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Thousand SonsArmy page › All 35 units

Rubric Marines

Battleline · 5 models, 115 pts or 10 models, 210 pts
Lists79% · in 81 of 103 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateRubric Marines against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Rubric Marines kills

Damage for its points

63SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 210 pts kill ~150 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta63SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★77SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.72SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.53SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.43SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.38SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Rubric Marines is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

279SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 210 pts: about 663 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100

For its points279SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

5 creators
  • Core battleline that fits every detachment 4 of 5
  • Flamer squads punish anything that gets close 4 of 5
  • Small squads bring a ritual-casting sergeant 2 of 5
  • Big price rises after the balance update 3 of 5
  • Stat boosts barely matter, as every marine got them 3 of 5
  • Flamers stay weak into tougher marines 2 of 5
  • Marines now shoot them off more easily 2 of 5

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Thousand Sons and across the game

SWORD

In Thousand Sons

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with wings67
Maulerfiend65
Lord of Change63
Rubric Marines63
Forgefiend59

Across the game· shooters

Eliminator Squad Space Marines · just ahead64
Rubric Marines 63
Cypher Chaos Space Marines · level with it63

SHIELD

In Thousand Sons

Sekhetar Robots296
Pink Horrors293
Lord of Change289
Chaos Spawn (Flesh Change)279
Rubric Marines279

Across the game· shooters

Starweaver Aeldari · just ahead280
Rubric Marines 279
Eradicator Squad with Heavy Bolters Space Marines · level with it279

With a leader

Rubric Marines with Exalted Sorcerer115 + 100 = 215 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Rubric Marines aloneExalted Sorcerer's rulesExalted Sorcerer's attacks
Squad128 ÷ 210 pts =61per 100
With leader128 ÷ 215 pts =51per 100▼10

The leader adds nothing of kills a turn here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Rubric Marines aloneExalted Sorcerer's rulesExalted Sorcerer's wounds
Squad586 ÷ 210 pts =279per 100
With leader586 ÷ 215 pts =235per 100▼44

The leader adds nothing to what the enemy must spend 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

Rubricae PhalanxWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 63 · 210 pts kill ~150 pts in one activation

SHIELD 279 · about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 663 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Rubric Marines, 10 models, 210 pts
  • 9 Close combat weapon, Force weapon, Malefic Curse, Soulreaper cannon, Warpflame pistol, 8 Warpflamer
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
The lists: 103