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Thunderhawk Gunship

Transport · 850 pts
Why it's takenRarely takenIn one public list or none
Lists– (one list or none, September – November 2026)
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SWORD: what Thunderhawk Gunship kills

Damage for its points

19SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 850 pts kill ~183 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta19SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes18SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.21SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.26SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.27SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★35SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Thunderhawk Gunship is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

219SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 850 pts: about 1335 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100

For its points219SHIELD per 100 pts

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Space Marines

Thunderhawk Gunship19

Across the game· shooters

Sporocyst Tyranids · just ahead20
Thunderhawk Gunship 19
Armoured Sentinels Astra Militarum · level with it19

SHIELD

Across the game· shooters

Witchseeker Squad Adeptus Custodes · just ahead220
Thunderhawk Gunship 219
Canoptek Tomb Crawlers Necrons · level with it219

How we got these numbers

Ironstorm SpearheadBest weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 19 · 850 pts kill ~183 pts in one activation

SHIELD 219 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 1335 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Thunderhawk Gunship, 850 pts
  • Armoured hull, 2 Lascannon, Turbo-laser destructor, 4 Twin heavy bolter
  • Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 1 creator
The lists: 61