Raveners
SWORD: what Raveners kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 125 pts kill ~86 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 Raveners is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 125 pts take ~350 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
4 reviewers- Free in and out of reserve 4 of 4
- Great in two detachments 2 of 4
- Cheaper and easier to earn back than the Hyperadapted 1 of 4
- Don't hit as hard as the Hyperadapted 1 of 4
- The Red Terror already opens the tunnels 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raveners125 pts | A | Top 25% | Bottom 37% | 88of 217 |
| Genestealers140 pts | B | Top 29% | Top 42% | 54of 217 |
| Neurolictor80 pts | S | Bottom 5% | Top 8% | 123of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 92 | 106 |
| SHIELD | 280 | 280 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Raveners, 5 models, 125 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.
125 pts → kills ~86 pts → 69 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.
~350 pts → 280 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.