Dark Apostle
SWORD: what Dark Apostle kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 70 pts kill ~18 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Dark Apostle is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 70 pts: about 259 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- Boosts Chosen and cultist bricks 3 of 4
- Resurrects models and steadies a unit 1 of 4
- Overlooked outside the cult builds 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
In Chaos Space Marines
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 37 pts of kills a turn (13 from rules, 24 from attacks) for 70 pts: the same per point as the squad alone.
The leader adds 253 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 253 from wounds) for 70 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 23 · 70 pts kill ~18 pts in one activation
SHIELD 334 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 259 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Dark Apostle, 3 models, 70 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: 4 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Boltgun Tactics · 6 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 19 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 184
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