Gorebeast Chariots
Chariot· Monstrous Chariot· Tier 3· 4 models (crew of 8) at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Gorebeast Chariots are Warriors of Chaos chariot: 6,560 HP across 4 models, armour 130, melee attack 30, melee defence 32, weapon strength 70. It costs 1,200 in the campaign and 1,150 in multiplayer. Unit key wh_dlc01_chs_cav_gorebeast_chariot. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
1,640 per model
6,560
Armour
130
Leadership
70
Speed
66
Melee attack
30
Melee defence
32
Weapon strength
26 base + 44 armour-piercing, +30 vs infantry
70
Charge bonus
80
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.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Upgrades
Can become
Gorebeast Chariots of KhorneKhorne
250 gold
COMPUTED recruiting it costs 1,300; this unit + the upgrade 1,450 (+150) · upkeep +25 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 46.2 → 41 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Searing Branding Iron or wh3_dlc20_chs_und_shared_marks_khorne_belakor
Upgraded from: Chaos Chariots
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. “Lasts”: the whole unit's hit points (a magic barrier included, taken first) ÷ one unit of Chaos Warriors' melee damage per second against it (combat calculator formulas, base cards). Every mark and promotion compared: best Mark of Chaos.
Counters
Good against
- Infantry-sized units — bonus vs infantry 30e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Blessed Temple Guard · Warriors of Chaos: Putrid Blightkings, Chosen of Nurgle
- Heavily armoured units — 44 of 70 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 4,130e.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 Ogre Shaggoth, Dragon Ogres
- Armour-piercing — armour 130e.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
Gold for gold
Beats, at a similar price: Casket of Souls (98.28× faster), War Wagons (Mortars) (13.85× faster), War Wagons (11.43× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Chaos Knights of Nurgle (21.47× slower), Questing Knights (20.64× slower), Chaos Knights (17.27× 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 1,150 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.
Who can field it
- 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.