Nobz
SWORD: what Nobz kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 115 pts kill ~86 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Nobz is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 115 pts: about 494 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Solid, well-buffed melee unit 4 of 8
- Good small units in Bully Boyz 2 of 8
- Melee builds lost points support 3 of 8
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 55 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 55 from attacks) for 100 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 111 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 111 from wounds) for 100 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 66 · 115 pts kill ~86 pts in one activation
SHIELD 343 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 494 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Nobz, 5 models, 115 pts
- Big Choppa, Big Skorcha, 2 Kustom Choppa, Kustom Big Shoota, 2 Kustom Krumpa
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 24 Oct
- WAAAGH Taktiks · 20 Oct
- Highstakes 40K · 1 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 4 Oct
- Astrategas Wargames · 14 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 1 Sep
- Secondary Objective · 9 Sep
The lists: 432
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