Spotlight · week of November 2, 2026

8 new datasheets, and what the update changed

The October 18 update changed 200 datasheets, 160 of them in points. Here's each new unit at its best, and every number is our math.

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Aquilon Terminators with Solarite Power GauntletsAdeptus Custodes · 285 pts for 3

Why it's here:New datasheet

New in the data since 18 October, in no tournament list yet, so the dice speak first. Against Chaos Rhino, the kind of target it does the most to.

SWORD: 70
SHIELD: 61
In lists: 0 of 19

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Biggest points changes, October 18

Before and after at the smallest size, with the share of the army's recent tournament lists that take each unit.

Unit	Points	Letter	In lists
Lion El'JonsonDark Angels	▲ +150265 → 415	A	14 of 20
Trajann ValorisAdeptus Custodes	▲ +130135 → 265	S	2 of 19
Venatari with Kinetic DestroyersAdeptus Custodes	▲ +105150 → 255	D	0 of 19
Contemptor-Achillus DreadnoughtAdeptus Custodes	▲ +75155 → 230	B	0 of 19
Shield-CaptainAdeptus Custodes	▲ +70110 → 180	A	1 of 19
Blade ChampionAdeptus Custodes	▲ +65110 → 175	C	9 of 19
Chief Librarian MephistonBlood Angels	▲ +65110 → 175	C	2 of 9
Vertus PraetorsAdeptus Custodes	▲ +65155 → 220	B	18 of 19

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SWORD and SHIELD are our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists, each with where it ranks among units of its kind. Tournament lists from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Videos linked with their creators' own titles. Datasheets load from the community BSData project in your browser.

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