Hit Points7,800This determines how many hits a unit can withstand alongside armour and melee defence.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.hit_points, land_units.bonus_hit_points, main_units.num_men · (soldier + mount hit points + bonus hit points) × modelsHealth
7,800
Armour70How resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_valueArmour
70
Leadership65A unit with high leadership is less likely to rout in the face of danger.
Leadership is improved by experience in battle.Patch 9.0 · land_units.moraleLeadership
65
Speed82This is how fast a unit moves.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.run_speed / fly_speed (mount if any) · run or fly speed × 10Speed
82
Melee Attack42This determines the chance of a successful hit on the enemy when the unit is engaged in melee.
Battle-hardened troops will gain experience through melee, improving this skill.Patch 9.0 · land_units.melee_attackMelee attack
42
Melee Defence44This determines the chance of a unit being hit whilst in melee.
This only works in melee and provides no protection from missiles!Patch 9.0 · land_units.melee_defenceMelee defence
44
Weapon strength480 · 160 base + 320 armour-piercingBase Weapon Damage: Base weapon damageArmour-Piercing Weapon Damage: Armour-piercing weapon damagePatch 9.0 · melee_weapons.damage + ap_damage · base damage + armour-piercing damageWeapon strength
160 base + 320 armour-piercing
480
Charge Bonus38This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0 · land_units.charge_bonusCharge 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.
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
- Warherd of the One-Eye
- Warhost of the Apocalypse
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.