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Fortis Kill Team

Infantry · 10 models, 210 pts
Lists1% · in 11 of 1078 Space Marines-codex lists, chapters included, September – November 2026
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SWORD: what Fortis Kill Team 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 ★81SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.81SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.62SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.60SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.54SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Fortis Kill Team is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

228SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 210 pts: about 506 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100

For its points228SHIELD per 100 pts

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Space Marines and across the game

SWORD

In Space Marines

Fortis Kill Team63

Across the game· shooters

Eliminator Squad Space Marines · just ahead64
Fortis Kill Team 63
Cypher Chaos Space Marines · level with it63

SHIELD

Across the game· shooters

Field Ordnance Battery Astra Militarum · just ahead229
Fortis Kill Team 228

With a leader

Fortis Kill Team with Watch Captain Artemis210 + 75 = 285 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Fortis Kill Team aloneWatch Captain Artemis' rulesWatch Captain Artemis' attacks
Squad130 ÷ 210 pts =62per 100
With leader188 ÷ 285 pts =66per 100▲4

The leader adds 58 pts of kills a turn (23 from rules, 35 from attacks) for 75 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Fortis Kill Team aloneWatch Captain Artemis' rulesWatch Captain Artemis' wounds
Squad500 ÷ 210 pts =238per 100
With leader644 ÷ 285 pts =226per 100▼12

The leader adds 144 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 144 from wounds) for 75 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

Deathwatch SupportBest weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

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

SHIELD 228 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 506 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Fortis Kill Team, 10 models, 210 pts
  • 8 Bolt pistol, Grenade Launcher, 3 Deathwatch bolt rifle, 3 Chainsword, 2 Heavy Bolt Pistol, 7 Knives and Fists, 2 Pyreblaster, 2 Plasma incinerator, Castellan Launcher, Vengor launcher
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: our estimate
  • No creator has rated it yet: it's our estimate from its numbers.
The lists: 61