Banshee

Hero· Melee Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size

Health

4,626

top 37% of class

Armour

bottom 1% of class

Leadership

bottom 2% of class

Speed

bottom 47% of class

Melee attack

top 23% of class

Melee defence

top 26% of class

Weapon strength

0 base + 320 armour-piercing

320

bottom 43% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 36% 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.
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.
Undead
Undead units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is broken. Undead units also have: Fear and Terror Immunity Undead units may also have their hit points restored by special characters such as the Vampire Counts Necromancer.

Abilities

Ghostly HowlDirect Damage · -16 Leadership, Causes severe damage to combatants…active
WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
SlipperyAugment · +25% Speed, +24 Melee Defenceactive
CrumblingDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
DisintegratingDirect Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Patch changes

Patch 9.0

New: Ghostly Howl

Banshee skill tree

36 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.

Grave Ward
Grave WardUnlocks at rank 7
- Missile resistance: 10%
Whereby the power of death itself is used to hold back the physical world.
Immortality
ImmortalityUnlocks at rank 19
- When normally killed in action, this Hero will be wounded instead
Who wants to live forever? As it turns out, most beings wouldn't say no…
Mentor
Mentor3 levels
Level 1
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 2
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 3
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Having learned much in their long years of service, this character now turns their attention to training others.

Deathly Rime
Deathly Rime
- Passive ability: "The Chilling Aura"
- Melee attack: +5
The cold of death infuses every strike and radiates from its spectral form.
Deathly Rime
Deathly Rime
- Passive ability: "The Chilling Aura"
- Melee attack: +5
The cold of death infuses every strike and radiates from its spectral form.
Mistress of Lost Souls
Mistress of Lost Souls
- Spell resistance: 5% for Ethereal units (own army)
- Unit capacity: +1
- Leadership: +8
Requires: Deathly RimeWayward will o' the wisps are not the only ones swirling about the one which tormented them in life, for she has her own kindred in woe.
Mistress of Lost Souls
Mistress of Lost Souls
- Necromantic Energy cost: -5% for Ethereal infantry unit capacities
- Grave Call cost: -10% for Cairn Wraiths units (Hero's army)
- Leadership: +8
Requires: Deathly RimeWayward will o' the wisps are not the only ones swirling about the one which tormented them in life, for she has her own kindred in woe.
Restless Spirit
Restless Spirit
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour
- Vigour loss reduction: -25% for Ethereal units (own army)
Requires: Deathly RimeAs tireless as her wrath and hatred are indiscriminate. It is what made her such.
Restless Spirit
Restless Spirit
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour
- Vigour loss reduction: -25% for Ethereal units (own army)
Requires: Deathly RimeAs tireless as her wrath and hatred are indiscriminate. It is what made her such.
Incorporeal Presence
Incorporeal Presence
- Physical resistance: +5% for Ethereal units (own army)
- Physical resistance: 10%
Requires: Deathly RimeTo strike at a Banshee with a weapon is to strike a fire with ice. Such fools are a favoured prey.
Incorporeal Presence
Incorporeal Presence
- Physical resistance: +5% for Ethereal units (own army)
- Physical resistance: 10%
Requires: Deathly RimeTo strike at a Banshee with a weapon is to strike a fire with ice. Such fools are a favoured prey.
Spectral Stalker
Spectral Stalker
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Ethereal units (own army)
- Attribute: Stalk
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment
Requires: Deathly RimeBefore the maddened howl of the Banshee, there was the canny silence of the living witch she was. This one remembers.
Spectral Stalker
Spectral Stalker
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Ethereal units (own army)
- Attribute: Stalk
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment
Requires: Deathly RimeBefore the maddened howl of the Banshee, there was the canny silence of the living witch she was. This one remembers.
Ghostly Howl
Ghostly Howl
- Attacks cause "Discouraged" effect, reducing leadership
- Ability: ""
Requires: Mistress of Lost Souls, Restless Spirit, Incorporeal Presence, Spectral StalkerThe wails of a Banshee can be lethal and strike terror into the hearts of any who hear them.
Ghostly Howl
Ghostly Howl
- Attacks cause "Discouraged" effect, reducing leadership
- Ability: ""
Requires: Mistress of Lost Souls, Restless Spirit, Incorporeal Presence, Spectral StalkerThe wails of a Banshee can be lethal and strike terror into the hearts of any who hear them.

Bloody Blade
Bloody Blade
- Weapon strength: +10%
A drawn blade should not be put away until slaked in blood.
Gutter Fighter
Gutter Fighter3 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +3
Level 2
- Melee attack: +7
Level 3
- Melee attack: +12
Requires: Bloody BladeThis being fights dirty, no honour system applies here!
Elusive
Elusive3 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +3
Level 2
- Melee defence: +7
Level 3
- Melee defence: +12
Requires: Bloody Blade"Stay in one place, gods-damn you!"
Precise
Precise3 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +5%
Level 2
- Weapon strength: +12%
Level 3
- Weapon strength: +20%
Requires: Bloody BladeWhether a targeted slice to the throat, or a precision stab to the heart, this one knows how to kill!
Fleet-Footed
Fleet-Footed3 levels
Level 1
- Speed: +3%
Level 2
- Speed: +8%
Level 3
- Speed: +15%
Requires: Bloody BladeThose who are fleet of foot can reach the enemy faster.
Slippery
Slippery
- Ability: "Slippery"
Requires: Gutter Fighter, Elusive, Precise, Fleet-Footed
Opportunist
Opportunist3 levels
Level 1
- Charge bonus: +4
Level 2
- Charge bonus: +9
Level 3
- Charge bonus: +15
Requires: SlipperyAlways on the lookout for an opening or advantage in battle - somewhere to put the knife in…
Counter-Striker
Counter-Striker3 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +3
Level 2
- Melee attack: +7
Level 3
- Melee attack: +12
Requires: SlipperyThe harder they hit, the more they commit, the easier it is to strike back.
Survivalist
Survivalist3 levels
Level 1
- Hit points: +3%
Level 2
- Hit points: +8%
Level 3
- Hit points: +15%
Requires: Slippery"The enemy's fear; their blood spilt in the mud – these are the things that sustain me."
Cornered Rat
Cornered Rat3 levels
Level 1
- Leadership: +2
Level 2
- Leadership: +5
Level 3
- Leadership: +9
Requires: SlipperyNever trap this one, when cornered they have nothing left to lose.
Assassin's Trophy
Assassin's Trophy
- Ability: "Assassin's Trophy"
Requires: Opportunist, Counter-Striker, Survivalist, Cornered Rat

Murderous Apparition
Murderous Apparition3 levels
Level 1
- Campaign line of sight: +15%
- Ambush success chance: +10% (own army)
- Ambush defence chance: +10% (own army)
Level 2
- Campaign line of sight: +30%
- Ambush success chance: +20% (own army)
- Ambush defence chance: +20% (own army)
Level 3
- Campaign line of sight: +50%
- Ambush success chance: +30% (own army)
- Ambush defence chance: +30% (own army)
The bile of centuries of bitterness is not just in her voice. Those who dare come near will learn how it feels.
Screaming Death
Screaming Death3 levels
Level 1
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +15
- Bonus vs Infantry: +5
Level 2
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +30
- Bonus vs Infantry: +10
Level 3
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +45
- Bonus vs Infantry: +15
An arrow slit, a murder hole, a faint crack – anything will carry her wail. Armour is useless and flesh could never withstand her fury.
Whispers of the Doomed
Whispers of the Doomed3 levels
Level 1
- Assassinate action: Additional 3% success chance
- Hero action cost: -15%
- Campaign movement range: +10% (when not embedded)
Level 2
- Assassinate action: Additional 6% success chance
- Hero action cost: -30%
- Campaign movement range: +20% (when not embedded)
Level 3
- Assassinate action: Additional 10% success chance
- Hero action cost: -50%
- Campaign movement range: +30% (when not embedded)
Every living soul’s whisper is a reminder of what this one can no longer have.

Increase Mobility
Increase Mobility3 levels
Level 1
- Increase Mobility action: Movement range is increased by an additional 5%
Level 2
- Increase Mobility action: Movement range is increased by an additional 10%
Level 3
- Increase Mobility action: Movement range is increased by an additional 15%
Whether it be training harder, travelling lighter, eating less or sleeping better, there's always a way to draw more from the day.
Stimulate Growth
Stimulate Growth3 levels
Level 1
- Stimulate Growth action: Growth is modified by an additional 10
- Growth: -10 (local enemy province)
- Growth: +10 (local province)
Level 2
- Stimulate Growth action: Growth is modified by an additional 20
- Growth: -20 (local enemy province)
- Growth: +20 (local province)
Level 3
- Stimulate Growth action: Growth is modified by an additional 30
- Growth: -30 (local enemy province)
- Growth: +30 (local province)
All will listen, for the news will either be dire or wonderful.
Spread Corruption
Spread Corruption3 levels
Level 1
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 1
- Vampiric corruption: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 2
- Vampiric corruption: +2 (local province)
Level 3
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 3
- Vampiric corruption: +3 (local province)
The locals take notice and will be inspired or frightened into action.
Damage Walls
Damage Walls3 levels
Level 1
- Damage Walls action: 1 additional wall breaches
Level 2
- Damage Walls action: 2 additional wall breaches
Level 3
- Damage Walls action: 3 additional wall breaches
They cannot stop what they cannot see.
Assassinate
Assassinate3 levels
Level 1
- Assassinate action: Additional 3% success chance
Level 2
- Assassinate action: Additional 8% success chance
Level 3
- Assassinate action: Additional 15% success chance
A skilled assassin is a cold-hearted killer and merciless murderer.
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.
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

Host of Nagash
The Drakenhof Conclave

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.