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

Count Noctilus

Lord· Wizard Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Comes with Vampire Coast(Warhammer II)

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Count Noctilus is a legendary lord of Vampire Coast, leading The Dreadfleet at the start of a campaign: 4,996 HP, armour 95, melee attack 45, melee defence 60, weapon strength 430. It costs 1,000 in the campaign and 1,400 in multiplayer. It comes with Vampire Coast. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Dreadfleet Drowned. Unit key wh2_dlc11_cst_inf_count_noctilus_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

4,996

top 50% of class

Armour

95

top 25% of class

Leadership

75

bottom 31% of class

Speed

38

bottom 21% of class

Melee attack

45

bottom 41% of class

Melee defence

60

top 9% of class

Weapon strength

130 base + 300 armour-piercing, +20 vs large

430

top 48% of class

Charge bonus

25

bottom 15% of class

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.

  • Charge Defence vs. Large

    When bracing, this unit negates the charge bonus of any large attacker.

  • Charge Reflection

    When bracing, this unit causes additional damage when attacking charging enemies.

  • 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.

  • Undead

    Undead units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is broken. Undead units also have: Fear and Terror Immunity Undead units may also have their hit points restored by special characters such as the Vampire Counts Necromancer.

Abilities

  • Wraith StormBombardment · Good against armour, Causes moderate magical damage…active
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
  • Arcane ConduitAugment of the Windspassive
  • The HungerRegeneration · Replenishes hit points of combatantspassive
  • CrumblingDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
  • DisintegratingDirect Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Lore of magic

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

Defeat trait

Beat Count Noctilus in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Dreadfleet Drowned

  • Leadership: +5 when fighting against Vampire Coast (Lord's army)
  • Leadership: +5 when fighting at sea (Lord's army)

"Back down to Galleon's Graveyard with you, Noctilus, it's all you're good for!"

All legendary lord defeat traits

Count Noctilus skill tree

59 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 Count Noctilus's skills

  1. Necrofex Colossus
  2. Lucky Charm
  3. Tenacity
  4. Army of Renown
  5. Mentor
  1. The Hunger
  2. Master of the Dreadfleet
  3. Regenerative Hull
  4. Vandal
  5. Of the von Carstein Line
  6. Sea-Curse
  7. Invincible Fleet
  1. Monkey Jacket
  2. Swashbuckler
  3. Master Strike
  4. Scarred Veteran
  5. Hard to Hit
  6. Taunt
  7. Cutlass
  8. Blade Shield
  9. Vampiric Leap
  10. Wild-Eyed
  11. Hornswaggle
  1. Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma
  2. The Curse of Undeath
  3. Invocation of Nehek
  4. Drowned Dead
  5. The Withering
  6. Evasion
  7. Smoke & Mirrors
  8. Pit of Shades
  9. Wind of Death
  10. Earthing
  11. Magical Reserves
  12. Arcane Conduit
  1. Inspiring Presence
  2. Held Together by Screws
  3. Reanimated Marksman
  4. Black Powder Overload
  5. Rotten Death
  6. Haunting Horror
  7. Drowned & Bound
  8. Avast Ye!
  9. Deadly March
  10. Ensorcelled Weapons
  11. Masterly Splicing
  12. Hardened by Death
  13. All Hands Hoay!
  1. Route Marcher
  2. Binded to Service
  3. Ghost Fleet
  4. Freebooter
  5. Sea Dogs
  6. Go on Account
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Living Ship
  9. Gambler's Wit
  10. Coaming & Preservative
  11. Black Flag

Every version of Count Noctilus

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

VersionHPModelsArmourLead.SpeedMAMDWSChargeCostUpkeepUnit key
Vampire CoastWizard Lord4,99619575384560430251,000350wh2_dlc11_cst_inf_count_noctilus_0
Vampire CoastWizard Lord9,87517575454634475201,000525wh2_dlc11_cst_inf_count_noctilus_1

Who can field it

  • Vampire Coast · The Awakened

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.