Khorne’s Bloody Fist (Bloodthirster)
Monster· Flying Monster· Tier 5· 1 model at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Khorne’s Bloody Fist (Bloodthirster) is Khorne, Daemons of Chaos and Warriors of Chaos monster: 7,732 HP, armour 70, melee attack 73, melee defence 54, weapon strength 540. It costs 2,350 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_twa08_kho_mon_bloodthirster_0_ror. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
7,732
Armour
70
Leadership
90
Speed
95
Melee attack
73
Melee defence
54
Weapon strength
160 base + 380 armour-piercing, +35 vs large
540
Charge bonus
55
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
- Can Fly
This unit can fly.
Abilities
- 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.
- GoreshellAugment · +10% Damage ResistancepassiveGoreshellAugment+10% Damage ResistancePassiveThe closer to monstrous foes the Bloody Fist is, the less likely it is to die. Truly a blessing from Khorne Himself!
Counters
Good against
- Large units — bonus vs large 35e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Khorne: Slaughterbrute, Spawn of Khorne
- Heavily armoured units — 380 of 540 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Khorne: Skullcrushers of Khorne, Gorebeast Chariots of Khorne
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Khorne: Soul Grinder of Khorne, Bloodcrushers of Khorne
- Units weak to fire — flaming melee attackse.g. Malevolent Treeman, Chaos Frost Dragon, Treeman
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 4,000e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Khorne: Khorngors, Skullreapers
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Khorne: Minotaurs of Khorne (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors of Khorne (Halberds)
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Khorne: Soul Grinder of Khorne, Skullcannon
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: Ancient Stegadon (Engine of the Gods) (7.07× faster), Ancient Stegadon (6.72× faster), Khemrian Warsphinx (3.64× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Arachnarok Spider (1.64× slower), K'daai Destroyer (1.54× slower), Soul Grinder of Slaanesh (1.53× 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 2,350 multiplayer gold. Khorne units ranked.
Who can field it
- Daemons of Chaos · Legion of Chaos
- Khorne · Exiles of Khorne
- 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.
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.