Possessed
SWORD: what Possessed kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 130 pts kill ~60 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Possessed is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 20% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 130 pts: about 519 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Gained strength and charge fast 2 of 6
- Weak armour piercing and too costly 2 of 6
- Dropped off winning lists 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 26 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 25 from attacks) for 65 pts: the same per point as the squad alone.
The leader adds 90 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 90 from wounds) for 65 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 41 · 130 pts kill ~60 pts in one activation
SHIELD 414 · about 20% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 519 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Possessed, 5 models, 130 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- 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
- Auspex Tactics · 14 Jul
- Boltgun Tactics · 6 Oct
- Exalted40k · 6 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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