Crooked Moon (Mortal Empires) Missile Cavalry

Lava Spider Rider Archers

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.

Unit Name Lava Spider Rider Archers

Main Unit Key wh2_dlc15_grn_cav_forest_goblin_spider_riders_waaagh_0

Land Unit Key wh2_dlc15_grn_cav_forest_goblin_spider_riders_waaagh_0

Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group Missile Cavalry

Naval Unit Group Missile Cavalry

Soldiers 60

Caste Missile Cavalry

Category Cavalry

Class Missile Cavalry

Cost 450

Recruitment Cost 450

Upkeep Cost 112

Missile Damage 11

├ Missile Weapon wh2_dlc15_grn_goblin_arrow_fire_lava_spider_mounted

├ Projectile wh2_dlc15_grn_goblin_arrow_fire_lava_spider_mounted

├ Missile Damage 5

├ Missile Ap Damage 6

└ Base Reload Time 8

Accuracy 10

Range 100

Reload 10

Shots Per Minute 8.3

Ammunition 20

Melee Attack 15

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage) 27

├ Melee Weapon wh2_dlc15_grn_goblin_sword_poison_fire_lava_spider_rider

├ Melee Damage Base 13

├ Melee Damage Ap 14

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 14

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 22

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 45

├ Armour wh2_main_bone_45

├ Armour Defence 45

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 85

├ Man Entity wh_main_grn_inf_goblin_cav_blood

├ Man Speed 33

├ Man Health 8

├ Bonus Hit Points 69

├ Mount wh2_dlc15_grn_mnt_giant_spider_waaagh

├ Mount Entity wh_main_monster_spider_giant_blood

├ Mount Speed 78

└ Mount Health 8

Leadership (Base Morale) 50

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

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• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Fire Whilst Moving
  This unit can fire while on the move.
• Strider
  This unit ignores speed and combat penalties caused by terrain and can move through trees.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Armour-Piercing
  The damage of armour-piercing weapons mostly ignores the armour of the target, making them the ideal choice against heavily-armoured enemies. They are often heavier and attack at a slower rate though, making them less efficient against poorly-armoured targets.
• Poison Attacks
  The poisonous attacks of this unit weaken the target's speed and damage.