Ares Gunship
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SWORD: what Ares Gunship kills
Damage for its points
34SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 580 pts kill ~223 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta34SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes18SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.23SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.39SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.44SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★63SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Ares Gunship is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
475SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 580 pts: about 1494 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
For its points475SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
2 creators- Big anti-tank gun 1 of 2
- Too expensive for what it does 2 of 2
- The Caladius does long-range anti-tank better 2 of 2
- Hovers at the edge with no objective play 1 of 2
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adeptus Custodes and across the game
SWORD
In Adeptus Custodes
Ares Gunship34
Across the game· shooters
Infernal Master Thousand Sons · just ahead35
Ares Gunship 34
Storm Speeder Hailstrike Space Marines · level with it34
SHIELD
In Adeptus Custodes
Ares Gunship475
Across the game· shooters
Triarch Stalker Necrons · just ahead480
Ares Gunship 475
Ironkin Steeljacks with Heavy Volkanite Disintegrators Leagues of Votann · just behind474
How we got these numbers
Emperor's ChosenDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 34 · 580 pts kill ~223 pts in one activation
SHIELD 475 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 1494 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Ares Gunship, 580 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 2 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 21 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 373
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