Striking Scorpions
SWORD: what Striking Scorpions kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 75 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Striking Scorpions is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 75 pts: about 211 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- A blocker or spare scorer 1 of 4
- Lost damage and durability into new marines 3 of 4
- Not a starting buy 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 35 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 35 from attacks) for 70 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 80 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 80 from wounds) for 70 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 56 · 75 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation
SHIELD 218 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 211 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Striking Scorpions, 5 models, 75 pts
- Biting blade, 4 Scorpion chainsword, 5 Shuriken pistol
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- Proxy Hammer · 8 Oct
- CraftworldEldar · 17 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 17 Oct
- Battleborn 40k · 4 Oct
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