Azrael
SWORD: what Azrael kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 150 pts kill ~61 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Azrael is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 150 pts: about 253 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Puts any nearby unit into a doctrine 5 of 7
- Strong bodyguard with Inner Circle 3 of 7
- Core of the Inner Circle lists 2 of 7
- Lost his command point income 3 of 7
- Pricey for what he adds 2 of 7
- The units he leads are rarely played 1 of 7
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Dark Angels and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 64 pts of kills a turn (14 from rules, 50 from attacks) for 150 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 397 pts to what the enemy must spend (146 from rules, 251 from wounds) for 150 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
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
SWORD 36 · 150 pts kill ~61 pts in one activation
SHIELD 115 · about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 253 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Azrael, 150 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Black Crow Gaming · 22 Oct
- TacticalRock40K · 24 Oct
- Battleborn 40k · 27 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 5 Oct
- TacticalTortoise · 19 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 19 Sep
- Grimdark Breakdown · 21 Sep
The lists: 323
- From grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.
- Numbers run 6 Nov