Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons
SWORD: what Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 60 pts kill ~44 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 60 pts: about 240 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
4 creators- Cheap bodies 1 of 4
- A cheap source of synapse 1 of 4
- Poor shooting, and cover makes it worse 2 of 4
- Fragile against everything 1 of 4
- Slow 1 of 4
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Tyranids and across the game
SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Tyranids
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 57 pts of kills a turn (12 from rules, 45 from attacks) for 75 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.
The leader adds 111 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 111 from wounds) for 75 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 65 · 60 pts kill ~44 pts in one activation
SHIELD 337 · about 16% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 240 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-Weapons, 3 models, 60 pts
- Barbed strangler, Deathspitter, 3 Tyranid Warrior claws and talons, Venom cannon
- Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 12 Sep
- Into the Hive Mind · 12 Oct
- HivemindHobbies · 18 Oct
- Maelstrom Gaming Studios · 26 Oct
The lists: 271
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