Horticulous Slimux
SWORD: what Horticulous Slimux kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 120 pts kill ~35 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Horticulous Slimux is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 120 pts: about 523 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Makes Beasts of Nurgle much better 2 of 5
- His terrain stays in shadow 3 of 5
- Value rises since objectives count as terrain 1 of 5
- Expensive, with unimpressive melee 1 of 5
- In no sampled winning list 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 31 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 31 from attacks) for 120 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 608 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 608 from wounds) for 120 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 26 · 120 pts kill ~35 pts in one activation
SHIELD 483 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 523 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Horticulous Slimux, 120 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Barnyard Wargaming · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40K Fireside · 3 Aug
- True Daemon Lord · 12 Jun
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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