Plaguebearers
SWORD: what Plaguebearers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 115 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Plaguebearers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 115 pts: about 457 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Sticky objective holders 5 of 6
- Great with Warptide for denying objectives 2 of 6
- Regrow lost models 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 25 pts of kills a turn (9 from rules, 16 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 174 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 174 from wounds) for 60 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 23 · 115 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation
SHIELD 431 · about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 457 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Plaguebearers, 10 models, 115 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Barnyard Wargaming · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 23 Oct
- True Daemon Lord · 12 Jun
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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