Psychomancer
SWORD: what Psychomancer kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 65 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Psychomancer is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 101 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 294 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Can deny enemy scoring 1 of 6
- His Support rule costs a unit and a slot 3 of 6
- Battleshock tricks are unreliable 1 of 6
- The worst of the Crypteks 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 9 pts of kills a turn (2 from rules, 7 from attacks) for 65 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 26 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 26 from wounds) for 65 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 52 · 65 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation
SHIELD 230 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 101 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Psychomancer, 65 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- 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
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