Swooping Hawks
SWORD: what Swooping Hawks kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 190 pts kill ~138 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Swooping Hawks is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 5% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 190 pts: about 300 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- Great with the War Walker buff 3 of 4
- Mortal wounds, and good into vehicles 2 of 4
- In many winning lists 2 of 4
- Strong wherever Lhykhis is 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Aeldari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
With a leader
The leader adds 43 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 43 from attacks) for 125 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 152 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 152 from wounds) for 125 pts: the same per point as 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 64 · 190 pts kill ~138 pts in one activation
SHIELD 115 · about 5% 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 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Swooping Hawks, 10 models, 190 pts
- 10 Close Combat Weapon, Hawk's Talon, 9 Lasblaster
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- Proxy Hammer · 8 Oct
- CraftworldEldar · 17 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 17 Oct
- Night Geist Gaming · 27 Oct
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