Lokhust Heavy Destroyers
SWORD: what Lokhust Heavy Destroyers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 50 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Lokhust Heavy Destroyers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 50 pts: about 158 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Best anti-vehicle gun for the points 3 of 7
- Strong in Cursed Legion and Skyshroud 4 of 7
- Delivered by the Night Scythe 3 of 7
- A good second unit beside Lokhusts 2 of 7
- Fragile once exposed 2 of 7
- Few shots per model 1 of 7
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
In Necrons
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
With a leader
The leader adds 29 pts of kills a turn (1 from rules, 28 from attacks) for 80 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 355 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 355 from wounds) for 80 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 53 · 50 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation
SHIELD 205 · about 10% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 158 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Lokhust Heavy Destroyers, 50 pts
- Close combat weapon, Gauss destructor
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 28 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 24 Oct
- Planet 40K · 26 Oct
- PNW 40K · 1 Oct
- Silvertide Tactics · 19 Jul
- IDICBeer 40k · 6 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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