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Warrior Priest

These men wade into battle with conventional weapons, but can also call powerful magical forces to decimate their enemies.

The Cult of Sigmar demands that its followers fight all forms of evil with martial feats as well as with faith, so many of its priests accompany the Empire's armies as they march to war. In this role, they not only lead and inspire troops in battle, but also minister to their spiritual well-being. Warrior priests are clad in ceremonial vestments and armour adorned with symbols of holy hammers, twin-tailed comets and other religious icons. They shave their heads as a sign of devotion and they carry all manner of strange fetishes made of iron, wood and bone. Many Warrior Priests further adorn themselves with scrolls detailing war oaths and parchments written in the blood of martyrs.

Warrior Priest

Unit Name

Warrior Priest

Main Unit Key

wh_main_emp_cha_warrior_priest_0

Land Unit Key

wh_main_emp_cha_warrior_priest_0

Naval Unit Key

wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group

Melee Specialist

Naval Unit Group

Melee Specialist

Soldiers

1

Caste

Hero

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Command

Cost

350

Recruitment Cost

1000

Upkeep Cost

250

Melee Attack

45

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage)

360

├ Melee Weapon

wh_main_emp_hammer_warrior_priest

├ Melee Damage Base

240

├ Melee Damage Ap

120

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

30

Melee Defence

30

├ Base Defence

30

├ Shield

none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

85

├ Armour

wh2_main_plate_85

├ Armour Defence

85

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

3688

├ Man Entity

wh_main_infantry_standard_hero_blood_dismembers

├ Man Speed

34

├ Man Health

8

└ Bonus Hit Points

3680

Leadership (Base Morale)

70

Abilities

  • Divine Power
    Such is the strength of Sigmar's favour that enemies fail to act in the presence of such brilliance.
  • Benediction
    The Warrior Priest passes the blessings of the Heldenhammer to the brave men around him.
  • Hammer of Sigmar
    The Warrior Priest implores Sigmar to imbue him with a modicum of divine strength, and now his hammer glows bright with power!
  • Shield of Faith
    The Warrior Priest’s faith manifests in the form of a shield as hard as castle-forged steel.
  • Soulfire
    A battle prayer that bathes the Warrior Priest in white, holy fire, sears Sigmar’s foes but leaves the supplicant unharmed.

Attributes

  • Encourage
    This unit provides a 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.

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Battle Prayers
    This unit can learn prayers to support allies and defeat foes in battle.
  • Armoured
    Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Armour-Piercing damage.