Astragoth Ironhand

Lord· Wizard Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Chaos Dwarfs

Comes with Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs(Warhammer III)

Health

6,824

top 22% of class

Armour

130

top 1% of class

Leadership

top 12% of class

Speed

bottom 40% of class

Melee attack

top 25% of class

Melee defence

top 31% of class

Weapon strength

170 base + 310 armour-piercing

480

top 26% of class

Charge bonus

top 50% of class

Attributes

Contempt
Witnessing other friendly units rout will only affect this unit's leadership if they also have the Contempt attribute.
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.
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Immune to Psychology
The unit is immune to psychological attacks (Fear & Terror).
Wallbreaker
Allows the unit to attack and destroy walls in melee. This attribute also adds a +50% damage multiplier against buildings.

Abilities

Mechanical OverdriveAugment · +8 Melee Attack, +20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive

Lore of magic

Lore Pool of AstragothOwn spell set

Defeat trait

Beat Astragoth Ironhand in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Astragone

Effect duration: +10% for Lores of Hashut, Death, Fire and Metal spells
Effect range: +10% for Lores of Hashut, Death, Fire and Metal spells
Spell resistance: 15%

His killer has beaten Ironhand's curse to the punch – the flesh not already turned to stone is now as dead as dead can be. He won't be missed.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Astragoth Ironhand skill tree

53 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.

Plan Astragoth Ironhand's skills

Unyielding Command
Unyielding CommandUnlocks at rank 8
- Character's aura leadership effect: +5
- Leadership aura size: +20%
With a leader this cruel, is it any surprise that his troops are obedient and loyal to the end? Fear is the most effective motivator.
Hashut's Scales
Hashut's ScalesUnlocks at rank 8
- Spell resistance: 10%
The Father of Darkness protects his children from sorcery through a variety of magical means, all of them twisted and obscure.
Headdress of Zharr
Headdress of ZharrUnlocks at rank 8
- Missile resistance: 10%
Having a thing for hats can be most useful when everyone keeps aiming at your head…
Army of Renown
Army of RenownUnlocks at rank 10 · 3 levels
Level 1
- Regiments of Renown army capacity: +2 (own army)
Level 2
- Regiments of Renown army capacity: +4 (own army)
Level 3
- Regiments of Renown army capacity: +6 (own army)
If their renown does them justice, they will be fit to serve one whose fame they will never outstrip.
Mentor
MentorUnlocks at rank 30 · 3 levels
Level 1
- Character experience gain: +20% (Heroes in Lord's army)
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Lords
Level 2
- Character experience gain: +35% (Heroes in Lord's army)
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Lords
Level 3
- Character experience gain: +50% (Heroes in Lord's army)
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Lords
Having learned much in their long years of service, this character now turns their attention to training others.

Basalt Body
Basalt BodyUnlocks at rank 12
- Winds of Magic power reserve: +3 per turn
- Winds of Magic power reserve minimum: +10
Through darkly enchanted means, Ironhand has gleaned great knowledge, certainly, but at the most terrible of costs.
Master of the Conclave
Master of the Conclave
- Diplomatic relations: +15 with Warriors of Chaos, Daemons of Chaos, Chaos Dwarfs, Ogre Kingdoms, Beastmen and Norsca
- Allied recruitment cost: -25% (factionwide)
Requires: Basalt BodyIn his mind Astragoth speaks for all the Chaos Dwarfs, for he is Zharr-Naggrund's legitimate ruler, and master of all he surveys.
Architect of Evil
Architect of Evil
- Armament cost: -25% for increasing capacity of Bull Centaur units
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +10 for Bull Centaurs Renders units (own army)
- Upkeep: -20% for Bull Centaur Renders units (own army)
Requires: Basalt Body"We will remake the world into our domain, a land of cinder-ash and the blackened bones of our enemies, until only we and those broken bodies that cower at our feet remain."
Piercing Intellect
Piercing Intellect
- Bound spell: "Burning Wrath"
- Enemy Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: -15 (local region)
Requires: Basalt BodyEvery weakness, no matter how well hidden, is clear to Astragoth, as are many ways to exploit them to his own advantage.
Infernal Lord
Infernal Lord
- Hero capacity: +2 for all Heroes
- Hero and Lord recruit rank: +3 (factionwide)
Requires: Basalt BodyOnly the strongest and best among his throng may serve Lord Astragoth.
Dark Sacrifice
Dark Sacrifice
- Winds of Magic cost: -6 for "Hell Hammer"
- Winds of Magic cost: -9 for "Hell Hammer Upgraded"
Requires: Master of the Conclave, Architect of Evil, Piercing Intellect, Infernal LordTerrible powers are gained via terrible acts.

Burning Wrath
Burning Wrath2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Burning Wrath"
- Overcast spell: "Burning Wrath Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Burning Wrath"
- Overcast spell: "Burning Wrath Upgraded"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Burning Wrath Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Burning Wrath"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Burning Wrath Upgraded"
Killing Fire
Killing Fire
- Passive ability: "Killing Fire"
Requires: Burning Wrath
Kindleflame
Kindleflame
- Passive ability: "Kindleflame"
Requires: Burning Wrath
Cascading Fire-Cloak
Cascading Fire-Cloak
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Cascading Fire Cloak"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Cascading Fire Cloak"
- Spell: "Cascading Fire Cloak"
Requires: Burning Wrath
Ash Storm
Ash Storm2 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "Ash Storm"
- Overcast spell: "Ash Storm Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Ash Storm"
- Overcast spell: "Ash Storm Upgraded"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Ash Storm Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Ash Storm"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Ash Storm Upgraded"
Requires: Burning Wrath
Flaming Sword of Rhuin
Flaming Sword of Rhuin2 levels
Level 1
- Overcast spell: "Flaming Sword of Rhuin Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Flaming Sword of Rhuin"
- Spell: "Flaming Sword of Rhuin"
Level 2
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Flaming Sword of Rhuin Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Flaming Sword of Rhuin Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Flaming Sword of Rhuin"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Flaming Sword of Rhuin Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Flaming Sword of Rhuin"
Requires: Burning Wrath
Evasion
Evasion
- Passive ability: "Evasion"
Requires: Cascading Fire-Cloak, Kindleflame, Killing Fire, Ash Storm, Flaming Sword of Rhuin
Hell Hammer
Hell Hammer2 levels
Level 1
- Cooldown: -30% to "Hell Hammer"
- Spell: "Hell Hammer"
- Overcast spell: "Hell Hammer Upgraded"
Level 2
- Cooldown: -50% to "Hell Hammer"
- Overcast spell: "Hell Hammer Upgraded"
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Hell Hammer Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Hell Hammer"
- Winds of Magic cost: -4 for "Hell Hammer Upgraded"
Requires: Evasion
Flame Storm
Flame Storm2 levels
Level 1
- Overcast spell: "Flame Storm Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Flame Storm"
- Spell: "Flame Storm"
Level 2
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Flame Storm Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Flame Storm Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Flame Storm"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Flame Storm Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Flame Storm"
Requires: Evasion
Earthing
Earthing
- Miscast base chance: -15%
Requires: EvasionBy stabbing a staff or some arcane conduit into the ground, an accomplished magic-user can earth or tether the Winds and hopefully reduce a chance of miscasting.
Magical Reserves
Magical Reserves
- Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +5
Requires: EvasionA few magic-users have the ability to store the Winds of Magic for later use, increasing their spellcasting power when it really counts.
Greater Arcane Conduit
Greater Arcane Conduit
- Passive ability: "Greater Arcane Conduit"
Requires: Earthing, Magical Reserves, Hell Hammer, Flame Storm

Survivalist
Survivalist
- Hit points: +5%
"The enemy's fear; their blood spilt in the mud – these are the things that sustain me."
Blade Master
Blade Master2 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +6
Level 2
- Melee attack: +12
Requires: SurvivalistThis warrior is one with their blade; it is an extension of their will, making them a worthy foe in combat.
Hard to Hit
Hard to Hit2 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +6
Level 2
- Melee defence: +12
Requires: SurvivalistHand-to-hand combat is a lethal match of cut and thrust. However, it’s not all about offensive strikes; parries and other defensive moves can also win the day.
Expeditious Endeavour
Expeditious Endeavour2 levels
Level 1
- Speed: +7%
Level 2
- Speed: +15%
Requires: SurvivalistWhat the enemy cannot see, it cannot hit. What the enemy cannot see, it cannot survive.
Wound-Maker
Wound-Maker2 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +10%
Level 2
- Weapon strength: +20%
Requires: SurvivalistSuch is their power and ferocity, a wound-maker will ravage the foe, cutting and pulverising until there is only one exit - death.
Deadly Onslaught
Deadly Onslaught
- Ability: "Deadly Onslaught"
Requires: Blade Master, Hard to Hit, Expeditious Endeavour, Wound-MakerThe war is endless. The cycle of charging, clashing, and bloody hand-to-hand fighting is without end. It will never stop.

Inspiring Presence
Inspiring Presence
- Unit experience gain per turn: +75 (Lord's army)
- Character's aura leadership effect: +5
There are Lords that radiate power, confidence and fear, inspiring their followers to great or terrible acts.
Fervent Fodder
Fervent Fodder3 levels
Level 1
- Leadership: +2 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders Melee units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Leadership: +4 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders Melee units (Lord's army)
- Melee defence: +3 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders Melee units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Leadership: +6 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders Melee units (Lord's army)
- Melee defence: +6 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders Melee units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceThough they face almost-certain death at the enemy's hands, that has to be better than what the Chaos Dwarfs have in store for their Greenskin underlings, right? Some even welcome such an end.
Blackshard Bulwark
Blackshard Bulwark3 levels
Level 1
- Armour: +4 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Armour: +8 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Lord's army)
- Melee attack: +3 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Armour: +12 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Lord's army)
- Melee attack: +6 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceWearing ultra-resilient armour forged with blood and hellfire, the Chaos Dwarfs present a mighty defensive wall, stronger even than steel, to their incautious, overconfident enemies.
Firing Drills
Firing Drills3 levels
Level 1
- Missile strength: +4% for Hobgoblin Archers, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses, Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows) units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Ammunition: +10% for Hobgoblin Archers, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses, Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows) units (Lord's army)
- Missile strength: +8% for Hobgoblin Archers, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses, Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows) units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Ammunition: +20% for Hobgoblin Archers, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses, Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows) units (Lord's army)
- Missile strength: +12% for Hobgoblin Archers, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses, Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows) units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceDrilling loading, shooting and reloading, until they become second nature, so the foe is under constant barrage, is surely the way to victory.
Hellforged Ordnance
Hellforged Ordnance3 levels
Level 1
- Ammunition: +6% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Ammunition: +12% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Lord's army)
- Range: +5% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Ammunition: +20% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Lord's army)
- Range: +10% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceBeneath their mutated faces and ever-darkened souls, the Chaos Dwarfs are still Dwarfs at heart, retaining all of their counterparts' metalworking skill and knack for ingenious engineering solutions.
Crushing Charge
Crushing Charge3 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +4% for Bull Centaur Renders units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Charge bonus: +4 for Bull Centaur Renders units (Lord's army)
- Weapon strength: +8% for Bull Centaur Renders units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Charge bonus: +9 for Bull Centaur Renders units (Lord's army)
- Weapon strength: +12% for Bull Centaur Renders units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceAssuming you can't avoid the confrontation altogether, the most sensible course of action is to get well out of the way!
Hellish Blows
Hellish Blows3 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +4% for Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Melee attack: +3 for Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Lord's army)
- Weapon strength: +8% for Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Melee attack: +6 for Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Lord's army)
- Weapon strength: +12% for Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Lord's army)
Requires: Inspiring PresenceThe Daemonic fire-elementals and various other monstrous creatures in the Chaos Dwarfs' service are fielded to crack the skulls and crush the souls of those who dare stand against them.
Rally!
Rally!
- Ability: "Rally!"
Requires: Fervent Fodder, Blackshard Bulwark, Firing Drills, Hellforged Ordnance, Crushing Charge, Hellish Blows
Lucky Lackeys
Lucky Lackeys
- Melee attack: +5 for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Missile strength: +12% for Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Speed: +10% for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Ward save: +10% for Labourers, Hobgoblins and Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
Requires: Rally!Even though they're considered little more than a raw resource by their evil masters, some Greenskins avoid being worked to death by "assisting" their keepers on the field of battle.
Marshalled Military
Marshalled Military
- Melee attack: +5 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Melee defence: +5 for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Spell resistance: 15% for Chaos Dwarf Melee Infantry units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
Requires: Rally!To be this effective in battle takes not just suicidal levels of courage and determination, but the discipline to hold the line and, as one, take the fight directly into the enemy's wavering hearts.
Bloodied Bombardment
Bloodied Bombardment
- Explosive missile damage: +12% for Iron Daemon and Artillery units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Missile resistance: 15% for Iron Daemon and Artillery, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses and Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Missile strength: +12% for Iron Daemon, Artillery, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses and Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Reload time reduction: +10% for Iron Daemon and Artillery, Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses and Infernal Guard (Fireglaives) units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
Requires: Rally!From the barrels of the Chaos Dwarfs' infernal war machines are fired shrieking rockets and blasts of raw, Ruinous magick, leaving those not instantly turned to liquid quaking and gibbering in their wake.
Wretched Warhost
Wretched Warhost
- Charge bonus: +12 for Bull Centaur Renders, Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Physical resistance: 10% for Bull Centaur Renders, Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
- Weapon strength: +12% for Bull Centaur Renders, Great Taurus, Lammasu, Bale Taurus, Chaos Siege Giant, K'daai and Skullcracker units (Rank 7 and above) (Lord's army)
Requires: Rally!Those twisted, hellishly-mutated monsters in the service of the Chaos Dwarfs are some of their most effective weapons, particularly when organised into a malign host of Ruinous shock troops.
Stand or Die!
Stand or Die!
- Replaces: "Rally!"
- Ability: "Stand or Die!"
Requires: Lucky Lackeys, Marshalled Military, Bloodied Bombardment, Wretched Warhost

Route Marcher
Route Marcher
- Campaign movement range: +5%
Those who know the land and its secrets will travel faster and further than the foes who don't.
Cunning
Cunning3 levels
Level 1
- Ambush success chance: +10% (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Ambush success chance: +20% (Lord's army)
- Chance of intercepting an army using Tunnelling, beast-paths or Worldroots: +10%
Level 3
- Ambush success chance: +30% (Lord's army)
- Chance of intercepting an army using Tunnelling, beast-paths or Worldroots: +20%
Requires: Route MarcherDeceit is a perfectly acceptable means of attack.
Logistician
Logistician3 levels
Level 1
- Casualty replenishment rate: +2% (Lord's army)
- Attrition: -10% casualties suffered from all attrition (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Casualty replenishment rate: +4% (Lord's army)
- Attrition: -20% casualties suffered from all attrition (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Casualty replenishment rate: +6% (Lord's army)
- Attrition: -30% casualties suffered from all attrition (Lord's army)
Requires: Route MarcherProficient with figures, this Lord, or his subordinates, can keep his army fulfilled, even in dire circumstances.
Ruthless Disciplinarian
Ruthless Disciplinarian3 levels
Level 1
- Control: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Chaos Undivided corruption: +1 (local province)
- Control: +2 (local province)
Level 3
- Chaos Undivided corruption: +2 (local province)
- Control: +3 (local province)
Requires: Route MarcherBeatings WILL continue until morale improves, or even if it does...
Tyrant
Tyrant3 levels
Level 1
- Labour gained post-battle: +5%
- Income from post-battle loot: +5%
Level 2
- Labour gained post-battle: +10%
- Income from post-battle loot: +10%
Level 3
- Labour gained post-battle: +15%
- Income from post-battle loot: +15%
Requires: Route MarcherSome conquerors are mild and fair. Not so this one, whose savagery and corruption truly know no bounds.
Iron-Willed
Iron-Willed
- Casualty replenishment rate: +30% for this Lord
- Wound recovery time: -1 turns
Requires: Cunning, Logistician, Ruthless Disciplinarian, TyrantA Dawi-Zharr such as he does not care for being wounded – by his will alone he continues to fight.
Lightning Strike
Lightning Strike3 levels
Level 1
- Enemy battle reinforcement time: +25%
- Battle reinforcement time: -10%
- Reinforcements supporting this army can have their arrival point adjusted by +250 metres without incurring any time penalty
Level 2
- Enemy battle reinforcement time: +50%
- Battle reinforcement time: -20%
- Reinforcements supporting this army can have their arrival point adjusted by +600 metres without incurring any time penalty
Level 3
- Enemy battle reinforcement time: +50%
- Battle reinforcement time: -30%
- Reinforcements supporting this army can have their arrival point adjusted by +1000 metres without incurring any time penalty
- Enables lightning strike battles when reinforcements are present
Requires: Iron-Willed"The time to strike is now!"
Alert
Alert3 levels
Level 1
- Ambush defence chance: +10% (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Ambush defence chance: +20% (Lord's army)
- Evasion chance when using Tunnelling: +10%
Level 3
- Ambush defence chance: +30% (Lord's army)
- Evasion chance when using Tunnelling: +20%
Requires: Iron-WilledCountless conflicts and a keen sense of awareness have made this Lord difficult to entrap.
Despoilers
Despoilers3 levels
Level 1
- Income from razing settlements: +5% (Lord's army)
- Income from sacking settlements: +5% (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Income from razing settlements: +10% (Lord's army)
- Income from sacking settlements: +10% (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Income from razing settlements: +15% (Lord's army)
- Income from sacking settlements: +15% (Lord's army)
Requires: Iron-WilledTo despoil, to corrupt and ruin, to break the mortals and take their gods from them – this is what Chaos wants.
Serve or Die
Serve or Die3 levels
Level 1
- Recruitment cost: -5% (Lord's army)
Level 2
- Recruit rank: +1 for all units (Lord's army)
- Recruitment cost: -10% (Lord's army)
Level 3
- Recruit rank: +2 for all units (Lord's army)
- Recruitment cost: -15% (Lord's army)
Requires: Iron-Willed"You will serve me, wretch, or you will die. There is no other option."
Unbridled Cruelty
Unbridled Cruelty
- Chaos Undivided corruption: +1 (local province)
- Campaign movement range: +5%
- Casualty replenishment rate: +4% (Lord's army)
- Upkeep: -10% (Lord's army)
Requires: Lightning Strike, Alert, Despoilers, Serve or DieBrutality or viciousness don't go anywhere near far enough. Even barbarism is too mild a term.

Who can field it

The Legion of Azgorh

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.