranid Prime65 pts · 7 listsCbottom 21%bottom 16%

Battleline3

Hormagaunts70 pts · 120 listsAbottom 24%top 42%Gargoyles75 pts · 14 listsBbottom 6%bottom 34%Termagants55 pts · 20 listsBbottom 10%top 15%

Infantry15

Biovores60 pts · 205 listsSbottom 7%top 41%Von Ryan's Leapers55 pts · 132 listsStop 30%top 6%Neurolictor80 pts · 123 listsSbottom 5%top 8%Zoanthropes190 pts · 103 listsAtop 28%bottom 47%
11 moreLictor60 pts · 65 listsAtop 36%top 27%Pyrovores40 pts · 60 listsAtop 39%top 4%Raveners125 pts · 88 listsAtop 25%bottom 37%Hive Guard160 pts · 34 listsAtop 39%top 13%Genestealers140 pts · 54 listsBtop 29%top 42%Tyrant Guard80 pts · 41 listsBbottom 17%top 2%Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-Weapons75 pts · 11 listsBtop 6%top 44%Neurogaunts45 pts · 12 listsBbottom 5%top 6%Barbgaunts50 pts · 3 listsCtop 39%top 11%Venomthropes55 pts · 1 listCbottom 24%top 8%Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons60 pts · 3 listsCtop 15%top 17%

Monsters15

Norn Assimilator250 pts · 78 listsSbottom 43%top 13%Norn Emissary250 pts · 102 listsSbottom 27%top 5%Maleceptor180 pts · 123 listsAtop 41%top 11%Tyrannofex170 pts · 94 listsAbottom 42%top 3%
11 moreExocrine135 pts · 52 listsAtop 34%top 19%Psychophage110 pts · 47 listsAbottom 34%top 7%Haruspex125 pts · 43 listsBtop 14%top 10%Screamer-killer125 pts · 20 listsBtop 18%top 23%Trygon135 pts · 35 listsBtop 23%top 20%Mawloc130 pts · 18 listsBbottom 45%top 15%Carnifexes90 pts · 10 listsBtop 13%top 12%Toxicrene120 pts · 3 listsBtop 16%top 7%Sporocyst145 pts · 1 listCbottom 10%bottom 41%Harpy185 ptsDbottom 29%bottom 39%Hive Crone170 ptsDbottom 25%top 26%

Transports3

Harridan610 ptsCbottom 9%bottom 3%Hierophant810 ptsCbottom 9%bottom 8%Tyrannocyte80 pts · 1 listCbottom 9%top 5%

Other3

Ripper Swarms30 pts · 30 listsBbottom 2%bottom 11%Mucolid Spores30 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 11%Spore Mines55 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 1%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 217 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from reviewers; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice maths (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Sources

Reviewers 26 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 2 Nov · Points and lists 5 Nov

Questions
What are the best Tyranids units?
The reviewers' average is S for Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip, Norn Assimilator, Norn Emissary, Biovores, The Red Terror, The Swarmlord, Von Ryan's Leapers, Hive Tyrant, Neurolictor. Then A: Hyperadapted Raveners, Maleceptor, Tyrannofex, Hormagaunts, Zoanthropes and 9 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is the average of the letters 4 reviewers gave that unit, S to D.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
How much a unit kills and how hard it is to remove, for its points. Each is 0 to 100: where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%, and 50 is typical.
Which Tyranids units do lists take most?
Of 217 public lists: Biovores (205), Von Ryan's Leapers (132), Maleceptor (123).
Which Tyranids detachment do tournament lists take most?
Talons of the Norn Queen: 77 of the 217 Tyranids tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is the reviewers' average. A dashed letter means no reviewer has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by its numbers among the army's reviewed units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice maths, last run 2 Nov 2026. Each 0 to 100 score is where it ranks among the game's units of its kind: 90 is the top 10%, 20 the bottom 20%. How we score.
Reviewers
Each channel's newest Tyranids tier list. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and their average.A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us and we take their letters out.
Lists
217 public Tyranids 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.