How much HP do Skin Wolves have?

Skin Wolves have 7,416 HP across 24 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Skin Wolves cost?

Skin Wolves cost 950 in the campaign (The Maggot Host pays 0) and 950 in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Skin Wolves?

The unit key is wh_dlc08_nor_mon_skinwolves_0; other versions: wh3_dlc25_nur_chieftain_mon_skinwolves_0.

Skin Wolves

Melee infantry· Monstrous Infantry· Tier 2· 24 models at Ultra size

Comes with Norsca(Warhammer I)

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

Skin Wolves are Norsca and Nurgle melee infantry: 7,416 HP across 24 models, armour 15, melee attack 32, melee defence 28, weapon strength 60. It costs 950 in the campaign (The Maggot Host pays 0) and 950 in multiplayer. They come with Norsca. Unit key wh_dlc08_nor_mon_skinwolves_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

309 per model

7,416

bottom 10% of class

Armour

bottom 10% of class

Leadership

bottom 19% of class

Speed

top 1% of class

Melee attack

bottom 39% of class

Melee defence

bottom 26% of class

Weapon strength

40 base + 20 armour-piercing, +30 vs large

top 7% of class

Charge bonus

top 15% of class

Campaign cost: 950
Multiplayer cost: 950
Upkeep: 238
Mass: 1,300

The game gives these factions their own campaign price (main_unit_faction_overrides):

The Maggot Host0

Unit key (for console commands)

wh_dlc08_nor_mon_skinwolves_0

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 60
Melee attack: 32
Melee defence: 28
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

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.

Physical resistance +20%

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

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.
Strider
Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.

Abilities

FrenzyAugment · +10% Charge Bonus, +10 Melee Attack…passive
RegenerationRegeneration · +20% Weakness to Fire Damage, Replenishes hit points of combatantspassive

Counters

Good against

Large units — bonus vs large 30e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Norsca: Curs'd Ettin, War Mammoth
Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,300e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Norsca: Marauder Bearmen, Marauder Berserkers

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Norsca: Fimir Warriors (Great Weapons), Marauder Spearmen
Magical attacks — physical resistance +20%e.g. Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors), Warpfire Throwers, Death Globe Bombardiers · Norsca: Curs'd Ettin (Runecaller), Chimera
Missile fire — armour 15, no shielde.g. Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons), Chameleon Stalkers · Norsca: Marauder Hunters, Marauder Ice Wolf Chariots

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 1% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 43.6 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 27.4 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Gorgers (2.44× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Chaos Warriors of Tzeentch (Halberds) (21.34× slower), Chaos Warriors (Halberds) (17.58× slower), Infernal Guard (17.13× 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 950 multiplayer gold. Norsca units ranked.

Every version of Skin Wolves

2 units share this name across races (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

Version	HP	Models	Armour	Lead.	Speed	MA	MD	WS	Charge	Cost	Upkeep	Unit key
NorscaMonstrous Infantry	7,416	24	15	60	75	32	28	60	32	950	238	`wh_dlc08_nor_mon_skinwolves_0`
NurgleMonstrous Infantry	7,416	24	15	60	75	32	28	60	32	—	238	`wh3_dlc25_nur_chieftain_mon_skinwolves_0`

Who can field it

Norsca · World Walkers
Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle · extended roster

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.

Extended roster: Nurgle has this unit only through campaign_exclusive rows of units_custom_battle_permissions — CA's note: such units are “filtered out of matchmaking and are generally disabled when unit caps setting is enabled” (“Unable to recruit with unit caps enabled”). So: Custom Battle with Unit caps off, at the multiplayer cost, but not in ranked battles. Race rankings and best-unit lists leave such a unit out for those races.

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.