Carnifexes
SWORD: what Carnifexes kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts kill ~59 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Carnifexes is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts take ~394 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Consistent with Old One Eye's re-rolls 3 of 4
- Cheap for a monster 2 of 4
- Hit too unreliably, and cover makes it worse 3 of 4
- Little damage without Old One Eye 1 of 4
- Crowded out by other frontline monsters 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnifexes90 pts | B | Top 13% | Top 12% | 10of 217 |
| Exocrine135 pts | A | Top 34% | Top 19% | 52of 217 |
| Tyrannofex170 pts | A | Bottom 42% | Top 3% | 94of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 99 | 146 |
| SHIELD | 438 | 438 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Carnifexes, 90 pts, with 1 Bio-plasma, 1 Carnifex crushing claws, 1 Carnifex extra scything talons, 1 Chitinous claws and teeth, 1 Spine banks, in Invasion Fleet (Hyper Adaptions: Swarming Instincts). 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.
90 pts → kills ~59 pts → 66 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.
~394 pts → 438 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. 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.