Crusade Ancient
SWORD: what Crusade Ancient kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 45 pts kill ~27 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Crusade Ancient is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 45 pts: about 135 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- Not impressive, and best skipped 3 of 4
- His fight-on-death is unreliable or duplicated 2 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Black Templars and across the game
SWORD
In Black Templars
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 21 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 21 from attacks) for 45 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 89 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 89 from wounds) for 45 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 53 · 45 pts kill ~27 pts in one activation
SHIELD 255 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 135 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Crusade Ancient, 45 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 16 Oct
- TacticalRock40K · 21 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 20 Oct
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 12 Oct
The lists: 72
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