Shadowsun portrait

Xenos · T'au Empire

Shadowsun

Supreme Commander of the T'au Empire

Overall hero rating 4.34 / 10

Score updated: Nov 3, 2026

Overall Hero Rating

How scoring works
4.34 / 10 Rank 85

Can strengthen Tau shooting, but positioning demands and stronger support alternatives limit her appeal.

Guild Raid 4.0 / 10

Offers a useful battlesuit-team substitute, with positioning requirements and competition from stronger buffers limiting her value across different bosses.

Guild War 6.5 / 10

Teams featuring Shadowsun clear 70.9% of Meds Up attacks across equally weighted battlefields, providing the stronger supported role.

Horde 4.5 / 10

Growing ranged support improves Tau formations over time, but limited independent clearing and self sustain make Shadowsun a composition-dependent choice.

Popularity 2.35 / 10

Planner records show 1,861 players at Gold I or higher, 318 at Diamond I or higher and 11 at Adamantine II or higher. Five equally weighted milestones determine this investment-based Popularity score.

Hero Stats

Game 1.43.130
Health
11,641
Armor
2,619
Damage
3,638

Movement

4hexes

Melee

Blast
Hits
2
Range
1
Pierce
15%

Ranged

Melta
Hits
2
Range
2
Pierce
75%

Traits

Camouflage

Ranged attacks against this character score -1 hit. This increases to -2 hits if this character is more than 2 hexes away from the attacker or to -3 hits when in Tall Grass. Attackers always score at least 1 hit.

Flying

Can traverse impassable hexes and enemies and move between any elevation.

Infiltrate

This unit does not trigger Overwatch

Ranged Specialist

Deals extra damage with ranged attacks if this unit did not start its turn adjacent to an enemy.

Abilities

active ability

Exemplar of the Kauyon

Commander Shadowsun disappears, then reappears on a target hex adjacent to an allied unit and immediately performs a normal attack against the closest enemy target. This attack deals an additional 2x 3916 Blast Damage. A stationary Command-Link Drone is summoned in the hex she previously occupied. Initial cooldown: 1 round. Command-Link Drone stats: 5220 Health 1828 Damage 1958 Armour

passive ability

Defender of the Greater Good

Friendly units adjacent to Shadowsun or her Command-Link Drone deal +652 Damage with ranged attacks, except attacks that deal Psychic Damage. Affected attacks also have a chance to score an additional hit. This chance is 25% for each round in which Shadowsun has been on the battlefield. Friendly T'au Empire units within 2 hexes of Shadowsun or her Command-Link Drone are also affected by this ability.

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