Cold One Riders
Melee cavalry· Cold One Cavalry· Tier 2· 48 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Cold One Riders are Lizardmen melee cavalry: 6,480 HP across 48 models, armour 90, melee attack 31, melee defence 28, weapon strength 50. It costs 850 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_lzd_cav_cold_ones_1. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
135 per model
6,480
Armour
shield blocks 30% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
90
Leadership
75
Speed
66
Melee attack
31
Melee defence
28
Weapon strength
15 base + 35 armour-piercing
50
Charge bonus
32
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.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
- Primal InstinctsAugment · +15% Charge Bonus, +5 Melee Attack…passivePrimal InstinctsAugment+15% Charge Bonus+5 Melee Attack+5% Physical ResistancePassiveWhen under pressure, the primal instincts of these natural predators take over, improving their potential in combat.
- Predatory FighterHex · +25% Speed, +5 Melee AttackpassivePredatory FighterHex+25% Speed+5 Melee AttackPassive · Cooldown 60 s · Duration 10 sFerocious predator-warriors are so single-minded in their duties and their heightened senses drive them to pursue their quarry.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 35 of 50 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Rotting Leviathan, Rogue Idol · Lizardmen: Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Blessed Sacred Kroxigor
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,600e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Lizardmen: Blessed Saurus Spears (Shields), Blessed Saurus Warriors (Shields)
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Warp Lightning Cannons, Bolt Throwers · Lizardmen: Feral Troglodon, Blessed Stegadon
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: War Wagons (Mortars) (133.91× faster), War Wagons (110.57× faster), Tiranoc Chariots (49.38× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Questing Knights (1.52× slower), Cold One Spear-Riders (1.17× slower), Orc Boar Boy Big 'Uns (1.06× 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 850 multiplayer gold. Lizardmen units ranked.
Who can field it
- Lizardmen · Hexoatl
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.