Overlord
SWORD: what Overlord kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 90 pts kill ~23 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Overlord 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 90 pts: about 314 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Brings a whole unit back from one survivor 3 of 6
- Turns Lychguard into a Destroyer unit in Cursed 3 of 6
- Cuts command point costs 2 of 6
- In most winning lists 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Necrons
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 19 pts of kills a turn (2 from rules, 17 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 623 pts to what the enemy must spend (274 from rules, 349 from wounds) for 90 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 23 · 90 pts kill ~23 pts in one activation
SHIELD 204 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 314 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Overlord, 90 pts
- Voidscythe
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 28 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 24 Oct
- Planet 40K · 26 Oct
- PNW 40K · 1 Oct
- Silvertide Tactics · 19 Jul
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 320
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