Exalted Hero of Nurgle
Hero· Melee Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size
Comes with Champions of Chaos(Warhammer III)
Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Exalted Hero of Nurgle is Warriors of Chaos and Nurgle hero: 4,474 HP, armour 100, melee attack 50, melee defence 50, weapon strength 450. It costs 1,000 in the campaign and 900 in multiplayer. It comes with Champions of Chaos. Unit key wh3_dlc20_chs_cha_exalted_hero_mnur. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Hit Points4,474This 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
4,474
top 43% of class
Armour100How resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_value
Armour
100
top 22% of class
Leadership70A 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
70
top 36% of class
Speed33This 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
33
bottom 8% of class
Melee Attack50This 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
50
top 23% of class
Melee Defence50This 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
50
top 13% of class
Weapon strength450 · 110 base + 340 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
110 base + 340 armour-piercing
450
top 14% of class
Charge Bonus35This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.charge_bonus
Charge bonus
35
bottom 36% 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 Nurgle
A unit with the Mark of Nurgle has: Poison Contact Effect Increased Hit Points Increased Melee Defence Reduced Melee Attack
Abilities
- Acid IchorAugment · +6 Melee Damage Reflection, Reflects melee damage dealt to unit back at the attackerpassiveAcid IchorAugment+6 Melee Damage ReflectionReflects melee damage dealt to unit back at the attackerPassiveThe blood is transformed into a corrosive fluid. Deadly acid spurts from every wound.
- Cloud of FliesAugment · +9 Melee DefencepassiveCloud of FliesAugment+9 Melee DefencePassive · Cooldown 15 sThrough His endless pestilent blessings, the Plague Lord's followers thrive and surge forward when others would simply wither and die.
- 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.
- Heroic Killing BlowAugment · +50% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage, +50% Base Weapon DamageactiveHeroic Killing BlowAugment+50% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage+50% Base Weapon DamageCooldown 90 s · Duration 25 sThere are powerful beings who can decapitate a dragon or plunge a sword into the heart of a griffon in one mighty strike.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 340 of 450 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Knights of Khorne, Chosen of Khorne
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Warriors of Chaos: Gorebeast Chariots, Chaos Chariots of Khorne
- Armour-piercing — armour 100e.g. Warp-Doom Magma-Cannon, Luminark of Hysh, Little Grom · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
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
Exalted Hero of Nurgle skill tree
31 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 Exalted Hero of Nurgle's skills
- Chaos SteedChaos SteedUnlocks at rank 4
- Mount: Chaos Steed
- Chaos ChariotChaos ChariotUnlocks at rank 10
- Mount: Chaos Chariot
- Rot BeastRot BeastUnlocks at rank 16
- Mount: Rot Beast
- Servant of DecayServant of DecayUnlocks at rank 1 · 3 levelsLevel 1
- Nurgle Authority: +1 (Hero's army)
- Tzeentch Authority: -1 (Hero's army)
- Nurgle Authority: +2 (Hero's army)
- Tzeentch Authority: -2 (Hero's army)
- Nurgle Authority: +3 (Hero's army)
- Tzeentch Authority: -3 (Hero's army)
- Infernal ChampionInfernal ChampionUnlocks at rank 15
- Weapon strength: +10%
- Aura of ChaosAura of ChaosUnlocks at rank 8
- Missile 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
- Blade MasterBlade Master
- Melee attack: +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
- Heroic Killing BlowHeroic Killing Blow
- Ability: "Heroic Killing Blow"
- 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"
- Chaos GladiatorChaos GladiatorUnlocks at rank 5
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +50
- Bonus vs Infantry: +5
- Melee attack: +5
- Chaos CommanderChaos CommanderUnlocks at rank 5
- Ability: "Stand or Die!"
- Leadership aura size: +25%
- Chaos StrategistChaos StrategistUnlocks at rank 5
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 20%
- Casualty replenishment rate: +5% (Hero's army)
- Stench-RiddenStench-RiddenUnlocks at rank 7
- Ability: "Locus of Fecundity"
- Physical resistance: 5%
- Toxic TrooperToxic TrooperUnlocks at rank 7
- Passive ability: "Acid Ichor"
- Armour: -10 (enemy armies in local province)
- Plague FeederPlague FeederUnlocks at rank 7
- Nurgle corruption: +2 (local province)
- Melee defence: +5
- TrainingTraining3 levelsLevel 1
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 10%
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 20%
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 30%
- Spread ControlSpread Control3 levelsLevel 1
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 1
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 2
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 3
- Assault GarrisonAssault Garrison3 levelsLevel 1
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 5% casualties inflicted
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 15% casualties inflicted
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 30% casualties inflicted
- AssassinateAssassinate3 levelsLevel 1
- Assassinate action: Additional 3% success chance
- Assassinate action: Additional 8% success chance
- Assassinate action: Additional 15% success chance
- Assault UnitsAssault Units3 levelsLevel 1
- Assault Units action: Additional 3% casualties inflicted
- Assault Units action: Additional 8% casualties inflicted
- Assault Units action: Additional 15% casualties inflicted
- 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 Exalted Hero of Nurgle
4 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 Chaos, NurgleMelee Specialist | 4,474 | 1 | 100 | 70 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 450 | 35 | 1,000 | 250 | wh3_dlc20_chs_cha_exalted_hero_mnur |
| Warriors of Chaos, NurgleMelee Specialist | 5,646 | 1 | 100 | 70 | 75 | 53 | 52 | 490 | 65 | 1,200 | 300 | wh3_dlc25_chs_cha_exalted_hero_mnur_rot_beast |
| Warriors of Chaos, NurgleMelee Specialist | 5,146 | 1 | 120 | 70 | 78 | 50 | 50 | 450 | 50 | 1,200 | 300 | wh3_dlc20_chs_cha_exalted_hero_mnur_chaos_steed |
| Warriors of Chaos, NurgleMelee Specialist | 5,380 | 1 | 110 | 70 | 78 | 35 | 25 | 420 | 75 | 1,300 | 325 | wh3_dlc20_chs_cha_exalted_hero_mnur_chaos_chariot |
Who can field it
- Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
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.