The Awakened Melee Infantry

The Bloody Reaver Deck Guard (Depth Guard)

Depth Guard are the most feared soldiers of the zombie pirates’ fighting dead. Like their land-based counterparts, the Blood Knights, they are elite, Vampiric sentries clad in ancient, eldritch armour and bolstered by the Vampiric curse. Unlike the mobs of Undead crewmen, Depth Guard are not raised from the rabble who died on the oceans, and instead are hand-picked warriors who were given the Blood Kiss before being taken aboard pirate warships to serve their masters closely. The indefatigability of the Depth Guard means that any normal blow or bullet that strikes them has little chance of stopping them in a fight. They will trudge forward and fight unrelentingly until their bodily remains are utterly obliterated or their master’s control over them is broken.

Unit Name The Bloody Reaver Deck Guard (Depth Guard)

Main Unit Key wh2_dlc11_cst_inf_depth_guard_ror_0

Land Unit Key wh2_dlc11_cst_inf_depth_guard_ror_0

Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group Halberd Infantry

Naval Unit Group Halberd Infantry

Soldiers 60

Caste Melee Infantry

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Cost 1600

Recruitment Cost 1600

Upkeep Cost 400

Melee Attack 52

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage) 44

├ Melee Weapon wh2_dlc11_cst_halberd_depth_guard

├ Melee Damage Base 14

├ Melee Damage Ap 30

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 28

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 20

Melee Defence 54

├ Base Defence 54

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 90

├ Armour wh2_main_plate_90

├ Armour Defence 90

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 109

├ Man Entity wh2_dlc11_cst_infantry_depth_guard_ror_blood_dismembers

├ Man Speed 36

├ Man Health 8

└ Bonus Hit Points 101

Leadership (Base Morale) 70

Abilities

• The Hunger
  As the Vampires rip apart their victims they feast on the blood that spills forth – gaining strength and replacing lost stamina.
• Frenzy
  Some warriors care not for their own personal safety and so work themselves into a whirlwind of destruction and mindless violence!
• Crumbling
  The dead do not rest easily in the Old World. Those summoned by Vampires and Necromancers no longer have mortal concerns - they serve only their master's will.
• Disintegrating
  The Dark Magic binding has failed. Both flesh and necromantic energy slough off the subjects, leaving naught but dust.
• Enrage
  You really don't want to make them angry. No, *really*.

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.
• Charge Defence vs. Large
  When bracing, this unit negates the charge bonus of any large attacker.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
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Strengths & Weaknesses

• Armoured
  Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Armour-Piercing damage.
• Anti-Large
  Anti-large units have an advantage against targets that are at least as large as a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against large targets or an attack that focuses on a very small area. However, some units are simply better against large targets because their attacks are slow and easy to dodge by skilled melee combatants.
• Aquatic
  Whereas some units struggle to fight and move in shallow water, aquatic units excel.