How much HP do Nurglings have?

Nurglings have 9,300 HP across 60 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

What is the unit key for Nurglings?

The unit key is wh3_main_nur_inf_nurglings_0.

Nurglings

Q: How much do Nurglings cost?

Nurglings cost 350 in the campaign (Nurgle factions pay 700 and Warriors of Chaos factions pay 525) and 350 in multiplayer.

Melee infantry· Swarm· Tier 1· 60 models at Ultra size

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

Nurglings are Nurgle, Daemons of Chaos and Warriors of Chaos melee infantry: 9,300 HP across 60 models, armour 0, melee attack 26, melee defence 24, weapon strength 28. It costs 350 in the campaign (Nurgle factions pay 700 and Warriors of Chaos factions pay 525) and 350 in multiplayer. Unit key wh3_main_nur_inf_nurglings_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

155 per model

9,300

top 42% of class

Armour

bottom 1% of class

Leadership

bottom 11% of class

Speed

top 49% of class

Melee attack

bottom 20% of class

Melee defence

bottom 13% of class

Weapon strength

24 base + 4 armour-piercing

bottom 22% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 34% of class

Campaign cost: 350
Multiplayer cost: 350
Upkeep: 88
Mass: 125

The game gives these factions their own campaign price (main_unit_faction_overrides):

Nurgle factions700
Warriors of Chaos factions525

Unit key (for console commands)

wh3_main_nur_inf_nurglings_0

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 50
Melee attack: 26
Melee defence: 24
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.

Physical resistance +20%

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

Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
Daemonic
Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity
Vanguard Deployment
This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Abilities

Cloud of FliesAugment · +9 Melee Defencepassive
Daemonic InstabilityDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
Banished!Direct Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Counters

Good against

Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Nurgle: Soul Grinder of Nurgle, Great Unclean One

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Nurgle: Plague Ogres, Toad Dragon
Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Nurgle: Great Unclean One, Soul Grinder of Nurgle
Missile fire — armour 0, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Nurgle: Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Plague Drones of Nurgle (Death's Heads)
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 125e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Nurgle: Toad Dragon, Great Unclean One

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 32.9% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 72.9 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 78.5 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Grail Reliquae (114.29× faster), Pigback Riders (1.56× faster), Spirit Host (1.43× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob (3.50× slower), Men-at-Arms (3.06× slower), Men-at-Arms (Shields) (2.75× 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 350 multiplayer gold. Nurgle units ranked.

Who can field it

Daemons of Chaos · Legion of Chaos
Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle
Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse · extended roster

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.

Extended roster: Warriors of Chaos has this unit only through campaign_exclusive rows of units_custom_battle_permissions — CA's note: such units are “filtered out of matchmaking and are generally disabled when unit caps setting is enabled” (“Unable to recruit with unit caps enabled”). So: Custom Battle with Unit caps off, at the multiplayer cost, but not in ranked battles. Race rankings and best-unit lists leave such a unit out for those races.

The game also has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh3_dlc25_nur_inf_nurglings_summoned).

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.