Alchemist

Alchemist
Overview
ID	wh3_main_cth_cha_alchemist_0
Race	Grand Cathay
Category	Hero
Unit size	1
Strategic
Cost (MP): 1000 (300) Turns: 0 Upkeep: 250 Weight: Medium Size: Small entity
Tactical
Health: 3420 (3420 per model) Leadership: 60 Speed: 34 Melee Attack: 35 Melee Defence: 30 Charge Bonus: 15
Melee Weapons
Weapon Strength: 300 Base Damage: 210 Armour-Piercing Damage: 90 Melee Interval: 4 s Melee Reach: 4 Bonus vs. Buildings: +1% Magical Attacks: Yes
Protection
Armor: 15 (11.25% reduction)
Unit Attributes
Spell Mastery: 100%: How adept this unit is at casting spells. Encourage: This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the 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. Mastery of Elemental Winds: When two or more units in the same army shares this attribute, intensity increases the power of spell cast.
Resistances
Missile Resistance: +15%. Damage of missile attacks is reduced by this amount.
Additional Stats
Resilience: This unit is immune to the following types of attrition: Dragon Emperor's Wrath.

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Once outcasts for dabbling in forbidden elements, now prized for their fearsome mastery of metal and fire.

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Alchemist is a Grand Cathay Hero unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer III.

Recruitment

• Unlocked with: Alchemist Tower

Description

Outcast elemental Wizards often gravitate towards Shang-Yang and the west. Here they have formed their own shadow Celestial Court known as the House of Secrets. In the House of Secrets, all kinds of magic are practised, though the Alchemists of Shang Yang are especially well known, using the rare elements of the Warpstone Desert to create powerful elixirs, metals and potions. Favoured by the Iron Dragon, the Alchemists have steadily gained power and acceptance over the centuries, and generals and magistrates will sometimes secure their services in battle, where their sorcery can enchant the weapons of their soldiers.

Attributes

• Wizard
• ▲ Harmony Amplifier: +25%: This unit increases Harmony bonuses for nearby units by +25%. Only the strongest amplifier bonus is applied.

Spells

• Final Transmutation
• Gehenna's Golden Hounds
• Glittering Robe
• Plague of Rust
• Searing Doom
• Transmutation of Lead

Hero Abilities

Embed Hero

• Increase Mobility

Constant Local Effect

• Boost Income

Target

• Settlement
• Damage Walls

• Hero
• Assassinate

• Army
• Hinder Replenishment

Unit Abilities

Active Abilities

• Enchanted Metallurgy

Campaign Only

• Enchanted Metallurgy: Flaming
• Enchanted Metallurgy: Piercing
• Enchanted Metallurgy: Poison

Passive Abilities

• Metalshifting
• Wounds

Campaign Only

• Arcane Conduit
• Evasion

Item Abilities (Multiplayer)

• Alchemist's Elixir of Iron Skin
• Alchemist's Elixir of Puissance

Mounts

• Warhorse

Talent Tree

• Skill Tree on TotalWarhammerPlanner

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Strategy

The Alchemist is a pure squishy wizard. Keep her away from any serious threat because she will be quickly taken to pieces in combat. The lore of metal has a number of offensive spells particularly useful to Cathay, like Plague of Rust which will maximise the potential of your crossbowmen. If your intent is to use heroes on the battlefield then it's worth making armies that compliment them, by bringing more than one for the elemental winds bonus and building Wu Xing War Compasses.