Hit Points8,120 · 58 per modelThis determines how many hits a unit can withstand alongside armour and melee defence.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.hit_points, land_units.bonus_hit_points, main_units.num_men · (soldier + mount hit points + bonus hit points) × modelsHealth
58 per model
8,120
bottom 25% of class
Armour25 · shield blocks 35% of frontal missilesHow resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_valueArmour
shield blocks 35% of frontal missiles
25
bottom 29% of class
Leadership45A unit with high leadership is less likely to rout in the face of danger.
Leadership is improved by experience in battle.Patch 9.0 · land_units.moraleLeadership
45
bottom 5% of class
Speed35This is how fast a unit moves.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.run_speed / fly_speed (mount if any) · run or fly speed × 10Speed
35
top 48% of class
Melee Attack32This 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 · land_units.melee_attackMelee attack
32
bottom 39% of class
Melee Defence28This 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 · land_units.melee_defenceMelee defence
28
bottom 26% of class
Weapon strength28 · 21 base + 7 armour-piercingBase Weapon Damage: Base weapon damageArmour-Piercing Weapon Damage: Armour-piercing weapon damagePatch 9.0 · melee_weapons.damage + ap_damage · base damage + armour-piercing damageWeapon strength
21 base + 7 armour-piercing
28
bottom 22% of class
Charge Bonus15This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0 · land_units.charge_bonusCharge bonus
15
bottom 38% of class
Attributes
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
BackstabbersAugment · +30% Base Missile Damage, +30% Base Weapon DamagepassiveBackstabbersAugment+30% Base Missile Damage+30% Base Weapon DamagePassiveHobgoblins are just horrid: devious, ultra-tricksy, untrustworthy killers. They're also cowards, unsurprisingly – so don't turn your back on one for an instant. Gottit?
Malign AuthorityAugment · +8 LeadershippassiveMalign AuthorityAugment+8 LeadershipPassive"Best not step out of line. Heard a Labourer ask for more gruel the other day, and they put him in the pot!"
Who can field it
- The Legion of Azgorh
The game also has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that players don't recruit directly (wh3_dlc23_chd_inf_hobgoblin_cutthroats_summoned).
Where these numbers come from
Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 8a4f7e64). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.