Devoted Marauders of Slaanesh (Hellscourges)
Melee infantry· Whip Infantry· Tier 2· 120 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Devoted Marauders of Slaanesh (Hellscourges) are Slaanesh melee infantry: 9,360 HP across 120 models, armour 15, melee attack 30, melee defence 38, weapon strength 30. It costs 550 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_main_sla_inf_marauders_2. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
78 per model
9,360
Armour
shield blocks 35% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
15
Leadership
60
Speed
40
Melee attack
30
Melee defence
38
Weapon strength
26 base + 4 armour-piercing
30
Charge bonus
18
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.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Slaanesh: Exalted Seeker Chariot, Hellflayers
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 100e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Slaanesh: Exalted Seeker Chariot, Hellflayers
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: Grail Reliquae (169.15× faster), Warp-Grinders (8.64× faster), Eshin Triads (4.57× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Longbeards (1.84× slower), Chaos Dwarf Warriors (1.62× slower), Hobgoblin Cutthroats (1.45× 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 550 multiplayer gold. Slaanesh units ranked.
Who can field it
- Slaanesh · Seducers of Slaanesh
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.