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

Thorgrim Grudgebearer

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Thorgrim Grudgebearer is a legendary lord of Dwarfs, leading Karaz-a-Karak at the start of a campaign: 8,208 HP, armour 125, melee attack 52, melee defence 62, weapon strength 500. It costs 1,200 in the campaign and 1,400 in multiplayer. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Grudgekiller. Unit key wh_main_dwf_cha_high_king_thorgrim_grudgebearer_1. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

8,208

top 15% of class

Armour

125

top 2% of class

Leadership

85

top 13% of class

Speed

30

bottom 2% of class

Melee attack

52

top 38% of class

Melee defence

62

top 1% of class

Weapon strength

300 base + 200 armour-piercing

500

top 16% of class

Charge bonus

20

bottom 9% 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

  • Oath of VengeanceHex · -24 Melee Defenceactive
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
  • Foe-SeekerAugment · +25% Charge Speed, +25% Speedactive
  • Stand Your Ground!Augment (Area) · +24 Melee Defence, +16 Leadershipactive
  • High KingAugment (Area) · +8 Melee Attack, +15% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive

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 Thorgrim Grudgebearer in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Grudgekiller

  • Construction cost: -10% for all buildings (local province)
  • Research rate: +10

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All legendary lord defeat traits

Thorgrim Grudgebearer skill tree

56 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 Thorgrim Grudgebearer's skills

  1. Grudge Against the Foul
  2. Grudge Against Chaos
  3. Grudge Against Undead
  4. Grudge Against the Elves
  5. Grudge Against Mankind
  6. Brass-Lunged
  7. Obdurate
  8. Lord of the Deeps
  9. Obstinacy
  10. Rune of Grimnir
  11. Army of Renown
  12. Mentor
  1. Ancient Bloodline
  2. Elite Enforcer
  3. Fire Support
  4. Advanced Forging
  5. High King
  6. Right the Wrongs
  1. Rune-Warded Armour
  2. Mastercrafted Weapon
  3. Aura of Endurance
  1. Full Plate Armour
  2. Resolute
  3. Hard to Hit
  4. Scarred Veteran
  5. Ancestral Grudge
  6. Foe-Seeker
  7. Wound-Maker
  8. Blade Master
  9. Blade Shield
  10. Relentless
  11. Deadly Onslaught
  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 Breaker
  4. Pure-Beard
  5. Mason
  6. Iron-Willed
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Reassuring Presence
  9. Inspirational Leader
  10. Alert
  11. Enquiring Mind

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.