Dragon Knights
SWORD: what Dragon Knights kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 85 pts kill ~83 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Dragon Knights is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 85 pts: about 273 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Tough, and hit hard into marines and Terminators 4 of 6
- Great with Stonesinger or Clanblade 3 of 6
- Many lists run a big unit 2 of 6
- Points were cut 2 of 6
- Poor into Assault Terminators 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 49 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 49 from attacks) for 55 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 54 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 54 from wounds) for 55 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 86 · 85 pts kill ~83 pts in one activation
SHIELD 271 · about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 273 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Dragon Knights, 3 models, 85 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 6 creators
- Proxy Hammer · 8 Oct
- CraftworldEldar · 17 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 17 Oct
- Battleborn 40k · 4 Oct
- 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 29 Oct
- Night Geist Gaming · 27 Oct
The lists: 149
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