Astorath
SWORD: what Astorath kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 90 pts kill ~49 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Astorath is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 9% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 90 pts: about 243 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Fight on death is powerful 2 of 6
- Little changed, and few played him 3 of 6
- Missing from winning lists 2 of 6
- Death Company get shot to death 1 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Blood Angels and across the game
SWORD
In Blood Angels
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 54 pts of kills a turn (12 from rules, 42 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 171 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 171 from wounds) for 90 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 48 · 90 pts kill ~49 pts in one activation
SHIELD 188 · about 9% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 243 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Astorath, 90 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: 5 creators
- TacticalRock40K · 24 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- TacticalTortoise · 26 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 19 Sep
- Grimdark Chronicle · 19 Sep
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