Piggyback Knights (Pigback Riders)
Melee infantry· Spear Infantry· Tier 1· 100 models at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Hit Points7,200 · 72 per modelThis determines how many hits a unit can withstand alongside armour and melee defence.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.hit_points, land_units.bonus_hit_points, main_units.num_men · (soldier + mount hit points + bonus hit points) × modelsHealth
72 per model
7,200
bottom 9% of class
Armour35 · shield blocks 55% of frontal missilesHow resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_valueArmour
shield blocks 55% of frontal missiles
35
bottom 45% of class
Leadership55A unit with high leadership is less likely to rout in the face of danger.
Leadership is improved by experience in battle.Patch 9.0 · land_units.moraleLeadership
55
bottom 18% of class
Speed35This is how fast a unit moves.Patch 9.0 · battle_entities.run_speed / fly_speed (mount if any) · run or fly speed × 10Speed
35
top 48% of class
Melee Attack32This determines the chance of a successful hit on the enemy when the unit is engaged in melee.
Battle-hardened troops will gain experience through melee, improving this skill.Patch 9.0 · land_units.melee_attackMelee attack
32
bottom 39% of class
Melee Defence34This determines the chance of a unit being hit whilst in melee.
This only works in melee and provides no protection from missiles!Patch 9.0 · land_units.melee_defenceMelee defence
34
bottom 46% of class
Weapon strength23 · 19 base + 4 armour-piercing, +9 vs largeBase Weapon Damage: Base weapon damageArmour-Piercing Weapon Damage: Armour-piercing weapon damageBonus vs. Large: The melee bonus this unit receives when fighting against large creatures.Patch 9.0 · melee_weapons.damage + ap_damage · base damage + armour-piercing damageWeapon strength
19 base + 4 armour-piercing, +9 vs large
23
bottom 6% of class
Charge Bonus36This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0 · land_units.charge_bonusCharge bonus
36
top 8% of class
Attributes
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.
Abilities
Piggyback Joust!Augment · +25% Charge SpeedpassivePiggyback Joust!Augment+25% Charge SpeedPassiveThese Gnoblars love to joust each other when away from the battlefield, but will more-than happily practice on live foes to hone their, er, chops.
Uncanny CoordinationAugment · +8 Melee Defence, +12 LeadershippassiveUncanny CoordinationAugment+8 Melee Defence+12 LeadershipPassiveMaybe it's herd mentality, but in greater numbers, Gnoblars are a far more unified fighting force.
Who can field it
- Goldtooth
Where these numbers come from
Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 8a4f7e64). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.