Saurus Warriors (Shields)
Melee infantry· Mace Infantry· Tier 2· 100 models at Ultra size
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Saurus Warriors (Shields) are Lizardmen melee infantry: 10,200 HP across 100 models, armour 60, melee attack 32, melee defence 34, weapon strength 52. It costs 800 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_lzd_inf_saurus_warriors_1. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
102 per model
10,200
Armour
shield blocks 35% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
60
Leadership
75
Speed
31
Melee attack
32
Melee defence
34
Weapon strength
34 base + 18 armour-piercing
52
Charge bonus
16
Attributes
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
- Primal InstinctsAugment · +15% Charge Bonus, +5 Melee Attack…passivePrimal InstinctsAugment+15% Charge Bonus+5 Melee Attack+5% Physical ResistancePassiveWhen under pressure, the primal instincts of these natural predators take over, improving their potential in combat.
- Predatory FighterHex · +25% Speed, +5 Melee AttackpassivePredatory FighterHex+25% Speed+5 Melee AttackPassive · Cooldown 60 s · Duration 10 sFerocious predator-warriors are so single-minded in their duties and their heightened senses drive them to pursue their quarry.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · Lizardmen: Blessed Salamander Hunting Pack, Blessed Terradon Riders
- Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 190e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Lizardmen: Dread Saurian, Feral Dread Saurian
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: Skin Wolves (9.47× faster), Warp-Grinders (7.56× faster), Gorgers (4.08× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Infernal Guard (1.71× slower), Greatswords (1.60× slower), Chaos Warriors of Nurgle (1.45× 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 800 multiplayer gold. Lizardmen units ranked.
Who can field it
- Lizardmen · Hexoatl
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.