Barbgaunts
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SWORD: what Barbgaunts kills
Damage for its points
53SWORD
per 100 pts
per 100 pts
Its 50 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100
Into each enemy type
Whole meta53SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★167SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.101SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.41SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.43SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.40SWORD per 100 pts
SHIELD: how hard Barbgaunts is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
385SHIELD
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 50 pts: about 220 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100
For its points385SHIELD per 100 pts
What creators say
3 creators- Slows a chunky enemy unit and stops it advancing and charging 2 of 3
- Cheap 2 of 3
- Good into hordes 1 of 3
- Their guns barely dent armour 1 of 3
- The slowing shot needs line of sight, so it lands late 2 of 3
- Now fragile against common small arms 1 of 3
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Tyranids and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· shooters
Storm Speeder Hammerstrike Space Marines · just ahead54
Barbgaunts 53
Hellblaster Squad Space Marines · level with it53
SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
Hekaton Land Fortress Leagues of Votann · just ahead387
Barbgaunts 385
Leman Russ Commander Astra Militarum · level with it385
How we got these numbers
Invasion FleetDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems
SWORD 53 · 50 pts kill ~30 pts in one activation
SHIELD 385 · about 18% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 220 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›
What we ran
- Barbgaunts, 5 models, 50 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: 3 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 12 Sep
- Into the Hive Mind · 12 Oct
- HivemindHobbies · 18 Oct
The lists: 271
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