Brotherhood Chaplain
SWORD: what Brotherhood Chaplain kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 70 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Brotherhood Chaplain is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 70 pts: about 268 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
3 creators- Leads Paladins and re-rolls charges 3 of 3
- Unremarkable melee and shooting 1 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Grey Knights and across the game
SWORD
In Grey Knights
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Grey Knights
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 20 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 20 from attacks) for 70 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 227 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 227 from wounds) for 70 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 30 · 70 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation
SHIELD 321 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 268 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Brotherhood Chaplain, 70 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 3 creators
- 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 6 Aug
- 40K Dirtbags · 10 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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