Subductor Squad
SWORD: what Subductor Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 85 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Subductor Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 85 pts: about 388 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Infiltrating wall that blocks charges 4 of 7
- Cheap bodies and objective control 3 of 7
- Very hard to kill 3 of 7
- Punishes enemies that charge them 2 of 7
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
In Agents of the Imperium
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 25 pts of kills a turn (2 from rules, 23 from attacks) for 75 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 139 pts to what the enemy must spend (8 from rules, 131 from wounds) for 75 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 23 · 85 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation
SHIELD 486 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 388 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Subductor Squad, 11 models, 85 pts
- 10 Arbites shotpistol, Mechanical bite, 10 Shock maul
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Inquisitor Varik - Ordo Tactica · 5 Aug
- 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian · 31 Jul
- Grimdark Breakdown · 17 Sep
- Art of War 40k · 27 Oct
- Tabletop Battles · 30 Sep
- The Glorious Game · 10 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 15
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