Analysis of Troops: Stage two Close Combat wounds dealt

Continuing down our exploration of the 40k troop choices, we'll take a look at which units dole out the most wounds point for point.  I crunched the numbers for all the basic troops against opponents with WS3 and 4 and Toughness 3 and 4, to see how effective these units are in close combat for the points you spend. I also did not take charging into account. SO cutting to the chase here are the rankings.

No real surprise that Orks rank at the top, with 3 attacks each and WS 4 at 6 points they can really pump out a lot of punishment.  I find it interesting the Ripper swarms place so highly and most people completely disregard them as an option (due to their special rules).

Also of note, for those that argue Grey Knights are sub par in the assault...that holds true as Strike squads are point for point the equivalent of eldar guardians, and point for point their terminators are worse than tactical marines and barely better than Tau Fire Warriors.  Now GKs have other advantages that are not being looked at here, but from sheer output of wounds, they don't stack up.

Finally the last thing I find interesting, is that for wound output point for point, Summoned Lesser Daemons in the Chaos Space marine codex are better than Bloodletters (when you take other things into account, as we will later this does not hold up on the table.)

Overall rank	Troop type
1	Ork Boyz
2	Shoota Boyz
3	Rippers
4	Hormagaunts
5	Wyches
5	Templars
7	Berzerkers
8	Genestealers
9	Summoned Lesser Daemons
10	Bloodletters
10	Nurglings
12	Kroot
13	CSM
14	Daemonettes
15	Grey Hunters
16	Guard Infantry Platoon
17	Tyranid Warriors
18	Blood Claws
19	Termagants
19	Gretchin
21	BA Assault Squad
22	Penal Legion
23	Death company
24	Veterans
25	Noise marines
26	Plague marines
27	DE Warriors
28	Guardians
28	GK Strike Squad
30	Plague bearers
31	Dire Avengers
32	DA Tacticals
33	Tacticals
34	Inquisitorial Storm Troopers
35	Scouts
36	GK Terminators
37	Fire Warriors
38	Necron Warriors
39	Battle Sisters
40	Thousand Sons
41	Pink Horrors
42	Rangers
43	Guardian Jetbikes

 

So here are the numbers for those who are interested.

Overall rank	Troop type	# of Models	WS3 T3	WS4 T3	WS3  T4	WS4 T4
1	Ork Boyz	16.6666667	16.66666667	12.5	11.1111111	8.33333334
2	Shoota Boyz	16.6666667	11.11111111	12.5	7.40740741	5.55555556
3	Rippers	10	10	10	6.66666667	6.66666667
4	Hormagaunts	16.6666667	8.583333335	8.58333334	5.72222222	5.72222222
5	Wyches*	10	7.407407407	5.74074074	5.67901235	4.44444444
5	Templars**	6.25	7.407407407	6.25	5.55555556	4.16666667
7	Berzerkers	4.76190476	6.349206349	6.34920635	4.76190476	4.76190476
8	Genestealers	7.14285714	6.349206349	6.34920635	4.76190476	4.76190476
9	Summoned Lesser Daemons	7.69230769	6.837606837	5.12820513	5.12820513	3.84615385
10	Bloodletters	6.25	5.555555556	5.55555556	4.16666667	4.16666667
10	Nurglings	7.69230769	5.769230769	5.76923077	3.84615385	3.84615385
12	Kroot	14.2857143	6.349206351	4.76190476	4.76190476	3.57142857
13	CSM	6.66666667	5.925925926	4.44444444	4.44444444	3.33333333
14	Daemonettes	7.14285714	5.357142857	5.35714286	3.57142857	3.57142857
15	Grey Hunters	6.66666667	5.925925926	4.44444444	4.44444444	3.33333333
16	Guard Infantry Platoon	19.2307692	5.307692308	5.30769231	3.53846154	3.53846154
17	Tyranid Warriors	3.33333333	4.814814814	4.81481481	3.61111111	3.61111111
18	Blood Claws	6.66666667	4.444444445	4.77777778	3.58333333	3.58333333
19	Termagants	20	5	5	3.33333333	3.33333333
19	Gretchin	27.5	5.583333333	5.25	3.01388889	2.79166667
21	BA Assault Squad	5.2631579	5.122807018	3.84210526	3.84210526	2.88157895
22	Penal Legion***	12.5	4.583333333	4.58333333	3.05555556	3.05555556
23	Death company	5	5	3.75	3.33333333	2.5
24	Veterans	14.2857143	4.071428573	4.07142857	2.71428572	2.71428572
25	Noise marines	5	4.444444444	3.33333333	3.33333333	2.5
26	Plague marines	4.34782609	3.8647343	2.89855072	2.89855072	2.17391304
27	DE Warriors	11.1111111	3.703703703	2.77777778	2.4691358	1.85185185
28	Guardians	12.5	3.125	3.125	2.08333333	2.08333333
28	GK Strike Squad	5	3.25308642	2.43981481	2.59259259	1.94444444
30	Plague bearers	6.66666667	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
31	Dire Avengers	8.33333333	2.777777778	2.08333333	1.85185185	2.94444444
32	DA Tacticals	6.06060606	3.138047138	2.35353535	2.35353535	1.76515152
33	Tacticals	5.88235294	3.058823529	2.29411765	2.29411765	1.72058824
34	Inquisitorial Storm Troopers	10	2.75	2.75	1.83333333	1.83333333
35	Scouts	7.14285714	2.714285714	2.03571429	2.03571429	2.03571429
36	GK Terminators	2.5	2.731481481	2.04861111	2.17592593	1.63194444
37	Fire Warriors	10	2.5	2.5	1.66666667	1.66666667
38	Necron Warriors	5.55555556	2.469135803	1.85185185	1.85185185	1.38888889
39	Battle Sisters	9.09090909	2.272727273	2.27272727	1.51515152	1.51515152
40	Thousand Sons	3.6101083	2.048937024	1.53670277	1.53670277	1.15252708
41	Pink Horrors	5.88235294	1.470588235	1.47058824	0.98039216	0.98039216
42	Rangers	5.2631579	1.315789474	1.31578947	0.87719298	0.87719298
43	Guardian Jetbikes	4.54545455	1.136363636	1.13636364	0.75757576	0.75757576

* Yes I did take Combat drugs into account for the Wyches

** Templars were calculated using Prefered enemy, due to Accept any chalange because everyone takes this Vow

*** I did calculate the Penal Legion taking the chances of getting Knife Fighters