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Emperor's ChildrenArmy page › All 23 units

Tormentors

Battleline · 5 models, 85 pts or 10 models, 170 pts
Lists91% · in 163 of 180 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateTormentors against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Tormentors kills

Damage for its points

54SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 85 pts kill ~52 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta54SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★136SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.108SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.72SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.70SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.59SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Tormentors is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

308SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 85 pts: about 295 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points308SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

7 creators
  • Infiltrate onto objectives that stay theirs 5 of 7
  • Cheap board control in nearly every list 5 of 7
  • Precision guns pick off leaders 4 of 7
  • Good action units for Recon and Disruption 3 of 7
  • Price crept up after the update 2 of 7

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Emperor's Children and across the game

SWORD

In Emperor's Children

Lucius the Eternal58
Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings55
Tormentors54
Heldrake51
Lord Kakophonist48

Across the game· melee units

Reiver Squad Space Marines · just ahead55
Tormentors 54
Khorne Berzerkers Chaos Space Marines · level with it54

SHIELD

In Emperor's Children

Shalaxi Helbane341
Heldrake339
Tormentors308
Fiends302
Noise Marines302

Across the game· melee units

Berehk Stornbröw Leagues of Votann · just ahead309
Tormentors 308
Assault Intercessor Squad Space Marines · level with it308

With a leader

Tormentors with Lord Exultant85 + 95 = 180 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Tormentors aloneLord Exultant's rulesLord Exultant's attacks
Squad37 ÷ 85 pts =43per 100
With leader106 ÷ 180 pts =59per 100▲16

The leader adds 69 pts of kills a turn (20 from rules, 49 from attacks) for 95 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Tormentors aloneLord Exultant's rulesLord Exultant's wounds
Squad262 ÷ 85 pts =308per 100
With leader398 ÷ 180 pts =221per 100▼87

The leader adds 136 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 136 from wounds) for 95 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

Coterie of the ConceitedWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 54 · 85 pts kill ~52 pts in one activation

SHIELD 308 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 295 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Tormentors, 5 models, 85 pts
  • Bolt pistol, 4 Boltgun, 4 Close combat weapon, Power sword
  • Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
The lists: 180