How much HP do Swordsmen have?

Swordsmen have 8,280 HP across 120 models at Ultra unit size (patch 9.0.4).

How much do Swordsmen cost?

Swordsmen cost 375 in the campaign and in multiplayer.

What is the unit key for Swordsmen?

The unit key is wh_main_emp_inf_swordsmen.

Swordsmen

Melee infantry· Sword Infantry· Tier 1· 120 models at Ultra size

The Empire

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

Swordsmen are Empire melee infantry: 8,280 HP across 120 models, armour 30, melee attack 32, melee defence 32, weapon strength 28. It costs 375 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh_main_emp_inf_swordsmen. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

69 per model

8,280

bottom 27% of class

Armour

shield blocks 35% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)

bottom 33% of class

Leadership

bottom 19% of class

Speed

bottom 25% of class

Melee attack

bottom 39% of class

Melee defence

bottom 39% of class

Weapon strength

21 base + 7 armour-piercing

bottom 22% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 34% of class

Campaign cost: 375
Multiplayer cost: 375
Upkeep: 100
Mass: 100

Unit key (for console commands)

wh_main_emp_inf_swordsmen

Compare with other units

Rank

Leadership: 60
Melee attack: 32
Melee defence: 32
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

Training FieldBarracks, level 1Unlock: 750 gold, 1 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

Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Counters

Vulnerable to

Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · The Empire: Steam Tank, Greatswords
Heavy large units — infantry-sized, mass 100e.g. Dread Maw, Thunderbarge, Thundertusk · The Empire: Steam Tank, Amethyst Land Ship

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 86.8% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 209.7 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 75.1 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Grail Reliquae (248.06× faster), Pigback Riders (3.37× faster), Miners (Blasting Charges) (2.96× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Goblins (1.26× slower), Men-at-Arms (Shields) (1.24× slower), Clanrats (1.19× 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 375 multiplayer gold. Empire units ranked.

Who can field it

The Empire · Reikland

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.