Shining Spears
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SWORD: what Shining Spears kills
Damage for its points
103SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 100 pts kill ~117 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta103SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes84SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.101SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.112SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.135SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★154SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Shining Spears is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
148SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 7% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 100 pts: about 214 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points148SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- Fast trade pieces that clear the midboard 3 of 5
- Work in many detachments 1 of 5
- Reliable positioning for the charge 1 of 5
- Punch into vehicles and monsters 1 of 5
- Fragile once caught in the open 1 of 5
- Swingy on few attacks 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
Breaka Boyz Orks · just ahead105
Shining Spears 103
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Scourges with Shardcarbines Drukhari · just ahead150
Shining Spears 148
Lord Exultant Emperor's Children · level with it148
How we got these numbers
Aspect HostWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 103 · 100 pts kill ~117 pts in one activation
SHIELD 148 · about 7% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 214 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Shining Spears, 3 models, 100 pts
- 2 Laser Lance, 2 Laser Lance (melee), Shuriken Cannon, Star Lance, Star Lance (melee), 2 Twin Shuriken Catapult
- Counted as dice: 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
- Night Geist Gaming · 27 Oct
- 1d6chan · 2 Oct
The lists: 149
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