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Forest Goblin Spider Riders

Atop their venomous mounts, Goblin Riders can run down enemies with surprising precision.

The giant spider breed grows large enough to serve as mounts for Forest Goblins, who capture and hand-rear these scuttling nightmares. There are many sub-types of giant spider, such as Tilean Greybacks, Drakwald Mancatchers, and the Scarlet Deathheads of the Great Forest, to name just a few. All are poisonous and have steely, pincer-like mandibles that can punch through platemail to deliver a toxic bite. While not as fast as wolves or horses, these spiders can move at speed through the most dense patches of woods. Forest Goblin Spider Riders have become masters at stalking their prey, nimbly guiding their multi-legged beasts to scuttle across the treetop canopy to get into the ideal position before pouncing. Spider Rider mobs are known to ambush Empire patrols, eradicate Beastmen herds and even attack large monsters that encroach into their territory.

Forest Goblin Spider Riders

Unit Name

Forest Goblin Spider Riders

Main Unit Key

wh_main_grn_cav_forest_goblin_spider_riders_0

Land Unit Key

wh_main_grn_cav_forest_goblin_spider_riders_0

Naval Unit Key

wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group

Cavalry

Naval Unit Group

Cavalry

Soldiers

60

Caste

Melee Cavalry

Category

Cavalry

Class

Melee Cavalry

Custom Battle Cost

400

Recruitment Cost

400

Upkeep Cost

113

Melee Attack

22

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage)

27

├ Melee Weapon

wh_main_grn_goblin_spear_poison

├ Melee Damage Base

21

├ Melee Damage Ap

6

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

22

Melee Defence

30

├ Base Defence

30

├ Shield

wh_missile_block_30_wood

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

75

├ Armour

wh_main_grn_forest_spider

├ Armour Defence

45

└ Shield Armour

30

Health

80

├ Man Entity

wh_main_grn_inf_goblin_cav_blood

├ Man Speed

33

├ Man Health

8

├ Bonus Hit Points

64

├ Mount

wh_main_grn_mnt_giant_spider

├ Mount Entity

wh_main_monster_spider_giant_blood

├ Mount Speed

78

└ Mount Health

8

Leadership (Base Morale)

50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

  • {{tr:guerrilla_deployment}}
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
  • Strider
    Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Shielded
    Shields have a chance of blocking arrows, bolts, rifle shots and similar small arms fire - but only in a forward facing arc.
  • Poison Attacks
    The poisonous attacks of this unit weaken the target's speed and damage, whilst reducing its vigour.
Requires Buildings
Forest Goblin Spider Riders Lv. 0 Gloomy Hollowz
Gloomy Hollowz
(wh_main_grn_forest_beasts_2)
Level 1
Sacred Spider Groundz
Sacred Spider Groundz
(wh_main_grn_forest_beasts_3)
Level 2