Broodlord
SWORD: what Broodlord kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts kill ~54 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Broodlord is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 80 pts take ~233 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Turns Genestealers into a real threat 3 of 4
- Hits hard for its cost 1 of 4
- Well protected for a character 1 of 4
- At its best in one detachment 1 of 4
- The Genestealers it leads got worse 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broodlord80 pts | A | Top 29% | Bottom 42% | 51of 217 |
| Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip75 pts | S | Top 5% | Bottom 20% | 106of 217 |
| Parasite of Mortrex65 pts | B | Bottom 10% | Bottom 42% | 5of 217 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 67 | 71 |
| SHIELD | 291 | 275 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Broodlord, 80 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Subterranean Assault. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities, 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.
80 pts → kills ~54 pts → 67 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.
~233 pts → 291 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 4 reviewers' newest Tyranids tier lists: Auspex Tactics (12 Sep), Into the Hive Mind (12 Oct), HivemindHobbies (18 Oct), Maelstrom Gaming Studios (26 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
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. Numbers run 2 Nov.