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Emperor's ChildrenArmy page › All 23 units

Flawless Blades

Infantry · 3 models, 95 pts or 6 models, 190 pts
Lists87% · in 156 of 180 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateFlawless Blades against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Flawless Blades kills

Damage for its points

106SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 95 pts kill ~114 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta106SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes125SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.168SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.186SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.202SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★241SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Flawless Blades is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

265SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 95 pts: about 301 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points265SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

7 creators
  • Fast elite melee, the army's main hammer 6 of 7
  • Hit any target hard, whatever its toughness 4 of 7
  • Small cheap units trade well 4 of 7
  • Spectacle of Slaughter lets them arrive and strike first 4 of 7
  • Fragile, and shooting folds them 3 of 7
  • Need the right detachment to arrive intact 3 of 7
  • Struggle into units that shrug off damage 1 of 7

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Emperor's Children

Flawless Blades106
Fiends101
Shalaxi Helbane100
Defiler94
Maulerfiend82

Across the game· melee units

Hellions Drukhari · just ahead109
Flawless Blades 106
Kravek Morne Chaos Space Marines · level with it106

SHIELD

In Emperor's Children

Fiends302
Infractors266
Flawless Blades265
Defiler254
Daemonettes237

Across the game· melee units

Infractors Emperor's Children · just ahead266
Flawless Blades 265
Venerable Dreadnought Space Wolves · level with it265

With a leader

Flawless Blades with Lucius the Eternal95 + 130 = 225 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Flawless Blades aloneLucius the Eternal's rulesLucius the Eternal's attacks
Squad77 ÷ 95 pts =81per 100
With leader173 ÷ 225 pts =77per 100▼4

The leader adds 96 pts of kills a turn (24 from rules, 72 from attacks) for 130 pts: less per point than the squad alone.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Flawless Blades aloneLucius the Eternal's rulesLucius the Eternal's wounds
Squad252 ÷ 95 pts =265per 100
With leader752 ÷ 225 pts =334per 100▲69

The leader adds 500 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 500 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

Coterie of the ConceitedDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 106 · 95 pts kill ~114 pts in one activation

SHIELD 265 · about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 301 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Flawless Blades, 3 models, 95 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
The lists: 180