Keeper of Secrets
Monster· Monster· Tier 4· 1 model at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Keeper of Secrets is Slaanesh, Daemons of Chaos and Warriors of Chaos monster: 7,720 HP, armour 15, melee attack 60, melee defence 54, weapon strength 500. It costs 2,000 in the campaign (Warriors of Chaos factions pay 3,000) and 1,650 in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_main_sla_mon_keeper_of_secrets_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
7,720
Armour
shield blocks 30% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
15
Leadership
80
Speed
80
Melee attack
60
Melee defence
54
Weapon strength
125 base + 375 armour-piercing
500
Charge bonus
60
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.
- Daemonic
Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity
- Devastating Flanker
Entities with this attribute double their charge bonus when attacking the rear or flank of an entity.
- Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.
Abilities
- Glamour of SlaaneshHex (Area) · -5 Melee AttackpassiveGlamour of SlaaneshHex (Area)-5 Melee AttackPassive · Range 35 mThe pure, unadulterated temptation that glorious perfection provides is as alluring as gold or the finest jewels.
- Lash of SlaaneshBreathactiveLash of SlaaneshBreathCooldown 30 s · Duration 6 s · 2 uses · Wind-up 1 sThe exquisite kiss of the Dark Prince's three-tailed whip strikes the enemy with a delicious fury.
- AcquiescenceHex · -25% Speed, -24 Melee DefenceactiveAcquiescenceHex-25% Speed-24 Melee DefenceDuration 25 s · 1 use · Wind-up 1 sThe spellcaster's corrupting touch puts their victims into a blissful, euphoric state for a short time, rendering them little able to move, let alone defend themselves.
- Daemonic InstabilityDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassiveDaemonic InstabilityDirect DamageCauses damage to selfPassiveAs the Daemon's courage falters, their mortal form crumbles and fades from this reality.
- Banished!Direct Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassiveBanished!Direct DamageCauses severe damage to selfPassiveOnce the Daemon's courage has failed them, they will fall back through the portal to the Chaos Realm whence they belong.
- 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.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 375 of 500 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Slaanesh: Pleasureseekers, Champions Of Slaanesh
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 3,500e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Slaanesh: Devoted Marauders of Slaanesh, Slaangors
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Slaanesh: Soul Grinder of Slaanesh, Devoted Marauders of Slaanesh (Spears)
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Slaanesh: Soul Grinder of Slaanesh, Exalted Seeker Chariot
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: Cauldron of a Thousand Poxes (20.13× faster), Bastiladon (Solar Engine) (8.40× faster), Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch (8.39× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Curs'd Ettin (2.64× slower), Chaos Giant (1.92× slower), Terracotta Sentinel (1.85× 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 1,650 multiplayer gold. Slaanesh units ranked.
Match-ups people search for: Keeper of Secrets vs Bloodthirster · Keeper of Secrets vs Great Unclean One · Keeper of Secrets vs Lord of Change
Who can field it
- Daemons of Chaos · Legion of Chaos
- Slaanesh · Seducers of Slaanesh
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse · extended roster
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.
Extended roster: Warriors of Chaos has this unit only through campaign_exclusive rows of units_custom_battle_permissions — CA's note: such units are “filtered out of matchmaking and are generally disabled when unit caps setting is enabled” (“Unable to recruit with unit caps enabled”). So: Custom Battle with Unit caps off, at the multiplayer cost, but not in ranked battles. Race rankings and best-unit lists leave such a unit out for those races.
The campaign also recruits 1 copy of this unit that no faction fields in custom battles (wh3_dlc27_sla_mon_keeper_of_secrets_dechala: from a mercenary pool). The game has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh3_main_sla_mon_keeper_of_secrets_summoned_0).
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.