Kapricus Defenders
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SWORD: what Kapricus Defenders kills
Damage for its points
54SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 150 pts kill ~92 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta54SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes63SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★64SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.46SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.44SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.41SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Kapricus Defenders is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
217SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 150 pts: about 407 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
For its points217SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
8 creators- Cheap shoot-and-hide harassment 5 of 8
- Better in Farseekers lists 5 of 8
- Cost rose with each update 4 of 8
- Skipped in Priority Assets lists 1 of 8
- Tough, but hits less hard than hoped 1 of 8
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Leagues of Votann and across the game
SWORD
In Leagues of Votann
Kapricus Defenders54
Across the game· shooters
Land Raider Redeemer Space Marines · just ahead55
Kapricus Defenders 54
Chaos Predator Destructor Chaos Space Marines · level with it54
SHIELD
In Leagues of Votann
Kapricus Defenders217
Across the game· shooters
Canoptek Tomb Crawlers Necrons · just ahead219
Kapricus Defenders 217
Hand of the Archon Drukhari · level with it217
How we got these numbers
HearthbandWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 54 · 150 pts kill ~92 pts in one activation
SHIELD 217 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 407 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Kapricus Defenders, 2 models, 150 pts
- 2 Armoured hull, 2 HYLas rotary cannon, 2 Twin magna-coil autocannon
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- VotannVersus40K · 22 Oct
- Goonhammer (Tabletop Battles): faction pack, points, the July to September balance updates, Competitive Innovations · 20 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 29 Aug
- Grimdark Breakdown · 3 Jul
- Vanguard Tactics · 15 Jun
- Love & Wargames · 25 Jul
- Black Crow Gaming · 22 Aug
- Thex Specter · 27 Aug
The lists: 186
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