Obliterators
SWORD: what Obliterators kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 160 pts kill ~120 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 46 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Obliterators is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 160 pts: about 478 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical unit: 295 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Strong anti-tank shooting 2 of 6
- Slow and swingy 1 of 6
- Havocs are better per point 1 of 6
- Dropped off winning lists 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· units
SHIELD
Across the game· units
With a leader
The leader adds 173 pts of kills a turn (21 from rules, 152 from attacks) for 130 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 215 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 215 from wounds) for 130 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 66 · 160 pts kill ~120 pts in one activation
SHIELD 282 · about 13% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 478 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 930 units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Obliterators, 2 models, 160 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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