Barons of the Bog (Pox Riders of Nurgle)
Monstrous cavalry· War Beasts· Tier 3· 24 models at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
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Barons of the Bog (Pox Riders of Nurgle) are Nurgle and Daemons of Chaos monstrous cavalry: 7,872 HP across 24 models, armour 80, melee attack 45, melee defence 45, weapon strength 64. It costs 1,250 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_twa07_nur_cav_pox_riders_of_nurgle_ror_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
328 per model
7,872
Armour
80
Leadership
85
Speed
65
Melee attack
45
Melee defence
45
Weapon strength
31 base + 33 armour-piercing, +12 vs infantry
64
Charge bonus
36
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.
- Daemonic
Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
- Cloud of FliesAugment · +9 Melee DefencepassiveCloud of FliesAugment+9 Melee DefencePassive · Cooldown 15 sThrough His endless pestilent blessings, the Plague Lord's followers thrive and surge forward when others would simply wither and die.
- Daemonic InstabilityDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassiveDaemonic InstabilityDirect DamageCauses damage to selfPassiveAs the Daemon's courage falters, their mortal form crumbles and fades from this reality.
- Banished!Direct Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassiveBanished!Direct DamageCauses severe damage to selfPassiveOnce the Daemon's courage has failed them, they will fall back through the portal to the Chaos Realm whence they belong.
- Miasma of RotAugment (Area)passiveMiasma of RotAugment (Area)Passive · Cooldown 25 s · Duration 5 s · Range 35 mClouds of gas leak from toxic spores — a reeking restorative to all those aligned with the Lord of Decay.
- The Wasting SicknessHex (Area) · -25% Mass, -10% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passiveThe Wasting SicknessHex (Area)-25% Mass-10% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage-10% Base Weapon DamagePassive · Range 55 mOnce the dreaded Wasting Sickness sets in, the muscles of the infected wither as their bones crumble to dust.
Counters
Good against
- Infantry-sized units — bonus vs infantry 12e.g. Zombies, Blessed Temple Guard, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Nurgle: Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Plaguebearers of Nurgle
- Heavily armoured units — 33 of 64 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Nurgle: Rot Knights
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Nurgle: Soul Grinder of Nurgle, Great Unclean One
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,700e.g. Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob, Blessed Saurus Spears (Shields) · Nurgle: Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Plaguebearers of Nurgle
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Nurgle: Plague Ogres (Great Weapons), Rot Knights
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Nurgle: Great Unclean One, Soul Grinder of Nurgle
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
Beats, at a similar price: Casket of Souls (1261.99× faster), War Wagons (Mortars) (201.20× faster), War Wagons (166.13× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Chaos Knights of Tzeentch (1.64× slower), Questing Knights (1.57× slower), Chaos Knights (1.39× slower)
Equal gold, every model fighting at its weapon's attack interval, combat calculator formulas; no charge, mass, splash, leadership or abilities. “Similar price”: within 30% of its 1,250 multiplayer gold. Nurgle units ranked.
Who can field it
- Daemons of Chaos · Legion of Chaos
- Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle
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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.