Forgefiend
SWORD: what Forgefiend kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 140 pts kill ~66 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Forgefiend is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 140 pts take ~502 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
8 reviewers- Reliable gun turret, two to a list 6 of 8
- Free pivot gives extra reach 2 of 8
- Cannot kill big targets on its own 2 of 8
- Defensive fire got weaker in the update 1 of 8
- A bit overpriced 1 of 8
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgefiend140 pts | A | Top 42% | Top 26% | 135of 215 |
| Maulerfiend140 pts | C | Top 3% | Top 33% | 30of 215 |
| Helbrute120 pts | C | Top 20% | Top 45% | 11of 215 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Forgefiend, 140 pts, with 1 Ectoplasma cannon, 1 Forgefiend claws, 2 Hades autocannon, in Khorne Daemonkin (Blood Tithe: Enraged Abjuration). 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.
140 pts → kills ~66 pts → 47 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.
~502 pts → 359 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 404 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 9 reviewers' newest World Eaters tier lists: Secondary Objective (with Aiden, a top World Eaters player) (22 Oct), Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com (dataslate review and Competitive Innovations, 6 winning lists and about 12 summaries) (25 Oct), Berzerker Dan (a GT World Eaters player) (3 Oct), Grimdark Roundtable (2 Oct), The Glorious Game (14 Oct), Exalted40k (12 Sep), Auspex Tactics (25 GT lists at 4-1 or better) (1 Sep), Tactical Sugar (20 Aug), The Red Path (29 Jun). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
215 public World Eaters 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 4 Nov.