Night Scythe
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SWORD: what Night Scythe kills
Damage for its points
27SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 125 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta27SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes37SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★38SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.34SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.33SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.29SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Night Scythe is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
314SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 125 pts: about 486 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
For its points314SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- Drops a unit forward, then scoops it back 4 of 5
- A big drop in points 1 of 5
- No longer an aircraft 1 of 5
- Utility over stats 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Necrons and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· shooters
Coronus Grav-carrier Adeptus Custodes · just ahead28
Night Scythe 27
Ravenwing Darkshroud Dark Angels · level with it27
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
Belisarius Cawl Adeptus Mechanicus · just ahead315
Night Scythe 314
Decimus Kill Team Space Marines · level with it314
How we got these numbers
Pantheon of WoeDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 27 · 125 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation
SHIELD 314 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 486 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Night Scythe, 125 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 28 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 24 Oct
- PNW 40K · 1 Oct
- Silvertide Tactics · 19 Jul
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
The lists: 320
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