Minotaurs (Shields)
Monstrous infantry· Monstrous Infantry· Tier 3· 16 models at Ultra size
Comes with Call of the Beastmen(Warhammer I)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Minotaurs (Shields) are Beastmen monstrous infantry: 8,704 HP across 16 models, armour 45, melee attack 34, melee defence 45, weapon strength 110. It costs 1,250 in multiplayer. They come with Call of the Beastmen. Unit key wh_dlc03_bst_inf_minotaurs_1. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
544 per model
8,704
Armour
shield blocks 55% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
45
Leadership
75
Speed
62
Melee attack
34
Melee defence
45
Weapon strength
33 base + 77 armour-piercing
110
Charge bonus
32
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.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Woodsman
This unit can pass through trees.
Abilities
- BloodgreedAugment · +15% Charge Bonus, +16 Melee Attack…passiveBloodgreedAugment+15% Charge Bonus+16 Melee Attack+20% Armour-Piercing Weapon DamageEffect intensity increases with each kill made by the unit. (Maximum intensity at 200 kills)PassiveBecoming more savage and frenzied the greater the scent and sight of blood.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 77 of 110 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Beastmen: Razorgor Chariots
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,600e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Beastmen: Bestigor Herd, Gor Herd
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Beastmen: Ghorgon, Preyton
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: Changebringers (29.20× faster), Ushabti (Great Bows) (5.45× faster), Leadbelchers (4.67× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Plague Ogres (Great Weapons) (2.76× slower), Maneaters (Great Weapons) (2.27× slower), Maneaters (Ironfists) (1.66× 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 1,250 multiplayer gold. Beastmen units ranked.
Who can field it
- Beastmen · Warherd of the One-Eye
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.