Theodore Bruckner
Hero· Melee Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size
Comes with Thrones of Decay – Empire(Warhammer III)
Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Theodore Bruckner is a legendary hero of The Empire: 4,660 HP, armour 100, melee attack 60, melee defence 50, weapon strength 460. It costs 700 in multiplayer. It comes with Thrones of Decay – Empire. Unit key wh3_dlc25_emp_cha_theodore_bruckner. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Hit Points4,660This determines how many hits a unit can withstand alongside armour and melee defence.Patch 9.0.4 · battle_entities.hit_points, land_units.bonus_hit_points, main_units.num_men · (soldier + mount hit points + bonus hit points) × models
Health
4,660
top 35% of class
Armour100How resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_value
Armour
100
top 22% of class
Leadership80A unit with high leadership is less likely to rout in the face of danger.
Leadership is improved by experience in battle.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.morale
Leadership
80
top 11% of class
Speed35This is how fast a unit moves.Patch 9.0.4 · battle_entities.run_speed / fly_speed (mount if any) · run or fly speed × 10
Speed
35
bottom 17% of class
Melee Attack60This determines the chance of a successful hit on the enemy when the unit is engaged in melee.
Battle-hardened troops will gain experience through melee, improving this skill.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.melee_attack
Melee attack
60
top 9% of class
Melee Defence50This determines the chance of a unit being hit whilst in melee.
This only works in melee and provides no protection from missiles!Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.melee_defence
Melee defence
50
top 13% of class
Weapon strength460 · 300 base + 160 armour-piercingBase Weapon Damage: Base weapon damageArmour-Piercing Weapon Damage: Armour-piercing weapon damagePatch 9.0.4 · melee_weapons.damage + ap_damage · base damage + armour-piercing damage
Weapon strength
300 base + 160 armour-piercing
460
top 9% of class
Charge Bonus40This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.charge_bonus
Charge bonus
40
top 47% of class
Attributes
- Encourage
This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Abilities
- Titan HeadsmanHex · -45% Speed, -24 Melee DefenceactiveTitan HeadsmanHex-45% Speed-24 Melee DefenceCooldown 90 s · Duration 29 sWhen an enemy stands broken and bruised, finishing them off is but a matter of one solid strike.
- Fearsome CombatantHex (Area) · -4 LeadershippassiveFearsome CombatantHex (Area)-4 LeadershipPassive · Range 35 mThe warrior cleaves down foes like butter, for every enemy they fell, another flees at the sight of them.
- WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passiveWoundsHex-10% Speed-20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage-20% Base Weapon DamagePassiveEven the greatest foes can be laid low with terrible injuries, and the greater the damage done, the less able they will be to effectively continue the fray.
Counters
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs infantry — infantry-sizede.g. Doom-Flayers, War Mammoth, Feral Mammoth · The Empire: Steam Tank, Greatswords
- Armour-piercing — armour 100e.g. Warp-Doom Magma-Cannon, Little Grom, Dread Saurian · The Empire: Luminark of Hysh, The Emperor's Wrath (Steam Tank)
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
Theodore Bruckner skill tree
27 skills, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover a skill for the rank it unlocks at and its effects at each level.
Plan Theodore Bruckner's skills
- ReaperReaperUnlocks at rank 11
- Mount: Reaper
- Hold the Line!Hold the Line!Unlocks at rank 6
- Passive ability: "Hold the Line!"
- Mark of HyshMark of HyshUnlocks at rank 8
- Spell resistance: 10%
- Sigmar’s WardSigmar’s WardUnlocks at rank 8
- Missile resistance: 10%
- Savage SoldierSavage SoldierUnlocks at rank 12
- Enables sundering attacks
- Passive ability: "Frenzy"
- Fearsome CombatantFearsome CombatantUnlocks at rank 1
- Passive ability: "Fearsome Combatant"
- Weapon strength: +15%
- Hound of JudgmentHound of JudgmentUnlocks at rank 1
- Cooldown: -35% to "Titan Headsman"
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +50
- Unknown OriginsUnknown OriginsUnlocks at rank 1
- Casualty replenishment rate: +20% for this Hero
- Ward save: +15%
- Wound recovery time: -1 turns
- Alpha GryphAlpha GryphUnlocks at rank 1
- Attribute: Causes Terror for Demigryph units (own army)
- Weapon strength: +10% for Demigryph units (own army)
- Champion of NulnChampion of NulnUnlocks at rank 1
- Attribute: Perfect Vigour
- Passive ability: "The Hand of Judgement"
- Blade MasterBlade Master
- Melee attack: +5
- Devastating ChargeDevastating Charge3 levelsLevel 1
- Charge bonus: +6
- Charge bonus: +16
- Charge bonus: +30
- Full Plate ArmourFull Plate Armour3 levelsLevel 1
- Armour: +3
- Armour: +8
- Armour: +15
- IndomitableIndomitable3 levelsLevel 1
- Leadership: +4
- Leadership: +8
- Leadership: +12
- Deadly BladeDeadly Blade3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee attack: +3
- Melee attack: +7
- Melee attack: +12
- Deadly OnslaughtDeadly Onslaught
- Ability: "Deadly Onslaught"
- Wound-MakerWound-Maker3 levelsLevel 1
- Weapon strength: +5%
- Weapon strength: +12%
- Weapon strength: +20%
- Scarred VeteranScarred Veteran3 levelsLevel 1
- Hit points: +3%
- Hit points: +8%
- Hit points: +15%
- Hard to HitHard to Hit3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee defence: +3
- Melee defence: +7
- Melee defence: +12
- Fleet-FootedFleet-Footed3 levelsLevel 1
- Speed: +3%
- Speed: +8%
- Speed: +15%
- Heroic Killing BlowHeroic Killing Blow
- Ability: "Heroic Killing Blow"
- TrainingTraining3 levelsLevel 1
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 10%
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 20%
- Training action: Unit experience gain is increased by an additional 30%
- Spread ControlSpread Control3 levelsLevel 1
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 1
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 2
- Spread Control action: Control is modified by an additional 3
- Assault UnitsAssault Units3 levelsLevel 1
- Assault Units action: Additional 3% casualties inflicted
- Assault Units action: Additional 8% casualties inflicted
- Assault Units action: Additional 15% casualties inflicted
- AssassinateAssassinate3 levelsLevel 1
- Assassinate action: Additional 3% success chance
- Assassinate action: Additional 8% success chance
- Assassinate action: Additional 15% success chance
- Assault GarrisonAssault Garrison3 levelsLevel 1
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 5% casualties inflicted
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 15% casualties inflicted
- Assault Garrison action: Additional 30% casualties inflicted
- SpecialistSpecialist3 levelsLevel 1
- Hero action cost: -10%
- Hero action success chance: +1%
- Hero action cost: -20%
- Hero action success chance: +3%
- Hero action cost: -40%
- Hero action success chance: +6%
Every version of Theodore Bruckner
2 units share this name (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The EmpireMelee Specialist | 4,660 | 1 | 100 | 80 | 35 | 60 | 50 | 460 | 40 | — | — | wh3_dlc25_emp_cha_theodore_bruckner |
| The EmpireMelee Specialist | 5,680 | 1 | 110 | 80 | 75 | 55 | 40 | 460 | 60 | — | — | wh3_dlc25_emp_cha_theodore_bruckner_demigryph_reaper |
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.