Celestian Sacresants
SWORD: what Celestian Sacresants kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 150 pts kill ~83 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Celestian Sacresants is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 14% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 150 pts: about 437 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- The most durable midfield brick 6 of 6
- A Hospitaller regrows the whole unit 3 of 6
- Flexible brawler and objective thief 2 of 6
- Feed miracle dice when destroyed 2 of 6
- Expensive, with a step cost on the second unit 1 of 6
- Thin in recent winning lists 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adepta Sororitas and across the game
SWORD
In Adepta Sororitas
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 1 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 1 from attacks) for 65 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 250 pts to what the enemy must spend (176 from rules, 74 from wounds) for 65 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself 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 49 · 150 pts kill ~83 pts in one activation
SHIELD 298 · about 14% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 437 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Celestian Sacresants, 10 models, 150 pts
- 9 Bolt pistol, 9 Hallowed Mace, Inferno pistol, Spear of the Faithful
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Grimdark Breakdown · 2 Sep
- Christian Von Carmian · 29 Sep
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 30 Sep
- Grand Slam-Gaming · 11 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 158
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