Kastelan Robots
SWORD: what Kastelan Robots kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 300 pts kill ~173 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Kastelan Robots is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 27% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 300 pts: about 1148 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Cybernetica makes them an auto-include 5 of 8
- Fast forward melee threat 5 of 8
- Cheap for their power 3 of 8
- Nearly unkillable with layered protection 2 of 8
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adeptus Mechanicus and across the game
SWORD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Adeptus Mechanicus
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 113 pts of kills a turn (105 from rules, 8 from attacks) for 20 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 514 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 514 from wounds) for 20 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 51 · 300 pts kill ~173 pts in one activation
SHIELD 564 · about 27% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 1148 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Kastelan Robots, 4 models, 300 pts
- 4 Incendine combustor, 4 Twin Kastelan fist
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- Belisarius Paul · 9 Oct
- Omnii · 1 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Nexos Floof · 12 Oct
- DankMechanicus · 4 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 27 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 23 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 181
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