Painboss
SWORD: what Painboss kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 60 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Painboss is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 60 pts: about 164 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
5 creators- Fast, cheap protector with Squighogs 1 of 5
- Overcosted for its role 1 of 5
- Less reliable protector than before 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Orks and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
Leading a squad
The leader adds 11 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 11 from attacks) for 60 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 295 pts to what the enemy must spend (159 from rules, 136 from wounds) for 60 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 56 · 60 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation
SHIELD 499 · about 24% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 164 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Painboss, 60 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- Astrategas Wargames · 14 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 1 Sep
- Secondary Objective · 9 Sep
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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