Gargoyles
SWORD: what Gargoyles kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts kill ~14 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Gargoyles is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts take ~204 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- Very fast, and good at flipping objectives 3 of 4
- Can't shoot and scoot the turn they arrive 3 of 4
- Hormagaunts do nearly the same role better 2 of 4
- Kill little and die easily 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyles75 pts | B | Bottom 6% | Bottom 34% | 14of 217 |
| Hormagaunts70 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 42% | 120of 217 |
| Termagants55 pts | B | Bottom 10% | Top 15% | 20of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 58 | 68 |
| SHIELD | 272 | 272 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Gargoyles, 10 models, 75 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, 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.
75 pts → kills ~14 pts → 19 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.
~204 pts → 272 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 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.