Skullmaster
SWORD: what Skullmaster kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 85 pts kill ~42 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Skullmaster 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 85 pts: about 269 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Makes a Bloodcrusher brick hit like a greater daemon 4 of 5
- Taken in all the winning lists 2 of 5
- Horns hit hard on the charge 2 of 5
- Points keep rising 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 39 pts of kills a turn (2 from rules, 37 from attacks) for 85 pts: the same per point as the squad alone.
The leader adds 256 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 256 from wounds) for 85 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 44 · 85 pts kill ~42 pts in one activation
SHIELD 257 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 269 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Skullmaster, 85 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- FattyMatty 40k · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40K Fireside · 3 Aug
- Auspex Tactics · 23 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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