Magus
SWORD: what Magus kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 50 pts kill ~7 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Magus is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 50 pts: about 243 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 294 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Battle-shock cure matters more this edition 1 of 5
- Does little outside one detachment 2 of 5
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
Leading a squad
The leader adds 4 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 4 from attacks) for 50 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 194 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 194 from wounds) for 50 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
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 13 · 50 pts kill ~7 pts in one activation
SHIELD 214 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 243 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Magus, 50 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Nexos Floof · 12 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40k Rey · 11 Sep
- 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian · 27 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 65
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