Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Spears)
Melee cavalry· Cavalry· Tier 2· 60 models at Ultra size
Comes with Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs(Warhammer III)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Spears) are Chaos Dwarfs melee cavalry: 4,260 HP across 60 models, armour 45, melee attack 26, melee defence 26, weapon strength 28. It costs 500 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs. Unit key wh3_dlc23_chd_cav_hobgoblin_wolf_raiders_spears. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
71 per model
4,260
Armour
shield blocks 35% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
45
Leadership
45
Speed
92
Melee attack
26
Melee defence
26
Weapon strength
21 base + 7 armour-piercing
28
Charge bonus
40
Attributes
- Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
- Cowardly DespoilersAugment · +25% Base Weapon DamagepassiveCowardly DespoilersAugment+25% Base Weapon DamagePassiveStick a Hobgoblin on a wolf and point them at the enemy, having first pointed out that if they retreat, *you'll* kill them, and they can be most effective when massed for a charge.
- 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!"
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Chaos Dwarfs: Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower, Bull Centaur Renders (Great Weapons)
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: Corpse Cart (Balefire) (115.38× faster), Corpse Cart (Unholy Lodestone) (115.38× faster), Goblin Wolf Chariots (5.98× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Forest Goblin Spider Riders (1.74× slower), Peasant Horsemen (1.69× slower), Feral Cold Ones (1.56× 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 500 multiplayer gold. Chaos Dwarf units ranked.
Who can field it
- Chaos Dwarfs · The Legion of Azgorh
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.