Rat Ogres
Monstrous infantry· Monstrous Infantry· Tier 2· 16 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Rat Ogres are Skaven monstrous infantry: 7,728 HP across 16 models, armour 30, melee attack 26, melee defence 26, weapon strength 75. It costs 800 in the campaign and 700 in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_skv_mon_rat_ogres. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
483 per model
7,728
Armour
30
Leadership
56
Speed
60
Melee attack
26
Melee defence
26
Weapon strength
20 base + 55 armour-piercing
75
Charge bonus
46
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.
- Moulder Monster
This is a unit created by Clan Moulder. Packmasters and Throt the Unclean can push it to its full combat potential and restore it in battle.
Abilities
- Scurry Away!Augment · +10% SpeedpassiveScurry Away!Augment+10% SpeedPassive"He who runs away lives to fight another day!" - so the foul, craven adage goes.
- FrenzyAugment · +10% Charge Bonus, +10 Melee Attack…passiveFrenzyAugment+10% Charge Bonus+10 Melee Attack+10% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage+10% Base Weapon DamagePassiveSome warriors care not for their own personal safety, and so work themselves into a whirlwind of destruction and mindless violence!
Upgrades
Bought with Mutagen
Cellular Instability
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Ability: "Cellular Instability"
- Casualty replenishment rate: -10%
Imperfection Removal
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: +20
- Melee defence: -10
- Weapon strength: +40%
- Casualty replenishment rate: -100%
Mammoth Skin Cloning
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Armour: +30
- Missile resistance: 15%
- Speed: -20%
Pestilens-tial Glands
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Enables contaminating attacks
- Bonus vs Infantry: +10
- Melee attack: -5
Propane Perspiration
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Propane Perspiration"
- Enables flaming attacks
- Leadership: -5
Skryre Nanobots
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Upkeep: +15% for this unit
- Attribute: Unspottable
- Attribute: Stalk
Weeping Bone Spines
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Enables "Weeping Blade" contact effect (-50% Armour)
- Armour: -100
- Weapon strength: +20%
Advanced Neuropathy
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Guardian"
Autotomy
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Upkeep: -15% for this unit
- Casualty replenishment rate: +15%
Deadly Momentum
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Charge bonus: +25%
- Weapon strength: +20%
Forced Aneuploidy
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Random Uncommon Augments applied: +2 (only applies unlocked Augments)
Lobotomy
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Bound ability: "Warp Lightning Rod"
Razor Claw Grafts
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: +4
- Weapon strength: +10%
Synaptic Response Stimuli
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Physical resistance: 10%
- Speed: +10%
Warp-Fuel Infusion
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment
- Leadership: +5
Acidic Fear Musk
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Ability: "Acidic Musk Glands"
Blood Worm
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Crumbling"
- Passive ability: "Disintegrating"
- Attribute: Undead
- Passive ability: "The Hunger"
Ultimate Mutagen
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Random Rare Augments applied: +3 (only applies unlocked Augments)
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
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 55 of 75 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Skaven: Doomwheel, Death Globe Bombardiers
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,500e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Skaven: Stormvermin (Halberds), Stormvermin (Swords & Shields)
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Blessed Stegadon · Skaven: Warp Lightning Cannons, Hell Pit Abomination
- Missile fire — armour 30, no shielde.g. Chameleon Stalkers, Blessed Chameleon Stalkers, Thunderers (Grudge-Rakers) · Skaven: Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons)
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: Flamers of Tzeentch (6.65× faster), Rot Flies (1.34× faster), Ushabti (1.06× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Harpies (3.22× slower), Animated Hulks (2.90× slower), Ogre Bulls (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 700 multiplayer gold. Skaven units ranked.
Match-ups people search for: Rat Ogres vs Kroxigor · Rat Ogres vs Mutant Rat Ogre · Rat Ogres vs Trolls
Who can field it
- Skaven · Clan Mors
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.
The campaign also recruits 1 copy of this unit that no faction fields in custom battles (wh2_dlc16_skv_mon_rat_ogres_flesh_lab: from a mercenary pool). The game has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh2_dlc16_skv_mon_rat_ogres_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.