Exalted Eightbound
SWORD: what Exalted Eightbound kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 130 pts kill ~137 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Exalted Eightbound is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 130 pts: about 343 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Reliable anti-tank from deep strike 7 of 8
- Best led by a Slaughterbound 5 of 8
- Efficient points for killing big targets 2 of 8
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in World Eaters and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 53 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 53 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 146 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 146 from wounds) for 90 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 93 · 130 pts kill ~137 pts in one activation
SHIELD 212 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 343 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Exalted Eightbound, 3 models, 130 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: 8 creators
- Secondary Objective · 22 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 25 Oct
- Berzerker Dan · 3 Oct
- Grimdark Roundtable · 2 Oct
- Exalted40k · 12 Sep
- Auspex Tactics · 1 Sep
- Tactical Sugar · 20 Aug
- The Red Path · 29 Jun
The lists: 280
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