Chaos Warriors of Slaanesh (Hellscourges)
Melee infantry· Whip Infantry· Tier 2· 100 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Chaos Warriors of Slaanesh (Hellscourges) are Warriors of Chaos and Slaanesh melee infantry: 9,000 HP across 100 models, armour 100, melee attack 32, melee defence 54, weapon strength 32. It costs 950 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_dlc20_chs_inf_chaos_warriors_msla_hellscourges. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
90 per model
9,000
Armour
shield blocks 55% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
100
Leadership
75
Speed
33
Melee attack
32
Melee defence
54
Weapon strength
26 base + 6 armour-piercing
32
Charge bonus
20
Attributes
- Expert Charge Defence
When bracing, this unit negates the charge bonus of any attacker.
- Charge Reflection
When bracing, this unit causes additional damage when attacking charging enemies.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Immune to Psychology
The unit is immune to psychological attacks (Fear & Terror).
- Mark of Slaanesh
A unit with the Mark of Slaanesh has: Immune to Psychology Attribute Strider Attribute Increased Physical Resistance Increased Speed
- Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.
Upgrades
Can become
Chaos Warriors of Slaanesh (Hellscourges), Chaos Warriors of SlaaneshSlaanesh
150 gold
COMPUTED Chaos Warriors of Slaanesh: recruiting it costs 800; this unit + the upgrade 1,100 (+300) · upkeep −37 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 135.1 → 85.1 s
Chosen of Slaanesh (Hellscourges), Chosen of SlaaneshSlaanesh
600 gold · needs rank 7 · loses 7 ranks
COMPUTED Chosen of Slaanesh (Hellscourges): recruiting it costs 1,500; this unit + the upgrade 1,550 (+50) · upkeep +138 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 135.1 → 362.9 s · its technology: 700 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Chosen of Slaanesh: recruiting it costs 1,350; this unit + the upgrade 1,550 (+200) · upkeep +101 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 135.1 → 263.9 s · its technology: 700 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Rite of Ascension
Chaos Knights of Slaanesh (Lances), Chaos Knights of SlaaneshSlaanesh
600 gold · needs rank 6 · loses 6 ranks
COMPUTED Chaos Knights of Slaanesh (Lances): recruiting it costs 1,400; this unit + the upgrade 1,550 (+150) · upkeep +113 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 135.1 → 68 s · its technology: 1,100 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Chaos Knights of Slaanesh: recruiting it costs 1,400; this unit + the upgrade 1,550 (+150) · upkeep +113 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 135.1 → 106.8 s · its technology: 1,100 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Profane Weaponry
Upgraded from: Marauders of Slaanesh (Hellscourges), Marauders of Slaanesh, Chaos Warriors of Slaanesh, Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors, Chaos Warriors (Halberds)
Campaign only, from the game's tables (unit_upgrade_to_unit_groups, unit_purchasable_effects), patch 9.0.4. Costs are before skills and technologies that make upgrades cheaper. “Lasts”: the whole unit's hit points (a magic barrier included, taken first) ÷ one unit of Chaos Warriors' melee damage per second against it (combat calculator formulas, base cards). Every mark and promotion compared: best Mark of Chaos.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Warriors of Chaos: Gorebeast Chariots, Chaos Chariots of Khorne
- Armour-piercing — armour 100e.g. Warp-Doom Magma-Cannon, Luminark of Hysh, Little Grom · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 160e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
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: Skin Wolves (12.38× faster), Skin Wolves (Armoured) (10.48× faster), Eshin Triads (4.14× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Greatswords (2.80× slower), Har Ganeth Executioners (2.59× slower), Hammerers (2.20× 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 950 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.
Who can field it
- Slaanesh · Seducers of Slaanesh
- 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.
The campaign also recruits 1 copy of this unit that no faction fields in custom battles (wh3_dlc27_chs_inf_chaos_warriors_msla_hellscourges: recruited from a building).
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.