Plague Drones
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SWORD: what Plague Drones kills
Damage for its points
37SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 110 pts kill ~46 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta37SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★56SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.46SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.35SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.34SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.32SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Plague Drones is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
506SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 110 pts: about 512 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points506SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
4 creators- Fast lock-down that ties units up 2 of 4
- Wound re-rolls help the army's damage 2 of 4
- Lots of wounds per unit 2 of 4
- Re-roll buff works worse than it sounds 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Daemons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
Daemon Prince of Chaos with wings Chaos Daemons · just ahead38
Plague Drones 37
Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour Chaos Space Marines · level with it37
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Deathwing Knights Dark Angels · just ahead507
Plague Drones 506
Beast Snagga Boyz Orks · just behind505
How we got these numbers
No detachmentDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 37 · 110 pts kill ~46 pts in one activation
SHIELD 506 · about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 512 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Plague Drones, 3 models, 110 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Barnyard Wargaming · 26 Oct
- True Daemon Lord · 12 Jun
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 191
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