Locus
SWORD: what Locus kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 35 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Locus is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 35 pts: about 121 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Fights first for the squad 1 of 5
- Effectively just an enhancement 1 of 5
- Doesn't support well 1 of 5
- Absent from winning lists 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Genestealer Cults and across the game
SWORD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Genestealer Cults
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 15 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 15 from attacks) for 35 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 459 pts to what the enemy must spend (281 from rules, 178 from wounds) for 35 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 40 · 35 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation
SHIELD 487 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 121 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Locus, 35 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Nexos Floof · 12 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- 40k Rey · 11 Sep
- 40k Vtuber: Christian Von Carmian · 27 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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