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Victrix Honour Guard

Epic Hero · 1 models, 120 pts or 6 models, 250 pts
Why it's takenIn 66 of 165 public listsThe 4th most-taken Ultramarines unit
Lists40% · in 66 of 165 public lists, September – November 2026
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SWORD: what Victrix Honour Guard kills

Damage for its points

18SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 120 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta18SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes23SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★28SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.21SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.21SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.11SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Victrix Honour Guard is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

89SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 4% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 120 pts: about 190 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points89SHIELD per 100 pts

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Ultramarines

Victrix Honour Guard18

Across the game· melee units

Spoilpox Scrivener Chaos Daemons · just ahead19
Victrix Honour Guard 18
Contorted Epitome Chaos Daemons · level with it18

SHIELD

In Ultramarines

Victrix Honour Guard89

Across the game· melee units

Commissar Graves on Foot Astra Militarum · just ahead90
Victrix Honour Guard 89
Clanblade Aeldari · just behind88

With a leader

Victrix Honour Guard with Marneus Calgar120 + 180 = 300 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Victrix Honour Guard aloneMarneus Calgar's rulesMarneus Calgar's attacks
Squad20 ÷ 120 pts =17per 100
With leader108 ÷ 300 pts =36per 100▲19

The leader adds 88 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 88 from attacks) for 180 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Victrix Honour Guard aloneMarneus Calgar's rulesMarneus Calgar's wounds
Squad109 ÷ 120 pts =91per 100
With leader306 ÷ 300 pts =102per 100▲11

The leader adds 197 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 197 from wounds) for 180 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

No detachmentDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 18 · 120 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation

SHIELD 89 · about 4% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 190 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Victrix Honour Guard, 120 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities
  • 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: 165