The Rotting Riders (Rot Knights)
Melee cavalry· Monstrous Cavalry· Tier 5· 32 models at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Comes with Thrones of Decay – Nurgle(Warhammer III)
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The Rotting Riders (Rot Knights) are Nurgle and Warriors of Chaos melee cavalry: 8,320 HP across 32 models, armour 100, melee attack 52, melee defence 59, weapon strength 64. It costs 2,200 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with Thrones of Decay – Nurgle. Unit key wh3_dlc25_nur_cav_rot_knights_ror. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
260 per model
8,320
Armour
100
Leadership
85
Speed
75
Melee attack
52
Melee defence
59
Weapon strength
23 base + 41 armour-piercing, +10 vs large
64
Charge bonus
70
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.
- Causes Terror
This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that cause terror are immune to terror and fear themselves.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Mark of Nurgle
A unit with the Mark of Nurgle has: Poison Contact Effect Increased Hit Points Increased Melee Defence Reduced Melee Attack
Abilities
- The Blessings of the Fly LordWard Save · +15% Damage ResistancepassiveThe Blessings of the Fly LordWard Save+15% Damage ResistancePassive · 1 useNurgle be praised! A revolting pus flower is a token of the Plague Lord's esteem; a gift of grandfatherly love, you might say, that his children might spread decay.
- RegenerationRegeneration · +20% Weakness to Fire Damage, Replenishes hit points of combatantspassiveRegenerationRegeneration+20% Weakness to Fire DamageReplenishes hit points of combatantsPassiveThere are beings and creatures that can mend bone and knit flesh at an incredible rate. A mighty boon, but one stunted by fire.
Counters
Good against
- Large units — bonus vs large 10e.g. Rogue Idol, Dread Saurian, Khemric Titan · Nurgle: Toad Dragon, Great Unclean One
- Heavily armoured units — 41 of 64 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan
- Units with physical resistance — magical melee attackse.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Nurgle: Soul Grinder of Nurgle, Great Unclean One
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,600e.g. Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob, Blessed Saurus Spears (Shields) · Nurgle: Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Plaguebearers of Nurgle
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Nurgle: Plague Ogres (Great Weapons)
- Armour-piercing — armour 100e.g. Warp-Doom Magma-Cannon, Luminark of Hysh, Little Grom · Nurgle: Toad Dragon, Great Unclean One
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: Luminark of Hysh (2145.80× faster), Ironblaster (111.14× faster), Celestial Hurricanum (110.39× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: War Bear Riders (1.28× slower), Crushers (Great Weapons) (1.27× slower), Bull Centaur Renders (Great Weapons) (1.15× 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 2,200 multiplayer gold. Nurgle units ranked.
Who can field it
- Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
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.