Hyperadapted Raveners
SWORD: what Hyperadapted Raveners kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 165 pts kill ~135 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Hyperadapted Raveners is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 165 pts take ~393 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Tyranids
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- The melee profile this meta wants 3 of 4
- Easy melee delivery from reserve 3 of 4
- Top tier in two detachments 1 of 4
- Delete most things with other Raveners 1 of 4
- Pricey for how fragile they are 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperadapted Raveners165 pts | A | Top 12% | Bottom 18% | 99of 217 |
| Tervigon150 pts | C | Bottom 6% | Top 4% | 5of 217 |
| Winged Hive Tyrant185 pts | B | Bottom 27% | Bottom 34% | 16of 217 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 82 | 58 |
| SHIELD | 238 | 225 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Hyperadapted Raveners, 5 models, 165 pts, with 1 Prime claws and talons, 4 Ravener heavy claws and talons, 1 Venom bolt, 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.
165 pts → kills ~135 pts → 82 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.
~393 pts → 238 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.