Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
Monster· Dragon Ogre Shaggoth· Tier 5· 1 model at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Dragon Ogre Shaggoth is Warriors of Chaos and Nurgle monster: 8,588 HP, armour 70, melee attack 58, melee defence 44, weapon strength 560. It costs 2,000 in the campaign (Warriors of Chaos factions pay 3,000) and 2,000 in multiplayer. Unit key wh_dlc01_chs_mon_dragon_ogre_shaggoth. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
8,588
Armour
70
Leadership
75
Speed
76
Melee attack
58
Melee defence
44
Weapon strength
160 base + 400 armour-piercing, +30 vs large
560
Charge bonus
52
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.
- Causes Terror
This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that cause terror are immune to terror and fear themselves.
- Wallbreaker
Allows the unit to attack and destroy walls in melee. This attribute also adds a +50% damage multiplier against buildings.
Abilities
- 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.
Counters
Good against
- Large units — bonus vs large 30e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Chaos Warshrine of Nurgle
- Heavily armoured units — 400 of 560 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Knights of Khorne, Chosen of Khorne
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 5,500e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Warriors of Chaos: Chosen of Nurgle, Chosen of Slaanesh
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Warriors of Chaos: Dragon Ogres, Chosen of Tzeentch (Halberds)
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: Ancient Stegadon (Engine of the Gods) (4.71× faster), Ancient Stegadon (4.47× faster), Thundertusk (3.47× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Curs'd Ettin (2.17× slower), Chaos Giant (1.90× slower), Kharibdyss (1.57× 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 2,000 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.
Every version of Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
2 units share this name across races (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warriors of ChaosDragon Ogre Shaggoth | 8,588 | 1 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 58 | 44 | 560 | 52 | 2,000 | 500 | wh_dlc01_chs_mon_dragon_ogre_shaggoth |
| NurgleDragon Ogre Shaggoth | 8,588 | 1 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 58 | 44 | 560 | 52 | — | 500 | wh3_dlc25_nur_chieftain_mon_dragon_ogre_shaggoth |
Who can field it
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
- Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle · extended roster
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.
Extended roster: Nurgle has this unit only through campaign_exclusive rows of units_custom_battle_permissions — CA's note: such units are “filtered out of matchmaking and are generally disabled when unit caps setting is enabled” (“Unable to recruit with unit caps enabled”). So: Custom Battle with Unit caps off, at the multiplayer cost, but not in ranked battles. Race rankings and best-unit lists leave such a unit out for those races.
The campaign also recruits 1 copy of this unit that no faction fields in custom battles (wh3_dlc27_chs_mon_dragon_ogre_shaggoth_monst_arcanum_reward: from a mercenary pool). The game has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh_dlc08_chs_mon_dragon_ogre_shaggoth_minor_boss).
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.