Storm Guardians
SWORD: what Storm Guardians kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 100 pts kill ~37 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Storm Guardians is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 100 pts: about 323 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Carry the Warlock Conclave 2 of 5
- Cheap scoring bodies 2 of 5
- Die too easily 2 of 5
- Made for melee but poor at it 1 of 5
- Sticky objectives matter less 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
With a leader
The leader adds 34 pts of kills a turn (7 from rules, 27 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 70 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 70 from wounds) for 60 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 33 · 100 pts kill ~37 pts in one activation
SHIELD 311 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 323 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Storm Guardians, 11 models, 100 pts
- 9 Close Combat Weapon, 2 Flamer, 2 Fusion gun, 2 Power sword, 6 Shuriken Pistol
- 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
- Night Geist Gaming · 27 Oct
- 1d6chan · 2 Oct
The lists: 149
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