Canoptek Scarab Swarms
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SWORD: what Canoptek Scarab Swarms kills
Damage for its points
68SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 40 pts kill ~31 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta68SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★128SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.100SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.97SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.96SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.120SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Canoptek Scarab Swarms is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
347SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 40 pts: about 171 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points347SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- A cheap screen 4 of 5
- Presses action buttons 1 of 5
- Disrupts enemy objectives 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
In Necrons
Canoptek Scarab Swarms68
Across the game· melee units
Haarken Worldclaimer Chaos Space Marines · just ahead69
Canoptek Scarab Swarms 68
Invictor Tactical Warsuit Space Marines · level with it68
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Typhus Death Guard · just ahead348
Canoptek Scarab Swarms 347
Lord Kakophonist Emperor's Children · level with it347
How we got these numbers
Canoptek CourtDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 68 · 40 pts kill ~31 pts in one activation
SHIELD 347 · about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 171 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Canoptek Scarab Swarms, 3 models, 40 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 28 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 24 Oct
- PNW 40K · 1 Oct
- Silvertide Tactics · 19 Jul
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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