The Silent King
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SWORD: what The Silent King kills
Damage for its points
46SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 420 pts kill ~219 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta46SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes36SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.45SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.57SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.56SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★67SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard The Silent King is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
419SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 20% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 420 pts: about 1244 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
For its points419SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
6 creators- His re-roll aura helps the whole army 4 of 6
- Enormously hard to kill 2 of 6
- A late-game beatstick 1 of 6
- Costs far too much 3 of 6
- Not an auto-include 2 of 6
- Only fits Starshatter or Obeisance 2 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
In Necrons
The Silent King46
Across the game· units
Ancient in Terminator Armour Space Marines · just ahead47
The Silent King 46
Chaos Lord with Jump Pack Chaos Space Marines · level with it46
SHIELD
Across the game· units
Annihilation Barge Necrons · just ahead420
The Silent King 419
How we got these numbers
Obeisance PhalanxWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 46 · 420 pts kill ~219 pts in one activation
SHIELD 419 · about 20% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 1244 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- The Silent King, 3 models, 420 pts
- 2 Annihilator beam, 2 Armoured bulk, Sceptre of Eternal Glory, Staff of Stars, Weapons of the Final Triarch
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and 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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