Repentia Squad
SWORD: what Repentia Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 140 pts kill ~141 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Repentia Squad 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 140 pts: about 300 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Second-wave melee that baits overwatch 2 of 5
- Big damage in the Penitent detachment 2 of 5
- Fragile, and die to overwatch 3 of 5
- Overpriced for what they do 1 of 5
- Rare in winning lists 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adepta Sororitas and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 43 pts of kills a turn (17 from rules, 26 from attacks) for 50 pts: the same per point as the squad alone.
The leader adds 93 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 93 from wounds) for 50 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 89 · 140 pts kill ~141 pts in one activation
SHIELD 175 · about 8% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 300 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Repentia Squad, 10 models, 140 pts
- Bolt pistol, Neural Whips, 9 Penitent Eviscerator
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Grimdark Breakdown · 2 Sep
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 30 Sep
- Grand Slam-Gaming · 11 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 158
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