Screamers
SWORD: what Screamers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 80 pts kill ~69 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Screamers 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 80 pts: about 294 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
2 creators- Anti-vehicle bite and cheap actions 1 of 2
- Early strike on key targets 1 of 2
- Hurt by the dearer reserves stratagem 1 of 2
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 60 pts of kills a turn (9 from rules, 51 from attacks) for 95 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 377 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 377 from wounds) for 95 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
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 76 · 80 pts kill ~69 pts in one activation
SHIELD 331 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 294 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Screamers, 3 models, 80 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 2 creators
- Barnyard Wargaming · 26 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 191
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