How much HP do Skavenslaves have?

Skavenslaves have 9,000 HP across 180 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Skavenslaves cost?

Skavenslaves cost 125 in the campaign and in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Skavenslaves?

The unit key is wh2_main_skv_inf_skavenslaves_0.

Skavenslaves

Melee infantry· Sword Infantry· Tier 1· 180 models at Ultra size

Skaven

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

Skavenslaves are Skaven melee infantry: 9,000 HP across 180 models, armour 0, melee attack 12, melee defence 10, weapon strength 18. It costs 125 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh2_main_skv_inf_skavenslaves_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

50 per model

9,000

bottom 48% of class

Armour

bottom 1% of class

Leadership

bottom 1% of class

Speed

top 19% of class

Melee attack

bottom 1% of class

Melee defence

bottom 2% of class

Weapon strength

14 base + 4 armour-piercing

bottom 1% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 6% of class

Campaign cost: 125
Multiplayer cost: 125
Upkeep: 31
Mass: 90

Unit key (for console commands)

wh2_main_skv_inf_skavenslaves_0

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 35
Melee attack: 12
Melee defence: 10
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

NestProvince Capital, level 1Unlock: 750 gold, 2 turns

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

Scurry Away!Augment · +10% Speedpassive
Strength in NumbersAugment · -10% Speed, +8 Melee Defence…passive

Upgrades

Bought with Mutagen

A Second Brain
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Bound spell: "Death Frenzy"
- Attribute: Encourage
- Leadership: +5
- Melee defence: -5
Bone Elongation
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: -5
- Bonus vs Large: +10
- Weapon strength: +20%
Hideous Disfigurement
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Causes Fear
- Attribute: Causes Terror
- Leadership: -5
Imperfection Removal
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: +20
- Melee defence: -10
- Weapon strength: +40%
- Casualty replenishment rate: -100%
Mind Control
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Immune to Psychology
- Leadership: +5
- Melee defence: -5
Nasty Inbreed
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Feral Rage"
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +5
- Charge bonus: +20
Spider Senses
Flesh Augmentation · 25 Mutagen
- Melee attack: -5
- Physical resistance: 20%
Accelerated Mitosis
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Random Uncommon Augments applied: +2 (only applies unlocked Augments)
Cancerous Carapace
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Armour: +20
- Spell resistance: 15%
Enhanced Muscle Fibre
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Strider
- Melee defence: +5
- Speed: +15%
Mors-tosterone
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Passive ability: "Frenzy"
Muscle Enlargement
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +5
- Melee attack: +5
Smart Feeding
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Upkeep: -15% for this unit
- Casualty replenishment rate: +15%
Soldier Serum
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Unit rank: +5
Stalker Senses
Genetic Manipulation · 25 Mutagen
- Attribute: Stalk
- Attribute: Vanguard Deployment
Final Evolution
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Random Rare Augments applied: +3 (only applies unlocked Augments)
Necroparasites
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Ability: "Necroparasites"
Troll Spleen
Metabolism · 50 Mutagen
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour
- Passive ability: "Regeneration"

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

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth, Morghast Harbingers · Skaven: Doom-Flayers, Doomwheel
Missile fire — armour 0, no shielde.g. Chameleon Stalkers, Blessed Chameleon Stalkers, Thunderers (Grudge-Rakers) · Skaven: Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons)
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 90e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Steam Tank · Skaven: Hell Pit Abomination, Mutant Rat Ogre

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 99.5% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 200.9 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 131.1 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Skavenslave Spears (1.58× faster), Goblin Labourers (1.09× faster), Peasant Mob (1.04× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Zombies (1.39× 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 125 multiplayer gold. Skaven units ranked.

Match-ups people search for: Skavenslaves vs Clanrats

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 2 copies of this unit that no faction fields in custom battles (wh2_dlc16_skv_inf_skavenslaves_0_flesh_lab: from a mercenary pool; wh3_dlc29_skv_inf_skavenslaves_vermintide: recruited from a building).

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.