Painboy
SWORD: what Painboy kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 45 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Painboy is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 45 pts: about 136 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
6 creators- Brings back models each turn 1 of 6
- Lost his protective bonus 2 of 6
- Healing does not make up for it 2 of 6
- Boyz do better with a Warboss instead 1 of 6
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 14 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 14 from attacks) for 45 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 93 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 93 from wounds) for 45 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 74 · 45 pts kill ~38 pts in one activation
SHIELD 388 · about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 136 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Painboy, 45 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: 6 creators
- 40K Dirtbags · 4 Oct
- 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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