Kommandos
SWORD: what Kommandos kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 125 pts kill ~75 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Kommandos is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 125 pts: about 509 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Infiltrating action pieces 4 of 5
- Lost an overwatch protection 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Orks and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 30 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 30 from attacks) for 80 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 170 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 170 from wounds) for 80 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 53 · 125 pts kill ~75 pts in one activation
SHIELD 318 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 509 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Kommandos, 10 models, 125 pts
- 10 Slugga, 9 Choppa, 2 Kustom Shoota, Burna, Rokkit Launcha, Big Choppa
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 24 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 4 Oct
- Astrategas Wargames · 14 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 432
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