Emperor's Champion
SWORD: what Emperor's Champion kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 100 pts kill ~68 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Emperor's Champion is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 100 pts: about 354 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- A character hunter that characters cannot hide from 6 of 7
- Better charges for his unit 3 of 7
- In a winning list 1 of 7
- Damage cut replaces blanking; a small downgrade 4 of 7
- No longer gives his unit devastating wounds 1 of 7
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
In Black Templars
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 50 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 50 from attacks) for 100 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 585 pts to what the enemy must spend (213 from rules, 372 from wounds) for 100 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 60 · 100 pts kill ~68 pts in one activation
SHIELD 332 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 354 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Emperor's Champion, 100 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Implausible Nature · 13 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 16 Oct
- TacticalRock40K · 21 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 20 Oct
- Vanguard Tactics · 24 Sep
- Griffin's Crusade · 24 Oct
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 12 Oct
The lists: 72
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