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TyranidsArmy page › All 52 units

Old One Eye

Epic Hero · 130 pts
Lists15% · in 41 of 271 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateOld One Eye against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Old One Eye kills

Damage for its points

41SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 130 pts kill ~60 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta41SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes40SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.43SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.66SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.77SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★92SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Old One Eye is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

532SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 25% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 130 pts: about 601 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points532SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

4 creators
  • Gives Carnifexes re-rolls 4 of 4
  • Far harder to kill than people think 2 of 4
  • Keeps getting cheaper 1 of 4
  • A great distraction 1 of 4
  • Tough, but that's all it does 1 of 4
  • The pair costs a lot and is hard to fit 1 of 4
  • Other monsters are more efficient 1 of 4

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Tyranids and across the game

SWORD

In Tyranids

Maleceptor43
Winged Hive Tyrant42
Carnifexes42
Old One Eye41
Winged Tyranid Prime40

Across the game· melee units

Plague Surgeon Death Guard · just ahead42
Old One Eye 41
Chosen Chaos Space Marines · level with it41

SHIELD

In Tyranids

Norn Assimilator553
Maleceptor540
Old One Eye532
Toxicrene512
Hive Guard505

Across the game· melee units

Battlewagon Orks · just ahead538
Old One Eye 532
Sydonian Dragoons with taser lances Adeptus Mechanicus · level with it532

Leading a squad

Carnifexes with Old One Eye90 + 130 = 220 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Carnifexes aloneOld One Eye's rulesOld One Eye's attacks
Squad38 ÷ 90 pts =42per 100
With leader125 ÷ 220 pts =57per 100▲15

The leader adds 87 pts of kills a turn (18 from rules, 69 from attacks) for 130 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Carnifexes aloneOld One Eye's rulesOld One Eye's wounds
Squad392 ÷ 90 pts =436per 100
With leader1118 ÷ 220 pts =508per 100▲72

The leader adds 726 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 726 from wounds) for 130 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself 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

Subterranean AssaultDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 41 · 130 pts kill ~60 pts in one activation

SHIELD 532 · about 25% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 601 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Old One Eye, 130 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
The lists: 271