How much HP do Marauders (Great Weapons) have?

Marauders (Great Weapons) have 9,360 HP across 120 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Marauders (Great Weapons) cost?

Marauders (Great Weapons) cost 450 in the campaign and in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Marauders (Great Weapons)?

The unit key is wh_main_chs_inf_chaos_marauders_1; other versions: wh_main_nor_inf_chaos_marauders_1.

Marauders (Great Weapons)

Melee infantry· Great Axe Infantry· Tier 1· 120 models at Ultra size

Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.

Marauders (Great Weapons) are Warriors of Chaos and Norsca melee infantry: 9,360 HP across 120 models, armour 15, melee attack 34, melee defence 20, weapon strength 30. It costs 450 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh_main_chs_inf_chaos_marauders_1. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

78 per model

9,360

top 41% of class

Armour

bottom 10% of class

Leadership

bottom 19% of class

Speed

top 48% of class

Melee attack

bottom 48% of class

Melee defence

bottom 7% of class

Weapon strength

7 base + 23 armour-piercing

bottom 30% of class

Charge bonus

top 38% of class

Campaign cost: 450
Multiplayer cost: 450
Upkeep: 112
Mass: 100

Unit key (for console commands)

wh_main_chs_inf_chaos_marauders_1

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 60
Melee attack: 34
Melee defence: 20
Experience: —

Rank 0 (recruited); the stat card stays at rank 0. Per rank: base^growth_rate × growth_scalar (unit_experience_bonuses, unit_experience_thresholds), patch 9.0.4. Worth in gold: the price at which the ranked unit breaks even against rank-0 copies of itself (combat calculator formulas).

Recruited from

The first building level that unlocks it (table building_units_allowed), patch 9.0.4. Unlock (computed): every level of that chain up to it (building_levels create_cost, create_time, one after another) and the main building level it needs, before cost reductions.

Base values at Ultra unit size, rank 0, no skills or items — patch 9.0.4. Hover a number for the game table it comes from. Bars are computed on this site: where the unit sits among melee infantry units players can field.

Attributes

Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Upgrades

Can become

Marauders, Marauders (Great Weapons)Undivided
150 gold
COMPUTED Marauders: recruiting it costs 375; this unit + the upgrade 600 (+225) · upkeep −18 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 26.3 s
Marauders of Khorne (Dual Weapons), Marauders of KhorneKhorne
250 gold
COMPUTED Marauders of Khorne (Dual Weapons): recruiting it costs 550; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+150) · upkeep +26 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 23.8 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Marauders of Khorne: recruiting it costs 400; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+300) · upkeep −12 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 26.7 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Searing Branding Iron or wh3_dlc20_chs_und_shared_marks_khorne_belakor
Marauders of Nurgle (Great Weapons), Marauders of NurgleNurgle
250 gold
COMPUTED Marauders of Nurgle (Great Weapons): recruiting it costs 500; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+200) · upkeep +13 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 26.8 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Marauders of Nurgle: recruiting it costs 425; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+275) · upkeep −6 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 32.5 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Rusted Branding Iron or wh3_dlc20_chs_und_shared_marks_nurgle_belakor or wh3_dlc29_chs_glottkin_festus_shared_marks_nurgle
Marauders of Slaanesh (Hellscourges), Marauders of SlaaneshSlaanesh
250 gold
COMPUTED Marauders of Slaanesh (Hellscourges): recruiting it costs 550; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+150) · upkeep +26 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 36.1 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Marauders of Slaanesh: recruiting it costs 450; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+250) · upkeep ±0 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 27.7 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Sensuous Branding Iron or wh3_dlc20_chs_und_shared_marks_slaanesh_belakor
Marauders of Tzeentch (Spears), Marauders of TzeentchTzeentch
250 gold
COMPUTED Marauders of Tzeentch (Spears): recruiting it costs 500; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+200) · upkeep +13 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 35.4 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
COMPUTED Marauders of Tzeentch: recruiting it costs 425; this unit + the upgrade 700 (+275) · upkeep −6 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 28 s · its technology: 1,500 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: Arcane Branding Iron or wh3_dlc20_chs_und_shared_marks_tzeentch_belakor
ForsakenUndivided
500 gold · needs rank 3 · loses 3 ranks
COMPUTED recruiting it costs 750; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+200) · upkeep +76 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 32.3 s · its technology: 700 research points to reach it (cheapest route)
Technology: A Thousand Twisted Blessings
Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors, Chaos Warriors (Halberds)Undivided
500 gold · needs rank 5 · loses 5 ranks
COMPUTED Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons): recruiting it costs 825; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+125) · upkeep +94 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 55.9 s
COMPUTED Chaos Warriors: recruiting it costs 750; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+200) · upkeep +76 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 80.8 s
COMPUTED Chaos Warriors (Halberds): recruiting it costs 850; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+100) · upkeep +101 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 75.2 s
FlayerkinUndivided
500 gold · needs rank 3 · loses 3 ranks
COMPUTED recruiting it costs 625; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+325) · upkeep +45 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 22.2 → 23.8 s

Upgraded from: Marauders

Campaign only, from the game's tables (unit_upgrade_to_unit_groups, unit_purchasable_effects), patch 9.0.4. Costs are before skills and technologies that make upgrades cheaper. “Lasts”: the whole unit's hit points (a magic barrier included, taken first) ÷ one unit of Chaos Warriors' melee damage per second against it (combat calculator formulas, base cards). Every mark and promotion compared: best Mark of Chaos.

Counters

Good against

Heavily armoured units — 23 of 30 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Knights of Khorne, Chosen of Khorne

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Warriors of Chaos: Gorebeast Chariots, Chaos Chariots of Khorne
Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Warriors of Chaos: Marauder Horsemasters, Marauder Horsemen of Khorne (Throwing Axes)
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 100e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Dragon Ogre Shaggoth

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

COMPUTEDAt equal gold it beats 70.5% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 358.7 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 49.3 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Grail Reliquae (156.53× faster), Miners (Blasting Charges) (2.42× faster), Red Crested Skinks (2.04× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Clanrats (Shields) (1.66× slower), Marauders (1.65× slower), Spearmen (Shields) (1.59× 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 450 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.

Every version of Marauders (Great Weapons)

2 units share this name across races (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

Version	HP	Models	Armour	Lead.	Speed	MA	MD	WS	Charge	Cost	Upkeep	Unit key
Warriors of ChaosGreat Axe Infantry	9,360	120	15	60	35	34	20	30	22	450	112	`wh_main_chs_inf_chaos_marauders_1`
NorscaGreat Axe Infantry	9,360	120	15	60	35	34	20	30	22	475	119	`wh_main_nor_inf_chaos_marauders_1`

Who can field it

Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
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.