Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols
SWORD: what Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 65 pts kill ~40 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 7% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 143 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Home-objective holders that make command points 5 of 7
- Useful anti-vehicle melee attacks 2 of 7
- Few attacks for the cost 1 of 7
- No longer the top pick it was 1 of 7
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Genestealer Cults and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 29 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 28 from attacks) for 75 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 47 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 47 from wounds) for 75 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 54 · 65 pts kill ~40 pts in one activation
SHIELD 144 · about 7% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 143 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols, 5 models, 65 pts
- Autopistol, Cult claws and knife, 3 Heavy mining tool, Leader's Bio-weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Nexos Floof · 12 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40k Rey · 11 Sep
- 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian · 27 Sep
- 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 28 Jul
- Hero of Mathematical Wargaming · 17 Jul
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 65
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