Navigator
SWORD: what Navigator kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 60 pts kill ~18 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Navigator is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 60 pts: about 109 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Stops enemy reserves arriving nearby 5 of 8
- Shuts down enemy scoring and actions 2 of 8
- Guards the home objective 1 of 8
- Costly just to deny reserves 1 of 8
- Easy to kill, weak guns 1 of 8
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Agents of the Imperium and across the game
SWORD
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 14 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 14 from attacks) for 60 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 51 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 51 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 26 · 60 pts kill ~18 pts in one activation
SHIELD 107 · about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 109 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Navigator, 60 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- Inquisitor Varik - Ordo Tactica · 5 Aug
- 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian · 31 Jul
- Grimdark Breakdown · 17 Sep
- Tabletop Battles · 30 Sep
- Hubtown Hammer · 6 Oct
- Brother Tobias · 2 Sep
- The Glorious Game · 10 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 15
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