Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)
Celestial General unit card

Celestial General

Lord· Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Comes with Shadows of Change(Warhammer III)

Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →

Celestial General is Grand Cathay lord: 4,868 HP, armour 100, melee attack 60, melee defence 40, weapon strength 420. It costs 1,000 in the campaign and 800 in multiplayer. It comes with Shadows of Change. Unit key wh3_dlc24_cth_cha_celestial_general_yang. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

4,868

bottom 43% of class

Armour

100

top 24% of class

Leadership

80

top 38% of class

Speed

38

bottom 21% of class

Melee attack

60

top 25% of class

Melee defence

40

bottom 39% of class

Weapon strength

130 base + 290 armour-piercing

420

bottom 48% of class

Charge bonus

30

bottom 19% of class

Attributes

  • 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.

Abilities

  • Celestial SweepVortexactive
  • Lord of Grand CathayAugment (Area) · +40 Melee Defence, +20% Physical Resistanceactive
  • Will of the DragonsAugment (Area) · +4 Leadershippassive
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive

Counters

Good against

Vulnerable to

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

Celestial General skill tree

50 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.

Plan Celestial General's skills

  1. Warhorse
  2. Jade Longma
  3. Celestial Lion
  4. Harmonious Presence (Yin)
  5. Wind Harmony
  6. Ranged Discipline
  7. Soldiers of Renown
  8. Immortality
  9. Mentor
  1. Leader of Men
  2. Bulwark of Wei-Jin
  3. Hammer of Wei-Jin
  4. Comet of Wei-Jin
  5. Titanic Impact
  6. Lead from the Front
  1. Hard to Hit
  2. Devastating Charge
  3. Full Plate Armour
  4. Scarred Veteran
  5. Deadly Blade
  6. Foe-Seeker
  7. Wound-Maker
  8. Blade Master
  9. Indomitable
  10. Blade Shield
  11. Heroic Killing Blow
  1. Inspiring Presence
  2. Unyielding
  3. Sure Aim
  4. Eastern Fires
  5. Mighty Charge
  6. Stone Gaze
  7. Sky Fire
  8. Rally!
  9. Blades of the Bastion
  10. Fast Hands
  11. Unified Charge
  12. Looming Lanterns
  13. Stand Your Ground!
  1. Route Marcher
  2. Iron Disciplinarian
  3. Inspiring Recruitment
  4. Reassuring Presence
  5. Fervent
  6. Irrepressible
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Quartermaster
  9. Logistician
  10. Alert
  11. The Great Bastion

Every version of Celestial General

4 units share this name (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

VersionHPModelsArmourLead.SpeedMAMDWSChargeCostUpkeepUnit key
Grand CathayLord4,868110080386040420301,000250wh3_dlc24_cth_cha_celestial_general_yang
Grand CathayLord6,0881110801056045450701,400300wh3_dlc24_cth_cha_celestial_general_yang_longma
Grand CathayLord5,488111080786045420501,100300wh3_dlc24_cth_cha_celestial_general_yang_cathayan_horse
Grand CathayLord6,58418080855036470651,550387wh3_dlc24_cth_cha_celestial_general_yang_celestial_lion

Who can field it

  • Grand Cathay · The Northern Provinces

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.