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Thousand SonsArmy page › All 35 units

Scarab Occult Terminators

Infantry · 5 models, 200 pts or 10 models, 425 pts
Lists75% · in 77 of 103 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateScarab Occult Terminators against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Scarab Occult Terminators kills

Damage for its points

43SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 200 pts kill ~97 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta43SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes61SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★66SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.57SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.57SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.49SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Scarab Occult Terminators is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

575SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 27% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 200 pts: about 1038 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100

For its points575SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

5 creators
  • Very hard to shift, with built-in damage reduction 5 of 5
  • Hits hard enough to delete most units 4 of 5
  • Deep strike or infiltrate onto objectives 4 of 5
  • Backbone of winning lists 3 of 5
  • Heavy price rises make them very expensive 5 of 5
  • Blades fell behind against tougher marines 1 of 5
  • Low objective control for holding ground 1 of 5
  • Leave too few units when taken with Magnus 1 of 5

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Thousand Sons and across the game

SWORD

In Thousand Sons

Scarab Occult Terminators43
Flamers42
Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch41
Heldrake41
Chaos Vindicator40

Across the game· units

Chaos Predator Annihilator Chaos Space Marines · just ahead44
Scarab Occult Terminators 43
Warpsmith Chaos Space Marines · level with it43

SHIELD

In Thousand Sons

Scarab Occult Terminators575
Mutalith Vortex Beast485
Chaos Spawn463
Chaos Rhino451
Chaos Land Raider448

Across the game· units

Leman Russ Eradicator Astra Militarum · just ahead576
Scarab Occult Terminators 575
Rotigus Chaos Daemons · level with it575

With a leader

Scarab Occult Terminators with Sorcerer in Terminator Armour200 + 110 = 310 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Scarab Occult Terminators aloneSorcerer in Terminator Armour's rulesSorcerer in Terminator Armour's attacks
Squad82 ÷ 200 pts =41per 100
With leader149 ÷ 310 pts =48per 100▲7

The leader adds 67 pts of kills a turn (22 from rules, 45 from attacks) for 110 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Scarab Occult Terminators aloneSorcerer in Terminator Armour's rulesSorcerer in Terminator Armour's wounds
Squad1166 ÷ 200 pts =583per 100
With leader1398 ÷ 310 pts =451per 100▼132

The leader adds 232 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 232 from wounds) for 110 pts: less per point than the squad alone.

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

Rubricae PhalanxBest weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 43 · 200 pts kill ~97 pts in one activation

SHIELD 575 · about 27% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 1038 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Scarab Occult Terminators, 5 models, 200 pts
  • Force weapon, 4 Inferno combi-bolter, Malefic Curse, 4 Prosperine khopesh, Soulreaper cannon
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
The lists: 103