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Flamers

Infantry · 3 models, 65 pts or 6 models, 130 pts
Lists14% · in 27 of 191 public lists, September – November 2026
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SWORD: what Flamers kills

Damage for its points

40SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 65 pts kill ~29 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta40SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★88SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.62SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.30SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.24SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.21SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Flamers is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

430SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 298 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100

For its points430SHIELD per 100 pts

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game

SWORD

Across the game· shooters

Knight Desecrator Chaos Knights · just ahead41
Flamers 40
Master of Possession Chaos Space Marines · level with it40

SHIELD

Across the game· shooters

Skull Cannon Chaos Daemons · just ahead432
Flamers 430
Scout Sentinels Astra Militarum · just behind428

With a leader

Flamers with Exalted Flamer65 + 65 = 130 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Flamers aloneExalted Flamer's rulesExalted Flamer's attacks
Squad26 ÷ 65 pts =40per 100
With leader57 ÷ 130 pts =44per 100▲4

The leader adds 31 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 31 from attacks) for 65 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Flamers aloneExalted Flamer's rulesExalted Flamer's wounds
Squad280 ÷ 65 pts =430per 100
With leader424 ÷ 130 pts =326per 100▼104

The leader adds 144 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 144 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

No detachmentDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 40 · 65 pts kill ~29 pts in one activation

SHIELD 430 · about 21% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 298 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Flamers, 3 models, 65 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 1 creator
  • 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 191