Marauder Spearmen
Melee infantry· Spear Infantry· Tier 1· 120 models at Ultra size
Comes with Norsca(Warhammer I)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Marauder Spearmen are Norsca melee infantry: 9,360 HP across 120 models, armour 15, melee attack 25, melee defence 37, weapon strength 25. It costs 425 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with Norsca. Unit key wh_dlc08_nor_inf_marauder_spearman_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
78 per model
9,360
Armour
15
Leadership
60
Speed
35
Melee attack
25
Melee defence
37
Weapon strength
20 base + 5 armour-piercing, +15 vs large
25
Charge bonus
6
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.
Abilities
- RageAugment · +5 Melee Attack, +8 Leadership…passiveRageAugment+5 Melee Attack+8 Leadership+10% Physical ResistanceEffect intensity increases with time spent engaged in melee.PassiveAll it takes is the white-hot heat of battle to turn the issue of poor anger management into a violent advantage.
Counters
Good against
- Large units — bonus vs large 15e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Norsca: Curs'd Ettin, War Mammoth
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, Morghast Harbingers, Exalted Seeker Chariot · Norsca: War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth
- Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Norsca: Marauder Hunters, Marauder Ice Wolf Chariots
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 100e.g. Thunderbarge, Steam Tank, Thundertusk · Norsca: Dread Maw, Curs'd Ettin
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: Grail Reliquae (313.58× faster), Red Crested Skinks (1.86× faster), Pigback Riders (1.80× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Men-at-Arms (Shields) (2.47× slower), Goblins (2.32× slower), Clanrats (2.13× 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 425 multiplayer gold. Norsca units ranked.
Who can field it
- Norsca · World Walkers
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.