Traitor Guardsmen Squad
SWORD: what Traitor Guardsmen Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 65 pts kill ~21 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Traitor Guardsmen Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 249 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Cheap chaff that is always taken 3 of 6
- Very good in the cults build 2 of 6
- Dropped in cost 2 of 6
- Rare at the team event 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
In Chaos Space Marines
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD
In Chaos Space Marines
Across the game· shooters
With a leader
The leader adds 21 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 20 from attacks) for 70 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 179 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 179 from wounds) for 70 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 28 · 65 pts kill ~21 pts in one activation
SHIELD 349 · about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 249 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Traitor Guardsmen Squad, 10 models, 65 pts
- 10 Close combat weapon, Corrupted pistol, 6 Lasgun, Flamer, Meltagun, Cultist grenade launcher
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- Boltgun Tactics · 6 Oct
- Exalted40k · 6 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 19 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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