Death Company Marines with Jump Packs
SWORD: what Death Company Marines with Jump Packs kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 130 pts kill ~103 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Death Company Marines with Jump Packs is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 130 pts: about 346 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
9 creators- Still solid offensively 1 of 9
- Lost loadouts and re-rolls, and pricier 6 of 9
- Absent from winning lists 2 of 9
- Few attacks, and need stratagem support 1 of 9
- Vanguard Veterans out-damage them 1 of 9
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Blood Angels and across the game
SWORD
In Blood Angels
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Blood Angels
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 58 pts of kills a turn (13 from rules, 45 from attacks) for 110 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 314 pts to what the enemy must spend (138 from rules, 176 from wounds) for 110 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
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 70 · 130 pts kill ~103 pts in one activation
SHIELD 229 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 346 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Death Company Marines with Jump Packs, 5 models, 130 pts
- Heavy Bolt Pistol, Eviscerator, 2 Plasma pistol, 2 Power fist, Hand flamer, 2 Power weapon, Inferno Pistol
- Counted as dice: its own abilities
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- Happy Krumping · 12 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 8 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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