Warp Talons
SWORD: what Warp Talons kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 130 pts kill ~75 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Warp Talons 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 130 pts: about 360 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Kill-and-leave deep strikers 2 of 6
- Top-notch melee punch 1 of 6
- Their claws struggle into tougher marines 2 of 6
- Murdertalon is hard to love 2 of 6
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
In Chaos Space Marines
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 40 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 39 from attacks) for 85 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 154 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 154 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 51 · 130 pts kill ~75 pts in one activation
SHIELD 189 · about 9% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 360 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Warp Talons, 5 models, 130 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: 6 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 14 Jul
- Boltgun Tactics · 6 Oct
- Exalted40k · 6 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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