Bloodletters
SWORD: what Bloodletters kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 110 pts kill ~61 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Bloodletters is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 110 pts: about 305 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Durable melee mass that is fine to lose 4 of 6
- Strong with a Bloodmaster leading 3 of 6
- Hit hard into the new marines 2 of 6
- Depend on deep strike to get anywhere 1 of 6
- Not loved by some players 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 56 pts of kills a turn (20 from rules, 36 from attacks) for 65 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 91 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 91 from wounds) for 65 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 49 · 110 pts kill ~61 pts in one activation
SHIELD 245 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 305 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Bloodletters, 10 models, 110 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Barnyard Wargaming · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40K Fireside · 3 Aug
- Auspex Tactics · 23 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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