Moon-howlers (Goblin Wolf Riders)
Melee cavalry· Cavalry· Tier 2· 80 models at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Comes with The King & The Warlord(Warhammer I)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Moon-howlers (Goblin Wolf Riders) are Greenskins melee cavalry: 4,720 HP across 80 models, armour 25, melee attack 29, melee defence 29, weapon strength 24. It costs 425 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with The King & The Warlord. Unit key wh_dlc06_grn_cav_moon_howlers_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
59 per model
4,720
Armour
shield blocks 30% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
25
Leadership
54
Speed
92
Melee attack
29
Melee defence
29
Weapon strength
19 base + 5 armour-piercing
24
Charge bonus
23
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.
- Expendable
Witnessing friendly expendable units rout does not reduce other units' leadership, unless they are themselves expendable.
- Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Upgrades
Bought with Scrap
Scrap Saddles
Mount · 35 Scrap
- Armour: +15
- Speed: +15%
Rusty Stabberz
Weapon · 30 Scrap
- Bonus vs Infantry: +6
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.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Greenskins: Goblin Bolt Throwa, Lava Arachnarok Spider
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: Corpse Cart (Balefire) (195.13× faster), Corpse Cart (Unholy Lodestone) (195.13× faster), Corpse Cart (70.25× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Goblin Wolf Riders (1.34× slower), Forest Goblin Spider Riders (1.08× slower), Peasant Horsemen (1.06× 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. Greenskin units ranked.
Who can field it
- Greenskins · Grimgor's 'Ardboyz
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.