Nemesis Claw
SWORD: what Nemesis Claw kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 105 pts kill ~84 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Nemesis Claw is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 105 pts: about 299 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
3 creators- An infiltrating skirmisher 2 of 3
- Blocks an enemy unit's stratagems 1 of 3
- Rare in winning lists 1 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Chaos Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 33 pts of kills a turn (12 from rules, 21 from attacks) for 70 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 242 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 242 from wounds) for 70 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 71 · 105 pts kill ~84 pts in one activation
SHIELD 240 · about 11% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 299 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Nemesis Claw, 5 models, 105 pts
- Power fist, Plasma pistol, 4 Bolt pistol, Accursed weapon, 4 Close combat weapon, Nostraman chainglaive, Paired accursed weapons, Astartes chainsword
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 3 creators
- M.S.G. · 25 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 184
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