Khorne Berzerkers
SWORD: what Khorne Berzerkers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 170 pts kill ~150 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Khorne Berzerkers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 14% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 170 pts: about 506 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
9 creators- Core melee that works in any detachment 6 of 9
- Charge bonus now built into the unit 4 of 9
- Good objective control for flipping points 2 of 9
- Overcosted and fragile without a character 2 of 9
- Price rose in the update 2 of 9
- Costly package that suffers if shot first 1 of 9
- Weak outside Warband and Goretrack 1 of 9
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in World Eaters and across the game
SWORD
In World Eaters
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 49 pts of kills a turn (9 from rules, 40 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 78 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 78 from wounds) for 60 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 78 · 170 pts kill ~150 pts in one activation
SHIELD 302 · about 14% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 506 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Khorne Berzerkers, 10 models, 170 pts
- 10 Bolt pistol, 8 Chainblade, 2 Khornate eviscerator
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 9 creators
- Secondary Objective · 22 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 25 Oct
- Berzerker Dan · 3 Oct
- Grimdark Roundtable · 2 Oct
- The Glorious Game · 14 Oct
- Exalted40k · 12 Sep
- Auspex Tactics · 1 Sep
- Tactical Sugar · 20 Aug
- The Red Path · 29 Jun
The lists: 280
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