Ariel

Hero· Wizard· 1 model at Ultra size

Wood Elves

Health

6,660

top 10% of class

Armour

bottom 18% of class

Leadership

top 3% of class

Speed

bottom 46% of class

Melee attack

bottom 48% of class

Melee defence

top 13% of class

Weapon strength

280 base + 160 armour-piercing

440

top 16% of class

Charge bonus

top 47% of class

Attributes

Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
Causes Terror
This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that cause terror are immune to terror and fear themselves.
Encourage
This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.
Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.

Abilities

Greater Arcane ConduitAugment of the Winds · +15% Spell Masterypassive
WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
Blessing of the AncientsAugment · +20% Spell Masterypassive

Lore of magic

Lore Pool of ArielOwn spell set

Ariel skill tree

30 skills, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover a skill for the rank it unlocks at and its effects at each level.

The Evergreen
The EvergreenUnlocks at rank 4
- Corruption: -4 (local province)
- Control: +4 (local province)
The Queen in the Woods influences every acre of her realm, her lifeforce ever intertwined with the forest itself.
On Fertile Ground
On Fertile GroundUnlocks at rank 4
- Construction time: -20% for all buildings (local province)
- Construction cost: -20% for all buildings (local province)
- Income from all buildings: +5% (local province)
Wherever Ariel treads, trees and vegetation are compelled to spring forth to provide sustenance and haven for her kin.
Forest’s Calling
Forest’s CallingUnlocks at rank 4
- Hero recruit rank: +3 (factionwide)
- Lord recruit rank: +3 (factionwide)
If the glades are to survive these dark times, the Queen needs champions willing and able to put other lands to the sword.

Isha's Blessings I
Isha's Blessings IUnlocks at rank 7
- Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +10 (own army)
- Attribute: Unbreakable
- Spell resistance: 25%
By Isha’s otherworldly influence, the Winds blow fortuitously across lands where her children need it the most.
Isha's Blessings II
Isha's Blessings IIUnlocks at rank 11
- Cooldown: -15% to all spells
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells
- Miscast base chance: -50%
Requires: Isha's Blessings IAriel is a conduit of deific power, capable of wielding spellcraft as if she herself were the Goddess of Nature.
Aspects of Isha I
Aspects of Isha IUnlocks at rank 7
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +25
- Hit points: +10%
The Mother’s demeanour is one of a wholesome Elven maiden, both of great beauty and bounteous lifeforce.
Aspects of Isha II
Aspects of Isha IIUnlocks at rank 11
- Enables charmed attacks
- Bonus vs Infantry: +25
Requires: Aspects of Isha IAriel becomes ever more warlike as the decline of the natural world continues, thus perpetuating her dangerous, mothlike form.

Forest's Gifts
Forest's GiftsUnlocks at rank 5 · 2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -25% to "Dart of Doom" and "Acorns of the Oak of Ages"
Level 2
- Ability number of uses: +1 for "Dart of Doom" and "Acorns of the Oak of Ages"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Dart of Doom" and "Acorns of the Oak of Ages"
Every twig, stick, branch and trunk of Athel Loren is infused with the awesome power of nature in its rawest form.
Ripe Pickings
Ripe PickingsUnlocks at rank 8 · 2 levels
Level 1
- Ability number of uses: +1 for "Berry Wine"
- Cooldown: -25% to "Berry Wine"
Level 2
- Ability number of uses: +1 for "Berry Wine"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Berry Wine"
- Passive ability: "Regeneration"
"A robust and otherworldly vintage, with a distinctly spellbinding aftertaste."
Terrible & Beautiful
Terrible & BeautifulUnlocks at rank 10
- Ability: "Blight of Terrors"
- Passive ability: "Resplendence of Luminescents"
"All shall love me, and despair."

Apotheosis
Apotheosis2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Apotheosis"
- Overcast spell: "Apotheosis Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Apotheosis"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Apotheosis Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Apotheosis Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Apotheosis"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Apotheosis Upgraded"
Word of Pain
Word of Pain2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Word of Pain"
- Spell: "Word of Pain"
- Overcast spell: "Word of Pain Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Word of Pain"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Word of Pain Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Word of Pain Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Word of Pain"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Word of Pain Upgraded"
Requires: Apotheosis
Shield of Thorns
Shield of Thorns2 levels
Level 1
- Overcast spell: "Shield of Thorns Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Shield of Thorns"
- Spell: "Shield of Thorns"
Level 2
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Shield of Thorns Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Shield of Thorns Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Shield of Thorns"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Shield of Thorns Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Shield of Thorns"
Requires: ApotheosisPrickly gorse bursts from the ground around the caster's allies, protecting them from attack like a spiky, living shield.
Tempest
Tempest2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Tempest"
- Spell: "Tempest"
- Overcast spell: "Tempest Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Tempest"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Tempest Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Tempest Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Tempest"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Tempest Upgraded"
Requires: Apotheosis
Soul Stealer
Soul Stealer
- Cooldown: -50% to "Soul Stealer"
- Spell: "Soul Stealer"
- Winds of Magic cost: -4 for "Soulstealer"
Requires: Apotheosis
The Dwellers Below
The Dwellers Below2 levels
Level 1
- Overcast spell: "The Dwellers Below Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "The Dwellers Below"
- Spell: "The Dwellers Below"
Level 2
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "The Dwellers Below Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "The Dwellers Below Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Dwellers Below"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Dwellers Below Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "The Dwellers Below"
Requires: ApotheosisThis spell causes gnarled, fibrous hands to emerge from beneath the ground, dragging the foe to a claustrophobic, suffocating end.
Magical Reserves
Magical Reserves
- Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +5
Requires: Word of Pain, Shield of Thorns, Tempest, Soul Stealer, The Dwellers BelowA few magic-users have the ability to store the Winds of Magic for later use, increasing their spellcasting power when it really counts.
Life Bloom
Life Bloom
- Passive ability: "Life Bloom"
Requires: Magical ReservesEven the simplest of spells can bring forth the full bloom of renewal, reinvigorating and healing the broken and bleeding.
Ancients' Protection
Ancients' Protection
- Passive ability: "Ancients' Protection"
Requires: Magical Reserves
Wrath of the Wood
Wrath of the Wood
- Passive ability: "Wrath of the Wood"
Requires: Magical Reserves
Greater Arcane Conduit
Greater Arcane Conduit
- Passive ability: "Greater Arcane Conduit"
Requires: Life Bloom, Ancients' Protection, Wrath of the Wood

Eternal Sisterhood
Eternal Sisterhood2 levels
Level 1
- Armour-piercing missile damage: +15% for Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
- Global and Local Recruitment duration: -1 turn for Sisters of the Thorn units (minimum 1 turn) (armies in local province)
Level 2
- Armour-piercing missile damage: +30% for Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour for Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
- Global and Local Recruitment duration: -2 turn for Sisters of the Thorn units (minimum 1 turn) (armies in local province)
Ariel's handmaidens are imbued with the boundless energy of spring.
Chosen Champion
Chosen Champion2 levels
Level 1
- Leadership aura size: +10% (accompanying Lord)
- Ward save: +5% (accompanying Lord)
Level 2
- Leadership aura size: +20% (accompanying Lord)
- Ward save: +10% (accompanying Lord)
The Queen of the Asrai rarely commands armies, but those she empowers to lead the Deepwood Host do so with illustrious authority.
Tapestry of Magic
Tapestry of Magic2 levels
Level 1
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells (Hero's army)
- Cooldown: -25% for bound spells on Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
Level 2
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells (Hero's army)
- Number of uses: +1 for bound spells on Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
- Cooldown: -50% for bound spells on Sisters of the Thorn units (Hero's army)
Ariel's magics interweave with those of her sorcerous acolytes, infusing the air with a harmony of power.

Wound
Wound3 levels
Level 1
- Wound action: Additional 5% chance of wounding target
Level 2
- Wound action: Additional 12% chance of wounding target
Level 3
- Wound action: Additional 21% chance of wounding target
Such a champion will not bend or break, but slay in their Lord's name.
Block Army
Block Army3 levels
Level 1
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -3%
Level 2
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -8%
Level 3
- Block Army action: Movement range is modified by an additional -15%
To sow discord and confuse the enemy, sending them down the wrong route or befuddling their senses.
Replenish Troops
Replenish Troops3 levels
Level 1
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 3%
Level 2
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 6%
Level 3
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 9%
Those in the army can find succour or be replenished by the power of this champion.
Cleanse Corruption
Cleanse Corruption3 levels
Level 1
- Cleanse Corruption action: Corruption is reduced by an additional 1
- Corruption: -1 (local province)
Level 2
- Cleanse Corruption action: Corruption is reduced by an additional 2
- Corruption: -2 (local province)
Level 3
- Cleanse Corruption action: Corruption is reduced by an additional 3
- Corruption: -3 (local province)
The locals take notice and will be inspired or frightened into action.
Spread Control
Spread Control3 levels
Level 1
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 1
- Control: -1 (local enemy province)
- Control: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 2
- Control: -2 (local enemy province)
- Control: +2 (local province)
Level 3
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 3
- Control: -3 (local enemy province)
- Control: +3 (local province)
The sight of this warrior, their stature, import or infamy, can have a calming effect.
Specialist
Specialist3 levels
Level 1
- Hero action cost: -10%
- Hero action success chance: +1%
Level 2
- Hero action cost: -20%
- Hero action success chance: +3%
Level 3
- Hero action cost: -40%
- Hero action success chance: +6%
An expert in their craft, this Hero knows all the mistakes that can be made and how to best avoid making them.

Who can field it

Talsyn

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 8a4f7e64). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.