How much HP do Pigback Riders have?

Pigback Riders have 7,200 HP across 100 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Pigback Riders cost?

Pigback Riders cost 400 in the campaign and in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Pigback Riders?

The unit key is wh3_dlc26_ogr_inf_pigback_riders.

Pigback Riders

Melee infantry· Spear Infantry· Tier 1· 100 models at Ultra size

Ogre Kingdoms

Comes with Omens of Destruction – Ogre Kingdoms(Warhammer III)

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

Pigback Riders are Ogre Kingdoms melee infantry: 7,200 HP across 100 models, armour 15, melee attack 25, melee defence 26, weapon strength 23. It costs 400 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with Omens of Destruction – Ogre Kingdoms. Unit key wh3_dlc26_ogr_inf_pigback_riders. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

72 per model

7,200

bottom 9% of class

Armour

shield blocks 35% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)

bottom 10% of class

Leadership

bottom 5% of class

Speed

top 48% of class

Melee attack

bottom 19% of class

Melee defence

bottom 21% of class

Weapon strength

19 base + 4 armour-piercing, +9 vs large

bottom 6% of class

Charge bonus

top 30% of class

Campaign cost: 400
Multiplayer cost: 400
Upkeep: 100
Mass: 180

Unit key (for console commands)

wh3_dlc26_ogr_inf_pigback_riders

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 45
Melee attack: 25
Melee defence: 26
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

Trapper HutsGnoblars, level 2

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

Expendable
Witnessing friendly expendable units rout does not reduce other units' leadership, unless they are themselves expendable.
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Abilities

Uncanny CoordinationAugment · +8 Melee Defence, +12 Leadershippassive

Counters

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Ogre Kingdoms: Thundertusk, Stonehorn
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 180e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Ogre Kingdoms: Thundertusk, Stonehorn

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 8.5% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 76.1 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 48.4 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Grail Reliquae (129.48× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Men-at-Arms (Shields) (4.34× slower), Goblins (4.24× slower), Clanrats (3.90× 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 400 multiplayer gold. Ogre units ranked.

Who can field it

Ogre Kingdoms · Goldtooth

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.