Virulent Batteries (Plagueclaw Catapults)
War machine· Catapult· Tier 2· 4 models (crew of 56) at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
Comes with Lords of the End Times - Skaven(Warhammer III)
Duel it in the combat calculator →vs Chaos Warriors, the unit the rankings measure against; pick any other there.
Virulent Batteries (Plagueclaw Catapults) are Skaven war machine: 5,028 HP across 4 models, armour 30, melee attack 20, melee defence 23, weapon strength 26, range 400 m, missile damage 520 per 10 s for the whole unit. It costs 1,200 in the campaign and in multiplayer. They come with Lords of the End Times - Skaven. Unit key wh3_dlc29_skv_art_plagueclaw_catapult_ror. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
1,257 per model
5,028
Armour
30
Leadership
64
Speed
20
Melee attack
20
Melee defence
23
Weapon strength
20 base + 6 armour-piercing
26
Charge bonus
2
Ranged
Range
400 m
Ammunition
22
Missile damage
30 base + 60 AP, explosion 35 + 70 AP
195
Reload time
15 s
Damage per 10 s
130
Attributes
- Cannot Run
This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 60 of 90 missile damage armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Skaven: Doomwheel, Death Globe Bombardiers
- Units with physical resistance — magical missilese.g. Hexwraiths, Cairn Wraiths, Syreens · Skaven: Death Runners, Eshin Triads
- Lightly armoured units without shields — 520 missile damage per 10 s (whole unit)e.g. Curs'd Ettin, Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies · Skaven: Plague Monk Censer Bearers, Clanrat Spears
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 2,100e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Skaven: Stormvermin (Halberds), Stormvermin (Swords & Shields)
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Blessed Stegadon · Skaven: Warp Lightning Cannons, Hell Pit Abomination
- Missile fire — armour 30, no shielde.g. Chameleon Stalkers, Blessed Chameleon Stalkers, Thunderers (Grudge-Rakers) · Skaven: Ratling Guns, Stormfiends (Ratling Cannons)
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
New unit in this patch.
Who can field it
- Skaven · Clan Mors
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.