Slaughterbound
SWORD: what Slaughterbound kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 90 pts kill ~56 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Slaughterbound is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 8% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 90 pts: about 220 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Turns an Eightbound pack into a one-turn hammer 8 of 8
- Cheaper after the update, so solo copies appear 4 of 8
- Works in every detachment 2 of 8
- Easy to hide and use solo 2 of 8
- Overcosted at launch 1 of 8
- Only one damage profile 1 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
Leading a squad
The leader adds 62 pts of kills a turn (6 from rules, 56 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 55 · 90 pts kill ~56 pts in one activation
SHIELD 163 · about 8% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 220 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Slaughterbound, 90 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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