Termagants
SWORD: what Termagants kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 55 pts kill ~14 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 Termagants is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 55 pts take ~226 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
4 reviewers- A cheap screen that sits on the expansion 1 of 4
- A big block holds a lot of objective control 1 of 4
- Went down in points 1 of 4
- Crowded out by better cheap units 3 of 4
- Die easily to basic infantry fire 2 of 4
- Swarm builds aren't supported this edition 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Termagants55 pts | B | Bottom 10% | Top 15% | 20of 217 |
| Hormagaunts70 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 42% | 120of 217 |
| Gargoyles75 pts | B | Bottom 6% | Bottom 34% | 14of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 134 | 154 |
| SHIELD | 411 | 411 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Termagants, 10 models, 55 pts, with 10 Chitinous claws and teeth, 10 Fleshborer, 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.
55 pts → kills ~14 pts → 26 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.
~226 pts → 411 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 407 shooters. 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.