Fabius Bile
SWORD: what Fabius Bile kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 110 pts kill ~46 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Fabius Bile is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 110 pts: about 315 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Makes his unit tougher and stronger 5 of 7
- Near-required in the Bile detachment 3 of 7
- Hard to kill himself 1 of 7
- Rare before the update 1 of 7
- Only shines in one detachment 2 of 7
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 53 pts of kills a turn (7 from rules, 46 from attacks) for 110 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 264 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 264 from wounds) for 110 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 37 · 110 pts kill ~46 pts in one activation
SHIELD 243 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 315 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Fabius Bile, 2 models, 110 pts
- Rod of Torment, Surgeon Acolyte's tools, The Chirurgeon, Xyclos needler
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 14 Jul
- Boltgun Tactics · 6 Oct
- Exalted40k · 6 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 19 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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