Neurogaunts
SWORD: what Neurogaunts kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts kill ~8 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 Neurogaunts is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts take ~221 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- A big, cheap screen for the backfield 3 of 4
- Pass synapse to outlying units 1 of 4
- Spore mines and Von Ryan's do it better 3 of 4
- No save against common armour piercing 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurogaunts45 pts | B | Bottom 5% | Top 6% | 12of 217 |
| Biovores60 pts | S | Bottom 7% | Top 41% | 205of 217 |
| Barbgaunts50 pts | C | Top 39% | Top 11% | 3of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 57 | 71 |
| SHIELD | 491 | 491 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Neurogaunts, 11 models, 45 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.
45 pts → kills ~8 pts → 18 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.
~221 pts → 491 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.