Tomb Herald
Hero· Support Specialist· 1 model at Ultra size
Comes with Lords of the End Times - Undead Legion(Warhammer III)
Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Tomb Herald is Tomb Kings and Undead Legions hero: 3,968 HP, armour 50, melee attack 45, melee defence 40, weapon strength 400. It costs 500 in multiplayer. In the campaign Host of Nagash pays 500. It comes with Lords of the End Times - Undead Legion. Unit key wh3_dlc29_tmb_cha_tomb_herald. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Hit Points3,968This 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
3,968
bottom 34% of class
Armour50How resistant a unit is to missile fire and melee attacks.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.armour → unit_armour_types.armour_value
Armour
50
bottom 39% of class
Leadership65A 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
65
top 50% of class
Speed31This 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
31
bottom 2% of class
Melee Attack45This 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
45
top 33% of class
Melee Defence40This 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
40
top 42% of class
Weapon strength400 · 240 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
240 base + 160 armour-piercing
400
top 33% of class
Charge Bonus15This increases a unit's melee attack and damage when charging.Patch 9.0.4 · land_units.charge_bonus
Charge bonus
15
bottom 4% of class
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.
- 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.
- Undead
Undead units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is broken. Undead units also have: Fear and Terror Immunity Undead units may also have their hit points restored by special characters such as the Vampire Counts Necromancer.
Abilities
- DisintegratingDirect DamagepassiveDisintegratingDirect DamagePassiveThe Dark Magic that holds these subjects together has failed. As the Necromantic energy flows out of them, nothing is left but a pile of iron and bones in the sand.
- CrumblingDirect DamagepassiveCrumblingDirect DamagePassiveIn the blasted desert of deepest Nehekhara, the dead rarely remain so. Those dragged back to screaming, clanking Unlife are bound forever to the Tomb King whose will they exist only to serve.
- GuardianWard Save (Area) · +15% Physical ResistancepassiveGuardianWard Save (Area)+15% Physical ResistancePassive · Range 35 mIn the midst of a bloodbath it's good to know that someone has your back.
- Endless ServiceAugment (Area) · +16 Leadership, Effect intensity increases with time spent engaged in melee.passiveEndless ServiceAugment (Area)+16 LeadershipEffect intensity increases with time spent engaged in melee.Passive · Range 55 mFew could reach the lengths a Tomb Herald is ready to go to in his service, but many will follow nonetheless.
- Call of the HeraldAugmentpassiveCall of the HeraldAugmentPassiveThe Herald's presence is a call to war. None among those called may fall until the call stops.
- 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 · Tomb Kings: Morghast Harbingers, Khemrian Warsphinx
- Flaming attacks — fire weakness −15%e.g. Chameleon Stalkers, Blessed Chameleon Stalkers, Stormfiends (Warpfire Projectors) · Tomb Kings: Hierotitan
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
Patch changes
Tomb Herald skill tree
31 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.
- Skeletal SteedSkeletal SteedUnlocks at rank 4
- Mount: Skeletal Steed
- Skeleton ChariotSkeleton ChariotUnlocks at rank 10
- Mount: Skeleton Chariot
- Ceremonial BandagesCeremonial BandagesUnlocks at rank 8
- Missile resistance: 15%
- Embalmed in ElixirEmbalmed in ElixirUnlocks at rank 8
- Fire resistance: 15%
- Hit points: +8%
- ImmortalityImmortalityUnlocks at rank 20
- When normally killed in action, this Hero will be wounded instead
- MentorMentorUnlocks at rank 30 · 3 levelsLevel 1
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
- The Killing ArtThe Killing ArtUnlocks at rank 12
- Melee attack: +5 (accompanying Lord)
- Weapon strength: +5% (accompanying Lord)
- Last in DefeatLast in Defeat
- Replaces: "Guardian"
- Passive ability: "Last in Defeat"
- Melee defence: +5
- Lethal DuelistLethal Duelist
- Passive ability: "Lethal Duelist"
- Melee attack: +5
- Call of the HeraldCall of the Herald
- Passive Ability: "Call of the Herald"
- Vigour loss reduction: -15% (Hero's army)
- Endless ServiceEndless Service
- Passive ability: "Endless Service"
- Leadership aura size: +25%
- Soul VigilSoul Vigil
- Ward save: +5% (accompanying Lord)
- Casualty replenishment rate: +10% (accompanying Lord)
- Indomitable WillIndomitable Will
- Charge bonus: +5
- Leadership: +4
- ConquerorConqueror2 levelsLevel 1
- Melee attack: +4
- Weapon strength: +5%
- Melee attack: +8
- Weapon strength: +10%
- Blade MasterBlade Master3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee attack: +3
- Melee attack: +7
- Melee attack: +12
- Hard to HitHard to Hit3 levelsLevel 1
- Melee defence: +3
- Melee defence: +7
- Melee defence: +12
- IndomitableIndomitable3 levelsLevel 1
- Leadership: +4
- Leadership: +8
- Leadership: +12
- TombstrikeTombstrike
- Ability: "Tombstrike"
- Wound-MakerWound-Maker3 levelsLevel 1
- Weapon strength: +5%
- Weapon strength: +12%
- Weapon strength: +20%
- Full Plate ArmourFull Plate Armour3 levelsLevel 1
- Armour: +3
- Armour: +8
- Armour: +15
- Devastating ChargeDevastating Charge3 levelsLevel 1
- Charge bonus: +6
- Charge bonus: +16
- Charge bonus: +30
- Over My Dead BodyOver My Dead Body2 levelsLevel 1
- Speed: +8%
- Speed: +8%
- Hit points: +6%
- DesertstrikeDesertstrike
- Replaces: "Tombstrike"
- Ability: "Desertstrike"
- The Herald’s ArrivalThe Herald’s ArrivalUnlocks at rank 10
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 6%
- Corruption: -2 (local province)
- Hero action success chance: +25%
- Undeterred by DeathUndeterred by DeathUnlocks at rank 10
- Ability: "Fight or Die!"
- Bonus vs Infantry: +10
- Symbol of PermanenceSymbol of PermanenceUnlocks at rank 10
- Unit mass: +20%
- Hit points: +10%
- Replenish TroopsReplenish Troops3 levelsLevel 1
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 3%
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 6%
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 9%
- Damage WallsDamage Walls3 levelsLevel 1
- Damage Walls action: 1 additional wall breaches
- Damage Walls action: 2 additional wall breaches
- Damage Walls action: 3 additional wall breaches
- WoundWound3 levelsLevel 1
- Wound action: Additional 5% chance of wounding target
- Wound action: Additional 12% chance of wounding target
- Wound action: Additional 21% chance of wounding target
- Hinder ReplenishmentHinder Replenishment3 levelsLevel 1
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -10%
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -20%
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -40%
- 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 Tomb Herald
3 units share this name across races (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomb Kings, Undead LegionsSupport Specialist | 3,968 | 1 | 50 | 65 | 31 | 45 | 40 | 400 | 15 | — | — | wh3_dlc29_tmb_cha_tomb_herald |
| Tomb Kings, Undead LegionsSupport Specialist | 4,448 | 1 | 50 | 65 | 76 | 45 | 40 | 400 | 45 | — | — | wh3_dlc29_tmb_cha_tomb_herald_skeletal_steed |
| Tomb Kings, Undead LegionsSupport Specialist | 4,936 | 1 | 80 | 65 | 74 | 30 | 24 | 400 | 80 | — | — | wh3_dlc29_tmb_cha_tomb_herald_skeleton_chariot |
Who can field it
- Tomb Kings · Khemri
- Undead Legions · Host of Nagash
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.