Gutter Runners
Missile infantry· Missile Infantry· Tier 2· 120 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Gutter Runners are Skaven missile infantry: 6,960 HP across 120 models, armour 20, melee attack 26, melee defence 20, weapon strength 28, range 70 m, missile damage 2,400 per 10 s for the whole unit. It costs 700 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_skv_inf_gutter_runners_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
58 per model
6,960
Armour
20
Leadership
54
Speed
54
Melee attack
26
Melee defence
20
Weapon strength
21 base + 7 armour-piercing
28
Charge bonus
14
Ranged
Range
70 m
Ammunition
12
Missile damage
11 base + 3 AP
14
Reload time
7 s
Damage per 10 s
20
Attributes
- Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
- Fire Whilst Moving
This unit can fire while on the move.
- Stalk
This unit can move hidden in any terrain.
Abilities
- Scurry Away!Augment · +10% SpeedpassiveScurry Away!Augment+10% SpeedPassive"He who runs away lives to fight another day!" - so the foul, craven adage goes.
- Snare-NetHex · -10% Charge Speed, -10% SpeedpassiveSnare-NetHex-10% Charge Speed-10% SpeedPassive · Range 35 mSnare-nets are lightweight but strong and covered in hooks. They are used by Gutter Runners to capture live prisoners.
- Strength in NumbersAugment · -10% Speed, +8 Melee Defence…passiveStrength in NumbersAugment-10% Speed+8 Melee Defence+6 LeadershipPassiveSkaven are craven by nature but take courage when in packs of their own kind, where they move slower but enjoy the safety of numbers.
Upgrades
Bought with Mutagen
A Second Brain
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Bound spell: "Death Frenzy"
- Attribute: Encourage
- Leadership: +5
- Melee defence: -5
Bone Elongation
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: -5
- Bonus vs Large: +10
- Weapon strength: +20%
Hideous Disfigurement
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Causes Fear
- Attribute: Causes Terror
- Leadership: -5
Imperfection Removal
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: +20
- Melee defence: -10
- Weapon strength: +40%
- Casualty replenishment rate: -100%
Mind Control
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Immune to Psychology
- Leadership: +5
- Melee defence: -5
Nasty Inbreed
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Feral Rage"
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +5
- Charge bonus: +20
Spider Senses
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: -5
- Physical resistance: 20%
Accelerated Mitosis
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Random Uncommon Augments applied: +2 (only applies unlocked Augments)
Cancerous Carapace
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Armour: +20
- Spell resistance: 15%
Enhanced Muscle Fibre
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Strider
- Melee defence: +5
- Speed: +15%
Mors-tosterone
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Frenzy"
Muscle Enlargement
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +5
- Melee attack: +5
Smart Feeding
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Upkeep: -15% for this unit
- Casualty replenishment rate: +15%
Soldier Serum
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Unit rank: +5
Stalker Senses
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Stalk
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment
Final Evolution
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Random Rare Augments applied: +3 (only applies unlocked Augments)
Necroparasites
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Ability: "Necroparasites"
Troll Spleen
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour
- Passive ability: "Regeneration"
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
- Lightly armoured units without shields — 2,400 missile damage per 10 s (whole unit)e.g. Curs'd Ettin, Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies · Skaven: Plague Monk Censer Bearers, Clanrat Spears
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth, Morghast Harbingers · Skaven: Doom-Flayers, Doomwheel
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Amethyst Outriders, Deepwood Scouts (Swiftshiver Shards), Luminark of Hysh · Skaven: Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers
- Missile fire — armour 20, no shielde.g. Chameleon Stalkers, Blessed Chameleon Stalkers, Thunderers (Grudge-Rakers) · Skaven: Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons)
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 90e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Skaven: Hell Pit Abomination, Mutant Rat Ogre
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
Match-ups people search for: Gutter Runners vs Gutter Runner Slingers · Gutter Runners vs Night Runners
Who can field it
- Skaven · Clan Mors
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.