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World EatersArmy page › All 30 units

Eightbound

Infantry · 3 models, 125 pts or 6 models, 250 pts
Lists72% · in 202 of 280 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateEightbound against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Eightbound kills

Damage for its points

96SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 125 pts kill ~136 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta96SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes77SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.109SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf. ★124SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.113SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.105SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Eightbound is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

224SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 125 pts: about 336 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points224SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

8 creators
  • Most taken unit in winning lists 3 of 8
  • Aura helps nearby World Eaters hit 3 of 8
  • Moves up the board to threaten early 2 of 8
  • Cheaper after the update 2 of 8
  • Fragile for the cost 2 of 8
  • Lost its damage bonus and hits marines worse 1 of 8
  • Too slow to connect in the new edition 1 of 8

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in World Eaters and across the game

SWORD

In World Eaters

Eightbound96
Exalted Eightbound93
Maulerfiend93
Angron87
Defiler85

Across the game· melee units

Wracks Drukhari · just ahead100
Eightbound 96
Serberys Sulphurhounds Adeptus Mechanicus · just behind94

SHIELD

In World Eaters

Chaos Spawn228
Eightbound224
Heldrake219
Exalted Eightbound212
Goremongers208

Across the game· melee units

The Red Terror Genestealer Cults · just ahead225
Eightbound 224
Techmarine Space Marines · level with it224

With a leader

Eightbound with Slaughterbound125 + 90 = 215 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Eightbound aloneSlaughterbound's rulesSlaughterbound's attacks
Squad114 ÷ 125 pts =91per 100
With leader176 ÷ 215 pts =82per 100▼9

The leader adds 62 pts of kills a turn (6 from rules, 56 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Eightbound aloneSlaughterbound's rulesSlaughterbound's wounds
Squad280 ÷ 125 pts =224per 100
With leader426 ÷ 215 pts =198per 100▼26

The leader adds 146 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 146 from wounds) for 90 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

Goretrack OnslaughtDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 96 · 125 pts kill ~136 pts in one activation

SHIELD 224 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 336 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Eightbound, 3 models, 125 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
The lists: 280