Aggressor Squad
SWORD: what Aggressor Squad kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 180 pts kill ~175 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Aggressor Squad is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 180 pts: about 606 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
7 creators- Flexible anti-horde flamers 2 of 7
- A cheap Gravis skirmisher 1 of 7
- A melee counterpunch 1 of 7
- A rules clash on their weapons held them back 1 of 7
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Space Marines and across the game
SWORD
In Space Marines
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Space Marines
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 31 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 31 from attacks) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 541 pts to what the enemy must spend (212 from rules, 329 from wounds) for 90 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 86 · 180 pts kill ~175 pts in one activation
SHIELD 317 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 606 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Aggressor Squad, 6 models, 180 pts
- 6 Twin power fist, 6 Flamestorm Gauntlets
- Counted as dice: its own abilities and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 7 creators
- Brother Tobias · 14 Oct
- Auspex Tactics · 16 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 20 Oct
- TacticalRock40K · 21 Oct
- TacticalTortoise · 26 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 28 Oct
- Grimdark Breakdown · 19 Sep
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