Plague Surgeon
SWORD: what Plague Surgeon kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 50 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Plague Surgeon is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 50 pts: about 156 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
3 creators- Revives marines onto objectives 2 of 3
- Better melee than the other Virion characters 1 of 3
- Rarely worth the slot 2 of 3
- Always over-pointed for its role 1 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Death Guard and across the game
SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 43 pts of kills a turn (25 from rules, 18 from attacks) for 50 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 137 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 137 from wounds) for 50 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 42 · 50 pts kill ~24 pts in one activation
SHIELD 254 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 156 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Plague Surgeon, 50 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 3 creators
- The Disgustingly Resilient Podcast · 6 Oct
- Grimdark Breakdown · 10 Jul
- Zeeto · 14 Jun
The lists: 160
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