Neurotyrant
SWORD: what Neurotyrant kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Neurotyrant is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 120 pts take ~441 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
4 creators- A strong flamer, good in overwatch 2 of 4
- Makes Zoanthropes better 2 of 4
- Weakens enemy battleshock tests 1 of 4
- Battleshock pressure is weaker than hoped 2 of 4
- Costs too much for what it adds 2 of 4
- Its value hangs on the opponent's dice 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurotyrant120 pts | A | Bottom 9% | Top 24% | 109of 271 |
| Tervigon150 pts | C | Bottom 6% | Top 4% | 8of 271 |
| Hyperadapted Raveners165 pts | A | Top 12% | Bottom 18% | 120of 271 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 25 | 34 |
| SHIELD | 368 | 466 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 25 | 48 |
| SHIELD | 368 | 276 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Neurotyrant, 120 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Infestation Swarm. 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.
120 pts → kills ~30 pts → 25 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.
~441 pts → 368 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 4 creators' newest Tyranids tier lists: Auspex Tactics (12 Sep), Into the Hive Mind (12 Oct), HivemindHobbies (18 Oct), Maelstrom Gaming Studios (26 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
271 public Tyranids tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Numbers run 2 Nov.