Flesh Hounds
SWORD: what Flesh Hounds kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 150 pts kill ~58 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Flesh Hounds is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 150 pts: about 411 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Screen and score 2 of 5
- Come back from reserves anywhere 1 of 5
- Flimsy for their points 1 of 5
- Points rose after the update 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
In Chaos Daemons
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 45 pts of kills a turn (20 from rules, 25 from attacks) for 70 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds nothing to what the enemy must spend 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 34 · 150 pts kill ~58 pts in one activation
SHIELD 241 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 411 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Flesh Hounds, 10 models, 150 pts
- Burning roar, 10 Gore-drenched fangs
- Counted as dice: its own abilities
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40K Fireside · 3 Aug
- Auspex Tactics · 23 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 191
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