Cultist of Khorne
Hero· Melee Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size
Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Cultist of Khorne is Khorne hero: 4,068 HP, armour 75, melee attack 55, melee defence 40, weapon strength 420. It costs 2,000 in the campaign and 700 in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_main_kho_cha_cultist_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Hit Points4,068This determines how many hits a unit can withstand alongside armour and melee defence.Patch 9.0.4 · battle_entities.hit_points, land_units.bonus_hit_points, main_units.num_men · (soldier + mount hit points + bonus hit points) × models
Health
4,068
bottom 40% of class
Armour75 · shield blocks 55% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)How resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_value
Armour
shield blocks 55% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
75
top 40% of class
Leadership65A unit with high leadership is less likely to rout in the face of danger.
Leadership is improved by experience in battle.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.morale
Leadership
65
top 50% of class
Speed44This is how fast a unit moves.Patch 9.0.4 · battle_entities.run_speed / fly_speed (mount if any) · run or fly speed × 10
Speed
44
bottom 36% of class
Melee Attack55This determines the chance of a successful hit on the enemy when the unit is engaged in melee.
Battle-hardened troops will gain experience through melee, improving this skill.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.melee_attack
Melee attack
55
top 15% of class
Melee Defence40This determines the chance of a unit being hit whilst in melee.
This only works in melee and provides no protection from missiles!Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.melee_defence
Melee defence
40
top 42% of class
Weapon strength420 · 275 base + 145 armour-piercingBase Weapon Damage: Base weapon damageArmour-Piercing Weapon Damage: Armour-piercing weapon damagePatch 9.0.4 · melee_weapons.damage + ap_damage · base damage + armour-piercing damage
Weapon strength
275 base + 145 armour-piercing
420
top 28% of class
Charge Bonus45This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.charge_bonus
Charge bonus
45
top 37% 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.
- Mark of Khorne
A unit with the Mark of Khorne has: Frenzy Passive Ability Increased Spell Resistance Increased Armour Reduced Melee Defence
Abilities
- Gate of KhorneSummon Unit · Summons a unit of Bloodletters, Summoned units degrade over timeactiveGate of KhorneSummon UnitSummons a unit of BloodlettersSummoned units degrade over timeCooldown 120 s · Duration 10 s · 1 use · Wind-up 5 sKhorne's loyal Cultist forces open the gate to allow His vicious, chosen Bloodletters to surge through and consume the inauspicious enemy.
- 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.
- Foe-SeekerAugment · +25% Charge Speed, +25% SpeedactiveFoe-SeekerAugment+25% Charge Speed+25% SpeedCooldown 60 s · Duration 25 sThere are those who wish nothing more than to be at the heart of battle, seeking foes to vanquish.
- FrenzyAugment · +10% Charge Bonus, +10 Melee Attack…passiveFrenzyAugment+10% Charge Bonus+10 Melee Attack+10% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage+10% Base Weapon DamagePassiveSome warriors care not for their own personal safety, and so work themselves into a whirlwind of destruction and mindless violence!
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Khorne: Gorebeast Chariots 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
Cultist of Khorne skill tree
32 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 Cultist of Khorne's skills
- Chaos SteedChaos SteedUnlocks at rank 4
- Mount: Chaos Steed
- Chaos WarshrineChaos WarshrineUnlocks at rank 14
- Mount: Warshrine
- Hates SlaaneshHates SlaaneshUnlocks at rank 7
- Melee attack: +10 when fighting against Slaaneshi factions
- Weapon strength: +15% when fighting against Slaaneshi factions
- Gate of KhorneGate of KhorneUnlocks at rank 13 · 3 levelsLevel 1
- Ability: "Gate of Khorne"
- Ability: "Gate of Khorne"
- Ability number of uses: +1 for "Gate of Khorne"
- Ability: "Gate of Khorne"
- Ability number of uses: +2 for "Gate of Khorne"
- Greater Gate of KhorneGreater Gate of Khorne
- Ability: "Greater Gate of Khorne"
- Thick SkinThick SkinUnlocks at rank 7
- Missile resistance: 10%
- Brass CollarBrass CollarUnlocks at rank 7
- Spell resistance: 10%
- ImmortalityImmortalityUnlocks at rank 20
- When normally killed in action, this Hero will be wounded instead
- MentorMentorUnlocks at rank 30 · 3 levelsLevel 1
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- Brutal ChargeBrutal Charge
- Charge bonus: +5
- Weapon strength: +5%
- Devastating ChargeDevastating Charge3 levelsLevel 1
- Charge bonus: +6
- Charge bonus: +16
- Charge bonus: +30
- Thick-SkinnedThick-Skinned3 levelsLevel 1
- Armour: +3
- Armour: +8
- Armour: +15
- Hard to HitHard to Hit3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee defence: +3
- Melee defence: +7
- Melee defence: +12
- Deadly BladeDeadly Blade3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee attack: +3
- Melee attack: +7
- Melee attack: +12
- Foe-SeekerFoe-Seeker
- Ability: "Foe-Seeker"
- Wound-MakerWound-Maker3 levelsLevel 1
- Weapon strength: +5%
- Weapon strength: +12%
- Weapon strength: +20%
- Scarred VeteranScarred Veteran3 levelsLevel 1
- Hit points: +3%
- Hit points: +8%
- Hit points: +15%
- IndomitableIndomitable3 levelsLevel 1
- Leadership: +4
- Leadership: +8
- Leadership: +12
- Blade ShieldBlade Shield3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee defence: +3
- Melee defence: +7
- Melee defence: +12
- Deadly OnslaughtDeadly Onslaught
- Ability: "Deadly Onslaught"
- ProvocateurProvocateurUnlocks at rank 10
- Hero action success chance: +10%
- Campaign movement range: +25% (when not embedded)
- Symbols of KhorneSymbols of KhorneUnlocks at rank 10
- Spread Corruption action: Khorne corruption is increased by an additional 3
- Daemons Reforged: +5% hit points for destroyed Daemons of Khorne units restored after battle (Hero's army)
- Control: -4 (local enemy province)
- War is PrayerWar is PrayerUnlocks at rank 10
- Unit experience gain: +15% (Hero's army)
- Passive ability: "Kill for Khorne"
- Character's aura leadership effect: +5
- Men of the HoundMen of the HoundUnlocks at rank 20
- Armour: +10 for Marauders of Khorne, Skullreapers and Wrathmongers units (Hero's army)
- Passive ability: "Rage" for Marauders of Khorne and Marauder Horsemen of Khorne units (Hero's army)
- Passive ability: "Rage"
- Murderous SycophantMurderous SycophantUnlocks at rank 20
- Wound action: Additional 10% chance of wounding target
- Character experience per turn: +200 (accompanying Lord)
- Enemy Hero action success chance: -10% (accompanying Lord)
- AspirantAspirantUnlocks at rank 20
- Effect duration: +50% to "Foe-Seeker" and "Deadly Onslaught"
- Character experience gain: +100%
- Ability: "Killing Blow"
- Replenish TroopsReplenish Troops3 levelsLevel 1
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 3%
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 6%
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 9%
- Spread CorruptionSpread Corruption3 levelsLevel 1
- Spread Corruption action: Khorne corruption is increased by an additional 1
- Spread Corruption action: Khorne corruption is increased by an additional 2
- Spread Corruption action: Khorne corruption is increased by an additional 3
- Damage WallsDamage Walls3 levelsLevel 1
- Damage Walls action: 1 additional wall breaches
- Damage Walls action: 2 additional wall breaches
- Damage Walls action: 3 additional wall breaches
- WoundWound3 levelsLevel 1
- Wound action: Additional 5% chance of wounding target
- Wound action: Additional 12% chance of wounding target
- Wound action: Additional 21% chance of wounding target
- Hinder ReplenishmentHinder Replenishment3 levelsLevel 1
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -10%
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -20%
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -40%
- SpecialistSpecialist3 levelsLevel 1
- Hero action cost: -10%
- Hero action success chance: +1%
- Hero action cost: -20%
- Hero action success chance: +3%
- Hero action cost: -40%
- Hero action success chance: +6%
Every version of Cultist of Khorne
3 units share this name (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.
| Version | HP | Models | Armour | Lead. | Speed | MA | MD | WS | Charge | Cost | Upkeep | Unit key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KhorneMelee Specialist | 4,068 | 1 | 75 | 65 | 44 | 55 | 40 | 420 | 45 | 2,000 | 250 | wh3_main_kho_cha_cultist_0 |
| KhorneMelee Specialist | 4,476 | 1 | 95 | 65 | 78 | 55 | 40 | 420 | 60 | 2,000 | 250 | wh3_main_kho_cha_cultist_1 |
| KhorneMelee Specialist | 11,250 | 1 | 70 | 65 | 38 | 35 | 25 | 375 | 25 | 3,000 | 250 | wh3_dlc20_kho_cha_cultist_mkho_warshrine |
Who can field it
- Khorne · Exiles of Khorne
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 game also has 2 summoned or scripted copies of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh3_main_pro_kho_cha_cultist_0, wh3_main_pro_kho_cha_cultist_1).
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.