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Space MarinesArmy page › All 79 units

Intercessor Squad

Battleline · 5 models, 85 pts or 10 models, 170 pts
Lists29% · in 312 of 1078 Space Marines-codex lists, chapters included, September – November 2026
SimulateIntercessor Squad against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Intercessor Squad kills

Damage for its points

57SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 170 pts kill ~110 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta57SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★74SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.64SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.40SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.36SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.27SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Intercessor Squad 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 170 pts: about 506 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100

For its points308SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

7 creators
  • Backline objective control and some shooting 1 of 7
  • Might actually be good now 1 of 7
  • No longer holds objectives well 1 of 7
  • The worst of the basic squads for the points 1 of 7

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Space Marines

Apothecary Biologis57
Gladiator Reaper57
Repulsor Executioner57
Intercessor Squad57
Ancient56

Across the game· units

Assault Intercessor Squad Space Marines · just ahead58
Intercessor Squad 57
Havocs Chaos Space Marines · level with it57

SHIELD

In Space Marines

Assault Intercessor Squad308
Corvus Blackstar308
Intercessor Squad308
Astraeus307
Chaplain in Terminator Armour304

Across the game· units

Caladius Annihilator Grav-tank Adeptus Custodes · just ahead309
Intercessor Squad 308
Assault Intercessor Squad Space Marines · level with it308

With a leader

Intercessor Squad with Lieutenant85 + 50 = 135 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Intercessor Squad aloneLieutenant's rulesLieutenant's attacks
Squad97 ÷ 170 pts =57per 100
With leader97 ÷ 135 pts =62per 100▲5

The leader adds nothing of kills a turn here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Intercessor Squad aloneLieutenant's rulesLieutenant's wounds
Squad524 ÷ 170 pts =308per 100
With leader524 ÷ 135 pts =257per 100▼51

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

No detachmentWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 57 · 170 pts kill ~110 pts in one activation

SHIELD 308 · about 15% 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 930 units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Intercessor Squad, 10 models, 170 pts
  • 10 Bolt pistol, 9 Knives and Fists, Power fist, 10 Bolt Rifle
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
The lists: 61