How much HP do Archers have?

Archers have 5,670 HP across 90 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Archers cost?

Archers cost 475 in the campaign and 450 in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Archers?

The unit key is wh2_main_hef_inf_archers_0; other versions: wh2_dlc13_emp_inf_archers_0.

Archers

Missile infantry· Missile Infantry· Tier 1· 90 models at Ultra size

Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.

Archers are High Elves and Empire missile infantry: 5,670 HP across 90 models, armour 15, melee attack 16, melee defence 14, weapon strength 24, range 180 m, missile damage 1,555 per 10 s for the whole unit. It costs 475 in the campaign and 450 in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_hef_inf_archers_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

63 per model

5,670

bottom 28% of class

Armour

bottom 6% of class

Leadership

bottom 44% of class

Speed

bottom 49% of class

Melee attack

bottom 14% of class

Melee defence

bottom 6% of class

Weapon strength

19 base + 5 armour-piercing

bottom 15% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 15% of class

Ranged

Range

180 m

top 18% of class

Ammunition

top 22% of class

Missile damage

16 base + 3 AP

bottom 35% of class

Reload time

11 s

bottom 32% of class

Damage per 10 s

bottom 16% of class

Campaign cost: 475
Multiplayer cost: 450
Upkeep: 119
Mass: 100

Unit key (for console commands)

wh2_main_hef_inf_archers_0

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 60
Melee attack: 16
Melee defence: 14
Experience: —

Rank 0 (recruited); the stat card stays at rank 0. Damage per 10 s is at rank 0. Per rank: base^growth_rate × growth_scalar (unit_experience_bonuses, unit_experience_thresholds), patch 9.0.4.

Recruited from

The first building level that unlocks it (table building_units_allowed), patch 9.0.4. Unlock (computed): every level of that chain up to it (building_levels create_cost, create_time, one after another) and the main building level it needs, before cost reductions.

Base values at Ultra unit size, rank 0, no skills or items — patch 9.0.4. Hover a number for the game table it comes from. Bars are computed on this site: where the unit sits among missile infantry units players can field.

Attributes

Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Abilities

Martial ProwessAugment · +2 Melee Attack, +12 Melee Defencepassive

Counters

Good against

Lightly armoured units without shields — 1,555 missile damage per 10 s (whole unit)e.g. Curs'd Ettin, Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies · High Elves: Sea Elemental, Oceanids

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · High Elves: Lion Chariots of Chrace, Ithilmar Chariots
Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · High Elves: Sisters of Avelorn, Shadow Warriors
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 100e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · High Elves: Merwyrm, Sea Elemental

Computed from base unit-card values (no skills, items or abilities), one rule per line; examples are units with the most of that trait. How counters are worked out · Try it in the combat calculator

Gold for gold

Match-ups people search for: Archers vs Lothern Sea Guard · Archers vs Sisters of Avelorn

Every version of Archers

2 units share this name across races (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

Version	HP	Models	Armour	Lead.	Speed	MA	MD	WS	Charge	Cost	Upkeep	Unit key
High ElvesMissile Infantry	5,670	90	15	60	36	16	14	24	4	475	119	`wh2_main_hef_inf_archers_0`
The EmpireMissile Infantry	6,210	90	20	50	33	14	17	24	4	350	88	`wh2_dlc13_emp_inf_archers_0`

Who can field it

High Elves · Lothern
The Empire · Reikland

Custom Battle lists factions under each race; every faction of a race fields that race's units (units_custom_battle_permissions rows of any of its factions). The name after the race is the faction the army builder uses.

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0.4 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 099796e8). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.