Zoanthropes
SWORD: what Zoanthropes kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 190 pts kill ~103 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Zoanthropes is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 190 pts take ~560 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- Deadly from tunnels onto rooftops 2 of 4
- Psychic guns ignore modifiers and cover 2 of 4
- Went down in points 2 of 4
- Good protection, and can share some 2 of 4
- Fragile against the new small arms 1 of 4
- Slow, and switched off when tagged 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoanthropes190 pts | A | Top 28% | Bottom 47% | 103of 217 |
| Hive Guard160 pts | A | Top 39% | Top 13% | 34of 217 |
| Genestealers140 pts | B | Top 29% | Top 42% | 54of 217 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 72 | 86 |
| SHIELD | 295 | 295 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Zoanthropes, 6 models, 190 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.
190 pts → kills ~103 pts → 54 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.
~560 pts → 295 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.