Best ranged faction in Warhammer 3 — every race's missile units by the numbers

Every race's best missile unit for the gold against armour 100 and armour 0, its whole ranged roster's median, its longest range and how many ranged units it has. Patch 9.0.4.

By best ranged unit vs armour 100, Skaven leads with the Ratling Guns — 9,360 damage per 10 s per 1,000 gold. 24 races field ranged units.

Best ranged unit vs armour 100

Missile damage per 10 s of the whole unit per 1,000 multiplayer gold, every projectile hitting, at a target with armour 100.

1SkavenRatling Guns9,360
2Undead LegionsZombie Pirate Gunnery Mob (Hand Cannons)6,686
3Vampire CoastZombie Pirate Gunnery Mob (Hand Cannons)6,686
4Grand CathayIron Hail Gunners4,881
5NorscaMarauder Hunters4,807
6DwarfsThunderers (Grudge-Rakers)4,588
7LizardmenChameleon Stalkers4,375
8Chaos DwarfsChaos Dwarf Blunderbusses3,455

Best ranged unit vs armour 0

Missile damage per 10 s of the whole unit per 1,000 multiplayer gold, every projectile hitting, at an unarmoured target.

1SkavenRatling Guns11,520
2LizardmenChameleon Stalkers10,000
3Undead LegionsZombie Pirate Gunnery Mob (Hand Cannons)8,229
4Vampire CoastZombie Pirate Gunnery Mob (Hand Cannons)8,229
5Daemons of ChaosBlue Horrors of Tzeentch6,000
6TzeentchBlue Horrors of Tzeentch6,000
7DwarfsIrondrakes5,867
8Grand CathayIron Hail Gunners5,815

Whole ranged roster vs armour 100 (median)

The median of the race's ranged roster by the same number vs armour 100. That is the middle unit's number, or with an even count the mean of the two middle units', a number neither has: both are named with their own.

1Norscamean of Marauder Horsemen (Throwing Axes) 2,250 & Marauder Hunters (Javelins) 2,3522,301
2Lizardmenmean of Skink Skirmishers 1,647 & Skink Cohort (Javelins) 2,4892,068
3Dark ElvesShades (Dual Weapons)2,040
4KhorneMarauder Horsemen of Khorne (Throwing Axes)2,000
5Vampire CoastDeck Gunners1,917
6Chaos DwarfsInfernal Guard (Fireglaives)1,889
7Undead LegionsZombie Pirate Gunnery Mob1,678
8Warriors of Chaosmean of Marauder Horsemen 1,194 & Marauder Horsemen of Khorne (Throwing Axes) 2,0001,597

Longest range

Range of the race's longest-ranged missile unit (projectiles.effective_range).

1BeastmenCygor400 m
2Daemons of ChaosSoul Grinder of Nurgle360 m
3NurgleSoul Grinder of Nurgle360 m
4Grand CathayCrane Gunners275 m
5SkavenWarplock Jezzails275 m
6The EmpireHochland Long Rifles260 m
7TzeentchSoul Grinder of Tzeentch250 m
8Undead LegionsDeck Gunners245 m

Most ranged units

Missile infantry and missile cavalry the race fields (one per unit page).

1Skaven13 units13
2Dwarfs10 units10
3The Empire10 units10
4Wood Elves10 units10
5Kislev9 units9
6Grand Cathay8 units8
7High Elves8 units8
8Dark Elves7 units7

COMPUTEDMissile damage per 10 s = ((base damage + base explosive damage) × the share armour lets through + armour-piercing + armour-piercing explosive damage) × projectiles × models × 10 ÷ reload, × 1,000 ÷ multiplayer cost. Armour blocks a random 50–100% of its value from base damage, the explosion's base part included (_kv_rules), so armour 100 stops 75% of it on average. A race's number is its best unit's (one unit per unit page; lords, heroes and Regiments of Renown left out, and units the race has only in the extended roster — Custom Battle with Unit caps off, campaign_exclusive), or the median of all its units in the role where the list says so.

ASSUMPTIONS

Every projectile hits: units that fire many inaccurate shots (ratling guns, hand cannons) look better here than in battle — accuracy is not in this.
The target is infantry-sized with no shield and no resistances; range, line of sight and ammunition don't limit the 10 s.
Base card values at Ultra unit size, rank 0, multiplayer cost.

Every race

#
1	Skaven	9,360	11,520	1,408	275 m	13
2	Undead Legions	6,686	8,229	1,678	245 m	7
3	Vampire Coast	6,686	8,229	1,917	245 m	5
4	Grand Cathay	4,881	5,815	1,213	275 m	8
5	Norsca	4,807	5,727	2,301	90 m	4
6	Dwarfs	4,588	5,867	1,510	170 m	10
7	Lizardmen	4,375	10,000	2,068	140 m	6
8	Chaos Dwarfs	3,455	4,364	1,889	145 m	3
9	Dark Elves	2,747	3,273	2,040	130 m	7
10	The Empire	2,571	4,886	1511.50	260 m	10
11	Warriors of Chaos	2,250	2,700	1,597	90 m	6
12	Daemons of Chaos	2,100	6,000	1,225	360 m	5
13	Tzeentch	2,100	6,000	1,225	250 m	5
14	Nurgle	2,077	2,492	1,116	360 m	2
15	Wood Elves	2,077	3,600	1002.50	190 m	10
16	Khorne	2,000	2,400	2,000	70 m	1
17	Ogre Kingdoms	1,800	4,800	1566.50	120 m	2
18	Greenskins	1,555	4,400	1,250	140 m	7
19	Kislev	1,486	3,455	1,136	160 m	9
20	High Elves	1,448	3,455	910.50	180 m	8
21	Bretonnia	1,432	4,182	1295.50	160 m	4
22	Beastmen	1,255	4,078	734.50	400 m	2
23	Tomb Kings	1,235	3,882	972	140 m	2
24	Slaanesh	1,159	2,182	1,159	130 m	1