Sorcerer
SWORD: what Sorcerer kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 65 pts kill ~32 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Sorcerer is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 143 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
3 creators- Gives bricks the armour piercing they need 1 of 3
- Decidedly average in play 2 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 30 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 29 from attacks) for 65 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 255 pts to what the enemy must spend (142 from rules, 113 from wounds) for 65 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 44 · 65 pts kill ~32 pts in one activation
SHIELD 125 · about 6% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 143 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Sorcerer, 65 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 3 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- 40K Dirtbags · 19 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 184
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