Norscan Ice Trolls

 is a Norsca monstrous infantry unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer. Mutations of the frozen north enable them to freeze their unfortunate victims with their foul, icy breath.

Description
Ice Trolls originate further north than their counterparts from Troll Country. All Trolls have indiscriminate appetites and unthinking ferocity, and the northern variety are no different. With their great strength and regenerative abilities, the warlike Northmen find uses for Trolls in battle, despite them having rather limited intelligence. Most varieties are able to spew acidic stomach bile over their victims to inflict a nasty death, but the Ice Trolls’ proximity to the Chaos Wastes has caused this ability to mutate into something else altogether. With a single exhalation of their icy breath, they can instantly freeze their foes in their tracks, usually just before gobbling them up in a crunch of icy flesh and bones.

Strategy
Compared to regular Norsca trolls, these trolls have higher melee attack, the Frostbite Contact Effect, and more overall damage. They also gain 20 armour (40 to 60) which helps make them a bit more tanky. Ice Trolls are all around better than standard trolls, but come with a critical -20% fire weakness.

They are similar to the Chaos Trolls (Armoured) in that they are a good upgrade over the standard troll, but they are on a roster with much better monsters (Feral Mammoth) and monstrous infantry at that (Skin Wolves). For this reason, Ice trolls are primarily useful in a campaign army led by Throgg who gives them some nice bonuses.