Loec's Tricksters (Wardancers – Asrai Spears)
Melee infantry· Spear Infantry· Tier 3· 100 models at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Loec's Tricksters (Wardancers – Asrai Spears) are Wood Elves melee infantry: 6,800 HP across 100 models, armour 15, melee attack 40, melee defence 60, weapon strength 32. It costs 1,150 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh_pro04_wef_inf_wardancers_ror_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
68 per model
6,800
Armour
15
Leadership
80
Speed
46
Melee attack
40
Melee defence
60
Weapon strength
12 base + 20 armour-piercing, +23 vs large
32
Charge bonus
12
Attributes
- Charge Defence vs. Large
When bracing, this unit negates the charge bonus of any large attacker.
- Charge Reflection
When bracing, this unit causes additional damage when attacking charging enemies.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Woodsman
This unit can pass through trees.
- Immune to Psychology
The unit is immune to psychological attacks (Fear & Terror).
Abilities
- Storm of BladesAugment · +24 Melee Attack, -24 Melee DefenceactiveStorm of BladesAugment+24 Melee Attack-24 Melee DefenceCooldown 1 s · Wind-up 1 sWhat beauty and violence there is in the dance? A flurry of blades and a certain savagery of intent...
- The Shadow's CoilAugment · -24 Melee Attack, +24 Melee DefenceactiveThe Shadow's CoilAugment-24 Melee Attack+24 Melee DefenceCooldown 1 s · Wind-up 1 sThe wending and twisting of the Wardancers hardens their spirits and their bodies against would-be attackers.
- FrenzyAugment · +10% Charge Bonus, +10 Melee Attack…passiveFrenzyAugment+10% Charge Bonus+10 Melee Attack+10% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage+10% Base Weapon DamagePassiveSome warriors care not for their own personal safety, and so work themselves into a whirlwind of destruction and mindless violence!
- Loec's ShroudHiding · +25% SpeedactiveLoec's ShroudHiding+25% SpeedCooldown 120 s · Duration 44 sShadows be thy cloak and darkness thy ally.
Counters
Good against
- Large units — bonus vs large 23e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Wood Elves: Malevolent Treeman, Treeman
- Heavily armoured units — 20 of 32 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Wood Elves: Malevolent Treeman, Treeman
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Wood Elves: Bladesingers, Wardancers
- Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Wood Elves: Deepwood Scouts (Swiftshiver Shards), Glade Guard (Hagbane Tips)
- Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Wood Elves: Deepwood Scouts (Swiftshiver Shards), Sisters of the Thorn
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 110e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Wood Elves: Malevolent Treeman, Treeman
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: Skin Wolves (Armoured) (21.17× faster), Skin Wolves (18.83× faster), Gorgers (3.87× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Skullreapers (3.36× slower), Chosen of Tzeentch (3.28× slower), Infernal Ironsworn (3.00× 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 1,150 multiplayer gold. Wood Elf units ranked.
Who can field it
- Wood Elves · Talsyn
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.