Basilisk
Monster· Support Monster· Tier 4· 1 model at Ultra size
Comes with Lords of the End Times - Warriors of Chaos(Warhammer III)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Basilisk is Beastmen and Warriors of Chaos monster: 7,800 HP, armour 70, melee attack 42, melee defence 44, weapon strength 480. It costs 1,600 in multiplayer. It comes with Lords of the End Times - Warriors of Chaos. Unit key wh3_dlc29_bst_mon_basilisk. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
7,800
Armour
70
Leadership
65
Speed
82
Melee attack
42
Melee defence
44
Weapon strength
160 base + 320 armour-piercing
480
Charge bonus
38
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.
- 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
- Maleficient GazeHex · -25% Charge Speed, -25% Speed…activeMaleficient GazeHex-25% Charge Speed-25% Speed-50% Charge Speed-50% SpeedStrong vs elite units with 8 or more entitiesCauses damage to combatantsDuration 28 s · 1 use · Wind-up 3 sWhen transfixed by its gaze, creatures feel their movements slow and their mind begin to unravel.
- Aura of VitriolHex (Area) · -10 Melee Attack, -15% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passiveAura of VitriolHex (Area)-10 Melee Attack-15% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage-15% Base Weapon DamageEffect intensity increases with time spent engaged in melee.Intensity decays if this unit is out of meleePassive · Range 35 mThe presence of a Basilisk spoils the very air around it, sapping any creature in its vicinity of their ability to fight.
- WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passiveWoundsHex-10% Speed-20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage-20% Base Weapon DamagePassiveEven the greatest foes can be laid low with terrible injuries, and the greater the damage done, the less able they will be to effectively continue the fray.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 320 of 480 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Beastmen: Razorgor Chariots
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 4,000e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Beastmen: Bestigor Herd, Gor Herd
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Beastmen: Ghorgon, Minotaurs (Great Weapons)
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: Cauldron of a Thousand Poxes (7.94× faster), Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch (4.03× faster), Bastiladon (Solar Engine) (3.73× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Sea Elemental (4.37× slower), Curs'd Ettin (4.27× slower), Treeman (4.14× 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 1,600 multiplayer gold. Beastmen units ranked.
Patch changes
Every version of Basilisk
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeastmenSupport Monster | 7,800 | 1 | 70 | 65 | 82 | 42 | 44 | 480 | 38 | — | — | wh3_dlc29_bst_mon_basilisk |
| Warriors of ChaosSupport Monster | 7,800 | 1 | 70 | 65 | 82 | 42 | 44 | 480 | 38 | 1,600 | 400 | wh3_dlc29_chs_mon_basilisk |
Who can field it
- Beastmen · Warherd of the One-Eye
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
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.