Norn Emissary
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SWORD: what Norn Emissary kills
Damage for its points
55SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 250 pts kill ~156 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta55SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes43SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.48SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.52SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh. ★53SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.46SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Norn Emissary is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
629SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 30% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 250 pts: about 1165 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points629SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
3 creators- Tournament results back it 1 of 3
- Heals in Assimilation Swarm 1 of 3
- Good protection and psychic guns 1 of 3
- Holds a midboard objective 1 of 3
- A little behind the Assimilator in melee 1 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Tyranids and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
Sword Brethren Squad Black Templars · just ahead56
Norn Emissary 55
Judiciar Space Marines · level with it55
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Cronos Drukhari · just ahead635
Norn Emissary 629
Transcendent C'tan Necrons · just behind628
How we got these numbers
Subterranean AssaultDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 55 · 250 pts kill ~156 pts in one activation
SHIELD 629 · about 30% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 1165 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Norn Emissary, 250 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 3 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 12 Sep
- Into the Hive Mind · 12 Oct
- HivemindHobbies · 18 Oct
The lists: 271
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