If we ignore the Supercharge mode, the Plasma and Grav are fairly similar in power against most things. Next, we have the big question: Grav or Plasma. Absolutely does not perform it’s expected role, terrible range, forget it exists. The first thing to jump out is: Wow, the Flamer is awful! It’s barely better than a Plasma Gun against guardsmen. Today, we’ll look at the Space Marine Tactical Squad ranged options. Also, I might have made a mistake somewhere in the excel formula, leaving this article based on a pack of lies! Some of the weapon stats are taken from leaks and thus could be wrong. I’ve picked 10 targets given input from the Chatbox. Damage gets “capped” so for example, a Meltagun that rolls 6 damage only counts as 2 against a Primaris. There is assumed to be an unlimited unit size (because that one time a flamer kills 6 Space Marines counts towards the average). Some caveats: The charts assume BS3+, no cover, and Rapid Fire weapons are at short range. You don’t have to understand what the numbers mean exactly, just “higher is better”. You may prefer to consider the inverse, 1/0.07 = 14 Storm Bolters will put one wound on a Land Raider, on average. Meanwhile, the Storm Bolter puts about 0.07 wounds on a Land Raider. For example, a Storm Bolter kills about 1.19 Guardsman, on average. The results down a column is the number of “Expected Wounds”. (Wounds don’t make a difference above 6 for this exercise). Pay attention just to the Toughness, Save and Wound listed about each column the T7 3+ 8W column is relevant for the majority of Marine and Tau vehicles we’ve seen so far. For example, a Guard with Toughness 3, 5+ Save and 1 Wound. The weapon stats are shown in blue, with a column in green and red for each enemy. Here we see how some basic marine weapons stack up against various enemies. What is this thing of beauty? Well, it’s every Space Marine ranged weapon, up against a variety of targets. I had some spare time today, and spent it building this giant chart: Chatbox regulars would recognise my name (Neil Phillips), but I’ve not written a Blog post before. I’ve taken a break from 40k for the last few years, but I’m keen to come back for 8th edition.
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