Kataphron Destroyers
SWORD: what Kataphron Destroyers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 200 pts kill ~161 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Kataphron Destroyers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 200 pts: about 609 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- Can fall back and shoot in Eradication 1 of 4
- Doubtful as anti-tank 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adeptus Mechanicus and across the game
SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· shooters
With a leader
The leader adds 43 pts of kills a turn (22 from rules, 21 from attacks) for 60 pts: the same per point as the squad alone.
The leader adds 237 pts to what the enemy must spend (36 from rules, 201 from wounds) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
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
SWORD 71 · 200 pts kill ~161 pts in one activation
SHIELD 331 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 609 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Kataphron Destroyers, 6 models, 200 pts
- 6 Close combat weapon, 6 Cognis flamer, 6 Kataphron plasma culverin
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- Belisarius Paul · 9 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- DankMechanicus · 4 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 181
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