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sossen wrote:
The firepower is deceptively high. As is the survivability. 10 WE berzerkers can't expect to kill one culexus assassin on the charge. Don't dismiss this concept without looking into the factors.

Yes this is quite true Culexus Assassin would take 120 shots by marines to kill.

From crunching some numbers I would say the Culexus Assassin should weigh in at about 150 points (not counting what it does to Psykers).
This estimation mainly stems form the 6+ to hit.

Noting the other assassin are more equitably priced assuming you are basically taking them as troops (and not kill characters).

The character shooting rule would not be such a issue if the Culexus Assassin were not so power full for the points or limited in some other way.