Strike Squad
SWORD: what Strike Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 125 pts kill ~84 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Strike Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 125 pts: about 376 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Cheap battleline in nearly every list 5 of 6
- Scout, deep strike and sticky objectives 3 of 6
- Action pieces that survive better 3 of 6
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
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 32 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 32 from attacks) for 75 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 112 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 112 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 59 · 125 pts kill ~84 pts in one activation
SHIELD 277 · about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 376 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Strike Squad, 5 models, 125 pts
- 5 Nemesis force weapon, 5 Storm bolter
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- Objective Secured40K · 15 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 24 Oct
- Warpbane Tactics · 23 Oct
- 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 6 Aug
- 40K Dirtbags · 10 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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