Bloodthirster
Monster· Flying Monster· Tier 5· 1 model at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Bloodthirster is Khorne, Daemons of Chaos and Warriors of Chaos monster: 7,732 HP, armour 70, melee attack 60, melee defence 44, weapon strength 540. It costs 2,000 in the campaign (Warriors of Chaos factions pay 3,450) and 2,000 in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_main_kho_mon_bloodthirster_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
7,732
Armour
70
Leadership
80
Speed
95
Melee attack
60
Melee defence
44
Weapon strength
160 base + 380 armour-piercing, +35 vs large
540
Charge bonus
55
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.
- Daemonic
Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity
- Can Fly
This unit can fly.
Abilities
- 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.
- 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
- Large units — bonus vs large 35e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Khorne: Slaughterbrute, Spawn of Khorne
- Heavily armoured units — 380 of 540 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Khorne: Skullcrushers of Khorne, Gorebeast Chariots of Khorne
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Khorne: Soul Grinder of Khorne, Bloodcrushers of Khorne
- Units weak to fire — flaming melee attackse.g. Malevolent Treeman, Chaos Frost Dragon, Treeman
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 4,000e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Khorne: Khorngors, Skullreapers
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Khorne: Minotaurs of Khorne (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors of Khorne (Halberds)
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Khorne: Soul Grinder of Khorne, Skullcannon
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: Ancient Stegadon (Engine of the Gods) (4.59× faster), Ancient Stegadon (4.36× faster), Khemrian Warsphinx (3.30× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Curs'd Ettin (2.03× slower), Terracotta Sentinel (1.94× slower), Chaos Giant (1.93× 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 2,000 multiplayer gold. Khorne units ranked.
Match-ups people search for: Bloodthirster vs Great Unclean One · Bloodthirster vs Keeper of Secrets · Bloodthirster vs Lord of Change · Bloodthirster vs Slaughterbrute
Who can field it
- Daemons of Chaos · Legion of Chaos
- Khorne · Exiles of Khorne
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse · extended roster
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.
Extended roster: Warriors of Chaos has this unit only through campaign_exclusive rows of units_custom_battle_permissions — CA's note: such units are “filtered out of matchmaking and are generally disabled when unit caps setting is enabled” (“Unable to recruit with unit caps enabled”). So: Custom Battle with Unit caps off, at the multiplayer cost, but not in ranked battles. Race rankings and best-unit lists leave such a unit out for those races.
The game also has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh3_main_kho_mon_bloodthirster_summoned_0).
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.