Dominion Squad
SWORD: what Dominion Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 90 pts kill ~36 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Dominion Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 90 pts: about 332 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Split with the Immolator: guns ride, half holds home 8 of 7
- Cheap flamer bodies for trading and width 4 of 7
- Scout forward and move back into the tank 2 of 7
- Spot targets for the Exorcist 1 of 7
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adepta Sororitas and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
With a leader
The leader adds 30 pts of kills a turn (5 from rules, 25 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 117 pts to what the enemy must spend (12 from rules, 105 from wounds) for 60 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 35 · 90 pts kill ~36 pts in one activation
SHIELD 363 · about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 332 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Dominion Squad, 10 models, 90 pts
- 10 Bolt pistol, 5 Boltgun, 10 Close combat weapon, 4 Ministorum flamer, Ministorum hand flamer, Power weapon
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Grimdark Breakdown · 2 Sep
- Christian Von Carmian · 29 Sep
- Art of War 40k · 27 Oct
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 30 Sep
- Grand Slam-Gaming · 11 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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