Norn Assimilator
SWORD: what Norn Assimilator kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 250 pts kill ~128 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Norn Assimilator is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 250 pts take ~1033 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Tournament results back it 1 of 3
- Nearly unkillable with healing in Assimilation Swarm 1 of 3
- A whole archetype is built around it 1 of 3
- Holds a midboard objective, or kills 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norn Assimilator250 pts | S | Bottom 43% | Top 13% | 78of 217 |
| Norn Emissary250 pts | S | Bottom 27% | Top 5% | 102of 217 |
| Trygon135 pts | B | Top 23% | Top 20% | 35of 217 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Norn Assimilator, 250 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Invasion Fleet (Hyper Adaptions: Hyper-Aggression). 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.
250 pts → kills ~128 pts → 51 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.
~1033 pts → 413 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.