Dark Commune
SWORD: what Dark Commune kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 90 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Dark Commune 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 90 pts: about 208 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Leads the cult damage bricks 3 of 5
- Easy to snipe 1 of 5
- Rare outside the cult builds 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
In Chaos Space Marines
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 30 pts of kills a turn (5 from rules, 25 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 324 pts to what the enemy must spend (152 from rules, 172 from wounds) for 90 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 22 · 90 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation
SHIELD 110 · about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 208 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Dark Commune, 5 models, 90 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- Exalted40k · 6 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 19 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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