Great Moon Bird
Monster· Flying Monster· Tier 4· 1 model at Ultra size
Comes with Shadows of Change(Warhammer III)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Great Moon Bird is Grand Cathay monster: 7,298 HP, armour 40, melee attack 44, melee defence 50, weapon strength 560. It costs 1,600 in the campaign and 1,500 in multiplayer. It comes with Shadows of Change. Unit key wh3_dlc24_cth_mon_great_moon_bird. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
7,298
Armour
40
Leadership
70
Speed
120
Melee attack
44
Melee defence
50
Weapon strength
360 base + 200 armour-piercing
560
Charge bonus
46
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.
- Can Fly
This unit can fly.
- Yin
This unit counts as a Yin unit for the purpose of Battle Harmony proximity.
Abilities
- Moon FlareVortexactiveMoon FlareVortexCooldown 90 s · Duration 11.5 s · 3 uses · Wind-up 1.5 sDon't get anywhere near this silvery-blue flame as it gushes forth. Best not even look at it, in fact. Certainly do not touch it if you value your continued existence.
- Battle Harmony: YinAugment · +4% Speed, +4 Leadership…passiveBattle Harmony: YinAugment+4% Speed+4 Leadership+12 Reload SkillEffect intensity increases by highest nearby Harmony multiplier on a unit.Activates when within 60 metres of a Yang unit.PassiveThere must be balance in all things: dark and light, moon and sun, female and male.
- 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.
Upgrades
Bought with Unstable Experiments
Celestial Emperor Insignia
Celestial Emperor Insignia · 1 Unstable Experiments · only Claws of the White Tiger
- Melee attack: -4
- Melee defence: +6
- Physical resistance: 10%
Desert Tigress Insignia
Desert Tigress Insignia · 1 Unstable Experiments · only Claws of the White Tiger
- Melee defence: -4
- Bonus vs Large: +8
- Charge bonus: +20%
Iron Dragon Insignia
Iron Dragon Insignia · 1 Unstable Experiments · only Claws of the White Tiger
- Passive ability: "Attuned to Magic"
- Passive ability: ""
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
Good against
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Grand Cathay: Tiger Warrior Stalkers, Onyx Crowmen
- Units weak to fire — flaming melee attackse.g. Malevolent Treeman, Chaos Frost Dragon, Treeman
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 2,000e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Grand Cathay: Peasant Long Spearmen, Celestial Dragon Guard
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Grand Cathay: Iron Claw Tiger Warriors, Celestial Dragon Guard
- Missile fire — armour 40, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Grand Cathay: Iron Hail Gunners, Fire Rain Rocket Battery
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: Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch (11.50× faster), Cauldron of a Thousand Poxes (11.45× faster), Bastiladon (Solar Engine) (4.06× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Curs'd Ettin (4.04× slower), Feral Carnosaur (3.39× slower), Terracotta Sentinel (3.11× 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 1,500 multiplayer gold. Grand Cathay units ranked.
Match-ups people search for: Great Moon Bird vs Celestial Lion
Who can field it
- Grand Cathay · The Northern Provinces
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.