Hammerhead Gunship
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SWORD: what Hammerhead Gunship kills
Damage for its points
57SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 150 pts kill ~97 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta57SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes37SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.33SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.35SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.53SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh. ★67SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Hammerhead Gunship is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
368SHIELD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
It takes about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 150 pts: about 510 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
For its points368SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
5 creators- Ion version suits terminators, rail suits big targets 3 of 5
- Handy anti-armour insurance 2 of 5
- Overpriced for a single gun 2 of 5
- Huge and hard to hide 1 of 5
- Broadsides fill the role better 1 of 5
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in T'au Empire and across the game
SWORD
In T'au Empire
Hammerhead Gunship57
Across the game· shooters
Scout Squad Space Marines · just ahead58
Hammerhead Gunship 57
Havocs Chaos Space Marines · level with it57
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
Riptide Battlesuit T'au Empire · just ahead370
Hammerhead Gunship 368
How we got these numbers
Starfire CadreWhat people fieldNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 57 · 150 pts kill ~97 pts in one activation
SHIELD 368 · about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 510 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Hammerhead Gunship, 150 pts
- 2 Accelerator burst cannon, Armoured hull, Railgun, 2 Seeker missile
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
- 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 13 Oct
- Tau Tactics · 4 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 23 Oct
- Puretide Program · 6 Aug
- Invasive Wargaming · 28 Jul
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