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Venomthropes

Infantry · 3 models, 55 pts or 6 models, 110 pts
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SWORD: what Venomthropes kills

Damage for its points

38SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 55 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta38SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★109SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.75SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.53SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.25SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.27SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Venomthropes is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

382SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 55 pts: about 244 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points382SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

3 creators
  • Cheap bodies to sit and score 1 of 3
  • Help infantry and Tyrants advance 1 of 3
  • The cover they give rarely adds anything 3 of 3
  • Do almost no damage 1 of 3
  • Need a rewrite 1 of 3

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Tyranids and across the game

SWORD

In Tyranids

Venomthropes38

Across the game· melee units

Captain in Terminator Armour Space Marines · just ahead39
Venomthropes 38
Accursed Cultists Chaos Space Marines · level with it38

SHIELD

In Tyranids

Venomthropes382

Across the game· melee units

Fulgurite Electro-Priests Adeptus Mechanicus · just ahead384
Venomthropes 382
Terminator Squad Space Marines · level with it382

How we got these numbers

Invasion FleetDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 38 · 55 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation

SHIELD 382 · about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 244 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Venomthropes, 3 models, 55 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
The lists: 271