Cultist Firebrand
SWORD: what Cultist Firebrand kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 45 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Cultist Firebrand is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 45 pts: about 107 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
2 creators- Battle-shock tricks for cultists 1 of 2
- Useless in practice 1 of 2
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
Across the game· shooters
Leading a squad
The leader adds 16 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 15 from attacks) for 45 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 53 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 53 from wounds) for 45 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 31 · 45 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation
SHIELD 131 · about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 107 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Cultist Firebrand, 45 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 2 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 184
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