Talos
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SWORD: what Talos kills
Damage for its points
72SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 140 pts kill ~114 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta72SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes62SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.67SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.90SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh. ★101SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.96SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Talos is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
496SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 140 pts: about 597 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
For its points496SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- Hard to put down 3 of 5
- Pain-engine stat check, great into tanks 2 of 5
- Cheaper in twos 1 of 5
- Rare anti-elite gauntlet 1 of 5
- Needs Tools of Torment to have a role 2 of 5
- Big base can't hide, low OC 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Drukhari and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
Lord Invocatus World Eaters · just ahead73
Talos 72
Talonstrike Kill Team Space Marines · level with it72
How we got these numbers
Skysplinter AssaultWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 72 · 140 pts kill ~114 pts in one activation
SHIELD 496 · about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 597 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Talos, 2 models, 140 pts
- 2 Talos Gauntlet, 2 Twin Haywire Blaster, 2 Twin Liquifier Gun
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Deploy on the Line 40K · 30 Sep
- BreakingHeads · 5 Sep
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Proxy Hammer · 5 Oct
- 1d6chan · 29 Jul
The lists: 83
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