Skull Cannon
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SWORD: what Skull Cannon kills
Damage for its points
36SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 100 pts kill ~41 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta36SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes41SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★45SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.35SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.34SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.20SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Skull Cannon is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
432SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 100 pts: about 410 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
For its points432SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- Forces battle-shock tests on the enemy 4 of 5
- Just enough shooting 1 of 5
- Sturdy in melee 1 of 5
- Seen in few winning lists 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· units
Fabius Bile Chaos Space Marines · just ahead37
Skull Cannon 36
Captain on Bike Space Marines · level with it36
SHIELD
Across the game· units
Trygon Genestealer Cults · just ahead435
Skull Cannon 432
Plaguebearers Chaos Daemons · just behind431
How we got these numbers
No detachmentDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 36 · 100 pts kill ~41 pts in one activation
SHIELD 432 · about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 410 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Skull Cannon, 100 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40K Fireside · 3 Aug
- True Daemon Lord · 12 Jun
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 191
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