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Tyranids tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists23616 top-3 finishes
Best finish1st of 22Wrocławski Turniej Lokalny w Bolterze Październik

236 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 271 public lists whose units we can read; 17 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

236winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026
2ndof 6Luźny dwumeczyk w Battle HubInvasion Fleet1 Nov ›3rdof 33La Rennes du Warp IVSubterranean Assault · The Swarmlord, Zoanthropes, Maleceptor31 Oct ›5thof 28FWC n84Ambush Predators and Synaptic Nexus31 Oct ›Lists we can show: 17 ›
By month
Jun●●●●●●●●●●●11 of 137
Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+88 of 1579
Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+85 of 2067
Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+108 of 1901
Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+104 of 1942
Nov●●●●●●●●●●●●+24 of 449

Its lists in the top quarter, out of all such lists, by month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

10in its 271 public lists
Talons of the Norn Queen87 lists ›Subterranean Assault65 lists ›Assimilation Swarm63 lists ›Invasion Fleet53 lists ›Ambush Predators43 lists ›
Show 5 moreVanguard Onslaught37 lists ›Synaptic Nexus22 lists ›Crusher Stampede17 lists ›Warrior Bioform Onslaught5 lists ›Unending Swarm1 list ›

Units

52tiers from 4 creators

Letter: 4 creatorsBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes4

The Red Terror120 pts · 140 listsStop 35%bottom 33%The Swarmlord210 pts · 141 listsSbottom 39%bottom 47%Deathleaper80 pts · 48 listsAbottom 20%top 10%Old One Eye130 pts · 41 listsBbottom 31%top 5%

Characters9

Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip75 pts · 129 listsStop 13%bottom 15%Hive Tyrant195 pts · 91 listsSbottom 20%top 44%Hyperadapted Raveners165 pts · 120 listsAtop 23%bottom 26%Broodlord80 pts · 61 listsAtop 49%bottom 30%
Show 5 moreNeurotyrant120 pts · 109 listsAbottom 10%top 43%Winged Hive Tyrant185 pts · 22 listsBbottom 33%bottom 44%Parasite of Mortrex65 pts · 9 listsBbottom 14%bottom 24%Tervigon150 pts · 8 listsCbottom 2%top 1%Winged Tyranid Prime65 pts · 10 listsCbottom 28%bottom 13%

Battleline3

Hormagaunts70 pts · 147 listsAbottom 14%bottom 47%Gargoyles75 pts · 20 listsBbottom 5%bottom 28%Termagants55 pts · 31 listsBbottom 26%top 26%

Infantry15

Biovores60 pts · 255 listsSbottom 7%bottom 33%Von Ryan's Leapers55 pts · 163 listsSbottom 49%top 18%Neurolictor80 pts · 157 listsSbottom 2%top 23%Zoanthropes190 pts · 127 listsAtop 27%top 47%
Show 11 moreLictor60 pts · 84 listsAbottom 46%bottom 46%Pyrovores40 pts · 70 listsAbottom 28%top 21%Raveners125 pts · 109 listsAtop 38%bottom 37%Hive Guard160 pts · 40 listsAtop 37%top 8%Genestealers140 pts · 64 listsBtop 6%bottom 48%Tyrant Guard80 pts · 46 listsBbottom 6%top 3%Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-Weapons75 pts · 20 listsBtop 35%bottom 40%Neurogaunts45 pts · 16 listsBbottom 2%top 12%Barbgaunts50 pts · 7 listsCtop 32%top 25%Venomthropes55 pts · 1 listCbottom 24%top 22%Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons60 pts · 4 listsCtop 22%top 35%

Monsters15

Norn Assimilator250 pts · 90 listsStop 19%top 3%Norn Emissary250 pts · 128 listsStop 38%top 1%Tyrannofex170 pts · 121 listsAtop 50%top 1%Maleceptor180 pts · 161 listsAbottom 44%top 5%
Show 11 moreExocrine135 pts · 69 listsAtop 27%top 15%Psychophage110 pts · 60 listsAbottom 24%top 7%Haruspex125 pts · 54 listsBtop 35%top 7%Trygon135 pts · 48 listsBtop 20%top 13%Screamer-killer125 pts · 26 listsBtop 37%top 21%Mawloc130 pts · 21 listsBbottom 24%top 11%Toxicrene120 pts · 3 listsBtop 30%top 5%Carnifexes90 pts · 14 listsBbottom 42%top 15%Sporocyst145 pts · 1 listCbottom 7%bottom 44%Harpy185 ptsDbottom 24%top 33%Hive Crone170 ptsDbottom 21%top 22%

Transports3

Harridan610 ptsCbottom 15%bottom 21%Hierophant810 ptsCbottom 19%bottom 45%Tyrannocyte80 pts · 1 listCbottom 10%top 10%

Other3

Ripper Swarms30 pts · 38 listsBbottom 2%bottom 7%Mucolid Spores30 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 7%Spore Mines55 ptsDbottom 1%bottom 1%

Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 271 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters from the creators who know the game best; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice math (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Sources

Creators 26 Oct · SWORD and SHIELD 9 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions
What are the best Tyranids units?
The creators' average is S for Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip, Norn Assimilator, Norn Emissary, Biovores, The Red Terror, The Swarmlord, Von Ryan's Leapers, Hive Tyrant, Neurolictor. Then A: Hyperadapted Raveners, Tyrannofex, Maleceptor, Hormagaunts, Zoanthropes and 9 more.
What do the letters mean?
Each letter is a weighted average of the letters up to 4 creators gave that unit, S to D: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?
Our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each comes with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind.
Which Tyranids units do lists take most?
Of 271 public lists: Biovores (255), Von Ryan's Leapers (163), Maleceptor (161).
Which Tyranids detachment do tournament lists take most?
Talons of the Norn Queen: 87 of the 271 Tyranids tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.
Sources
Letters
Each letter is a weighted average of the creators' letters: full reviews and tier lists count more than a single list. A dashed letter means no creator has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by SWORD and SHIELD only among the army's creator-rated units.
SWORD and SHIELD
Our own dice math, last run 9 Nov 2026. Both are shown scaled: SWORD is 0.8832 × the points it removes, SHIELD 2097.5 × the share of a turn, so a typical unit's SHIELD reads about 333. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each is averaged over 100 top lists from the last three months, leaving out the most extreme tenth at each end; each is shown with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind (top 10%, bottom 20%): shooters beside shooters, melee units beside melee units, a unit built to support beside every unit. How we score.
Creators
Each channel's newest Tyranids tier list. Their tiers are their own, put on our S to D scale by us (their top tier S, and so on down); we show how many gave each and the letter they add up to.Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
271 public Tyranids tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.
Win-rate letter
Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Cut at S 55% and over, A 52.5%, B 49%, C 46%, D below; only the letter is ours to show, never their numbers.