Flayerkin
Melee infantry· Melee Infantry· Tier 2· 90 models at Ultra size
Comes with Lords of the End Times - Warriors of Chaos(Warhammer III)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Flayerkin are Warriors of Chaos and Norsca melee infantry: 8,460 HP across 90 models, armour 15, melee attack 35, melee defence 28, weapon strength 42. It costs 625 in the campaign (19 Norsca factions pay 2,400) and 625 in multiplayer. They come with Lords of the End Times - Warriors of Chaos. Unit key wh3_dlc29_chs_inf_flayerkin. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
94 per model
8,460
Armour
15
Leadership
65
Speed
39
Melee attack
35
Melee defence
28
Weapon strength
28 base + 14 armour-piercing, +8 vs infantry
42
Charge bonus
35
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.
- Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.
Abilities
- Mutant RushAugment · +20% Charge Speed, +20% Speed…passiveMutant RushAugment+20% Charge Speed+20% Speed+20% Missile ResistancePassive · Cooldown 30 s · Duration 30 sFlayerkin charge the enemy with eagerness to flay and kill.
- RageAugment · +5 Melee Attack, +8 Leadership…passiveRageAugment+5 Melee Attack+8 Leadership+10% Physical ResistanceEffect intensity increases with time spent engaged in melee.PassiveAll it takes is the white-hot heat of battle to turn the issue of poor anger management into a violent advantage.
Upgrades
Upgraded from: Marauders, Marauders (Great Weapons)
Campaign only, from the game's tables (unit_upgrade_to_unit_groups, unit_purchasable_effects), patch 9.0.4. Costs are before skills and technologies that make upgrades cheaper.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Warriors of Chaos: Gorebeast Chariots, Chaos Chariots of Khorne
- Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Warriors of Chaos: Marauder Horsemasters, Marauder Horsemen of Khorne (Throwing Axes)
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 120e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · 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
Gold for gold
Beats, at a similar price: Warp-Grinders (8.53× faster), Eshin Triads (4.56× faster), Khorngors (2.81× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Bleakswords (1.21× slower), Nehekharan Warriors (1.19× slower), Devoted Marauders of Slaanesh (1.19× 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 625 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.
Patch changes
New unit in this patch.
Who can field it
- Norsca · World Walkers
- 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.