Death Company Dreadnought
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SWORD: what Death Company Dreadnought kills
Damage for its points
74SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 165 pts kill ~138 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta74SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes66SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.77SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.85SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.104SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★121SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Death Company Dreadnought is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
477SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 165 pts: about 642 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points477SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
10 creators- A deadly melee walker, great in the dreadnought detachment 7 of 10
- Faster, with a surge move when shot 4 of 10
- In most winning lists 4 of 10
- Resilient with the sarcophagus enhancement 4 of 10
- Expensive for a dreadnought 1 of 10
- A liability if it doesn't arrive 1 of 10
- No objective control without a chapter character 1 of 10
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Blood Angels and across the game
SWORD
In Blood Angels
Death Company Dreadnought74
Across the game· melee units
High Marshal Helbrecht Black Templars · just ahead75
Death Company Dreadnought 74
Slaanesh Soul Grinder Chaos Daemons · level with it74
SHIELD
In Blood Angels
Death Company Dreadnought477
Across the game· melee units
Poxwalkers Death Guard · just ahead479
Death Company Dreadnought 477
Chaos Terminators Emperor's Children · just behind476
How we got these numbers
Ironclad ChampionsBest weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 74 · 165 pts kill ~138 pts in one activation
SHIELD 477 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 642 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Death Company Dreadnought, 165 pts
- Blood Fist Bolt Rifles, Blood Fists, Twin Icarus ironhail heavy stubber, Twin Multi-melta
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 9 creators
- Happy Krumping · 12 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 8 Oct
- TacticalRock40K · 24 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- TacticalTortoise · 26 Oct
- Battleborn 40k · 3 Oct
- Death Company Dropout · 24 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 19 Sep
- Grimdark Chronicle · 19 Sep
The lists: 116
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