Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers
SWORD: what Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 75 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 75 pts: about 177 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Auto-hitting flamers clear hordes and screen 4 of 6
- Nearly every list runs one or two 3 of 6
- Wound re-rolls on objectives 2 of 6
- Cheaper to rebuy than Aberrants 2 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Genestealer Cults and across the game
SWORD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
With a leader
The leader adds 16 pts of kills a turn (8 from rules, 8 from attacks) for 50 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 35 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 35 from wounds) for 50 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 57 · 75 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation
SHIELD 121 · about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 177 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers, 5 models, 75 pts
- 5 Cult claws and knife, 5 Hand flamer
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 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
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 65
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