Fire Dragons
SWORD: what Fire Dragons kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 110 pts kill ~67 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Fire Dragons is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 110 pts: about 208 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- One of the strongest hard-target killers 4 of 5
- Points were cut 3 of 5
- Great with Fuegan 2 of 5
- In many winning lists 2 of 5
- Good into Custodes with Falcon re-rolls 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
With a leader
The leader adds 44 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 44 from attacks) for 130 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 131 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 131 from wounds) for 130 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
SWORD 54 · 110 pts kill ~67 pts in one activation
SHIELD 130 · about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 208 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Fire Dragons, 5 models, 110 pts
- 5 Close combat weapon, 4 Dragon Fusion Gun, Firepike
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Proxy Hammer · 8 Oct
- CraftworldEldar · 17 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 17 Oct
- Battleborn 40k · 4 Oct
- Night Geist Gaming · 27 Oct
The lists: 149
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