Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)
Thorek Ironbrow unit card

Thorek Ironbrow

Lord· Runelord· 1 model at Ultra size

Comes with Thorek Ironbrowfree(Warhammer II)

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Thorek Ironbrow is a legendary lord of Dwarfs, leading Ironbrow's Expedition at the start of a campaign: 5,424 HP, armour 120, melee attack 45, melee defence 45, weapon strength 400. It costs 1,000 in the campaign and 1,100 in multiplayer. It comes with Thorek Ironbrow. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Old Grumpslayer. Unit key wh2_dlc17_dwf_cha_thorek_ironbrow_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

5,424

top 40% of class

Armour

120

top 7% of class

Leadership

85

top 13% of class

Speed

32

bottom 4% of class

Melee attack

45

bottom 41% of class

Melee defence

45

top 46% of class

Weapon strength

140 base + 260 armour-piercing

400

bottom 36% of class

Charge bonus

16

bottom 7% 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

  • Master of the Ancient LoreAugmentpassive
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
  • ForgefireHex (Area) · -15 Armourpassive

Lore of magic

Counters

Good against

Vulnerable to

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

Defeat trait

Beat Thorek Ironbrow in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Old Grumpslayer

  • Magic item drop chance from battle: +15%
  • Armour-piercing weapon damage: +3 (Lord's army)

Always had something to complain about, that one.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Thorek Ironbrow skill tree

52 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 Thorek Ironbrow's skills

  1. Anvil of Doom
  2. Veteran Anvilguard
  3. Runemaster
  4. Greater Locus of Power
  5. Rune of Grimnir
  6. Obstinacy
  7. Army of Renown
  8. Mentor
  1. Fiery Temper
  2. Exacting Standards
  3. Ornery Overseer
  4. Runic Talismans
  5. Proven Tools
  6. Runic Production Lines
  1. Invoke Runes of Grimnir
  2. Invoke Runes of Grungni
  3. Invoke Runes of Valaya
  1. Rune of Speed
  2. Rune of Oath & Steel
  3. Rune of Wrath & Ruin
  4. Damping
  5. Rune of Slowness
  6. Forgefire
  7. Rune of Breaking
  8. Rune of Negation
  9. Rune of Hearth & Home
  10. Wardbreaker
  11. Strike the Runes
  1. Inspiring Presence
  2. Axe Lord
  3. Thunderer
  4. Tradition & Innovation
  5. Fire & Fury
  6. Grimnir's Heirs
  7. Tactician
  8. Rally!
  9. Blessed by Grungni
  10. Dawi Firepower
  11. Honoured by Grimnir
  12. Morgrim’s Favoured
  13. Stand Your Ground!
  1. Route Marcher
  2. Miner's Instinct
  3. Wall Master
  4. Pure-Beard
  5. Mason
  6. Iron-Willed
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Reassuring Presence
  9. Inspirational Leader
  10. Unflappable
  11. Enquiring Mind

Every version of Thorek Ironbrow

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

VersionHPModelsArmourLead.SpeedMAMDWSChargeCostUpkeepUnit key
DwarfsRunelord5,424112085324545400161,000250wh2_dlc17_dwf_cha_thorek_ironbrow_0
DwarfsRunelord6,628112090304550400181,400350wh2_dlc17_dwf_cha_thorek_ironbrow_1

Who can field it

  • Dwarfs · Karaz-a-Karak

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.