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Adeptus MechanicusArmy page › All 34 units

Cybernetica Datasmith

Character · 20 pts
Why it's takenIn 133 of 181 public listsThe 7th most-taken Adeptus Mechanicus unit · Top 22% for objective control per point
Lists73% · in 133 of 181 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateCybernetica Datasmith against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Cybernetica Datasmith kills

Damage for its points

69SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 20 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta69SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes72SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★97SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.96SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.78SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.62SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Cybernetica Datasmith is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

693SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 33% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 20 pts: about 194 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 294 per 100

For its points693SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

7 creators
  • Makes robots Skitarii so they get the buffs 4 of 7
  • Cheaper again, so robots are cheaper 3 of 7
  • Leader every robot unit takes 2 of 7

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adeptus Mechanicus and across the game

SWORD

In Adeptus Mechanicus

Kataphron Destroyers71
Servitor Battleclade69
Cybernetica Datasmith69
Fulgurite Electro-Priests67
Hastarii Exterminators67

Across the game· units

Brutalis Dreadnought Space Marines · just ahead70
Cybernetica Datasmith 69
Servitor Battleclade Adeptus Mechanicus · level with it69

SHIELD

In Adeptus Mechanicus

Cybernetica Datasmith693
Servitor Battleclade627
Skorpius Dunerider604
Kastelan Robots564
Sydonian Dragoons with radium jezzails548

Across the game· units

Inquisitorial Chimera Agents of the Imperium · just ahead727
Cybernetica Datasmith 693
C'tan Shard of the Deceiver Necrons · just behind683

Leading a squad

Kastelan Robots with Cybernetica Datasmith300 + 20 = 320 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Kastelan Robots aloneCybernetica Datasmith's rulesCybernetica Datasmith's attacks
Squad108 ÷ 300 pts =36per 100
With leader221 ÷ 320 pts =69per 100▲33

The leader adds 113 pts of kills a turn (105 from rules, 8 from attacks) for 20 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Kastelan Robots aloneCybernetica Datasmith's rulesCybernetica Datasmith's wounds
Squad1704 ÷ 300 pts =568per 100
With leader2218 ÷ 320 pts =693per 100▲125

The leader adds 514 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 514 from wounds) for 20 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SWORD and SHIELD against 100 top lists, the squad and the pair compared at one size. The leader's points are always counted.

How we got these numbers

Lords of the ForgeDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 69 · 20 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation

SHIELD 693 · about 33% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 194 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Cybernetica Datasmith, 20 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
The lists: 181